"Father? Are you really leaving?" After Li Fang received the edict, his son pulled him and asked.
The capital was bustling, and Li Fang's son naturally didn't want to leave.
Li Fang didn't want to leave either, but he had no choice.
Li Fang sighed and said,"Brilliant!" Your Majesty's move is too brilliant!"
Li Fang's son was not good at studying either. He only had a small official position in the capital.
However, his father was the chief assistant of the current dynasty, and he enjoyed being a small official.
However, once his father retired and returned to his hometown, he would have to follow him back to his hometown.
This made the former chief scion, who had already enjoyed the prosperity of the capital, extremely unwilling.
"What's so great about Your Majesty's move?" asked the former chief assistant.”
"It's because of this new chief assistant candidate." Li Fang sighed.”
"Lin Jiancheng? Other than being the country's husband, his reputation as an official was not good either.”
Li Fang looked at her good-for-nothing son and explained patiently,
"Lin Jiancheng is the best candidate! Your Majesty is really amazing!"
"Lin Jiancheng is the top scorer, which fits the criteria of being the first assistant.”
"He has a lot of experience. He has worked from the local to the central, so there is no problem with his experience.”
"He is the Minister of Rites and has presided over many imperial examinations.”
"Lin Jiancheng is a smooth official. Although he has a bad reputation in Qingliu, he has no bad reviews from other officials.”
"More importantly, Lin Jiancheng is His Majesty's father-in-law. With His Majesty's support, no one will oppose him.”
"High! Your Majesty's move is too brilliant!"
Li Fang sighed and lamented that she was really old!
His Majesty's political tactics had actually reached such a level!
Li Fang suddenly knelt down and kowtowed in the direction of the late emperor's tomb.
"The late emperor! The task of assisting the government has been completed! His Majesty no longer needs my assistance!”
On the other side, the old eunuch sent the imperial edict of resignation to the three former cabinet scholars.
Another group of eunuchs arrived in front of Lin Jiancheng's residence with a grand ceremony.
A group of eunuchs took out cloth bags and covered the road from Lin Jiancheng's house to the alley with white sand.
The people living in this alley were all officials of the imperial court. Seeing this, they knew that the emperor was going to worship the prime minister!
The Great Gan Dynasty had changed the system of the previous dynasty. There was no prime minister in this dynasty, only the chief assistant of the cabinet.
However, the power of the chief assistant was similar to that of the prime minister.
Therefore, starting from the previous emperor, the ceremony of appointing the chief assistant was the same as the ceremony of appointing the prime minister in the previous dynasty.
Paving white sand at the entrance of the new cabinet was the ceremony of worshipping the former prime minister.
The chief assistant of the cabinet had to travel on the white sand road.
This white sand embankment was also to promote the authority of the cabinet chief.
Then, the old eunuch took out a white linen imperial edict.
Those who knew about it immediately understood that the Emperor was going to announce the ceremony!
Because the Prime Minister was so respected, the document appointing the Prime Minister had to be written on an imperial edict made of white hemp that had been passed down since ancient times!
This kind of special white linen paper was whiter than ordinary brocade!
This was also a ceremony for the emperor to treat the chief of the cabinet with courtesy!
Lin Jiancheng was going to be the chief assistant of the cabinet!
The streets immediately became lively!
Lin Jiancheng also received a report from the butler.
Lin Jiancheng was also stunned!
He was going to be the chief assistant of the cabinet?
The emperor's son-in-law clearly didn't like her coming?
Why did he suddenly announce the ceremony?
Could it be that his daughter had some pillow talk?
Impossible!
Three years ago, when Gao Lingfeng had just succeeded to the throne.
Lin Jiancheng thought that he was going to make a meteoric rise.
He hadn't expected that his son-in-law would be influenced by the court's Qing Liu and dislike his father-in-law.
The Emperor didn't like to appoint his relatives either. Even the Empress Dowager's family had been rejected by Gao Lingfeng.
Why did he suddenly change his personality?
Lin Jiancheng didn't understand.
However, the eunuch who delivered the decree had already arrived at the door.
Lin Jiancheng dressed neatly and came to the entrance hall.
The old eunuch in charge of delivering the imperial edict handed the white linen imperial edict to Lin Jiancheng.
Then, he smiled and said,"Congratulations, Chief!"”
Lin Jiancheng immediately asked the butler to stuff the gold and silver into the old eunuch's pocket. The old eunuch accepted it with a smile.
In order to repay Lin Jiancheng, the old eunuch whispered in his ear,""Lord Lin, congratulations! This time, His Majesty has already approved the retirement of Li Fang and the other two. This time, you're the only one who has been appointed as a Grand Scholar!”
Lin Jiancheng was even more shocked!
The three Grand Scholars of the cabinet had all retired!
And he was the new Grand Secretary!
There were only a few precedents in the Great Gan Lord Dynasty!
This kind of cabinet chief assistant was called the " sole prime minister "!
Each of them had left behind a rather resounding name!
They were all famous officials of the current era!
This was the treatment that all officials dreamed of!
This represented the absolute trust of the Emperor!
Giving the power of the cabinet to one person! This was equivalent to entrusting the empire to Lin Jiancheng!
Tears flowed out of Lin Jiancheng's eyes!
So many years! From that high-spirited top scorer!
To this day, he announced the appointment of prime minister!
"Your Majesty is generous! I will repay you with my heart and blood!"
Lin Jiancheng kowtowed in the direction of the palace to express his gratitude!
However, Gao Lingfeng didn't know that he had touched his father-in-law.
He could not think of any other candidate to appoint Lin Jiancheng as the Grand Secretary of the cabinet.
Therefore, he let Lin Jiancheng do it alone.
He would wait for him to discover a few more good seedlings of treacherous officials and send them to the cabinet to mess around.
If Gao Lingfeng knew what Lin Jiancheng was thinking now, he would probably be so scared that he would immediately retract his order!
However, Gao Lingfeng didn't know what Lin Jiancheng was thinking.
He was facing Xiao Dezi's questioning and thinking about how to answer.
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