"Your Majesty, I believe this matter is unwise!"
Within the great hall, just after Feng Cheng finished reading out all the rewards Li Fei had been granted, a minister immediately stepped forward to object.
"The Blue Patrol Special Envoy holds extraordinary authority. Since its establishment, it has never been given the rank of a Pavilion official. I believe Marquis Jing'an may enter the Pavilion and take an official post, but he should not continue serving as Blue Patrol Special Envoy!"
"Your Majesty, I second the motion!"
"I also believe this is unwise! Although Marquis Jing'an has rendered great service, his achievements do not warrant this!"
"Your Majesty, please think this through!"
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One minister after another stepped forward in opposition, and every one of them was a Pavilion official! Although the Blue Patrol Special Envoy, as a seat official, had no direct authority to supervise Pavilion officials, he could already report directly to the Central Authority, placing a certain check on them.
If the Blue Patrol Special Envoy became a Pavilion official, would that not mean he could directly supervise Pavilion officials? By then, more than ninety percent of the civil officials throughout the court would be intimidated by Li Fei alone! Thus, a group of Pavilion members stepped forward in opposition, and quite a few military officers did as well.
Although the Imperial Guard and border army—the two major military systems—were independent of the Grand Secretariat, and the Blue Patrol Special Envoy could not interfere with them, the local City Guard and military officers still fell under the supervision of the Surveillance Bureau. Therefore, even among the military officers of the Military Affairs Department, many were unwilling to see Li Fei, the Blue Patrol Special Envoy, promoted to Pavilion official.
For a time, the great hall rang with nothing