After Zuo Qiu Mingyue proposed a candidate, Zhang Tie agreed without the slightest hesitation...
From kicking out Meng Shidao to deciding to issue an edict appointing Tang Ling as Great Xia's new Grand Minister of Civil Affairs and ordering him to proceed at once to Xuanyuan Hill to take up his post, the entire process took less than ten minutes. Compared to the endless wrangling that had filled the imperial court over the years, such efficiency was simply worlds apart.
"Li Yunjī, the Chief Justice among the Nine Ministers, has been stripped of office and detained for his involvement in the Imperial Way Alliance's major case. The position of Chief Justice cannot remain vacant for too long. Do any of you have a suitable candidate?" Having just decided on a candidate for Grand Minister of Civil Affairs, Zhang Tie's voice once more echoed through the great hall.
No one spoke regarding this candidate, because the Chief Justice's first task would be the Imperial Way Alliance case, one that would also implicate Golden Crow Hall. No one knew what Zhang Tie had in mind, so they all waited for him to speak.
The Chief Justice was now a blade in Zhang Tie's hand. Whether that blade would prove useful depended on its master's intent.
Zhang Tie waited for half a minute. Seeing that no one in court spoke, he continued on his own.
"Since no one wishes to speak, I'll appoint the Chief Justice directly..." Zhang Tie smiled faintly, his gaze sweeping across the civil and military officials filling the hall. Just as everyone wondered whom Zhang Tie would appoint to the post, he uttered a name none of them had expected. "Where is Xue Bingdao, Assistant Minister of Ceremonies?"
At Zhang Tie's words, countless gazes instantly fell upon a second-rank