[What the hell was a Grand Council Secretary?!! What rank was that???!!]
[I didn't want to attend morning court!!!]
After roaring inwardly, Jian Ruonan rummaged through the gossip melon patch with a miserable expression. [Huh? A Grand Council Secretary had no rank?]
[It was a concurrent appointment?!]
[No more morning court!!! Oh yeah-]
The Grand Council was the emperor's private institution for keeping the Grand Academicians of the Grand Secretariat in check. Its officials therefore did not undergo assessments by the Ministry of Personnel and were appointed directly by the emperor.
However, Grand Council officials had to be at least fourth rank. Wealthy Gentleman Jian was the first person in all of Great Xia to enter the Grand Council as a seventh-rank official.
Although Grand Council posts were concurrent appointments without ranks of their own, they carried immense actual power. Their holders could help handle confidential military affairs, process memorials submitted by officials, and dismiss or promote officials.
A powerful minister, an imperial confidant-in short, a position so badass it soared straight into the heavens.
Emperor Deyuan had truly gone to painstaking lengths, rewarding his little darling with a post like this to accommodate her inability to endure getting up early!
Emperor Deyuan reflected privately that talent like his little darling's deserved special cultivation. Her rank would have to rise sooner or later.
It was time to revise the morning court system.
First, the time. He had heard that his little darling took midday naps, so the Wu Hour was definitely out. The beginning of the Shen Hour should be about right.
Second, the frequency. His little darling did not seem to like attending court every day, either. He would change it from once a day to once every three days.
Jian Ruonan was delighted.
As long as there was