"That's right, Yan Changqing is the very same Yan Changqing you know as the Divine Strategist."
Li Jing said calmly.
"..."
All the civil and military officials in the court, even the Right Chancellor Yu Shixiong, looked at the Left Chancellor Yan Changqing with awe.
He not only had no dissatisfaction with Yu Shixiong's appointment as the Left Chancellor of Yan, which placed him above Yu Shixiong, but was also completely convinced of his superiority.
Even if Yu Shixiong hadn't been given the position of Right Chancellor, and Yan Changqing had been appointed Chancellor instead, he wouldn't have felt any dissatisfaction.
They might even take it for granted.
"Greetings, Master Shenji."
Yu Shixiong took a deep breath and bowed to Yan Changqing.
"Greetings, Master Shenji."
All the civil and military officials bowed to Yan Changqing.
"You're too kind, my colleagues."
Yan Changqing returned the greeting to everyone and said.
"From this day forward, the Left and Right Chancellors shall preside over the major affairs of the court."
Seeing that everyone had begun to calm down, Li Jing spoke in a deep and powerful voice.
"Your Highness is wise."
All the civil and military officials shouted in unison.
Things went much more smoothly after that. Li Jing directly appointed Jiang Yichen as the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Xiao Hongfei as the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, Mu Shaoze as the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of War, Qin Junyan as the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice, and Liu Ziqian as the Censor-in-Chief.
Those ministers of the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War, whose left vice ministers were not arrested, were also promoted to right vice ministers, with Xiao Hongfei and others leading the way, each in charge of a ministry.
In addition to appointing Jiang Yichen and others as officials in the Six Ministries, Li Jing also promoted many mid- to lower-ranking officials who were notified to attend the court assembly today to the positions of Assistant Minister of the Fifth Rank and Principal Officer of the Six Ministries.
"Yan Changqing".
Li Jing said in a deep voice.
"Your humble servant is here."
Yan Changqing said with a respectful expression.
"You will be in charge of supervising the Ministry of Works to build the altar to Heaven, which will be nine zhang, nine chi, and nine cun in size."
"The altar for worshipping Heaven must be made of jade and used for the worship of Heaven when I ascend the throne."
Li Jing looked at Yan Changqing and said.
"Your Majesty understands."
Yan Changqing said with a solemn expression, "Although the emperor did not build an altar to worship heaven as a coronation ceremony in the Burial Ground of Immortals."
However, as Li Jing's direct subordinate, he knew that Li Jing intended to elevate the Yan Kingdom into a true dynasty of destiny, completely different from ordinary mortal dynasties.
Therefore, he had already guessed that this sacrificial altar was related to the matter of advancing the dynasty's fortune.
Although the officials of the court did not understand Li Jing's order, they did not raise any objections.
"Besides that, there is one more thing. Tomorrow is the Wanbaoge Wanbao Auction."
"Yan Changqing, you are in charge of maintaining order throughout the entire city of Yanjing."
"Anyone who dares to cause trouble in Yanjing City will be killed without mercy!"
"I hereby grant you the authority to mobilize the Imperial Guards and the Capital Garrison. You will command both the Imperial Guard General Dongfang Ming and the Capital Garrison General Zhang Zhentian!"
A glint of shrewdness flashed in Li Jing's eyes as he spoke with chilling murderous intent.
Yan Changqing has switched to cultivating the Heaven-Asking Array Scripture. He was originally a cultivator at the seventh level of the Nascent Soul Realm. After switching to the Heaven-Asking Array Scripture, his strength has now reached an extremely powerful level.
Even a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator could be suppressed by Yan Changqing!
Entrusting the security of Yanjing City to Yan Changqing is more than enough.
After all, cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage are extremely rare, even within sects.
In sects like the Xuantian Sect, those at the Nascent Soul Realm are considered elders.
Even among the nine holy lands, those at the Nascent Soul stage are qualified to serve as elders.
It's easy to imagine that those attending tomorrow's Wanbao Auction will be mainly cultivators at the Nascent Soul Realm level, with very few cultivators at the Divine Transformation Realm level.
"Your humble servant obeys the decree!"
Yan Changqing said in a firm and powerful voice.
"Alright, that's all. Let's adjourn the court."
Li Jing slowly stood up and addressed the civil and military officials.
"Court adjourned..."
Zhao Li said loudly.
Li Jing walked towards the outside of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, with Zhao Li following closely behind.
"Respectfully seeing off Your Highness!"
Yan Changqing led all the civil and military officials to kneel down and called out with utmost respect.
After watching Li Jing leave, Right Chancellor Yu Shixiong and others went over to exchange pleasantries with Yan Changqing.
After exchanging pleasantries, Right Chancellor Yu Shixiong led Yan Changqing and the others toward the Wenyuan Pavilion and explained the details to them.
After leaving the palace, Yan Changqing returned to the Ninth Prince's residence.
The main hall of the Ninth Prince's residence.
General Dongfang Yao of the Imperial Guard stood in the hall, clad in armor and holding a heavy, black spear.
Li Jing walked into the hall and sat down in the main seat.
"This humble general, Dongfang Yao, greets Your Highness."
Dongfang Yao knelt on one knee and bowed to Li Jing.
No need for formalities.
Li Jing waved his hand and said.
"Thank you, Your Highness."
Dongfang Yao thanked him and stood up.
"Dongfang Yao, do you know why I summoned you here?"
Li Jing smiled slightly and looked at Dongfang Yao.
"This humble general does not know."
Dongfang Yao shook his head and said.
In fact, he had already guessed why Li Jing had called him over.
Dongfang Ming had already told him that Li Jing would appoint him as the Grand General of the Imperial Guard and would give him special training.
"This is a killing technique, a peerless martial art with immense power."
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