"Gu Chengyu was the top scholar of the last imperial examination. His peers are still only at the seventh rank, some even at the secondary seventh rank. His current secondary fifth rank has already broken conventions and legal constraints. To promote him further today is truly excessive."
Peng Yuhao, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Industry, also opposed, being an official aligned with Xia Qing's faction. Gu Chengyu's rapid promotion was certainly not good news for them.
"Transfer Tao Aiqing to the Imperial Sacrificial Worship Temple as Junior Minister without changing his rank," the Emperor contemplated for a moment, arranging a new position for Tao Junyan.
The Imperial Sacrificial Worship Temple and the Dali Temple are both among the five temples, but one oversees rites and music, while the other handles criminal case trials and has the authority to detain and interrogate erring officials.
Which of the two temples wields greater power needs no explanation, right?
