Chapter 313: The Honest Man, Xu Yanmiao New
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After some deliberation, they issued an order to transfer Pan Dingsheng, the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, to the Ministry of War to fill the vacant position of Left Vice Minister. Meanwhile, Cui Yanzhen, the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of War, was reassigned to the Ministry of Revenue as the Left Vice Minister.
A classic case of swapping positions.
— It was common practice for the six ministries to rotate officials back and forth. This was done to prevent any one official from staying in the same department for too long and accumulating excessive power.
Next, the vacant positions were systematically filled. Zhang Xuan, a Vice Minister of the Court of Judicial Review (the same one who collapsed a floor while with his eighth concubine), was promoted to Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of War.
Wei Ren, an Imperial Censor (whose son married a princess because of his excellent teeth), was promoted to Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.
As for the now-vacant Vice Minister position in the Court of Judicial Review, after careful evaluation by the Ministry of Personnel, it was decided that Zhu Bailu, a local official from Shandong Province, would be transferred to the central government.