At the court conference that day, nearly all appointments followed Li Xuan's preferences.
It was difficult for him to obtain half of the votes among the regent ministers, but to ensure that his and Yu Hongchang's candidates made the top three in the court debate was much simpler.
However, Li Xuan certainly couldn't make his maneuvering look so unbecoming.
The court still needed the support of several regent ministers, and Li Xuan also needed the overwhelming majority of the court and political forces united.
To marginalize the regent ministers or to drive them out of the court were both inferior choices.
As the chief minister of the Jin Dynasty, he must balance yin and yang, creating harmony amongst his ministers, leveraging their talents as much as possible, rather than exacerbating conflicts.
