As expected, His Majesty's decree created an uproar. Not too long ago, he demoted Zhuang Yong one rank, and right now, he promoted him three ranks. Hence, it made several people within the imperial court unhappy. However, His Majesty took pleasure in seeing them unhappy. Of course, those people were not truly undiscriminating - amongst all of His Majesty's counselors, Zhuang Yong's position was the lowest. It was only natural for him to promote Zhuang Yong sooner or later.
Hence, they diverted their attack towards a young man named Shen Leng. Everyone explicitly expressed their discontent - they felt that promoting a young man directly to a Qizhuan Qingche Commandant was too much.
The emperor had no choice but to make him a Liuzhuan Shangqi Commandant instead. Hence, everyone was happ
