This is utter chaos.
On the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth month in the fourteenth year of Zhengshi, Old Lady Wen celebrated her birthday with a grand banquet.
Moreover, Jiang Shaohua had been promoted from Governor-General of Jiangnan (rank +2) directly to a Grand Secretary. The Senior Grandmaster Gao had already petitioned the Emperor to retire, and after the New Year, he would step down. Jiang Shaohua's entry into the Grand Secretariat was to replace him.
Jiang Xuesui's three maternal uncles had also been promoted. Thus, on Old Lady Wen's birthday, nearly all the nobility in the capital came to offer congratulations.
Jiang Shaohua had arrived in the capital half a month earlier. Emperor Zhengshi had bestowed a large mansion on Chang'an Street, originally a prince's residence, renovated and fully furnished, so Jiang Shaohua could move in immediately upon arrival.
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