To ensure Xie Qiqi could quickly establish the medical clinic affiliated with the Medical College, Moyuan officially announced his decree appointing her as the Director of the Imperial Hospital during the next morning's court session.
The rank of Director of the Imperial Hospital was equivalent to a fifth-grade official.
Xie Qiqi was a commoner and a woman, and her sudden leap to a fifth-grade official shocked many ministers. While officials like Senior Grand Secretary Zhang already knew about the plan to establish the medical clinic and supported her appointment, others were dissatisfied with the Emperor appointing a woman to an official post and stepped forward to voice their objections.
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