Zhang Jiuling
Emperor Xuanzong agreed with the proposal. Later that year, when he removed the chancellors Xiao Song and Han Xiu from their chancellor positions, he made Pei and Zhang Jiuling new chancellors to succeed them. Specifically, Pei was made "Huangmen Shilang" (), the deputy head of the examination bureau of government (門下省, "Menxia Sheng") with the chancellor "de facto" designation "Tong Zhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi" (). He was also made the director of food supply shipments (轉運使, "Zhuanyun Shi").