Gao Pian
Lu Xie was soon recalled to the imperial government to serve as minister of defense (兵部尚書, "Bingbu Shangshu"). By late 879, Gao Pian, who was then the military Huainan Circuit (淮南, headquartered in modern Yangzhou, Jiangsu), had sent his officer Zhang Lin (張璘) to attack Huang and was having repeated victories. As a result, Lu, who had previously recommended Gao to be the overall commander of the operations against Huang, was in imperial favor again. He was thus made "Menxia Shilang" (門下侍郎), the deputy head of the examination bureau (門下省, "Menxia Sheng"), and chancellor again with the designation "Tong Zhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi".