Ever since the death of Emperor Longqing, Meng Chong's heart has been hanging in the air.
His family knew his own affairs, and he knew very well that he had picked up the palm print of the Supervisor of Ceremonies in the first place. Among the eunuchs favored by Long Qing, Chen Hong was the first one, so at the beginning, the palm print of the Supervisor of Ceremonies was Chen Hong.
It’s not that Chen Hong was greedy and didn’t know how to restrain himself, and ended up in trouble, he wouldn’t have lost his palm and been beaten down.
He, Meng Chong, took advantage of that opportunity and was recommended by Gao Gong to take over the position of palm. As for why Gao Gong recommended him to take over, he himself understood very well. It was not because of his outstanding ability, but because he was an honest man and did not seek power.
Although Meng Chong's ability is average, he has been in the palace for a long time, and his vision is still somewhat discerning. Meng Chong knows how proud Gao Gong is, how can he care about the ability of the Chief of Ceremonies to hold seals? I'm afraid in his opinion, Si Li
From top to bottom, the ceremonial supervisor only needs to be able to approving red treasures and treasures! It’s a joke. I, Gao Gong, can take charge of government affairs.
Therefore, Meng Chong has been very careful to restrain himself in the past few years, always reminding himself not to go against the cabinet, especially not to have any conflict with Gaoge Lao's ideas. The effect is indeed very good, at least it has made him feel at ease in the past few years.
He sat firmly on the palm seal throne.
But the situation is different now. Emperor Longqing has passed away. Although Mr. Gao Ge still seems to be the number one person in the government and the public, in fact Meng Chong knows the difference very well - the original man was willing to serve Gao Ge from the bottom of his heart at all times.
The old shielding emperor is gone!
What is the current emperor's attitude towards Gao Ge? I don't know, and it doesn't matter, because the emperor is still too young. The person who truly represents the emperor's will is not the emperor himself, but his biological mother, Concubine Li.
As for the Queen, she certainly has a certain chance of taking over the imperial power, but that requires strong support from the outer court. For example, if the Queen and Mr. Gao Ge join forces, they may be able to compete with Concubine Li Guifei, who controls the emperor himself.
But this is difficult, because if Gao Gong does this, there may not be a big problem before the emperor takes charge, but once the emperor takes charge, there will definitely be a strong backlash.
If Gao Gong is alone and doesn't need to worry about the future at all, then he can try to unite with the queen to suppress Concubine Li, and then the queen mother will become regent. All major matters in the outer court will be decided by him.
But the problem is that his nephew Gao Pragmatic is a promising minister of the emperor. How could he kill the future of the Gao family just for his own pleasure?
Besides, the Queen herself is an honest and well-behaved person, so it is hard to say whether she is willing to play such a trick.
Therefore, it seems that Mr. Gaoge is still very prosperous, and he is the chief assistant and the head of the official department, but in fact his position is definitely not as solid as it was during the Longqing Dynasty.
Meng Chong's position as Chief of Ceremonies rests on two foundations: the emperor's trust and Gao Gong's support. Now that one of them is completely gone and the other has been greatly weakened, how can he not panic?
The new emperor ascends the throne and changes the palm of the chief ceremonial officer. This is something that almost all emperors of the Ming Dynasty will do. Otherwise, it is not enough to ensure the perfect implementation of the emperor's will. Now that the new emperor has ascended the throne, I am afraid that the new emperor cannot be mentioned yet.
To carry out his own will, the only one who can carry out his will is the will of his mother-in-law, Concubine Li.
So Meng Chong knew that the person who would replace him would definitely be Feng Bao, it just depended on the day.
Therefore, when Gao pragmatic came to see him, he was a little depressed. He even said to him as soon as he saw Gao pragmatic: "Mr. Xiao Gao, our family is going to be over, it's going to be over... I don't know whether to go to the Jingjun to feed the horses, or whether
Going to Nanjing to visit Sixiang?"
Feeding horses to the Jing army and being sent to Nanjing to be a secretary are not easy jobs, and they are only slightly better than being sent to Nanjing to grow vegetables.
So as soon as Meng Chong said this, Gao Pragmatic knew that the ideological work he was persuading him would be easier to do.
Sure enough, Gao Jingshi sighed softly, analyzed the recent situation, and then told Meng Chong the news in Yongning Palace. Meng Chong wiped his tears and begged him to help him.
Gao Pragmatic was not polite and gave him an idea.
After hearing this, Meng Chong felt somewhat regretful that his palm seal throne was gone, but after all, he was an honest man and knew how to be content, so he agreed immediately without thinking too much.
Gao pragmatic said goodbye and left. Meng rinsed his face, tidied himself up, and went to Yongning Palace.
At this time, the young emperor had already gone to Empress Chen to discuss whether the two palaces would join him in appointing Gao Pragmatic as an official to "observe the government." Therefore, there were only two siblings, Li Guifei and Li Wenjin, in the Yongning Palace.
Concubine Li was a little surprised when she heard Meng Chong's request for an audience. She glanced at Li Wenjin and asked, "Meng Chong? What is he doing here?"
Li Wenjin thought about it and felt that Meng Chong was usually pretty good to him. Although he was not particularly close, he was still polite. The relationship between the two of them had always been harmonious, so he said: "It doesn't matter what it is, just ask him to come in."
knew."
So Meng Chong entered the main hall. He met Li Guifei in accordance with the rules. Without waiting for Li Guifei to ask questions, he took the initiative and said: "Your Majesty, I am an old slave. I have no choice but to live here because of the trust of Emperor Daxing."
The position of the Supervisor of Ceremonies, now that the Daxing Emperor Long controls Bintian, the old slave is extremely sad and sad, and may no longer be able to share the emperor's worries."
Concubine Li did not expect that Meng Chong would come up with such a move. She was caught off guard and asked, "Why does Meng Chong's palm seal have such a saying?"
Li Wenjin heard that it was wrong. Sister's adaptability is really not good. People have already mentioned the reasons. You still ask people "why". Isn't this nonsense? Besides, no matter what Meng Chong does in the past few years, at least he has not had any major accidents.
There are mistakes, no credit, but hard work. If you accept someone's resignation, you should at least say a few words of condolences first!
So he coughed dryly and said: "Meng Zhangyin, Daxing Emperor Long Yu is in a hurry. The inner and outer courts are very busy right now. It is a bit inappropriate for you to resign at this time."
This sentence makes some sense: You can leave, but don’t rush for now. It won’t be too late to leave after we make arrangements.
But Meng Chong seemed to be very insistent, kowtowed to Concubine Li and said: "Mother, Emperor Daxing is as kind as a mountain to this old slave. Now Emperor Daxing Long controls Bintian, but he doesn't even have a mountain mausoleum ready. This old slave is
I was so sad when I thought about this for a few days that I couldn't eat. I really couldn't continue to work... It's not that I didn't know the current situation. I just wanted to do my last for Emperor Daxing, so
The old slave just wants to quit his job as the Chief of Ceremonies and go to Tianshou Mountain to help prepare Emperor Daxing’s mausoleum. I hope the empress and the emperor will make it happen.”
Concubine Li looked at him in surprise and thought to herself: Meng Chong did not do the sealing of the Supervisor of Ceremonies, but instead went to supervise the construction of a mausoleum for Emperor Daxing? Could it be that he really cared about Emperor Daxing to this extent?
But then I thought about it, and this was a good thing. Originally, although Meng Chong was not very capable, at least he had not been in big trouble in the past few years in the palm position, and suddenly he was replaced for no reason.
It is indeed a bit unreasonable. Now he has invited himself to supervise the construction of the mausoleum for Emperor Daxing. On the contrary, he has the best of both worlds.
After making up her mind, Concubine Li pretended to persuade Meng Chong. Seeing that Meng Chong refused to continue being the chief minister of rites, she had no choice but to agree "reluctantly".
Meng Chong was too pragmatic in his instructions. In addition to supervising the construction of the mausoleum, he had other things to do when he went to Tianshou Mountain. Therefore, he asked to leave for Tianshou Mountain early tomorrow morning on the grounds of being impatient.
Concubine Li did not hesitate this time and agreed immediately.