Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 446
Ever since Emperor Longqing passed away, Meng Chong's heart had been hanging in the air.

His family knew his own family affairs, and he knew very well that he had picked up the handprint of the supervisor of ceremonies at the beginning. Among the eunuchs that Long Qing trusted, Chen Hong was the one who ranked first, so at the beginning, the handprint of the supervisor of ceremonies was Chen Hong.If it wasn't for Chen Hong being greedy and ignorant of restraint, and causing trouble, he wouldn't have lost his palm print and been beaten down.

Taking advantage of that opportunity, Meng Chong was recommended by Gao Gong to take over as the palm seal.As for why Gao Gong recommended him to take over, he himself knew very well that it was not because of his outstanding ability, but because he was honest and did not take power.

Although Meng Chong's ability is average, but he has been in the palace for a long time, and his eyesight is somewhat good.Meng Chong knew how proud Gao Gong was, how could he care about the ability of the supervisor of ceremonies?I'm afraid in his opinion, the supervisor of ceremonies from top to bottom only needs to be able to approve red treasures!Confidential?Just a joke, I, Gao Gong, can preside over government affairs.

So in the past few years, Meng Chong has carefully restrained himself, reminding himself not to confront the cabinet, especially not to have any conflicts with Gao Ge's thinking.The effect is indeed very good, at least let him sit on the palm print throne safely and securely for the past few years.

But the situation is different now. Emperor Longqing passed away. Although Gao Ge seems to be still the No. The old emperor who sheltered from wind and rain is gone!
What is the current emperor's attitude towards Mr. Gao Ge?I don't know, and it doesn't matter, because the emperor is still too young, and it is not the emperor himself who really represents the emperor's will, but his biological mother Li Guifei.

As for the empress, of course she also has a certain chance to take over the imperial power, but that requires strong support from the outer court. For example, if the empress and Gao Gelao unite, they may be able to compete with Concubine Li Gui, who controls the emperor herself.

But this is very difficult, because if Gao Gong does this, the problem may not be big before the emperor takes power, but once the emperor takes power, there will be a strong backlash.

If Gao Gong is alone and doesn't need to think about the future at all, then he can give it a try, unite with the empress to suppress Li Guifei, and then the empress dowager will be regent, and he will have the final say on all major matters in the outer court.

But the problem is that his nephew, Gao Yushi, is a close minister of the emperor with a promising future. How could he kill the future of the Gao family for his own pleasure?
Besides, the queen herself is an honest and well-behaved person, so it's hard to say whether she is willing to play such a game.

So Gao Ge seems to still have a great reputation, he is the chief assistant of Gu Ming and in charge of the official department, but in fact his position must not be as deep and unshakable as it was in the Longqing Dynasty.

There are two foundations for the position of Meng Chong's supervisor of ceremonies: the trust of the emperor and the support of Gao Gong. Now that one of them is completely gone and the other is greatly weakened, how can he not panic?

It is something that the emperors of the Ming Dynasty almost always did when the new king ascended the throne and changed the seal of the supervisor of ceremonies, because otherwise it would not be enough to guarantee the perfect implementation of the emperor's will.Now that the new king has ascended the throne, the new king may not be able to carry out his own will, only the will of his mother and concubine Li Guifei can be carried out.

So Meng Chong knew that the person who replaced him must be Feng Bao, depending on the day.

Therefore, when Gao Wushi came to him, his will was a little depressed, and he even said to him as soon as he saw Gao Wushi: "Mr. Go to Nanjing Sixiang?"

Feeding horses for Jing Jun and Nanjing Sixiang are not good jobs, and they are just a little bit better than sending them to Nanjing to grow vegetables.

So as soon as Meng Chong said this, Gao Yushi knew that his ideological work persuading him should be easier to do.

Sure enough, Gao Wushi sighed softly, analyzed the recent situation, and then told Meng Chong the news from Yongning Palace just now, Meng Chong wiped his tears and begged him to help him.

Gao Yushi was not polite, and gave him an idea.

After hearing this, Meng Chong felt a little regretful that his palm-printed throne was gone, but he was an honest man after all, and he knew how to be content, so he agreed immediately without thinking too much.

Gao Wushi left and left, Meng washed his face, tidied himself up, and went to Yongning Palace.

At this time, the little emperor had already gone to Empress Chen to discuss the matter of the two palaces and him making an order for Gao Yushi to "observe politics", so there were only Concubine Li Gui and Li Wenjin in Yongning Palace.

Concubine Li Gui was a little surprised when she heard Meng Chong begging to see her. She glanced at Li Wenjin and asked, "Meng Chong? What is he doing here?"

Li Wenjin thought about it, and felt that Meng Chong treated him fairly well. Although he was not particularly close, he was still polite. knew."

So Meng Chong entered the main hall, and he met Li Guifei honestly according to the rules, and before Li Guifei could ask any questions, he took the initiative to say: "Your concubine, the old slave is old, but because of the great trust of the Emperor Daxing, he has to live in concubine." The position in the hands of the Supervisor of Rituals, now the Daxing Emperor Dragon controls Bintian, the old servant is extremely sad, and I am afraid that he will not be able to share the emperor's worries."

Concubine Li Gui didn't expect Meng Chong to do such a trick, she was caught off guard for a while, and asked, "Why is there such a statement about Meng Chong's handprint?"

When Li Wenjin heard that it was not the way, my sister's ability to adapt is really not good. People have already explained the reasons, but you still ask people "why", isn't this nonsense?Besides, no matter what Meng Chong has done in the past few years, at least he has not made any major mistakes, and he has worked hard without credit. If you ask him to resign, 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, and the inner court and the outer court are in a mess, it is not appropriate for you to resign at this time."

These words have some meaning: you can leave, don't be in a hurry for now, it won't be too late to leave after we make arrangements.

But Meng Chong seemed to be very persistent, kowtowed to Concubine Li Gui, and said: "Madam, the Emperor Daxing's kindness to this old slave is as great as a mountain, and now the Emperor Daxing controls Bintian, but he hasn't even prepared a mountain tomb. Thinking of this matter for a few days, I feel so sad that I can’t eat anymore, and I really have no way to continue working... It’s not that the old slave doesn’t know the current situation, the old slave just wants to do his last for the Emperor Daxing, so This old slave wants to resign from his job as the supervisor of ceremonies, and go to Tianshou Mountain to help prepare the mausoleum of Emperor Daxing, and hope that the empress and the emperor will be successful."

Concubine Li Gui looked at him in surprise, and thought to herself: This Meng Chong is going to supervise the construction of the mausoleum for Emperor Daxing instead of putting the seal of the supervisor of ceremonies on it?Could it be that he really missed Emperor Daxing to this extent?
But on second thought, this is also a good thing.Originally, although Meng Chong was not very capable, at least he hadn't had any major troubles in the past few years in the palm print position. It was really unreasonable for him to be replaced suddenly for no reason. Please go and supervise the construction of the mausoleum for Emperor Daxing, it will be the best of both worlds.

After making up her mind, Concubine Li Gui pretended to persuade Meng Chong a few words, seeing that Meng Chong refused to continue to be the seal of the Supervisor of Ceremonies, so she had no choice but to "reluctantly" agree.

Meng Chong received too high and pragmatic instructions, this time he went to Tianshou Mountain, besides supervising the construction of the mausoleum, he had another matter to do, so he asked to leave for Tianshou Mountain early in the morning on the grounds of his impatience.

Concubine Li Gui didn't hesitate this time, and immediately agreed.

　Three shifts...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)