It was the middle of summer, the weather was changeable, and in the evening there was a shower in the capital, the rain was very heavy and rapid, destroying flowers and trees, and coming without warning, just like the anger in the study after Gao Gong returned home.

The subordinates of the Gao Mansion have already retreated from the study, this is the gesture made by the eldest young master pushing the door out of the study to them, and the subordinates are very grateful, after all, no one dares to be angry with the old man of the high pavilion.

Why is Gao Gong angry? It's not because Gao Pragmatic reported Meng Chong's resignation and Feng Bao's upcoming appointment as the celebrant to Gao Gong. And that's not all, Gao Pragmatic also told Gao Gong that Meng Chong's resignation was persuaded by him.

Maybe this is the reason why Gao Gong is angry, because Gao Pragmatic didn't talk to him about this matter at all before this, and this matter was completely done by Gao Pragmatic without permission.

But Gao Pragmatic was not afraid, but turned his head and told Gao Gong everything that happened in Yongning Palace, and analyzed: "Third uncle, the key question at the moment is not who is the master of ceremonies and the palm seal, but whether the two palaces and the emperor have enough trust in you - this is like when Emperor Daxing was there, would you really care whether the palm seal of the master of ceremonies was Chen Hong or Meng Chong?" ”

"No, you won't." Gao Pragmatic didn't wait for Gao Gong to answer, so he said categorically: "Because the Emperor Daxing has no unparalleled trust in you, no matter who is making the palm print, he can only honestly give your ticket to use the treasure - so in the final analysis, the power of the world is not in the celebrant supervisor, but in the emperor!" ”

Gao Gong is straight and anxious, but it doesn't mean that he doesn't use his brain, so as soon as Gao Shishi's words came out, his anger suddenly turned ten percent to ninety, and after taking a few breaths, he had to sit down.

After a while, Gao Gong spoke: "The old man knows that what you said is not unreasonable, and your persuasion of Meng Chong to resign is indeed caused by the unexpected situation in the Yongning Palace, but there is one thing you can't ignore: when Emperor Daxing is there, it is impossible for the master of ceremonies to restrict the contact between the old man and Emperor Daxing, so the government affairs are accessible." However, now it is different, the old man, as the first assistant of Gu Ming, even if he can still get in touch with the emperor at any time, it will not work, because the emperor is still too young and is really in charge...... You also saw it today, it's actually the imperial concubine! The old man is a courtier of the outer court, and it is impossible to go to the imperial concubine for discussion on everything, and it is even more impossible for the imperial concubine to be like the emperor of Daxing, who doesn't know anything, so he directly summons the old man to see him. ”

He let out a breath of turbidity and sighed: "You should know the difference, that is, the palm seal of the celebrant can cut off the connection between the emperor and the prime minister, so as to manipulate the overall situation of the world, just like all kinds of eunuchs throughout the ages. You should also know how serious the consequences will be for the imperial court if a villain like Feng Bao is allowed to hold such power! ”

If it is indeed as Gao Gong said, it is indeed a big problem, and Gao Pragmatic must admit this.

However, Gao Pragmatic did not panic, but said calmly: "If Feng Bao can really control the celebrant supervisor, the nephew will approve of the third uncle's analysis, but the nephew is sure to say: as long as the third uncle and nephew are still in the Jingshi, Feng Bao will not have such ability." ”

Gao Gong squinted his eyes suddenly, stared at Gao Shi for a while, and asked, "What is the reason?" ”

Gao Pragmatic stood up and paced: "When Meng Chong was the palm print, the five major masters of the ceremonial supervisor were Feng Bao, Chen Hong, Huang Mengyu, Zhang Cheng and Chen Ju. Among them, Feng Bao, Chen Hong and Zhang Cheng are all former ministers of Yudi. After Emperor Daxing ascended the throne that year, Feng Bao and Chen Hong entered the palace to serve, and Zhang Cheng was sent to Nanjing as a eunuch to guard the town, and Chen Ju's qualifications at that time were still a little shallow, Huang Mengyu was the farthest away from Emperor Daxing, but in terms of status, he had already served as the eunuch of Datong at that time. ”

Later, Chen Ju was moved by his nephew and transferred to Zhongcui Palace to wait for the prince, and Huang Mengyu was also transferred back to Beijing because his nephew recommended him in front of Meng Zhangyin. Later, that is, after the previous conflict with Zhang Ge Lao broke out, Meng Zhangyin proposed to adjust the structure of the ceremonial supervisor, and obtained the consent of Emperor Daxing, Huang Mengyu and Chen Ju were promoted to Bingbi, and Feng Bao lost the concurrently palm of the imperial horse supervisor, thus forming the current situation of the five major Bingbi. ”

Gao Shi paused for a moment, and saw that Gao Gong had no intention of interjecting, so he continued: "Now, we don't know what tomorrow's will will be, but I think that even if Meng Chong resigns, the celebrant should not make too many adjustments, and there is a high probability that each will rise in order." In this way, there are still at least two of the four great writers, that is, Huang Mengyu and Chen Ju, who we can trust, and Chen Hong ......"

"Who does the East Factory belong to?" Gao Gong suddenly interjected: "If Feng Bao is promoted to the palm seal, will he hand over the position of Admiral of Dongchang?" If so, to whom? Chen Hong? ”

Gao Pragmatic shook his head slightly, and said, "This is exactly the problem at hand, Concubine Li doesn't seem to be very familiar with the four major bingbi other than Feng Bao. Chen Hong and Zhang Cheng were both waiting for Emperor Daxing in their early years, and they could only have some intersection with Li Guifei, but they definitely didn't know much, and they were far less intimate than Feng Baolai, so it was difficult to conclude how Li Guifei would arrange Dongchang from the perspective of intimacy alone. ”

Gao Gong had a gloomy face and said: "The worst case is that Feng Bao is in charge of the palm seal and the head of the East Factory, if that is the case, this fang is really a bit difficult to control......"

This is for sure, the palm seal of the celebrant is the last person to stamp the ticket, if he thinks that the vote is not appropriate, he can send the vote back to the cabinet to ask for a new vote, if it is changed in the Longqing period, there may not be any palm print who dares to casually send the high arch's ticket back to ask for a redraft, because if the high arch is angry, directly ask to see the emperor, the emperor is basically impossible to oppose the teacher's opinion, then the palm print is embarrassing, and even very dangerous.

But now that Longqing is gone, the imperial power is to a large extent exercised by Li Guifei, and it is impossible for Gao Gong to ask to see Li Guifei at will, and Li Guifei cannot meet Gao Gong at every turn, so Feng Bao is easy to make it bigger in the middle, and then exercise the right to refuse, and fight back the high arch's vote at every turn, don't think that this is a trivial matter, once or twice may not be a big problem, but if there are more and more intensive, the blow to Shoufu's political prestige will be very huge.

And if he also controls the East Factory, it is even more incredible, which is equivalent to not only mastering the unshakable administrative power of the outer court, but also mastering the supervision power that is not subject to the constraints of the outer court. In other words, as long as Feng Bao can conceal or coax Li Guifei, his power can be infinitely magnified, almost the imperial power itself.

Gao Shishi's face also had to be solemn, and he said slowly: "So the order we drew up before can't be changed, we can only Feng Bao first, and then Jiangling." ”

"Guarantee by guarantee, this order remains the same." Gao Gong frowned deeply: "But the problem now is that the concubine regards whether the old man agrees with Feng Bao as the palm seal as a test of the old man's loyalty, so the old man not only can't launch the courtiers to impeach Feng Bao, but he can't even say anything in private, so how can he chase Bao?" ”