Zhang Fan listened to Ge Shouli's story quietly, didn't interrupt, didn't say anything, Ge Shouli's words sounded like showing off his footprints in the court in the past few decades, you know, forty-five years is naturally not a short time, but there are really not many people who can be like Ge Shouli, in forty-five years, to get to this position, and Ge Shouli did it, then he naturally has the capital to show off.

But Zhang Fan is not a superficial person, and even, as long as he understands a little Ge Shouli, he doesn't need any intelligence, he can hear it, Ge Shouli is not boasting about his exploits at all, what he said, saying that his experience in the middle of the court for forty-five years, is actually equivalent to the experience of the Jiajing and Longqing dynasties, yes, if you talk about the Ming Dynasty, what period is the most chaotic, it is when the Ming Dynasty Chengzu Zhu Di was martyred, and when Ming Yingzong was in power, before and after the battle of Tumubao.

But if we talk about things in the court, when it comes to the most chaotic time, I'm afraid it is the Jiajing Dynasty, not that the chaos of the Jiajing Dynasty has had a huge impact, it is true, the chaos of the Jiajing Dynasty is really a "chaos", all kinds of people and all kinds of things continue to appear, speaking of traitors, the reality of Xia Yan, followed by Yan Song, and behind, there are Xu Jie, Gao Gong, which originally upheld the idea, but when he was old, he acted arbitrarily, in short, Jiajing to Longqing, during the two dynasties here, it was really a constant thing.

And all this, Ge Shouli saw it all in his eyes, speaking of which, after so many things, how could a person not be tired.

What's more, for Ge Shouli, he doesn't have too many selfish desires, his biggest ambition is not to be able to rise to prominence, nor to be able to revitalize the Ming Dynasty and inherit it for thousands of years, his biggest ambition is to hope that this court can stabilize.

Back then, when the officials of the Ministry of Officials were instigated by Yan Song, and he was transferred to Yingtian, a place that is equivalent to a cold palace for officials, Ge Shouli did not make a noise, Ge Shouli at that time won the trust of Emperor Jiajing, if Ge Shouli wanted to complain about himself, he only needed to play a fold, even if it was because of Yan Song's power at that time, he did not have a way to immediately reinstate the official, but he would never stay in Yingtian for so long, but Ge Shouli did not, because he knew that if he did that at that time, Emperor Jiajing will inevitably speak, as soon as Emperor Jiajing speaks, the court will definitely be in chaos, and when the time comes, if Yan Song will take advantage of this chaos to do something, it will only make the situation more chaotic, Ge Shouli didn't want the court that was already a black miasma stirred by Yan Song to become more chaotic, so he didn't speak.

And even in the back, he was a member of the first rank in the court, and he had extremely important power, and there was no problem at all with what he said, but at that time, the cabinet was headed by Gao Gong, and there were constant disputes, and Gao Gong was also becoming more and more arbitrary, and finally, Feng Bao started, Zhang Juzheng was the executor, in short, it could be said at that time that Gao Gong was a tree falling and scattered, and the entire court, almost all of the people were besieging Gao Gong, this matter, Zhang Fan also experienced, and Zhang Fan also understood the situation at that time, It can be said that Gao Gong at that time was indeed a little angry, and a lot of things that should not have been done were done, even if Zhang Fan didn't do anything, but he inevitably had a lot of resentment against Gao Gong in his heart.

However, at that time, Ge Shouli was the only one who was unmoved, and even, later, although Ge Shouli didn't say anything, but Feng Bao and Zhang Juzheng, who wanted to kill Gao Gong, were afraid that Ge Shouli would stand up and make trouble, and wanted to force him to submit to him, but Ge Shouli was loyal and unyielding, not to mention Feng Bao's temptation, even if it was extremely coercive, Ge Shouli didn't take it to heart at all, just didn't agree to him.

The reason why Ge Shouli did this was for the stability of the imperial court, because at that time he knew that although Feng Bao did not have any too bad intentions, but power also blinded him, at that time, Gao Gong had already stepped down and went home to recuperate, but Feng Bao was already like this, it can be seen that Feng Bao at that time was really a little crazy, and Feng Bao at that time wanted to find an opportunity to justifiably cleanse those people who had been involved with Gao Gong in the past.

And Ge Shouli, naturally, knows this very well, he understands that once he agrees to Feng Bao, Gao Gong will die, and Gao Gong will not die, Ge Shouli is still in second place, the most important thing is that as soon as Gao Gong dies, hundreds of people in the court will be implicated, and those people, even if they don't die, will definitely be degraded or find a reason to be exiled, so that the turmoil in the court and China is extraordinary, and Ge Shouli will definitely not want that kind of situation to happen.

But if Ge Shouli didn't agree, Feng Bao wouldn't dare to do it, because Ge Shouli didn't take a stand, Feng Bao didn't dare to bet, he didn't know if he really did it when the time came, and Ge Shouli would make any moves, but Feng Bao understood that once Ge Shouli stood up against it, not only would his goal not be achieved, but it was more likely that he would get into a lot of trouble because of it.

Some people may say that Ge Shouli's ideas are too mediocre and too inactive, if Ge Shouli is a little more positive, the situation in the court will definitely be better than now, but many people have not found that Ge Shouli has done this to keep things in the court under control and not go beyond it.

All in all, from the Jiajing period to the present, too many things have happened in this Ming Dynasty, and the reason why all of this is within a range that can make people endure it, Ge Shouli is definitely one of the well-deserved heroes.

But now, he is already tired, although the current court has stabilized, even if the situation is a dominant party, but after all, it is stable, now Ge Shouli wants to retire, but it is true, but there is no need to be too sorry, after all, Ge Shouli is now a full seventy years old, even if something happens in the future, according to the current situation, at least it will take ten years, ten years later, Ge Shouli is already eighty years old, At the age of eighty, even if there is something else in his heart that he wants to do, he can't do anything.

But even so, Zhang Fan, who suddenly understood Ge Shouli's thoughts, still felt that it was a pity, it was really pitiful that there were few people like Ge Shouli in the court, Zhang Fan himself sighed to himself, he couldn't do Ge Shouli like this, and there was a Hai Rui, his body was quite tough, and he could still do it, but Hai Rui was now fifty-seven years old, not to mention, Hai Rui was an official, upright, but his edge was too exposed, and he really offended too many people, even if the emperor admired him very much, but because he offended too many people, but the official position has never been able to rise.

Of course, it is undeniable that Hai Rui's current status and official position can be close to the people and can do more practical things for the people, but Zhang Fan understands that just giving a few people grievances cannot change the situation of the entire court today, there have always been corrupt officials and corrupt officials, even if Hai Rui can take all the corrupt officials in the entire Nanzhili, but the world is still more than ten other provinces, as well as these officials in the capital, relying on Hai Rui alone will not work at all.

Now, with one less Ge Shouli, there is one less person in the court who can restrain Feng Bao and Zhang Juzheng, although Zhang Fan also believes that Feng Bao and Zhang Juzheng can't do anything wrong, but he is still worried.

But now, Ge Shouli's departure has become an irrevocable thing, even if Zhang Fan doesn't want to, even if Ge Shouli himself doesn't want to, but the actual situation does not allow them to choose anymore.

"It doesn't have to be like this," Ge Shouli saw Zhang Fan's appearance, knowing what he was thinking in his heart, and couldn't help but say, "Actually, I already have a plan, next month, I plan to ask Your Majesty to resign, although I am a little reluctant, but I really put down a stone in my heart,"

Hearing Ge Shouli say this, Zhang Fan was a little confused.

"I think you should remember Lord Zhang," Ge Shouli said, "It was the fifth year of Longqing, didn't Gao Gong go home to recuperate, at that time I mentioned to the first emperor, I want to go home, the old mother is still there, and I am in the dynasty forty-five years, but I can't be an old mother, it is really a big unfilial piety, now, although the old mother is still there, but after all, the age is too old, the body is inconvenient, if I don't go back, this 'unfilial piety' word is really true, and I hope that Lord Zhang will be considerate,"

Zhang Fan looked at Ge Shouli, knowing in his heart that what he said was a pretext, but he couldn't refute it, or rather, no matter what he thought about this matter, he could only do nothing.

Perhaps, all this is just a predestined thing.

At this time, from the place where the two came, there was a faint commotion, it seems that even those ministers who are super "curious" have a time to retreat, at least, these people obviously understand that just such a little time is like digging out some news from the mouths of those scholars and monks, it is really not very realistic, besides, there will be time in the future anyway.

"It seems that now is the time to retreat from the dynasty," Ge Shouli said with a smile, "In this case, I will also go back," after that, Ge Shouli nodded at Zhang Fan, and turned to leave.

And Zhang Fan looked at Ge Shouli's departing back, didn't speak, just clasped his fists and bowed his hands, saluting Ge Shouli.

There are not many people who have noticed this picture, in fact, there is only one Zhang Juzheng, but after Zhang Juzheng saw it, he was happy in his heart, but he was also a little disappointed.