Ge Shouli's words made Zhang Fan understand a little in his heart, but although he thought about that aspect, he would never believe it in his heart, the neutral faction that occupied the largest number of people in the court, and now it would all fall to his side.

Zhang Fan was not carried away by his own wishful thinking, on the contrary, his heart was very sober and calm, the so-called everything has a reason, this Ge Shouli is now such an obvious overture, there must be a reason, but what is the reason, Zhang Fan does not understand very well in his heart.

It is because Zhang Fan's current situation is rising, this reason is very likely, now Zhang Fan is extremely favored by Longqing, which does not need to be explained by others, anyone can see it, plus now he has cracked a shocking corruption case in Jiangnan, of course, this is not the most important thing, the most important thing is that this time Zhang Fan cracked the case, which brought so much money to Longqing, which can definitely make Zhang Fan more favored by Longqing today.

Ge Shouli, as the head of the household, actually knew some things earlier than other people, and he himself was not a stupid person, through some news, he was able to guess a lot of things, just like this time, a few days ago, after Zhang Fan reported the amount of silver collected back to the capital, Longqing had already found Ge Shouli to tell him.

It stands to reason that the seized dirty silver, although there are no explicit regulations on how to deal with it, but customarily, it is divided into two parts, the large one is included in the treasury of the household department, and the small one is included in the emperor's inner treasury, but this is not absolute, plus now, there is no nosy person in the court of Longqing, and Gao Gong is busy fighting for power and profit, Ge Shouli himself is not a person who desperately wants to abide by the ancestral system, so Longqing told him that the silver collected back, Sancheng gave the treasury of the household department, Sancheng was close to him, the emperor's own inner treasury, and the other Sancheng was to reward Zhang Fan, about this matter, Longqing did not want to keep it as a big secret, but he also did not want to publicize this matter in the court, after all, this kind of thing would only attract the jealousy of others and all kinds of other things.

After Ge Shouli listened to Longqing's words at that time, the first feeling in his heart at that time was jealousy, great jealousy of Zhang Fan, although he knew that Zhang Fan was very favored by Longqing before this, but Ge Shouli, who was not too familiar with the situation, did not know what kind of status Zhang Fan had in Longqing, and Longqing's words also made Ge Shouli realize that Zhang Fan's status in Longqing's mind was quite high, and it was definitely not the kind of courtier who was temporarily favored by the emperor. Ge Shouli was not jealous of the amount of money Zhang Fan received from Longqing this time, but of Zhang Fan's status in Longqing's mind.

But then, the jealousy has just passed, Ge Shouli has a joyful mind in his heart, since Long Qing told him that this matter should not be publicized outside, it explained another thing from the side, that is, for Ge Shouli, Long Qing is also more assured, Ge Shouli is very self-aware, he understands that although he is a smart person, but only to the point of being smart, if he has the wisdom to decide, he himself will not agree, and for this reason, He understands that he can now achieve the position of the head of the household department and the second rank of the imperial court, which is already his peak, and if he wants to take a step further to the top, he asked himself if he has that ability, and then he can succeed by forming a party and forming a faction and doing a good job in interpersonal relationships, so what Ge Shouli cares about is not whether he can go further, but how he can stay in this position for a long time, and it is best to let him work until he is old, and then return to his hometown to retire with the honor of this body.

It was also from that time that Ge Shouli really realized that his current attitude of not being left or right, standing on the neutral side, could only keep him stable for a while, but not for a lifetime, at this time, he was determined to find a backer for himself.

To say that he, the head of the household department, is also one of the leaders of the six departments, and a second-grade member of the imperial court, if this kind of help shows that he wants to take refuge in one side, there must be no one who will not agree, so that for Ge Shouli, he has a very large choice.

Gao Gong since playing some means, finally defeated Xu Jie, and returned to the court, re-entered the cabinet, sat in the position of the first assistant of the cabinet, now Gao Gong can be described as a huge momentum, he not only while forming a gang, trying to expand his own power, on the other hand, he is still sparing no effort to eliminate dissidents, Gao Gong's force is now the most powerful, but Ge Shouli is not optimistic about him, the so-called wood show in the forest, the wind will destroy it, Gao Gong is now so fanfare, so that the court is also quite a bit of a chicken, dog jumping, Seeing that Longqing didn't say anything, Gao Gong became more presumptuous, but this momentum will definitely not last long, Ge Shouli believes that Gao Gong can still make him proud of the time is running out, it won't be long, maybe a few years, maybe a few months, Longqing or someone in the court will suddenly make trouble, Ge Shouli saw this clearly, and then gave up Gao Gong's side.

On the other hand, the faction headed by Zhang Juzheng can be called a gentleman's party, this group of people is very discerning, and what they think and think on weekdays is to take into account the overall situation, and everything is considered in all aspects, but if Ge Shouli is allowed to join this party, I'm afraid he is not very willing, this faction of people is too one-sided, although Ge Shouli is not a corrupt official and traitor, but he also wants to be free and free, and does not want to be too constrained. And if he plans to follow Zhang Juzheng's group of people, it will be a very painful thing to think about, Zhang Juzheng is not very good at caring about these things, he will not easily evaluate a person because a person is greedy for enjoyment, but other people will not be like this, most of those people are some rigid sour Confucianism, they do things, and even speak with a straight eye, they will never allow Ge Shouli, a somewhat casual person, to be with them and "ruin" their reputation.

These two paths don't work, Ge Shouli naturally won't just feel that he really doesn't want it, what Long Qing said to him before made him think of another possibility, Zhang Fan, Zhang Fan has been in the career for less than a year, but the achievements he has made this year can be worth the achievements that others have worked hard for most of their lives, and even many people may not be able to climb Zhang Fan's current height in their lifetime.

This is indeed a very good object of refuge, although Zhang Fan's current climate has not yet been fully formed, but his bright future has been very clearly shown in front of everyone, not only has the strong favor of the current emperor Longqing, but also has the trust of today's prince, the future Ming Emperor Zhu Yijun, the two are a teacher-student relationship, which is definitely an important symbol of Feihuang Tengda, although Zhang Fan can now be regarded as Feihuang Tengda, but what will happen in the future, who can say for sure.

And for Ge Shouli, there is a more important benefit to choosing Zhang Fan as the object of refuge, Zhang Fan has not been in the official career for long, because he is too young and his qualifications are too shallow, although he has sat in an important position, but he has nothing to do with many people in the court, but Zhang Fan will have a group of people who will follow him and help him act in the future, this situation is absolutely no one can deny, Ge Shouli took the initiative to show favor to Zhang Fan at this time, and wanted to enter Zhang Fan's circle of influence that did not have a framework, In the future, after Zhang Fan's power grows stronger, then he Ge Shouli can call himself a veteran, so that even if he can't go further in his future official career, it will be smooth sailing and very stable.

Ge Shouli, who figured out this truth, made a decision, until now, all the situations are the same as what Zhang Fan guessed, but later, there are different situations, things are slightly different from what Zhang Fan imagined, Ge Shouli's actions today are completely Ge Shouli's own decision, he has never greeted anyone, whether it is the neutral faction he is in now, or anyone else, he has not revealed his thoughts, Although he decided to do this today after thinking about it a lot in his heart, for many people, what he did was still too sudden.

Sure enough, Ge Shouli's words not only attracted Zhang Fan's attention to him, but also the eyes of other courtiers standing on both sides, although there was no sound of discussion in the court now, but these officials were exchanging opinions with each other with their eyes, and more of them were focusing on Ge Shouli and Zhang Fan, as if they wanted to see something from them.

On the emperor's throne on the high platform, Long Qing didn't say anything about it, just a laugh that showed that he was very happy now, and then Long Qing was also silent, as if he also wanted to see what the situation was now.

And the situation in the court below is more interesting now, those people who belong to the same faction as Ge Shouli, all have inexplicable expressions, and I think it is, Ge Shouli didn't reveal any of his plans at all before, and those people don't know anything at all, now Ge Shouli is so sudden, and so obviously shows his goodwill to Zhang Fan, which really makes these people who have always claimed to be neutral to the extreme, and it also makes them feel a little annoyed, After all, Ge Shouli is also a leader of their neutral faction, a person who can speak, and now Ge Shouli has shown a good impression of Zhang Fan so without warning, and more importantly, they have not received any warning at all, and they have never heard anything from Ge Shouli.

It's not that they are against Ge Shouli doing this, or that they are not optimistic about Zhang Fan or anything at all, but what they are angry about is that Ge Shouli is so self-assertive, and he acts like this without consulting them at all, and it is as if they have agreed to Ge Shouli's approach, and are ready to collectively fall to Zhang Fan, although maybe in the end, many of them will feel that there is nothing wrong with doing this, after all, they are not unclear about Zhang Fan's future development direction, It can be said that it would be a good choice for them to stand in Zhang Fan's camp just following Ge Shouli's on-the-spot intentions, but when it comes to fighting for a breath, no matter how indifferent they are, no matter how improvised, they still have some dignity that needs to be retained, or they can't hold their faces.

In short, to put it simply, they did not disagree with Ge Shouli's decision, but they were annoyed that Ge Shouli acted so arbitrarily.

The other courtiers were also very concerned about this situation, but they didn't know that Ge Shouli's current behavior was just his own decision, and he didn't bring anyone else from the middle faction with him, in their opinion, Ge Shouli, as a heavyweight of the middle faction, what he said must also represent the thoughts of many people in that faction.

Therefore, now there is an idea in the court, that is, the middle faction with the largest number of people is going to fall to Zhang Fan, and the middle row has a large number of people, once it falls to Zhang Fan, then Zhang Fan, who will not appear too often in the court in the future, is about to become the master of the most powerful faction in the Ming Dynasty today, although everyone understands that there are many courtiers in the middle, it is absolutely impossible to fall to Zhang Fan, but even if it is only half, It is definitely enough for Zhang Fan to quickly expand his power.

This news is also good for some people, like Zhang Juzheng, who knows Zhang Fan better, and although Zhang Juzheng will not obviously agree with this, he will not object, compared to it, Zhang Juzheng is very likely to agree.

And for Gao Gong's gang, this is definitely downright bad news, Gao Gong and Zhang Fan are now in a state of anxiety, and this variable will definitely make Gao Gong feel extremely tricky.

But now, Gao Gong is facing this sudden thing, and he has no way to change anything for a while, so he has to stay put, and no longer pay attention to anything, it seems that he has begun to look for a solution.

And at this time, Longqing began to continue to ask about the battle of Jiangnan that had just ended.