Ge Shouli, a person who doesn't usually like to talk much, now stood up and said that he agreed to Li Chunfang's recommendation of Gao Yi to succeed him in the cabinet, which seemed to many people to be an incredible thing, and they couldn't figure out why Ge Shouli would stand up and help people speak.

But the next moment, people's eyes turned to Zhang Fan, thinking of Ge Shouli's unusual help when Zhang Fan just came back the day before yesterday, and most of the officials were thoughtful in their hearts.

"Oh, Ge Aiqing seconded," Long Qing seemed to be very interested in what Ge Shouli said, and asked with a smile, "Then Ge Aiqing might as well talk about it, but what is the reason?"

"Your Majesty," Ge Shouli didn't think about it, and said directly, obviously prepared, "Wei Chen thinks that the position of the cabinet, although it is as Lord Gao just said, is very busy in the days, and the things he handles are also very important, but now that there are two people in the cabinet, Lord Gao and Lord Zhang, it must be more than enough,"

Ge Shouli's words, people who heard them felt a little funny, Ge Shouli's words, on the surface, seemed to say that Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng were very capable, as if only the two of them in the cabinet were enough, but in the eyes of others, especially these officials who only thought about intrigues all day long, Ge Shouli's words were simply secretly scolding the other people in the cabinet for being fools who ate idle meals.

But not to mention whether this is the case, no one dares to stand up to refute Ge Shouli now, besides, it seems that what Ge Shouli said is the truth, in today's cabinet, almost everything, whether important or unimportant, that is, Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng discuss or conflict with each other, and other people never ask about these things that should be their part.

"Oh," listening to Ge Shouli's words, Long Qing was a little puzzled, and said, "If you talk about Aiqing like this, it is enough to leave only Gao Aiqing and Zhang Aiqing in the cabinet, why do you need the other four, just cut the other four, and in the future, only Gao Aiqing and Zhang Aiqing will be left in the cabinet, Ge Aiqing thinks, how about this?"

Hehe, okay, Ge Shouli just stood up and said such a sentence truthfully, although there was a little irony in the words, but it was not deep, he just wanted to talk casually, and opened the topic in this way, and he didn't have the meaning of what Longqing said, but Longqing didn't know what was going on today, so he actually said such a thing through Ge Shouli's words.

The so-called speaker is unintentional, it sounds intentional, and no matter why Long Qing said this, at least the court officials who heard him say this are all nervous, and the emperor's words and deeds represent the supreme will of this huge empire, in their opinion, Long Qing will say this, it must be that he already has such a mind in his heart.

"Uh...... Your Majesty," Ge Shouli also seemed to be frightened by Longqing's words, and hurriedly said, "Weichen doesn't mean that, Weichen means that Lord Gao and Master Zhang are diligent in government, and most of the things in the cabinet have been done by the two of them, but Weichen didn't say that the other ministers don't matter, if it is really as His Majesty joked, there will only be two ministers in the cabinet, and it will definitely be chaotic in the future,"

People who listened to Ge Shouli's words, whether it was a civil and military official or Longqing himself, understood what he meant by "chaos", the cabinet as the emperor's auxiliary political body, the power is naturally very large, even if the emperor himself made the will, if the ministers in the cabinet feel that it is inappropriate and cannot pass it, they have the right to play against it, even the emperor's will can be opposed, and this is not a dead letter, it is almost inevitable to succeed, which shows how great the power of the cabinet is.

If things are really as Long Qing said, if there are only two people left in the cabinet, they will definitely be chaotic in the future, in order to prevent the same stream of pollution, those two people will inevitably be enemies, which is also a good thing, but the officials in the court and the central government all understand that if it is two enemies, the most likely result is that these two people are extremely opposed, no matter what it is, they must oppose each other's proposals, even if it is the most correct, a major event that benefits the country and the people, or a war that has a bearing on the overall situation, Originally, both of them agreed in their hearts, but once one of them said what he agreed, the other person would inevitably speak out against it for the sake of anger, and in this case, the DPRK and China would become very chaotic and the decree would not be accessible.

And more importantly, there is a future saying, but it is applicable to any era, "there is no eternal enemy, only eternal interests", as the saying goes, money can make the devil grind, and for the sake of power, people can do anything, who can guarantee it, in the future, there are only two people left in the cabinet, two incompatible enemies, they will not stand on the same front for the common good, and if that happens, these two people in the cabinet will be equivalent to controlling the entire court in disguise, No one wants to see that happen.

"Your Majesty," Ge Shouli continued, "The candidates in the cabinet were formulated by Cheng Zu back then, and they were for the ancestral system...... Moreover, the people who enter the cabinet are all scholars in the court, and so far in this dynasty, there are four halls of Zhongji, Jianji, Wenhua, Wuying, and Wenyuan Pavilion and East Pavilion, a total of four halls and two pavilions, six bachelors, and there is no fixed membership, if there are only two people left in the cabinet, where should the other four scholars be placed, there will inevitably be a lot of trouble.

"Also, today's things are in the eyes of Your Majesty, and Wechen won't say more, but if it is true that there are two candidates for cabinet scholars, what kind of scene will it be when the time comes, Wechen must not have to imagine for His Majesty anymore,"

Ge Shouli said so much, except for the last paragraph, it was basically all nonsense, what kind of imperial ancestral system, established by Cheng Zu, it sounds very good, but if there is really any emperor who wants to tamper with it, no one can stop it, but the last point can be regarded as to the point.

Nowadays, there are six positions in the cabinet, respectively, there are four palaces, two cabinets, six scholars as cabinet ministers, even now, the six positions have countless ministers because they want to be among them, and they are inseparable, if the positions in the cabinet really change from the current six to two, then I don't know what the DPRK will become.

Originally, what Long Qing said just now was really just his momentary joke, it was just a momentary whim, and it was not counted, but after Long Qing said this, he didn't know how to rise up in his heart, and this kind of thinking has a tendency to become bigger and bigger.

But Ge Shouli's analysis immediately made Long Qing stop this kind of thought, yes, now it is already chaotic enough, just now Gao Gong dared to talk to him as the emperor for such a cabinet position, and he is very strong, Long Qing can't let this kind of "accidental" happen such a situation becomes frequent, and when the time comes, the court will really be in chaos.

The ministers below listened to Ge Shouli's words and felt that what he said was too reasonable, not that they felt that Ge Shouli said anything righteous, but that Ge Shouli's words gave them the hope of many people to enter the cabinet.

However, there are also many people who have a deep admiration for Ge Shouli in their hearts, and dare to say directly in front of the emperor that what he said is "joking", I'm afraid there are not many people who take it seriously, and Ge Shouli just said so, and what he said was righteous and righteous, so that Longqing didn't have any thoughts of being angry.

"Aiqing, don't be impatient," Long Qing's face was now full of smiles, and there was a hint of apology in it, "What I said just now is just a joke, a joke," Long Qing really didn't mean to blame Ge Shouli for this matter.

It's just that seeing that Ge Shouli seems to be a little dissatisfied with his apology just now, Long Qing hurriedly said for fear of trouble: "Ge Aiqing, now is the time to discuss who should enter the cabinet to replace Master Li, who is going to be a minister, say that there are some things to do, it is better to talk about the right thing quickly," Long Qing hurriedly spoke out to divert Ge Shouli's attention.

"Your Majesty, Wei Chen seconded Lord Li's recommendation," Ge Shouli really stopped mentioning what happened just now, "As Your Majesty and you know, Lord Gao Yi has entered the cabinet as a minister, and his knowledge and qualifications are complete, so there is no need to care about this matter, and Lord Gao is now lecturing in the East Palace of His Royal Highness the Prince, and he also knows many things in the court today, and he doesn't have to worry that he will not be able to figure out the situation when he first takes office, and besides, with the cautious nature of Lord Gao, it is not good for all kinds of major matters handled by the cabinet,"

Ge Shouli's reason is a bit far-fetched, but it is true, his evaluation of Gao Yi can be described as very pertinent, and he did not elevate or belittle, although it sounds like Gao Yi is not the best candidate to enter the cabinet, but if he enters the cabinet, there is nothing wrong with it.

The other people didn't have any ideas, but Gao Gong had already sneered in his heart, in his opinion, this Gao Yi was too featureless, and he was even more unoptimistic about Zhang Fan and Ge Shouli, it was a mistake to choose this person, and in today's situation, Zhang Fan didn't seem to stand up and say anything, and Ge Shouli alone couldn't do anything at all.

But things are always more complicated than people think, Gao Gong just thought of this, and another situation immediately appeared on the scene to break his thoughts,