Chapter 467: The Heart of a Loyal Minister

The first thing Ge Shouli said when he saw Zhang Fan was to let Feng Bao stop, Zhang Fan could naturally hear what he was talking about, but he didn't know if it was a habit he had developed in the past two years, or if Zhang Fan was a little difficult to say to Ge Shouli about this matter.

"What are you talking about," Zhang Fan sloppy, "Gonggong Feng hasn't done anything recently, and the court is also very stable,"

"Hmph," Hearing Zhang Fan say this, Ge Shouli snorted coldly, as if he had expected Zhang Fan to shirk it like this, "What is the current state of the court, the old man thinks that you, who are in charge of the Jinyi Guard, understand better than the old man,"

“…… Hehe...... "Hearing Ge Shouli say this, Zhang Fan touched his nose very embarrassedly and laughed twice, but he was a little speechless.

"What's more......" Ge Shouli didn't care about Zhang Fan's expression, and continued, "The reason why the old man came to you, instead of Zhang Juzheng or Feng Bao, is because the old man thinks that you still have that real heart for the court, if you still want to play such a game with the old man, then the old man has seen the wrong person,"

After saying this, Ge Shouli didn't wait for Zhang Fan to make a statement, he stood up and was about to leave.

"Master Ge, slow, slow," Seeing that Ge Shouli was leaving, Zhang Fan quickly stood up and stopped him, "Zhang Fan is not, this is not a little habitual," For Ge Shouli, a person who is now one of the few, Zhang Fan really doesn't want to be bad with him, even if Zhang Fan understands in his heart, even if he offends Ge Shouli, he will not do anything to retaliate against himself, but Zhang Fan just can't do that.

"Hmph," Ge Shouli saw that Zhang Fan stopped him, snorted coldly, but he didn't insist, and sat back again, probably because the weather was too hot now, he took a sip of the herbal tea on the stone table, and the fragrance with the cool tea in the mouth suddenly made him feel a lot more comfortable, and even the fire in his heart disappeared a lot.

"Zhang Fan really knows what Master Ge is talking about," Zhang Fan thought for a while and said, "It's just that this matter, I'm afraid I will ask about it, and it will have no effect,"

"Alas......" Hearing Zhang Fan say this, Ge Shouli let out a long sigh, looking very helpless.

"But then again," Zhang Fan saw him like this, his heart was very unbearable, and he couldn't help but speak, "Zhang Fan understands, Lord Ge naturally won't go to Gonggong Feng, but Zhang Fan doesn't understand, why doesn't Master Ge go to someone else's teacher, Master Zhang, although I am a student of the teacher, but this is only three years, if you talk about it, Master Ge, who has been an official in the same dynasty as the teacher for nearly 20 years, is the two of them are more familiar with each other, why did Lord Ge come to me first?"

"Alas......" sighed again, and Ge Shouli said even more helplessly, "Didn't you think about it, but ...... If this kind of thing had happened two months ago, when the emperor had died, I would have discussed it with Master Zhang first, but now ......"

What was Ge Shouli worried about, Zhang Fan saw him like this, and immediately thought about it, if it was an ordinary person, a person who didn't know the inside story, hearing Ge Shouli's words, he would definitely feel that Ge Shouli didn't go to Zhang Juzheng to discuss, because now, Zhang Juzheng and Feng Bao have been mixed together, plus Zhang Juzheng wrote to Feng Bao about Gao Gong's desire to unite him to overthrow Feng Bao, I don't know where this matter came from, and now it is known to everyone, and it is a good thing that Feng Bao has done.

However, Zhang Fan understood that what Ge Shouli said was not because of this incident, he said that two months ago, this incident had not happened, Longqing was still panting on the sickbed, and Gao Gong did not want to unite with Zhang Juzheng to defeat Feng Bao, but Ge Shouli began to have this distrustful attitude towards Zhang Juzheng from that time, obviously not because of Zhang Juzheng's whistleblowing.

Thinking of this, Zhang Fan's face also sank, he was actually aware of this matter, but it was not as early as Ge Shouli, plus the words that Gao Gong said to him before he left a few days ago, so that Zhang Fan, who was still a little skeptical, gradually affirmed it in his heart.

"Huh," seeing Zhang Fan's contemplative appearance, Ge Shouli was a little surprised, "You also feel this matter,"

looked at Ge Shouli, although Zhang Fan didn't want to admit it very much, but in the end he nodded and said that he already knew.

"I didn't expect it, I didn't expect that you Zhang Fan are young now, but you have this eyesight," Ge Shouli couldn't help but sigh, "This matter, I'm afraid that the people in the court and the central government can see that there are no more than a palm, but the old man really didn't expect that there is your Zhang Fan's name in it, I'm afraid that even Zhang Juzheng himself didn't notice it,"

"I'm ashamed," Zhang Fan said, "I learned about this matter very late, and because of the identity of the teacher, I have always been very suspicious of it in my heart until I ......."

"Until ......" Ge Shouli saw Zhang Fan stop here, and couldn't help asking, "Could it be that something happened?"

"No, it's not," Zhang Fan shook his head and said, "Until that day, when Lord Gao was expelled from the capital, he said something to me, and it was those words that made me confirm my thoughts,"

Zhang Fan stopped when he said this, and both of them were silent.

"Actually......" After a while, Zhang Fan said, "It's a little strange to say, Master Gao didn't talk about me when he said it, but what he said to me on the day he left, I really believed it in my heart,"

Ge Shouli listened to Zhang Fan's words quietly and didn't say anything.

Sometimes, things are so wonderful, the so-called "people are dying, their words are also good", although Gao Gong has not yet reached the day of death, but that day is a marker, his official career will be officially over, and Gao Gong at such an age, coupled with the momentum of Feng Bao and Zhang Ju in the court, there will be absolutely no day to reinstate the official in the future, which is for Gao Gong, it is also another kind of "checkmate", at this time Gao Gong, what he said, can't help but make people not believe.

"The so-called impermanence of the world, who knew that there would be such a day," Ge Shouli sighed and said such a sentence, and the feelings contained in it were really embarrassing.

"Why did Lord Ge come to me today, I already understand," it seemed that he didn't want to talk about that matter anymore, Zhang Fan diverted the topic, "Lord Ge's thoughts Zhang Fan understands and admires it very much, but now, I'm afraid Zhang Fan can't do anything about it,"

"Is there no way," Ge Shouli couldn't help but get anxious when he saw Zhang Fan talking like this, "Now that Gao Gong is gone, the court and the central government finally have a stable day, Zhang Juzheng No matter what he says, his talent in governing the country is not bad, plus if it is peaceful today, the government and the central government are also accessible, it is a good time, but Feng Bao is unwilling to give up, and the methods are even more vicious, in less than a month, how many people have been quietly driven out of the officialdom."

"That's right, most of these people are people who have had some relationship with Gao Gong before, but some people are also forced to be helpless, and some people are also extremely talented, but because of the form at the time, they were forced to stand on Gao Gong's side, and some people didn't offend Feng Bao at all.

"But look at what Feng Bao is doing now, no matter whether that person has talent or not, and whether that person has helped Gao Gong offend him before, as long as it is someone who has a relationship with Gao Gong, he Feng Bao will not let it go, all of them have been punished, and they have found a reason that is not reliable at all, and they are all returned to their hometowns.

"Right now, how many people have been implicated for no reason, the current situation in the court, even if the old man doesn't say it, you must know it, maybe better than the old man, the current court, no one dares to speak at all, although there is nothing to do now, but in the long run, there will be a big problem after all,"

"Lord Ge's good intentions, Zhang Fan understands, and Zhang Fan really admires it," Zhang Fan sat upright, looked at Ge Shouli with a serious look and said, "It's just that Zhang Fan has thought of these things in his heart, but does Lord Ge think that Zhang Fan is really the kind of person who is indifferent to everything, if so, I'm afraid Lord Ge will not come here to find me today."

"Zhang Fan has been the commander of the Jinyi Guard for two years, to be honest, the heart of loyalty to the country is still there, but it is no longer as enthusiastic as it was back then, over the past two years, Zhang Fan has seen a lot, seen a lot, and understands a lot, the day Gao Gong left, Zhang Fan had already guessed that there would be such a thing now, Zhang Fan also wanted to stop it, but Zhang Fan thought about it for a long time, but he couldn't do anything.

"It's not that Zhang Fan cherishes his current power too much and doesn't want to fight against Feng Bao, it's just that Zhang Fan found that Feng Bao is now iron-hearted and insists on washing away the 'shame' that Gao Gong once brought him, let's take the teacher as an example, it's not that he hasn't tried to persuade Feng Bao, but no matter who tries to persuade him, Feng Bao doesn't appreciate it, but even worse, and now the only Empress Dowager Li who can cure Feng Bao is also ignoring it.

"The teacher has no hope of persuading this, and now he is no longer persuading, he ignores Feng Bao's actions, and sometimes does something to help Feng Bao, and now in this situation, how can Master Ge ask Zhang Fan to help,"

Zhang Fan's words did not pause, which is also the true thought in Zhang Fan's heart.

Ge Shouli listened to Zhang Fa's words, stared at him for a long time, and then sighed even more helplessly, and said: "You are right, the old man is too wishful thinking, it seems that this matter, the old man has to go to Zhang Juzheng in person, no, the old man went directly to Feng Bao to ask for clarification, and said goodbye,"

After speaking, Ge Shouli got up and left.

Looking at the back of Ge Shouli leaving, Zhang Fan wanted to keep it, but he couldn't say a word.