In the dead of night, an ordinary-looking car quietly parked outside the back door of Prince Qi's Mansion.

A man in black jumped out of the carriage, looked around with a pair of unusually sharp eyes, looked around, and after making sure that there was no one around, he walked quickly to the back door and patted the door twice.

"Who is it, it's the middle of the night, and you still keep people from sleeping!"

A moment later, a lazy voice came from behind the door, and there seemed to be a hint of dissatisfaction in his tone for being woken up.

"People in the palace!"

The man in black spit out a few words coldly.

The servants behind the door seemed to be in a hurry. After a while, the back door was slightly opened a crack, and a pair of eyes looked up and down the man in black through the crack. After all, the man in front of him was dressed plainly, and no matter how he looked at it, he couldn't get in touch with anyone in the palace. superior.

The man in black didn't talk nonsense, he directly took out a token from his pocket, and stuffed it in through the crack of the door.

The servant took the token, and with the help of the faint moonlight, he saw the words on it clearly, his body became weak in fright, and he almost fell to his knees.

The man in black glared at him fiercely, and lowered his voice almost to order: "Shut up, open the door for us immediately."

The servant didn't dare to talk too much, and immediately opened the back door, but his hands were trembling unconsciously during the process of opening the door.

Seeing the back door open, another man in black immediately helped a man wrapped in black to get out of the car, looking around vigilantly from time to time.

When the three of them entered the back door, the servant held the token in both hands and wanted to return it to the man in black who called the door, but the man did not answer, but said softly: "Take this token and go and inform King Qi to come to the study to meet you." .”

The servant didn't dare to disobey, and didn't dare to ask more questions. After closing the back door, he immediately ran towards Xiao Jie's yard...

……

"My son sees my father."

In the study, Xiao Jie who came in a hurry saw his father Xiao Ji who was sitting behind the desk waiting for him, bowed his head and bowed down.

"Emperor, let's go down." Xiao Ji's tone was calm, without any emotion.

Xiao Jie got up and stood aside with his hands down, wondering why his father secretly came to see him in the middle of the night.

"Do you resent me about your mother and concubine?"

Xiao Ji quietly looked at the son in front of him, pondered for a moment, and finally asked a word slowly.

Just as Xiao Jie was about to speak, Xiao Ji emphasized again: "I want to listen to the truth."

"I dare not lie to my father. My son is really sad about the death of my concubine, but I know in my heart that it was my mother who was at fault first. She chose to commit suicide not only to save my son, but also to alleviate her own sins. My son I will not resent the empress, let alone the father, on the contrary, if there is an opportunity in the future, I will honor the empress, be loyal to the father, and try my best to make up for the sins committed by the mother and concubine."

Xiao Ji stared fixedly at Xiao Jie's eyes, seeing that his face was calm and did not seem to be fake, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief. As Xiao Jie's father, he was also worried that his son would feel bad for him because of the death of Wang Guifei. Have a grudge.

"I'm very relieved that you can understand righteousness so well, then do you know why I appointed you as the governor of Jiaozhou?" Xiao Ji continued to ask.

Xiao Jie pondered for a while, and then said: "Nowadays in the capital, because of the death of the mother and concubine, there are many rumors and gossips about the minister. The father hopes that the minister can leave the capital for a while. Practice outside."

Xiao Ji nodded slightly, his expression seemed to be quite satisfied with Xiao Jie's answer, but then he changed the topic: "You are right, but this is just one of them."

Xiao Jie couldn't help being slightly taken aback when he heard the words, did the emperor assign him to Jiaozhou for any deep meaning?

Xiao Ji looked at Xiao Jie in a daze, and felt a little complacent in his heart. After all, he was still his own son, and no matter how insightful he was, he was no match for his unfathomable power.

"I have seen your Three Strategies for Leveling Cochin, from which I can see that you still have a lot of insight into how to govern the local area, but I still want to see how well you actually manage the local area. If you only talk on paper, I will not be able to The country of Daning is entrusted to you!"

Xiao Jie was shocked again, this is not drawing big cakes, but has already made it clear clearly.

Xiao Ji ignored his son's shock, but continued: "You have been to Jiaozhou, and you also know what the situation in Jiaozhou is. Han and Yue live together, there are many mountains, there is not much cultivated land, the population is sparse, the economy is poor, the people are in poverty, and the officials and people in the world are in trouble. Seeing it as a wild and smoggy place, everyone is afraid to avoid it, and even some officials would rather resign to serve the people than go to Jiaozhou to take up their posts."

"Furthermore, news came from the Qilin Guards in Jiaozhou. Following Li Rui's death in Jiaozhi, Jiaozhou's armaments were slack and its troops were empty. Many Yue chieftains were ready to move. I'm afraid there will be another big rebellion sweeping across Lingnan in the near future. Thinking of you, since you were able to quell the Cochin Rebellion, you can deal with the Yue people in Cochin, and you are naturally capable of dealing with the chieftains in Lingnan, so I decided to appoint you as the governor of Jiaozhou, and put out the chieftains that are about to break out for me in Daning Rebellion."

Only then did Xiao Jie understand Xiao Ji's intentions. Dare to love his father, he regarded himself as a screw in Daning, and he nailed himself wherever he needed it. What was transferred from a place of right and wrong to send him a place to practice or something was secondary.

Seeing that Xiao Jie was thoughtful, Xiao Ji thought that his son had other ideas, so he painted a big cake again.

"I also know that Jiaozhou is not a good place. Letting you there is a little wronged. I can promise you here that as soon as the chieftain rebellion in Jiaozhou is put down, I will immediately transfer you back to the capital."

However, Xiao Jie smiled: "Father's words are serious. Since I am a descendant of the Xiao family, I naturally take it as my duty to protect the country of Daning. Since my father trusts me and entrusts me with important responsibilities, I will definitely do my best for you." Royal father governs Jiaozhou well."

Who wouldn't say yes to a beautiful scene?What's more, at this moment, Xiao Jie has a solemn expression, firm eyes, and an impassioned look.

Xiao Ji couldn't help feeling a little emotional in his heart, he deserves to be his own son, but he has suffered such a big change, but he still misses the country and society of Daning in his heart, and he has not misjudged the person.

Xiao Jie smiled slightly, and continued: "Actually, father, the best way to deal with the chieftain's rebellion is not to suppress it, but to prevent it before it happens, and nip these chieftain's rebellions in the bud."

Xiao Ji was slightly taken aback, and suddenly became interested: "Can you prevent these chieftains from rebelling?"

As the emperor of today, he naturally does not want a rebellion to break out anywhere in Daning, which will greatly damage his dignity and endanger his rule.

Xiao Jie nodded: "I also have three strategies for governing Jiaozhou, one is to extend favor, the other is to use the more to control the more, and the third is to reform the land and return it to the people."

Xiao Ji frowned, and said in a deep voice, "Let's talk about it in detail."

Xiao Jie smiled slightly and began to talk eloquently: "Father, the reason why the Yue people in Lingnan rebelled frequently is that the natives refused to naturalize. In order to stabilize the situation in Jiaozhou, the imperial court enlisted the leaders of the Yue people and conferred a large number of hereditary chieftains in Jiaozhou. These lineage chieftains relied on the sky and the emperor's distance, so they naturally became the local emperors. Many rebellions broke out. The root cause of many rebellions was either that the Yue people could not bear the pressure of the chieftains and rebelled, or it was simply these chieftains who took the lead in the rebellion and thus dealt with the Yue people in Lingnan. The key to the rebellion lies in these chieftains, especially those with strong strength. In this case, the first step to deal with these chieftains is to weaken their strength, and the Tuen Token can greatly disperse the strength of those big chieftains. Once their strength is weakened , Naturally, I don’t dare to make another mistake easily.”

"The so-called control of Yue is to provoke conflicts between the upper class of Yue people and the people of Yue people, and to provoke conflicts between different tribes of Yue people. Join forces to rebel against the court."

"As for reforming the native land, it is to gradually abolish the chieftains in Jiaozhou, and let the imperial court appoint officials to govern directly. Since the chieftains are the root of the Yue people's rebellion in Lingnan, the easiest way to deal with the Yue people's rebellion is naturally to completely abolish the Jiaozhou. Tusi system."

Xiao Ji's eyes brightened, and a smile could not help but appear on the corner of his mouth. It seemed that appointing Xiao Jie as the governor of Jiaozhou was a good move he made unintentionally. Maybe the Jiaozhou issue that had plagued the court for many years would really end during his tenure.

(Today's thinking is not going well, so I can only update two chapters first)

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