Xiao Ji seemed very satisfied with his son's answer, and finally had a smile on his face, and said with a smile, "What do you recommend for the successor of Jiaozhou Governor?"

Xiao Jie wanted to recommend Ye Qiu, because there was not much difference between Jiaozhou in Ye Qiu's hands and his own, but since he was pretending to be free and easy, he must not let Xiao Ji feel that he would never forget Jiaozhou, which would be counterproductive.

Moreover, Daning's officialdom pays attention to seniority, and Ye Qiu's seniority is too shallow. Even if the father agreed to Ye Qiu's succession as the governor of Jiaozhou, all the ministers would rallied and opposed it.

"Whoever succeeds as the governor of Jiaozhou, the father has the consideration of the father, and the court has the rules of the court, and the ministers dare not speak nonsense." Now Xiao Jie really has nothing else to say except to continue to speak beautiful words.

Xiao Ji smiled lightly: "You have recommended your father-in-law Su Jing to me as the deputy governor of Jiaozhou before, but in my opinion, he has been an official in the Imperial College for many years, and he has also served as the imperial censor, why not just be the governor of Jiaozhou directly?" .”

Xiao Jie also breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. The position of the governor of Jiaozhou fell into the hands of Su Jing, at least within his sphere of influence, but his father-in-law was conservative in thinking and mediocre in ability, so he might not be able to carry out his ideas well in Jiaozhou. With the new policy, I'm afraid that the development of Jiaozhou will go backwards, and if you lose your own seat, it is estimated that those Nanyang countries will not be honest, and it is impossible to guarantee that they will not take the opportunity to do something.

Xiao Ji seemed to see Xiao Jie's worry, and continued to smile and said, "As for the position of deputy governor of Jiaozhou, Ye Qiu will take it, and he will also be in charge of the governor of Annan. I think he is also a talent, and he has been by your side all the time. Thinking about it, he has learned a lot, it's time for him to go out and practice, and let him learn how to be independent."

Xiao Jie breathed a sigh of relief again. His father-in-law Su Jing and his confidants will be in charge of Jiaozhou and Dadu Protectorate, which is no different from being in charge of himself. He can continue to control Jiaozhou through them.

But Xiao Jie didn't understand, since his father didn't intend to take Jiaozhou from him, why did he have to add a snake to remove him from the post of Jiaozhou governor?

Is it just to keep him in the capital, or is he planning to use him for other purposes?

"I don't know if you've heard that Zheng Tai, the Sili official from Silitai, retired a few years ago."

Just when Xiao Jie was still puzzled, Xiao Ji suddenly said this out of nowhere.

Xiao Jie couldn't help being taken aback when he heard the words, and secretly thought that his father shouldn't plan to be the doctor of the Sili.

In Sili Prefecture, there are four prefectures including Hedong, Pingyang, Hanoi, Hongnong, and Henan, all of which are inside and outside of Gyeonggi, and are directly under the imperial court. There is no governor or governor.

However, the imperial court also set up a Sili platform, and the chief officer was the Sili doctor, whose job was to inspect the inside and outside of Gyeonggi.The first is to inspect whether officials above rank are capable of governing the government; the second is to inspect officials who are corrupt and destructive to the government; the third is to inspect tyrants who rape and cunning, violate the subordinates, and those who violate the system of land and house, and the lawsuit cannot be prohibited; the fourth is to inspect floods, droughts and pests. Those who collect taxes and labor, and those who are free from disasters; those who are thieves and robbers in the Five Inspection Department, who cannot be chased away, and those who hide and do not apply;

To be honest, Xiao Jie didn't want to be the doctor of the Sili. Now is the most critical moment to seize the throne. He can either continue to go to Jiaozhou to make political achievements, or stay in the capital to cultivate and expand his power, instead of inspecting officials everywhere. Officials make enemies everywhere, and secondly, they are suspected of retaliating against their opponents from time to time.

But when Xiao Jie was still thinking about how to turn down this errand, Xiao Ji continued: "There were many officials who wrote to me, saying that Silitai was in charge of inspecting the inside and outside of Gyeonggi, and Yushitai was also responsible for supervising local areas. , the two functions overlap, but it is inconvenient, so I plan to abolish the Silitai, and set up Xingyushitai in each state to be responsible for monitoring the localities."

Hearing this, Xiao Jie finally breathed a sigh of relief, but he still didn't understand that the abolition of this kind of administrative agency should be discussed at the court meeting, why he had to communicate with his own prince in this imperial study.

Seemingly seeing his son's doubts, Xiao Ji no longer hid it, and went straight to the showdown: "After the Sili Terrace is abolished, I plan to follow the example of the Qin Dynasty and re-establish the post of Sili Colonel, and you will be in charge." , lead the state affairs."

Xiao Jie now understands why his father wanted to transfer Gao Yang to Youzhou. The post of Captain Sili has existed since ancient times. Most of the time, his powers are similar to those of Silitai. The school lieutenant is an exception. He is in charge of state affairs, which means that his powers are already equivalent to the state governor.Even compared to the general governor of the state, Sili Xiaowei is also in charge of an elite army composed of 1000 or [-] Zhongdu officials and apprentices, which is also the origin of Sili Xiaowei's official name.

Now that he is in charge of Sizhou, Gao Yang, as a general of the Forbidden Army who favors him, is naturally not suitable to stay in the capital and take charge of the Zuo Jinwu Guard.

Xiao Jie didn't know what it was like for a moment, and even felt a little ashamed. He misunderstood that his father was suppressing him just now, but he didn't know that his father valued him so much, and even dared to hand over the capital to himself.

Xiao Ji could see Xiao Jie's reaction, but he just smiled lightly, and said in a deep voice: "Go ahead and do it, this is my last test for you, let the officials and the people of the world see your ability , don't let me down."

Of course Xiao Jie understood what the last test was.

He knelt down on the ground again, kowtowed heavily to Xiao Ji, and said with a sob: "I have thanked my father, my son will never let my father down."

Xiao Ji nodded: "I will continue to review the memorial, you have nothing to do and you can step down first."

……

After Xiao Jie resigned, Xiao Ji picked up Zhu Zhu's royal pen again, but he didn't have any mood to continue reviewing the memorial, he just sighed, and said to Lian Yi who was standing beside him: "Did I feel a little unfair to Huang'er by doing this. "

Lian Yi shook his head: "Your Majesty is not only the father of King Qin, but also the father of the people of the world. Naturally, the world should be the most important thing in everything. You can't act on your emotions, let alone be influenced by your emotions."

Xiao Ji looked at Lian Yi in surprise, as if wondering why the old slippery man didn't laugh this time, and asked with a smile: "Do you also think that Huan'er is more suitable to inherit Daning's Jiangshan Sheji than Huang'er?"

Lian Yi did not ambiguous, but nodded emphatically: "The King of Qi is good at governance, and the King of Qin is good at war. Now that the world is at peace, what is more needed is the ability to govern the country. I think it is not only the old slaves, but also His Majesty and many ministers in the court. His Royal Highness King Qi is more suitable to inherit His Majesty's country."

Seeing that Lian Yi, who has always been tactful, spoke so bluntly, Xiao Ji no longer pretended to be stupid, nodded and said: "Huang'er is indeed good, but Huan'er is even better, it can be said that I am impressed again and again. Let's talk about this time. Dealing with the elopement matter, he not only properly resolved the matter, saved the face of all parties, but also took this opportunity to reconcile with the Li family, in my opinion, this is the courage and bearing of a king."

Thinking of this, Xiao Ji smiled lightly, and said to Lian Yi: "You send someone to notify the Zhongshu Province to draft an edict, and the Yushitai will set up Yushi Zuozhongcheng and Yushi Youzhongcheng in the future, and Zuozhongcheng will be in charge. He Yi will continue to supervise the capital and all the officials in the court. You Zhongcheng is responsible for supervising the local officials, and Li Rong, who has been at home all the time, will be in charge."

Lian Yi understood Xiao Ji's meaning, there were not a few ministers who had feud with Qi Wang Xiao Jie at the beginning, but now the emperor has re-appointed Li Rong who reconciled with Xiao Jie, these officials would probably be touched, and lined up to go Reconcile with King Qi.

(Sorry, the computer broke down in the middle of the night last night, and the update was delayed until today)

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