Ji Fa thought that his father would scold him for fooling around, and maybe even punish him, even if he didn't punish or scold, at least he would blame himself for not handling things well.

However, what he never expected was that his father Ji Chang not only did not blame, but touched his beard and chuckled and said, "You did this right, and you did it well!" ", actually praised Ji Fa a lot.

Ji Fa looked at the old man's happy appearance and didn't look like he was talking back, and he was surprised in his heart, and besides, this matter seemed to be successfully resolved, but it was still unknown whether it could actually be implemented, and he originally planned to report to the old man after processing it at this time, to see if he could send a more reliable guy to clean up the mess he made, but he didn't expect to hear this answer.

Surprised and overjoyed, I heard my father continue: "You don't have to worry about the rest, I have just sent a message to the envoys of the two countries, and what I said is basically the same as your words!" You don't have to worry about them backsliding. ”

"This ......", Ji Fa didn't know what to say, and was speechless for a while.

"Do you understand anything from this?" , Ji Chang's face suddenly turned grim, and he said to Ji Fa after sitting upright.

Reason? Ji Fa hadn't turned around from the old man's attitude at this time, and he had already wondered what was going on, so he thought about it for a while and said: "Fang is down today, strength is respected, whoever has a hard fist will listen to whom?" ”

Ji Fa said an answer that he was a little uncertain about, it seemed too simple, and it was too straightforward.

"Haha, this is the best answer I've ever heard", Ji Chang laughed after listening to what Ji Fa said, and his old face was filled with a strange brilliance.

Then he touched his beard and said: "There is something you may not know, your eldest brother once asked me for my opinion before going to mediation after figuring out the ins and outs of this matter, but I didn't agree with his approach, so I sent you later, so do you know how you are different in handling this matter compared to your eldest brother?" ”

Of course, Ji Fa didn't know that his eldest brother Bo Yi Kao had also dealt with this matter, so he shook his head.

"Courtesy can rule the world, but it can't take the world", Ji Chang said word by word with a very slow and serious expression.

Ji Fa felt a pang in his heart, he didn't expect to be deduced by the old man on this matter, the key is that he didn't understand why his father wanted to say this to himself.

"This is all the things that my father deliberately arranged for this time to do, including all the hardships and trials you have experienced", Ji Chang's expression was still solemn, but there was a warm meaning: "To survive between various countries like wolves and tigers, the style of comity that I have always admired in Xiqi obviously does not work, but it is a matter of whose fist is harder and whose strength is stronger."

"In order to seek a better future for Xiqi, this point is even more important, but your eldest brother's etiquette is far better than that of a father, but his temperament is too weak, I am not very satisfied, but the country is easy to change, and the nature is difficult to change, so I hope you can do better than your eldest brother in this regard!"

"This is the first state affair that you have relied on your own ability to deal with for the first time since you recovered, although it is a little impulsive and reckless, but it does not lose the style of bravery, I hope you will not disappoint me in the future!"

"Yes!" , Ji Fa forcibly suppressed the shock in his heart, bowed and replied awe-inspiringly.

……

After knowing the true intentions of the old man Ji Chang, Ji Fafang was suddenly surprised, and the next series of secret actions by his father confirmed his father's idea of dealing with many state affairs.

After the envoys of Yu and Rui left, Ji Chang quietly sent Nangong Shi and Hong Yao to envoy Yu and Rui respectively, although the expression was much more tactful than Ji Fa, but it was also the same meaning, whoever did not agree to give up the land would be beaten, and at the same time took the opportunity to establish majesty among the lords of the two countries and reached a nominal submission relationship.

Chaoge asked for protons, Xibohou went to Chaoge to celebrate the secret report of the Son of Heaven on the throne, Ji Fa originally thought that everyone was anxious because of this matter, but then he realized that it was not the news itself that surprised everyone, but that this time was very unfortunate, although Xiqi had expected it, but he didn't expect it to come so quickly.

No matter which son goes to be a proton, it is not within the scope of his father Ji Chang's consideration at all, and he goes to congratulate the Son of Heaven on his accession to the throne, it is even more of a joke, even if there is a famous order from the Son of Heaven, it is another matter whether to listen to it or not.

I just thought so in my heart, but I can't say that, the old man Ji Chang on the bright side has really been very low-key, and he has always behaved in a decent manner in front of the Xiqi officials, except for some extremely close officials, he rarely shows that he wants to compete for the world.

The two sons of Xiqi City were originally the hope of Zhou Fang Zhongxing, and the momentum was indeed to attract more people and all kinds of virtuous people to defect, but whether it was the "corruption action" done by following Ji Fa's advice in the past few days, or the previous proton incident, it was all aimed at the smoke bombs released by Chaoge, and on the surface they actively surrendered to Chaoge, but secretly they vigorously accelerated the pace of development, recruited talents, and stockpiled food, which was in response to what Ji Fa said: low-key secret preparation for rebellion.

The low-key avoids a lot of gossip, which also makes Chaoge less suspicious, but it also brings some side effects.

It is precisely because of the difference in Ji Chang's attitude in the open and in private that two factions gradually formed among the officials of the Western Sect, one faction was the radical faction led by San Yisheng and Tai Dian, who were extremely close to the old man, and strongly advocated cultivating the army as soon as possible, and when the time was ripe, they would quickly seize the power of the Shang Dynasty by force.

The other faction is headed by the eldest prince Boyi Kao and Dazai, advocating etiquette and folk customs to attract the people of the Quartet to vote, Xiqi has always been happy and prosperous, and the other princes and countries are often displaced all over the wilderness, the day is not full, Chaoge City is because of many years of war, the people are extremely poor, the people who moved to Xiqi have never been cut off, if Xiqi develops according to this scenario for several years, the world will return to the heart, Xiqi City can easily replace Chaoge and become the center of the world.

The latter faction's approach is obviously extremely safe, but the old man is obviously not satisfied with this, and another reason is that it is too slow, and Ji Chang feels that he is already old, and he can't wait for a long time.

Therefore, although they still support the vigorous development of the Saiki faction by the Boyi Kao and Dazai factions, they actually attach more importance to the performance of the former faction.

"Our Xiqi strength is still a little weak, whether it is the marriage alliance of the Ming Dynasty, or the submission of the conquering Fang State in the dark, it is not enough to completely compete with Chaoge, therefore, we can only endure for the time being, unless Di Xin really sends troops to attack, otherwise the rest of the things will not be ignored for the time being, the most important thing is to develop the strength, you can break out of the Shennongtang test and the Ecstasy Bagua Array, and it is not in vain for these arrangements of mine, I still need to perform in the future and create momentum to attract more talents to vote", This was the last sentence of the old man Ji Chang when Ji Fa was leaving.

Anyway, at least it can be confirmed that there is no need to be an aggrieved proton, the initial goal was achieved, and Ji Fa was also very happy, so after the old man finished speaking, he silently added:

"That's right, development is the last word!"