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Chapter 393 Dismissal
Northwest Governor's Office
Yan Jun looked coldly at the two secret guards who suddenly appeared in front of him, "Who sent you here? What's the matter?"

One of the secret guards took out Xiao Yichen's token and said, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince invites you!"

Yan Jun's pupils shrank slightly. How come he didn't hear anything about the Crown Prince coming to Fanzhou? Seeing the unfriendly look on the secret guard's face, his intuition told him that something had happened, and it was related to him.

But he has always been cautious and dared not make any wrong step, except for the matter of Rou'er.

Yan Jun pursed his lips slightly, his palms were sweating, but he still looked calm and composed: "Let's go!"

Yan Jun didn't ask anything and completely followed the secret guard's instructions.

The secret guards followed him on both sides, giving people the feeling that they were carrying him.

Yan Jun's face darkened slightly, but he didn't dare to act rashly. The Crown Prince had powerful means, and he couldn't afford to resist.

He lived an upright life, and even though he became a disciple of the Duke of Zhenguo in his early years, he never did anything to let the emperor down.

The only stain was his eldest daughter, Yan Luorou. Rouer was the child of the woman he loved most in his life. She lost her mother at birth, so he registered her under the name of his first wife and made her his eldest daughter.

He had been stationed at the northwestern frontier in the past few years, and had been busy suppressing bandits in the past two years. He basically left the discipline of his children to his wife. When he discovered that Rou'er had grown up crooked, he couldn't change her back even if he wanted to.

He was reluctant to punish her severely, so he could only order her not to go too far and not to cause any loss of life. Even so, he still cleaned up after her from time to time. If his guess was correct, this time Rou'er was afraid she had hit a wall, the thickest and hardest wall in the Great Zhou.

I only hope that the Crown Prince will show leniency to him in consideration of his past contributions.

Thinking of this, Yan Jun, the tall, handsome and tough guy, seemed to have aged by more than ten years in an instant.

Yan Jun and other provincial government officials including Fan Shiqing ran into each other at the entrance of the alley.

Fan Shiqing originally wanted to laugh at Yan Jun, but when he saw that he was listless and gloomy, with his back that used to be straight now bent, he silently swallowed back the words that were on the tip of his tongue.

It is not a gentleman's behavior to kick someone when he is down.

Fan Shiqing nodded slightly and walked into the alley first.

Yan Jun looked at his back, raised his head slightly, suppressed all his emotions, and followed him.

The secret guard led them into the house and then left.

As soon as officials such as Fan Shiqing and Yan Jun came in, they saw Yan Luorou and her guards tied to the ground.

Yan Jun stumbled and nearly fell to the ground, but the official next to him quickly supported him and prevented him from falling.

He staggered forward, knelt down with a thump, and kowtowed three times: "I am guilty, please punish me, Your Highness, Princess!"

When other officials saw this, they secretly guessed the reason in their hearts.

Xiao Yichen glanced at the dozen officials below, and fixed his gaze on Yan Jun: "Yan Jun, how do you want me to punish you?"

Yan Jun looked gloomy: "If a son is not taught, the father will be to blame. I want to use my military merits to exchange for Your Highness's leniency and forgive the mistakes my daughter made. Your Highness, rest assured, I will discipline her well in the future and will never let her make mistakes again."

Everyone present except Shen Jia looked at Yan Jun in disbelief. They couldn't understand why Yan Jun was willing to give up his position as Governor of the Northwest for a daughter who brought shame to the family.

Shen Jia looked at Yan Luorou deeply, and seeing that she was already in tears, he sighed slightly, stepped forward and pressed her acupoints, and said earnestly: "I hope you will not let Governor Yan down."

Then he whispered in her ear: "What makes us human is that we can control our desires. Don't let desires destroy you."

Yan Luorou nodded with tears in her eyes, "Thank you, County Lord, for your advice. I will change."

Seeing that Shen Jia had nothing to say, Xiao Yichen spoke up, "Yan Jun, if you can't clean up your own house, how can you clean up the world? I hope you can learn from this lesson and discipline your children well, and don't let them ruin your bright future. In consideration of your many outstanding achievements, I will only dismiss you from your official position. In addition, you have to take out money to properly settle the people in the house."

Yan Jun prostrated himself on the ground and shouted, "Thank you, Your Highness, for not killing me!"

Xiao Yichen raised his hand: "Get up! Go and take care of things first."

"Yes." Yan Jun saluted and took Yan Luorou and others to the second courtyard.

Upon seeing this, other officials looked at each other and sighed.

In this era of imperial power, the royal family has supreme power and must not be offended.

Yan Luorou insulted Xiao Yichen and Shen Jia, which was a capital crime. Even if Yan Jun's entire family was killed, no one in the world would have any doubts.

It was a great blessing that Xiao Yichen simply dismissed him from his post.

The main reason why Xiao Yichen did this was that Yan Jun used his military merits to compensate for the mistakes made by his daughter, which was reasonable. Another reason was to deter officials in the northwest and allow the trade to proceed smoothly in the northwest.

Xiao Yichen glanced at the officials present. "The main purpose of this prince and the princess coming to the northwest is to open up a trade between the Great Zhou and the Western Liao on the northwest border. Opening a trade will help the Great Zhou and the Western Liao and other countries in the Western Regions to carry out economic and cultural exchanges..."

Mutual trade?

The officials below looked at each other. Is this what they meant?

Fan Shiqing's heart trembled. "Your Highness, you mean that in the future, people from the Western Liao and other Western Regions can take their goods and sell them to the people of the Great Zhou at designated locations, and the people of the Great Zhou can also sell goods to the people of the Western Liao. They are legal transactions, right?"

Xiao Yichen nodded: "That's right. After the king and the princess have conducted an on-site investigation, we will build a border port and send soldiers to guard it 24 hours a day. All people from the Western Liao and other Western Regions who want to come to the Great Zhou to sell goods can trade at the designated location as long as they pay a certain tax. Of course, their stay in the Great Zhou cannot exceed five days. Merchants from the Great Zhou can also trade with people from other countries at the designated location as long as they pay taxes..."

Shen Jia smiled and said, "After we find a suitable location, we can build some shops and rent them out to collect rent. This way, we can attract merchants from all over the Great Zhou..."

More than a dozen officials had mixed feelings about how to solve all the problems that would arise after the opening of the trade. The two people in front of them had a perfect set of regulations, and they only needed to execute them.

It turns out that they are all tools.

Xiao Yichen raised his eyebrows and looked at the officials below. Seeing their constipated faces, he secretly laughed: "Master Fan, tomorrow you will take a few officials with the prince and the princess to inspect the location of the mutual market."

"Yes"

Xiao Yichen waved his hand, "You guys go back first!"

"I will take my leave now!"

A group of people came in a hurry, but before they could come to their senses, they had to leave again.

A few officials showed a hint of dissatisfaction in their eyes, but they did not dare to show it on their faces. It was not until they walked out of the door of the house that they began to complain in low voices.

"His Highness hurriedly asked us to come here, but he sent us away not long after. He didn't take us seriously at all."

"Who says it's not?"

Fan Shiqing glared at them and shouted, "Shut up! Do you think you can gossip about His Highness? I won't stop you if you want to die, but please don't implicate us."

In an instant, everyone was silent.

After hearing the secret guard's report, Xiao Yichen just laughed it off.