Since it was imperative, Sun Ce decided to give this face to Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu was his earliest comrade-in-arms. He has been fully supporting him over the years. Whether it is pacifying Jiangnan or rushing to fight, Zhou Yu is neither happy nor sad, and always does his best to complete the task. Cai Yong is well-versed in Confucianism and Taoism, proficient in the Five Classics, and is a literary master of the older generation. Cai Yan wrote scholarly theories, studied Sanskrit, and advocated the new policy, which was almost the courage of the new dynasty. Zhou Yu married Cai Yan and became Cai Yong's son-in-law. He not only shouldered the expectations of the older generation of scholars, but also escorted the new generation of scholars, and was the spokesperson of ideals.

Besides, there are still people in Chang'an in the Zhou family. In the future, Zhou Yu will be the most convincing role model.

The problem is not without it. Whether it is the Zhou family in Lujiang or the Cai family in Chenliu, they are all aristocratic families. If handled improperly, it is likely that the aristocratic families will misunderstand and think that their spring is coming again. Therefore, before agreeing to be emperor, some principles must be implemented and consensus should be formed as the development program of the new dynasty.

Sun Ce sat up and put on his clothes. "Do you have paper and pen?"

"Hmm?" Yuan Quan blinked.

"I'm going to draft some papers."

"King, this is the Daoxiang Hall, not the place for governing the government. If you draft documents in your concubine's hall, someone will say that I will interfere in politics in the future."

Sun Ce thought for a while and said with a smile: "Food is the most important thing for the people. In your Raw Fragrance Hall, the document will definitely be recorded in history in the future. I hope that this document can make the people in the world smell the fragrance of rice and have no worries about food and clothing."

After hearing this, Yuan Quan put away his smile and put on his clothes and got out of bed. "Since that's the case, even if it's criticized, I'll accept it." She took a small case, placed it on the bed, and then took a pen, ink, paper and ink, and grind the ink by herself. Sun Ce sat cross-legged, closed his eyes and pondered for a long time, picked up the pen, and wrote the first line of words on the best Jiangdong bamboo paper:

Governing a country is like practicing Taoism. It is necessary to have harmonious yin and yang, balanced five qi, strong inside and strong outside, so that it can prolong life and last for the rest of its life.

Two days later, Sun Yi and Sun Shangxiang visited Zhou Yu to ask for military affairs. Sun Kuang and Xu Hua asked Cai Yan for painting. At the same time, they brought a manuscript written by Sun Ce, asking Zhou Yu and Cai Yan to discuss and polish it.

After reading the manuscript, Zhou Yu understood Sun Ce's intention. Sun Ce agreed to be emperor and was willing to give him this honor, but some principles must be determined first. The Zhou family and Cai family should set an example, take the lead in making statements, and form a program of governing the country to ensure that they will follow them in the future, not change easily, and not be wrapped up in a building, becoming a false text.

After repeated discussions, the couple was overjoyed. It was not because Sun Ce accepted the persuasion, but because Sun Ce's program did not conflict with the concepts they uphold. Although Sun Ce did not mention the saints, the three generations, the king's way, and the emperor's way, nor did they quote the classics, but all the principles were in line with the hopes of Confucianism, such as balancing the power of the monarch and the ministers, such as benevolent government and loving the people, and for example, slight taxes. If there is a difference, it is also because the principles formulated by Sun Ce were simpler, more specific, and more feasible, and expanded the definition of the people to cover all the people.

After Cai Yan finished reading it, he had only one worry. This program may become a rope that restricts Sun Ce himself. For example, Sun Ce's request to limit the proportion of the powerful and the noble among the people and control the gap between the rich and the poor, which easily caused a question: As the biggest powerful and noble, how can the Sun Ce restrict the royal family and how can Sun Ce himself limit it?

Zhou Yu was very relieved. He told Cai Yan that the king stood high, saw far, had a deep understanding of history, and had a vision that was beyond ordinary people. Since he could propose this plan, he would naturally take this into consideration. You should first polish it according to his program, then attach opinions and make choices by himself. Zhang Xiang and Yu Fan are all extremely smart people. Even if the king is negligent, they will remind the king.

Cai Yan happily agreed and polished Sun Ce's manuscripts overnight, and Zhou Yu personally sent them to the palace the next day.

After reading it, Sun Ce made some modifications and then sent someone to copy several copies to the Prime Minister Zhang Hong, Yu Fan, Huang Wan, the Government Affairs Hall Priest, Guo Jia, the Military Advisor Ju Su, Liu Ye, the Advisor Xun Yu and others, asking them to prepare for discussions at that time.

Those who received this document were smart people. They knew that this was the subtext of Sun Ce's distribution of this document. They did not dare to neglect it. They carefully studied it, wrote the key points of the discussion, prepared the draft, and waited for Sun Ce's summoning.

The document had just been issued, and Cai Yong, the priest of Xiangyang College, arrived in Jianye.

Cai Yong came to Jianye to preside over Sun Jian's funeral. He was knowledgeable and knowledgeable, well-versed in the world, and was familiar with the various rituals of mourning. He was also a professional tombstone writing. It was very appropriate for him to preside over Sun Jian's funeral. On the way, Cai Yong had already written the inscription and wrote the inscription himself. According to Sun Jian's last wish, the inscription only recorded his official position and deeds in the Han Dynasty, and his title was only at Marquis of Fuchun, and he did not mention his affairs as the father of the King of Wu.

Sun Ce was very satisfied and took Cai Yong to Zijin Mountain to report to his mother, Empress Dowager Wu. After reading it, Empress Dowager Wu had no objection. She asked Zhang Hong to write a pen and ordered the stonemason to carve the monument, and then began to mourn.

The funeral was chaired by Cai Yong and Yu Fan handled it in detail. Sun Ce himself only had to follow the process, but there was not much to bother him. He happened to take this opportunity to meet with civil and military officials and discuss related matters. There was no such opportunity in normal times, so it was difficult to gather so many people.

Although the discussion on the national governance program was still concentrated in a small circle, and no more than ten people participated in it, the news that the King of Wu was about to become emperor was spread. Because Sun Jian insisted on being buried as a Han minister, even Sun Jian's throne of Fuchun was passed on to Sun Quan, and the funeral became a private matter of the Sun family, not called a national funeral, and these two things were able to go hand in hand.

As Cai Yan expected, how to limit the monarchy became the biggest focus. Except for Sun Ce, almost everyone was concerned about this issue. They did not oppose Sun Ce's decision, but questioned whether Sun Ce could do it and how to guarantee it.

Since Shang Yang's reform, the power of the monarch has been expanding. Although "a prince breaks the law and commits the same crime as the common people" is an empty word, after all, it is proposed, but it is not mentioned at all. Dong Zhongshu proposed the divine empowerment of the monarch. While providing legality for the Liu family's imperial power, it also has the intention to use the divine power to limit the power of the monarch. However, it is obvious that this is a failure. The illusory divine power has limited impact on the monarch's power. The impact of the vague divine power on the monarch's power depends on the emperor himself. When he respects the destiny, it can have a little impact. When he only cares about the destiny in front of him, the destiny of heaven is abandoned like a piece of shoes. The endless disasters and chaos have not had much impact on the monarch's power except for causing chaos in the world and the displacement of the people.

Sun Ce took the initiative to restrict the monarch's power, whether he was verbally acting or taking the initiative to make concessions to block the aristocratic family. This is of course a good thing that the ministers cannot ask for. From old ministers such as Cai Yong and Huang Wan to young and strong school Zhang Hong and Yu Fan, no one does not want to restrict the monarch's power and maintain the balance between the monarch's power and the power of the ministers, but they have no idea how to limit it and have different opinions.

On this point, Zhang Hong and Yu Fan were not as good as Cai Yong and Huang Wan. They were the leader of civil officials, that is, the prime minister. Prime Minister’s power is synonymous with minister’s power. The battle between the monarch’s power and minister’s power is often manifested as a competition between the monarch’s power and the prime minister’s power. If they were too active, they were easily considered to be abusing power. Cai Yong and Huang Wan did not have such scruples and spoke boldly. Especially Huang Wan, vaguely found the feeling of being the backbone of the party members and was full of fighting spirit.

Before the formal discussion with Sun Ce, several people made a preliminary discussion, Huang Wan made a suggestion: restore the three-month system in the early establishment of the Han Dynasty, remove the power of the inner court towers such as the Shangshutai and the Secretary-General, and cancel the positions of the inner court with overlapping functions such as the General and the General of the Cavalry. The Prime Minister was in charge of civil affairs, the Grand Marshal was in charge of military affairs, and the Censor was in charge of supervision.

To sum up, the power of the inner court will be removed from the outer court.

As the only woman who formally attended the meeting, Cai Yan tactfully raised objections. She believed that Huang Wan's suggestion was biased and did not conform to the balance principle proposed by Sun Ce. Judging from the four hundred years of history of the Han Dynasty, more and more affairs and the scale of officials became larger and larger, which was not something that the previous three-metric system could solve. Moreover, government affairs, martial arts lectures, and wooden learning halls have been added. These are not previously available, and they are generally attributed to the Taixue, and only as an academic research institution. The development of industry and commerce requires special departments to manage it. Therefore, the King designed the position of prime minister. In recent years, practice has proved that the Prime Minister's Mansion is indispensable. It should not only not be weakened, but to the Prime Minister's Mansion, but should be strengthened.

Before Cai Yan finished speaking, Yu Fan laughed: "Thank you, everyone, Cai. This is a rare fair word that I and my colleagues in the Jixiang Mansion can hear. No matter how hard it is, it is worth it."

Everyone couldn't help but smile, and even Huang Wan himself laughed twice. The main function of Jixiang Mansion is to manage industry and commerce, especially business. Yu Fan is smart and capable, and with the assistance of big businessmen like Mi Zhu, it is not easy to hide from them. Business development is rapid, and the commercial tax rate has risen. People who want to evade tax are like crucian carp crossing the river, but without exception, fell into Yu Fan. Mi Zhu's hands, but failed to evade taxes, but were fined, and seriously even cancelled their qualifications for business. In recent years, several people have been driven out of the Chamber of Commerce for tax evasion.

Cutting off people's wealth and wealth is like killing their parents. Of course, the reputation of Yu Fan and Ji Xiangfu is not much better. Those people are in the wrong and know that Yu Fan can not only speak, but also fight, and dare not provoke head-on. They can only say behind their back that Ji Xiangfu is profit-oriented and is all cruel officials who are not human relations like Sang Hongyang. No matter how strong Yu Fan is, he cannot stop rumors, so he has to turn a deaf ear.

Now he heard that Cai Yan was upright for him and the Jian Xiang Mansion, he was very pleased.

Everyone here is also a person who understands the inside story. He knows that although Yu Fan is not merciful, he is not a person who is greedy for money and profit. In addition to being arrogant, his knowledge, morality and ability are second to none. And arrogance is not a disadvantage. Huang Wan himself is also crazy. Only with ability can he be crazy. Yu Fan is crazy and has a clear conscience. They still appreciate it. On weekdays, they also feel that Yu Fan has suffered grievances, and they can't help but smile knowingly at this moment.
Chapter completed!