Overlord!

Not long after Sun Ce was talking to his wife Chen Yue, Zhao Yun took a step forward and reported: "Your Majesty, I would like to have an audience with you. I have important matters to report."

Since Sun Ce's position has reached Da Sima, the officials within his influence have followed the rise.

Zhang Zhao's position has been promoted to Yangzhou Pastoral Chief Sima Mansion Chief Shi and Liang Yuxiang Marquis.

Being the state pastor of a state was a position that Lu Xun could only hold in his later years. As the prime minister, Lu Xun concurrently served as the pastor of Jingzhou and the right governor.

And now Zhang Zhao has such a reward, which is enough to show that Sun Ce is really very generous to his subordinates.

But generosity is generosity, and Sun Ce also implemented some unshakable bottom lines with this reward.

That is, Zhang Zhao was directly deprived of his military position, he no longer held any general position, and Zhou Mu also lost all military authority. After all, Jiangdong implements a recruitment system. As long as Zhou Mu does not intend to rebel, he cannot openly recruit soldiers.

Military power has always been in the hands of Sun Ce himself, and even salaries are paid directly by the three envoys. Zhang Zhao only has the power to review and supervise, and has no power to directly intervene.

The separation of military and political affairs has been the direction of reform in the Central Plains since ancient times. Even in the Han Dynasty, it was actually promoted in this direction. It was only the chaotic times at the end of the Han Dynasty that strengthened the power of state pastors. There was a bit of back and forth, but Sun Ce's reform could be regarded as bringing order to the chaos.

Reform will definitely offend the interests of some people. Fortunately, Sun Ce took the opportunity of the reward to carry out reforms this time, first giving everyone a lot of benefits, and then limiting the boundaries of his power.

Therefore, the resistance is not very serious. After all, even the Zhou Mu who has lost military power is still a real official in the border area!
  Of course, this Zhou Mu is different from the Zhou Mu in troubled times. He cannot directly appoint or remove the prefects and county magistrates under his rule. As Sun Ce's authority strengthened, the power to appoint county magistrates and county magistrates in hundreds of counties under his rule returned to the center again, but this center had been transferred from Luoyang to Jiankang.

The so-called tool and name should not be faked and given to others.

Now that the Han Dynasty has lost the right to appoint and promote officials in these seven states, all power has been transferred to Sun Ce. It is only a matter of time before the national artifact and the position of emperor is transferred to Sun Ce.

Sun Ce naturally wanted to win over a wave of people through awards. In addition to Zhang Zhao serving as the governor of Yangzhou, Zhang Hong also served as the governor of Jingzhou. Lu Su remained the governor of Jiaozhou, Chen Qun was transferred to the governor of Yanzhou, Yu Fan served as the governor of Yuzhou, and Lu Fan He served as the governor of Xuzhou, and Gu Yong served as the governor of Qingzhou.

Wu Jingze was appointed Sili Xiaowei, Pang Tong also served as the governor of Yizhou, and Wei Teng also served as the governor of Liangzhou.

Although the latter three were not under Sun Ce's rule for the time being, Sun Ce directly awarded them seals and ribbons without delaying them, to show that they were determined to win.

It can be said that except for the three states occupied by Yuan Shao in Hebei, Sun Ce has appointed the chief officials of all the remaining states and counties in the world.

Of course, even in Yanzhou and Qingzhou, which he shared with Yuan Shao, Sun Ce directly appointed governors. Both sides deployed governors in Yanzhou and Qingzhou respectively.

For this reason, Yuan Shao sent people to discuss the matter and asked Sun Ce to return several counties in Qingzhou.

He also suggested that he, Yuan Shao, should depose Yanzhou as the governor, and Sun Ce should depose him as the Qingzhou governor.

Sun Ce chose to turn a deaf ear. Although he did not refuse in person, he also imitated Yuan Shao and delayed by not seeing the Hebei envoy, allowing him to stay in Jiankang and experience the prosperity of Jiangnan.

But Yuan Shao was busy with his ambition to become emperor and had no time to pay attention to the issue of a small Qingzhou governor.

Until this moment, he still believed that he had the advantage, even though it was the land of five states, versus the land of Sun Ce's seven states.

However, Xuzhou's only over [-] people can be ignored, while Jiaozhou is located in a remote area and is difficult to convert into strength. Five states versus five states. According to the long-term situation of the north being rich and the south being weaker, he habitually despises the south. They thought that even if Sun Ce could develop a hegemony, he would still be the same overlord as Wu in the past and would be unable to threaten Hebei.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, the Wu State went north to fight for hegemony and did not fail to attack the current front line. Hangou in Xuzhou was the canal dug by the Wu State in its northward fight for hegemony.

However, Wu may not necessarily have an advantage over Jin, and Yuan Shao believes that this is also the case today. After all, the economic center is still in the north, and the scale of the economic center shift experienced by the south is limited.

But what he doesn't know is that the agricultural boom caused by the lack of land ownership is the most important factor in economic transfer.

Why did the south surpass the north starting from the Tang Dynasty, and a few decades later when the Song Dynasty was established, the south had an overwhelming advantage over the north?
  Isn’t it because of the reform of the economic system that productivity has taken off in the south?
  At present, the economic wealth of Jiangdong is unmatched in the Spring and Autumn Period.

Carrying a boat in search of a sword and having a stereotyped impression will only lead to him suffering a big loss.

Therefore, Sun Ce did not want to communicate with him at all. Letting him be self-righteous and arrogant would be beneficial to Jiangdong. If he fights with this mentality, the north will suffer a big loss sooner or later.

Moreover, the government affairs in Jiangdong are enough for Sun Ce to worry about.

After listening to Zhao Yun's words, Sun Ce patted Chen Yue's bare hand and said, "Oh, it's so rare to have even half a day's leisure. All kinds of government affairs are chasing me."

Chen Yue felt so distressed that she rubbed her head for him and said, "My husband's health is the most important thing. I'll leave those minor government affairs to the people below. I don't have to worry about it."

"You don't have to ask?" Sun Ce smiled and asked, "The bandits in Yuzhang rebelled and gathered tens of thousands of people. Is it okay to leave them alone?"

"There is a drought in Yuzhou. There are thousands of miles of red land and three thousand rocks of rice. Is it okay to be alone?"

"Changxi rebelled, attacked counties and counties, killed the chief officials, and devastated the whole state. Is it possible to stand alone?"

Sun Ce sighed deeply and said, "How dare you, a lonely man, to neglect your government? Madam, go and rest first. After you are done with your work, you can go to your palace to sleep."

After Chen Yue left, Sun Ce said to Zhao Yun: "Let Chang Shi come over."

At the same time, Sun Ce was thinking about whether to follow the Ming Dynasty in forming a cabinet.

Although Sun Ce still had to intervene in most matters, at least he stopped using his brain.

The cabinet wrote down the handling opinions on a piece of paper and pasted it on the memorial. After reading it, Sun Ce thought it was OK, so he asked the female official to take a red pen and copy the contents of the note on the memorial, and then stamped it, even if he himself made it. Replied.

If you don't agree, just reject it directly and let the cabinet make another opinion. If you find it troublesome, you can also write down on a note how to modify it and what you need to pay attention to.

Don't look down on this. This level of difficulty and time-saving is equivalent to the difference between reading a novel and writing a novel.

The former does not require much brain use, just read it and enjoy it.

The latter has to bend over his desk and meditate for a day, and then sit down at his desk to write from dawn to dusk.

Therefore, the cabinet usually has several people on duty to provide advice and questions to the emperor. Of course, since it is the right to consult, they will not be too powerful. If the emperor is diligent enough or is extremely concerned about a certain matter, he does not need the cabinet to provide advice. It is also okay for him to directly write down his own handling method in the memorial.

After all, the establishment of a cabinet itself is a way for the emperor to save trouble. Let the cabinet help the emperor with the countermeasures he wants to deal with. The cabinet implements the emperor's will and cannot restrict or interfere with the emperor.

Jia Xu and Liu Ye are more suitable for this position. They are smart enough and have little real power, so they will not threaten Sun Ce.

After all, as Sun Ce said, now that he is alone, how can he dare to be lazy in government? Once power is lost, the entire clan will be destroyed.

Sun Ce was thinking about the restructuring issues after the founding of the People's Republic of China, and Zhang Zhao arrived in front of Chui Gong Hall.

Zhang Zhao is the chief historian of the General's Palace, so his office is in Zhaoming Palace, not far from Chui Gong Palace.

It is somewhat similar to the relationship between the emperor and the chancellery of the Han Dynasty, and of course more similar to the palace layout of the Song Dynasty. Zhongshu Sheng, the Privy Council and the three secretaries are all surrounding the emperor.

Zhang Zhao's current theoretical position is actually very close to that of Sun Ce. Both of them are state pastors, which vividly demonstrates that Jiangdong is a force shared by everyone.

With Sun Ce's current layout, how could the civil and military officials in Jiangdong not be attracted to Sun Ce but especially to the Han Dynasty?
  Their titles of governor, governor, general, and marquis were all given by Sun Ce.

Following Sun Ce, they are the shepherds and generals in the army. If the Han Dynasty wipes out the world, can they continue to serve as state shepherds and governors?
  There is no need to think too much. If the emperor's army marches eastward and captures Yuzhou and Yanzhou, the emperor will reward meritorious deeds and win over people's hearts. He will definitely give official positions to the court's meritorious civil and military officials. For example, let Liu Bei be the shepherd of Yuzhou and Cao Cao be the governor of Yuzhou. Yanzhou animal husbandry.

So in fact, by now, Jiangdong's civil and military officials are already looking forward to Sun Ce taking a further step.

Otherwise, who would not be wary when the king and his ministers get along?
  Sun Ce is a shepherd in Yuzhou and Zhang Zhao is a shepherd in Yangzhou. Isn't he worried about Sun Ce's suspicion? Northern scholars wrote to Zhang Zhao, who immediately announced it. If Sun Ce had not been open-minded and compared him to his father-in-law, he would not have been able to handle government affairs calmly.

But if Sun Ce further becomes emperor, he will immediately feel at ease.

This is especially true for generals. You must know that nowadays, as long as they are general titles, they are mostly the same. There are no grades of the hereafter yet.

These generals in Jiangdong were even more afraid of rumors, and all hoped that Sun Ce would establish the country early and determine the relationship between monarch and ministers.

So now, when the civil and military officials in Jiangdong see Sun Ce, they no longer call him general, but instead call him prince.

Otherwise, if others call Sun Ce a general in the future, and then be called a general by others, wouldn't their status be the same as that of Sun Ce?

Although Zhang Zhao was the shepherd of Yangzhou, when he saw Sun Ce still treating himself as a subordinate, he immediately handed over his hand and said, "I pay homage to the lord and disturb the lord's elegant enjoyment. I feel really guilty."

Sun Ce smiled and waved his hand, and did not call him the shepherd. Instead, he said: "The chief minister is exempting himself from the courtesy because he is working on government affairs. Come and give the chief minister a seat."

Obviously, this is not only true for Sun Ce, but also for other Jiangdong civil and military officials. Even Zhang Zhao was happy that others called him Chang Shi. Being the Chief of the General's Office indicates that he is still Sun Ce's minister.

After sitting down, Zhang Zhao held up his hands and said to Sun Ce: "If it's just a small matter, I really don't want to disturb the prince's rest. It's just that the situation in the north has changed dramatically, and we need to inform the prince in time."

"Dramatic changes in the north?" Sun Ce asked, "What happened?"

Zhang Zhao said with a solemn expression: "Yuan Shao has conquered Hedong and defeated the coalition forces of Liu Bei and Ma Chao."

Sun Ce was also slightly surprised and asked: "Liu Bei and Ma Chao are not enemies of Yuan Shao's army when they join forces?"

You must know that with Ma Chao joining, Liu Bei has no shortage of generals and soldiers.

He has many powerful generals such as Guan Yu, Ma Chao, Pang De, Cheng Yi, Yang Qiu, etc., and is also assisted by Xun You, Zhong Yao and others. These are no longer weaker than his men Guan, Zhang, and Zhao Zhi.

But when he thought that even if Liu Bei was involved, Zhang and Zhao had lost many battles in the early stage, and even with the help of Zhuge Liang, they were still defeated, he felt that it was somewhat reasonable.

After all, Yuan Shaona is also known as Yuan's attack, which looks like a ghost.

So Sun Ce asked in detail: "How could Liu Bei be defeated by Yuan Jun? What were the details of the battle?"

Zhang Zhao explained: "Yuan Shao still won by force. The Liu and Ma coalition forces were already fighting to the death. When Guo Yuan, the governor of Hedong, led his army to cross the Fen River, Ma Chao led his army to attack him. He was hit by a flying arrow, so he used his bag. Fight with everything you have."

When Sun Ce heard this, he nodded and said in admiration: "Such a horse is as brave as the great ancestor."

He was shot through the foot by a flying arrow, but he still fought hard in the face of battle, which shows his heroism.

No wonder Zhuge Liang commented that he was both civil and military, heroic and heroic, a hero of his generation, and a disciple of Ting and Peng.

However, considering that Ma Chao and other nobles were all hit by arrows on the battlefield, we also know how dangerous the battlefield in Hedong is.

Sun Ce asked: "The combined forces of Liu and Ma are defeated by Yuan Shao?"

Zhang Zhao nodded and said: "Ma Chao's introduction of troops to the reinforcements was originally an act of entreaty from the imperial court. Zhong Yao, the captain of Sili School, wrote to Ma Teng and Han Sui, stating the pros and cons, and sent Zhang Ji, Fu Qian and others to He persuaded Ma Teng and Han Sui to send troops to assist. Ma Teng sent Ma Chao and ten thousand troops to aid Hedong."

"However, Yuan Shao's main army led by Zhang He alone numbered more than [-]. Yuan Shang, Gao Gan, Guo Yuan and other Yuan clan members gathered tens of thousands of reinforcements in Bingzhou and Hedong. Yuan also drove Hu Qi to To assist, the Southern Xiongnu Chanyu Huchuquan led more than [-] Hu cavalry to assist, making Yuan's army in Hedong territory no less than [-]."

The composition of this [-]-strong army is somewhat similar to that of Sun Ce's attack on Xu County, with more volunteers and subordinates. But even so, Yuan's army's regular army, plus the Bingzhou Prefecture Army, Hedong County Army, and [-] Hu cavalry, is close to [-] in size. !
  Therefore, the outcome can be predicted. Zhang Zhao said: "When General Zhang He of the Yuan Army learned that Ma Chao had been injured, he personally led his troops to attack Ma Chao's army, causing heavy casualties to Ma Chao's troops. As a result, the army's morale changed and they were forced to evacuate Hedong."

Sun Ce suddenly frowned. This picture vividly demonstrated what it means that a strong general must be sent to the army!

He gradually rose to prominence because of his ability in fighting with Cao Cao. Especially in the crucial battle, he and Gao Lan stormed Cao Cao's base camp and captured the camp in one battle, which directly determined the outcome of the battle.

Jushou's original plan still worked.

As the war continues, Yuan Jun will sooner or later be able to select generals who are truly good at fighting from among countless generals.

This person may be Jiangdong's great enemy in the future! (End of chapter)