Seeing these three names, especially the word Republic, Sun Ce smiled knowingly.

He could imagine what kind of disputes would happen to Guo Jia and others. He clearly wanted to limit the power of the monarch, but was afraid that he would overturn the table, so he had to rack his brains to design three plans for him to choose, and carefully selected the highly inducible nouns, hoping that he would choose the one they like the most.

This is simply a portrayal of the power of the king and the power of the ministers growing day by day. Now he wants to reverse this process, but he cannot be too anxious. If he is anxious, it is easy to fail. As for Guo Jia and others, although they are thinking about republic or even down, they still dare to have too much hope. Therefore, among the three plans, they work the most arbitrary, the most detailed, and the most operable.

Of course, even if it is arbitrary, it is limited compared to the existing monarchy, and it is not copied. The most obvious point is to limit the size of the royal family. There are three specific items: one is to limit the number of people in the harem, one queen, two noble people, twelve wives, and thirty-six beauties, a total of fifty-one people, which are combined with the number of Dayan, and the number of palace maids and eunuchs is limited to a thousand people; the second is to control the finances, including the royal family finances, which were originally managed by the Shaofu, and the royal family finances account for no more than 30%; the third is to control the size of the royal family and control the size of the royal family to within ten thousand people, and the total number of Tang Mu's fief does not exceed 20% of the household registration.

All three points left enough room for concession. For example, he had already stated that the first point would not increase, including the queen, the twelve halls of the harem. Guo Jia and others increased the number to fifty-one, obviously giving him a chance to take the initiative to reduce it to show their wisdom. Even if he regretted his original promise and wanted to increase it a little more, these would be enough. If he was not satisfied and broke through the fifty number, it would be a real slap in the face.

Even the third item with the largest reduction rate still has a lot of room for concessions. The Sun clan members now have less than one hundred people, and 10,000 people should be a scale that can only be reached many years later. In the two hundred years of the Western Han Dynasty, the clan members were only 100,000 in the end. The Eastern Han Dynasty restricted the clan members, and the number of members has dropped sharply. Now there are only 20,000 to 30,000 in the royal family gathered in Chang'an.

Of course, for Guo Jia and others, it is already very good to achieve such a goal. It is a good start to prevent the imperial power and the royal family from further expansion. If he is in a high position and takes the initiative to make some concessions, they will gain even greater.

Overall, these people are still very pragmatic, basically without any scholarly spirit. They propose too ideal measures, and are all adjusted based on existing facts, expressing their wishes and being more restrained, so as not to arouse strong reactions.

Considering that there were two old scholars including Cai Yong and Huang Wan, Sun Ce was very satisfied with the result. However, he did not accept it completely and made some adjustments. The most important point was to convert the military division into an internal dynasty agency to control military power. At present, he could not give up military power, and the reasons were ready-made. The world was not determined, so he could only make arbitrary decisions in the conquest. As for how military power belongs in the future, I will talk about it later.

He even considered keeping the military power in his hands and separating it from the outer court to ensure that the martial spirit can continue.

Sun Ce gave way to Lu Cui to draft a document and sent it back to Jianye with a fast horse.

When the boat enters the East China Sea, the wind is rare and calm. When the moon rises, a silver channel is spread out on the sea, which makes people feel an illusion that it is as if you can walk along this road to the bright moon like a jade plate.

Sun Ce leaned against the window and watched the bright moon rise from the sea until it was suspended in the air. He was calm and unremitting, and had a sense of indifference that had not been seen for a long time. It did not bring him any changes when he was about to be emperor. As early as a few years ago, he knew that this day would be there, but now it is only a few years earlier.

Of course not everyone can be as calm as him. In fact, almost few people can be as calm as him. Except for ordinary people who are not qualified to hear the news, anyone who hears the news will inevitably be restless. After all, for them, from the King of Wu to the Emperor, from Wu to the World, will bring a lot of changes. All relationships may change within a few days. Even the women in the harem are working hard in secret, hoping to squeeze the ranking forward. Although Sun Ce thinks they are bored, they are happy.

Fortunately, although the funeral ended, the funeral period would last for more than twenty days. No one dared to disturb him at this time, otherwise he would definitely not be able to deal with it. At least it would not be so quiet or even deserted.

In the more than ten years of history of this era, there are only a handful of such opportunities. For the first time, there was an invisible wall that separated him from everyone, breathed and smelled each other, but could not really get close to him. At this moment, he only thought of four words: lonely man. Whether he liked it or not, he would have to taste the feeling of being cold at high places alone, and it was necessary to adapt in advance.

A gentle footstep sounded, and the evening breeze blew, and a faint fragrance wafted. Sun Ce turned sideways slightly, and Master Bu was standing outside the cabin door. Seeing him looking over, he bowed to salute.

"The king, the scholar of Kuaiji County, Sheng Xian, and Yuyao ordered He Fu to see him."

Sun Ce was very surprised. He had passed Kuaiji County and arrived in Donghai. Why did Sheng Xian chase him? He pondered for a while and decided to meet him. There must be something wrong with Sheng Xian when he chased him. He Fu is He Qi's father again, so he should not be too cold.

Mr. Bu turned around and left. Not long after, Sheng Xian and He Fu got on Feilu, entered the cabin, and saluted Sun Ce.

"Damn the king late at night, for death, death sentence."

Sun Ce smiled and reached out to help him, signaling Sheng Xian and He Fu to take his seat. "The long night is long, and it is time to study and learn. The two of you come here, and you must have some teachings and listen to me alone."

"How dare you, how dare you?" Sheng Xian let out a sigh and said, "Ling Zun General Cavalry died young. The elders of this county were sad for him. They wanted to go to Jianye in person, but were afraid of disturbing the king's grief, so they made an appointment to go to Fuchun to pay homage. After learning that the king had returned to the capital, the ministers and He Ling took the liberty to come to pay homage and pray to the king for the change."

Sun Ce said a few humility. Sun Jian entered Jianye to mourn. Many people from Kuaiji went there, and Sheng Xian was among them. However, he did not meet Sheng Xian. Sheng Xian must have been unwilling to accept it, so he rushed over and even brought He Fu. He was not trying to compete for the academic project, right? It is not a good time to mention this matter at this time.

"Speaking of all, the king and his son have a connection with this county. When General Cavalry came and went to and from this county when he was young, he expelled pirates. Later, he fought against the rebel Xu Zhao and made great contributions to the county's Anning. The king went to Jiangnan and served as the prefect of Kuaiji. Now Fuchun is transferred to Kuaiji, and can be in the same county as the king. All the people of Kuaiji are honored to be with the phoenix. Kuaiji is the place where Yu Shun is patrolling and hunting, and now it is the hometown of the king and Fengju, which is actually a blessed place."

Sun Ce was very surprised. Feng Ju heard that he was facing Long Xing, and it was tailor-made for him. Although he was planning to become emperor, how did Sheng Xian know? Has the news been leaked? Could it be that it was Yu Fan? He Fu was Yu Yao Ling, which is possible.

"Sheng Jun is so serious. Although I am lucky, I have made meritorious and made a king. How can I compare with Yu Shun? I dare not take this word "Phoenix" even more."

Sheng Xian bowed again. "The phoenix came to the world and walked with the king. The king dared not be the king, who dared to be the one?" He Fu also bowed and congratulated him repeatedly.

"Phoenix... came to the world?" Sun Ce understood a little, looked at Sheng Xian, and then at He Fu, and understood a little. These two people were probably here to offer auspiciousness. But they didn't know that he actually didn't believe in these things. He didn't even believe in destiny, so how could he believe in the so-called auspiciousness. It's said that there are auspiciousness, but no one has seen it before. In fact, it's just a tacit lie. There is really a phoenix, you bring it to me to take a look.

"That's right." Sheng Xian looked happy. "I got up early the morning before yesterday and breathed in the yard. When I saw a colorful bird flying over the hillside of Kuaiji, I thought it was dazzled and didn't think much about it. Later, I heard that the king had finished his funeral and returned to the capital, and I felt a little coincidental. This morning, I received another news from He Ling that a colorful bird fell on the platform where Emperor Shun lived in Siming Mountain. I felt strange and rushed to Yuyao overnight to meet He Ling. Only then did I know that the colorful bird we both saw was the same. This colorful bird was probably flying west and walking with the king all the way."

Sun Ce almost laughed out loud. He didn't realize that Sheng Xian had this skill, and the story was made up quite like that. Phoenix flew from the west, but no one else saw it, so they both saw it?

"Two, you guys aren't seeing it wrong, maybe they aren't phoenixes or pheasants?"

"I have also had doubts about the king, but later I saw this, I believed it very much." He Fu said, taking something out of his arms, sending it respectfully, put it on the desk in front of Sun Ce, and retreated. Sun Ce looked down and saw a piece of silk with a simple jade artifact on it, like a bird with wings spread out. The jade is not very good, but the color is very beautiful, and there is a ray of red like a flame at the foot of the bird.

"This is?"

He Fu said: "This was discovered at the place where the colorful bird rested. I am shallow in knowledge and do not know much about jade. I know that Sheng Jijiu has been successful in studying jade in recent years. I specially sent someone to Shanyin to ask him to identify it."

Sheng Xian said: "I have learned about the jade artifacts in Yuhang in the past few years and have gained some gains. Seeing this jade artifact, I know that it is not an idle thing, and it is likely to be the same as the jade artifacts produced in Yuhang. I boldly speculate that it may be an ancient artifact from the time of Yushun. However, most of the jade artifacts were found in Yuhang, Qiantang, and Yuyao. This time, jade artifacts were discovered in Siming Mountain and presented to the world at the same time as the phoenix bird. I think this is auspiciousness from the sky and a sign of the king's phoenix."

Sun Ce leaned forward and looked at the jade phoenix. There was no expression on his face, but he secretly praised himself. Otherwise, he would say that scholars were smart. Sheng Xian, with a jade artifact that he came from, two lies that could not be verified, not only wanted to offer auspiciousness, be a hero to persuade him to advance, strive for the ancient country research projects in Yuhang and Qiantang areas, but also wanted to make some benefits for the entire Kuaiji.

Really a big appetite!
Chapter completed!