Zhang Yan reformed the system of the Han Dynasty, adopted a constitutional monarchy, and wrote the restriction of imperial power into the constitution, re-promulgated many laws and regulations, implemented reforms from the top down, and made drastic changes.

However, these reforms have not been affected locally, but have only set off a storm of reforms in the center of power.

One month after the implementation of the new policy, the ministers of the DPRK and China have gradually adapted to this system, and in actual work, the new system has provided them with convenience in terms of administrative ability and efficiency; because the three major organs of power are not subordinate to each other and check each other, the ministers all carry out their work within the scope of their limited powers, and if they exceed the scope of their powers, they must cooperate with multiple power organs to solve these matters together, and this has also provided an additional bridge of communication between the organs.

However, although the new policy was implemented, most of the courtiers were still immersed in the old political system and could not extricate themselves, and they were still accustomed to the obedience of the old system, and only obeyed orders, but did not dare to express their opinions.

As the first assistant of the cabinet, as the regent of the dynasty who is also the prime minister and the general, Zhang Yan, did not ask too much, after all, this stage is a transitional stage, and the new policy still needs a long time to adapt, and in this transitional stage, if any decrees that are not conducive to stabilizing the overall situation of the imperial court are found, they must be discovered in time and abolished.

Slowly polish and scrutinize the laws and regulations that are suitable for the changes of this era, and we cannot blindly keep the old ways, nor can we let our thinking stagnate.

In the past month, the cabinet has played a great role, issuing a series of documents submitted by Shangshutai, Duchayuan, and Dali Temple, and the Han Dynasty has officially entered the cabinet era.

Besides. Zhang Yan even sent an envoy. With a reissued ribbon. He traveled to various states and counties outside of Chang's power, reappointed them by decision of the cabinet, told them the rank of their official positions, and brought gifts every year to pay tribute to the current emperor.

In today's China, Zhang Yan is in the north, and only a few separatist forces in the south are still surviving, Sun Quan, Liu Biao, Liu Zhang, and Shi Xie. and Zhang Lu of Hanzhong, Zhang Yan asked the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Bingyuan to select a few eloquent people to serve as envoys, and went to Jiangdong, Jingzhou, Yizhou, Jiaozhou and Hanzhong with the appointment letters of the cabinet.

The nearest to Pengcheng was Jiangdong, and the envoy crossed the Yangtze River with a letter of appointment from the cabinet, arrived at Jinling County, and then went all the way west from Jinling County to Wuchang.

At this moment, Sun Quan has taken over Sun Ce's position for almost two years. In the past two years, he has been thinking about how to pull out the thorn in the eye of Jinling County.

Jinling County. is like a nail, directly nailed to the most critical position in Jiangdong, is the bridgehead for Zhang Yanshi to attack Jiangdong, if it is not removed, I am afraid that in the future confrontation, Jiangdong will lose a lot of initiative.

If Jinling County can be uprooted, it will be equivalent to pushing Sun Quan's power directly to the Yangtze River, relying on the Yangtze River to confront Zhang Yan, and the Jiangdong Navy has become an elite army under the training of Zhou Yu, and has defeated Zhang Yan's army before, and smashed Chen Deng's plan to destroy Jiangdong, and won the victory of the self-defense counterattack.

Since then, Sun Quan has won the unanimous affirmation of the Jiangdong generals, although Sun Quan does not have the same brave force as Sun Ce, but he has a stronger mind than Sun Ce, and it turns out that a smart mind is even more important than brute force.

In fact, all this is thanks to Zhou Yu, Zhou Yu retreated as advance, willing to be scolded himself, but secretly helped Sun Quan, so that he could win the respect and affirmation of Jiangdong soldiers, which can be described as well-intentioned.

At this point, Sun Quan was also very grateful to Zhou Yu, and after the war, he reinstated Zhou Yu's position as the governor, and he was more committed to Zhou Yu.

However, if you want to uproot Jinling County, it is not easy to talk about, after Chen Deng's death, Lu Su was appointed as the assassin of Yangzhou, Zhao Yun, one of the five tiger generals, led the army to sit in Danyang County, and in Lujiang County, which formed a confrontation with Chaisang, there were Zhang Liao, Gan Ning, Lu Meng, Li Dian and other elite generals, and Huainan, which has become the granary base, has Liu Ye sitting in the town, providing rich money and grain and grass for Jinling and Lujiang, Jinling, Lujiang and Huainan three counties, forming a golden triangle, unbreakable.

However, Sun Quan just does not believe in evil, he always believes that there is no impermeable wall, as long as you find the weakness in the Golden Triangle, you can break it down.

It's just that Sun Quan struggled and thought about it for almost half a year, but he had no clue, and finally had to write a letter to Zhou Yu to ask for Zhou Yu's help.

As a result, Zhou Yu's letter only said a few words, and waited and saw what happened. In addition, Zhou Yu even suggested that Sun Quan should look farther, not only looking forward, but also looking backwards.

Behind?

What's behind Koto?

Sun Quan opened the map, and suddenly felt that behind Jiangdong was Jiaozhou.

It was only at this time that Sun Quan understood that Zhou Yu was indeed more far-sighted than himself, and since he could not move forward, he would develop backwards, lay down Jiaozhou, and use the vast land of Jiaozhou to reclaim a beautiful future in Jiangdong.

So, Sun Quan immediately wrote a reply to Zhou Yu, asking if Zhou Yu could have a detailed plan.

At the same time that Sun Quan sent the letter out, a henchman soldier walked in from outside and reported to Sun Quan that Zhang Yan had sent a messenger.

"Emissary?" Sun Quan's eyes rolled, he didn't think much about it, and immediately asked someone to bring the envoy in, and he was going to see what the envoy had to say first.

After a short time, the envoy came to the hall, and when he saw Sun Quan, he just arched his hand and said, "See General Sun!" ”

Sun Quan showed great enthusiasm, asked the envoy to sit down, and served wine to entertain the envoy.

During this period, Sun Quan talked with the envoy, and then he learned that Zhang Yan had implemented reforms, and now the emperor is just a virtual figure, and the real decision lies with Zhang Yan. Sun Quan admired Zhang Yan's approach very much, and without abolishing the emperor, he could still transfer power reasonably, which really killed two birds with one stone.

In addition, Sun Quan also figured out the meaning of the envoy, and Zhang Yan canonized him as the Taishou of Wuchang and brought a seal.

Sun Quan did not hesitate, and soon accepted the seal ribbon and warmly welcomed the envoy until he sent the envoy away.

Sun Quan behaved so well-behaved, and it was also a helpless move, because he didn't have the strength to confront Zhang Yan now, so it was better to choose to be obedient, so that Zhang Yan knew that he was a peaceful person, and even in the conversation with the envoy, he showed great respect for the new policy and supported the new policy.

After the envoy left, Sun Quan immediately summoned the deployment and began to secretly dispatch troops to prepare to attack Jiaozhou.

Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Han Dang, Lu Fan and some other former ministers all came to the hall, and when they learned that Sun Quan was going to attack Jiaozhou, a group of people were extremely shocked.

Cheng Pu first said: "My lord, our army is now confronting Zhang Yan, most of the troops are on the border, and there is no power to wage war against Jiaozhou, besides, if the troops are withdrawn, once Zhang Yan's side knows about it, we will definitely send troops to attack our army, and then we will not suffer from the enemy?" ”

The rest of the people also had the same opinion, and they echoed it one after another, opposing the use of troops to hand over the state.

Sun Quan said with a smile: "You just have to do what I say, secretly transfer some troops first, you don't need more, 10,000 people are enough, Jiaozhou Assassin Shi Shixie, is a self-defending man, and he only relies on the local heroes, not the opponent of our army at all." As for Zhang Yan's side, you don't have to worry, within a month, there will be news coming, and Zhang Yan will be too busy to take care of himself at that time, and he has no intention of dealing with Jiangdong at all. ”

Everyone looked at each other, not knowing whether what Sun Quan said was true or false.

Sun Quan saw that his subordinates were still a little hesitant, so he took out Zhou Yu's letter in a hurry, saying that Zhou Yu suggested that he do this. In addition, Sun Quan also told Zhang Yan about the implementation of the new policy, and said: "What kind of constitutional monarchy Zhang Yan adopted, which severely limited the power of the emperor, so that the emperor was useless, and thus safely transferred the power into his own hands, which is really an ingenious idea." However, he did this because there were no three hundred taels of silver here, which is not important to us at all. But for those of the Liu clan, such behavior would anger them. Liu Biao of Jingzhou and Liu Zhang of Yizhou are all Liu clans, Liu Zhang is far away in Xichuan, and may not be able to directly confront Zhang Yan, but Liu Biao is different, Liu Biao is strong in Jingzhou, and there are many talents under the account, this move will inevitably anger Liu Biao, and Liu Biao will definitely send a large army to fight with Zhang Yan, and the two heroes will compete, Zhang Yan has no time to take care of Jiangdong, we can take advantage of this opportunity to send troops to Jiaozhou to expand the territory and population, and in a few years, our strength will be improved. ”

After hearing this, everyone seemed to feel that what Sun Quan said was also very reasonable, and this was also a strategy implemented by Zhou Yu, so they trusted Zhou Yu a lot, so naturally they would not have any opinions.

Therefore, everyone finally decided to draw 1,000 elite soldiers from each of the ten places to form an army for an expedition to Jiaozhou, so that there would be no 1,000 men to the garrison border.

In addition, Sun Quan decided to personally lead the army on an expedition, with Huang Gai, Han Dang, Zhu Huan, Tan Xiong, Pan Zhang and other generals, and let Lü Fan exercise the power of Wuchang Taishou on his behalf, and Cheng Pu was the governor of Wuchang.

Three days later, 10,000 troops were assembled, Sun Quan brought three months of grain and grass, led 10,000 elite soldiers, and embarked on the road of expedition to Jiaozhou.

On the day of the expedition, Sun Quan's mother personally came to see him off, and told Sun Quan to be careful all the way, and asked Huang Gai, Han Dang and other generals to actively protect Sun Quan's thoughtfulness, and never let Sun Quan act alone.

For Sun Quan, this is the first time he has led the army to march in person, and this time he is also full of confidence.

Bidding farewell to his mother and his subordinates, Sun Quan officially embarked on the journey, and Jiaozhou seemed to have become something in his pocket...... (To be continued......)