Meeting ordinary people and meeting scholars on the observatory is different.

Although scholars can no longer speak for themselves, they always put on airs and regard themselves as guides. Ordinary people do not have such confidence. All the people are scholars, but they only have some confidence when facing scholars. When facing the King and Queen of Wu who brought them a better life, they still find it difficult to get rid of their subjects and naturally kneel down.

Sun Ce and Yuan Heng came hand in hand, and nearly ten thousand people crawled on the ground, shouting long live the mountain.

Sun Ce did not force himself. It would be no longer a day to transform the character of the people. Moreover, he is extremely in need of the surrender and support of the people now. If he really wants to let go, it may not be a good thing for everyone to be mortal. For these people, prosperity and strength are more important than equality and freedom, at least for now.

Everything needs to be done step by step, and it is easy to be bullshit if you take too big steps.

Sun Ce dismounted and had a cordial conversation with several veterans, asking about their war zone, combat experience, and current life. When it comes to being happy, he burst into laughter from time to time. The veterans were so excited that they were incoherent and energetic that people did not doubt that as long as Sun Ce called, they could return to the battlefield at any time and move forward.

Zang Ba, who was responsible for maintaining order, was worried that something would happen, so he looked back and forth with vigilant eyes. Fortunately, although Jianye couldn't help but have swords, bows and crossbows, long-range martial arts Cheng could not be carried with him. No one was in his sight, and even if someone wanted to attack, he could not really hurt Sun Ce.

I had known that it was difficult to do Jinwu, but I didn't expect it to be so difficult. The King of Wu was close to the people, but it increased the burden on the security guards. If He Miao had not come up with a good idea, the tiqi would not have completed such a major warning mission with just a few hundred Jinwu's halberds.

In three days, the throne ceremony will be held. At that time, many people will go to the palace, and countless people will go to the streets. They may even burn bamboo to celebrate. It is inevitable that there will be water and fire. He, the master of Jinwu, is busy again.

When Zang Ba thought of this, he felt a little regretful. If he had known this, it would have been better to be a war zone supervisor like Ji Ling.

——

Compared to the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven, the sacrifice of the ground took more time. After nearly a day of work, when I got on the car and was about to return to the palace, it was already dark.

Perhaps because he said too much, Sun Ce not only had a hoarse voice, but also had a little exhausted spirit. After getting in the car and leaning against the wall of the car, he looked at the blurry figure outside the car window, and didn't even have the interest to speak.

Yuan Heng took out the brewed medicinal tea from the secret compartment and poured a cup for Sun Ce. "Master, moisten your throat."

Sun Ce took the cup and took a sip. The tea was still warm, soft and smooth in the mouth, with a faint sweetness, but his eyes were still looking out of the car window, looking at the straight back, thinking. After a while, he took a cup, poured half a cup of tea, and opened the car window.

"Zhongmou."

Sun Quan was shocked and turned around. Seeing Sun Ce holding a teacup in his hand, he looked at him with a smile, and quickly bowed. "What are the instructions of the king?"

Sun Ce handed over the cup. Sun Quan hesitated for a moment and reached out to take it. "Thank you the King for giving tea." He took a slight sip, then drank it all, and then returned it with both hands. "Thank you the King."

Sun Ce took the cup, but did not close the car window, and said with a smile: "Are you tired after running after a day?"

"Go back to the king, I'm happy and not tired when I encounter a grand event."

"really?"

"How dare I speak nonsense before the king?"

Sun Ce nodded. "I'm a little tired today and want to take a break. After returning to the palace, you go to the palace to take a look. If there is any accumulated official business, it's not important to deal with it first."

"This..." Sun Quan was not mentally prepared and didn't know how to answer for a moment. "King, minister..."

"You have been following you for more than half a month and are familiar with the process. If you don't understand, ask Chen Kongzhang, Wang Zhongxuan and others. If it doesn't work, ask Ju Gong and Guo Fengxiao. If it really can't be solved, then let me leave it and wait for me to deal with it tomorrow."

Sun Quan looked at Sun Ce carefully, and saw that Sun Ce was speaking seriously, not like a joke. He was happy and bowed his hand to agree. "Here."

"Thanks a lot."

"Don't dare."

Sun Ce nodded, returned to the car, and pulled up the window.

Yuan Heng sat quietly opposite, with his eyebrows hanging down. Sun Ce saw it and said nothing.

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When he returned to the palace, Sun Ce spent dinner and finished washing up, but did not rest immediately, but read the book.

Although he was a little tired, he was not so tired that he could sleep. Even though he usually insisted on working from eight to five, he would never work overtime until he had no choice, nor would he sleep after dinner.

After Yuan Heng arranged the matter, he returned to the room. Seeing Sun Ce leaning on the bedside to study, he couldn't help laughing: "Are you tired? Why don't you rest early?"

Sun Ce raised his gaze from the book, looked at Yuan Heng, and laughed. "Can't help it?"

Yuan Heng blushed. "What can I do that? I'm just a little curious." She sat next to Sun Ce, tilted her head, and looked at Sun Ce. "What strategy did the king use?"

Sun Ce put down the book and stared at Yuan Heng for a while. "Aheng, have you ever thought about how you will treat his brothers if you give birth to a legitimate son and inherit the throne in the future?"

Yuan Heng's eyebrows trembled, avoided Sun Ce's gaze, and reached out to stroke his lower abdomen. "Even if the child in my belly is a son, he will become the heir in the future. When the king abdicates at the age of 65, he will be thirty-two. He has been taught by the king since he was a child, and he will surely be able to get some true teachings from the king."

"Do you want him to use tricks on his brother?"

Yuan Heng sighed softly. "King, I understand what you mean and don't want to make things that are incompatible with brothers. But some things are really not something that can be avoided just by trying to avoid. I am as kind as Emperor Xiaowen, not to avoid ridicule, let alone others. The king is wise and has the heart of the world, but can future generations have the heart and prestige like a king? I don't want the king to be cruel, but I just hope that the king will set some rules so that the descendants will not be beautiful if they imitate themselves and learn to walk through."

Sun Ce laughed. Are the rules the most useful? If a person dies, let alone the rules you say, even the iron-cast brand is useless. How to treat the royal family, especially how to treat brothers with blood relationships, the feudal society for two thousand years has not been solved. What is the problem? It’s not that there are no rules, but because the imperial power is too tempting and the winners take all.

A three-fold profit can make merchants take risks, establish monarchs, and become powerful ministers can make Lu Buwei gamble his wealth and life. How tempting is he to be an emperor? In the face of such temptation, any rule is empty talk.

"This rule is too difficult, I can't think of it for the time being. But it doesn't matter, I'm thinking slowly, are you right?"

Yuan Heng smiled and felt that he was rash. Sun Ce was rich in Chunqiu, with a great reputation, and was focused on cultivating the strength of the Yuan family. Even if Sun Quan had any ideas, there would be no chance. If she was too worried, she seemed to be looking forward to something unexpected to Sun Ce or deliberately sowed their brothers.

"That's natural. The king has at least thirty years to imagine, so there is no need to worry. Since that's the case, go to bed early."

"No hurry." Sun Ce shook his head and chuckled: "Guess, how busy Zhongmou will be today?"

"I can't guess this."

"I'll make a bet with you, at least in the second half of the night."

"The second half of the night?"

"Well, maybe even a whole night."

Sun Ce said, laughing out loud. He knew how much official duties he had accumulated in the past few days. The throne ceremony was about to come. All the governors, war zone governors, prefects, and county magistrates from all over the country had arrived, and only the necessary personnel were left in the area just in case. In order to avoid accidents, the communication of various news was more frequent, but Ju Su and Guo Jia knew that he was busy. As long as it was not a particularly urgent matter, they would either handle it directly or suppress it first.

He arranged for Sun Quan to handle these affairs. Ju Su and Guo Jia could not guess what he thought and would send all the backlogs of affairs. If Sun Quan wanted to deal with them all, he would probably be busy all night. If he was willing to work overtime all night, he could get him to join until the end of the throne ceremony and the generals returned to their respective defense areas.

Perhaps this will allow him to experience the hard work of governing the world and not have too many ideas.

Yuan Heng Bingxue was smart. His eyes turned twice and he understood Sun Ce’s intentions. He couldn’t help laughing out loud. “Why is the king who let him retreat?”

"If you can retreat when you see the difficulties, of course it's better." Sun Ce said again: "But I have another meaning, you might as well guess."

Yuan Heng shook his head, covered his lips and smiled, "I am stupid and can't guess it."

Sun Ce glanced at her and smiled without saying a word. He knew very well what kind of person Yuan Heng was. Even if he couldn't guess everything, he wouldn't have any insights. The answer was so fast that he was just pretending to be stupid. But he didn't need to expose it. It was not a bad thing for smart people to pretend to be stupid in moderation, at least it means that she still knew the right position and was respectful.

Sun Ce picked up the book again. "My mother asked you to find a marriage for Zhongmou. Do you have a suitable partner? He is not young anymore, it's time to start a family."

"There are many people who propose marriage, but not many suitable ones."

"Let me tell me, whose women are they?"

"The Xiahou family has two girls, one is Xiahou Xian and the other is Xiahou Zhen. They are fifteen or sixteen years old this year, with a good appearance and character."

Sun Ce thought about it and knew which two girls Yuan Heng was talking about. Xiahou Xian was Xiahou Yuan's sister, and Xiahou Zhen was Xiahou Yuan's daughter. With Cao Cao, the Shu king, the Cao family and Xiahou family in Qiao County were both embarrassed. No matter which Sun Quan married, he would not get help from his wife in the future.

"What else?"

"Kong Rong has a daughter who is about the same age as Zhongmou."

Sun Ce frowned. Kong Rong is really capable of giving birth. He is almost fifty years old and is still having children. I heard that he had a daughter last year.

Yuan Heng said two more, similar to the Xiahou family and Kong family, they were all families that could not provide any substantial help to Sun Quan, and they had no relationship with the Ruying family, so the meaning of avoiding suspicion was very obvious.

"Is there anyone suitable among the Yuan family in Runan? Find one or two people with general knowledge and outstanding appearance, and let Zhongmou choose one by himself."

"Here." Yuan Heng lowered his head and responded softly.
Chapter completed!