The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 368 Chapter 367
On the tenth day of August in the fifth year of Jian'an, Zhang Yan held the coronation ceremony of King Yan in Pengcheng. All civil and military officials came to celebrate, and the people cheered happily.

At the same time, Zhang Yan also generously rewarded the ministers who have contributed to the pacification of Hebei this time. Zhao Yun, Xu Chu, Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, Tai Shici, Zang Ba and others are already extremely human ministers. Those who can advance one rank in titles will all change from marquis to duke, and each of their townships will increase by one thousand households.

In addition, Wei General Jia Xu, former General Gao Shun, Suiyuan General Gan Ning, Dingyuan General Zhang He, Weiyuan General Gao Lan, and Gan Ning's deputy Lu Meng all joined forces in view of their military exploits in the pacification of Hebei. The official enters the rank.

The imperial decree was promulgated as follows: Jia Xu was promoted to be the general of the military division, Mu of Youzhou, and the prime minister of the state of Yan, and he was fully in charge of the affairs of the northern border. He is General Longxiang, and Gao Lan is General Yijun.

In addition, for example, talents who surrendered in Hebei, such as Xu You, Chen Lin, Cui Yan, Gao Rou, Yan Rou, Tian Yu, Tian Chou, Xin Pi, Zhu Ling, Wang Ling, Hao Zhao, Yan Zhi, etc., They all stayed in Jizhou, Bingzhou, Youzhou and other places, serving as prefects and other positions.

Zhang Yan listened to Jia Xu's advice and used the local people to manage the local people. Cui Yan, a well-known family in Jizhou, was appointed as the governor of Jizhou. Wang Ling.

Xun Chen, who was originally captured by Zhang Yan, was executed by Zhang Yan because he refused to surrender to Zhang Yan, and was buried in the north of Handan City.

Wang Lun, who was able to imitate Thunderbolt, Fire and Thunder, was temporarily saved by Zhang Yan because of his skills in this area, and Zhang Yan sent someone to take him to the weapon workshop in Puyang, and temporarily put him under the jurisdiction of Zhuge Liang, the owner of the weapon workshop.

When Zhang Yan returned to Pengcheng, he passed the weapon workshop in Puyang and stayed there for a day. At this time, Ma Jun had been found and sent to Puyang. Zhuge Liang and Ma Jun were both young people, and they hit it off right away. , and soon became good friends who talked about everything.

Zhuge Liang and Ma Jun successfully developed a ten-arrow crossbow based on the original three-arrow crossbow. Zhang Yan tried to shoot a few times, but felt that the operation was a bit too complicated, and this kind of crossbow was relatively large, suitable for defending cities. But definitely not suitable for individual combat.

Therefore, Zhang Yan proposed a new idea to Zhuge Liang and Ma Jun, one shot with one arrow, but it can be fired continuously without interruption, which is basically the same as modern continuous-fire pistols.

Zhuge Liang and Ma Jun were very interested in this new idea proposed by Zhang Yan, so they decided to challenge it to a higher level of difficulty.

In addition, Zhang Yan talked a lot with Zhuge Liang and Ma Jun, most of which involved the application of thunderbolt bullets, and drew blueprints. I hope that Zhuge Liang and Ma Jun will develop Liannu at the same time. The guns were also developed.

At this time, Zhuge Liang proposed to expand the think tank of the weapon workshop, hoping to call several of his classmates to Puyang. Everyone brainstormed and formed a research and development team together. It is also a weapon with great lethality that can be mass-produced.

Zhang Yan agreed to Zhuge Liang's request and formally established the Tiangong Bureau in Puyang. Zhuge Liang and Ma Jun were respectively the principal and deputy principals of the Tiangong Bureau, enjoying the treatment from the fourth-rank official rank, and recruited Pang Tong, Xu Shu and others to join the Tiangong Bureau , as the chief assistant of the Tiangong Bureau, enjoys the official treatment of the fifth rank.

After that, Zhang Yan left Puyang and returned to Pengcheng. With his outstanding achievements, he was promoted to King Yan.

However, Zhang Yan, who became the king of Yan, did not feel any ease. Although Hebei was pacified, there were many wars in the process of pacifying Hebei. This led to economic damage, and it took a long time for Hebei to recover after the war.

For this reason, Yan Wang Zhang Yan, after discussing with Dasinong Chen Qun, decided to reduce or exempt the taxes of Jizhou, Youzhou, and Bingzhou for two years. Re-measure the land and carry out reasonable land distribution according to the size of the population. The land of some wealthy gentry in Hebei is also nationalized. If they continue to hold it, they must pay land use tax.

The promulgation of this decree caused the wealthy gentry in Hebei to complain, but they dared not speak out.

In addition, the Huns Huchuquan and Qubei who followed Zhang Yan to repel Xianbei and Wuhuan received their due rewards. The Huns moved to Luoyang, Chang'an, Jinyang, Handan, Yecheng, Nanpi, and Yingchuan in batches. The local government allocated land to them, and taught them how to plant land and how to grow silkworms. Want to completely assimilate the Huns.

In addition, in order to encourage Hu and Han to marry, Zhang Yan personally married Qubei's daughter as a concubine out of political needs, and encouraged the generals in the army to marry the Xiongnu women.

For a while, those generals who were single in the army all went to the Xiongnu to give dowry gifts one after another. The Hun women were quite different from the Han women.For this reason, Zhang Yan also specially chose an auspicious day for the generals to hold a collective wedding.

On August [-]th, the Mid-Autumn Festival, envoys from all ethnic groups in Dongyi arrived in Pengcheng one after another, presenting rare and precious local items, and meeting the emperor and King Yan at the same time.

After that, the imperial examination system to be held in mid-September was also put on the agenda again.

Since the first year of Jian'an, Zhang Yan built schools on a large scale, and promulgated the imperial examination system in the third year of Jian'an. However, due to Zhang Yan's urgent need for talents, he had to make an exception for the first time, and the palace examination, which was only held in nine years, was advanced several years.

This time, it was the first time of the imperial examination, and it was also a very important one. Zhang Yan regarded this matter more than anything else.

Therefore, after Zhang Yan finished dealing with the affairs of the Dongyi envoys, he summoned Zhang Zhao, Chen Qun, Yang Biao, Bing Yuan, Guoyuan, Hua Xin, Wang Lang, Zheng Hun, Zhang Wen, Gu Yong and other ministers of the court to come together. Discuss the matter.

After several days of repeated discussions, the ministers finally formulated the specific rules for holding the palace examination in Pengcheng. Since the emperor was too young to be a director, the regent Zhang Yan replaced the emperor as the chief examiner, and Yang Biao, Zhang Zhao, and Chen Qun served as deputy examiners. As the chief examiners, Hua Xin, Wang Lang, Zheng Hun, Bing Yuan, Guo Yuan, and Zhang Wen acted as patrol examiners, while Gu Yong took full responsibility for the details of the palace examination.

After the discussion, Zhang Yan ordered the ministers to prepare in advance to build a literature museum in the north of Pengcheng, which was specially responsible for receiving the students who came to Pengcheng to participate in the palace examination.

After that, Zhang Yan paid close attention to this matter every day. Yang Biao, Zhang Zhao, and Chen Qun were responsible for writing the test papers, which were printed out in advance, sealed, and handed over to Jin Yiwei for guarding.If it is found that someone leaked the test questions, not only will the whole family be copied, but the whole family will be implicated.

A few days later, Xu Sheng, the commander of Jinyiwei, came to report that Gongsundu, Marquis of Liaodong, had landed from Donglai and was on his way to Pengcheng. Although the person hadn't arrived, the gift had already arrived.

Zhang Yan followed Xu Sheng to look at the presents from Gongsun Du, good guy, if you don’t look at them, you won’t know, and you’ll be shocked when you see them. The gifts are dazzling, and they are all extremely rare and precious things, such as gold, silver, jewelry and Compared with the things Gongsun Du sent, it would seem too tacky.

What Gongsun Du gave away were pearls, agates, crystals, corals, rhino horns, white fox fur, sable fur, etc., all of which are rare and rare in the Central Plains. Come.

Seeing this, Zhang Yan couldn't help but feel that this Gongsun Du lived in Liaodong for a long time, and he got a lot of good things.

In the Northeast area, Zhang Yan can't afford to guard for the time being. Let's let Gongsun Du take care of it for a few more years, and when his sphere of influence is stable, it won't be too late to attack Liaodong.

Historically, the Gongsundu family controlled Liaodong for decades, and finally when it came to Gongsun Yuan's generation, they began to gradually become stronger, openly challenged Cao Wei, and rebelled against Cao Wei.Of course, Sima Yi finally calmed down, but because Zhang Yan is more familiar with this period of history, he is more forward-looking. Although he does not have the conditions to rectify Liaodong now, he will definitely not let the Gongsun family stay in Liaodong for too long. Three years at most, five years at most, Zhang Yan will definitely hold him firmly in his own hands in the Northeast land.

In addition to these rare treasures, Gongsun Du also sent someone to send a divine horse. Zhang Yan followed Xu Sheng to the stables, and the first thing that caught his eye was an extremely handsome war horse. This horse was extremely tall. , the whole body is covered with white hair, without any stray hairs, and he is holding his head high. In those deep horse eyes, there seems to be a hint of arrogance.

"Bring this horse here!" Zhang Yan ordered.

Xu Sheng hurriedly said: "King Yan, this horse has a very strong temper. According to the groom who sent this horse, it is a war horse from Dawan in the Western Region. No one has ever been able to tame it on its back. The subordinates are worried..."

"The fiercer the horse, the more this king wants to ride it. Such a horse is sent by heaven for this king. Bring it here!"

"Here!" Xu Sheng couldn't resist Zhang Yan's intention, so he ordered the groom to bring the war horse over.

The groom was given to Zhang Yan by Gongsun Du together with the war horse. The groom was from the Western Regions, only fifteen or sixteen years old. The horse, tossing and turning to Liaodong, was taken in by Liaodong Hou Gongsundu, and it lasted for three years.

At that time, the groom was only twelve or thirteen years old, and the horse he was carrying was also a newborn foal, only a few months old. At that time, Gongsun Du didn't think there was anything unusual about the foal, but the groom said that the pony The foal is a pure sweat-blooded horse, so Gongsun Du took in the groom and the foal.

Three years later, the pony has grown up and is very strong. This horse has attracted more and more attention from Gongsun Du. Gongsun Du is also a horse lover, so he wants to ride him. Unfortunately, this war horse is too temperamental. Lie, instead, overturned Gongsun Du and fell to his waist. From then on, Gongsun Du suffered from back pain.

Gongsun Kang wanted to kill the horse, but was stopped by Gongsun Du, so he gave the horse to Yan Wang Zhang Yan, of course, together with the groom.

The white horse, led by the groom, gradually came to Zhang Yan's side. Zhang Yan noticed that the war horse seemed to listen to the groom, but once others approached, the white horse immediately became stubborn.

Just as Zhang Yan was about to stretch out his hand, he went to stroke the war horse, but the white horse suddenly snorted and retreated, as if he was extremely reluctant to let Zhang Yan touch it.

At this time, the groom hurriedly took the white horse, stroked the head of the white horse with one hand, and whispered something in the white horse's ear.

In this way, the white horse's temper was calmed down. Then, the groom handed the reins of the white horse to Zhang Yan, and said in not pure Chinese: "It is fierce, you must be careful when you ride it!"

Zhang Yan smiled at the groom, said nothing, took the reins of the horse, turned over and jumped on the horse's back, thinking: "I have ridden even the most powerful horses, so I am afraid that I will not be able to subdue it?"

(End of this chapter)