I am used to seeing the big cities that have been built everywhere in Yedu, and then I look at Handan, but I feel a little small everywhere.

"Revisiting the old place after many years, I am overwhelmed with emotion." Under the umbrella, Yanbei sat in the chariot, raised his whip and pointed to the Handan city wall, which was more than two feet long, and said to Zhen Jiang: "It's strange to say, seven or eight years ago, I led the army to attack Handan, and I couldn't beat it...... Looking at it now, I only feel pitifully small. Not to mention Luoyang, which can't even see the ruins at a glance, even if it is Yecheng, it is bigger than the three of it! ”

Yan Bei has a deep affection for Handan City that is better than blood, he remembers that this strong city has been hard for half a year under the impact of his tidal wave of soldiers, he remembers that every morning when he looks at the city with bloodshot eyes, he wants to kill everyone in the city, he remembers that the guard who swears not to surrender and will never grovel is called Fu Gonghe, he remembers that he personally killed the first and last person in the half-year war is his own subordinates, and remembers that this city made him dominate half of the center of Jizhou.

Even if that kind of domination seems to be nothing more than a rebellion of rebels and peasant rebellions, and he does not even collect 30% of the taxes, it was the first time that he knew what real authority was, what was popular will and what was power.

This city allowed him to get Junjie's allegiance, and his hegemony started in Liaodong, but it was in Handan City, and it was doomed!

"Husband, that is Yecheng after the construction of the palace, the original Yecheng is similar to Handan."

Yan Bei didn't hear it, just looked at Handan City, which was getting closer and closer, and muttered: "It's too small, this is too small, it should be bigger." ”

In a blink of an eye, the chariot walked to the pavilion fifteen miles southwest of Handan City, looking at Handan City from this position, the Qinshui that passed through Handan and the Zhushui that passed through the Zhao Wang's Palace met more than ten miles behind him. Looking beyond the dense woods and wheat fields on both sides of the official road, you can see the commercial markets and private houses outside the city, and when you approach the three zhang of the city, you will find a distant, towering and huge cluster.

Since the Warring States Period, Handan has been war-torn for a long time, the Zhao Palace in the past was broken by the general Zhang Han when the Qin destroyed the Six Kingdoms, the palace was destroyed, and later the Han Dynasty rebuilt, the new dynasty at the end of the Western Han Dynasty when the Zhao State Handan Xiangshi Wang Lang founded the country here, and built the palace again, until now.

The entire city of Handan is composed of three huge building complexes. One is the city and the martial spirit Congtai in it, Congtai used to be used for the military parade of King Zhao, and later Yanbei also practiced in Congtai to trap Chen and first ascend the two sergeants; The second is the Zhao Yuan of five miles west of the city, since the Zhao royal garden in the Warring States Period, the Zhao Wuling King Hufu cavalry archery also had trained here; The third is the palace of Zhao Wang, fifteen miles southwest of the city, where the family surnamed Liu and Wang Lang lived in the Han Dynasty, and is now also the palace of Yanbei.

There are vast plains in the whole Jizhou, which can be said to be able to build a city anywhere, but there are only two good geographical locations, one is Handan, and the other is Yecheng. In short, the Jizhou Plain is rich in grain, and there is no need to worry about the hunger of the people without civil strife, while the transportation in the state is relatively convenient, and it is not difficult to transport materials from south to north or from north to south, which can be achieved in almost all cities.

If in the period of great unification, Yecheng's geographical advantage is only slightly worse than that of Guanzhong, and there is also the Yellow River waterway, which is far better than Handan. However, in today's chaotic period of division between the north and the south, Yecheng, which faces the south, is not as safe as Handan in comparison.

From a distance, I saw Zhao Guo's corresponding Shao with the subordinate officials of the country and the three elders of the townships in various places to greet him in the city, and the people working on the ridges on both sides of the official road saw that the drivers and the army bowed down one after another, and the encouragement lang behind him played the drum music and was very noisy, Yan Bei smiled lightly, this feeling made him very comfortable.

"Subordinate Zhao Yingshao, please enter the city!"

After that, the officials of the country and the three elders of bowed down one after another, Yanbei ordered someone to stop, sent a car driver to help the three elders of the township to the car, and he brought two horses to take the lead in going up, and then responded to Shao: "You are the prime minister of a certain country, get on the horse, and visit Handan City." Ask the elders of the county to go first, and later in the county hall. ”

The villagers of had long been dizzy by Yanbei helping them to get into the car, they had never seen such a king, and they all sat on the car and said that they did not dare to do so, and they were urged to go to the city...... Yan Zhongqing is notorious, how grateful people who couldn't live in the past are to him, and how much people who lived well in the past hate him. Even among the people at the bottom, if you strip away the legendary exploits of his slave and crown as the king, and then remove the extraterritorial prestige of repeated times, there are many people who don't like and disrespect him.

Because his conscription is always endless, people say that this is the time when no hero makes the erector famous, because all the princes in the world are like this, everywhere to pull the villagers, recruit people, and conscript, since the beginning of the war, there is no head. The people were always complaining, always complaining and scolding when they drank too much. But whenever the state and county set up a recruitment list, they still had to send their sons and fathers to the Yan family's army, because although they knew that the Yan family's rule was bad, they knew that other people's rule was even worse.

And no matter how much notoriety there is, no one will be unable to get along with Yanbei in person.

"I remember you, in the past, it was Taishan Taishou, and people were dissatisfied with you when you were too punctual for Zhao County, thinking that it was unfair for you to get the position of Taishou without making an inch." Yan Bei walked slowly in front of Ying Shao on a horse, looked at the familiar and unfamiliar street scenes on both sides, raised his horsewhip and pointed around: "Later, in the newspapers of Jizhou Mansion in the past two years, you often governed Zhao County as the top in the state, and now I see that the people in the county have ruddy faces and neat clothes, and they can compete with Xu Jingshan and Shi Guangyuan in Youzhou." There is also the "Han Guanyi" that was made, abolishing the incomplete laws in the past and adding 24 new laws, you have done a good job, the country needs a talent like you! ”

"The king's words are serious!"

Ying Shao was surprised that Yan Bei still remembered him, and as for the subsequent praise, he responded neither humbly nor arrogantly. Although it's good to praise him now, there is no feeling of being flattered, which is about the most common mentality of people who follow the crowd in the world. In the past, Zhang Min, who was in Taishan and could not die in Xuzhou, killed Cao Mengde's father under his own rule, so that he died to Yuan Benchu, and before he could stay long, Yuan Shao was defeated by Yanbei and became a prisoner. Fortunately, he picked up a life on the battlefield and served as the Taishou of Zhaojun for only two years, and Yanbei was crowned king again, and he became the minister of state in a blink of an eye...... But how long can this minister be the prime minister?

"The people of the country, what do you think of Yan's crowning of king?" Yan Bei felt Ying Shao's perfunctory and exhaustion, in fact, why didn't he feel this way? Interestingly, he praised Ying Shao for not getting much favor from this person, but when he expressed his worries, Ying Shao's spirits were lifted and he felt a little more empathetic, and he sighed slightly: "How can the people have any opinions, they are only worried about whether the king will increase the taxes in the country, and they don't know who the royal power is." ”

"Then the tax is exempt, and tell the people in the country that the tax will be halved in the second half of the year. Without further ado, later you will find a few craftsmen who are proficient in seal carving, as well as young scribes, to go to the palace. In just a few words, it seems that the same worry has narrowed the distance between the monarch and the prime minister, Yan Bei took two steps and turned his head and said: "A few days ago, a few days ago, I dipped ink on the ding and printed a few pictures on the sheepskin, and tried to see if I could engrave words on the wood and stone and print them on the paper, and it would be easier for young children to get married." Let's go, follow me to meet the three old subordinate officials, and I'll go to the palace and Zhao Yuan later. ”