On the tenth day of the eighth month of the fifth year of Jian'an, Zhang Yan held the coronation ceremony of King Yan in Pengcheng, and all the civil and military officials came to celebrate, and the people were even more cheering.

At the same time, Zhang Yan also rewarded the meritorious ministers who pacified Hebei this time, Zhao Yun, Xu Chu, Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, Tai Shici, Zang Ba and others are already extremely ministers, and their official positions are no longer superb, so they can only move forward in the title, all of them have changed from marquis to dukes, and their food estates have increased by 1,000 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 general Lu Meng, in view of their military exploits in the pacification of Hebei, all of them were added to the rank of knight.

The decree was promulgated as follows: Jia Xu was the general of the military division, Youzhou Mu, and the minister of Yan State, with full responsibility for the affairs of northern Xinjiang, Gao Shun was promoted to the general of Weilu, Gan Ning was the general of Poyu, General Lü Meng Zhaowen, Zhang He was the general of Long Xiang, and Gao Ran was the general of the Yi army.

In addition, for example, the talented people who surrendered in Hebei, such as Xu You, Chen Lin, Cui Yan, Gao Rou, Yan Rou, Tian Yu, Tian Chou, Xin Bi, Zhu Ling, Wang Ling, Hao Zhao, Yan Zhi and others, all stayed in Jizhou, Bingzhou, Youzhou and other places and held positions such as Taishou.

Zhang Yan listened to Jia Xu's advice, used the locals to manage the locals, and let Cui Yan, a famous family in Jizhou, serve as the assassin of Jizhou.

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

Wang Lun, who was able to imitate the thunderbolt fire thunder, was temporarily saved by Zhang Yan because of this jishu. and sent someone to take him to the armory workshop in Puyang. For the time being, it is under the jurisdiction of Zhuge Liang, the owner of the armory.

Zhang Yan when he returned to Pengcheng. After passing through the armory workshop in Puyang, staying there for a day, at this time Ma Jun has been found, and has also been sent to Puyang, Zhuge Liang and Ma Jun are both young people, the two hit it off at first sight, and soon became good friends who talked about everything.

Zhuge Liang and Ma both successfully developed a ten-arrow repeater on the original three-arrow repeater, and Zhang Yan tried to shoot a few times. It feels a bit too complicated to operate, and this kind of repeater is large and suitable for defending cities, but it is definitely not suitable for individual combat.

As a result, Zhang Yan proposed a new idea for Zhuge Liang and Ma Jun, a single shot, but it can carry out uninterrupted continuous shooting, which is basically the same as the modern repeating pistol.

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

In addition, Zhang Yan, Zhuge Liang and Ma Jun talked a lot. Most of them involve the use of thunderbolts and the drawing of drawings. I hope that Zhuge Liang and Ma Jun will develop the firearm while developing the repeater.

At this time, Zhuge Liang proposed to expand the think tank of the armory workshop, hoping to call several of his classmates to Puyang, and everyone brainstormed to form a research and development team together, in addition to the development of repeating crossbows and firearms, but also to study other simple and practical, and mass-produced weapons with great lethality.

Zhang Yan agreed to Zhuge Liang's request and formally established the Tiangong Bureau in Puyang, with Zhuge Liang and Ma Jun respectively as the director and deputy director of the Tiangong Bureau, enjoying the treatment of the four-rank official, and recruiting Pang Tong, Xu Shu and others into the Tiangong Bureau as the assistant to the director of the Tiangong Bureau, enjoying the official rank treatment of the fifth grade.

After that, Zhang Yan left Puyang and returned to Pengcheng, where he was promoted to the king of Yan with his remarkable exploits.

However, Zhang Yan, who became the king of Yan, did not feel anything relaxed, although Hebei was pacified, but in the process of pacifying Hebei, there were many major wars, and each time the battle was fought on both sides, many people were lost, and the war also led to economic damage, and Hebei needed a long time to recover after the war.

For this reason, Zhang Yan, the king of Yan, after discussing with Chen Qun, the great farmer, decided to reduce or exempt the taxes of Jizhou, Youzhou, and Bingzhou for two years, and ordered the officials of the three prefectures to re-examine the household registration, register and make a register, and the displaced people settled on the spot, and the government re-measured the land, according to the number of population, to carry out reasonable land distribution, and for some rich gentry in Hebei, the land was also nationalized, and if they continued to hold it, they must pay land use tax.

The promulgation of this decree made the rich gentry in Hebei immediately complain, but they also dared to be angry but did not dare to speak.

In addition, following Zhang Yan to repel Xianbei, Wuhuan Huchuquan, to Bei were duly rewarded, Zhang Yan rewarded Huchuquan, to Bei two people for advice, stayed in Pengcheng, as for the Huns, they moved to Luoyang, Chang'an, Jinyang, Handan, Yecheng, Nanpi, Yingchuan in batches, by the local government to divide the land to them, and by a special person to teach them how to plant land, how to carry out silkworms, want to completely assimilate the Xiongnu.

In addition, in order to encourage the marriage between Hu and Han, Zhang Yan personally married the daughter of the humble as a concubine out of political needs, and greatly encouraged the generals in the army to marry the Xiongnu woman.

For a time, those generals who played singles in the army, all went to the Xiongnu to give a dowry, the Xiongnu women and the Han women are very different, bold, generous, and proficient in riding and archery, and the generals have a common language. For this reason, Zhang Yan also specially chose an auspicious day for the generals to hold a group wedding.

On August 15, the Mid-Autumn Festival, the envoys of all ethnic groups in Dongyi arrived in Pengcheng one after another, offering rare and precious items in the local area, and meeting the Son of Heaven on the one hand, and the King of Yan on the other, and the Great Honglu Huaxin was fully responsible for handling the affairs of these envoys.

After that, the imperial examination system, which will be held in mid-September, was once again put on the agenda.

Since the first year of Jian'an, Zhang Yan built schools on a large scale and promulgated the imperial examination system, and in this year, it has been five years, which is the time when the palace examination is held for the first time. This time is the first time in the imperial examination, and it is also a particularly important one, and Zhang Yan sees this matter as more important than anything else.

Therefore, after Zhang Yan dealt with the matter of the Dongyi envoy, 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 DPRK and China to discuss the matter together.

After several days of repeated discussions, the ministers finally formulated specific rules for holding the palace examination in Pengcheng, due to the young age of the Son of Heaven. I can't be a director. Therefore, the regent Zhang Yan replaced the Son of Heaven. to serve as the chief examiner, Yang Biao, Zhang Zhao, and Chen Qun served as the deputy chief examiner, Hua Xin, Wang Lang, Zheng Hun, Bing Yuan, Guoyuan, and Zhang Wen served as the examiners, and Gu Yong had full authority to deal with the details of the palace examination.

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

After that, Zhang Yan paid attention to this matter every day. Yang Biao, Zhang Zhao, and Chen Qun were responsible for writing the test papers, printing them in advance, sealing them, and handing them over to Jinyiwei. If someone is found to have leaked the test questions, not only will they be copied all over the house, but they will also be connected to the nine clans.

A few days later, Xu Sheng, the commander of Jinyiwei, came to report that Sun Du, the Marquis of Liaodong, had landed from Donglai and was on his way to Pengcheng. Although the person has not yet arrived, the gift has already arrived.

Zhang Yan followed Xu Sheng to see the gift from Gongsun Du. Good guy, I don't know if I don't see it, I was shocked when I saw it, there were a variety of things sent, and they were all extremely rare and precious things, and the gold, silver and jewelry would look too tacky compared to these things sent by Gongsun Du.

Gongsun Du sent some pearls, agate, crystals, corals, rhino horns, white fox fur, sable fur and other things, all of which are rare and rare things in the Central Plains, and they are generally priceless and marketable, and they may not be able to buy them if they have money.

Seeing this, Zhang Yan couldn't help but feel that this grandson had lived in Liaodong for a long time, but he had made a lot of good things.

In the northeast area, Zhang Yan can't vacate the guard to manage it for the time being, so let Gongsun spend Zhang Luo for a few more years, and wait until his shili range is stable, and then it's not too late to attack Liaodong.

Historically, the Gongsun Du family controlled Liaodong for decades, and when Zuihou reached Gongsun Yuan's generation, he began to gradually become stronger, openly arguing with Cao Wei and rebelling against Cao Wei. Of course, in the end, he was pacified by Sima Yi, but because Zhang Yan is more familiar with this history, he is more forward-looking, although he does not have the conditions to rectify Liaodong now, but he will definitely not let the Gongsun clan stay in Liaodong for too long, as short as three years, as long as five years, the land of the Northeast, Zhang Yan will inevitably hold him firmly in his own hands.

In addition to these rare treasures, Gongsun Du also sent someone to send a divine horse, Zhang Yan followed Xu Sheng to the stable, the first thing that caught his eye was a very divine horse, this horse was extremely tall, the whole body was full of white hair, there was no miscellaneous hair, and he was holding his head high, and his deep horse eyes seemed to reveal a sense of arrogance.

"Bring this horse here!" Zhang Yan ordered.

Xu Sheng hurriedly said: "King Yan, this horse is extremely strong, according to the groom who sent this horse, this is a war horse from Dawan in the Western Regions, and it is a blood-soaked horse with pure blood, but no one has ever been able to tame it on its back." Subordinates are worried about ......"

"The more fierce the horse, the more the king has to ride, such a divine horse, it is sent by heaven to this king, bring it over!"

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

The groom was given to Zhang Yan by Gongsun Du together with this war horse, this groom is a native of the Western Regions, only fifteen or sixteen years old, this horse was raised by him, anyway, I don't know what's going on, this groom and this horse, tossed and turned to Liaodong, and was taken in by the Hou Gongsun Du of Liaodong, and it was three years to raise it.

At that time, the groom was only twelve or thirteen years old, and the horse he brought with him was also a foal that had just been born, only a few months old, and Gongsun Du did not think that there was anything abnormal about the foal, but the groom said that the foal was a pure sweat and blood horse, and Gongsun Du took in the groom and the foal.

Three years later, the foal has grown up, and it is very strong, and this horse has attracted the attention of Gongsun Du more and more, Gongsun Du is also a horse lover, so he wanted to ride him, but unfortunately this war horse is too strong, but Gongsun Du overturned it and fell to the waist, and since then, Gongsun Du has fallen into the problem of back pain.

Gongsun Kang wanted to kill the horse, but was stopped by Gongsun Du, so he transferred the horse to Zhang Yan, the king of Yan, of course, along with this groom.

The white horse, under the tug of the groom, gradually walked to Zhang Yan's side, Zhang Yan noticed that the war horse seemed to listen to the groom's words, but as soon as the others approached, the white horse immediately became stubborn.

Zhang Yan was just about to stretch out his hand to stroke the war horse, but the white horse suddenly snorted, and its four hooves retreated, as if it was extremely reluctant to let Zhang Yan stroke.

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

In this way, the temper of the white horse was settled, and then, the groom handed the reins of the white horse to Zhang Yan, and said in a not very pure Chinese dialect: "It is fierce, and the king must be careful when riding!" ”

Zhang Yan smiled at the groom, didn't say anything, as soon as he took the reins of the horse, turned over and jumped on the horse's back, and said in his heart: "I have ridden all the fierce horses, are you still afraid that you won't be able to surrender it?" (To be continued......)