The celebration banquet was held in the county seat of Chen County, which was not only the county seat of Chen County, but also the feudal state of Chen King Liu Chong, but the two were not mutually restrained.

In the past, Liu Pet's Minister Luo Jun has now become the Taishou of Chen County, Chen Wang Liu Pet has been living a relatively peaceful life since he was attached to Zhang Yan, after all, it is good to enjoy the shade under the big tree, and Liu Pet has a good impression of Zhang Yan, and the two have become brothers.

However, before that, Zhang Yan was crowned king because of his different surname, which still affected some of Liu Chong's emotions to some extent, and Zhang Yan's Yan King is genuine and very powerful, unlike him, just a prince king.

Although the Eastern Han Dynasty also adopted the feudal system, the territory of the feudal kings was very small, and the Eastern Han Dynasty had a strict control and supervision system for the princes and kings, so throughout the history of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there has never been an example of the princes and kings rebelling. On the contrary, some princes and kings even have to look at the face of the prime minister, even if they are wronged, they dare not speak up, they can only eat coptis dumbly, and they can't say anything about their suffering.

In the history of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was an antagonism between the prime minister and the feudal prince, who was nominally sent to assist the feudal king in governing the feudal state, but in fact he was monitoring the feudal king's every move.

When Emperor Jing of the Western Han Dynasty, Wu, Chu and other countries launched the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion, after being pacified, the Han family paid special attention to the supervision of those princes and kings, and in the Eastern Han Dynasty, in addition to the first generation of feudal kings, their descendants were generally very embarrassed.

However, there are still only a handful of people like Liu Chong and Luo Jun who get along so well between the king and the prime minister.

Liu Chongwu is brave and strong. Good at riding and shooting. And Luo Jun is an out-and-out Confucian master. Its intelligence must not be much worse. The meeting between the two people may be a coincidence deliberately arranged by God, and from beginning to end, the two of them get along very well.

Moreover, during the Yellow Turban Rebellion, due to the sincere cooperation of Liu Pet and Luo Jun, when they were captured by the powerful Yellow Turban thieves in other places, Chen County was under the defense of Liu Pet and Luo Jun's organization. Again and again, he repelled the attacks of the Yellow Turban thieves and kept Chen County.

Even in the later princes' struggle for hegemony, other princes and kings were unable to protect themselves, or died unexpectedly, or left their hometowns, but only Liu Chong still stood firmly on the county seat of Chen County, even if Cao Cao, Yuan Shu, Yuan Shao, Liu Biao and other separatists, as long as Chen County was mentioned, they did not dare to provoke easily.

But. Liu Pet has always been alone in Chen County and has not expanded outward. This also shows that he does not have much ambition, and it is for this reason that when Zhang Yan "coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes" and gradually rose in the land of Xuzhou, Liu Chong made his most correct choice and resolutely decided to attach himself to Zhang Yan.

This celebration meeting, because it was in Chen County and on Liu Chong's territory, was chosen in King Chen's palace, and all the expenses were borne by King Chen.

At the banquet, Zhang Yan talked with everyone, chatting while drinking, chatting about the world, but never mentioning official business. Zhang Yan didn't mention it, and others naturally couldn't mention it, so after a banquet, everyone was drunk and were arranged to rest in the guest room of King Chen's mansion.

It wasn't until the next day that Zhang Yan gathered all the people, and then rewarded them for their meritorious deeds, among which the greatest credit was Yang Xiu and Yuan Lian, and then Chen Wang Liu Chong, He Yi, Liu Pi and others, and then Hao Zhao, Chen Ying and others who rushed to support.

So, Zhang Yan directly hung the rank of major general to Yang Xiu and Yuan Lian, originally Liu Chong's credit should be slightly lower than Yang Xiu and Yuan Lian, but considering that he is the prince king, if the military rank is lower than Yang Xiu and Yuan Lian, he can't cover his face, plus Liu Chong is loyal to Zhang Yan, Zhang Yan gave Liu Chong the rank of lieutenant general. As for He Yi and Liu Pi, they have the rank of lieutenant colonel, and Zhang Xiu, the demoted general, because he took Yang Xiu and others to occupy Nanyang after surrendering, he also had a little credit and was awarded the rank of major.

The military rank is a military rank, not an official position, the military rank is just a kind of honor, just like a title, but for a while, these reforms, everyone has not been able to adapt to them, because they are still accustomed to the ancient title system, kings, dukes, marquis, uncles, sons, and men have long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and there will be a long process to adapt to the new military rank system.

After having a military rank, Zhang Yan rewarded the meritorious soldiers, and it came handy, because the military rank is only a kind of honor, and the spiritual reward is greater than the material reward.

And the title is something that can be seen and touched, if you want to be knighted, you must have a fief and a food estate, so since the announcement of the new policy, the original title is still retained, but Zhang Yan has taken the title and reward more seriously.

It's like the war years are similar to the peace years, if you want to get meritorious service in the war years, it is very fast, but in the peace years, it is even more difficult to get any meritorious service than to ascend to the sky.

Therefore, when the country was founded, in order to stimulate everyone's enthusiasm, most of the founding emperors chose to reward meritorious heroes, but when it came to the prosperous era, it would be difficult for ordinary people to get any titles.

Zhang Yan also has this kind of heart now, he has rewarded too many titles before, and now he regrets it, and when he wants to reward him later, the title is definitely a thing that is not easily rewarded, and he will never use the title to reward him unless he has to. Instead, it is the military rank system he promoted, wanting to fundamentally establish everyone's inner perception of military rank.

Although Zhang Yan came alone this time, he brought many military ranks with him, which is also one of the purposes of his coming here this time, he wanted to personally hang a medal on the chest of the person who was entitled.

After the implementation of the new policy, Zhang Yan asked the craftsmen to step up the creation of a batch of medals, in order to replace the ribbon when he was knighted before, which can be regarded as a change of soup rather than medicine.

The medal is very exquisite, not big, but it is particularly conspicuous on the chest, and the medal is also engraved with stars, and the number of stars is used to determine the size of the rank. In addition, there are also bar-shaped bars, which can be regarded as exactly copying the production method of the current military rank.

There is no way, what Zhang Yan can think of, is only like this, he found that copying and thinking more ingeniously than his own is more realistic, after all, what is used by the whole world, what he can't use. The difference is that Zhang Yan only advanced the medal by more than a thousand years.

Zhang Yan personally hung up the medal for the recipient, and then returned to his seat, let everyone sit down, and he said: "Since Yuzhou Assassin Shi Chen Qi was seriously ill and returned to Pengcheng to recuperate, Yuzhou has not appointed Assassin History. However, Chen Jue's condition is afraid that it will not improve in a short period of time, and he still needs to recuperate for a long time. I want to choose one of you to be the assassin of Yuzhou, I want to hear, in your mind, who is the most suitable? ”

Yang Xiu spoke first: "I think Yuan Taishou is the most suitable. ”

"No, I think Yang Taishou is more suitable." Yuan Jian hurriedly excused himself.

As soon as the words fell, the hall was quiet again, who will be the assassin of Yuzhou, in fact, everyone's hearts are determined by their own thoughts, Yang Xiu and Yuan Jian are the two most capable people, and they are more likely to be the assassin of Yuzhou, so everyone does not argue at all.

However, Yang Xiu and Yuan Jian actually excused each other, which made everyone a little embarrassed, so they simply stopped expressing their opinions.

Zhang Yan looked at everyone and asked, "Do you all think it's more appropriate to be the assassin of Yuzhou?" ”

He Yi and Liu Pi have a close relationship with Yuan Lian, so they naturally recommend Yuan Lian, while Liu Chong and Luo Jun recommend the young Yang Xiu.

The support rate of both sides is basically the same, but the difference is that the target of support is different.

Zhang Yan glanced at Zhang Xiu, who had not spoken, and asked, "General Zhang, who do you think is more suitable to be the assassin of Yuzhou?" ”

Zhang Xiu was taken aback, he didn't expect Zhang Yan to ask himself, but after a while, he regained his composure and said to Zhang Yan: "I think, the right person should be the assassin of Yuzhou, who should be chosen, I don't know, I just arrived, I don't know much about this place, but I think that His Royal Highness King Yan should already have a clear candidate in his heart, otherwise, he would not be so relaxed." ”

Zhang Yanha laughed, then slowly stood up, and said loudly: "The reason why he was able to repel Liu Biao's army this time is that Yuan Jian has a huge contribution, and Yuan Lian also designed to kill Cai Mao and others, and also captured many Jingzhou naval troops, and let Liu Biao flee in embarrassment, which can be said to be the first merit of this war." It doesn't matter who will serve as the assassin of Yuzhou, the important thing is how to protect the territory and the people, and Yuan Lian's performance this time is enough to prove that he is a good guard, after Liu Biao's army entered Runan, because of his clever plan, he was not attacked by the enemy, so that the stability of Runan was preserved. Therefore, the history of Yuzhou should be the most suitable for Yuan Lian. ”

As soon as the words fell, Yang Xiu was not a little disappointed, on the contrary, he was still very happy, because he knew that Yuan Lian's contribution this time was much greater than his, he just held Yingchuan and surrendered Zhang Xiu, while Yuan Lian was to disintegrate the entire Liu Biao's offensive plan, and he also gained a lot on the battlefield. Moreover, Yang Xiu has always thought that he is very young, and he is unwilling to leave Yingchuan, even if he is allowed to do it, he will not do it.

Now it's a good result, it's a happy result, he still continues to be his Yingchuan Taishou, continue to stay in Yangzhai City, and continue to benefit the people of Yingchuan.

"In a few days, the ministry should issue a letter of appointment, you should prepare first, and then go to Qian County to take office. As for the post of Runan Taishou, I have other arrangements. ”

"Whoa!"

At this moment, a brocade guard hurriedly walked in from outside, holding a letter in his hand, and as soon as he entered the hall, he said loudly: "Qiqi Yan Wang, Jingzhou urgent!" (To be continued......)