Chapter 132: Permissions of the Identity Jade Token

Upon hearing Guo Jia's words, Jia Xu and Chen Gong also voiced their agreement:

"Your Majesty, Lord Guo is correct. This function is truly too important for us."

"If it were to be seized by others, we would lose our advantage!"

"Indeed, Your Majesty, the two lords speak reasonably. I second the motion!"

At this moment, after the others heard the words of the three, they also understood.

They instantly put away their joy and shouted to Liu Bian in unison:

"We ministers second the motion!"

Hearing the words of the crowd, Liu Bian smiled with satisfaction.

However, their worries were superfluous; how could Liu Bian himself not have thought of this?

He smiled at the crowd and said slowly:

"Beloved ministers, there is no need for haste. I have my own arrangements for this matter."

"I can resolve everything you have mentioned."

"Presumably, you beloved ministers have also discovered that your identity jade tokens have changed in color, correct?"

Upon hearing this, everyone looked at the jade tokens in their hands and found that they had indeed changed color.

The identity jade tokens of Guo Jia, Jia Xu, Lü Bu, Cao Cao, and others had turned blue.

While Chen Gong's was light blue.

Seeing such a change, Guo Jia and the others were somewhat surprised, not knowing what this meant.

They immediately inquired of Liu Bian:

"Your Majesty, I do not know what this signifies?"

"I have divided the identity jade tokens into different colors according to official rank."

"The front shows the official rank, and the back shows your names."

"As for the colors, I have recorded them in the jade tokens. After you return, you can check them carefully to understand."

"Moreover, only officials of the sixth rank and above can use the exchange for items of the Xuan grade and above; those below the sixth rank can only exchange for Mortal grade items from the mall."

"As for the size of the storage space, it will also be controlled according to the size of the official rank."

"Furthermore, each identity jade token is bound to the corresponding person; after the person dies, it will automatically be destroyed."

"And the most important point is that anyone bound to the jade token cannot harbor thoughts of harming the Han."

"Otherwise, they will receive severe punishment—lightly, they will become cripples; heavily, they will die on the spot!"

"You should check first to see if there are any shortcomings."

Liu Bian explained the method he had formulated to the crowd.

"Your Majesty is wise! We ministers are in awe!"

As Liu Bian finished speaking, everyone looked at him with faces full of admiration.

They had not expected that Liu Bian already had a countermeasure.

In this way, there would be no fear of the jade tokens leaking out in the future.

Soon, everyone began checking the functions of the jade tokens on the spot.

They saw that the information in the jade tokens detailed the permissions corresponding to each official rank.

The highest was naturally Liu Bian's, followed by the golden-colored imperial family members.

Then came the purple first-rank officials, orange second-rank, red third-rank, blue fourth-rank, green fifth-rank, and cyan sixth-rank.

As for those below the sixth rank, Liu Bian used black, while ordinary commoners were white.

Moreover, within the same color, the higher and more important the position, the deeper the color of the token.

And the size of the storage space was also determined by the size of one's official rank.

The initial ordinary commoner had only a basic space of one cubic meter, but Liu Bian had added a function that could automatically expand.

As long as you had contribution points, you could use them to expand the size of the space, up to a limit of ten cubic meters.

As for the officials, it was a bit better.

However, officials of the fourth rank and above did not have this restriction; they all had a space of one hundred cubic meters.

It was just that there were restrictions on the permissions to exchange for items; everything else had no restrictions.

"Phew..."

A quarter-hour later, everyone had finished checking and let out a long sigh.

Guo Jia was the first to step forward and say respectfully to Liu Bian:

"Your Majesty is of great talent. I feel these restrictions are just right; this humble minister has nothing to add!"

To tell the truth, if he had been asked to make these arrangements, he would never have been able to think of them.

For a time, the eyes with which he looked at Liu Bian were filled with awe.

"Your Majesty is of great talent; we ministers agree!"

Everyone also shouted to Liu Bian in awe in unison.

They were also stunned by Liu Bian's ideas.

This was something they had never seen in their lives; they never expected that things could be played this way!

Seeing that everyone had no objections, Liu Bian decided immediately.

"Since you all agree, then it is settled!"

Afterward, Liu Bian waved his large hand, and countless identity jade tokens appeared.

"These identity jade tokens are prepared for the soldiers in the army and the local civil officials. Your respective commanders and officials come forward to receive them."

"We generals (this humble minister) obey the command!"

Following Liu Bian's words, Lü Bu, Cao Cao, Ma Teng, and others in the martial generals' line immediately stepped forward and took the identity jade tokens they each required.

As for the civil officials, they were led by Guo Jia and Chen Gong.

Seeing that everyone had received the identity jade tokens they required, Liu Bian waved his large hand again.

Countless more jade tokens appeared, only this time the quantity was much larger, totaling several hundred thousand.

"These are prepared for the people of Liangzhou."

"General Ma Teng, you shall be responsible for these."

Liu Bian first explained to the crowd and then stared at Ma Teng.

Upon hearing this, Ma Teng immediately stepped forward and said respectfully to Liu Bian:

"This general obeys the decree!"

Afterward, he waved his large hand, and the floating identity jade tokens were collected into his own jade token space.

"Now that the matter of the identity jade tokens is resolved, I shall speak about the matter of Liangzhou."

After handling the identity jade tokens, Liu Bian intended to appoint officials for Liangzhou.

He looked toward Ma Teng and said solemnly:

"General Shoucheng, I appoint you as General Who Quells the Waves (Fubo General), of the fourth rank. From now on, all military forces in Liangzhou shall be under your command!"

"I hope you can well inherit the prestige of our Han's Fubo General!"

Liu Bian decided to bestow the title of Fubo General upon Ma Teng.

Upon hearing this, Ma Teng was instantly overjoyed and knelt before Liu Bian, responding loudly:

"This general, Ma Teng, thanks Your Majesty for your trust. I will surely go through fire and water for Your Majesty, and will not refuse!"

As a descendant of the Fubo General, Ma Teng's lifelong dream was to become a figure like the Fubo General of the past.

He had not expected that Liu Bian would value him so highly and directly bestow the title of Fubo General upon him.

After nodding slightly to Ma Teng, Liu Bian looked toward the line of civil officials.

However, after searching for a while, he could not find a suitable candidate for Inspector.

After pondering for a while, Liu Bian said to Jia Xu:

"Wenhe, arrange for members of the Shadow Guard to take my imperial decree and go to Luoyang to bring Tian Feng here. Let him serve as the Inspector of Liangzhou for now!"

Currently, Liu Bian had no suitable candidates by his side.

Although he had Guo Jia and the other two, they all had their own tasks.

And Liu Bian would not arrange for them to govern a region; that would be too much of a waste of talent.

"This humble minister obeys the decree!"

After Jia Xu heard Liu Bian's words, he responded respectfully.

And Liu Bian did not wait long; he immediately wrote an imperial decree and handed it to Jia Xu. ===== CHAPTER 133 =====