Chapter 138: Discussing Matters in the Imperial Study

After hearing Liu Bian's words, everyone finally reacted.

Liu Bian was right; you must know, they had already begun to cultivate martial arts.

Although most of them had not yet entered the gate, they all clearly knew the power of martial arts.

In this way, these lands were truly as Liu Bian had said.

Moreover, the Han of the future, with the high-yield food provided by Liu Bian, would not face a situation of insufficient food.

Then there was no need to keep the land in their hands.

"Your Majesty, I, Xun Yu, on behalf of the Yingchuan Xun Clan, am willing to hand over the land in our hands."

At this moment, Xun Yu stepped out and said loudly to Liu Bian.

"Good, Wenruo is worthy of being a pillar of our Han!"

Seeing Xun Yu agree first, Liu Bian was instantly overjoyed and said to Xun Yu.

"Your Majesty is too kind; this humble minister is unworthy!"

Xun Yu said modestly.

After reacting, the crowd immediately said respectfully to Liu Bian:

"We ministers are also willing to hand over the clan land!"

Seeing this, Liu Bian nodded with satisfaction.

"Then I shall wait for the good news from you beloved ministers."

To tell the truth, Liu Bian really did not want to move against these ministers; now that everyone had followed his decree, it was naturally a cause for celebration.

After all, these people were the ones who stood out to support him when he faced Dong Zhuo.

He really did not want to see these people lose their lives because of the land issue.

Just as he said earlier, in the future Han, land would not be the main resource.

Once the dynasty was established, the Han's journey would be across all heavens and myriad realms; by then, there would be plenty of land.

It was just that the current crowd, limited by their horizons, could not see the situation clearly.

After resolving the crowd's problem, Liu Bian inquired of them again:

"Beloved ministers, does anyone else have a memorial?"

Upon hearing this, the group of officials looked at each other and shook their heads, shouting in unison:

"Reporting to Your Majesty, we ministers have no memorials!"

"Since that is the case, then retire from court. Three days later, there will be a Grand Court Assembly."

"Wenruo, Old Minister Wang, Wenhe, Fengxiao, you few come to my imperial study in a while; I have matters to discuss with you."

After Liu Bian finished speaking to the officials, he said to Xun Yu and the others.

"Retire from court!"

Following the sharp voice of the Eunuch Chief Steward Li Liangcheng, the group of officials also bowed and cupped their hands, shouting:

"We ministers respectfully send off Your Majesty!"

After Liu Bian left, the officials slowly exited the court hall.

Today's court session was truly too thrilling for them.

"Lords, let us go together!"

And at this moment, Xun Yu said to the few people beside him with a smile.

"Hahaha."

Upon hearing this, everyone smiled at each other and walked toward Liu Bian's imperial study together.

Soon, everyone arrived outside Liu Bian's imperial study; they did not wait long before the Eunuch Chief Steward Li Liangcheng appeared before them.

"Lords, His Majesty invites you in!"

The Eunuch Chief Steward Li Liangcheng said respectfully to the crowd.

Upon hearing this, everyone followed Li Liangcheng into the imperial study.

They saw Liu Bian at this moment, having changed back into his dragon robes, looking even more majestic.

"We ministers pay respects to Your Majesty!"

Everyone entered the imperial study, and upon seeing Liu Bian, they bowed and saluted him.

"All rise, sit."

Liu Bian said to the crowd with a smile.

"We ministers thank Your Majesty!"

After the few thanked Liu Bian, they sat down and waited for Liu Bian to speak.

After everyone was seated, Liu Bian looked at Lu Zhi and inquired:

"Minister Lu, the people I asked the Shadow Guards to find, have they been found?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Zhi replied: "Reporting to Your Majesty, only some have been found; some have not yet been found."

Liu Bian, upon hearing this, instantly felt his expression shake and asked urgently:

"Who are the ones that have been found?"

It turned out that before the expedition, Liu Bian had given Jia Xu a list, which recorded the famous civil and military officials of the late Han and Three Kingdoms period from his previous life.

Liu Bian intended to find all these people and bring them under his command.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, among the people found by the Shadow Guards this time, there are the five people Your Majesty is particularly concerned about: Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Xu Shu, and Ju Shou."

Lu Zhi, after hearing Liu Bian's urgent voice, also replied immediately.

"Hahaha, good, good, good!"

Upon hearing that Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong, whom he wanted most, were there, Liu Bian was instantly overjoyed and said "good" several times in succession.

It was evident how happy Liu Bian was at this moment.

To tell the truth, regarding Zhao Zilong, who fought seven in and seven out in Cao Cao's camp at Changban Slope, Liu Bian was quite fond of him.

Moreover, Huang Zhong, as one of the Five Tiger Generals alongside Guan Yu and Zhao Yun, must also have top-tier talent and strength.

As for Wei Yan, he was also a rare talent; back then, he proposed the brilliant strategy of marching out of Ziwu Valley to Zhuge Liang.

It was just that Zhuge Liang, for the sake of stability, did not adopt it; otherwise, the direction of the Three Kingdoms back then might have changed.

And Ju Shou, as a strategist under Yuan Shao in history, offered many correct strategies for Yuan Shao, but unfortunately, Yuan Shao did not adopt them.

Otherwise, Yuan Shao would not have headed toward destruction in a single Battle of Guandu.

As for Xu Shu, although he had just revealed his brilliance, he was forced by Cao Cao to join his camp, yet he never offered a single strategy for Cao Cao in his entire life.

And the Liu Bei brothers back then, before meeting Xu Shu, were defeated repeatedly.

Only after Xu Shu joined did they have a foothold in Xuzhou.

But unfortunately, it did not last long before they were forced into Cao's camp by Cao Cao using Xu Shu's mother as a threat.

At this moment, Guo Jia and the others, seeing the great joy on Liu Bian's face after hearing the names of these people, couldn't help but feel curious about them.

Ju Shou went without saying; as a famous scholar of Jizhou, they had heard of him.

As for the remaining four, the crowd had not heard of them.

"Your Majesty, we have heard of this Ju Shou, but as for the remaining four, could it be that they are also formidable people?"

At this moment, Xun Yu, who was somewhat curious, couldn't help but inquire of Liu Bian.

Upon hearing this, Liu Bian, who was in high spirits, smiled mysteriously at the few.

"Haha, beloved ministers, no need for haste. In the future, you will naturally know their abilities."

Liu Bian did not tell the crowd directly; after all, some things were not easy to tell them directly.

It was better to let everyone slowly understand for themselves in the future.

After hearing Liu Bian's words, everyone revealed expressions of regret; it seemed Liu Bian did not intend to tell them.

Ignoring the expressions of the crowd, Liu Bian said to them solemnly:

"Alright, stop thinking about this. I called you here this time because there is an important matter I want to tell you in advance."

Seeing Liu Bian suddenly become solemn, the crowd's expressions also shook, and they listened earnestly.

"I intend, one month from now, to marry Diao Chan as Empress."

Thinking of the promise he made to Diao Chan before the expedition, Liu Bian intended to fulfill it.

"We ministers congratulate Your Majesty!"

The few, upon hearing this, were instantly overjoyed; they had thought it was some major event, but it turned out to be this happy event.

"This?"

Seeing the reaction of the few, Liu Bian was almost left speechless; he had originally thought the few would bring up Diao Chan's status.

He had not expected that these people would actually agree happily; this was different from what he had imagined. ===== CHAPTER 139 =====