Chapter 156: The Choices of the Marquises

"Hehe, that is of course; one must know that these are weapons above Yellow Grade Superior, so naturally they are much better than the ordinary weapons we used before."

After hearing Lü Bu's words, Liu Bian also said somewhat proudly.

Yellow Grade Superior weapons, according to his guess, were estimated to be about the same as the Heaven Sword he knew in his previous life.

As for Mystic Grade weapons, they must have surpassed the category of ordinary divine weapons.

"Now, I have things to do in the palace, so I will go back first."

Seeing that the matter here was finished, Liu Bian also intended to leave; there were many things in the palace waiting for him to handle.

Immediately, he said to everyone.

"We respectfully send off Your Majesty!"

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately bowed and shouted to Liu Bian.

After leaving the military camp, Liu Bian took Dian Wei and others and headed toward the palace.

After arriving at the Imperial Study and sitting down, Dian Wei stood guard outside, while Xu Chu went to the Yulin Army; he still had to be responsible for the defense of Luoyang City.

"Li Liangcheng!"

After entering the Imperial Study and sitting down, Liu Bian shouted to Li Liangcheng, who was serving beside him.

"Your Majesty!"

"Go and call the Ministers of the Six Ministries and the Cabinet members; I have something to find them for."

Liu Bian looked at Li Liangcheng, who was respectful in front of him, and said with majesty.

"Yes!"

Upon hearing this, Li Liangcheng immediately bowed and responded, then exited the Imperial Study.

Half an hour later, the Ministers of the Six Ministries and the Cabinet members, ten people in total, arrived at Liu Bian's Imperial Study.

"We pay respects to Your Majesty!"

Seeing Liu Bian, everyone bowed and saluted.

"My beloved ministers, please rise!"

Liu Bian said to everyone with majesty.

"Thank Your Majesty!"

After the crowd thanked him and stood up, Liu Bian pointed to the seats below and said with a smile:

"My beloved ministers, let us sit down and talk."

"Thank Your Majesty!"

After the crowd thanked him, they sat down respectfully.

After everyone was seated, Liu Bian asked Xi Zhicai gently:

"Zhicai, how is the distribution of land and reduction of taxes going?"

Upon hearing this, Xi Zhicai immediately bowed respectfully to Liu Bian:

"Reporting to Your Majesty, after so many days of effort, ninety percent of the people in the entire Sili have been allocated land."

"As for the remaining people, I am confident that within ten days, all the people in the entire Sili will be allocated land."

"As for the tax reduction you mentioned, except for the three provinces we control, the attitudes of other provinces and commanderies are different."

"Only four provinces, Xuzhou, Youzhou, Yuzhou, and Jizhou, have responded to Your Majesty's decree."

"Qingzhou is currently controlled by the Yellow Turban remnants and does not obey the court's decree, which is reasonable, while the remaining five provinces, such as Yanzhou, Jingzhou, Yangzhou, Yizhou, and Jiaozhou, have no movement."

After the crowd heard Xi Zhicai's previous words, they were all smiling, but as Xi Zhicai spoke more, their expressions became somewhat ugly.

The intentions of these provinces that did not accept Liu Bian's decree were already clear.

"Your Majesty, it seems that the situation is very clear now; it is highly probable that these five provinces will resist!"

At this time, Xun Yu, after hearing Xi Zhicai's words, said with a solemn expression.

Upon hearing this, the crowd also nodded in agreement.

At this time, Liu Bian also nodded slightly, and then said to Tai'a, the Shadow Guard Commander below:

"Tai'a, tell me and the ministers about the movements of the major marquises."

Upon hearing this, Tai'a immediately stood out, bowed respectfully to Liu Bian and the crowd, and said respectfully:

"Reporting to Your Majesty, ministers!"

"According to the latest intelligence from the Dark Guards, ever since the major marquises received the news of returning to the capital for an audience and attending Your Majesty's wedding,"

"Jiaozhou Inspector Shi Xie, Yangzhou Inspector Liu Yao, Jingzhou Inspector Liu Biao, Yizhou Inspector Liu Zhang, and Yanzhou Inspector Liu Dai, these five people, have shown no signs of setting off."

"Moreover, Yanzhou Inspector Liu Dai has sent his strategist Wang Kai to visit Youzhou to unite with Youzhou Inspector Liu Yu to resist the court."

"However, Liu Yu has always been loyal to our Great Han and did not agree to Liu Dai's request; moreover, he severely reprimanded Wang Kai and drove him out of Youzhou."

"Now, Wang Kai has returned to Yanzhou, and Liu Dai is currently contacting the major marquises in the south, intending to unite to resist the court."

"As for the other provinces and commanderies, I won't mention the ones we control; the ministers have already arranged things, and they are currently on their way back to the capital."

"Others such as Yuzhou Inspector Kong Zhou, Youzhou Inspector Liu Yu, Xuzhou Inspector Tao Qian, Jizhou Inspector Han Fu, and others have also set off and are rushing to Luoyang."

After Tai'a reported the movements of the major marquises to Liu Bian and the crowd, he retreated to the side to wait.

"It seems that our Great Han still has loyal ministers!"

At this time, after hearing Tai'a's report, Wang Yun could not help but sigh.

And the two old Han ministers, Yang Biao and Lu Zhi, who heard his words, also nodded with complex expressions.

They had not expected that among these marquises who resisted the decree, more than half were of the Liu imperial clan.

It seems that after so many years of turmoil in the Han house, the ambitions of these people had also been bred.

At this time, everyone turned their gaze to Liu Bian.

However, Liu Bian, who had already known this result, had a plain expression, and no trace of displeasure could be seen.

"Ask the Dark Guards to keep a close eye on these five people and the movements of the aristocratic families in these five provinces."

After hearing Tai'a's words, Liu Bian just exhorted him plainly.

"Hehe, my beloved ministers, with the loyalty of Liu Yu, Tao Qian, and the other four, by then, seven of the thirteen provinces of the Great Han will be in my hands."

"The resistance of Liu Biao and the other five is just a futile struggle; with your help and the help of our Great Han's hundreds of thousands of soldiers, they will only slightly block the speed of my unification of the world."

Liu Bian looked at the crowd and said dominantly.

He did not take these five resisting marquises seriously at all.

"Your Majesty is wise; we are willing to die for Your Majesty!"

Upon hearing this, the crowd was also infected by Liu Bian's dominance, all looking at Liu Bian with reverence and shouting loudly.

To be honest, if it weren't for the fact that the grain and fodder in Liu Bian's hands were not enough to support the consumption of hundreds of thousands of troops, with the current strength of the Great Han army, it would be enough to sweep the world.

Currently, just the one hundred thousand Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry originally formed by Zhang Liao had reached the strength of third-rate military officers at the lowest.

And Lü Bu's one hundred thousand Xiliang Army, the two thousand Xiyuan Eight Captains originally led by Cao Cao, etc., now all had the strength of third-rate military officers, and those with stronger talent had already reached the strength above third-rate military officers.

With such a powerful army, who in the world of the Great Han could stop it?

Now, Liu Bian was just waiting for the newly formed six great legions to take shape; by then, it would be the moment for him to unify the world. ===== CHAPTER 157 =====