Chapter 157: Investigation into the Yuan Clan

Seeing the reaction of the crowd, Liu Bian nodded with satisfaction and then said to them:

"My beloved ministers, rest assured, everything will wait until these people come to the capital; I have my own plans."

"Now, let us talk about the matter I called you here for!"

"Please issue the decree, Your Majesty; we are willing to obey Your Majesty until death!"

Upon hearing this, the crowd immediately responded respectfully and loudly.

Seeing this, Liu Bian nodded with satisfaction and said with majesty:

"This time, I called you here to tell you that the identity jade tokens for the people of Sili and Bingzhou can be issued."

"Before I left Liangzhou, I had already issued the identity jade tokens to the people of Liangzhou."

"Now, only the ones for Sili and Bingzhou have not been issued; during this time, you arrange for people to issue the identity jade tokens to the people as soon as possible."

"Moreover, the identity jade tokens of the court ministers, except for you few, have not been issued either; take this opportunity to issue them to them together."

Liu Bian looked at the crowd with a smile and told them the purpose of calling them here.

Subsequently, Liu Bian waved his hand, and the identity jade tokens that had already been prepared suddenly piled up in the Imperial Study like a small mountain.

"This is the identity jade token I prepared for the people and officials of Liangzhou and Sili, a total of five million pieces; you ten people, take them back and must ensure that every person can be allocated an identity jade token."

Looking at the mountain of identity jade tokens, to be honest, even though they had already seen Liu Bian's grand gestures, they were still shocked.

"We obey the decree!"

After recovering, the crowd stepped forward one after another and used their jade token space to collect these jade tokens.

"There is one more thing: I intend to marry Cai Shangshu's daughter, Cai Yan, as a consort in a month; by then, the wedding will be held together with Diao Chan's."

Just after the crowd collected the identity jade tokens, Liu Bian suddenly said to the crowd.

Upon hearing this, Cai Yong below was overjoyed.

Subsequently, he bowed and saluted to Liu Bian:

"Your Majesty, is this somewhat inappropriate? How can my daughter hold a ceremony together with the Empress!"

"Your Majesty, I agree with what Minister Cai said; Your Majesty is only marrying Minister Cai's daughter as a consort, how can a consort hold a wedding at the same time as the Empress!"

Just after Cai Yong's words fell, Wang Yun immediately came out to oppose it.

In ancient times, these rituals were what they paid great attention to, not to mention that it was the emperor marrying a wife.

The Empress is the mistress of the world from now on; how can she hold a wedding at the same time as a consort.

"Your Majesty, I also agree with what Minister Wang said!"

At this time, Lu Zhi, who was behind Wang Yun, also spoke out in opposition.

"I second that!"

"We second that!"

For a time, Yang Biao, Xun Yu, and others spoke out in opposition one after another.

At this time, Liu Bian turned his gaze to Guo Jia and Jia Xu, who did not oppose with the crowd below, and could not help but ask:

"Fengxiao, Wenhe, what do you two think?"

Upon hearing this, Guo Jia and Jia Xu looked at each other, and Guo Jia shook his head slightly, signaling Jia Xu to speak.

In fact, he had nothing to say; it was just that his personality did not care much about these things.

For a wanderer like him, it was just marrying two at the same time, and their status was different, so what was there to oppose.

Seeing Guo Jia's appearance, Jia Xu thought he did not want to speak, so he also said respectfully to Liu Bian:

"Your Majesty, I feel it is not impossible, it's just that the ceremony of holding the wedding can be separated by then."

"By then, Your Majesty can completely hold the wedding with the Empress first, and then hold one with Miss Cai."

"In this way, there will be no problems!"

After listening to Jia Xu's words, Liu Bian turned to look at the people who opposed and asked them:

"My beloved ministers, do you feel that the method Wenhe said is feasible?"

"This..."

For a time, the three old ministers, Wang Yun, Lu Zhi, and Yang Biao, were somewhat stumped.

There was no precedent for doing things like this, but if it were done according to what Jia Xu said, it was not impossible.

"Your Majesty, if it is done according to what Minister Jia said, I feel this matter is feasible; I agree!"

Just when the three were still showing difficulty, Xun Yu on the side spoke out.

"Your Majesty, according to what Minister Jia Xu said, I also agree!"

At this time, Xi Zhicai, as Minister of Revenue, also spoke out in agreement.

"I agree!"

"We agree!"

Subsequently, Minister of War Cao Cao and Minister of Works Xun You also spoke one after another.

Seeing that everyone else agreed, the three also stopped opposing and said respectfully to Liu Bian:

"Since Your Majesty and the ministers all feel it is feasible, then we will not oppose it anymore and agree with what Minister Jia said!"

"Good, since my beloved ministers all agree, then Minister Cai, this matter is settled; by then, I will marry Diao Chan and Cai Yan at the same time."

Seeing that everyone agreed, Liu Bian immediately said to Cai Yong on the side.

"Old Minister obeys the decree!"

After hearing Liu Bian's words, Cai Yong immediately bowed to Liu Bian with excitement.

This news was nothing more joyful for Cai Yong than this.

Seeing that this matter was settled, Liu Bian asked Minister of Works Xun You:

"Gongda, has the construction of the Yinghun Shrine started?"

Upon hearing this, Xun You immediately replied respectfully to Liu Bian:

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I and the ministers selected the location of the Yinghun Shrine three days ago, and have currently arranged for people to clear the site; after the arrival of the more than one hundred thousand Qiang slaves from Liangzhou, we can officially start construction."

"Good, keep a close eye on the Yinghun Shrine matter and ensure that it can be completed on time before the end of the year."

Seeing this, Liu Bian nodded with satisfaction and exhorted Xun You again.

"I obey the decree; please rest assured, Your Majesty!"

"Tai'a, how is the investigation into Yuan Shu's matter going?"

After arranging the Yinghun Shrine matter, Liu Bian asked Tai'a, the Shadow Guard Commander.

Hearing Liu Bian ask about this, the crowd also narrowed their eyes and looked at Tai'a.

They knew that the moment to decide the life and death of the Yuan family was coming.

To be honest, during this period, they had not contacted the Yuan family to avoid suspicion.

Moreover, even their own clansmen had been warned not to associate with the Yuan family.

In fact, Liu Bian, who had the system, also knew that Yuan Wei and Yuan Shao, uncle and nephew, had no problems.

However, these things, after all, had to be based on evidence, and the necessary procedures had to be followed.

Tai'a immediately came to Liu Bian and bowed respectfully:

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the Yuan family in Luoyang City does not know about Yuan Shu's matter, which can prove that they were completely unaware of Yuan Shu's matter."

"Moreover, in order not to be discovered, Yuan Shu did not even contact the clansmen of the Runan Yuan Clan."

"He just used the Yuan family's name to contact the aristocratic families in Nanyang Commandery."

After hearing Tai'a's report, the crowd also breathed a sigh of relief. ===== CHAPTER 158 =====