Chapter 171: Establishing the Navy

"Since you two, Yu Ji and Zuo Ci, have come, I intend to establish a Hall of Worship outside the Six Ministries, specifically to recruit strange people and scholars from the common people to join."

"The members of the Hall of Worship are divided into six grades of tribute, with the sixth grade being the lowest and the first grade being the highest."

"The Hall of Worship reports directly to me!"

Liu Bian majestically proposed the idea of establishing the Hall of Worship to everyone.

"Your Majesty is wise! We, your subjects, second the motion!"

After everyone heard Liu Bian's words, although they were somewhat confused, they all agreed.

After all, Liu Bian naturally had his own ideas for doing this.

Moreover, for people like Yu Ji and Zuo Ci, it was indeed not suitable for them to be in other departments of the Imperial Court.

In this way, the Hall of Worship proposed by Liu Bian was undoubtedly the best place.

Seeing that everyone agreed, Liu Bian also nodded with satisfaction.

"Yu Ji, listen to the appointment!"

Afterwards, Liu Bian looked at Yu Ji and said with authority.

"This subject is here!"

Upon hearing this, Yu Ji's body shook, and he hurriedly replied respectfully.

"Appoint Yu Ji as a Fourth Rank Tribute of the Hall of Worship of my Great Han Empire, Fourth Rank, salary of six hundred shi."

"This subject obeys the edict, many thanks to Your Majesty!"

Yu Ji, upon hearing this, immediately thanked Liu Bian.

"Zuo Ci, listen to the appointment!"

Zuo Ci on the side, seeing this, immediately stood up and bowed to reply: "This subject is here!"

"Appoint Zuo Ci as the Hall Master of the Dan Palace of my Great Han Empire, Fourth Rank, salary of six hundred shi, in charge of the refining of all pills needed by my Great Han Empire and management matters!"

"This subject obeys the edict, many thanks to Your Majesty for your heavenly grace!"

Zuo Ci immediately bowed and thanked Liu Bian.

He did not expect that Liu Bian would ask him to serve as the Hall Master of the Dan Palace, instead of going to the Hall of Worship like Yu Ji.

At this moment, he already knew that the "Basic Alchemy Manual" that Liu Bian asked Cai Yong to give him was definitely a good thing.

Moreover, the pills that Liu Bian spoke of should also be the legendary true pills.

Instead of the kind of poison full of pill toxins that people had seen before.

After conferring Yu Ji and Zuo Ci, Liu Bian turned his gaze to Gan Ning and Taishi Ci.

"Gan Ning, listen to the appointment!"

At this moment, Gan Ning, who had been waiting on the side, immediately stood up and shouted loudly to Liu Bian:

"This humble general is here!"

"Appoint Gan Ning as the Navy Commander of my Great Han Empire, Fourth Rank, salary of six hundred shi. Immediately organize a navy of one hundred thousand for the Great Han Empire in Xuzhou, reporting directly to me!"

Upon hearing this, Gan Ning's expression was stunned.

He looked up at Liu Bian, his face somewhat ugly:

"Your Majesty, you wouldn't have mistaken the water army for a navy, would you!"

As a Jin Fan Bandit, Gan Ning did not even have a large ship that could sail on the Yangtze River, let alone seen a sea ship that could sail in the ocean.

These two things were completely different.

Currently, he had not heard of anyone who could build sea ships.

Seeing Gan Ning's inquiry, Liu Bian smiled slightly at him and said with authority:

"I did not make a mistake. I am asking you to build the navy of the Great Han Empire."

After hearing Liu Bian's affirmative words, Gan Ning's face collapsed.

"Your Majesty, you don't know, building a navy is fine, but we don't have ships that can sail in the sea!"

"Currently, we don't even have warships that can sail in the Yangtze River, let alone sea ships!"

At this moment, not only did Gan Ning feel it was impossible, but others also felt that building a navy was unrealistic.

"Your Majesty, this humble subject agrees with General Gan's statement. If we want to establish a navy, we first need warships that can sail in the sea."

"Now, let alone whether it can be built, even if someone could build it, our current financial resources are not enough to consume!"

At this moment, as the Minister of Revenue, Xi Zhicai also stood up and said solemnly to Liu Bian.

"Your Majesty, this humble subject also agrees with General Gan and Minister Xi. Currently, we only need to build warships that can sail on the Yangtze River to counter the water army of the four southern commanderies!"

"After the world is unified, it would not be too late to start building a navy!"

At this time, Xun Yu, the Minister of Personnel, who was sitting on the side, also stood up and said solemnly to Liu Bian.

"We, your subjects, second the motion!"

At this moment, except for Jia Xu, Guo Jia, and Cao Cao, the others also echoed one after another.

"Your Majesty, you are so determined to build a navy; could it be that you have a way to solve the problem of warships?"

After everyone finished speaking, Guo Jia stood up and asked Liu Bian with a smile.

With his understanding of Liu Bian, with his shrewdness, it was impossible for him not to have thought of these problems.

If Liu Bian had thought of these problems and was still so certain, then he must have a solution.

And as Guo Jia's voice fell, the others also reacted one after another.

They were all smart people, just that they had not thought of it for a while. After listening to Guo Jia's words, they also felt that Liu Bian should have a solution.

"Haha, Fengxiao is still the best. Indeed, I can solve the problem of warships on the sea. You only need to cooperate with Gan Ning and organize the navy of my Great Han Empire!"

Liu Bian, after hearing Guo Jia's words, laughed loudly at everyone.

"Your Majesty is wise! We, your subjects, are impatient!"

After hearing Liu Bian's affirmative answer, the people who had just opposed it immediately stood up and saluted Liu Bian.

Liu Bian waved his hand at everyone, then looked at the stunned Gan Ning and asked solemnly:

"Gan Ning, now that I have solved the problem of warships for you, can you organize an invincible navy for me?"

Upon hearing this, Gan Ning's expression shifted, and he said solemnly to Liu Bian:

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, if there are warships, this humble general will definitely be able to organize an invincible navy that traverses the ocean for Your Majesty!"

Seeing this, Liu Bian also nodded at him with satisfaction.

"That is very good!"

"Taishi Ci, listen to the appointment!"

Upon hearing this, Taishi Ci immediately bowed and cupped his fists to reply: "This humble general is here!"

"Appoint Taishi Ci as the Navy Vice Commander of the Great Han Empire, Fourth Rank, salary of five hundred and fifty shi, to assist Gan Ning in jointly managing the navy!"

"This humble general obeys the edict, many thanks to Your Majesty for your heavenly grace!"

Up to this point, the conferment of the four had all been completed, and Liu Bian turned his gaze to the Minister of Works Xun You.

"Gongda, the matter of the Great Han Royal Academy can also be put on the agenda. At that time, you, the Cabinet and the Ministers of the Six Ministries, can select a place in Luoyang City and report it to me."

"At that time, I will provide you with the construction blueprints for the Royal Academy."

Xun You and the others, upon hearing this, immediately replied respectfully to Liu Bian:

"We, your subjects, obey the edict!"

Afterwards, Liu Bian also gave some instructions to everyone.

When everyone finished chatting and was about to leave, Liu Bian said to them again:

"My beloved subjects, I have decided to hold a Grand Court Assembly five days from now!"

"Wenruo, you go back and tell those who did not come about this news."

"This subject obeys the edict!"

Xun Yu replied respectfully to Liu Bian.

Afterwards, everyone exited Liu Bian's Imperial Study. ===== CHAPTER 172 =====