Chapter 241: Meeting the Hundred Officials

"It is time to go and meet the hundred officials!"

Muttering to himself, Liu Bian rose and walked out of the Imperial Study.

"Greetings, Your Majesty!"

Dian Wei and Li Liangcheng, who were waiting outside the door, hurriedly saluted after seeing Liu Bian emerge.

"Let's go to the Court Assembly Hall."

Liu Bian said, taking the lead as he walked toward the Court Assembly Hall.

Before long, Liu Bian, dressed in a purple-gold nine-clawed dragon robe and wearing an imperial crown, arrived at the Court Assembly Hall.

Once Liu Bian sat upright on the dragon throne atop the high platform, the assembled officials prostrated themselves on the ground, shouting in unison, full of awe:

"We, your subjects, pay our respects to Your Majesty. Long live Your Majesty, long live, long live!"

Liu Bian's handsome face was filled with majesty, and his entire being radiated a dense imperial aura.

Facing the prostrate officials, he reached out a hand to gesture for them to rise, saying in a majestic voice:

"Beloved subjects, rise. Be seated!"

The hundred officials immediately shouted in unison:

"We, your subjects, thank Your Majesty!"

After the officials were seated, Liu Bian's majestic voice echoed throughout the entire Court Assembly Hall.

"I presume you beloved subjects are already aware that the world consciousness of this world has been brought under My control."

"From now on, this shall be the main world of Our Great Han."

"Furthermore, with the unification of the Great Han's main world, the current rules of the world have also undergone changes."

As Liu Bian's voice fell, the hundred officials were all startled.

However, no one dared to be the first to ask, knowing that Liu Bian would tell them next.

Indeed, they heard Liu Bian continue:

"Henceforth, the continents of the main world will slowly move, centering around the thirteen provinces of the Great Han."

"Eventually, all continents will center around the Great Han, forming a single, unified landmass."

As Liu Bian's voice fell, the entire Court Assembly Hall became so quiet that the dropping of a needle could be heard.

In that case, how large would the continent be in the future?

No one knew the answer to that!

However, forming a single landmass had both advantages and disadvantages.

The advantage was that the entire continent would be the territory of the Great Han.

The disadvantage, naturally, was that with such a vast territory, it would become difficult to manage.

Although the Great Han now possessed the identity jade tokens for communication.

That was limited only to communication; other aspects would not be so convenient.

The circulation of goods and the appointment of officials alone were major problems.

At this moment, the Ministers of the Six Ministries and the Cabinet Ministers below also realized the pros and cons of these continents connecting.

However, they were not worried about this.

The people of the Great Han were no longer novices in cultivation.

Liu Bian had already exchanged many books regarding cultivation from the System Mall.

These books introduced matters related to cultivation, such as realms, heavenly materials and earthly treasures, the various races of the heavens, and so on.

Therefore, they naturally had ways to solve the problems before them.

It was just that their current cultivation levels were too low, and many methods could not yet be employed.

"May I ask Your Majesty, how long will it take for these continents to connect?"

At this time, Minister of Works Xun You asked Liu Bian in a deep voice.

Hearing this, Liu Bian understood Xun You's thoughts and immediately responded:

"At the fastest, one or two years; at the longest, two or three years, these continents will converge."

After hearing Liu Bian's words, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Xun You then said solemnly to Liu Bian:

"Your Majesty, in that case, these continents gathering together to form a new continent is actually a good thing for our Great Han."

"Currently, we Ministers of the Six Ministries and our colleagues in the Cabinet have all reached the second heaven of the Scholar realm."

"The commanders of the various legions have also reached the second or third heaven of the Innate realm."

"With diligent cultivation within a year, we will certainly be able to break through to the Martial Ancestor realm."

"Thus, our cultivation will meet the requirements for setting up teleportation arrays."

"With teleportation arrays, distance will no longer be a problem."

After Xun You finished speaking, he looked at Liu Bian with a face full of confidence.

He had confidence in breaking through to the Martial Ancestor realm within a year.

As Xun You's voice fell, the Ministers of the Six Ministries, Guo Jia, and the commanders of the six major legions all cupped their hands and said in unison:

"We (this humble general) second the motion!"

Seeing this, Liu Bian was very satisfied.

Immediately, Liu Bian stood up and said majestically to everyone:

"Good. Since you beloved subjects have such confidence, then it is settled."

"At that time, the array diagrams and materials required for setting up the teleportation arrays will all be provided by Me."

Hearing this, the assembled officials prostrated themselves with solemn expressions:

"We, your subjects, will certainly not fail Your Majesty's trust!"

Seeing this, Liu Bian nodded with satisfaction.

Subsequently, Liu Bian turned his gaze toward the Ministers of the Six Ministries.

"Have you six ministries arranged the alien slaves properly?"

Hearing this, Minister of Rites Cai Yong immediately stepped out and bowed to Liu Bian, saying:

"Reporting to Your Majesty, there are currently 12 million slaves arranged across the Great Han. These people will be dispersed to various places and arranged by the local prefectures."

"There are about 20 million slaves remaining. After our deliberation, they will stay in their original locations, and students from our Royal Academy will be sent to arrange them and take charge of the development needs of those areas."

Hearing this, Liu Bian nodded slightly.

"This matter was handled well; those places indeed need people."

"Tell the students of the Royal Academy that I am only giving them three years. If after three years anyone has not met the court's assessment, then they should return to the academy!"

"You Six Ministries and the Cabinet must manage these continents well. From now on, these are all territories belonging to our Great Han."

Hearing Liu Bian's solemn words, the Ministers of the Six Ministries and the Cabinet Ministers all responded with solemn expressions:

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, we will certainly manage them properly!"

"However, some of these people have skin colors different from us Han people. I wonder, Your Majesty, how should we deal with these people?"

At this moment, Xun Yu suddenly turned to Liu Bian and asked with a solemn expression.

"Hehe, Wenruo, this matter is simple!"

Hearing Xun Yu's words, Liu Bian smiled slightly and said to him.

"Back then, I told you that in these heavens and myriad realms, we are not the only descendants of Yan and Huang."

"In these heavens and myriad realms, descendants of Yan and Huang exist in most worlds."

"Therefore, in My plan, from now on, only those with pure Yan and Huang bloodlines can permanently reside and live in the Great Han's main world. These people will be the first-class citizens of our Great Han."

"As for those aliens who voluntarily surrender to our Great Han, they can be second-class citizens of our Great Han."

"Second-class citizens who wish to live in the Great Han's main world must make significant contributions to the Great Han and can only live in the main world after approval by the government."

"As for third-class citizens, they are those slaves who, after laboring for our Great Han Empire, are converted into third-class citizens of the Great Han."

"These people can only live in the Great Han's subsidiary worlds. If they wish to live in the Great Han's main world, they can only become servants of our Great Han officials."

"Regarding the classification of our Great Han citizens and the rights enjoyed by the corresponding citizens, you Six Ministries and the Cabinet should formulate it carefully."

"The main body must not deviate from the framework I have set!" ===== CHAPTER 242 =====