Chapter 660

"We thank His Majesty for the reward!"

Those who had gone on the expedition to the Sui-Tang world all bowed and thanked Liu Bian.

Immediately, Liu Bian turned his gaze toward Song Que and the others.

Seeing Liu Bian's gaze look over, Song Que and the others were also full of nervousness.

"Song Que, this time our Great Han was able to take the Sui-Tang world so quickly, and your contribution is indispensable. Song Que, listen to the conferment!"

Hearing this, Song Que's body shook, and he immediately stepped forward, responding loudly to Liu Bian:

"This humble minister is here!"

"Effective immediately, Song Que is conferred as a third-rank tribute of the Great Han Empire's Hall of Worship, enjoying the third-rank national fortune power of the Great Han Empire, and is granted a mansion in Luoyang!"

As Liu Bian's words fell, the Golden Dragon of National Fortune appeared, descending a pale red power of national fortune toward Song Que.

"Roar!"

And as the power of national fortune entered his body, Song Que, who had already reached the cultivation of the fifth heaven of the Martial Emperor realm, began to improve again.

"Sixth heaven of the Martial Emperor realm, break for me!"

Song Que, having broken through to the sixth heaven of the Martial Emperor realm, felt the cultivation in his body that was much stronger than before, and bowed to Liu Bian with a face full of excitement:

"This humble minister thanks His Majesty. From now on, this humble minister will definitely pledge his life to serve His Majesty and pledge his life to serve the Great Han Empire!"

During this period, he had been hearing colleagues in the Hall of Worship talk about how good the Great Han's national fortune power was.

This time, Song Que truly had a deep realization. No wonder the Great Han's personnel were so young, yet their strength was so powerful one by one.

With the blessing of this national fortune power, how could cultivation not be fast? Moreover, they felt that this national fortune power would subtly improve their own constitutions; such benefits were long-lasting.

And at this time, Liu Bian looked at Song Que, whose loyalty had improved to one hundred percent, and nodded with satisfaction.

Immediately, Liu Bian began to confer rewards upon Zhu Yuyan, Shi Zhixuan, and others.

"Effective immediately, Zhu Yuyan, Shi Zhixuan, Ning Daoqi, and Pang Ban are conferred as third-rank tributes of the Great Han Empire's Hall of Worship, enjoying the third-rank national fortune power of the Great Han Empire."

As Liu Bian's words of conferment fell, the Golden Dragon of National Fortune descended a pale red power of national fortune toward the four of them respectively.

And as the power of national fortune fused into their bodies, the cultivation of the four also began to improve, and before long, they broke through their own realms, with all their cultivation reaching the fourth heaven of the Martial Emperor realm.

The four, having regained their senses, forcibly suppressed the excitement in their hearts, bowed to Liu Bian, and thanked him in unison:

"This humble minister thanks His Majesty! We pledge our lives to serve the Great Han and pledge our lives to serve His Majesty!"

They had not expected that the fourth heaven of the Martial Emperor realm, which they had always strived for, would break through in such a dreamlike manner.

And at this time, Ning Daoqi and Shi Zhixuan were even more filled with extreme relief.

One must know that the two of them had originally thought of uniting with Fan Qinghui to oppose the Great Han.

It was fortunate that Ao Huang had not dealt a lethal blow to them at the time, otherwise, the grass on their graves would probably be two zhang high by now.

"Serve our Great Han well. With your talents, as long as you follow the pace of our Great Han closely, what is the Martial Emperor realm? Your future will be limitless!"

Looking at the four who were bowing on the ground, full of excitement, Liu Bian encouraged them.

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, we pledge our lives to serve the Great Han!"

Hearing Liu Bian's words, the four had eyes full of fervor and responded loudly to Liu Bian.

Seeing this, Liu Bian nodded with satisfaction and turned his gaze toward Song Zhi, Shi Feixuan, Wanwan, and other powerhouses of the Martial King realm.

"As for you, I confer you all as fourth-rank tributes of the Great Han Empire's Hall of Worship, enjoying the fourth-rank national fortune power of our Great Han Empire."

"Roar!"

As Liu Bian's words fell, the Golden Dragon of National Fortune descended several more blue powers of national fortune, enveloping the crowd.

The crowd immediately sat cross-legged in the hall and began to refine the power of national fortune.

Soon, several people had successfully refined the power of national fortune, and their cultivation all had breakthroughs.

And Song Zhi, taking advantage of this opportunity, broke through to the first heaven of the Martial Emperor realm in one go.

The few who had broken through were all excited and bowed to Liu Bian, thanking him in unison:

"This humble minister thanks His Majesty. We pledge our lives to serve His Majesty, pledge our lives to serve the Great Han, and are willing to die for His Majesty!"

Seeing this, Liu Bian nodded with satisfaction.

Immediately, Liu Bian taught the "True Dragon Treasure Art" rewarded by the system to Ao Huang.

After all, Ao Huang had contributed quite a bit to being able to take down the Sui-Tang world so quickly this time.

Seeing that everyone except the commanders of the major legions had been rewarded, Liu Bian spoke solemnly to Lü Bu, Guo Jia, and others:

"Fengxiao, Fengxian, I have kept your contributions in my heart. Now that our Great Han is already at the level of a low-grade imperial dynasty, it can also bear the national fortune power of first-rank officials."

"Since I ascended the throne, you have been fighting for the world for me, building our Great Han from a mundane nation into the imperial dynasty realm it is today. Your contributions are indispensable."

"Now, the time has come for the first-rank official positions of our Great Han Empire to appear!"

As Liu Bian's words fell, the crowd all became excited.

Is the way of being an official not for the sake of one day being able to be conferred as a marquis and general, and returning home in glory?

However, since Liu Bian ascended the throne, there had never been an official position above the second rank in the Great Han.

At this time in the Great Han, the highest official positions were the ten ministers of the Inner Cabinet and the second-rank official positions of the commanders of the major legions.

Now, they finally heard the news of a promotion from Liu Bian's mouth.

"However, at present, I can only confer from-first-rank official positions. To confer first-rank official positions, we must wait until the Great Han ascends to the high-grade imperial dynasty realm."

Looking at the excited officials, Liu Bian took in their expressions.

Immediately, he turned his gaze toward Yang Biao and said to him with a smile:

"Old Loving Minister Yang, since I ascended the throne, you have been the one supporting me. Back then, under the threat of Dong Zhuo, you chose to support me without hesitation."

Hearing Liu Bian's words, Yang Biao, as an elder of the Great Han, was moved to tears.

He had not expected that the first person His Majesty thought of would actually be himself.

One must know that among the ten members of the Great Han's Inner Cabinet, his talent was not the most outstanding one.

Minister of Personnel Xun Yu, Minister of War Cao Cao, Minister of Rites Cai Yong, Minister of Revenue Xi Zhicai, Minister of Works Xun You, and Minister of Justice Jia Xu—the strength of each of these people was more powerful than his.

"Yang Biao, listen to the conferment!"

As Liu Bian's words fell, Yang Biao stepped out tremblingly with excitement and responded loudly to Liu Bian:

"Old minister Yang Biao pays respects to His Majesty!"

"Yang Biao is conferred as a from-first-rank member of the Inner Cabinet of the Great Han Empire, enjoying the from-first-rank national fortune power of the Great Han Empire, with a salary of ten thousand shi!"