Chapter 109 Play hard to get
Qian Daoliu originally set the admission price for the civilian soul master team at one-fifth of the normal price not entirely because he wanted to give civilian soul masters a discount and improve the prestige of the Spirit Hall, but also probably another purpose was to serve as a warning to other nobles and major forces.

The ticket prices for those nobles and powerful forces to enter the Soul Hunting Forest are indeed very high, but in fact, many of them enjoy various discounts from the Spirit Hall.

First of all, all nobles can get a discount when entering the Soul Hunting Forest. The higher the rank, the bigger the discount. Many nobles and forces whose ancestors have made contributions to the Spirit Hall also have tokens issued by the Spirit Hall. With those tokens, they don't have to pay any money to enter the Soul Hunting Forest.

In addition, some nobles rely on their status and never pay fines for accidentally killing or killing multiple soul beasts in the Soul Hunting Forest. What's worse, some nobles lead teams into the Soul Hunting Forest to kill indiscriminately in the Spirit Hall even though they clearly don't need soul rings just for fun. Not only do they not make any money, they even have to suffer losses.

If you calculate carefully, the actual average ticket price per person for the nobles and big forces in the Soul Hunting Forest is only one-fifth of the actual ticket price.

Those nobles and powerful forces were not fools either, they all knew that Qian Daoliu was trying to warn them, and they dared not complain about Qian Daoliu's actions. They all accepted it with a pinch of their noses, and have restrained themselves a lot recently. However, Qian Daoliu did not say it explicitly, and they would not take the initiative to pay the fine.

But just because they didn't say anything doesn't mean Qianxunji can't use this matter to make a fuss.

Those big forces and nobles have made real contributions to the Spirit Hall, and they are indeed the bulk of the Spirit Hall's revenue besides the regular taxes paid by the two countries of Tiandou, Xingluo and various city-states. Civilian spirit masters have not paid much to the Spirit Hall, but instead the Spirit Hall has to spend a lot of gold soul coins to subsidize them every year. It doesn't make sense that civilian spirit masters and nobles should enjoy the same treatment.

People who work for the Spirit Hall are punished, while those who are supported by the Spirit Hall at a loss are able to get preferential treatment. Over time, this may make people all over the world lose heart. Therefore, the preferential policies for civilian spirit masters must be withdrawn.

As for the fact that the loss of this income will make the Spirit Hall's already tight economic situation worse recently, this problem is not unsolvable. We can just change the originally monthly open day to once every seven days.

Xue Mo was well-versed in history in his previous life. He was able to roughly analyze the differences in the governing philosophies of Qian Daoliu and Qian Xunji based on the policies they introduced respectively.

Qian Daoliu is a tough type, but his political talent seems to be not high. If he were to be placed in the history of China, he would be like Emperor Wu of Han. His personal strength and the energy possessed by the Spirit Hall allow him to issue decrees at will that he believes are beneficial to his rule, and no one dares to resist. However, although his decrees seem to have slightly added some benefits to the Spirit Hall now, they are not conducive to long-term development. If he maintains this governing style, the final result will most likely be that the national treasury will be squandered like Emperor Wu of Han.

In comparison, Qianxunji's political talent is slightly higher, but not much higher.

At the very least, he knew what the Spirit Hall's main source of income was, and understood that if the Spirit Hall wanted to develop stably in the long term, it could not allow the nobles and big forces to become alienated. However, his idea in issuing decrees was not how to make more money from the nobles and big forces, but to consolidate his own position.

He originally thought that his position would not be shaken, but the reality was that at least two-thirds of the Elders in the Hall of Elders were dissatisfied with him, and Qian Daoliu could easily put him under house arrest, which meant that shaking his position was actually much easier than he thought.

Therefore, he wanted to win over the nobles and powerful forces and make them loyal to him. With the support of these financial backers of the Spirit Hall, even if he might step down in the future, his successor would not be able to subdue them. As long as no one could do better than him, the position of Pope could only be his.

Seeing that the discussion outside was about to end and Qian Xunji's policy was about to be adopted, Xue Mo knew that his chance to come had come.

He walked directly to the end of the passage and shouted loudly: "Father, I'm here to say goodbye to you!" His shout made the entire hall silent, and even Qianxunji looked stunned.

Just as Xue Mo thought, he hated this potential threat to the core but was also a little wary of it, so he had not had any contact with Xue Mo since he was released from house arrest.

According to Qianxunji's idea, this little beast had a mind far beyond that of an ordinary person when he was born. He had tried to kill him twice, and he should have tried his best to avoid direct contact with him. Why would he suddenly come to see him?
No! This is the Spirit Hall's meeting now. This little beast must have other purposes for coming here!
Qianxunji thought of this and pretended to be displeased and said, "Nonsense! I am in a meeting now! Who did you learn your etiquette from?"

He wanted to drive Xue Mo away. No matter what this kid wanted to do, it would be right to stop him.

However, Xue Mo's voice sounded again: "Father, I originally wanted to wait until you finished your meeting before saying goodbye to you, but I listened for a long time and found that the bishops did not understand a small matter that even a child like me understood. You kept disrupting your thoughts. I couldn't listen any more and had to come out."

Qianxun shouted: "What do you know as a little kid? Go back!"

Xue Mo said: "Yes, father, I will tell you after you finish your meeting."

Although Xue Mo's tactic of playing hard to get was not very clever, the cleverer the strategy, the better, as long as it is effective. As expected, as soon as he finished speaking, the bishop who had just persuaded Qian Xunji to take back his decision said, "Your Holiness, although the young master is young, children look at problems differently from adults. Let's listen to what the young master has to say."

Qianxunji said with a gloomy face: "During the period when the Grand Priest was in power, did you also listen to a child?"

The bishop said quickly, "No, this is the first time that the young master has put forward his own political views. But anyway, it's just a few words from the young master, which won't waste much time. If it's just a child's joke, everyone will just laugh it off. But if it's really worth discussing, we can have another reference.

When it comes to the politics of the Spirit Hall, it's always better to have more opinions, isn't it? I think you all should also want to know what exactly is going on that we adults haven't thought of."

The rest of the people nodded subconsciously in agreement. Qian Xunji's face suddenly turned darker than when Xue Mo was just born. Now everyone expressed that they wanted to hear Xue Mo's opinion. Even if he could directly refuse in a tough attitude, he couldn't do that.

After all, he had just been released, and even if he had to pretend, he would have to pretend to be a wise ruler for two days.

Qianxunji turned his head and looked at Xue Mo's small figure at the entrance of the passage, and said unhappily: "Come in!"

(End of this chapter)

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