Conferred Gods: Start with a Phoenix clone

Chapter 1726 Heavenly Court Efficiency Department?
Who proposed cutting redundant staff? It was Hu Lei.

Where is Hu Lei now? He's in the Heavenly Demon Palace, pretending to be the son of Mara.

Deng Chanyu and Duobao are able to create clones, each doing their own thing without interfering with each other, while Hu Lei clearly doesn't have that ability.

I swallowed back what I said. I was just talking before, and now I'm busy conquering the Blood Sea. I really don't have time for massive layoffs. I'll do the layoffs after I finish conquering the Blood Sea?

impossible.

If there are difficulties, we must overcome them; if there are no difficulties, we must create difficulties and overcome them.

There was absolutely no room for negotiation in this whole matter.

Duobao is currently in a phase of "asking the organization to test me," and unless he completely gives up on proving the Dao of Hunyuan, he must not back down.

He observed from many angles using his own true Dao, and the conclusion was the same: as long as he did this well, it would benefit the Heavenly Dao, the Primordial World, and his own attainment of the Primordial Dao.

There's nothing more to say, just take office.

Before taking office, he went to the Heavenly Court and asked to see the Jade Emperor so that he could make some things clear in person.

Phoenix sat inside the quiet room, while Duobao sat outside.

"Fellow Daoist has made further progress; it is truly a cause for celebration."

This was, in fact, the first time the two had met since Duobao created Xihe's clone.

Duobao bowed slightly and spoke very politely: "Duobao is dull-witted and has failed my teacher's teachings. I have lived a mediocre life and have achieved only a little now. I dare not accept Your Majesty's praise."

The two exchanged a few polite words.

Then Duobao explained his purpose: "May I ask Your Majesty, how should we deal with redundant officials?"

Phoenix can't say "we don't need to worry about it." Streamlining personnel and optimizing the political structure are the right things to do no matter how you look at it.

She wanted to drift through life, just going through the motions, but if others wanted to rise up, she couldn't stop them.

She stated succinctly, "We'll deal with each one we find."

Duobao asked again: "Many immortals' true spirits are on the Investiture of the Gods. If some of the dismissed personnel have true spirits on the list, how should they be dealt with?"

Direct release? Those who were laid off would actually benefit; they were previously lifelong slaves, now they are free, even though they lost their secure jobs.
"This..." Phoenix hadn't really thought about this question. She pondered for a moment and then said.

"There are no laws in this world that are immutable forever, but the Investiture of the Gods involves the Dao Ancestor and all the sages. This is a matter of great importance, and we should not easily change it. How about this?"

A bright yellow notice appeared before Duobao, and he immediately recognized it as the Investiture of the Gods, which imprisoned many true spirits.

"The memorial Hu Lei submitted earlier mentioned rewarding the good and punishing the evil?"

"Exactly."

No one knows what Phoenix did, but the Investiture of the Gods in front of Duobao was split into three.

A look of considerable shock flashed across his eyes. He hadn't even seen clearly how one notice had turned into three; it all happened in the blink of an eye.

“The true spirits within the list should not be disturbed lightly, but fellow Daoist may redistribute the three lists as appropriate. Those who perform well will be placed on the Heavenly List, those who perform reasonably well will be placed on the Earthly List, and those who need to be removed will be placed on the Human List.”

Phoenix briefly explained her thinking: "You want to lay off staff? You can't just lay off people. Those who perform well should be appropriately rewarded. You can decide on the specific amount. Keeping two-thirds of the gods stable will prevent major upheavals in the Heavenly Court's political structure." Phoenix didn't know if Duobao understood her intentions, but she delegated all the authority over the three lists of Heaven, Earth, and Man, as well as the power to make layoffs, to Duobao.

Keep going, I'm here to support you.

She wasn't worried about Duobao stealing from her, so she directly released the true spirits of the disciples of the Jie Sect listed on the three lists.

If Duobao dared to do that, it would be tantamount to negating all the work done by Hongjun and the other saints. No matter how crazy he is, he would not do such a thing. In fact, in order not to give anyone grounds for criticism, he would also impose strict requirements on the former disciples of the Jie Sect.

Does Lü Yue want to escape the Investiture of the Gods? He should just dream about it.

At the end of the conversation, Duobao brought up another matter. He not only had to solve the problem of redundant staff, but also the problem of taxation. For example, the Xuandu Grand Master, who was greedy and took more than his share, was richer than the entire Jie Sect combined, but he only paid taxes for himself. Was that reasonable?
Phoenix said this was unreasonable. "Go ahead and do it. I will support anything that is beneficial to the long-term stability of Heaven."

Duobao did not want to be subordinate to the Heavenly Court, as the Heavenly Court was involved in too many complex and complicated karmic relationships.

Phoenix also did not want to give this powerful being, who had already severed two corpses and was on the path to severing three corpses, a real position.

What position should we give them? If it's too high, it'll be inconvenient to manage them; if it's too low, they won't want to work there.

With a simple agreement from both parties, a temporary organization was created.

The new department's name will naturally not be "Heavenly Court Efficiency Department," but rather "Department for the Regulation of the Three Offices," a very long name.

This organization involves three aspects of Heaven's finances, personnel, and administration.

The immortals were peacefully enjoying hot pot and singing at home when, suddenly, like a bolt from the blue, two burly heavenly generals came knocking on their door, saying, "So-and-so, you've been laid off. Get out of Heaven now!"

They definitely won't agree to that; it doesn't make any sense to do so.

Even in a place like the Blood Sea, the Asura race has some simple laws and regulations, so it's not a completely chaotic place.

Duobao's current task is to redefine the rules and regulations. Even if layoffs are unreasonable and illogical, at least they should be legal. Regardless of when the law was enacted, having one is better than having none.

To solve the problem of redundant staff, the first step is to make an example of someone to deter others.

This first shot must be fired.

You're targeting the Old Man of the Moon? With such a small workload, do you really need two people? And then you're going to dismiss the attendants beside him? What's the point? The target is too small; it doesn't align with Duobao's ambition to make a name for himself.

After some private research, Duobao chose the Thunder Department managed by the Thunder God.

Nearly one-fifth of the Heavenly Court's total military force is in the Thunder Department, which alone has twenty-four marshals, and countless other heavenly officials and generals. It can be considered a small Heavenly Court.

Only by taking action against the Thunder Department can Duobao demonstrate his courage.

He still did not bring the Holy Mother of Fire Spirit with him when he came to Heaven to take up his post this time.

He wanted to target the Thunder Department, as many of its marshals were connected to Wen Zhong, and Wen Zhong's relationship with the Holy Mother of Fire Spirit was something even Sun Wukong knew.

If he were to take the Holy Mother of Fire to her post, who knows what might happen in the end? He knows his disciple best. She is impulsive but also very loyal. This kind of personality is fine in the Jie Sect, but outside, the fact that she was suppressed under Mount Hua before speaks volumes.

Duobao's assistant was the Tortoise Spirit Mother, who was helping him in a private capacity.

Gui Ling had served as Doumu Yuanjun, and her status in the Heavenly Court was high enough that she could do many things. She would also be a good candidate to take the blame in the future.

(End of this chapter)