Chronicles of Celestial Origins

"Junior brothers, let's take a look at the files of these three people to see if they meet the requirements for selection." Sima Nianzu took one of them and said, "Let me first give you a brief introduction to the resume of the nominee Pan Xuan."

"Pan Xuan joined the sect in the 720th year of Daoding's reign and practiced in Shanmen for 151 years. In the 889th year of Daoding's reign, he was transferred from Shanmen to serve in the headquarters."

"Dawding served as the captain of the third squadron of the headquarters' direct brigade in 1049."

"Daoding 1197 assumes the position of manager of the direct brigade."

"After that, he joined the regiment. In 1357, Daoding served as the deputy captain of the ninth regiment of the fourth column of the tenth regiment of the regiment. He is currently in the middle stage of Nascent Soul."

“I won’t go into detail about the other series of meritorious achievements and rewards. You can see for yourself!”

"Junior Brother Qin, Junior Brother Tang, you should also briefly introduce the general situation of the nominees to the junior brothers."

"Okay, Peng Fan, Daoding joined the sect in 710..." Qin Jin began to read the file in his hand.

After he finished speaking, Tang Ning also began to briefly introduce Ni Fang's resume.

Everyone circulated the files in their hands one by one. After the three people briefly introduced the resumes of their respective nominees, the hall fell into silence, leaving only the "rustling" sound of files being flipped through.

After a long time, Sima Nianzu said: "You guys should all know the resume files of the three candidates nominated by the directly affiliated brigade deputy captains. Let's start voting now! First, we will select the disciples nominated by me and agree that Pan Xuan will serve as the commander-in-chief. Please signal to the deputy captain of the direct team."

After Sima Nianzu said this, he raised his hand, and then Han Fu slowly raised his hand.

"The next step is for the disciples nominated by Junior Brother Qin to vote and agree to Peng Fan's request to serve as the deputy captain of the direct brigade."

Qin Jin and Tao Yuan both raised their hands one after another.

"Finally, the disciples nominated by Junior Brother Tang voted and agreed to Ni Fang's request to serve as the deputy captain of the direct brigade."

Tang Ning, Yan Minyi, Xu Mengyuan, and Xu Yuan raised their hands one after another.

"Four votes support Ni Fang. According to the result of the coalition's resolution, I announce that Ni Fang will be temporarily appointed as the deputy captain of the directly affiliated brigade and will send the appointment to the column. The inspection of the directly affiliated brigade and the selection of deputy captain have been completed, and now the direct-affiliated brigade inspection and deputy captain selection are completed. For the selection of brigade stewards, please bring over the files of all the disciples who are interested in being elected to the post of directly subordinate brigade stewards.”

"Yes." The two disciples on the side of the hall responded and took out a thick stack of files from the desk.

This large-scale selection of positions is no different than any other period in the past. The legion’s special orders are done expediently and special things are done.

Except for the three main stewards of each team who need to be nominated and voted on, for other steward positions, students submit their intention reports, and then the superior stewards directly vote.

For example, if a disciple with Nascent Soul cultivation level directly under the brigade knows that there is no hope of being elected as deputy captain or supervisor, then he can apply to the brigade to submit his intention to be the brigade manager, and the brigade will then submit the intention for this position from all Qualified candidates will be selected from the registered disciples.

The selection process is also very simple. For example, in addition to the captain, supervisor, and deputy captain, the directly affiliated brigade has seven stewardship vacancies, and a total of ten people have filled out the intention report for stewardship positions in this brigade.

Then select seven people from ten people to serve as team stewards.

The whole process is like this, but in fact, it is not that complicated at all. The reason is that there are not enough people. There are still seven management positions in the direct brigade, but only six people have filled in the intention report.

There are many pits and few carrots, so there is no need for competition and everyone can securely occupy a pit position.

The reason for this situation is of course that during the war, there were too many casualties, resulting in a shortage of manpower, and there were not so many Yuan Ying disciples to choose from.

Normally, the position of a brigade steward would have to be fought over because there were more wolves and less meat. Not to mention the brigade steward, a squad leader might cause a fight between the three main stewards of the alliance.

When Tang Ning was selected as team leader, she experienced fierce competition. At that time, the number of Nascent Soul disciples in the team was far greater than the positions provided. Many Nascent Soul monks even served as ordinary disciples under the team. The positions are filled with carrots and pits, and it is rare for a pit to be vacant.

"There are a total of six disciples who intend to be appointed to the position of brigade stewards. All juniors, please take a look at their respective files. If there are no problems, these six disciples will be appointed directly under the brigade stewards. There is no need to hold any voting decisions." Sima Nianzu handed out the files in hand and everyone circulated them one by one.

After a while, Sima Nianzu said again: "Juniors, if you have no objections, this is the end of the selection of stewards of the directly affiliated brigade. Next, we will proceed with the selection of stewards of the first brigade. First, we will conduct the selection of supervisors of the first brigade. I will nominate Sima Teng, the former manager of the First Brigade.”

"I also nominate Sima Teng."

"I nominated Yu Qingxiao."

The three of them each proposed candidates, and the final vote was tied four to four, with Tang Ning, Yan Minyi, Xu Mengyuan, and Han Fu supporting Yu Qingxiao.

Sima Nianzu, Qin Jin, Xu Yuan, and Tao Yuan supported Sima Teng.

The vote was four to four. In fact, the vote score was six to five. Because Sima Nianzu and Qin Jin had two nomination votes, not to mention that Sima Nianzu had the final decision-making power as the captain of the team. After the election of the supervisor, .

For the position of deputy captain of the First Brigade, Sima Nianzu proposed another candidate named Zhang Heng, but this time he failed to do so.

Qin Jin and Tang Ning both nominated Yu Qingxiao, and the other stewards also voted for Yu Qingxiao.

Obviously, Sima Nianzu's nomination of Zhang Heng was only a symbolic support and did not make much effort.

His real goal was to secure Sima Teng's position as the first brigade inspector. He must have put a lot of thought into this, as Qin Jin and Tao Yuan's support showed. If Sima Nianzu had not come forward, the two of them would not have been like this. He firmly supports Sima Teng. Because Yu Qingxiao has been the deputy captain of the First Brigade for many years, it should be a natural thing for him to be promoted to inspector, but Sima Teng stopped him.

Qin Jin was already on good terms with Sima Nianzu, and since Sima Nianzu came forward in person, he would naturally not refute his reputation.

Although Tao Yuan has always been considered a vassal of the master-disciple line, he himself is a well-rounded man. He followed Fang Dasheng most of the time in the alliance, but he also had a good personal relationship with Sima Nianzu.

Now that Fang Dasheng is away, it is reasonable for him to rely on Sima Nianzu. After all, Tang Ning has little qualifications and has no friendship with him.

After selecting all the management positions in the first brigade, several hours had passed since the meeting. Sima Nianzu announced that this was the end of the day and that he would continue to select other brigade positions tomorrow.

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After the discussion, Ni Fang, who learned about the election results, immediately came to visit Tang Ning. In the room, the two of them sat down separately.

"Thank you, my uncle, for recommending me to serve as the vice-captain. Without my uncle's planning, I would never have had a chance. For my uncle's kindness, I will continue to work together to repay the favor." Ni Fang said.

"Since you are Uncle Bai's person, you are one of my own, so you don't have to be so polite. If you have anything that cannot be decided in the future, you can come to me for discussion. I will try my best to help you within my ability."

"Thank you, uncle." The two chatted for a while, and Ni Fang said goodbye. Chen Xiaofan sent him out of the cave. Not long after, he returned to Tang Ning and presented a storage bag with both hands: "Uncle, this is Ni Fang. Before leaving, you asked me to hand it over to you.”

Tangning took the storage bag and checked it with her spiritual consciousness. There were seventy crystal-clear and top-quality spiritual stones placed inside.

This is the market price. The squad leader will give 30 million spiritual stones to each steward who votes for it, the brigade steward will receive 50 million spiritual stones, the brigade deputy captain will receive 70 million spiritual stones, and the brigade supervisor will receive 80 million spiritual stones. The commander of the alliance has 150 million spiritual stones, and the deputy captain of the alliance has 300 million spiritual stones.

He spent 1.5 billion spiritual stones on selecting the deputy captain of the alliance. Although this amount of spiritual stones is not a small amount, it is not worth mentioning compared to this position. It only takes two years at most. Earn it back.

That's why he agreed to the conditions of the Qiankun Chamber of Commerce and Gambling House to return 200,000 high-grade spiritual stones within ten years. For him now, earning 200,000 high-grade spiritual stones in ten years is not stressful at all, even if he doesn't practice cultivation. The cost of the elixir is not much different.

After Ni Fang left, several more direct brigade stewards came to visit, but not everyone delivered spirit stones. Some of them, who were originally brigade stewards, only said a few polite words of gratitude.

The next day, everyone gathered in the wing meeting hall to start a new round of job selection. After three consecutive days of deliberation, all the management positions of each brigade were finally decided, and basically every team had job vacancies.

The casualties among the Nascent Soul cultivators were so great, not to mention the Jindan disciples. There were originally 540 disciples in the regiment, but now there are only 372.

The staffing of each team has to be reduced. For example, in the directly affiliated team, the Jindan period disciples now only have the number 35. There is no way to maintain the original scale, so they can only reduce the staffing, with nine people in one team, and reduce it to four teams. prepared by.

Since there are nine stewards in the direct brigade, in addition to the captain, supervisor, and deputy captain, there is also a steward in charge of human resources and finance. The remaining four people just serve as stewards and concurrently as team captains.

The establishment of the directly affiliated brigade can be reduced, but this is not possible for the other brigade. Xuantang City has thirty pavilion cities, and each pavilion city must station a small team to guard and organize the mining and excavation of the resources under its jurisdiction.

Nowadays, there are fewer manpower, but the resources and territories owned have not been reduced. Even the resources and territories of those practicing families and Xuanmen sects that have been eliminated will be brought under the name of the sect.

Originally, there were thirty D-level mystical gates and three C-level mystical gates in Xuantang City. Now there are only twelve D-level mystical gates and only one C-level mystical gate. The territories under the jurisdiction of these Xuanmen have become ownerless. It is impossible for this thing to remain empty forever. It is expected that it will soon be divided among the three families of Nether Sea, Jiang Family, and Zongmen.

The more territorial resources one has, the more manpower will naturally be needed to handle it. The problem now is that the manpower has not increased, but has become less and less.

They had no choice but to discuss and discuss, and finally decided that not a single person in the team establishment could be reduced, and the team could only be reduced in number.

Originally a team of ten people was now reduced to a team of five to six people, responsible for the resources of a pavilion city, and more casual cultivators were recruited to supplement the manpower.

During the Donglai County war, many of the monks recruited by the alliance fled and had to be recruited again. Fortunately, there were enough low-level monks and the conditions given by the sect were high. It was not difficult to recruit some foundation-building and golden elixir casual cultivators. .

It was decided that the number of teams would remain unchanged, and the next question was how to allocate manpower. Nascent Soul monks were scarce in each brigade, and no brigade could fill the brigade steward positions.

Even if a steward is also the captain of a team, there will not be enough manpower, not to mention that the team also has inspectors, deputy captains, personnel and finance managers who are left behind to coordinate the overall situation.

After everyone discussed it, they finally decided to promote a group of experienced Jindan monks to temporarily lead the team and exercise the power of team leader. Of course, these are internal appointments and do not go through the sect.

After agreeing on the appointment of positions in each brigade, Tang Ning went to each department to issue appointments. After working for a while, the matter was finally resolved.

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(On New Year’s Eve, I wish you all a prosperous New Year. Also, please take some time off. I’ll be traveling to uncles and aunts’ houses in the first few days of the Spring Festival, so I guess I won’t have time to update.)