Chronicles of Celestial Origins

The days are as calm as water, and many years pass in the blink of an eye.

In the Huajian Pavilion, in the Fengwei Mountains, in front of the majestic and majestic cave, a distant light shot out, and Tang Ning's figure appeared. He turned his hand and the talisman sank into the room.

Not long after, as the thick fog rolled, a bearded man with full cheeks came out, bowed and said, "Uncle Tang, Uncle Yu, please come in."

The two of them entered the inner room one after another and came to a vast hall.

"Uncle Tang, please wait for a moment. Uncle Yu has other important matters to deal with. He will come over in a moment. Disciple, please leave first." The man said, turned around and left the room.

After waiting for about half an hour, footsteps sounded outside, the stone door opened, and Yu Qingxiao came in from the outside.

Tang Ning quickly stood up and saluted: "Senior Brother Yu, I take the liberty of disturbing you."

Yu Qingxiao returned the gift: "I just had some urgent matters to deal with. I asked Junior Brother Tang to wait for a long time."

The two exchanged a few words and sat down separately.

"Junior Brother Tang must be here for the sect's centenary inspection!" Yu Qingxiao said with a smile.

"Nothing can be hidden from senior brother's discerning eyes. It is my first time to face the inspection of the sect since I took office. Many things inside are not clear. After thinking about it, I have no choice but to trouble senior brother. I sincerely ask senior brother to give me some advice."

Taixuanzong levied taxes on all the Taoist sects within its jurisdiction once every hundred years. According to the size of the sect and the cultivation resources within its jurisdiction, each Taoist sect affiliated with Taixuanzong had to pay a large amount of spiritual money. stone.

Paying tribute is an attitude that represents submission to Tai Xuan Zong's rule and recognition of Tai Xuan Zong's status as "Emperor".

Although the influence of Taixuanzong has been declining over the years, and the disobedience of the princes in Qingzhou has become clear, so far, no sect has dared to openly change its banner and directly resist Taixuanzong.

Therefore, every time taxes are levied, Taoists in various places will still pay their share of tribute taxes in full.

Tang Ning had participated in the process of collecting taxes when he was under the direct control of the alliance. Now that he was the captain of the team, it was completely different from what he had been back then.

However, he made a special trip to ask Yu Qingxiao for advice today, not for trivial matters such as tax collection, but to deal with the sect's century-old inspection.

In the rules and regulations of Taixuanzong, there is a corresponding review and inspection mechanism for all candidates for positions above the team captain or above in the subordinate ministries and departments, including the Qingwu Camp and Yanwu Camp stationed on the border.

To put it bluntly, it means re-election. The review and inspection of the team leader is conducted once every hundred years.

In other words, the term of the team leader is one hundred years.

Whether you can continue to sit in this position depends on the results of the inspection and review. Since Taixuanzong also collects taxes once a hundred years, the two are done at the same time every time.

After the sect completed the tax collection, it immediately conducted an audit and inspection of each team leader.

Each such review and inspection will eliminate some team captain positions, and the results of the inspection are jointly decided by the three main figures of the team and the person responsible for the inspection from the sect.

Seeing that the first Taixuanzong inspection and review was coming, Tangning naturally wouldn't just sit back and wait. Wouldn't she just pray to the gods?

As the deputy captain of the brigade, Yu Qingxiao has a key vote in the inspection and review, and is the one he must win over.

In particular, the other two main figures in the team are quite prejudiced against him.

Needless to say, He Lian, after Lin Quan's incident, the relationship between the two dropped to a freezing point. Although Hao Jianren did not continue to pursue the case due to pressure from Hao Jianren, it did not mean that he had completely let go of the matter, so that vote was basically Impossible to win.

As for Xie Minghua, he didn't like him very much. Ever since the birthday party, although he didn't blame him in words, no one knew whether he had a grudge in his heart.

Therefore, Yu Qingxiao's vote is very important. He must win this key vote, otherwise this position will most likely be replaced.

"This matter! It can be said to be simple, but it can also be said to be complicated." Yu Qingxiao said with a smile: "There is no big difference between the sect's review and inspection and the annual inspection of our brigade when collecting materials. It is just that the questions are more Just be more specific.”

"As long as you strictly follow the sect's rules and regulations and do not violate the rules in private, there is nothing to worry about during the review and inspection."

"As for your selection after the inspection, it all depends on your performance."

Tang Ning said, "Please give me some advice from Senior Brother Yu."

Yu Qingxiao said: "I don't need to say more about this matter of human relations and sophistication. I will only tell you the candidates sent by the sect to review and inspect! The sect will send four disciples to conduct corresponding reviews on the Ministry of Health."

"The four people are composed of disciples from the Inspection Department of Xuande Hall, disciples from the Audit Department of Qingxuan Hall, disciples from the outer imperial department of Yuanyi Hall, and disciples from the Discipline Department of the Secret Academy."

"The selection after the inspection is also decided by these four people plus the brigade captain, supervisor, and deputy captain. These seven people will decide whether you can continue to serve as captain."

"If more than half of the staff veto it, you will be removed from office. Otherwise, you can continue to serve."

"This is also why the sect arranges disciples from four different departments during the review and inspection."

"The four people are in different departments, and their friendship with each other will not be very deep. This can prevent the four of them from colluding with each other and arbitrarily deciding the appointment and dismissal of the disciples. It can also ensure that the disciples responsible for the review and inspection of the sect have an absolute advantage."

"As long as four of the seven people veto it unanimously, and more than half of the votes are cast, you can be removed from the position of captain. This can avoid collusion among the people below, and the complicity of the top and bottom, and become monolithic."

"Even if the team leader, inspector, and deputy team leader are unanimous in their support, if the four members of the sect's review team disagree, they can still be removed from the team leader's position."

"If you want to keep your current position, you need to get four votes out of seven people."

"Generally speaking, the disciples responsible for the review and inspection have no grievances or grudges against you. As long as the kindness is done properly and the responsible resource jurisdiction does not exceed the rules, they will not deliberately make things difficult."

Tang Ning nodded and said, "Senior Brother Yu, please tell me clearly how to do this in terms of human relationships."

"Generally this number is enough for the team leader's review and inspection." Yu Qingxiao held out two fingers.

"Thank you, Senior Brother Yu, for your advice. I understand. Senior Brother Yu, I hope you can show your support during the sect's review and inspection. Inspector He and Uncle Xie have always been unkind to me, so all I can count on is you."

"Junior brother Tang, don't worry. With our friendship, can I still hinder you? But I advise you that it is best to ease the relationship with them. After all, you serve in the subordinate team of the third brigade, and they are your direct subordinates after all. Boss, if the relationship is too tense, it will do you no good."

Tang Ning sighed slightly: "Hey! Why don't I want to ease the relationship with Inspector He and Uncle Xie, but they are really prejudiced against me. To put it bluntly, even if I try to stick to someone's cold butt, I may not stick to them. Wearing.”

"Inspector He is very hostile to me because of Lin Quan's incident. You all know this, so I won't say more."

"As for Uncle Xie, he doesn't want to see me at all. When he was elected to this position, he voted for Sima Teng twice. Last time I disturbed his thousand-year-old birthday party, which made him unhappy. I guess it will be difficult to win his favor. support."

Yu Qingxiao said: "Junior Brother Tang, I have to say a few words to you. The things you said are actually just nonsense. There is no fundamental conflict of interest between you and them."

"You didn't know about Lin Quan's affairs beforehand, and you didn't go specifically for Senior Brother He. Of course, after all, you killed his people, and he took revenge on you like that. There may be some grudges between you and the relationship is not good. That’s understandable.”

"But do you have any irreconcilable grudges with Uncle Xie? The birthday banquet that day was just a small episode. You were neither targeting him nor the Xie family. Even though the dispute that day made him feel so... The slightest bit of embarrassment is, at best, just the embarrassment of a host who has not treated his guests well."

"That matter has nothing to do with him."

"Take a step back and say it! Even if he is a little dissatisfied with you, wouldn't you take the initiative to adjust it? Just ask to see him a few more times and say something nice, right?"

"If you don't take the initiative to ease up, are you still waiting for him to come to you and ask for peace?"

"Let me say something ugly. Based on your current status and position, no matter whether you are wrong or not, you have to apologize to him, or at least show your attitude."

"Now he is still a little worried about Master Fang, so he doesn't make things too difficult for you, but you can't rely on Master Fang all your life. What if Master Fang is transferred one day? What will you do? He can't do anything he wants to do. How to squeeze you."

"Senior Brother Yu's words made me enlightened. I know what to do. Thank you very much for your advice."

The two chatted for a long time, and Tang Ning stood up and left. Then she came to Xie Minghua's cave, turned her hand over, and handed the talisman inside.

After waiting for about a quarter of an hour, a figure flashed out from the room, and a burly man appeared. He bowed and saluted: "Master Tang, Master Xie is not in the house now."

"Oh! Okay, I'll come back next time." Tangning nodded and left without stopping. Xie Minghua had this attitude, let alone He Lian, and he didn't want to be condescending to him. He Lian smiled and spoke.