Chapter 499: People from Bai Yujing

The Martial Evaluation Division was a scene of busyness.

Officials were overwhelmed by the martial evaluation matter.

As the place where martial officials rose to prominence, on par with the Wenyuan Pavilion, the government office was not set up in the Thousand-Step Corridor, but within the imperial palace, in order for the royal family to show their benevolence and thirst for talent toward the world's martial artists.

It was extremely special.

The Director of the Martial Evaluation Division was even more of a pure and noble official title, just like the Grand Secretary of the Wenyuan Pavilion.

Li Rui walked into the Martial Evaluation Division.

The first thing that caught his eye was the dazzling array of weapons.

The Wenyuan Pavilion was originally a place for the royal family to store books, and the Martial Evaluation Division was the same; it was a place to store weapons, so it was normal to have many weapons.

It was unknown how many rare weapons of the world were stored within.

Even First-Rank immortal weapons were stored within.

"Lord Li."

A middle-aged, burly man with a thick beard greeted him.

His face was full of smiles toward Li Rui.

This person was the current Director of the Martial Evaluation Division, who had come from a background as a Martial Top Graduate.

Li Rui looked at Director Wu Ping with a smile.

"Director Wu, how is the martial evaluation matter?"

He had received this task from Chief Councilor Zhang yesterday, and then came to the Martial Evaluation Division to check the situation.

Wu Ping said respectfully: "Lord Li, the thirty people in the division are already organizing it, but..."

Then he showed a difficult expression.

"My lord, the number of those cultivators is too large, and all parties have been slow to send the information, fearing that it will delay the time."

Li Rui looked at Wu Ping.

He was all too familiar with this rhetoric.

First say you're doing your best, then talk about difficulties, and then throw all the problems onto other government offices.

In this way, responsibility could be avoided.

Very old-fashioned.

But also very effective.

From the ninth rank down to the first rank in the court, it was tried and tested.

And to say that these people were purely shirking responsibility was not true; getting things done was difficult.

Of course.

To say that Wu Ping was purely shirking responsibility would also be wronging him.

The Martial Evaluation Division had only thirty-some people.

They did clerical work organizing information.

The key still lay in Great Yu's terrifying information network spread across the world.

If there was no information, even with heaven-reaching ability, one couldn't organize a martial evaluation.

The smile on Li Rui's lips faded: "Director Wu, this is a matter decreed by His Majesty, it must be accomplished; you should know that if it cannot be accomplished, you cannot bear the blame."

Wu Ping was stunned.

Soon he restored his smile: "Lord Li is right."

In his heart, he was slightly surprised.

This Lord Li had a reputation as a good person in the capital and was the most approachable, but now it seemed that the rumors might be biased.

Just with that official authority just now, it was impossible for him to be easy to get along with.

He was clearly an old hand in the officialdom.

Wu Ping dared not be negligent anymore.

Before he could speak, Li Rui continued: "The time cannot change; if there are any problems, organize them now. In a few days, I will be ordered by His Majesty to inspect the East Sea."

Inspect the East Sea?!

Hearing this.

Wu Ping's eyes widened instantly.

He had been an official for many years and understood instantly that the opportunity to break the deadlock had come!

The so-called inspection.

In the folk, it had a louder name, called an Imperial Envoy.

Holding the Imperial Sword, officials below the third rank could be executed first and reported later; it was truly majestic.

Making local officials fear them like tigers.

It was just that the place Li Rui was inspecting this time was a bit special.

Ordinary Imperial Envoys inspected the world's provinces.

Li Rui was good; he was going to the East Sea.

What was in the East Sea?

Apart from the countless sea demons, naturally, there were those overseas Immortal Sects.

The World Martial Evaluation followed the rules of that year.

Only evaluating the Manifest Sects, not the Hidden Sects.

Within Great Yu, it had already been evaluated for the most part, and the most troublesome were the Immortal Sects on the scattered immortal islands overseas.

As long as Li Rui's inspection of the East Sea could bring back information on the major Immortal Sects.

The difficulty of the martial evaluation could be reduced by a large margin.

"Good, good, I will go handle it right away; within three days, it will definitely be delivered to your hands, my lord."

Wu Ping promised immediately.

With a good superior helping to solve the biggest problem, if he still shirked at this time, he would really be at the end of his seat as Director of the Martial Evaluation Division.

He couldn't help but secretly rejoice in his heart.

Fortunately, it was Li Rui presiding over the martial evaluation this time.

Compared to those officials who deceived their superiors and oppressed their subordinates, he was undoubtedly much stronger.

'I heard early on that this Lord Li was highly valued by His Majesty; now it seems, it is indeed so.'

He was well-versed in the ways of the officialdom.

To get things done in the court, one's own cultivation was important, but His Majesty's appreciation was even more important.

Li Rui possessed both.

Working under such a superior was a great stroke of luck.

Li Rui looked at Wu Ping's active appearance.

He nodded with satisfaction.

"Not bad."

He secretly praised in his heart.

If Wu Ping still acted timidly and shirked responsibility after getting his promise.

Then he would probably have to consider changing the head of the Martial Evaluation Division.

After finishing the matter.

Li Rui did not stay in the Martial Evaluation Division for too long.

After exiting the Meridian Gate.

He returned to the government office of the Mountain-Seeking Division.

The Mountain-Seeking Division was as cold and clear as ever.

Walking into the office room.

Someone was already sitting inside, and it was He Qiannian.

"Senior He, I've kept you waiting."

"No matter, you just do your business; being able to let me participate in the martial evaluation is already excellent."

He Qiannian didn't mind.

Li Rui: "It's already been arranged properly; in seven days, we will set off for the East Sea."

He Qiannian nodded.

Not bad.

For this inspection of the East Sea, Li Rui intended to take He Qiannian with him.

Li Rui invited He Qiannian to revise the martial evaluation, but he couldn't just let He Qiannian go into the Martial Evaluation Division directly.

Although He Qiannian had worked in the Dark Guard, he was now a loose person without official rank.

Entering and exiting the imperial palace had to be reported to His Majesty for his nod.

Although Li Rui asked himself that his impression in His Majesty's heart was not bad, he wouldn't really treat the imperial palace as his own home, letting whoever he wanted enter; this was no different from entering the palace with a sword and shoes, and receiving the Nine Bestowments.

Those who dared to do this almost never had a good ending.

He Qiannian: "Kid Li, this inspection of the East Sea will not be easy."

"Senior's reminder is correct."

Inspecting the provinces was majestic.

That was because the officials of the provinces were appointed by the imperial court, and imperial power was heaven's might, so naturally no one dared to provoke them.

But the East Sea was different.

Although according to legal principles, the East Sea was all Great Yu's territory.

But in reality, apart from those fishermen, the Great Yu court had almost no influence in the East Sea.

Not to mention those Immortal Sects.

Li Rui's trip would certainly be full of difficulties.

But it had to be done.

As the saying goes, when poor, cultivate oneself, when successful, benefit the world.

Having reached this point, no matter from which aspect, Li Rui could be counted as a successful person, and it was impossible to avoid everything.

It was just a matter of what should be done and what should not be done.

And whether it was the official position of Peace-Establishing Commandant or the matter of presiding over the martial evaluation, he had to make a trip to the East Sea.

It was better to borrow the momentum of the Imperial Envoy to get things done.

Now he was already a high-level official of Great Yu.

To use the words of his previous life, that was having a stake, a relationship of prospering together and suffering together.

Although Li Rui could not be completely tied down.

But his cultivation method needed a stable environment; the more stable Great Yu was, the more comfortable his cultivation could be.

Naturally, he would do what he could.

Dusk.

The setting sun dyed the clouds on the horizon a bright red.

The capital was as prosperous as ever.

It was just that there were many fewer pedestrians on the street than during the day.

A carriage drove slowly past the city gate.

The guards in front of the city gate had no intention of blocking it at all, because they all recognized that it was the carriage of the Imperial Observatory, and sitting inside was the Director of the Imperial Observatory, Gu Changsheng.

Who dared to block it?

The carriage drove past street after street.

At this time.

A woman's voice sounded inside the carriage: "Just stop here."

Driving the carriage was Han Qin.

"Alright."

Han Qin pulled the reins lightly, and the demon horse snorted, spraying rough breath and stopping.

Just as she was about to jump off the carriage.

Turning her head, she saw the carriage curtain being slowly lifted.

First was a man with sword-like eyebrows and star-like eyes, standing tall and straight, then a woman of stunning beauty, extraordinary and refined.

The two walked off the carriage.

Finally, it was an old man with the appearance of an immortal.

Not bad.

Sitting in the carriage was not Gu Changsheng.

But Gu Changsheng's "friend."

The old man looked at the golden-roofed imperial city not far away and laughed long, stroking his beard.

Han Qin stood behind the three of them somewhat reservedly, watching silently.

These three were exiled immortals from the lower realm, Gu Changsheng's honored guests.

From a few words, Han Qin heard that they seemed to all come from... Bai Yujing.

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