Chapter 821: The Third Five-Year Plan (Part II)

Shang Rong nodded and said, "The prefecture and county system is indeed no longer sufficient. Currently, our Great Shang has confirmed over twenty thousand prefectures, all under the direct administration of the Imperial Court, and our workload is already immense."

Were it not for the fact that the officials in the court have basically all become immortals, such a workload would be enough to exhaust everyone to death.

Managing a territory with a radius of one million li is an entirely different concept from managing a territory of several hundred million li, and more than half of this territory has not yet had prefectures and counties established because it must be kept secret.

Otherwise, the workload of the Cabinet and the Five Ministries would have to at least double.

Du Yuanxian, Yang Ren, Mei Bo, and others nodded one after another; in order to complete their official duties on time, they often had to employ the Clone Technique and work through the night, otherwise, they simply could not finish.

Yin Qi nodded and said, "I intend to set up nine levels of administrative units, from low to high: Village, County, Prefecture, Province, Dao, Prefecture-Continent, Domain, Boundary, and Departmental Continent.

For example, the entire Honghuang can be divided into thirty-six Departmental Continents.

Under each Departmental Continent, it is divided into thirty-six Boundaries,

Under each Boundary, it is divided into thirty-six Domains,

Under each Domain, it is divided into thirty-six Prefecture-Continents,

Under each Prefecture-Continent, it is divided into thirty-six Daos,

Under each Dao, it is divided into thirty-six Provinces,

Under each Province, it is divided into thirty-six Prefectures.

Below the Prefecture, the number of counties is not set, but they must continue to be subdivided.

Divide them according to a radius of three to five hundred li per county, and divide each village according to a radius of thirty to fifty li, so as to refine grassroots management."

The current prefecture and county system is still too crude, and the geographical scope is too large.

When the scope is large, it is naturally difficult to govern with precision.

A sharp light flashed in the eyes of Shang Rong and the others; for the first time, they felt Yin Qi's ambition and aspirations.

Yin Qi smiled slightly and said, "Of course, with our current territory, it is enough to set up 'Dao' at the highest level. The original Great Shang territory shall be designated as Jingji, and the prefecture and county system will be retained, without setting up Provinces or Daos."

"At the same time, to facilitate the management of the world, every official's Mobile Phone needs to download the 'Yinshang Government' application. From now on, the issuance of government decrees, the assessment of officials, etc., will all be conducted within it to improve efficiency."

"In this application, I will also introduce an existence similar to an 'Artifact Spirit'; she will assist officials in completing government affairs."

"For example, if the Ministry of Revenue needs to do accounting, as long as you give her the raw data and the requirements for the ledger, she can quickly generate the desired bill for you, saving a large amount of tedious work."

The territory is too large; if information-based management is not implemented, it is difficult for the Imperial Court's control to penetrate to the grassroots level such as villages.

And introducing an immortal spirit, besides assisting officials in handling official business, can also play a supervisory role.

Regarding the setting of administrative units, Shang Rong and the others had no objections and could understand it, but they were at a loss when it came to using 'Yinshang Government' to handle official business and things similar to an Artifact Spirit.

As for an Artifact Spirit, they had only heard of it.

As for an application assisting in handling official business, they could not imagine it at all.

However, out of blind trust in Yin Qi, they still nodded with solemn expressions.

Yin Qi said, "I also know that you have doubts about this 'Yinshang Government' application. After you go back and download it, the Artifact Spirit will guide you to become familiar with it and use it. Head Minister, make a detailed plan regarding the division of local administrative regions."

Shang Rong promised, "Yes, Great King."

Yin Qi continued, "Another thing is the Five Ministries. I feel the division of the Five Ministries is too crude, so I have decided to split the Five Ministries into the Ministry of Personnel, Ministry of Revenue, Ministry of Rites, Ministry of Works, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Medicine, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Ministry of Resources, and Propaganda Department, adding these seven ministries."

Shang Rong and the others were thoughtful and nodded one after another.

Ministry of Education, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Medicine, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Ministry of Resources, and Propaganda Department—one can tell what these seven ministries are for just by looking at their names, and now becoming independent ministries also represents the Human King's emphasis.

Yin Qi continued, "For the candidates for the Ministers of these seven ministries, the Cabinet should discuss it first and present the list to me."

"Yes, Great King."

An hour later, Shang Rong and the others left Zichen Hall.

Subsequently, Zhang Shaokang's clone entered; his true self was still out on a campaign.

"Great King, this is the resource captured last year." Zhang Shaokang took out a Space Ring and stepped forward to hand it to Yin Qi.

Now he basically still turns in resources every month, and then receives various Dharma Treasures, Pills, and finished Warships from Yin Qi, forming a virtuous cycle.

In fact, ever since the National Teacher's Yang Spirit fell last year, Zhang Shaokang had worried that the Martial Hall would be cut off from these resources.

But looking at it now, it was clearly his own overthinking.

The Great King is far more mysterious than he imagined.

The various cultivation resources provided have not decreased, but rather increased.

Moreover, the grades are getting higher and higher; even Mysterious Immortal Pills and Mysterious Immortal Liquid have been provided in a cumulative total of over a thousand portions; other pills above the Immortal Level number in the hundreds of thousands, and warships above the Immortal Level exceed five thousand.

Yin Qi took the Space Ring and handed another one to Zhang Shaokang, which contained various cultivation materials produced by the Immortal Court last month, and then asked, "How is the development of the Martial Hall now, and how many disciples are in the Secret Hall?"

After taking the Space Ring, Zhang Shaokang reported, "Not counting the cultivators registered with the Martial Hall, the cultivators directly under our Martial Hall have reached 230 million, among which there are over 1,600 Mysterious Immortals and over 300 warships;"

"Over 60,000 Heavenly Immortals and over 9,000 warships."

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"Over 180,000 Earth Immortals and over 20,000 warships."

Cultivators below the Immortal Realm are basically all above the Earth Realm, with the Heaven Realm accounting for about thirty percent.

"As for the Secret Hall, it has now developed to over 30,000 people, basically all with cultivation above the Heaven Realm."

Compared to the era of Di Yi, the current Great Shang is naturally unreasonably strong.

But placed in the Honghuang, not counting Yin Qi himself, this level of strength can only barely squeeze into the ranks of third-rate forces.

Like super-large forces such as the Witch and Demon, even now, the Golden Immortal level power alone exceeds ten thousand, and as for Mysterious Immortals, they number in the tens of millions.

Yin Qi nodded and said, "The next development of the Martial Hall will still focus on secrecy. Strive to improve your own strength; after Xiqi is pacified, you can develop openly."

Although puzzled, Zhang Shaokang nodded very seriously: "Yes, Great King."

After Zhang Shaokang left, Yin Qi picked up a Jade Slip, probed his immortal sense into it, and a large amount of information immediately flooded into his mind.

This is Yao Chen's annual report.

Yao Chen, Hall Master of Tianluo Hall, is also currently the most mysterious person in the Yin Shang.

Under his leadership, Tianluo Hall has already developed into a behemoth; excluding peripheral members, internal members alone exceed ten million, among whom over ten thousand are at the Immortal Realm or above.

Of course, this is also the result of Yin Qi's vigorous support.

With Zhaoge as the center, the major forces within a radius of two billion li have basically all been infiltrated by Tianluo Hall.

Even in the distant Great Yong Immortal Dynasty, there is activity from Tianluo Hall.

"This speed is still a bit slow."

Putting down the Jade Slip, Yin Qi frowned slightly and sighed softly.

A radius of two billion li is a very vast territory; Yao Chen's speed is actually not slow, but compared to Honghuang, this speed is a bit slow.

Given the current national strength of the Yin Shang, infiltrating ordinary forces no longer has any meaning.

But Yao Chen's cultivation as a Mysterious Immortal limits his range of activity.

Thinking of this, Yin Qi made a decision in his heart; he had the Immortal Spirit send a message to Yao Chen, telling him to return to Zhaoge, and subsequently instructed the Immortal Spirit to manufacture a Golden Immortal Power Furnace at the fastest speed.

For the Quasi-Saint level Immortal Court, let alone a Golden Immortal level one, it could easily mass-produce even a Great Luo level Power Furnace.

Afterwards, Yin Qi also learned about the current war situation between the Chan Sect and the Jie Sect through the Immortal Spirit.

Through the unremitting instigation and manipulation of public opinion by the Immortal Spirit, the Chan Sect and the Jie Sect have now entered into an all-out war; both sides are fighting extremely fiercely all over Honghuang, with millions of disciples dying every day. (End of this chapter)