Lu Xingxian glanced at Chen Xuan. The financial discussion was just a formality. As for how to write the accounts, he naturally didn't care. He didn't want to get something signed and signed.

He knew that Chen Xuan was very dissatisfied with Qin Gang. This signing was equivalent to a show of force. He clearly told Qin Gang that the internal financial affairs were in his hands and he could arrange them as he wanted.

Lu Xingxian was also dissatisfied with Qin Gang, but this so-called "disgrace" was unnecessary and only made people laugh.

Qin Gang waved his hand: "I remember that Junior Brother Chen said during the last meeting that there are only 20,000 spirit stones left in the ministry's finances. Now one month has passed, 17,000 spirit stones have been used, and there are still less than 3,000 spirit stones.

I don’t know what to do with my next expenses?”

"Of course I have to apply to the sect."

“I wonder how much subsidy I need to apply for?”

"Based on the monthly cost of ten thousand spiritual stones, fifty thousand spiritual stones is about the same."

Qin Gang nodded: "The Secret Academy distributes 150,000 spirit stones every year. After counting the disciples' salaries, at least 100,000 spirit stones can be left. It has only been seven months now, and it has already spent 100,000 spirit stones. And the expenses of the department

No less, in my opinion, fifty thousand spirit stones may not be enough."

Lu Xingxian said: "What does Junior Brother Qin mean?"

Qin Gang said: "Everything is done in advance, otherwise it will be ruined. I think the expenses should be reduced. As Junior Brother Chen said just now, for a Qi Refining disciple to attend a mission, the expenses and rewards are as high as three thousand spirit stones. Isn't it a bit excessive?

Is it too high?"

"Three thousand spiritual stones are equivalent to five years' salary of a tenth-level disciple of Qi Refining. Shouldn't it be appropriately reduced? This is still a time when there is no war. What if there is a war? Doesn't the ministry's finances have to spend more than 100,000 yuan a month?

"

"Moreover, the sect's finances are now tight. It's not what it used to be, so we should cut down on expenditures. I wonder what Senior Brother Lu means?"

Qin Gang's approach was quite clever. He did not use false account books as an excuse, knowing that it would be useless to expose the matter. He only said that the expenses were too high and should be reduced, thereby controlling financial expenditures.

Lu Xingxian said: "Junior brother Qin was transferred from the Supervision Department. He has been new to the department for a short time, so I don't know the specific details. Our department has the highest casualty ratio among all the departments in the sect. The tasks performed by the disciples are very dangerous. If you are not careful,

Your life will be in danger, and decades of hard work will be ruined. If it is not a high reward, how can the following disciples be willing to do their best?"

"Take this mission as an example. The disciples of the sixth team and the fifth team went deep behind enemy lines to spy on intelligence. The risk is very high. Once discovered, the consequences will be unimaginable. If the expenses are reduced, I am afraid that the disciples below will complain and be unwilling to work sincerely.

.You want the horse to run and you don’t give the horse grass to eat. This is absolutely impossible.”

Chen Xuan said: "An important piece of information may even be related to the survival of the sect. Decades ago, ancient ruins were discovered in Jingbei. The sect has not determined whether it is true or not. It was the Intelligence Department that obtained inside information from the Chamber of Commerce. The treasure of Duanji Mountain

A large number of Xingshang Guild personnel were dispatched, and Senior Brother Lu promptly informed the leader of the information, so the sect was able to confirm the existence of the Jingbei ruins."

"Thus, we occupied the position first until the Canglang Sect arrived. The Canglang Sect rewarded tens of millions of spiritual stones for this. The details of this matter are known to Senior Brother Zhu. I heard that the first clue to the Jingbei ruins was provided by Junior Brother Tang. It can be seen from this that,

The importance of information is far higher than the cost of spiritual stones."

"And if we talk about departmental expenses, for example, the Alchemy Department and the Weapon Refining Department cost up to 50,000 or 60,000 spirit stones a month. They are just refining elixirs and refining weapons in the sect. There is neither hard work nor risk.

What you enjoy is the highest treatment from the sect."

"And the disciples of our department perform the most dangerous and important tasks. From this perspective, the cost of more than 10,000 spiritual stones per month can be said to be frugal."

Qin Gang retorted: "Junior Brother Chen's words are wrong. The reduction of expenses I am talking about is to reduce the task subsidies for disciples, not to reduce the financial expenditure on intelligence. The example that Junior Brother Chen gave is about the internal intelligence of the Chamber of Commerce, which is indeed very useful.

But these are provided by the sect’s special funds, and what I’m talking about are the financial expenditures of the ministry.”

"Junior Brother Chen, since he talked about the elixir department and the weapon refining department, yes, their monthly expenses are indeed much higher than ours, but in addition to their expenses, they also have income. The refined elixirs and magical weapons

We handed it over to the sect and put it in shops in various cities and towns. The income they provided to the sect was higher than the expenses, but we only had expenses but no actual income."

"I propose that from now on, we should unify the mission rewards, operation expenses and loss subsidies for the disciples of the Department, and form a standardized standard. If any disciples disagree, they can come to me and I will explain it to them in detail. I believe they can understand."

Of course the disciples will understand that these paper accounts are false. He only needs to clearly stipulate the reward and punishment standards and set the standards according to what they actually receive.

When Qin Gang discussed with Tang Ning and Zhu Xu, they called this step a step that would greatly restrict Lu Xingxian's financial control.

Chen Xuan remained silent, while Lu Xingxian continued expressionlessly and slowly said: "For so many years, the department has always been doing this. Reducing expenses is now a big issue and involves many aspects. It is not only the disciples' operating expenses and subsidies, but also the cost reduction.

There are also financial subsidies for us to carry out the mission."

"Today is a financial discussion. Junior Brother Chen has already announced the financial expenditure situation for this month. As for reducing expenditures, it is not within the scope of today's discussion. We will discuss it next time."

Qin Gang didn't say anything, so the matter ended here for the time being. Lu Xingxian said two more things. One was about the private contact between a local family and the Demon Sect submitted by the Jiangdong Intelligence Station, and sent his disciples to investigate.

The other thing is to replenish the manpower of the department. A few days ago, the sect opened the mountain gate and admitted more than 300 children with spiritual root qualifications. In the past, every time the mountain gate was opened, it only admitted a maximum of 100 people. This time

This is an extremely rare ultimate move, and it has attracted more than 300 people.

Because of the battle with the Demon Sect in the past few years, the disciples suffered heavy casualties, with countless casualties and numerous departments being short of manpower, so they made an exception for this big move.

Since Lu Guang was heading to Jining Island, this matter was temporarily handed over to Tang Ning, who asked him to pre-select children with good spiritual abilities to join the Intelligence Department.

As long as the candidates are determined, the sect will directly arrange for these pre-selected children to enter the Intelligence Department as soon as they transform into mortals.

After Lu Xingxian finished speaking, he announced the end of the discussion, and everyone left the hall and returned to the cave.

At the eclipse of the sun, Tang Ning went to the meeting hall of the Secret Academy, and went to the Internal Affairs Department of the House of Internal Affairs together with the foundation-building monks from several other departments of the Academy.

The Internal Affairs Department is a small department, similar to the Herbology Department, with a total of more than ten disciples. The deacon of the Internal Affairs Department is a bright-faced old man named Yan Yugang, who is the only foundation-building monk in his department.

He personally received a group of people from the Jie Secret Academy and welcomed them to the second floor of the attic. He pointed to several stacks of papers on the chopping board and said: "Brothers, here are all the information about the sect's recruitment of disciples. According to the sect's regulations, the Jie Mi

Each department in the academy can choose fifteen disciples. After they transform into mortals, the sect will directly arrange for them to join your department according to the roster."

"Didn't I say that more than 300 disciples were recruited this time? There don't seem to be that many here." Tang Ning said. The stacks of rolls of paper on the desk were neatly stacked. There were 12 stacks in total, each stack containing 15 copies. It was clear at a glance.

Very good number.

Yan Yugang said: "Previously, Qingxuan Hall, Xuande Hall, and Yuanyi Hall have selected 150 people. This is the remaining roster."

"Junior Brother Tang, this is your first time to choose a disciple. I don't know the details. Over the years, the sect has selected Qingxuan Hall, Xuande Hall, and Yuanyi Hall before we choose. However, all the disciples with excellent spiritual roots have already been selected by them.

, we all pick up what others left behind." Inspector Ke Machang said.

Wang Boxuan of the Security Department said: "Fortunately, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will pick up what we have left after us. Let's comfort them like this! I can feel a little more at ease."

Everyone here is the successor of the next deacon of their respective departments. If nothing unexpected happens, there is a high probability that they will take over the position of the next deacon.

Because the job of selecting disciples is the responsibility of the foundation-building monks who are in charge of the specific affairs of the ministry, and the position of being in charge of the specific affairs of the ministry is usually a powerful figure in the ministry, and only those who are assumed to be the successors of the next generation of deacons will take up this position.

This is an unspoken rule that has not been stated explicitly by the sect.

Just like the master of Qingxuan Palace took over the position of head. Therefore, the one with the lowest cultivation level among the few people is also a monk in the middle stage of foundation building.

Since he is the next successor to the deacon, his cultivation level cannot be too low. If he does not have the cultivation level in the middle stage of foundation building, he is not qualified to hold this position.

This is also the reason why Lu Xingxian didn't send Chen Xuan and asked Tang Ning to take charge of the matter. Chen Xuan only had the early stage of foundation building. Wouldn't asking him to come look like he was inferior to others in the Intelligence Department?

The several departments under the Secret Academy are all major departments. Each department has several foundation-building monks, and the deacons are all late-stage foundation-building monks.

Without this level of cultivation, it would be difficult to be qualified for the position of deacon, and it would be easy for others to gossip about you.

This is just like the court ministers in the secular world. Those court ministers also pay attention to seniority ranking. No kingdom will let a young man in his teens or 20s hold the position of three princes, no matter how visionary and capable he is.

Those three princes and court ministers are all old men who have been working hard for many years and have experienced many ups and downs in officialdom.

In the world of spiritual practice, cultivation is equivalent to qualifications in the secular world, and the two principles are interlinked.

Tang Ning said: "Why do the three palaces only select fifty people, but we have more people than them?"

Tian Jingxing from the Secret Security Section said: "The Secret Academy has always had the highest number of casualties. What's so surprising about choosing more people than them? Furthermore, they have all chosen the good ones. Let's choose the ones they have left. Can we successfully transform into mortals and return to the world?"

Two words. It would be good if at most half of these people can successfully transform into mortals. Even if the overall number is greater than them, the actual number will not be as good as them by then!"

Ren Jun from the secret discipline department smiled and said: "Our department once had this situation. We selected ten people that year, but in the end only one succeeded in transforming into a mortal."

Everyone picked up the files on the desk and read them one by one. The spiritual qualifications, age, and family background of the new sect disciples were all recorded on them.

These selected disciples obviously have no background. They are at most the children of local families. Anyone with a relevant background has already been booked privately and will not be put up for them to choose.

The main factor in selecting disciples was their spiritual qualifications. Their age and family background were all false. Tangning selected fifteen people from one hundred and eighty files, all of whom had mid-range qualifications.

The ones with the best qualifications have already been selected by the three halls, and the rest are some disciples with average spiritual root qualifications. He went through 180 files, but he didn't find a single disciple with the best qualifications, but there were quite a few with lower qualifications.

Waiting disciple.

In the past, when the sect recruited disciples, disciples with lower spiritual roots were not accepted. This time, due to the shortage of manpower, they made an exception to recruit more manpower. Therefore, the requirements were not so strict, and those with lower qualifications were reluctantly recruited.
Chapter completed!