Hell Emperor.

Chapter 349: Shura Jie - Document Hall

"I have finally saved enough steel bones. I have waited too long to build the Document Hall."

In the pleasant and quiet place in the Golden Wheel Palace, Ye Jie stared at the records on the torn page in his hand and couldn't help but smile.

Thanks to the Bone Casting Hall, the output of steel bones has been greatly increased. In addition, the Earth Dragon King has been collecting bone fragments day and night, providing sufficient raw materials. This has allowed Ye Jie to collect all the materials needed for the Document Hall. He can immediately build the Document Hall he has been dreaming of and unlock the administrative options.

Sure enough, it was a correct decision to dismantle the useless golden wheel and use the steel frame of the golden wheel to fill the gap in the bone casting hall and complete the initial accumulation.

The location of the Wenshu Hall was also a difficult problem. It could not be located in a too busy area, so as not to be interrupted by the coming and going of people, nor could it be located too far from the main hall, after all, it was the administrative center of the Yama Hall. The location had to be in accordance with the Feng Shui terrain, not to bring bad luck, and to be integrated with other buildings to increase the beauty.

When choosing a location, Ye Jie was always dissatisfied with this or that, and changed the location countless times, which made him miss his past companions. If Xie Xinyu, who was good at feng shui, was here, he should have chosen the address of the Document Hall in no time, right?

After some twists and turns, Ye Jie finally chose the address, and then opened the seven stitched pages with satisfaction.

Without the Secretariat Hall, many matters in the hall cannot be carried out and management is extremely inconvenient. Once the Secretariat Hall is built, everything will be on track.

On the seven stitched pages, neat words slowly emerged:

【Writing Hall: The administrative center of Yama Hall. By bringing together the functions of different departments in one place, it reduces the low administrative efficiency caused by the dispersion of departments, which can greatly improve administrative efficiency and is an important window to show the image of Yama Hall. By centralizing the storage of documents and archives, it can effectively integrate various documents and historical materials. Ghost messengers in the hall can pay Yin De and quickly query the required information. The position of judge can be established for wandering souls to seek justice and change their fate, and more advanced administrative options can be unlocked. Construction requires 5 million Yin De, 200,000 catties of steel bones, and 100 wisdoms. 】

At this moment, Ye Jie had been waiting for a long time and chose to build without hesitation.

Soon, a series of information appeared on the remaining pages:
[Bookkeeping of life and death:]

[In the autumn of the 639th year of the Moro calendar, Shura Jie spent 5 million Yin De, 200,000 kilograms of steel bones, and 100 wisdoms to modify the architectural files of the Golden Wheel Palace.]

[The Document Hall has been added to the Golden Wheel Hall building column.]

The records on the seven stitched pages also invisibly changed the reality that Ye Jie saw. As the words fell, the earth began to shake, and a tall, white building rose from the ground, causing the surrounding ghosts to exclaim in surprise. The completion of the Document Hall also symbolized that the Yama Hall was on the right track.

"Although the Documents Hall has been built, another five million Yin De has been lost... Even the Lord of Yama Hall cannot afford to spend it like this."

Ye Jie shook his head helplessly. When he first became the master of the Golden Wheel Palace, he had more than 60 million merits, but now he has very little left. If he continues to spend like this, he is afraid that it will run out of money soon.

However, on the bright side, now that the Document Hall has finally been completed, perhaps among the newly unlocked administrative options there will be a plan to increase good karma.

Thinking of this, Ye Jie could no longer suppress his excitement and quickly turned over the seven stitched pages: "Let me see what administrative options there are."

Sensing Ye Jie's thoughts, a long row of densely packed words appeared on the seven stitched pages like a dragon and a snake, and the entire sheet of paper could hardly contain them all:
[Administrative options available in the Golden Wheel Palace:]

[Performance Appraisal: Introduce a performance appraisal system, regularly publicize the performance of ghost officials, and reward and punish accordingly, to prevent ghost officials from eating empty salaries and not doing their jobs, improve work efficiency, and motivate ghost officials. After the performance appraisal system is established, it will slightly increase the pressure and anxiety of ghost officials in the hall, which may lead to increased dissatisfaction. Unlocking requires one million Yin De and one million soul rhymes. ]

[Yin De Tax: Introduce the Yin De Tax system, collect Yin De Tax from the ghosts in the hall, increase the financial income of the Yama Hall, and set up multiple tax items to collect multiple tax amounts at the same time. After the Yin De Tax system is established, the dissatisfaction of the ghosts in the hall will increase according to the tax items and ranges. Harsh taxation will lead to accumulation of dissatisfaction and loss of ghosts. Unlocking requires 2 million Yin De and 2 million Soul Rhymes. ]

【Temple Guardian Beast: Introduce the temple guardian beast system, set up temple guardian beasts in the temple to show the image of Yama Temple. According to the realm and race of the temple guardian beast, increase the sense of security and identity of the ghosts in the temple. If the temple guardian beast is a rare and exotic beast, there is a chance that it will attract ghosts from other regions to worship, increase the population in the temple, promote economic development, and bring various blessings to Yama Temple. Unlocking requires 3 million Yin De and 5 million soul rhymes. 】

[Imperial Examination: Introduce the Imperial Examination system, through which more excellent ghost officials are objectively selected to improve their overall quality, and assign them to different positions according to their expertise, thus reducing the administrative burden of Yama Hall and slightly increasing the pressure and anxiety of ghosts in the hall. Unlocking requires 1 million Yin De and 1 million Soul Rhymes.]

【………】

Looking at all the information on the seven stitched pages, Ye Jie couldn't help but open his mouth, dazzled for a moment.

The richness of the administrative options within the palace was far beyond Ye Jie's expectations. One could not see the end of them at a glance. If you add up all the scattered options, there are thousands of them.

As the master of the palace, Ye Jie is qualified to add any administrative options he wants to the Golden Wheel Palace. Even if some options seem unreasonable or even very strange, as long as Ye Jie likes them and the resources are suitable, they can be unlocked.

Ye Jie's eyes quickly locked onto several of them.

"Performance appraisal and imperial examinations, these administrative options are very important. Guangwang Palace used these options before, and the effect is really good. They will help the better development of Yanluo Palace, so they can be adopted."

As if he thought of something, Ye Jie shook his head slightly. Perhaps it was because life in the Golden Wheel Palace was too comfortable, and the ghost officials were not enthusiastic about their work. There were always people who took advantage of the situation and were lazy and did not work, so that the tasks he assigned could not be completed on time, delaying the construction period. Now that these systems have been introduced, it can put some pressure on those lazy ghost officials.

"The guardian beast... This option is quite interesting. If you choose well, the entire Yama Palace can receive the blessing of the beast. I wonder what kind of blessing the Earth Dragon King can bring to the Golden Wheel Palace..."

Ye Jie scratched his head, unable to help but feel a little curious. After all, the Earth Dragon King was also a great demon at the level of the demon king, and could be considered a rare and exotic beast. He thought that he could bring good blessings to the Yama Palace.

However, compared with those world-famous mythical beasts, the Earth Dragon King is undoubtedly much weaker. The guardian beast of the temple is not just a title, but it maintains the image of the entire Yama Temple. Using a real mythical beast as a guardian beast is enough to show the extraordinaryness of the entire Yama Temple and make ghosts in all directions fear it. There are many benefits.

Ye Jie remembered that the guardian beast of the Pingdeng Temple was the auspicious beast Di Ting, which brought endless good luck. Only a beast like Di Ting could support the entire facade of the Pingdeng Temple. Although the Earth Dragon King was a demon king, he ate dirt all day long and looked gray. He would cause earthquakes and commit murders when he turned over. Even though they were both guardian beasts, there was still a big gap between him and Di Ting.

Ye Jie wanted to unlock the option of the temple guardian beast, but the high price made him hesitate.

"To unlock the option of the guardian beast, three million Yin De and five million Soul Rhythms are required? Together, it is more expensive than the other options."

"There are a total of five million souls in the Golden Wheel Palace. If we unlock the guardian beast, won't all other options be unlocked?"

"As a Shura, I can still obtain Yin De, but this soul charm cannot be obtained by ordinary methods..."

Thinking of the soul rhyme, Ye Jie couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed. The soul rhyme was not produced below the underworld, but was produced by the human world above the underworld.

As the Lord of Yama Palace, Ye Jie needs to confront the emperor of the mortal world in advance and use the corresponding mortal year number in order to harvest soul charm from the mortal world. The output of soul charm is closely related to the mortal world. The more prosperous the country that Ye Jie chooses the year number is, the more populous it is, and the more peaceful and contented the residents are, the more soul charm it will produce.

So far, Ye Jie, the master of the Golden Wheel Palace, has never confronted the emperor of the world and has been unable to obtain his soul.

Before this, Ye Jie had the opportunity to confront the King of Goguryeo, but he felt that it was not a suitable option and ultimately rejected the King's request.

Just as constructing a building requires steel bones, unlocking administrative options requires not only good karma, but also soul charm for each item. Without soul charm, one can only stare at the series of administrative options helplessly.

"Forget it... Let's solve the problem of lack of Yin De first. Don't let the time come when you lack both Yin De and Soul Charm."

Ye Jie thought about it and finally set his sights on one of the administrative options.

"Yin De Tax... As long as the corresponding tax items are set up, as the number of ghosts in the Golden Wheel Hall increases in the future, it will also increase a considerable amount of Yin De."

Among the administrative options presented on the seven stitched pages, the Yin De tax is the only way to increase the Yin De in the temple. The more ghosts there are in the temple, the more Yin De the tax will collect.

With sufficient good karma, not only can Ye Jie build more buildings in the underworld and allow the Golden Wheel Palace to develop better, but he can also use the good karma to modify his own files and further improve his strength, which can be said to be killing two birds with one stone.

"Unlocks the Yin De Taxation administrative option."

Thinking of this, Ye Jie did not hesitate and immediately unlocked the first administrative option.

However, the information presented on the seven stitched pages made Ye Jie slightly stunned:
[Bookkeeping of life and death:]

[In the autumn of the 639th year of the Moro calendar, Shura Jie spent 2 million Yin De and 2 million soul rhymes to modify the administrative options of the Golden Wheel Palace.]

【The Yin De tax has been added to the administrative agenda.】

"Executive agenda? What's that?"

Seeing the news on the seven stitched pages, Ye Jie's mouth twitched, and he had a bad feeling in his heart. How come the administrative options were not unlocked after spending the resources? Instead, an administrative agenda appeared.

As if sensing Ye Jie's confusion, the words on the seven stitched pages soon reappeared:

[It takes time for the executive agenda to change the deeply rooted ideas in others’ minds.]

【A judge is established to advance the executive agenda.】

"Judge?"

After seeing the news, Ye Jie pondered for a moment and had some guesses in his mind.

If you want to advance the administrative agenda, you must set up a judge in the Document Hall, and then the judge can advance the agenda. It’s useless to be anxious now.

Administrative options are different from building files. You only need to add a new building. Even if Ye Jie unlocks a certain administrative option in the Golden Wheel Palace files, the ghosts in the palace do not know how to implement it. It must be pushed forward by the judge before the ghosts in the palace can understand what is going on.

"If we want to advance the administrative agenda, we must first recruit judges... As the master of the hall, can't I also serve as a judge?"

Ye Jie scratched his head. He really wanted to know the answer to this question, but there was no relevant information on the seven stitched pages. Obviously, as the hall master, he could not serve as a judge at the same time.

"Okay... but who should be the judge? It seems that there is no ghost in the hall that is suitable for the position of judge."

Thinking of the candidates for judge, Ye Jie couldn't help but put his hand on his forehead. He couldn't let Shan Yao be the judge, right?
The role of Judge is not something that any ordinary ghost can take. He must have sufficient knowledge, broad vision, and rich experience. He must know how to deal with various things and understand how the ghosts of various functions operate. At the same time, he must be sympathetic to the hearts of the people, redress the grievances and change the fate of wandering souls, not be harsh and punish excessively, and certainly not let go of anyone who does evil.

If there was anyone suitable to be the judge, it would of course be Ye Jie himself. He had been a ghost catcher for many years and had seen all kinds of people in the world. He naturally knew how to make the most fair judgment. It was a pity that as the hall master, he could no longer be the judge and had to choose someone else. However, the selection of the judge became a big problem.

After careful consideration, Ye Jie still couldn't find a suitable candidate, so he could only shake his head and turn his attention elsewhere.

"Wait, I remember that after the Document Hall is built, we can change the name of Yama Hall. I have used the name of Golden Wheel Hall enough. What should I change it to?"

Ye Jie took a quick glance and quickly found the corresponding administrative option on the seven stitched pages.

[Change the appearance: Change the name of the Yama Hall to show a new look and make the ghosts in the hall more united. Changing the name multiple times in a short period of time will reduce the diplomatic evaluation of other Yama Halls. Unlocking requires 2 million Yin De and 2 million Soul Rhymes. ]

"Why does it take two million Yin De and two million Soul Rhymes to change the name of the temple?"

Looking at the records on the stitching page, Ye Jie glanced at the few remaining resources and immediately looked bitter.

The resources needed to change the name of the palace are as much as the combined resources required to introduce performance appraisals and the imperial examinations. Such a high expense cannot be borne casually.

Nowadays, the soul energy stored in the hall is decreasing day by day, and there is no way to increase it. The remaining resources do not allow him to have the luxury to change the name of the hall at will.

"Compared to changing the name of the palace, performance appraisal and imperial examinations are more important, right?"

Instead of spending these resources to change the name of the hall, it would be better to introduce several excellent systems to develop the Yama Hall better. Ye Jie shook his head and finally gave up the idea.

(End of this chapter)