Douluo Phoenix

Chapter 227 Unifying the Soul Master Academy

After Ju Douluo finished his report, the other departments also began to report one after another.

Information Minister Feng Xuan reported: "We have now established bases throughout the Douluo Federation, enabling rapid information exchange and feedback across the country. Any anomalies can be dealt with immediately."

After listening to these words, Wang Xiaofei said, "That's right, the Information Department does a great job in this regard. Sometimes, a time difference in information can make a big difference."

"However, the Information Department has another problem. We not only need to transmit information from the Douluo Federation government, but also need to transmit information to all the people. Just as I said before, we need to establish a national newspaper and newspaper office to express the information of the day in a newspaper and transmit it to everyone, whether they are Soul Masters or ordinary people."

Everyone present was puzzled, wondering what exactly a newspaper was.

Wang Xiaofei couldn't help but think to himself: These are all a bunch of country bumpkins who don't even know the basics of newspapers, let alone public opinion and information warfare.

"A newspaper is simply a piece of ordinary paper on which all the major events that happen in the past few days are written down and distributed cheaply to everyone in the country so that everyone can see the information in the newspaper."

"The information in the newspapers mainly includes some basic policies of the Douluo Federation government, some major events that have occurred within the Douluo Federation, some things that various departments need to introduce to the public, and even some gossip that the public cares about."

"Each newspaper can be sold for a small amount of money, such as one copper soul coin. In short, we don't make money from the newspaper, but we must ensure its wide circulation so that everyone knows about the newspaper and that more people subscribe to it. This will facilitate the flow of information and make it easier for the people of the Douluo Federation to understand some of the government's policies."

Seeing that everyone present still seemed a little confused, he said, "Regarding the newspaper, I will work with the R&D department to clarify things later and confirm the newspaper's specific implementation plan."

Everyone nodded in agreement.

Next, it's the other departments' business, which will be relatively simple.

The courts, the adjudication department, and the supervisory department were only mentioned briefly, with details like how many people were executed, how many were tried, and how many enemies were eliminated. Wang Xiaofei didn't care much about the data; as long as the departments functioned normally and didn't make any major mistakes, that was enough.

The Ministry of Education has more to do, Dean Huo Tianchen said: "Recently, the Ministry of Education has unified all advanced and ordinary soul master academies, incorporating all soul master academies into the Douluo Federation. All students enrolled in soul master academies can enjoy soul master subsidies from the Douluo Federation government, but they need to sign an employment contract first and join our Douluo Federation after graduation."

"Those who are unwilling to join the Douluo Federation will not receive any financial support from the Douluo Federation. Furthermore, the Douluo Alliance will not provide Soul Master subsidies to those who have already graduated or are not employees of the Douluo Federation government."

"In addition, our Ministry of Education has organized 300 Soul Masters to communicate with the R&D department to unify the textbooks for all students in the Douluo Alliance. The specific textbooks are still being compiled and are expected to be completed within a month."

After hearing these words, everyone present was shocked. In the past, the two great empires and the Spirit Hall had tried to win over the common people and even the so-called family spirit masters. However, each time they spent huge sums of gold spirit coins, they only managed to win over a very small number of people. This made many spirit masters feel that it was only natural for the Spirit Hall to distribute gold spirit coins.

The Ministry of Education has now cut off the root of the problem, not only taking over all Soul Master academies across the land but also using Gold Soul Coins to lure students. As for those graduates, if they don't join the Douluo Federation, wouldn't giving them Gold Soul Coins be a complete waste?

After hearing this, Wang Xiaofei couldn't help but nod: In the original work, the Spirit Hall's distribution of gold soul coins did indeed promote the development of soul masters, but it was more of a tool to aid the enemy. For example, among the Shrek Seven Devils, Tang San, Xiao Wu, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun were all commoner soul masters in the early stages. They relied on the resources distributed by the Spirit Hall for training. Without these gold soul coins, their growth would probably have been problematic. But did they ever feel even a trace of gratitude towards the Spirit Hall?

All the students in those higher academies received soul master subsidies from the Spirit Hall. When the real war came, apart from the soul masters they trained themselves, they couldn't win over any advanced soul master academies.

Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang is another example. He was idle for a long time and did not work. He relied on the Spirit Hall's gold spirit coins to support himself. He was extremely resentful of the Spirit Hall. He was a typical example of someone who would eat from the bowl and then curse the cook.

Even worse, after these commoners developed themselves with the Spirit Hall's subsidies for Spirit Masters, they overthrew the Spirit Hall, led by Tang San. From then on, there were no more subsidies for commoners as Spirit Masters, and no one helped them awaken their Spirits.

Ten thousand years later, it would be a hundred or a thousand times more difficult for ordinary soul masters to awaken their martial souls and develop their abilities. This was also partly the fault of Tang San and his group, because after they overthrew the Spirit Hall, they did not take corresponding measures to solve the problem.

Upon hearing these words, Bibi Dong, who had been calm and collected, showed a slight change in expression, as if she had thought of something.

This made Wang Xiaofei wonder: Was Bibi Dong giving Soul Master subsidies to graduated Soul Masters in order to deliberately give money to Yu Xiaogang, so that Yu Xiaogang, who never works, could live a relatively comfortable life?

The Ministry of Education's actions are arguably the most significant of all departments, and it faces the greatest pressure, especially for those advanced Soul Master academies. Many of these academies have powerful backers or alliances, and some even have Soul Douluo-level experts within their ranks.

However, recently the Judgment Department and other departments have been cooperating with the Ministry of Education. Everyone understands the significance of the Soul Master Academy to the Soul Master world. Only by fully controlling the Soul Master Academy can we truly control the entire Soul Master world of the Douluo Federation.

For example, in Tiandou City and Xingluo City, where Soul Master academies are concentrated, there are two Title Douluo stationed there, which serves as a deterrent to all Soul Masters. The Information Department and the Judgment Department also keep a close eye on things and will deal with any unusual activity immediately.

Of course, the Douluo Federation's Ministry of Finance will provide certain subsidies to the owners of those privately owned Soul Master academies. However, it is unknown whether the amount of subsidies will be sufficient, since those who go to negotiate are basically experts at the Soul Douluo level.

Wang Xiaofei firmly agrees with this point. As in the original work, the power of the Soul Master Academy is too great. Not only can it achieve internal independence, but it can even directly train people to oppose the Spirit Hall. Especially with Shrek Academy as the leader, Bibi Dong actually overlooked such a large force when she launched the Soul Hunting Operation.

Even though they had already completely broken off relations during the Soul Master Competition, how could Shrek Academy still be allowed to cultivate forces that were hostile to them? Isn't that brain-dead?

(End of this chapter)