Yes, Lady Funina!

"I understand. So what do I need to do?" Clorinde was also a person who listened to advice. After Richard explained the pros and cons, she quickly accepted Richard's proposal.

"Keep her busy, whether it's giving lectures or going to the Oprykle Opera House to watch the trial, and let her spend as much time as possible in harmless ways."

"After all, if we just watch the show, it won't bring down a department. If she issues the decree based on her thinking, we may really have to consider looking for a new job in the job market, Clorinde."

"That's not the case. I'm still a duel agent." Clorinde joked.

Neither Linnet nor Richard laughed.

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On the other side, Funina came to her office with high morale, like a king inspecting her territory.

"Secretary General Richard, have you come up with the plan I want?"

"Yes, Lady Furninna. Also, Lady Furninna, Ms. Clorinde officially became your personal secretary a few days ago, and I have handed over the work to her."

When Fu Nina heard this, her face turned pale. She thought Richard was not going to help her, so she asked hurriedly, "What do you mean? Are you going to resign?"

"Of course not. I am still your Executive Secretary General. I was previously unable to find a suitable candidate, so I temporarily served as your personal secretary. Now that I have a suitable candidate, I naturally cannot continue." Richard explained.

After hearing that Richard was not going to resign, Fu Nina breathed a sigh of relief, and then belatedly asked, "Why was I the last one to know about the personal secretary prepared for me?"

Shouldn't she be the one to choose her own personal secretary? It's not that she thinks Clorinde is bad, but Furninna thinks that she should at least be informed of this kind of thing first.

"Didn't you read the recent documents? It mentioned that."

It was indeed mentioned, but it was sandwiched between a pile of documents by Richard, and it would be easy to miss it if you didn't look carefully.

As expected, after hearing Richard's words, Funina was even more confused. When did it happen? How come she didn't know?

This time it was not that she was lazy. Ever since she was tortured by Charlotte, she has been very dedicated. She may not read all the documents carefully, but at least she would take a general look at them. However, I have no impression of this happening at all.

Looking at the confident Richard, Funina couldn't help but start to doubt, could it be that she really missed reading the document?

Volume 23: Chapter : Lord Li is narrow-minded

Forget it, let’s put the matter of selecting a personal secretary aside for now. The candidate is pretty much what I like anyway.

Funina picked up the plan drafted by Richard and sat in her office chair to read it with great anticipation.

Originally, there was a smile on Funina's face, but as she turned the pages, her beautiful eyebrows couldn't help but frowned.

Even after she finished reading it, she couldn't believe it and read it again from beginning to end. In the end, she was speechless for a long time when she saw the title "On How to Build a Clean, Transparent and Efficient Administrative System".

No, it’s really just the title that mentions it, the content inside has nothing to do with the title!

writer of sensational headlines?

Finina looked at Richard. Considering his loyal attitude before, she suspected that there might be some mistake. For example, due to various coincidences, the page with the title was stapled together with an irrelevant content.

"Richard, did you get the wrong document?" Furninna closed the plan in her hand and smiled in a way that was in line with social expectations.

"No." Richard said affirmatively.

"Then why does the content have nothing to do with the title?" A '＃' appeared on Funina's forehead. Is this how you do things?

Are you just making fun of me?

"Lady Furnina, you have to understand that Liyue Harbor was not built in a day. It seems that the title and the content are unrelated, but in fact there is an invisible connection between them." Richard lied calmly.

"Invisible connection?" Funina looked down at the document in her hand. Why couldn't she see it?

"Yes, all the measures in this draft serve the purpose of achieving a 'transparent government'. The reason why we can't see the connection is because there is too much resistance to doing it openly. The best way is to promote it through subtle means."

No way. The title has nothing to do with the content. If you have to find a reason, it would be to put the most difficult part in the title. At least it is much less harmful than putting it in the content.

Moreover, the plan drafted by Richard cannot be said to be harmful to the City Hall. It can only be said that it has no benefit. It is one of those mediocre and insignificant changes. There is no substantial change, but it can let everyone know that we are indeed working hard.

It’s just like operating a mobile game. From time to time, players will be notified of how many bugs have been fixed, but these bugs do not actually affect the players’ gaming experience.

Did you do it? Yes.

But is it useful?

If so.

As for whether Furninha’s vision can be achieved in the end... Richard can only say that he believes in the wisdom of future generations.

Anyway, Richard probably won't see the existence of a "transparent government" which is a paradox in itself during his lifetime.

All I can say is that Funina’s vision is very bold and she is a very courageous leader.

"It moistens things silently, how long will it take?" Funina didn't want to wait for ten or eight years, otherwise the opportunity would be gone.

"Ten years? Eight years? You know, no one can predict such things. Maybe the prophecy of doomsday has come true, but this matter has not yet been realized."

"That's a long way off!"

"You can't be so pessimistic. There should be something promising in the future." Richard smiled and comforted his naive leader.

Funina threw the draft on the table and said, "Is there a faster way? It shouldn't be so 'silent'."

Unexpectedly, Richard nodded and said in a positive tone, "Yes."

Funina had been prepared for her expectations to be dashed, but she didn't expect Richard to give her such a big surprise.

"Really? What's the solution? What are the consequences?"

Funina is no longer the political newcomer who knew nothing. At least she understands one thing: implementing a policy has its advantages, but it will also inevitably have its disadvantages.

But as long as the disadvantages are within an acceptable range, there is no problem at all!

"Send our entire department to the court. I believe that my colleagues in the court will investigate us thoroughly and make it public to achieve true transparency!"

"As for the price, there will be no City Hall in Fontaine anymore. And if there is any problem in any link, or if someone is framed, we can also have a team building in Mero Petersburg."

"What kind of method is this? This is clearly suicide!" Funina said angrily.

Richard looked at Furninha in surprise. So you also know that this is suicide.

So why transparency?

"In fact, Lady Finina, why are you so obsessed with such a huge issue as 'transparent government'? If you want to achieve results, why don't you choose a smaller one first, such as handling the case in the Inquisition in a stable manner?"

"This is also a great achievement for you." Richard was like a treacherous minister, and he patiently persuaded the king knowing his purpose.

Furninna felt that what Richard said made sense, so she decided to eat whatever she could get first.

"OK then."

It sounds like she's being reluctant.

"But with so many cases, can our department investigate all of them?" At this moment, Funina remembered that she was in charge of the City Hall, and most of the clerks in the City Hall were only good at handling the daily affairs of the Mo Mang Palace and acting as a bridge of communication between departments to ensure the normal operation of the Mo Mang Palace.

Therefore, the City Hall does not have many talents who can investigate the case, and even if there are, they have already been poached by the Tribunal.

"Don't worry, don't we have an expert in this field in our department?" Richard smiled as he had expected.

"What expert?" Fu Nina was stunned. Why had she never heard of an expert who was good at investigating cases in her department?

"Far away in the horizon, yet close at hand..." 3

Is he talking about himself? Funina couldn't help but think that she was not bragging, she was quite good at investigating cases. After all, she had watched so many trials at the Oprykle Opera House and had learned a few tricks from them.

Humph, Richard has good vision. This water god was discovered even though he hid so deeply.

So Fernina coughed, ready to welcome Richard's rainbow fart.

"That master is you..." Ling

Fininna's hair stood up, and she looked very cute and heroic.

"Your new personal secretary, Lady Clorinde."

"Cough cough cough..."

"What's wrong? Lady Funina, did I say something wrong?"

When Richard saw that Fininna's ahoge hair softened instantly, a happy smile appeared on his face.

You don't think I'm talking about you, do you?

"You are right. Clorinde is indeed a good investigator." Finina said sullenly, but she agreed with Richard's suggestion and let Clorinde be responsible for this matter.

So at Richard's suggestion, the task of investigating the old case fell on Clorinde again.

And what is different from before is that this time Clorinde has to give most of the credit to Finnina. After all, her current identity is no longer one of the leaders of the special struggle project of the Inquisition, but she was manipulated by Richard to become Finnina's personal secretary.

For Richard, it was a two-birds-with-one-stone move. Not only did he avoid Fernina from getting so depressed that she would drag him into self-destruction, but he also cleverly transferred the work back to Clorinde's hands. Everything was calculated, a win-win situation!

But there's nothing we can do about it, who made Richard so narrow-minded?

You want to leave after offending the Secretary-General?

Clorinde, who received the news shortly afterwards, slowly typed a question mark.

Volume 24: Chapter Cat Girl vs Fox Girl

Clorinde's investigation was in full swing, but Richard was not panicked at all, because the cases investigated by Clorinde had already been reviewed by him and were carefully selected, so there was no way that they could be traced back to him.

Linnet, who knew the whole story, asked curiously, "Aren't you afraid of being beaten by Clorinde for doing this?"

He abducted the person to the city hall, and then threw the original job to him, and even half of the credit went to Funina. Anyone who was plotted against like this would probably be angry, right?

"First of all, she can't beat me. Secondly, Linnet, you may have some misunderstandings about me. Do you really think that I plotted against Clorinde out of revenge?"

Linnet looked at Richard without comment, ready to hear what other twisted ideas this guy had to say.

“When a person wants to integrate into a group, the first thing to do is to make everyone aware of your value. The second thing is to understand the rules of the group and respect them. After achieving the above two points, you can slowly establish connections with other members of the group through the method of old members bringing in new members. Over time, you will become a member of the group.”

Linnet understood what Richard meant. The reason for arranging Clorinde to take over the matter was, on the one hand, to announce the existence of the minister's secretary to the officials of the City Hall, and on the other hand, to let Clorinde understand the duties of a private secretary through familiar work so as to integrate into the system of the City Hall more quickly.

After all, although they belong to the same Mo Mang Palace, there is still a big gap between the operating system of the City Hall and the Court of Justice. The twists and turns are difficult to explain clearly in words, and one has to experience it personally to understand the true meaning.

From this we can see that Richard definitely did not deliberately plot against Clorinde in order to take revenge on her, at least not entirely.

Linnet had reason to suspect that Richard had long since set his sights on the strongest duel agent.

It was something that had been planned for a long time.

"It's no use telling me this, you have to go talk to Clorinde," Linnet reminded.

"Oh, I explained it to her a long time ago. I saw you didn't know it just now, so I told you again."

Linnet:#

"It hurts..."

Richard rubbed his waist. Even though it didn't hurt much, he had to pretend it hurt.

Is this also a little tacit understanding between him and the cat? After all, the only opposite sex who can make Linnett have emotional fluctuations are her brother Linni and her younger brother Femini.

Furthermore, the fact that Linnet chose to leave Hearth House and become his secretary is enough to explain something.

After the joke, Linnet began to report her work conscientiously.

"The Inazuma delegation will leave Fontaine tomorrow, and the Fontaine Academy of Sciences will also send a professional advisory team to follow..."

"Okay, I understand. We will arrange a farewell ceremony later and show our attitude. After all, Inazuma is indeed a huge market. The most important thing is that because of the national isolation order, only Fontaine and Inazuma can participate in the division of this market now."

These are all political achievements, and political achievements are the fuel for politicians to climb up. No one can have too much of this.

Although Richard has already touched the pinnacle that a civil servant can reach, in addition to becoming the highest executive secretary of the Mo Mang Palace, he will also take over from Funina and be promoted to the Minister of Administration.

Both are extremely feasible approaches, but if we really talk about potential, the former is naturally more popular.

No matter what, Fontaine is the country of "justice", and Momang Palace is the place that best represents "justice" in the whole of Fontaine.

The power actually controlled by the Supreme Secretary-General of the Mo Mang Palace is obviously much greater than that of the "Logistics Director" or the Administrative Minister.

However, as of now, it is difficult for Richard to reach that position, because the person occupying that position now is not a person, but Meilushin.

The Meilushin have a long lifespan, and since the birth of this clan, no one has ever been heard of dying of old age.

Even if Richard is a half-elf and also has a very long lifespan, he may not be able to outlive the other party.

Not to mention the current Supreme Judge, Mr. Villette, who is rumored to be Melusin...

Of course, Richard had met the Chief Judge, and he did not believe the rumor at all, but he was certain that the other party had a close relationship with the Melusin clan.

The special patrol teams in the Tribunal, a direct subsidiary of the Mo Mang Palace, are mostly composed of Meilushin, so this foundation can be said to be unbreakable.

Therefore, if Richard wanted to advance further in his career, it seemed that the only path left for him to move up was to become an administrative minister.

Before Richard met Finnina, he did think so, but after meeting Finnina, his thoughts changed.

You said that it sounds reasonable for the water goddess Funina to also serve as the supreme judge, right?