I assembled the strongest swordsman group

As soon as Bo Jing finished speaking, the expressions on everyone's faces in the room immediately changed.

Many people looked terrified.

Qing Deng was also stunned.

The elder statesman is essentially the prime minister of this country.

The Prime Minister directly sends his trusted confidant to inspect your work performance, and those whose performance is unsatisfactory are fired on the spot... Isn't that terrifying?

Usui then sat back down cross-legged on the tatami mat, picked up a glass of water from the table beside him, drank it all in one gulp, and then continued in a serious tone:

"Listen up, all of you—you must take this assessment set up by Elder Ii very seriously."

"I... I'd like to take this opportunity to share some inside information with you all."

"You all probably know this, right? Since Ii Tairo took office as Tairo two years ago, he has been actively reforming the shogunate in order to strengthen the country and resist the invasion of barbarians such as Americans."

"And I have recently received definite news—Lord Ii is preparing to reform the bureaucracy."

"Ii Tairo plans to start by reforming the lower-level officials, replacing all the important departments and positions in the shogunate with capable people."

“‘Sanhui’ bears the heavy responsibility of maintaining public order in Edo, and is an extremely important position.”

"Therefore, I guess... the reason why Elder Ii suddenly arranged this assessment is probably to take this opportunity to thoroughly 'clean up' the 'three rounds' who bear such important responsibilities, remove the mediocre ones, and replace them with more capable people."

"In short—this assessment is no small matter! It's not something to be taken lightly!"

"If it were the old assessments, I might have been able to fool them."

"But this assessment was conducted by Lord Ii with the aim of 'rectifying officialdom'."

"I don't need to elaborate on its importance and seriousness, do I?"

The expressions on the faces of some people in the room grew even more unpleasant.

Today is January 14th.

"There is still one and a half months until the assessment date set by Elder Ii: March 1st."

Bo Jing moved his gaze, letting it sweep across the faces of everyone present.

"Those who lack confidence in their performance during this period should seize this last little bit of time to work diligently and strive to improve their record!"

“I don’t want to see anyone stripped of their official position and slinking away from the Northern Frontier Office in a month and a half.”

Some people in the room involuntarily lowered their heads, looking tense and fearful.

"Especially you, Tachibana Aoto!"

For no apparent reason, Usui suddenly turned his gaze to Aoto, who had been hiding behind Arima and listening silently, and called Aoto by his full name in a very serious tone.

Qing Deng looked up at Bo Jing with a bewildered expression.

A hint of annoyance flickered in Usui's eyes as he looked directly at Aoto.

Of all people, you are the one I worry about the most.

"You'd better put in a lot more effort!"

"Let me be frank with you!"

"With your current record, you will definitely be kicked out of the North Zone in a month and a half."

As soon as Usui finished speaking, low snickers and mocking laughter rose from the room, mainly from the "East City Group" seats...

"Sir!"

Arima immediately shouted.

"It has only been half a year since Tachibana joined the Northern Frontier Bureau."

"Many tasks in the town of Sadamachi are still unfamiliar to him."

"Moreover, in the operation to capture 'Jinyi Clan' the night before last, Tachibana-kun also made a significant contribution, successfully capturing 'Jinyi Clan's' second-in-command: Cat's Eye."

Arima was about to say something more, but was interrupted by Usui in an impatient tone:

"Arima, at the assessment meeting in a month and a half, do you intend to use 'Tachibana-kun has only been in the Hokuban-sho for a short time' and 'Tachibana-kun has also made some contributions' to exonerate Tachibana?"

Faced with Usui's sharp question, Arima pursed his lips, a hint of struggle appearing on his face, before silently lowering his head and remaining silent.

"Orange."

Usui then turned his gaze back to Aoto.

That faint hint of annoyance resurfaced in Bo Jing's eyes once again.

"I won't say anything more unpleasant to you."

"In short—you'd better work hard for the next month and a half."

"I hope I don't end up being the first one stripped of my official position at the assessment meeting a month and a half from now."

"At that time, losing face is a small matter, but losing the job that we depend on for survival is a big deal."

"do you understand?"

"Yes..." Qing Deng, with an awkward smile, bowed to Bo Jing. "This subordinate understands..."

"Hehe..." Low chuckles echoed again in the room—the laughter still mainly came from the "East City Group".

The four members of the "East City Group," apart from Yu Lidongcheng, all cast glances at Qingdeng as if they were watching a circus clown, while secretly laughing.

Whom were they laughing at? It's obvious.

The two men, Inugani and Ushiyama, who were sitting on either side of Aoto, and Arima, who was sitting in front of Aoto, all cast angry glances at the Tojo Clan members who were still smirking.

Why did Usui specifically mention Aoto's name just now, telling Aoto to work hard in the future?

This all started with Hara Tachibana Aoto's appalling work performance...

Half a year ago, "Haru Tachibana Aoto" took his father's place and became the new leader of the Sadamachi community. He then showed... to put it in high emotional intelligence terms, he has huge room for improvement. In low emotional intelligence terms, even a pig could do the job better than him!

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[Japanese History Mini-Lesson Begins!]

After Japan entered the Edo period in 1603, more than two hundred years ago, the Edo Shogunate, in order to maintain its rule, promulgated a national policy of "isolationism," maintaining contact only with China, Korea, and the Netherlands.

Until its doors were forced open by the American fleet seven years ago, the Edo Shogunate had only ever interacted with the Netherlands among all Western countries.

Therefore, both official and unofficial circles collectively refer to Western cultural knowledge as "Dutch Studies" and Western medicine as "Dutch Medicine."

Chapter 24 The Punishment of the Party and Saito Hajime

Since "Yuan Juqing Deng" took office, in a total of six months, the Malaysian Communist Party has put him in charge of 11 cases on his own.

Of these 11 cases, there were serious crimes like murder and theft, as well as some relatively easy cases, but no matter what kind of case it was, it didn't matter to "Haruji Aoto"—he couldn't solve any of them...

Not only did they fail to solve the case, but what's worse, they also created a lot of laughable situations...

such as--

During the investigation of the murders, the victims' genders and causes of death were mixed up...

During the investigation of a theft case, items at the scene were accidentally damaged, causing the crime scene to be completely disfigured...

Even when investigating relatively simple cases like "the boss is suspected of abusing employees," he can still come up with a whole host of problems.

No matter what the case is, in the end, it always takes other people to clean up the mess left by "Haru Tachibana Aoto".

The Tojo Clan, which is in competition with the Arima Clan, would naturally want to take advantage of the Arima Clan's new "high-quality male" status.

So, the members of the "East City Group" gave "Haru Tachibana Aoto" an insulting nickname: the dull-witted "Dumb-headed Aoto".

This nickname initially circulated only within a small circle of the "East City Group".

But gradually, under the deliberate influence of the "East City Group," this nickname spread wider and wider.

To this day, this nickname has spread throughout the entire Beifan Institute.

Almost everyone in the Hokuban-sho knew that the Arima Group in the Sadamachi district had produced a big idiot nicknamed "Dumbo Den".

Because Hara Tachibana Aoto was so incompetent, Usui repeatedly suffered criticism because of the trouble she caused. So even Usui didn't like Hara Tachibana Aoto. That's why there was a hint of annoyance in Usui's eyes when she was talking to Aoto earlier.

Fortunately, no matter how others mocked "Haru Tachibana Aoto", the members of the "Arima Group" remained united.

Whether it was Arima, Inoya, or Ushiyama, none of them ever viewed their junior with prejudice. On the contrary, they always provided him with help, teaching Hara Tachibana Aoto how to handle paperwork and how to handle various cases, trying to help him get rid of the nickname "Dumbhead Aoto".

After Qing Deng respectfully said, "This humble official understands...", Bo Jing gave a few more instructions to everyone in the room regarding "Elder Jingyi's assessment".

Only after a short while did he appear somewhat tired and wave to the crowd.

"Alright, I've said everything I needed to say."

"Disband! Everyone go back to your own business!"

"May you all strive hard!"

"In a month and a half, I hope to see the 'third round' of my Northern Frontier Office, where no one is humiliatingly stripped of their official position!"

As he said this, Usui glanced at Aoto again...

Just as everyone inside the room was getting up in twos and threes to leave, suddenly a horse tilted its head slightly to the side and whispered to the three people behind it: Qing, Zhu, and Niu:

"After the meeting, everyone should go back to my office first."

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Arima's office at the Hokuban-sho (Northern Frontier Office) —

"...Tachibana-kun. Although Lord Magistrate's words were a bit harsh, he was only thinking of you..."

After Arima and his group returned to Arima's office at Arima's request, Arima immediately sat down behind his desk and began to awkwardly offer words of comfort to Aoto.

He probably thought that what Bo Jing said to Qing Deng in front of everyone was very likely to hurt Qing Deng's self-esteem, so he racked his brains to come up with words to comfort Qing Deng.

But in reality, after being reprimanded to his face by Usui, Aoto did not feel that his self-esteem was damaged.

He just felt... extremely depressed!

How many more scapegoats do I have to take the blame for?!

After being targeted by the "Expel the Barbarians" faction, having his money stolen by the Yakuza, and being scolded by his relatives and friends for concealing his attack by the "Expel the Barbarians" faction, a new accusation, "Dumbhead Deng," has been placed on Qingdeng's back...

Since his transmigration, in less than three days at most, Qingdeng has either been taking the blame or on his way to taking the blame...

A wave of unrest, a wave of up again.

The two major problems of the anti-foreign faction and the Yakuza have not yet been solved, and now a new problem has emerged.

The assessment organized by Elder Ii a month and a half later... the urgency and seriousness of this new trouble is not much less than that of the anti-foreign faction that has its eyes on him.

Even a hero can be brought down by a penny – this is an eternal truth.

If they were kicked out of the Northern Barbarian Garrison for three years, it would mean that Qingdeng and his family's only source of income would be cut off.

Samurai have a hard time finding jobs, and many positions are unwilling to hire them.

There were even a considerable number of jobs that were strictly forbidden for samurai to participate in.

If you want to work on a construction site carrying bricks or wood, the foreman probably won't even pay you any attention.

The class divide meant that most commoners viewed samurai as a bunch of troublesome old men, preferring to leave their own hands empty rather than hire them.

If Qing Dengzhen is kicked out of the Northern Barbarian Bureau, then not only will he be unable to repay the money to the "Qingshui Clan," but even his daily food, drink, and toilet needs will become a major problem.

Before the anti-foreign faction could even come to take his head, or the "Shimizu clan" could harass them, he and Kyubei would probably starve to death at home...

One troublesome problem after another came knocking... making Qingdeng want to escape reality...

"...Lord Arima, don't worry." After Arima's words of comfort faded, Aoto, who was standing side by side with Ino and Ushi, suppressed his frustration and forced a smile at Arima. "I'm not so fragile that I'd be so easily discouraged and devastated by something so trivial."

Upon hearing Qing Deng's words, Arima's face showed a hint of relief.

After offering a few more words of comfort to Aoto, Arima gradually stopped speaking to him, his face hardening as he said seriously:

"You all heard clearly what the Commissioner said at the meeting, didn't you?"