This Martial Saint's Health Bar is Too Thick!-Chapter 62 - Inspection Bureau

Chapter 62: Chapter 62 Inspection Bureau

According to the local Six Institutes formed by the court’s Six Ministries, the most crucial is the Internal Affairs Office, which manages local government affairs.

The Inspection Bureau is responsible for the security of a region, the Zhi Ge Court handles matters regarding martial artists, and the Righteous Court primarily produces Sha Qi for the Imperial Camp Army.

These three institutions are the three major military forces in a region.

The remaining two are the Court of Judicial Review, which is responsible for deciding legal matters, and the Inspection Bureau, tasked with monitoring officials.

Most officials fall from grace and are imprisoned due to the Inspection Bureau’s authority to inspect all officials, so other officials generally hold a poor view of the Inspection Bureau.

However, Li Fei, in this life, had not been part of the system, so he did not understand why someone from the Inspection Bureau was looking for him, especially when it was a Fourth Level Inspector who came in person.

Due to his professional habits from his previous life, after his transmigration, he had specially studied the Da Lan Dynasty’s bureaucratic structure, which is divided into five ranks and eighteen levels.

The lowest, First Level clerks, have five grades; upward, Second Rank Subordinate Officials have four grades; Third Rank assigned officials and Fourth Rank Sitting Officials each have three grades; and Fifth Rank cabinet officials also have three grades.

As a Platoon Leader in the Inspection Bureau of a region, like Li Lei, he is a Sixth Level official in the Second Rank Subordinate Officials.

If he were promoted to Captain of the first major squad, it would mean jumping three levels to become a Ninth Level official, attaining the peak of Second Rank Subordinate Officials.

Only by advancing one more step to Deputy Inspector General would he qualify to be a Third Rank assigned official, claiming his status as an imperial official.

On the other hand, the Inspection Bureau’s grading system starts from a First Level Inspector, moving upwards to a Fifth Level Inspector.

Above that are the Inspectors, starting from the first and highest being the Fourth Level.

Meaning Li Fei’s current visitor, Cheng Bi, holds a position equivalent to the Captain of the first major squad in the Inspection Bureau, a Ninth Level official.

“What did you want to see me for, Director Cheng?”

Li Fei asked calmly.

“I’m not one for beating around the bush, so I’ll get straight to the point. I want you to become a secret inspector for our Inspection Bureau.”

Cheng Bi said.

“A secret inspector? Me?”

Li Fei was stunned.

He had even thought that the other party might be coming to question him about something concerning Li Lei, but he had never anticipated it would be about this.

“A secret inspector is not recorded in the files of the Inspection Bureau. You would maintain contact only with the person in charge, receive a monthly salary, and if you perform well and achieve merits, you could start directly as a Fifth Level Inspector after officially joining the Inspection Bureau,”

Cheng Bi first introduced the benefits of a secret inspector to Li Fei.

Li Fei looked at him, “Is this Chief Gu’s idea?”

He had just met Gu Zhenhui and was brought here by his secretary, and then the Inspection Bureau’s people arrived; he couldn’t believe Gu Zhenhui wouldn’t know about this.

Cheng Bi looked at Li Fei appreciatively, his impression of the young man in front of him changing a bit.

Initially, when he was asked to recruit this 17-year-old as a secret inspector, he felt it was too childish and was very resistant.

Now, he was somewhat less resistant.

“You’re a smart man, some things can’t be said openly, but since I’m here at this time, you should understand what it means.”

Cheng Bi stated.

Li Fei fell into contemplation, and after a moment, he asked:

“Are you aiming at the Tiger Saber Gang?”

Cheng Bi showed a surprised expression, then looked at Li Fei with some delight.

He finally began to feel that the young man in front of him could indeed become a secret inspector:

“Why do you say that?”

“Assigning me as a secret inspector evidently takes advantage of my identity, the foster son of Li Lei, the Platoon Leader at the Inspection Bureau, and a student at the Martial Arts Hall. If your target were the Inspection Bureau, you wouldn’t have approached me, so it must relate to the Martial Arts Hall. People in Xing City all know that the Martial Arts Hall is the backyard of the Tiger Saber Gang, and investigating the Martial Arts Hall means targeting the Tiger Saber Gang,”

Li Fei explained fluently.

Cheng Bi looked at Li Fei with interest, “Go on, is there more?”

Li Fei continued, “Besides, I have clearly expressed my desire to obtain a university position through the Martial Arts Hall, and the conflict between me and the Tiger Saber Gang is irreconcilable. By targeting the Tiger Saber Gang, our goals align, making me a devoted secret inspector. And if the Tiger Saber Gang resorts to any underhanded methods against me in the future, my status as a secret inspector can help you catch them in the act.”

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Cheng Bi nodded in satisfaction.

These inferences were actually not hard to come by; what was difficult was that Li Fei could think of them in such a short amount of time.

Being a secret inspector required that kind of responsiveness and alertness.

“Very well, are you willing to be this secret inspector?” Cheng Bi asked.

Li Fei said, “I want to know specifically what you want me to do.”

“Just like you were saying earlier, if you can find evidence of the Tiger Saber Gang’s illegal activities, just hand the evidence over to me,” Cheng Bi said.

Li Fei smiled, “I don’t believe the Inspection Bureau hasn’t found any evidence of the Tiger Saber Gang’s illegal activities over the years.”

Cheng Bi’s expression became cold again, as if some unpleasant memories were triggered,

“The evidence that can be found is trivial and won’t significantly hurt the Tiger Saber Gang. I can tell you clearly that the Tiger Saber Gang has people in all six institutes of Xing City, including our Inspection Bureau. Right in this building, I do not know how many people are connected with the Tiger Saber Gang, even the Deputy Chief is a supporter of Yu Hu!

Therefore, if the evidence you find does not strike a heavy blow to the Tiger Saber Gang, it will be of no great significance. If we want to eliminate this malignancy from Xing City, we must deliver a fatal blow!”

If the Tiger Saber Gang were just a regular small gang, the Inspection Bureau could completely eliminate the Tiger Saber Gang first and then find so-called evidence.

But the Tiger Saber Gang is a behemoth in Xing City, with too deep a reach in various interests. Not only the Inspection Bureau, even the Chief Gu Zhenhui could only proceed by the rules.

To put it bluntly, the conflict between Gu Zhenhui and Yu Hu is not one of government vs. criminals, but a conflict between government officials!

Or rather, at its core, it is a struggle between power and strength.

Li Fei nodded, “I understand, I am willing to take on this role of secret inspector.”

He did not think that the other party was really placing their hopes of toppling the Tiger Saber Gang on him, a new student at the Martial Arts Hall; that would be truly laughable.

It was simply that Chief Gu saw the growing threat of the Tiger Saber Gang and saw Li Fei as a suitable candidate, just casually making the next move.

Even if there was no significant gain, it was just a matter of paying an extra salary each month.

And if there eventually was a significant gain, then that would be a big win.

Having understood this, Li Fei naturally chose to take on this role of secret inspector without any psychological burden.

After all, he would just continue his regular training, eat when it was time to eat, cultivate when it was time to cultivate, and earn an extra sum of money each month—how nice?

Moreover, if he eventually did find some important evidence, that would become another method to counter the Tiger Saber Gang.

By now, he had realized that without taking down the Tiger Saber Gang, relying solely on good performance in the Martial Arts Hall and the monthly test results to secure a university slot was unlikely.

“Good.”

Cheng Bi nodded, took out a small booklet, and handed it to Li Fei:

“This is a deposit certificate from Minxing Silver Bank, on the 1st of every month someone will deposit fifty silver coins into it—this is your salary. If you achieve a merit, your salary will increase, and there will be additional bonuses.”

Li Fei received the deposit certificate; this salary was already higher than what over eighty percent of Xing City’s population earned in a month.

Later, Cheng Bi detailed to Li Fei the future methods of contact and various codes.

“Li Fei, from this moment, you are a secret inspector, I hope you can live up to this identity,” Cheng Bi finally stood up and said sternly.

“Yes.”

Li Fei saluted the man.

Afterwards, Cheng Bi left, and Li Fei waited in the reception room for a while. The secretary who had seen him earlier came back in person, escorted him out of the Governance Hall building.

Back at home, Li Fei went over his gains for the day:

A certificate for a deposit of ten thousand silver coins, a gun license, a Thunder Dragon Pistol, a bottle of Iron Essence Pill, and a deposit certificate from Minxing Silver Bank.

He sensed the Blood Evil Qi within his body and found it had changed.

Additionally, he noticed that the recovery rate of Blood Soul had also changed.

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