Reborn: Imperial Officer Promotion Guide

Gilder felt like he was in a nightmare.

He was also dissatisfied with some of the practices of the senior consuls.

Hull's decisiveness was also evident in the discovery that the Ministry of Resources was engaged in the slave trade.

Both of them have very strong personalities, and once they meet, there is a high probability that something unpleasant will happen.

That's why Gilder wanted to balance the conflict between the two sides.

He hopes to protect his subordinates as much as possible, and is also mentally prepared to bow down and compromise with the senior consul when necessary.

but...

Hull's words and deeds were far beyond the limits of Gilder's ability to balance.

Even he himself was involved.

It was a foregone conclusion that he would be hated by the senior consul's deputy.

There will definitely be retaliation afterwards, and once caught, you will most likely be removed from your position.

Not only will he never have a chance to make a name for himself, but the career he has built up so far and the trust he has built among the nobles will also quickly collapse, and his family will most likely be left on the streets.

My daughter is only six years old, and every time she comes home, the child will run over happily to greet her.

It was to protect this happiness that Gilder gritted his teeth and persevered.

"No matter what, you shouldn't deliberately anger a senior Archon deputy! He will hate you for the rest of his life!"

"No, he should hate us forever..."

These words sent chills down Gilder's spine.

That's right, it was Gilder who arranged this meeting.

From Noor Ghana's perspective, no matter how Gilder explains it, he cannot escape responsibility.

Suddenly, a strange idea emerged from Gilder's mind.

"Could it be...you did this on purpose...?"

Since becoming a general, everyone has longed for greater power and a higher status.

He initially thought that Hull was also such a person, so he believed that Hull would not offend the leader who could decide his political life for no reason.

When Hull requested to arrange a meeting with the senior consul's deputy, Gilder thought he was just trying to get closer to his superior so that the policy proposal he submitted could be passed.

But after thinking about it carefully, he suddenly realized that he might also be targeted by Hull.

"Yes, I'm so sorry."

“Gu…ah…”

I felt a palpitation in my chest. Was I really being tricked? !

I foolishly thought that I had an excellent subordinate and arranged this meeting according to his ideas. Who could have thought that this was actually a scheme to drag me into the water!

Now, even if Gilder wanted to cut ties with Hull and went to the senior consul's agent to explain, he would not be trusted.

If you don't handle it well, both sides will point their spearheads at you at the same time.

"As a subordinate, I respect you without any water. Therefore, I must ensure that you can stand on the same side as me. Please forgive me for using this method."

"...Is this why you repeatedly asked me to go with you to see Noor Ghana?"

"Yes."

“Gah…ah…”

The calculated anger was blown away by fear.

Hull deliberately created the same enemy between them.

In this way, Gilder was tied to his chariot so that they could advance and retreat together.

This is a common tactic used by fraudsters.

Gilder pressed his fingers to his temples. Why didn't I think of this earlier?

"...Do you think I will join forces with you?"

“Relationships between people cannot be stabilized by trust alone, which is a highly subjective factor. Whether they are like-minded friends or strangers who hate each other, there is a possibility of disagreements and even opposition. Only when they have the same goal and face the same powerful enemy can they build a stable cooperative relationship.”

Indeed, whether it is politics, business, or relations between countries, this law is followed.

"...And then? I might be disgusted by your actions and refuse to cooperate with you."

"It's okay, I believe you can figure out the situation."

"whispering sound……"

Gilder felt that he was not worthy of this trust.

After witnessing his decisiveness and execution ability, Gilder should have realized that he simply did not have the ability to control this subordinate.

I actually took this matter lightly...

...No, my negligence should also be due to his guidance.

The persuasion of Minister Ganasde, the leniency of the Ministry of Resources, and the respect at the first meeting...

Those should not be false, but who knew he would suddenly do this, he wanted to be an enemy of the senior consul agent, and even pulled himself into the same camp...

"Yes... I have no choice now. I just hope that you can really make that high and mighty deputy consul kneel before you in two months."

"Please rest assured that I will not launch a challenge that I have no chance of winning."

Gilder sighed heavily: "If you want to boost morale, at least be more confident."

Sighing, Gilder patted Hull's shoulder gently and said, "I believe you can do it. Now we are in the same boat. If you need me in the future, just let me know." After that, he strode away.

After that, about two weeks passed.

Hull remained as devoted as ever to his work as a civil servant.

On the one hand, he confirmed, modified and approved the plans submitted by his subordinates, and on the other hand, he also started to work on new implementation plans.

As Hull expected, all the policy proposals he submitted were rejected.

Secretary Edmund took back all the rejected solutions with a regretful look on his face.

“…You must be joking!”

"Such a good policy proposal was directly rejected!"

"What on earth are they thinking?!"

Not only Secretary Edmund was angry, but the other three junior government officials also found it difficult to accept.

In the past two weeks, everyone has submitted at least dozens of policy proposals.

Each one of them represents the hard work of everyone.

The key point is that the Ministry of Government Affairs has regulations that every mid-level government official's office needs to submit and approve at least five policy implementation plans every month.

Otherwise, there will be corresponding penalties. If the targets cannot be met for three consecutive months, the company may even be demoted.

No wonder everyone is in a bad mood.

Hull, on the other hand, was very calm: "All documents must be kept strictly."

After Hull confirmed everything one by one, he handed the rejected documents back to Edmund.

"Are you willing to accept this? This is simply like making things difficult for us!"

Hull smiled bitterly, this was just a deliberate attempt to make things difficult for him.

The acting senior consul really did what he said and completely rejected all the policy proposals he had submitted.

Under normal circumstances, all policy proposals submitted will have specific reasons written down when they are rejected, indicating the direction of modification, so as to help the government officials who formulate the plans to effectively adjust the plans.

Therefore, the goal of five policy proposals per month is not difficult to achieve.

It is actually quite easy to smooth over the relationship a little bit.

In the first week, the acting senior consul did follow this rule and gave reasons for not passing the application.

The only thing is that the reasons for the rejection are very empty and pretentious, such as "not enforceable", "not necessary for priority execution", etc...

The comments are all obviously prevarication...

It's the kind that even if you want to modify it, you don't know where to start.

The most recent week has been even more blatant, with documents not even being delivered to the Archon's deputy.

The Minister of State Department began to reject Hull and others' proposals one by one.

It can be guessed that the acting consul would not be happy when he saw the policy document he submitted.

In order to please his superiors, Minister Goering of the State Department stepped forward and took over the task of vetoing the policy plan.

Despite this unfair treatment, Hull didn't take it to heart at all.

"It is our duty as civil servants to identify problems, formulate response strategies, and submit solutions. If the solutions we submit are not taken seriously by our superiors, then the responsibility lies with them. Don't be discouraged, just do your job well."

"But if we do this, we won't be able to achieve our goal for this month. Then..." Secretary Edmund became a little impatient.

"I will take responsibility if there are any problems, don't worry."

"I...I didn't mean that!"

At this time, Guilder's secretary, Kululi, found Heer and asked Heer to go to Guilder's office now.

Hull nodded and walked out of the office.

After walking for a while, I clearly felt that someone was watching me not far behind me.

Hull sighed and thought that if these people intended to follow him, they should at least hide their aura.

Do you really think everyone else is a fool?

When I walked into Gilder's office, I found Gilder leaning on his desk, looking exhausted.

It seems that the work of this senior political official has also been targeted by the acting governor in the past two weeks.

It was pretty miserable.

"Did you call me?"

"I don't want to ask you to come over at this time, but aren't you being too reckless?"

"Huh? What's wrong?"

"I have checked the content of the policy proposal you submitted. I admit that there are no problems, but many of them are beyond the scope of my duties as a government official. If the document is not signed by you but submitted by other departments, I think it will basically be approved."

“Thank you for your concern. However, I made those policy proposals based on importance and priority, and I did not intend to take the barriers between departments into consideration.”

"You clearly know that no matter what policy proposal you put forward, the deputy governor will reject it one by one. Why do you insist on submitting it during this period of time? What are you thinking?"

Gilder stared at Hel with a puzzled expression.

"I can't tell you now, but I will continue to submit policy proposals. I hope you can understand."

"... You can't do anything to the acting governor by submitting policy proposals continuously. Nur Gana has also worked his way up to his current position step by step. He is not a fool! What can you do?"

"I have already figured out that man's tricks. In fact, he has already started to take action. I am now under 24-hour surveillance."

There were about four or five people following Hull, taking turns to monitor Hull's every move 24 hours a day.

Furthermore, according to Edmund's report, three other junior government officials, including him, were also under surveillance.

When Gilder heard this, he couldn't help but hold his head.

"It's the same here. My secretaries and other subordinates are under thorough surveillance. Apart from surveillance, there is no other action, otherwise we would have been able to catch them. What a pity..."

"It doesn't matter. People with short-sightedness cannot see beyond their field of vision. After all, they can only monitor within the range of their vision."

"...Alas, how did it become like this..."

The surveillance by those people is not very harmful, but it does affect one's mood and invisibly brings a lot of pressure to people.

No wonder Gilder looks so bad now.

"The work of a political officer is more troublesome than I thought. When I was in the North, I only needed to unilaterally destroy the enemy in front of me. It's not easy to let go here."

If we could fight every enemy face to face with real weapons, we could save a lot of trouble.

"Hey...you don't sound like you're joking..." Gilder gave an indescribable bitter smile.

"In short, what I'm going to do won't change. Under such close surveillance, I can only finish the work at hand down-to-earth. If I do something strange and get caught, it will just do what the deputy governor wants. Sometimes it's necessary to stop and wait for the right opportunity."

"After all... the acting governor has already taken the bait..."

"Have you taken the bait?" Hull's answer made Gilder a little excited.

He wanted to ask Hull what the specific plan was, but now everyone was under surveillance.

There might be someone eavesdropping outside the door, so he didn't dare to ask.

"In that case, okay... I will continue to review the policy proposals you submit in the future." Gilder patted Hull's shoulder heavily.

"Then I'll leave it to you." Hull bowed slightly and left the office.

Standing in the corridor, Hull looked towards the direction of the city. It was time for Ling's routine relief work to begin.