Reborn: Imperial Officer Promotion Guide

The Sky Palace is a magnificent complex located in the center of the imperial capital, which is extremely gorgeous and luxurious.

This is where the residences of all the royal families and upper nobles of the empire are concentrated, and it is also the core of the empire's power.

In a corner of the Sky Palace, which was the hall farthest from the Emperor's throne, Hull walked into it step by step, step by step, along the marble stairs.

Under the guidance of the servant, Heer came to a room in the hall.

When I opened the door and walked in, I saw a middle-aged noble with a big belly sitting on the sofa with a proud look on his face.

There were two scantily clad blonde beauties lying in his arms.

They wore lip and nose rings, and fist-sized golden earrings in their ears.

They should be slaves of different races bought from somewhere else, or as the aristocracy calls them - beautiful prostitutes.

"Hello, I am Hel Heim, the mid-level political officer assigned to the East Territory this time."

The middle-aged nobleman pushed away the beauty beside him and looked at Hull with interest.

"Oh, are you the Helheim? I heard that you were in a vortex like the North, and you were successfully promoted to the rank of captain in just half a year. I thought you were a more domineering and strong man."

While gently stroking the slightly curved Chinese beard on his lips, Archon Adam Barno muttered to himself.

He is the supreme governor of the Territory of East, which is directly governed by the emperor, and is directly responsible to His Majesty the Emperor.

The empire's territories are divided into two types: noble territories and direct territories.

The noble territories were controlled by nobles of all sizes and were semi-autonomous territories that needed to provide soldiers and money for the empire's wars and construction.

The directly governed territories were under the direct control of the emperor, and these territories were almost all strategic locations of the empire.

Most of them are the richest areas of the empire, but there are exceptions.

The emperor would also directly send his trusted aides to take charge of some battlefields and conflict zones where wars were fought with hostile countries, as well as enclaves that were difficult to govern.

This time, Hull is about to be sent to the easternmost enclave of the empire, farthest away from the front line.

The position of a mid-level political officer also indicates that what Hull needs to do this time is rear-line support work.

"You are lucky. In the war-torn northern region, you were given the opportunity to be promoted twice in a row due to the massive offensive launched by Colonel Jiru Maguno. But now it is different. The Lord of East, who is supporting from the rear, has no chance to receive any awards for meritorious service."

"Yes..."

Such an idle job is likely to dampen a person's fighting spirit, especially when being exiled to the eastern corner of the empire.

If there are still opportunities to kill enemies and make merit in the North, then in the enclave of Eastland, there is only extremely boring daily work...

"Well, now that you understand, you should work hard on the land of East Territory starting from next month. Don't worry, if you can handle interpersonal relationships smoothly, you may have a chance to return to the center."

But such opportunities are extremely rare. Even if Hull is made of iron, it would be harder than climbing to the sky to get promoted based on personal ability in that remote enclave.

"Yes, I understand." Hull bowed heavily.

"...By the way, where are the gifts you brought?"

Archon Adam Barno had been observing when Hull entered the room, but until now he had not found anything that could be called a gift.

"I didn't bring any gifts." Hull answered simply.

"..."

"..."

After a brief silence, supported by two beauties, Archon Adam Barno stood up slowly, looking somewhat unhappy.

"Oh my, you are such an ignorant fellow. You came to see me without bringing any gifts. Helheim... you are so proud."

"No, it has nothing to do with pride. I just don't think it's necessary."

Archon Adam Barno was notoriously greedy and lustful, and every subordinate had to prepare money or offer beautiful women when meeting with him.

This is already a recognized rule, but I didn't expect an accident to happen today.

"...You really believe in your own abilities too much. For a political official, solid work and maintaining good relationships with superiors and subordinates are the top priorities. I hate self-righteous people."

"is it?"

"Perhaps you have some special connections behind you, but as your direct superior, I have the power over your life and death. Without my recommendation, you will never be able to return to the center and you will never be promoted."

"I understand this very well." Hull had a calm smile on his face.

"Anyway, my first impression of you is very bad. Alright, stop standing here and getting in the way. Get out now!"

Hull bowed deeply to the other party and said, "I apologize for your impoliteness..."

After saying that, Hull left the room with a clear mind.

Standing outside the door was a beautiful woman who listened to the entire conversation with her ears perked up.

This noble lady, who was hailed as the most talented new lady in the Central Government last year, looked at Hull with an expression of disbelief on her face.

It was Yingma Doria.

She is now the most promising new star in the Agriculture Department of Sky Palace.

In the past, he studied at the same academy as Hull and Goliath.

She came along specially because of Heer's restless character.

As expected, or rather extremely unexpectedly, Hull still went his own way as usual, with no intention of bowing his head.

"Heer, that's the Supreme Governor of East Territory. What good will it do you if you deliberately provoke him?!"

If we use an analogy with the military rank of this supreme consul, it would be at the level of colonel.

He is three levels lower than the captain-level Hull.

Even Ying Ma, who came from a noble family like Doria, did not dare to neglect the other party.

"I'm not the highest commander on the front line during wartime. I'm just the governor of an enclave. I believe I can handle it."

The "handle well" here does not mean handling the relationship with the other party well, but "handling" the other party well in the literal sense.

Ying Ma covered his eyes, looking a little frustrated.

There is no doubt that Hull excels.

Ying Ma knew this very well.

Hull is smart enough to read other people's thoughts and make predictions in advance.

Ying Ma once wondered if Hull had a similar "stargazing ability" as those people with special eyes in the imperial court who could predict part of the future?

But he is such a smart person, why does he always tend to incur the dislike of some villains?

In other words, why did he deliberately offend these villains who should not be offended?

"I really don't plan to prepare any gifts. Now is the time to spend money on the construction of the Kraken region. All the funds have been invested in the operation of the territory. After the first batch of trial beer arrives, I can send some to the governor."

"Do you really not understand or are you pretending not to understand? That archon wants this!"

Yingma put his index finger and thumb to his mouth and blew gently, then put them to his ears as if he was listening to something.

Hull smiled bitterly and thought to himself, you have learned it very well.

"I know he was asking for a bribe from me, but I didn't have any. Of course, even if I did, I wouldn't give it to him. I will never encourage such evil practices."

Such shameful things happen every day in the center of the empire.

Even though it has long been written into the empire's laws as a serious crime, such corruption is still rampant.

The whole empire turned a blind eye to such behavior.

The nobles also had a tacit understanding of courtesy and reciprocity, and people like Hull who "did not understand the ways of the world" became the oddballs.

"I have always intended to rely on my own strength to fight for the treatment I deserve. In order to obtain the title of nobility and my own land, I was forced to spend money to bribe people once. But I hate this kind of behavior from the bottom of my heart. I only regret that I don't have enough status to change these mistakes now."

"I understand your feelings very well, but you have to bow your head when you are under someone's roof. Going to East Territory to provide rear-line support is a long way off, and everything depends on the governor's mood. Now that you have offended the governor, it will be difficult for you to make a name for yourself in East Territory in the future. This is too bad!"

Hull thought that even if I offered a generous gift as usual, it wouldn't change anything.

Being exiled to such a place was in itself a suppression of the suddenly rising new nobles like Hull by the great nobles in the center.

But Hull was born into a commoner family and only relied on his military merits to achieve his current status, which made those bigwigs even more vigilant.

"If it was just to get ahead, I might choose to compromise, or even go along with them, but my goal is not just to get ahead."

"Oh..." Seeing that he still couldn't persuade her, Ying Ma sighed.

"It's okay. Didn't I come back safely from such a dangerous place in the North? You should worry about those scumbags in East Territory..."

Hull looked up at the sky. The sun was shining brightly. Under the emerald green sycamore tree, the sunlight and leaves intertwined and cast sparse shadows.

It's almost afternoon now.

Last night, Hull specially sent Reinhardt to help Ling and the others.

With Sandval as an insider, there shouldn't be any problem, right?

Hull also informed Sandval in advance about the aftermath.

It shouldn't be difficult to transport those "Eight Fingers" guys back to the Kraken area for training.

What a pity, he will be in office in East County by next month at the latest.

Otherwise, I really want to spend some time to discipline those scumbags myself.

To be on the safe side, we should go back and formulate a policy for the management of slaves...