Chapter 227 Unifying the Soul Master Academy.
After Chrysanthemum Douluo finished his report, other departments also began to report.
Feng Xuan, the Minister of Information, reported: "Now, bases have been established throughout the Douluo Federation, enabling rapid information exchange and feedback nationwide. Any anomalies can be dealt with immediately."
Wang Xiaofei, after hearing this, said: "That's good. The Information Department has done a great job in this regard. Sometimes, a time difference in information can cause a huge difference."
"However, the Information Department has another problem. We not only need to transmit information from the Douluo Federation government, but also to transmit information to all citizens. As I said before, we need to establish a national newspaper and newspaper offices to express the day's information in a single newspaper and ensure everyone knows, whether they are Soul Masters or ordinary citizens."
Everyone present was puzzled. What exactly was a newspaper?
Wang Xiaofei couldn't help but think to himself: These are all country bumpkins. They don't even know the basics of a newspaper, let alone public opinion and information warfare.
"A newspaper is simply a record of all the major events that have occurred in the past few days, written on a single sheet of ordinary paper. This paper is then distributed cheaply to everyone in the country, ensuring everyone has access to the information."
"The information mainly includes basic government decrees of the Douluo Federation, major events within the Federation, information that various departments need to share with the public, and even some gossip that the public cares about."
"Each newspaper can be sold for a small fee, such as one copper soul coin. The goal isn't to make money from the newspaper itself, but to ensure widespread circulation so everyone knows about it and subscribes. This will facilitate information flow and allow the people of the Douluo Federation to understand government policies."
Seeing that everyone still seemed slightly confused, he added, "I'll work with the R&D department to clarify the newspaper's implementation later."
Everyone nodded in agreement.
The next tasks involved other departments, which were relatively simpler.
The courts, the adjudication department, and the supervisory department were only briefly mentioned—how many people were executed, how many were tried, and how many enemies were eliminated. Data King Xiaofei wasn't too concerned; as long as the departments functioned normally and didn't make any major errors, that was sufficient.
The Ministry of Education had more pressing matters to attend to. Dean Huo Tianchen began, "Recently, the Ministry of Education has unified all advanced and ordinary Soul Master academies, incorporating them into the Douluo Federation. All current students at these academies can enjoy Soul Master subsidies from the Douluo Federation government, but they must first sign an employment contract and join the Douluo Federation after graduation."
"Those unwilling to join the Douluo Federation will not receive any financial support. Furthermore, graduates and those not affiliated with the Douluo Federation government will not receive Soul Master subsidies from the Douluo Federation."
"In addition, our Ministry of Education has organized 300 Soul Masters to work with the Research and Development Department to standardize textbooks for all students in the Douluo Federation. The textbooks are still being compiled and are expected to be completed within a month."
After hearing this, everyone present was shocked. In the past, the two great empires and the Spirit Hall had tried to win over commoner spirit masters, and even so-called family spirit masters, but each time they spent huge sums of gold spirit coins, but very few people were won over, leading many spirit masters to believe that the Spirit Hall's distribution of gold spirit coins was a matter of course.
Now, the Ministry of Education has cut off the root of the problem, not only taking over all spirit master academies but also using gold spirit coins to win over students. As for those students who have already graduated, if they don't join the Douluo Federation, and they still receive gold spirit coins, wouldn't that be a complete waste?
Wang Xiaofei nodded after hearing this: In the original work, the Spirit Hall's distribution of gold spirit coins did promote the development of spirit masters, but it was more of a tool to aid the enemy. For example, the Shrek Seven Devils, Tang San, Xiao Wu, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun were all commoner spirit masters in the early stages, relying on the resources provided by the Spirit Hall for training. Without these gold spirit coins, their growth would probably be problematic. But did they ever feel even a trace of gratitude towards the Spirit Hall?
The students of those advanced academies all received Soul Master subsidies from the Spirit Hall. When the real war came, aside from the Soul Masters they trained themselves, they failed to win over any other advanced Soul Master academies.
Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang was another example; he was idle for a long time, refusing to work and relying on the Spirit Hall's gold Soul Coin subsidies to support himself. He was extremely resentful of the Spirit Hall, a classic case of "eating from the bowl and then cursing the cook."
Even worse, after these commoners developed themselves using the Spirit Hall's subsidies, they overthrew the Spirit Hall, led by Tang San. From then on, there were no more Soul Master subsidies for commoners, and no one provided them with Spirit Awakening.
Ten thousand years later, it became a hundred or a thousand times more difficult for commoner Soul Masters to awaken their Spirits and develop their abilities. This was all Tang San and his group's fault; at least after overthrowing the Spirit Hall, they didn't take corresponding measures to address the problem.
After hearing this, Bibi Dong, who had been calm and collected, subtly changed her expression, as if she had thought of something.
This made Wang Xiaofei wonder: Was Bibi Dong deliberately giving money to Yu Xiaogang, someone who never worked, by issuing Soul Master subsidies to graduated Soul Masters? Was she trying to provide him with a relatively comfortable life?
The Ministry of Education's actions were arguably the most significant of all departments, facing the greatest pressure, especially for those advanced Soul Master academies. Many had powerful backers or were allied with other institutions, and some even had Soul Douluo-level experts within their ranks.
However, recently, the Judgment Department and other departments had been cooperating with the Ministry of Education. Everyone understood the significance of Soul Master academies to the Soul Master world; only by completely controlling them could one truly control the entire Soul Master world of the Douluo Federation.
For example, in Tiandou City and Xingluo City, where Soul Master academies were concentrated, two Title Douluo were stationed, serving as a deterrent to all Soul Masters. The Information Department and the Judgment Department were also constantly monitoring the situation, ready to deal with any unusual activity immediately.
Of course, for those privately owned Soul Master academies, the Douluo Federation's Ministry of Finance would provide certain subsidies to the owners, but whether the subsidies would be sufficient was uncertain; those who went to negotiate were mostly Soul Douluo-level experts.
Wang Xiaofei firmly agreed with this point. As in the original novel, the power of the Soul Master academies was simply too great. They were not only capable of internal independence but could even directly train people to oppose the Spirit Hall, especially Shrek Academy. Bibi Dong, in her Soul Hunting Operation, had completely overlooked such a powerful force.
Even though they had completely broken ties during the Soul Master Competition, how could they allow Shrek Academy to continue cultivating opposing forces? Wasn't that just brain-dead?
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