"Oh, I knew it!"

Michaela covered her head, not wanting to read the newspaper.

Sir Humphrey still didn't open the pot: "Chancellor, your news is so exciting that there are queues at the stalls where you buy newspapers. ”

Fortunately, Bernard was on Michaela's side: "Well, Sir Humphrey, the Chancellor wanted to ask if he had been in the newspaper yesterday to settle the matter of the troll catacombs. ”

"Oh, that!"

Humphrey opened the newspaper, flipped to the middle page, pointed to an article the size of dried tofu in the corner, and said:

"Of course, the Sunshine is a news media, and they must report on the minister's heroic deeds."

Hehe, huh!

Michaela also rummaged through the newspaper a few times, and the story of herself and the shemale Audran took up the entire front page of The Sunshine, but the story of solving the troll underground tomb by herself was only a small piece of the article......

Comparing the two, it's no wonder that Tolina complains: "The Sunshine is not a news newspaper, but an entertainment tabloid!" ”

Michaela folded the newspaper and stuffed it back to Humphrey, thinking that she must find the field, and immediately asked:

"Sir Humphrey, the ...... mentioned yesterday"

Humphrey, however, seemed to have seen through Michaela's thoughts, and before the latter could finish speaking, he said with a smile on his face, "It's done, Chancellor." ”

As if to match Humphrey's rhetoric, Bernard removed a thick stack of white papers from his secretary's office and placed them on the minister's desk.

When Michaela looked at it, the title of "Expansion of Professional Trade Unions and Related Institutions" was written on the cover, and it was still the editor: Sir Humphrey.

"Wow, Sir Humphrey, you're so fast."

In the face of Michaela's praise, Humphrey bowed slightly, and said "modestly": "My creaking old bureaucratic machine is still a little useful, isn't it?" ”

Bernard on the side also urged: "Minister, please hurry up and finish reading these white papers, we will go to the Garden Market in the afternoon to deal with the issue of the separation wall." ”

"Got it."

Without further ado, Michaela immediately flipped through the white paper to see what it contained. As long as this white paper is successfully passed, then Silvermoon City can start cultivating future adventurers!

In this regard, Tolina complained: "Michaela, since you originally wanted to expand the professional union, why don't you just turn to the last page and sign it?" ”

"I'm a minister!"

Michaela retorted on the spot: "The white paper brought by the subordinate, I signed it directly without reading it?" What if they sell me? ”

(This is not Lao Jin's nonsense, in reality, there are really bosses who sign directly without reading the content of the document.) ）

As a result, Michaela really saw the problem:

"Sir Humphrey, your white paper does contain the expansion of professional unions, but what's behind it?"

Humphrey tilted his head up, looked at the white paper, and asked, "What do you mean, Chancellor?" ”

Michaela pointed to the second half of the white paper and said, "Why is there a content in the white paper to expand the administrative affairs department?" The members of our department already have ...... Well, there's ......"

Bernard immediately added: "413 people, minister." ”

"Thank you, Bernard."

Michaela said to Humphrey: "We already have 413 people in our department, why do we need to expand? ”

Humphrey, however, reached out and flipped to the next page of the white paper, pointed to its contents, and said, "Chancellor, you obviously didn't notice that I had cut the size of our department here. ”

"Downsizing?"

Michaela followed Humphrey's finger and saw that the white paper did reduce the original establishment of 20,000 people in the administrative department to 19,950.

"Oh, I see!"

As soon as the words fell, Michaela immediately turned her face and shouted: "It's weird! ”

The so-called establishment is the planned number of people not the actual number, since the Department of Administrative Services is not full staff, so the reduction of the number of personnel is purely a play on words, and has no practical significance!

Michaela immediately flipped back to the previous page of the white paper, pointed to the contents of the department's expansion, and asked Humphrey:

"Sir Humphrey, don't play with words, tell me why we want to recruit more members of our department, this is the actual number of people in the department!"

As she spoke, Michaela glanced to the side of a thick stack of white papers that had not yet been approved.

Torina immediately interjected:

"The meaning is already obvious, with the current 413 clerks in the department, they can compile white papers as thick as mountains every day, which makes Michaela dizzy, if the department expands, then the white papers compiled every day will go beyond the sky, so that Michaela is completely busy!"

It was clear that Tolina's words were pure nonsense, and Michaela just thought that there was enough personnel in the department now and there was no need to expand the recruitment.

"So, why do we want to expand the number of clerks in our department?"

However, in the face of the minister's questioning, Humphrey pursed his lips, was silent for a moment, and then said:

"I can only say that, as far as the current situation is concerned, looking at the overall situation, looking at the past and present, considering various situations, analyzing and summarizing, it may be assumed that, in summary, you are likely to find that although you may not be able to listen to the words, in any case, I am afraid that the future is delicate, so at this stage you can only plan like this, understand?"

Michaela, who looked confused, blurted out: "Huh? ”

Who would have thought that Tolina, the system elf, would also come over to join in the fun:

"I just want to say that I understand everything, and I won't explain much if I don't understand, after all, it's good to know yourself, let's taste it carefully. So all I can say is that I understand everything. Everyone else understands what they say, just nod their heads......"

"Shut up, Tolina!"

Michaela, who had not yet recovered from Humphrey's long difficult sentences, was almost fainted on the spot by Torina with a set of long difficult sentences "combo".

But just because Michaela just can't be an official doesn't mean he's a fool, because he soon noticed something and immediately asked:

"Wait, Tolina, you just ......"

Who knew that Tolina actually lost her temper: "Michaela, you told me to shut up, so I don't speak." ”

"Okay, I'm sorry, you can talk!"

Michaela had to relent: "Tolina, where did you get that set of 'everything you know' just now?" ”

Only then did Tolina raise the memory file in her hand and replied: "The memories of the earthlings in your previous life, when you visit the post bar, you often see this kind of long nonsense comments. ”

"Long nonsense...... Oh! ”

Michaela reacted immediately and shouted at Humphrey, "You were perfunctory to me just now!" ”

"Hmm!"

Humphrey raised his eyebrows, as if he did not expect the young minister in front of him to be able to recover from his long difficult sentence so quickly.

Bernard on the side also helped: "Sir Humphrey, I think that with the intelligence of the minister, he should be able to understand your real reasons. ”

Are you taking me for a fool?

Michaela immediately glared at Bernard, who obediently shrunk his neck.

As for Sir Humphrey, he looked at Michaela, and as if he had made up his mind, he finally spoke:

"Okay, minister, I chose to expand the number of people in the department for the sake of the power of our department."

It is really worthy of an old bureaucrat, and the sense of power is engraved into the bone marrow.

"Right, power?"

But Michaela obviously didn't understand, and just relied on her understanding of power, and said: "Sir Humphrey, our administrative affairs department is now the only government department in Silvermoon City, and the power is only under the regent, do you want to turn the sky upside down?" ”

"Ugh."

However, in the face of Michaela's accusation of "turning the sky upside down", Humphrey just sighed and said: "It seems that you really can't understand it if you haven't been in officialdom at all." ”

Michaela really couldn't understand, so she asked Humphrey to explain.

"Alright, Michaela, listen up!"

Sir Humphrey said with a solemn face:

"Regarding the amount of power, don't use the common sense of the people to judge, for example, the state-run enchantment industry in the old Silver Moon City period was to ensure the employment of our blood elf civilians, so what it contributed was not profit but loss; But there is no profit or loss in the government department, it is measured by the number of employees and the size of the budget, and the large department is more powerful than the small department, which is the cornerstone of our whole system! ”

The above content, Michaela, who has been a civilian for two lifetimes, can be said to have never heard of it, and it is no wonder that Tolina exclaimed:

"As long as you savor it, it can be described as dry goods!"

However, Michaela still didn't understand: "But, Sir Humphrey, there is only one department in Silvermoon City today, our administrative affairs department!" ”

"Just now!"

Sir Humphrey, like a teacher of unfortunate children, explained:

"Chancellor, please think about it, as Silvermoon City gradually recovers and the situation gradually improves, sooner or later the Lord Regent will establish a new administration. At that time, our power will inevitably be weakened! ”

"To do this, we must seize the first-mover advantage, expand the membership, and become the largest and strongest department in the government, so that we can get the highest power and the largest budget!"

In fact, if Michaela was a man with political ambitions, he would have listened to Humphrey's words and expanded the size of the department and expanded his power.

It's a pity that Michaela is not.

In his previous life, as a Chinese, he was convinced that officials should serve the people wholeheartedly, and what departments and powers were not within his scope of consideration.

So, Tolina suggested to Michaela: "Don't listen to Humphrey, he's an old bureaucrat who is full of power." ”

But Michaela also had his own ideas, so he asked Humphrey, "You want to make our administrative department the first department of Silvermoon City?" ”

Humphrey didn't hesitate to say, "Yes." ”

"Then do it!"

Without hesitation, Michaela signed her name to the white paper.

Torina, who didn't know why, immediately asked, "Why?" ”

Why?

Here comes the answer.

After signing the paper, Michaela said to Humphrey: "Look, Sir Humphrey, I have your back today. ”

How could the old bureaucrat Humphrey not understand, and immediately laughed and said: "Yes, minister, and I will support you." ”

From the point of view of right and wrong, Humphrey, who is full of power, is indeed wrong, but Michaela will not beat him to death with a stick, on the contrary, it is not harmful for Michaela to increase the power of the department, why oppose it?

And through this expansion of the support department, in exchange for Humphrey's support, it is more beneficial to Michaela's future actions, which is definitely a good thing!

To sum up, Michaela said earnestly to the naïve Tolina:

"Tolina, it's okay for you to be messing around, but you have to remember that the world doesn't work by simple right and wrong."

Tolina let out an "oh" as if she didn't understand.

Returning to reality, Michaela asked as she reviewed the papers, "Sir Humphrey, why is it that every white paper is made as thick as a dictionary?" Can you scale it down? ”

Sir Humphrey smiled slightly, and said:

"Yes, Chancellor."