In the 12,550th year of the Blue Star lunar calendar,

Zhu Bin, an immortal from Blue Star, reported to the Emperor of Heaven about opening up a star road to the Tianheng Star Region. The report mainly focused on two aspects: one was technical and the other was cost.

The technical problems had been solved. Zhu Bin led the team through rigorous exploration and had determined a suitable star road that could avoid most of the dangers in the universe and was very secretive.

The problem was the cost. This project was very large. If a planet was to do it, it would not be possible to complete it even if it went bankrupt. The initial budget was more than one trillion top-grade spirit stones, and this data was quite conservative. The budget had to be increased at any time in the later stage, and it would also cost a lot for maintenance.

"Report to the Emperor of Heaven, I heard that in the planets of the lower world, bridges and roads also need the power of the planets to build. Now that the Heavenly Court wants to open up the star road to the Tianheng Star Region, it must gather the power of the entire Heavenly Court to implement it. Please ask the Emperor of Heaven to issue a decree to recruit people and resources from various star regions to complete this pioneering work."

Li Da Xianjun stood up and said that someone had to be a bad guy and ask for money and people from various star regions. He had to take charge of this matter.

"Lida is right. Then this matter is handed over to you, Lida. You send people to calculate and see how many people and money are needed from each star region and each planet."

The Emperor of Heaven nodded. This star road is related to the overall situation of the Heavenly Court, and he must build it.

Li Da Xianjun said yes, and Chang Rong Xianjun sneered in his heart. This matter can be said to be thankless. Although he seems to be in power with countless money, it is a job that offends people. That is, Li Da Xianjun is not favored, otherwise he would not be given it.

Li Da Xianjun naturally had nothing to say. Soon he summoned his men and officially began to intervene in this matter. However, after a busy period, he found many problems, such as the lack of detailed information on each planet in the Heavenly Court, and the different attitudes of each planet towards providing money and people, which was very difficult to deal with.

So Li Da Xianjun naturally proposed to the Emperor of Heaven, requesting to reform the organizational structure of the Heavenly Court, establish domain masters in each star field, strengthen the control of each planet in each star field, and improve efficiency.

The Emperor of Heaven readily agreed and summoned all the immortals to discuss. Lin Jiang and others also received the news and went to the Heavenly Court for a meeting.

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"The domain master of the Tianbei Star Field is Di Qing, Di Qing of Taibai Star, the master of the former Di Daoyou, it is said that his Taoist partner is the female immortal of the Chang family, and she is very close to the Emperor of Heaven."

Lin Jiang and others participated in the Heavenly Court meeting just for the sake of formality. They have no power now, so Lin Jiang is also very conscious. No matter what the Heavenly Court proposes, he will not object.

The domain lords of each star domain were quickly appointed. The domain lord of the Tianbei star domain was Di Qing, the star lord of Taibai Star, a very old immortal, who was only stronger than the previous Li Canghai.

The key point was that Di Qing had a close relationship with the Chang family. It was said that he had a Taoist partner who was a female immortal of the Chang family, but few people had seen her. Di Qing himself was also very low-key. Lin Jiang had been an immortal for thousands of years and had not seen him many times.

"The Emperor of Heaven did not establish a queen of heaven, nor did he have any offspring or even a family. He was very mysterious. The closest group was the Chang family. Tsk tsk."

Liang Long sneered. The Emperor of Heaven was definitely the most mysterious person in the Heavenly Court. No one in the Heavenly Court knew what the Emperor of Heaven's name was, which life star he came from, and he had no wife, children, or family. Everything was a mystery. The only group that was relatively close was the Chang family.

"Lin Jiang, the domain lord of Tiannan is not Li Canghai, but Mo Xianren, the star lord of Beiyuan Star. We are not close to Mo Xianren,"

Cao Ying said. Many people thought that Li Canghai would be the domain lord of Tiannan Star, but they did not expect that the star lord appointed by the Emperor of Heaven would be Mo Xianren of Beiyuan Star.

"Li Canghai cannot be the domain lord, even if he was not injured on the mother star that time."

"Why is Li Canghai the most popular?"

"It is because he has the most popular voice. Haven't you noticed that the Emperor of Heaven is using power tactics more and more smoothly now. He is making a trade-off?"

Lin Jiang said that the Emperor of Heaven used to give people the impression that he did not play tricks, but ruled the Heavenly Court with hard power and implemented the kingly way. But now it seems that the Emperor of Heaven is also very good at playing tricks.

It was like this in the Tianheng Star Region, and it is still like this now. The domain lords he appointed are either his confidants or the other side of the local powerful faction.

Take the Tiannan Star Region for example. Mo Xianren of Beiyuan Star is much worse than Li Canghai. Why did he appoint Mo Xianren as the domain lord? Isn't it just to support the weak to fight against the strong?

"Tricks, things that are not presentable, the Emperor of Heaven has become smaller,"

Liang Long said with a sigh. Anyway, he looked down on things like tricks.

“The use of political tactics has nothing to do with the overall situation. On the contrary, I think what the Emperor of Heaven did was right.”

“You’re still speaking for the Emperor of Heaven, but we have an extra boss.”

“Let’s talk about the facts. From the Emperor of Heaven’s perspective, the previous events in the Glory Federation were very strange. Things that he was not even aware of kept happening right under his nose. If you were the Emperor of Heaven, what would you do?”

“Strengthen the defense.”

“Yes, strengthening control over subordinates is a way to strengthen defense. It’s a very instinctive choice. The Emperor of Heaven has no idea whether someone has ulterior motives towards him, so he has been testing them. The division of planets in the Tianheng star field was one of them, and now it’s the second. Next, we have to be patient. The Emperor of Heaven may begin to test a specific planet.”

Lin Jiang said. For high-level officials, this kind of unstable factor is terrible. This is not a small-minded move by the Emperor of Heaven, but a natural reaction.

A few days later, the domain lords of each star domain took office. Di Qing set up the domain lord's mansion in Taibai Star. There are two domain lord's mansions, one in Taibai Star and the other in the Heavenly Court. Di Qing split an extra soul and worked in both places.

Lin Jiang and other immortals from the Tianbei Star Domain went to the domain lord's mansion of Taibai Star to pay a visit to Di Qing, who warmly entertained the immortals.

After the reception, Di Qing made another request, which was to give him the general situation of each planet, which had to be very detailed, including the geographical information, population information, etc. of each planet, because the Heavenly Court was going to start collecting taxes.

The organizational structure of the Heavenly Court was reformed to strengthen centralization, and strengthening centralization meant having money and food. Where did the money and food come from? Naturally, it came from taxes.

"A new official has three things to do when he takes office. This domain lord has just been established, and Di Qing can't wait to show his loyalty to the Emperor of Heaven. Fellow Daoist Lin, our life will be difficult in the future ,"

said Ming An. He and his junior fellow apprentice Ming Xin are both from the Tianbei Star Region. They are geographically separated from Canglan Star, so their life will be more difficult in the future.

"Since we are here, we should make the best of it. We are not as strong as others, so we can only accept it,"

Lin Jiang said lightly. He would not complain about the Heavenly Court in front of Ming An. Living under the Heavenly Emperor, no one knows how many confidants the Heavenly Emperor has. There will be some people who surrender to the Heavenly Emperor on every planet. After all, the Heavenly Emperor is the Lord of the Heavenly Court.

Lin Jiang is not going to disobey the Heavenly Court's taxation and conscription, as long as it is not too obvious to bully them. No matter how much money is paid, Lin Jiang can make Zhu Bin earn it back, or even double it, so there is no need to worry.

Di Qing is a qualified domain master. He recruited many talents in Tianbei Star Domain, such as actuaries, financial personnel, etc., to conduct a thorough investigation of the situation of each planet, and then make accurate calculations. At least on the surface, it is absolutely fair.

However, many planets still feel a lot of pressure. The economic situation of many planets is actually very bad. Currency over-issuance, inflation, economic bubbles are everywhere. Now they have to pay a lot of taxes. Many planets feel that the problem is serious. A serious economic crisis has occurred. Taxation has become the fuse of their economic crisis.

Lin Jiang looked at the complaints on the Star Domain Network and said without saying a word that many economic crises are self-inflicted. Who told you to spend money lavishly and not understand the concept of saving?