The Sims: I Open the Immortal Path for All Beings

Chapter 1434: Chapters 1382–1383 The Jade Emperor’s Plan Chapter 1434: Chapters 1382–1383 The Jade Emperor’s Plan Intelligence affairs are always of utmost importance. In any endeavor, if one can anticipate others by understanding everything in advance, then victory is naturally within grasp. This is the essence of the saying “know your enemy and know yourself, and you will never be defeated in a hundred battles.”

For both the former Great Ming Divine Dynasty and today’s Heavenly Court, Emperor Zhu Houji sought to command his own authority and implement his will. Thus, he inevitably needed to grasp intelligence and understand the dynamics of all parties to seize opportunities and strategically expand his power.

As opposed to the times of the Great Ming Divine Dynasty, where one only needed to manage one’s own domain, even if focused on the whole world, these issues were insignificant when the Dynasty was a united entity.

Now, having become the Emperor of Heaven, while Zhu Houji’s authority faced tacit suppression from various quarters, with the Golden Book and Jade Scroll no longer under his control, many officials from the Great Ming began to disobey. Zhu Houji’s power was further eroded, which made him increasingly reliant on intelligence.

Accordingly, Huang Jin gained considerable favor under Emperor Zhu Houji, and his authority grew significantly.

At the beginning, Huang Jin was somewhat flustered with the multitude of intelligence affairs, as he was in the dark and had few people to rely on.

However, he managed to identify some clever individuals. While these people were motivated by the authority he wielded, there was no doubt they were sufficiently capable.

One of them offered Huang Jin an excellent tactic – focus on the major issues and overlook the minor ones.

Intelligence work is exceedingly complex, especially in the vast and immense Divine Land World. No organization could confidently claim to understand everything. Not even Tian Ji Pavilion and Bai Xiaosheng could achieve this, as their intelligence efforts were biased towards different aspects.

Tian Ji Pavilion and Bai Xiaosheng might have been able to maintain their operations with their manpower, exerting full effort without impact.

But now, things were different. As the Heavenly Court expanded and the world changed, their manpower started to become insufficient. To cope, both began outsourcing tasks, allowing many to take on dual roles.

Of course, even so, they found it impossible to cover everything. Thus, by an unspoken agreement, they began to focus on different areas, complementing each other, and mitigating the competition between them.

The pie used to be only so big, allowing only one party to exist – a winner-takes-all scenario. Neither side wanted to compromise back then, but now compromise came naturally since there was no longer a need, with their ultimate goal being to profit and conduct business, not to fight.

Since neither Tian Ji Pavilion nor Bai Xiaosheng could be omniscient, how could they possibly achieve this? It was essential to make certain trade-offs.

They needed to recognize one thing – as the intelligence organization under Emperor Zhu Houji, all their intelligence gathering served him. Hence, it was necessary to consider the Emperor’s needs, and they could completely disregard irrelevant matters.

From Emperor Zhu Houji’s perspective, his real goal was nothing else but to carry out his will and expand his own reach of power.

This nominal ruler of heaven and earth, even if constrained by various forces, still possessed considerable and not-to-be-underestimated authority.

Likewise, those capable of influencing his actions and plans, were certainly not ordinary mortals but entities such as other True Immortals, perhaps Supreme Strong Beings, Imperial Honors, True Gods, and even Supreme Overlords; but definitely not common cultivators or gods.

Therefore, their targets became very clear. The people they most needed to pay attention to were these True Immortals, Imperial Honors, True Gods, and Supreme Overlords, as well as those associated with them.

After unraveling this secret, Huang Jin’s work became much more manageable, and this was the true reason why he had excelled over the years.

After all, even though he was a personal eunuch to Zhu Houji during his seclusion and had come through many hardships with a loyalty hard for others to imagine, to Emperor Zhu Houji, it wasn’t just about loyalty when using someone; capability was also imperative.

If Huang Jin had only loyalty without ability, he would have been assigned other tasks, but never the crucial matter of intelligence gathering.

Only when Huang Jin demonstrated sufficient capability and truly managed these affairs well did he truly gain favor.

Among the many powerful beings that Huang Jin paid attention to, Longevity Taoist Monarch Pei Xuanjing, the strongest practitioner in the Divine Land World, naturally ranked first.

Therefore, when Pei Xuanjing emerged from seclusion, once he comprehended the details, he immediately reported to Emperor Zhu Houji, detailing the events at Shenxiao Mountain and the subsequent reactions from various parties.

As the foremost figure in the Divine Land World, any move by Longevity Taoist Monarch Pei Xuanjing would inadvertently provoke a series of reactions, which was all within the realm of expectation.