Doctor’s Rebirth - Chapter 927

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Chapter 927
‘Sigh. This is all my karma….’
I heard every word the officials were saying as I entered.
Inside, I felt embarrassed and wanted to kick the blankets, but I armored my face with a subtle smile.
Then I walked in as if nothing was amiss.
‘Did the rumor about me disguising myself as Princess Seon-hee spread? Or was it the mushroom incident? Ugh…. Where did it leak from?’
Come to think of it, the problem started when my Master hung a portrait of Princess Seon-hee(?) in his office.
Not just anyone can enter Jegalling’s office.
And these days he only takes it out and hangs it on days he feels like it.
But he still meets with prominent figures coming from outside in his office, doesn’t he?
Someone from a certain faction entered his office before, and officials from the imperial palace occasionally stop by.
Is that all?
It could have spread from the painter who drew that picture, so the possibilities are endless.
‘Ah, no. They could just think it’s a portrait of a foreign princess.’
They might not have jumped to the conclusion that it’s the same person.
If it had become established fact, this wouldn’t be mere gossip.
They would accuse Jin Tae-su of committing outrageous acts that violated the laws of Confucianism.
Here, I don’t mean it figuratively—they would demand my head be severed literally.
‘There would have been a flood of memorials.’
I raised my hand while pretending not to hear.
Boom!
I struck the armrest lightly, using the principles of inner energy to make the sound resonate.
It wasn’t merely loud.
The energy contained in that sound touched everyone’s senses, and thanks to that, they all fell silent.
A chill.
With just that one action, I completely suppressed all those proud fellows.
“Everyone, silence.”
“….”
Everyone looked at me.
They began to feel a sense of pressure from my presence.
However, no one noticed that the movement just now was the martial arts of someone who had nearly transcended Hwagyeong and approached Hyeongyeong.
To know how tall a mountain is, you must stand close to it.
That’s why these mere pups felt their pride wounded by the beast’s behavior.
‘He’s completely disregarding us. Is he that confident?’
‘He must have heard all our gossip?’
‘He’s from the Jegallga. Who knows. Even if he smiles on the surface, who could tell he’s hiding a blade in his belly?’
Fear of the Jegallim Family.
Rather than getting angry, he’s brushing past it so smoothly!
Everyone’s wariness was heightening at that sight.
But the truth was, I was…. I was….
‘I just want everyone to get along.’
I carried a dove of peace in my heart.
“It’s a pleasure to meet you all. As you likely already know, I am Jin Cheon-hee, the provincial governor who has been appointed as a special instructor and assigned to this position.”
My smooth voice resonated through the room.
“I understand that everyone here has come to this training academy to receive instruction in basic administrative duties before being formally assigned to their respective ministries. Is that correct?”
Everyone fell silent.
They simply stared at me without responding.
It could have been a form of silent protest.
Yet I smiled softly.
Someone gasped and flushed red in the face.
‘That scoundrel is seducing me just like he does the Emperor!’
‘They say he seduces anyone regardless of gender!’
‘How does he know I’m of marriageable age? Our family practices uxorilocal marriage!’
Regardless, I continued speaking.
“If you don’t answer, you’ll receive a deduction. And I want you to remember that if you accumulate deductions beyond a certain threshold, your appointment as an official can be revoked. So, is that correct?”
Seeing the students’ behavior, the dove of peace took flight.
So I quietly tucked the dove back into my sleeve and instead drew out the instructor’s eagle.
“Yes, sir.”
“Yes, indeed!”
Everyone answered in unison.
“Excellent. Then let’s begin with roll call.”
I pulled out a ledger.
Its cover read “Attendance Register.”
And I called out names one by one.
It was unusual.
Normally, attendance was already recorded when people showed their identification tokens at entry.
For the Master to call roll individually was unprecedented at this academy.
“Out of seventy-two total students, three are absent without excuse. These three will receive deductions. Later, I want all of you to teach them what they missed.”
Though I spoke with a smile and gentle tone,
the officials felt a chill run down their spines.
‘Is he trying to kill those who just cursed him?’
‘How could the absent ones have cursed him?’
‘Surely he’s not actually asking us to teach the ones who were absent?’
They exchanged glances, confused.
I continued.
“Now then, let me explain the administrative methodology I’ll be teaching you.”
I attached what I had brought to the wall. Large characters were written on white cloth.
The Six Consciousnesses Standard Deviation Administrative Law (六識標準偏差行政法).
“I haven’t come to teach you administrative practice. I’ve come to teach you the methodology and system for conducting administrative work.”
Whoosh—
“Everyone here belongs to different ministries. The Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Works, the Ministry of Revenue, and so on. Therefore, what I’m teaching you is something that can be commonly applied across all of them.”
Tap-tap-
I strike the paper affixed to the wall with a pointer.
“This Six Sigma Standard Deviation Administrative Law is exactly that. By learning this, you can simultaneously master your original administrative duties.”
At my words, everyone’s thoughts grow complicated.
So it’s not practical training, but rather—
‘Is this instruction on methodology?’
‘Do we really need to learn this?’
‘Aren’t the methodologies left by the ancient sages already memorized during civil service examinations?’
Yet some of them brighten with interest.
‘Still, the person teaching is someone the Emperor himself has cultivated—Ilgwang.’
‘Looking at Master Baekrin’s achievements, this isn’t something to learn carelessly.’
I smile brightly.
“Ah, and when you address me, please call me Professor.”
It was the same smile that countless people on Earth had watched in real-time.
Truly, something tinged with madness.
* * *
There exists something called the ‘Six Sigma’ movement.
It’s typically one of the management strategies, and is known to have been established by Bill Smith, an engineer at Motorola, in 1986.
Motorola.
A company that was once the absolute leader in the mobile phone industry.
This management strategy established by such a company decades ago showed remarkably unique and powerful effects.
The reason it once dominated an era.
That which enabled Motorola to become the representative player in communication devices at that time!
Then what exactly is this Six Sigma?
‘It’s really the most basic of basics when learning management.’
Let me approach it with only a surface-level understanding.
First, sigma.
The term sigma (σ) in statistics refers to the range of error.
In management studies, it’s typically used collectively when discussing defect rates.
‘Do kids these days not learn this? I’m not sure.’
What happens when the number 6 is attached to such a sigma from a management perspective?
That famous Six Sigma!
In other words, it becomes a technique that pursues zero defect rate from a management standpoint!
To manufacture products with zero defect rates!
That is what the ‘Six Sigma’ management strategy is.
Then what must be done to achieve zero defect rate?
To accomplish this, the key is establishing a five-phase system called DMAIC.
Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control.
The essence is to establish these five systems and continuously evaluate and improve the production process.
After establishing this system, Motorola dominated the entire mobile phone market, but eventually faced decline at a certain point.
The causes attributed to this were primarily arrogance as the industry leader, the strain of M&A activities, and failure to produce an iconic product to lead the new era.
Though Motorola experienced decline for these complex reasons, that doesn’t mean we should diminish Six Sigma, which Motorola created.
In the past, Jack Welch introduced it and greatly expanded General Electric.
Seeing that, other American companies also adopted and used it.
Of course, Korean companies used it as well.
It was a founding merit that created the industrial powerhouses of today.
So it’s the foundation of management.
Now it’s also the foundation of industry.
Of course, the modern Hua Empire doesn’t stop here.
Other techniques will be introduced later, but in the Hua Empire it’s still cutting-edge.
‘The Hua Empire won’t be doing mergers and acquisitions, and civil servants won’t be driving industrial innovation!’
From my perspective, it seemed even more suitable for administrative use in this era.
Originally it was used in manufacturing and production.
I modified it slightly for administrative purposes and had been using it, introducing various charts, formulas, numerical data, and double-entry bookkeeping alongside it.
And thus was born the cutting-edge administrative district of Baekrin—Master Baekrin!
‘Hard work alone doesn’t make things happen. When methodology is proper, effort actually produces results.’
In truth, the administrative work of this era has systems, but they’re quite loose.
The reporting structure is sloppy, and there are virtually no charts or numerical data.
To fix and improve such things, I introduced this method.
As a result, the number of officials and managers needed for administrative work increased significantly.
But simultaneously, administrative gaps largely disappeared compared to the past, and numerous tax evasions were prevented, with all of Baekrin experiencing tremendous growth.
However.
The surprising fact is that despite the number of officials and managers multiplying several times over, they all still have to work overtime!
You could truly call it a black company—Baekrin!
But no one collapses.
Because the medical services of Baekrin Medical Guild take care of their health!
This Six Sigma that transformed Baekrin into an administrative monster, when translated into the Hua Empire’s language, becomes the Six-Perception Standard Deviation Administrative Law (六識標準偏差行政法).
And.
The empire’s officials who began receiving this education started calling me this.
‘Water Chrysanthemum (水菊花).’
A poisonous flower.
* * *
Until shortly before the lecture began, everyone doubted me.
They mocked, envied, and were jealous.
They spoke endlessly outside about how I must have manipulated the Emperor somehow.
But now.
“Professor Jiiiiiin! Is this a workload humans can even handle?!”
“You’re asking us to draw up last year’s entire annual budget using double-entry bookkeeping in chart form—do you think that’s possible?!”
“Why do I have to calculate land area! Why is mathematics necessary?!”
An enormous volume of study material.
Moreover, these were systems of an entirely different dimension from what I had learned thus far.
Someone spoke up.
“Even if we learn all this, won’t it all become useless once we’re reassigned to a different department?”
“I wish that were the case, but the Emperor has decided to send those officials from other departments for training at Baekrin. If that happens, we’ll be mixed in with our seniors and have to regurgitate everything we’ve learned.”
“…Ah… If we haven’t learned it properly, they’ll tear us apart.”
“Right. When the Emperor sends inspectors, we’ll be broken down accordingly.”
And one person added.
“Ah, and if understanding is too poor, they say they’ll send us to public works in concern. Learn arithmetic with your body, they say.”
“Have they lost their minds?”
No, the Hwa Empire runs along well enough even if left alone anyway.
Was there really a need to improve administration further here?
‘The current methods aren’t even that bad!’
Six Sigma.
I translated it using martial arts terminology.
The Six Consciousnesses Standard Deviation Administrative Method—a name that gave me a headache just hearing it.
It couldn’t be helped.
‘Administration has to look impressive for the higher-ups to be satisfied.’
And as I began memorizing the subordinate items under the Six Consciousnesses Standard Deviation Administrative Method one by one, my eyes felt like they were bleeding.
On top of that.
“Ah, I see. The Ministry of Rites, then. In that case, I’ll provide a separate assignment. To establish the procedures for the Feng Shui ritual performed at Mount Tai, where heaven and earth are worshipped….”
A task bomb dropped on the official working in the Ministry of Rites.
“Ah, the Ministry of Revenue, I see. The Ministry of Revenue is nice~ I happen to have a prepared assignment. Regarding last year’s average agricultural tax revenue, there are different regional variations. I’d like you to create a chart showing the reasons and correlations using the newly introduced diagram method….”
Work that would likely require overtime for the official assigned to the Ministry of Revenue.
“Study? You understand that measurement and surveying are absolutely crucial, yes? Excellent. It just so happens we need to build a stone bridge across the river. I need design drawings on how to mathematically support the load….”
The official from the Ministry of Works took on a construction design assignment that was never in their fate.
Thus I pushed everyone into a storm of assignments.
That was precisely the check I had mentioned to Ga Wan!
These were assignments to gauge the capabilities of these people!
What was more terrifying was….
‘Does the fact that this Sukgwha fellow is assigning these mean he understands all the work of the Six Ministries?’
‘Isn’t this only possible if one knows not just theoretical knowledge but practical work?’
I answered brightly.
“It’s fine if you get it wrong. You can just exercise afterward.”
In front of the education center, shovels were neatly arranged.
Those who answered incorrectly had to build walls, move roof tiles, or maintain drainage channels.
“What? Isn’t this something only subordinates do!”
“They said central personnel need to understand practical work too.”
“Is Ilgwang out of his mind? The higher-ups approved this?”
“Yi Bu-sangeo Ga Wan gave special permission for it.”
“Ahhhhh! Nooooooo!”
No matter how golden a spoon one was born with, no matter how talented, one could not defy the lofty Yi Bu-sangeo.
And what could be done against this new Yi Bu-sangeo who had just taken the position by removing his predecessor?
These people were merely chicks, after all.
Even if some of these diamond-spoon chicks went tattling to their parents who held minor official positions, what good would it do?
“Ahem, ahem. This is all training. Learn well from it.”
“Y-yes, Ilgwang. I mean, building connections with Jin Tae-su won’t hurt us.”
“Learn well. Make a good impression. Understood? I trust you!”
It was strange.
Just weeks ago, their parents had gnashed their teeth at what they called a spoiled wretch monopolizing the Emperor’s favor, yet suddenly they backed off and told them to do well.
‘What in the world is happening in the court?’
After the Emperor personally exterminated Miga, there was no visible bloodshed on the surface.
But something was happening, and these golden diamond-spoon chicks realized they could not refuse.
“Damn it….”
The reluctant ones picked up shovels.
And they had to do the very work they had considered most degrading.
Civil engineering.
A month passed like that.
People rolled and tumbled.
Sleeping only two hours a day, their minds were scorched by constant studying and various calculations and charts.
These were people who should have collapsed.
Weren’t desk workers typically frail?
But their instructor, Professor Jin, was no ordinary administrator.
One of the finest doctors in the realm!
“Do not worry, my fellow students~ I, this professor, will absolutely not let you die. I will do my utmost to ensure you continue your studies in perfect health!”
Moreover, the imperial palace specially provided low-grade vitality-preserving elixirs for physical maintenance.
A most exceptional measure.
Acupuncture and herbal medicine!
Knowledge as an internal medicine physician and as a surgeon!
Even exercises learned from the rehabilitation center!
He was even an authority on life cultivation techniques.
The fallen rose like warriors only to walk about like zombies while receiving instruction.
At this point, one might suspect he was a necromancer.
After months of this hellish training, these students began to be assigned to various departments.
“Well, you may graduate now.”
At Professor Jin Sukgwha’s permission, they spread both arms wide in a freedom pose.
“Escape, escape!”
“Ooooh! Nothing could be more enviable!”
“Freedom! Freedoooom!”
Watching these liberated graduates flee, those who remained began taking retests, and more retests.
Of course.
“Ah, I’ve prepared new shovels outside. The ones we used last time had become worn. Since everyone here present is a precious talent responsible for the nation’s future, I’ve specially had Master Baekrin craft them personally.”
A fox standing on its hind legs was carved in relief on the shovel handle.
The manual labor continued.

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