My Wife is Unbeatable in the Whole World, Touch Me If You Dare!-Chapter 241 - 127: A World Without Thieves_4

He glanced at Li Anning, who was asleep on the desk, knowing that he certainly couldn’t count on the Princess for these trivial matters.

After establishing a good record for these people, the sky outside had already grown dark.

The moment he put down his brush, Li Nuo realized that he needed to recruit another clerk for the Anti-theft Bureau, specifically to take care of these matters.

Although the Ministry of Justice had many clerks, each had their own duties, and to forcibly assign them overtime work, while they wouldn’t dare to refuse publicly, they might curse him behind his back.

The next day,

Li Anning was peeling an orange while watching a woman transcribe Anti-theft Bureau files, and exclaimed, "Such beautiful handwriting..."

To be a clerk for the Anti-theft Bureau, one had to be literate.

Not only did they need to be able to read, but they also had to know how to write.

Meeting these two requirements seemed simple but was, in fact, quite difficult.

Even ladies from prominent families couldn’t fully meet this condition.

Daxia’s educational resources were extremely concentrated and showed a trend of becoming more monopolized.

Common poor people could hardly recognize many characters.

Only wealthy families could afford the luxury of hiring tutors for their children.

As early as yesterday, when preparing to recruit a clerk for the Anti-theft Bureau, Li Nuo already had a suitable candidate in mind.

Gu Yanran came from a family of officials and was a well-known talented woman in the vicinity, skilled in Qin, Chess, Calligraphy, and Painting. At the mere age of sixteen, her excellent calligraphy even put masters to shame.

It would be a tremendous waste of her talent to do menial tasks such as mending and laundering.

The clerk position in the Anti-theft Bureau seemed tailor-made for her.

He was Li Anning’s secretary.

Gu Yanran was the secretary Li Nuo had found for himself.

The Anti-theft Bureau’s trial run on its first day was very successful, and on the second day, Li Nuo had Zhao Wu select another ten people.

These people had families in Chang’an, and working in the Ministry of Justice for a year, or even less, would allow them to see daylight again, reunite with their families, and if they were willing, stay and continue to utilize their talents at the Anti-theft Bureau.

In this process, Li Nuo was also paying attention to changes in his own lifespan.

When making these arrangements, his lifespan did not decrease.

The Law Code wouldn’t accept direct redemption of sins with silver or the use of the Death Exemption Token.

However, reducing sentences through merit earned by performing good deeds did not affect the decisions made by the Law Code.

In this case, Li Nuo could confidently expand the Anti-theft Bureau.

With nearly six hundred members of the Thief Sect, including top-level figures already in custody,

If these people could all be reformed from thieves to thief-catchers, then before long, there would be no more thieves in Chang’an.

The organizational structure of the Thief Sect could be continued.

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A Director of the Anti-theft Bureau, four Deputy Directors, sixteen Regional Managers, and sixty-four Team Leaders, with each Team Leader overseeing ten members—the people remained the same, but the Thief Sect was no longer the same Thief Sect.

Currently, everyone’s status was still that of a criminal.

They didn’t even need to be paid a salary.

The stolen goods recovered by the Anti-theft Bureau, if the owner could be found, would be returned to them; if not, the items would be turned over to the National Treasury. Later, they could apply to the court for a portion as operating funds for the Anti-theft Bureau and provide them with a salary.

This way, not only was the public order of Chang’an maintained over the long term, but it also created hundreds of job positions, solving the resettlement issues for these criminals after their release.

Not only could Chang’an do this.

Each Prefecture could follow suit, setting up similar anti-pickpocket teams.

The members of Anti-theft Bureaus everywhere didn’t have to be exclusively thieves; they could have the directors or team leaders from the Ministry of Justice’s Anti-theft Bureau regularly go to various places to train constables and Government Officials...

As these ideas popped into Li Nuo’s mind, the bottleneck in his cultivation seemed to loosen slightly.

Li Anning, who was engrossed in peeling her orange, suddenly turned to look at Li Nuo, a look of surprise on her face.

He had only just encountered a bottleneck, so how could he be on the verge of a breakthrough already?