Rising to Power Through Reforms in the Underworld

[No System, just wild imagination] Cui Jue: “Lord Lin, could you allocate some funds for my Office of Yin Law?” Lin Zhe: “I could give you the money, but you’ll have to leave your Book of Life and Death and Judge’s Brush here for a few days. That’s what you get for setting me up at the underworld court meeting.” Meng Po: “Your Majesty, could you transfer our department’s funding back to us? We’ve started watering down the Meng Po Soup.” King Yama: “Talk to Lin Zhe about that. He has money. I don’t.” Lin Zhe: “Your Majesty, I think some of the ghost officials are seriously incompetent. Some of them can’t even read. It’s time to clean house.” King Yama: “Oh? What do you suggest?” “Four words: everyone must pass an exam to get in.”