Your Majesty, These Spirits Are Hurting GDP by Skipping Work

After transmigrating to ancient times and seeing a future of utter poverty, with nothing but bare walls and dirt to eat, Shen Qingzhe was just about to grab a hoe and head out to the fields when she bonded with the Ancient Strange Tales Research System.

The System was simple: write reports, handle paperwork, conduct field research, and enjoy plenty of perks!

Disguised as a man, Shen Qingzhe reluctantly carried the System's research forms to the crumbling Dali Temple. But as soon as she arrived, she was sent to investigate the capital's most infamous deadly case.

Seven days later, a new makeover studio opened in the capital, creating peerless beauty for the nobility.

The news spread like wildfire throughout the city!

Shen Qingzhe rubbed her hands together excitedly and submitted her first report to the System:

"A Feasibility Analysis of Turning High-Risk Strange Tales into a Service Industry"

She also copied a version for her superior.

Her superior's note read: "Nonsense! But it makes a lot of money, so approved!"

Shen Qingzhe successfully earned a promotion buff and the System's rewards: [50 taels of silver] and [1 suburban residence]. To everyone's envy, she became one of the capital's new elite.

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Shen Qingzhe received an exceptional promotion.

Looking at the empty Dali Temple before her and the mountains of old, unsolved supernatural cases, her eyes lit up!

She put hanging ghosts to work on high-altitude jobs, assigned water monkeys to canal security, and sent haunted-house ghosts and nightmare demons to run terrifying escape rooms, letting the entire capital experience the thrills of modern entertainment!

In her year-end report, Shen Qingzhe picked up her brush and wrote in the System:

"A Practical Plan for Turning Supernatural Forces into Labor"

Then she casually copied a version for the emperor.

The emperor's vermilion note read: "Interesting. There's a disaster in Jingzhou. Go deal with it."

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Shen Qingzhe arrived in Jingzhou and immediately posted a job notice inviting a drought demon to work as a rain-control specialist. In just two months, she turned a land of starving corpses into a renowned land of abundance!

When word reached the capital, everyone was astonished, and she was summoned back.

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Shen Qingzhe was hurriedly summoned to the palace.

The emperor had reportedly had a strange dream. The entire Imperial Astronomical Bureau had spent seven days and seven nights trying to interpret it, but had no answers. They had no choice but to let Shen Qingzhe, a woman of extraordinary ability, give it a try.

She immediately presented a System-certified report:

"An Analysis of the Connection Between the Northwestern Campaign and His Majesty's Dream, and How to Respond"

Six days later, the army won a great victory at the border and captured the enemy commander.

Overjoyed, the emperor asked:

"How did you know, Beloved Minister Shen?"

Shen Qingzhe stroked the dream-eating tapir lounging on her shoulder and smiled softly. "This humble minister knows a little about feng shui."

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Later on, Shen Qingzhe's secret was exposed.

Who could have imagined that Shen Qingzhe, the celebrated rising star of the Great Yan court, would secretly keep demons and monsters, consort with spirits, and disrupt the natural order!

She had even disguised herself as a man and deceived the emperor. Her intentions were truly despicable!

On the night Shen Qingzhe was locked away in the Ministry of Justice's prison, she wrote a final report in the System, "On the Sustainable Development of Strange Tales in Great Yan," and prepared to meet her end.

Who could have expected the palace gates to be blockaded, too?

The emperor looked at the mountain of petition letters piled before him and turned to Shen Qingzhe with an amused expression.

"Minister Shen, you've turned my realm into a model district where humans and ghosts prosper together."

"How should I rule on this matter?"

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#Your Majesty, strange tales that don't work are bad for GDP!

#The whole capital is my customer base, including nonhumans

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