"Is that the Saint Dragon? So cute!"
After Gu Han summoned the Saint Dragon, it immediately cried out "Roar! Roar!" and ran to Qian Renxue's feet, its pair of golden vertical pupils curiously staring at her.
With its short legs, small tail, and tiny dragon wings, it hadn't fully transformed into the Golden Sacred Dragon's appearance yet, but compared to Luo San Pao's previous form, it was already immeasurably cuter.
It gave off a charmingly ugly vibe.
Upon seeing the Saint Dragon, Qian Renxue's beautiful golden eyes immediately lit up. She was very happy and couldn't help but pick up the Saint Dragon, gently stroking it with her jade-like hands.
Under Qian Renxue's caress, the Saint Dragon lifted its head, closed its eyes, its pair of small golden wings on its back continuously flapping, and its four small feet constantly wiggling, comfortably humming.
The Saint Dragon's silly and clumsy appearance made Qian Renxue giggle, emitting bursts of clear and melodious laughter like a nightingale.
As Qian Renxue caressed the Saint Dragon.
Especially when she stroked the Saint Dragon's belly, Gu Han, as the Saint Dragon's Spirit Master, also felt very comfortable, as if his whole body was tingling.
This was because the sensations produced by Qian Renxue stroking the Saint Dragon would also be synchronously reflected to him.
This made Gu Han's handsome little face flush slightly.
"By the way, Xue'er Jie, what book were you reading just now?"
Gu Han was worried that if this continued, he might uncontrollably groan in comfort, so he quickly spoke, asking the question he had wanted to ask all along.
He wanted to change the plot by changing Qian Renxue, influencing the World's development trajectory, and earning Tian Yan Points.
In Gu Han's opinion, the most effective method was to change Qian Renxue's worldview.
This would make Qian Renxue act differently from her original self after replacing Xue Qinghe in the future.
For example, concerning Tang San.
If it weren't for Qian Renxue giving him chance after chance, Tang San would have been gone long ago!
Furthermore, the Douluo Continent is a Western fantasy World.
If Gu Han could make Qian Renxue's thinking like that of an Eastern emperor, making her want to change the Douluo Continent and transform feudal states into centralized states.
Then it would certainly have a significant impact on the World's development trajectory, earning many Tian Yan Points!
And if he could make Qian Renxue understand science, comprehend the principles of productivity, and have the idea of developing technology, improving productivity, and changing the World.
Then the Tian Yan Points she could obtain would definitely be even more!
However, you can't eat a Fatty in one bite, so Gu Han still planned to take it one step at a time.
"Little Han, why are you asking this?"
Qian Renxue, who was teasing the Saint Dragon, hadn't expected Gu Han to ask this question, and a hint of curiosity appeared on her beautiful face.
"Well, because I need to find a way for the Saint Dragon to continue evolving, so I've been reading books about Spirit and Spirit Masters."
"I'm very curious what kind of books a beautiful, gentle, kind, and generous older sister like you enjoys reading. Perhaps we might even have a lot in common through our reading!"
Gu Han said with a slight smile on his handsome little face.
Beautiful, gentle, kind, and generous...
This little fellow, his mouth is truly as sweet as honey.
Although she was already a peerless beauty, being praised so much by a much younger, handsome, and cute little brother still made Qian Renxue feel especially happy.
"The books I like to read, you probably haven't really looked into them. The type of books I like to read now are these."
Qian Renxue said with a smile, holding the Saint Dragon with one hand as she walked to the bookshelf where she had been reading, took down a book, and then brought it over to Gu Han.
After taking the book, Gu Han curiously flipped through it and discovered that it was actually a book about how to govern a country.
This should be Qian Renxue preparing for her future replacement of Xue Qinghe.
However, the content of this book was a bit superficial.
The book's descriptions of various matters, such as national governance, land annexation, and the essence of society, were not as good as some historical novels he had read in his previous life!
But this couldn't be blamed on the book's author.
Because the Douluo Continent, like the Western countries of his previous life, seemed to have no habit of recording history, nor a tradition of leaving behind systematic historical books.
There were even fewer powerful emperors and ministers who would write down books on how to be a good emperor and how to govern a country well, and pass them down.
"Xue'er Jie, is this book about how to govern a country? It sounds amazing!"
"But some of the content in it, I feel like it's not quite right."
Gu Han began to explain to Qian Renxue the parts of the book he felt were incorrect.
Originally, Qian Renxue regarded Gu Han as a child.
When she heard Gu Han say that there were parts in the book that weren't quite right, Qian Renxue just smiled, thinking that Gu Han was naive and didn't understand the specific meanings of much of the content in these books.
The difficulty of understanding the various problems and content in these governance-related books was much higher than that of books on Spirit and Spirit Masters.
Because they involved various people and the interests of various different social strata!
But after listening to Gu Han, Qian Renxue's beautiful face showed a somewhat serious expression.
Because she found that Gu Han's words were actually very reasonable.
For example, the Douluo Continent is currently in the feudal state stage, and the book states that:
Because an emperor alone and a single imperial family cannot govern a country well, it is necessary to enfeoff nobles to help govern the country.
Nobles are equivalent to small emperors of their territories.
Nobles need to fulfill their responsibilities, pay taxes annually, and send people and troops to participate in wars, while the emperor should also respect the legitimate rights that nobles possess over their territories.
However, the ownership of their territories still belongs to the emperor.
At first glance, this seems very fair.
And it also protects the emperor's rights.
But Gu Han raised a question: after enfeoffing nobles, the emperor can certainly only abide by this contract.
After all, power has already been decentralized.
But who can guarantee that the nobles will definitely abide by this contract?
The more noble territories the emperor enfeoffs, the better his directly controlled territories will become, and his own power will become increasingly weak.
Conversely, as nobles increase and the power of the noble class grows, they will certainly band together and form alliances to resist the emperor.
Among them, those great nobles with sufficiently large territories, capable of achieving internal self-sufficiency, will inevitably manage their territories into impregnable fortresses.
At that time, the emperor would barely be able to collect much tax, and those great nobles would most likely become kingdoms and duchies that are nominally subordinate but actually independent, listening to orders but not to deployment.
If the country were governed according to the content described in the book, the Empire would certainly not last long; at the very least, the emperor and the imperial family's control over the Empire would become increasingly weak.
Ultimately, the Empire would inevitably become a mere facade, heading towards its demise.
These words greatly shocked Qian Renxue.
Because currently, the two great Empires on the Douluo Continent, the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire, are indeed facing this very problem.
"Then what do you think? If not governed this way, how else can a country be governed?"
Qian Renxue didn't know what was happening, but she subconsciously asked.
After asking, Qian Renxue also laughed wryly, not understanding why she would suddenly ask a child for the solution to such a complex problem.
For him to be able to identify the problem was already very genius.
As for such a complex and serious problem, how could he possibly come up with a feasible solution?
However, Gu Han really did have a solution for this.
Anyway, it's just following the historical development of his previous life!
Gu Han smiled slightly and said,
"Xue'er Jie, actually, I have indeed thought of a potentially feasible solution."
"Since the book says that because the emperor and the imperial family alone cannot govern a country, they need the assistance of nobles."
"Then we can completely create a new class that does not belong to the nobility but can still fulfill the responsibilities of nobles, helping us balance the nobles!"