Changing the Plot, Starting with Guiding Qian Renxue

"Is this the Sacred Dragon? It's so cute!"

After Gu Han summoned the Sacred Dragon, it immediately cried, "Luo luo!" and ran to Qian Renxue's feet, staring curiously at her with its golden vertical pupils.

Its short little legs, tiny tail, and delicate dragon wings had not yet fully transformed into the appearance of a Golden Sacred Dragon, but compared to its previous Luo Sanpao form, it was already countless times cuter.

It had a sort of ugly-cute charm.

At the sight of the Sacred Dragon, Qian Renxue's beautiful golden eyes immediately lit up. Delighted, she could not help picking it up and gently stroking it with her jade-like hand.

Under Qian Renxue's caresses, the Sacred Dragon raised its head and closed its eyes. The pair of little golden wings on its back flapped constantly, while its four little feet paddled about as it hummed in comfort.

The Sacred Dragon's adorably dazed and simple-minded appearance made Qian Renxue giggle, her laughter clear and pleasant as a lark's song.

And as Qian Renxue stroked the Sacred Dragon.

Especially when she stroked the Sacred Dragon's belly, Gu Han, as its soul master, could not help feeling incredibly comfortable as well. His entire body seemed to tingle and go numb.

The sensations produced wherever Qian Renxue touched the Sacred Dragon were reflected in him as well.

Even Gu Han's handsome little face turned slightly red.

"By the way, Sister Xue'er, what book were you reading just now?"

Worried that he would cry out in pleasure if this continued, Gu Han hurriedly spoke up and asked the question he had long wanted to ask.

He wanted to change the plot by changing Qian Renxue, affect the course of the world's development, and obtain Heavenly Points.

In Gu Han's view, the most effective method was none other than changing Qian Renxue's outlook on life and values.

He wanted her to behave differently from the original story after replacing Xue Qinghe in the future.

For instance, regarding Tang San.

If Qian Renxue had not given him chance after chance, Tang San would have been dead long ago!

Moreover, Douluo Continent was a Western fantasy world.

If Gu Han could turn Qian Renxue's thinking into that of an Eastern-style emperor, making her want to change Douluo Continent and transform its feudal states into centralized nations.

That would certainly have a significant effect on the world's development trajectory and earn him plenty of Heavenly Points!

And if he could teach Qian Renxue about science, make her understand the importance of productive forces, and give her the desire to develop technology, raise productivity, and transform the world.

Then he would definitely be able to gain even more Heavenly Points!

Still, Rome was not built in a day. Gu Han planned to take things step by step.

"Xiao Han, why are you asking about that?"

She had been playing with the Sacred Dragon and had not expected Gu Han to ask such a question. Curiosity appeared on Qian Renxue's breathtakingly beautiful face.

"Well, I need to find a way for the Sacred Dragon to continue evolving, so I read books about martial souls and soul masters."

"I'm curious what kinds of books a sister as beautiful, gentle, kind, and generous as Sister Xue'er likes to read. Maybe we'll even have lots to talk about through books!"

A smile appeared on Gu Han's handsome little face as he spoke.

Beautiful and gentle, kind and generous.

This little fellow's mouth was practically coated in honey.

Although she was already a peerless beauty, being praised like this by such a much younger, handsome, and adorable little brother still made Qian Renxue especially happy.

"You probably haven't learned much about the kinds of books I like. These are the sorts of books I enjoy reading now."

Qian Renxue smiled. Holding the Sacred Dragon in one arm, she walked over to the bookshelf she had been reading from, took down a book, and brought it over to Gu Han.

After accepting the book, Gu Han flipped through it curiously and discovered that it was actually about how to govern a country.

Qian Renxue should have been preparing to replace Xue Qinghe in the future.

But the content of this book was rather superficial.

Its discussions of matters such as governing a nation, land annexation, and the nature of society were not even as insightful as some historical novels Gu Han had read in his past life!

Still, the author of this book could not really be blamed.

Douluo Continent, much like the Western nations of his previous life, seemed not to have a habit of recording history, nor did it have a tradition of preserving systematic historical texts.

Nor were there any remarkable emperors or ministers who wrote books on how to be a good emperor or properly govern a nation and passed them down through the generations.

"Sister Xue'er, is this book about how to govern a country? That sounds amazing!"

"But some of the content in here feels a little wrong to me."

Gu Han began explaining to Qian Renxue the aspects of the book that he felt were flawed.

At first, Qian Renxue treated Gu Han as a child.

When she heard him say that some parts of the book were wrong, she merely smiled, thinking that Gu Han was being childish and did not understand the specific meaning behind much of its content.

Books on governing a country were far more difficult to understand than books about martial souls and soul masters.

After all, they involved all sorts of people and the interests of many different social classes!

But after listening to Gu Han's explanation, Qian Renxue's beautiful face grew solemn.

Because she discovered that what Gu Han said actually made a great deal of sense.

For example, Douluo Continent was currently in the feudal era, and the book stated that—

Since an emperor alone, along with the imperial family, could not properly govern an entire nation, nobles had to be enfeoffed to help govern it.

The nobles were equivalent to minor emperors within their own territories.

Nobles had to fulfill their obligations, pay taxes every year, and send men and troops to war. In return, the emperor was supposed to respect their lawful rights over their territories.

However, ownership of all those territories still belonged to the emperor.

At first glance, that seemed quite fair.

It also appeared to safeguard the emperor's rights.

But Gu Han raised a question: after nobles were enfeoffed, the emperor would certainly have to abide by this agreement.

After all, power had already been delegated.

But who could guarantee that the nobles would abide by the agreement?

The more territorial nobles the emperor enfeoffed, the smaller his directly controlled lands would become, and his own power would steadily weaken.

Meanwhile, as the number of nobles increased and the noble class grew stronger, they would inevitably band together into alliances in order to oppose the emperor.

Among them, those great nobles with territories large enough to achieve internal economic circulation and self-sufficiency would surely turn their domains into impregnable strongholds.

By then, the emperor would barely be able to collect any taxes, while those great nobles would most likely become kingdoms and duchies that were nominally subordinate but effectively independent, obeying mobilization orders while ignoring imperial commands.

If the country were governed according to the book's methods, the empire would certainly not endure for long. At the very least, the emperor and imperial family's control over the empire would grow weaker and weaker.

In the end, the empire would inevitably become an empty shell and fall into decline.

Qian Renxue was deeply shocked by these words.

Because the two great empires of Douluo Continent, the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire, were indeed facing this very problem.

"Then if a country isn't governed this way, how else can it be governed?"

Qian Renxue did not know why, but she asked the question instinctively.

After asking it, Qian Renxue gave a helpless laugh, unable to understand why she had suddenly asked a child for a solution to such a complicated problem.

Being able to spot the issue was already genius enough.

As for such a complex and serious problem, how could he possibly come up with a workable solution?

But Gu Han actually did have a solution.

He could simply follow the course of history from his past life!

Gu Han smiled faintly and said.

"Sister Xue'er, I actually have a solution that might work."

"Since the book says that an emperor and the imperial family cannot govern a country alone, and thus need nobles to help them."

"Then we can create a new class that does not belong to the nobility, yet can assume the nobles' responsibilities, and use it to help us check and balance the nobles!"