"Checks and Balances"
Qian Renxue murmured, and her beautiful golden eyes looked at Gu Han, with a hint of surprise and admiration flashing across their faces.
As a six-year-old child, the fact that Gu Han could think of this already made her very impressed.
This is true genius!
However, in response to Gu Han's words, Qian Renxue squatted down, sighed helplessly, smiled, stroked Gu Han's head, and said.
"Xiao Han, your idea is correct, but it is not that easy to realize it."
"If the nobles could be replaced so easily, how could they have remained entrenched in Douluo Continent for thousands of years?"
"So we need to find a way! Sister Xueer!"
Gu Han smiled slightly, still full of confidence.
"Sister Xue'er, the nobles can help the emperor govern the country because, at present, they are the only ones who have the ability to govern the people. Most of them are either spirit masters themselves or recruit spirit masters, a violent tool that can suppress the people."
"But for the former, as long as the common people can receive extensive education and learn how to govern the country, they can also help govern the country."
"This is not difficult. We just need to improve the carrier of knowledge, make knowledge cheap, and allow ordinary people to learn. The rest will be left to time."
"As for the latter, doesn't our Spirit Hall help civilians awaken their spirits for free across the continent?"
"We already have enough civilian spirit masters in our Spirit Hall. As long as we help these civilians who have learned how to govern the country, won't the nobles be easily replaced?"
"But I also understand that there are soul masters involved, so it may be more complicated to deal with."
"But if we really want to govern the country, we can let those powerful soul master families and sects make money in other ways, but it is best not to let them become nobles and own territories."
"Because that is eroding the foundation of the country!"
Gu Han's words shocked Qian Renxue again.
Because this time, Gu Han spoke more carefully, analyzing the essence of how the nobles could help govern the country, and proposed specific methods of replacing them.
That is, they will be replaced by civilians who have learned how to govern the country with the assistance of the Spirit Hall.
This is totally feasible! Qian Renxue couldn't help but continue to ask how to improve the carrier of knowledge.
Because this is the hardest part!
The development of the times is often limited by tools and materials.
In Douluo Continent, texts are still recorded on parchment and cloth.
These two things are not affordable for ordinary people.
It is time-consuming, labor-intensive and expensive to produce, far inferior to paper.
If we don't improve the carrier of knowledge and invent cheap paper, it will be impossible to realize the plan of replacing the nobles! In Gu Han's previous life, the nobles and the clans were eliminated.
The former are sages like Confucius, who broke the circulation of knowledge among the aristocracy, gave lectures to everyone regardless of their status, and spread knowledge.
The latter is that as paper became cheaper and cheaper, the dissemination of knowledge became more and more convenient and simple, which led to the popularity of the imperial examination system, which became unstoppable and eventually made the aristocratic families become completely history.
It just so happened that Gu Han in his previous life was also a person who liked to read novels, and except for women's novels, he had read almost all other novels.
This includes historical texts.
Therefore, although Gu Han had never actually tried how to make paper, he still knew the general methods and procedures.
"Sister Xue'er, you asked a good question. I just happen to know how to improve the carrier of knowledge."
"Because when I was reading in the library, I happened to see something called paper in a rare ancient book."
"It only needs to use bamboo, bark, hemp and other things as materials to make it."
"Ancient books say that it is as thin as a cicada's wing and can be written on with colored ink, which is more convenient than using parchment or cloth. It is also very cheap to manufacture and can be easily marketed."
Gu Han said with a confident smile on his handsome face.
"What ancient book? Can you show it to me?"
Qian Renxue really wanted to see with her own eyes the book that Gu Han mentioned. However, Gu Han had already thought of a way to deal with it. He said with a helpless and distressed expression.
"Sister Xue'er, I'm afraid there's nothing we can do about this, because that ancient book seems to have been brought out from the ruins. It's a unique copy, and it seems to be very old."
"When I finished reading it, it broke into pieces."
"I see!"
Qian Renxue was a little disappointed.
However, Qian Renxue was still very curious about paper, and asked Gu Han if he knew how to make paper.
Gu Han naturally smiled and said that he had remembered the general process.
But because it was already late, she definitely couldn't make paper now. Qian Renxue could only ask for the necessary materials and prepare to come to Gu Han tomorrow.
In the blink of an eye, more than half a month had passed.
In a house in Wuhun City.
"Is this paper? It's so thin!"
In a spacious room filled with basins of paper pulp, Qian Renxue held a piece of successfully made light yellow paper in her hand, and couldn't help but feel excited and amazed.
Because Gu Han knew the materials needed to make paper and the general process, and with Qian Renxue's help in preparation, the paper was made quickly.
The moment she saw the paper, Qian Renxue knew.
It does have the potential to change the world! During this period, it was discovered that Gu Han was not an ordinary child. He actually had deep insights into issues such as governing a country.
Therefore, Qian Renxue would often ask Gu Han questions about state governance.
Gu Han would answer all of these questions one by one, and would also process various historical stories from his previous life to suit the situation on Douluo Continent and tell them to Qian Renxue.
These historical stories often contain profound philosophy and principles of governing a country and being an emperor.
These knowledge from Gu Han's previous life in China gradually changed Qian Renxue's cognition and vision, making her thinking gradually orientalized and giving her strong ambitions in her heart.
After listening to Gu Han's story about Qin Shi Huang, Qian Renxue had actually regarded Qin Shi Huang as her goal and idol.
Although it was not stated explicitly, Gu Han felt it.
Qian Renxue should also want to be the first emperor of Douluo Continent, unify the Douluo Continent that has been in chaos for thousands of years, and lead Douluo Continent into a new era.
But unlike most ancient emperors.
Maybe it was because she was born into a family of six-winged angels, or maybe it was because of Qian Daoliu's words and deeds, Qian Renxue really had that kind of compassion and strong sense of morality in her heart.
This made Gu Han feel that perhaps he could teach Qian Renxue more advanced knowledge in the future.
For example, that old man's.
And as they continued to get along, Qian Renxue originally treated Gu Han as a child.
But later on, Gu Han's performance was really not as childish and naive as an ordinary child. Instead, he was very calm and mature.
Moreover, when it comes to issues of governing the country, he has all kinds of far-sighted views and opinions, and can propose solutions, which makes Qian Renxue admire him and feel worship for him in her heart.
It may sound incredible to outsiders that one admires a little boy who is six or seven years younger than oneself.
But Gu Han's conversation and behavior really conquered Qian Renxue's heart.
In Qian Renxue's heart, she no longer regarded Gu Han as a child, but as a person of the opposite sex who was close to her age but more mature! And with Gu Han's efforts, Qian Renxue's thoughts and concepts changed. Even if she had not yet replaced Xue Qinghe, she had successfully brought him three Tianyan points.
Gu Han has already figured out how to use these three Tianyan points.
(End of this chapter)