Douluo Continent: This Tang San is different

Chapter 352 Xue Qinghe is about to succeed to the throne

In the past year, Tiandou City has developed rapidly, but major noble forces have begun to hinder the production and sale of advanced life soul tools.

When life-related soul tools became ubiquitous and even ordinary people in the city could use them, the sense of superiority among the nobles diminished... But what the nobles found most intolerable was that Xue Qinghe somehow came up with the idea of ​​the "Imperial Examination," that is, selecting imperial officials through examinations.

This is absolutely absurd!

As long as one passes the corresponding exams, one can become an imperial official and a nobleman.

This is simply trampling on the achievements of their noble ancestors!

These nobles were able to inherit their positions because their ancestors had built this vast empire for the Heavenly Struggle. Even the selection of imperial officials required their recommendations.

At the very least, students from various colleges should first participate in the once-every-five-years Mainland Elite Competition to observe and select them.

But Xue Qinghe did something else: he directly started the imperial examination, and the only requirement for the participants was that they had a clean identity and had not committed any crimes.

If we add another condition: the examinee must be a Soul Master.

These nobles could tolerate it, but Xue Qinghe said that all citizens of the empire were qualified to take the exam... Doesn't that mean that there will be peasants among the civil officials in the future?

How could they tolerate this?

With the rapid spread of news and the convenience of transportation, Xue Qinghe's plan to hold the imperial examinations became known throughout the cities of the Heaven Dou Empire in a very short time, and even the Star Luo Empire received the news.

At this point, these hereditary nobles realized the drawbacks of the rapid development of life-related soul tools... Now that the news has spread, if they were to try to stop it, they would probably be despised by the entire population of Tiandou.

Xue Qinghe has given the people a way to improve their lives, and if they try to stop it, the news will likely spread.

"Uncle, tell me, why is Xue Qinghe doing this?" In Prince Xue Xing's mansion, Xue Beng looked at the news in the newspaper, slammed it on the table, and said angrily, "Is he going to make enemies of those hereditary nobles? They are all royal relatives, and their ancestors made significant contributions to the founding of Tian Dou!"

"He's severing the very foundation of the Heavenly Struggle!"

"The Heaven Dou Empire will inevitably be destroyed because of his recklessness!"

Xue Xing picked up the "Tian Dou Gazette" and read it for a while. After a moment of silence, she slowly said, "Perhaps, he's trying to establish his authority. You know about those noble children in the Tian Dou Royal Academy, right?"

"You're pretending, but they are genuine playboys."

"Moreover, these hereditary nobles do receive the empire's salary without doing any real work; they are parasites."

"Perhaps this was instructed by my elder brother—"

Unlike the rather naive Xue Beng, Xue Xing was an experienced person who understood the great talent and ambition of Emperor Xue Ye. Even a Soul Master would be moved if they faced him directly.

The former Emperor Xueye also wanted to deal with these hereditary nobles, but they were deeply entrenched and could not be resolved by an emperor alone.

Xue Qinghe now only wants to complete the unfinished work of Emperor Xue Ye.

But is that really possible?

Xuexing had no idea what the future held...

Moreover, Emperor Xueye is old, and having ultimately chosen to compromise with those hereditary nobles, would he allow Xue Qinghe to do such a thing?

"Father?" Xue Beng was incredulous, completely disbelieving. After all, on the surface, Emperor Xue Ye was very polite to those hereditary nobles and didn't put on any airs.

"You're still young, you don't understand." Xue Xing shook his head, increasingly disappointed with Xue Beng, and slowly said, "Just be a peaceful prince in the future, like your uncle."

Avalanche was speechless, but after a moment of silence, he asked again, "By the way, should we be included in this?"

Xue Xing's face, however, showed a hint of confidence as she said, "Of course not. After all, we have a blood relationship with Xue Qinghe..."

At the same time, Emperor Xueye also approached Xue Qinghe and rebuked him, saying, "You were too hasty. Eradicating the hereditary nobles within the empire is not something that can be done overnight!"

He had similar thoughts when he was young, but reality slapped him in the face—

Although many of the hereditary noble families are outwardly dissolute, there are always three or five talented individuals within those large families. Over time, their foundations are quite solid, and they have some connections with the Upper Three Sects, the Lower Four Sects, and even the Spirit Hall. It is impossible to eradicate them all at once.

"Father, I also want to follow your example and slowly boil the frog in the water, but time waits for no one." Xue Qinghe had a different idea, but most importantly, she didn't want to "have a child," much less adopt a child for this plan. "With the development of Wuhun City, the research on life-related soul tools has become increasingly diversified and innovative. News is spreading rapidly now. If this continues, I'm afraid the whole continent will be filled with the bad deeds of those hereditary noble children, and the Heaven Dou royal family will become a laughing stock of the continent."

"Moreover, my actions are also for the sake of the talent pool of the Heaven Dou Empire."

"Over the years, I've only discovered one thing: there's no shortage of talent in this world. It's just that those parasites occupy the positions, preventing talented people from rising to the top."

"Although the Continental Elite Tournament is also a way to select talent, it is limited to the elite among Soul Masters. Many commoners and commoner Soul Masters also have management skills, but they are not strong enough to even qualify to participate."

"I am willing to give these people a way out."

Emperor Xueye's expression was uncertain. He coughed three times before slowly saying, "Very well, the empire's foundation is not weak and can withstand your meddling."

"Please rest assured, Father, even if I am labeled a tyrant, I will still eliminate those parasites in this generation. This is for the future of Tiandou!" Xue Qinghe said firmly, his resolute gaze moving Emperor Xueye, as if he saw his former self—back then, he seemed to lack such courage and dared not speak like this in front of his deceased father.

"Good!" Emperor Xueye laughed heartily. "Ahem! I support you! Once this month is over, I will formally summon all the officials and pass the throne to you!"

"Your subject will certainly live up to Father's expectations!" Xue Qinghe was extremely excited. After years of forbearance, her goal was finally about to be achieved, and Emperor Xue Ye was going to personally pass the throne to her.

At this moment, Qian Renxue was already imagining Bibi Dong's surprised, annoyed, regretful, and proud appearance after she ascended to the throne—from beginning to end, Qian Renxue's purpose in coming to Tiandou disguised as Xue Qinghe was only one:

She longed for her mother's approval and love; that was all...

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"...Xue Qinghe will officially inherit the throne of the Heaven Dou Empire next month." Hu Liena walked into the Papal Palace and revealed this information.

(End of this chapter)