Douluo Continent: This Tang San is different

Chapter 373 Zhu Zhuqing is not suitable to be emperor

Soul Masters are always arrogant and difficult to manage. Even though Zhu Zhuqing is powerful and can suppress them openly, she cannot stop them from causing trouble in secret.

The Spirit Hall's success can actually be considered a stroke of luck.

After all, most of the Soul Masters who join the Spirit Hall still have their own beliefs, such as: for the glory of angels.

Although this sentence lacked specific content, it at least provided some cohesion for the Spirit Hall in managing so many people. Afterward, the Spirit Hall began to promote "establishing martial arts for heaven and earth, forging souls for all living beings," and continuously enriched its connotation: labor creates value (wealth), thinking summarizes experience, culture enriches wisdom, and so on.

Then, they began to recruit talents from all walks of life, conduct research in a down-to-earth manner, cultivate high-yield crops, mine, build roads, establish soul guidance factories, provide employment opportunities, establish martial soul enlightenment academies, and so on.

Furthermore, the funds obtained from the two great empires must be disclosed to all branch halls in terms of where they are used, and everyone is allowed to supervise and report on their use.

Although the darkness has not disappeared, but has only hidden deeper, for the vast majority of people on the continent, what the Spirit Hall did was far more just and fair than what the two great empires did.

At least, the Spirit Hall is constantly making improvements.

And what about the two great empires?

Zhu Zhuqing was able to realize that the high-level officials of both empires had deeply entrenched networks of interests, and that changing them would not be a matter of a day or two.

Either start everything from scratch, or gradually boil the frog in warm water, exerting influence after the older generation has died and before the new generation has fully taken over the status, wealth, and interests of the older generation, and repeating this process generation after generation.

The latter was directly eliminated by Zhu Zhuqing!

It's taking too long!

She didn't want to drag it out for so long, thinking that a short, sharp pain was better than a long, drawn-out one, and that it would be simpler to eradicate it completely.

"Strength can make Soul Masters submit verbally; but how do we win their hearts?" Zhu Zhuqing asked.

"What do you think is the essence of politics?" Tang San asked.

"Interests?" Zhu Zhuqing recalled the high-ranking officials and nobles of the Star Luo Empire. He had interacted with them and heard from Zhu Zhuyun that the connections between various officials and families were extremely deep. It was an invisible and intangible web of power and sex, intertwined and difficult to eradicate.

Don't you see how the Star Luo Empire's research into weapon-type soul tools has been met with both overt and covert obstruction from numerous families?

Did they know that soul tools capable of unleashing powerful attacks could make the empire stronger?

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However, this would harm their immediate interests.

While everyone in the family has a long-term vision, people are inherently selfish. As spirit-based soul tools develop rapidly, the role of families that rely on spirits will become less significant, and their future status will inevitably decline. In fact, even a commoner soul master with a talent for researching soul tools might be able to look down on these noble family members in the future.

How can we tolerate this?

In addition, most of these families harbored wishful thinking, believing that neither the Heaven Dou Empire nor the Spirit Hall would launch an unjust war against the Star Luo Empire.

After all, the outbreak of war on the mainland always needs a plausible reason to cover it up. No matter how outrageous the reason may be, war cannot be started without cause, otherwise it is no different from being crazy.

This is the consensus on the mainland.

But the essence of war is ultimately about interests.

"No." Tang San shook his head. "The essence of politics is only one thing: to make more friends and fewer enemies."

A glint of light flashed in Zhu Zhuqing's eyes: "So, we have to kill all the enemies and leave our friends alive, right?"

"That's the worst option. The best option is to turn enemies into friends, and in this process, you should take the lead." Tang San smiled faintly. "In any family, there will always be people whose ideas differ from the mainstream. You can find those who share your views and build your own team."

Building a solid team requires confidence.

And Zhu Zhuqing happens to have it!

That is her strength!

Of course, strength alone is not enough; she needs to enrich herself in other areas. Therefore, Tang San told her beforehand that she should understand economics, management, education, and other aspects.

I don't expect her to be an expert, but at least she shouldn't be led by the nose or fooled when faced with relevant problems.

"I don't want to pretend with those people." Zhu Zhuqing frowned slightly, clearly not interested in playing along. Unless she knew someone, she usually had a cold face.

"So, as I said, we need to share the same ideals." Tang San smiled, but sighed inwardly. After all, with Zhu Zhuqing's personality, she couldn't be an emperor.

The person sitting in that position can be authoritative, confused, or even cruel.

But she absolutely cannot be someone with an aloof and cold personality who always has an icy expression.

An emperor who was extremely sparing with words...

It is the tragedy of an empire.

Even for emperors who were eloquent and could express their meaning clearly, their ministers would ponder a single sentence a dozen times to see if there were any hidden meanings.

An emperor who hardly speaks would probably drive his ministers "crazy".

Zhu Zhuqing nodded thoughtfully: "Indeed, if someone shares my thoughts and has the courage to act on them, we should get along well."

"Let's not talk about that." Xiao Wu wasn't interested in such things at all. She took Zhu Zhuqing's hand and asked, "How long are you going to stay this time? Your family didn't have any requests, did they? How about we go to Wuhun City for a visit?"

"Alright." Zhu Zhuqing was very tempted at the thought of spending more time with Tang San, and agreed without much hesitation. Anyway, things were still the same in the Star Luo Empire. She could suggest to her sister that she participate in the affairs of the empire after she returned, and then talk about other things.

On the way to Wuhun City, while staying at an inn, Zhu Zhuqing saw Xiao Wu and Tang San sharing a room. A look of melancholy appeared on her face as she thought to herself, "Xiao Wu has taken advantage of her proximity."

After noticing Zhu Zhuqing's expression, Lan Yinzi pulled her over and said, "You like Tang San too, right? Don't deny it, I can tell."

"You little rascal, you're quite the romantic."

Zhu Zhuqing looked at Lan Yinzi with a strange expression: "Lan Yinzi, you're not older than me, are you? Calling me 'little girl'? Isn't that a bit too much?"

"Ahem, actually I'm quite old." Lan Yinzi pretended to be mature, but her youthful face was not convincing at all.

Zhu Zhuqing thought she was joking and didn't take it seriously, asking, "When did Xiaowu and Third Brother start sleeping in the same room? Did they live together in Wuhun City too?"

If so, she felt it would be difficult to snatch Tang San away from Xiao Wu, after all, Xiao Wu was Tang San's adopted sister, childhood sweetheart, innocent and inseparable... She felt she didn't have much of a chance, so would she have to have two women serve one husband? If it were Xiao Wu, it wouldn't be impossible.

At that moment, she completely forgot her previous disdain for Dai Mubai...

(End of this chapter)