Rebirth: The Journey of an Heiress novel Chapter 1066

Chapter 1066: Chapter 1060: Exploration

"I understand, Ninth Uncle. If I wish to see Ninth Aunt... at least on the surface, it should be as two emperors meeting, rather than me going rashly. Otherwise, if someone with ill intentions finds out, they might make a big issue out of it."

"Especially since..." Murong Li tightened the fist resting on his knee, "I’ve come out this time as an emperor controlled by the Regent Prince, who covers the sky with one hand and has a grip on the court. There’s no way he’d take me to see the Emperor of Zhou."

Murong Yan nodded. He raised his hand to touch Murong Li’s head, "Don’t worry. This time... you will definitely see your Ninth Aunt."

Murong Li nodded his head; he had just been childish.

"Is Ninth Uncle going?" Murong Li looked up at his Ninth Uncle.

"Of course, I will go," he nodded lightly to Murong Li, "Yan and Zhou already intend to form an alliance. Last time, the envoy was sent to our Yan Kingdom. It was very clear. I am the Regent Prince controlling the Yan Court, and naturally, I must first meet with the Empress of Zhou at the start of the Four-Nation Alliance to discuss the details of the alliance, and let Tianfeng Kingdom and Xiliang know that Yan and Zhou are united."

As Murong Yan said, when the Ninth Prince of Yan led a troop to Pingyang City, within less than two hours, the news reached the Emperor of Tianfeng’s tent.

In the tent, the fire basin burned red-hot, emitting the cracking sound of sparks, "crack pop." Li Tianfu, having replaced Li Tianjiao as the new Emperor of Xiliang, knelt by the small table, tightly gripping the cup in her hand.

"I don’t care whether Yan and Zhou have already united. When you imprisoned my sister and released me to replace her as the new Emperor of Xiliang, I made it clear that Xiliang can listen to you. But you must help me destroy Zhou; otherwise... don’t expect me to obey you anymore!" Li Tianfu stood up, left the tent without looking back.

"This Emperor of Xiliang!" A commander from Tianfeng Kingdom slammed the table and stood up, "I’ll go bring her back!"

The Monarch of Tianfeng, sitting on a chair covered with white tiger skin at the head, stared coldly at Li Tianfu’s angry back as she left. He rubbed the jade cicada in his hand, gestured for his commander to sit down, and then lazily leaned back in his tiger-skin chair, "This woman seeks momentary satisfaction, while we seek the future. The goals are different, so why bother with her as long as she listens."

Upon hearing his Monarch say this, the commander from Tianfeng Kingdom restrained his anger.

"To aim for the future successfully, first... we need Tianfeng Kingdom to gain a foothold here. We don’t have land in this place, and we face major countries like Zhou and Yan, whose actual strength is still unclear. We can only proceed step by step, slowly eroding," said the main disciple of the Great Shaman. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

"Our ancestors in Tianfeng Kingdom waged war to sustain our battles, fighting until land and slaves were acquired and killing those who disobeyed, retaining the obedient ones for use. In this way, Tianfeng Kingdom remains powerful. Why make it so complicated?"

The commander from Tianfeng became increasingly enraged as he spoke.

"Now we must buy grains at high prices from these lowly breeds! Not only are they giving less and less, but the prices keep rising! Why not let our Elephant Army trample these inferior breeds to death and seize their grains!" another commander from Tianfeng proposed furiously, "We, the Tianfeng tribe, are strong! How can we bow to inferior breeds?"

Thinking of the attitudes of merchants from Zhou and Yan, they were eager to kill these inferior breeds immediately.

Bai Qingyan put down the bamboo slip in her hand, pinched her brow, and then picked it up again to continue reading, "That’s good..."

"Miss, stop reading..." Shen Qingzhu, concerned about Bai Qingyan, frowned and said, "You’re carrying a child now, having traveled a long way; you need more rest."

Bai Qingyan was amused by Shen Qingzhu and looked at the frowning Shen Qingzhu, "Not easy, is it? Our usually taciturn Qingzhu caught it from Chun Tao... and became so chatty?"

Despite saying this, Bai Qingyan still complied and set the bamboo slip aside.

The books left by Empress Ji... contain more than one kind of governance philosophy but lack a framework. Even Bai Qingyan, who is familiar with historiography, cannot find a country in history that implemented governance based on these concepts.

For example, the constitutional monarchy recorded in Empress Ji’s books only states the meaning of the word "constitutional"... which is to establish the outline of national law, preserving imperial power while the constitution protects the citizens’ rights and limits the monarch’s power, making the Prime Minister the actual supreme leader, with the Emperor becoming a ceremonial figure to prevent mediocre rulers from undermining the nation.

Empress Ji’s books also mention another form of governance, the republican system... where the supreme leader is elected. The republican system is divided into parliamentary republic and presidential republic.

Bai Qingyan had been reading these passages for a long time, seeming to be trapped in a bottleneck, knowing every word, yet unclear about their combination. She could guess a bit of the meaning but couldn’t fully grasp it, as Empress Ji’s books did not record how to implement them in detail; Bai Qingyan had to explore between the lines.