The princess was ordained by Heaven.

Chapter 117 Father and Daughter Dispute

[It's possible to teach them gradually, but with parents like that, children are inevitably influenced. Changing customs and traditions would likely take hundreds or thousands of years.]

However, it's not that there's no way.

Why not relocate the people from these villages to the border? They're so strong; it's a waste to use them to bully the weak. They'd be better off using them to fight the enemy.

[It's good that they're so unruly...it's good that they're so unruly! It's not easy to bribe the Brown Kingdom to turn against the Great Yong.]

As for them accidentally losing their lives... that's even better. With the older generation dead and their outdated ideas gone, the younger generation will be much easier to teach.

How is my brain structured? How could I come up with such a brilliant idea?

I wonder if my father would accept this idea...

Shen Canglan: I think this is a great idea.

Emperor: Stop asking, I'll tell you now, it's impossible!

Crown Prince: Never again will we provoke Yuanjia, never!

At this moment, Zheng Xun suddenly turned to look at the emperor: "Father, you said..."

"Don't say anything yet!"

Zheng Xun: ?

Seeing the obvious confusion on her face, the emperor was caught in a dilemma and could only put on a stern face and make an excuse in a serious manner: "I have some urgent business to attend to and need to go out for a while."

Zheng Xun understood: "Alright, Father Emperor, you may go first."

After the emperor left Zheng Xun's sight, he turned around and wrote an imperial edict in the room next door.

"Xiaojun, go and issue an imperial decree that they recruit a few failed candidates to come to the palace for an audience with the Emperor. They must be of good character and in good health! Do it as soon as possible!"

After finishing all that, he went back with a relaxed expression.

When Zheng Xun saw him, his inner thoughts immediately came to mind.

[Huh? How did Father lose Eunuch Li while using the outhouse?]

emperor:……

Fortunately, Zheng Xun was just thinking about it casually. Seeing that the emperor was seated, she quickly spoke up.

"Father, I heard from a friend that many backward villages buy women abducted from outside. If there are no buyers, there are no sellers, right? I have a way..."

After hearing her repeat her thoughts, the emperor pretended to ponder for a moment.

“Oh… Yuanjia, my daughter and I are indeed thinking the same thing. Your idea is not bad, but I have already made arrangements for this matter and given the instructions. It is really not appropriate to change the order so easily.”

Zheng Xun scrutinized him suspiciously for a moment. The emperor was inwardly panicked, but outwardly remained calm and composed.

Unable to discern anything, Zheng Xun could only sigh regretfully: "Never mind, I wonder what Father Emperor's plans are?"

"I intend to add a sixth-rank official in each county to be in charge of education and moral guidance."

Zheng Xun understood; this was the combination of educational slogans and volunteer teachers.

"Implementing this is far too difficult. Throwing those weak scholars into the deep mountains and leaving them to face a group of uneducated villagers, Father, do you want them to die?"

"Not really..." the emperor said, both amused and exasperated. "I will assign them a squad of soldiers to protect them."

"But the task of educating people is far too arduous. The villagers are xenophobic, and it's difficult to educate them... Who would want to be an official in this position?"

"Then give them a higher salary, with a five-year rotation period. If they can achieve good results, they will be given priority when it comes to promotion."

"But many people's ideas are already ingrained, and changing them is not something that can be done overnight. Father, this decree may not show results for a long time."

The emperor glared at her: "In short, your method won't work. The Great Yong needs population and fresh blood. If too many people die, who will have children?"

"Even if they are born, according to their views, is it easier to raise a deformed child or a normal child?"

The Emperor said, “That makes sense. However, we don’t need them to have normal values. As long as they abide by the law, don’t harm others easily, and pay their taxes properly, that’s enough. You should know that it is a luxury to expect the people who were born and raised in this land to understand right and wrong.”

"But they are hurting others right now! If they weren't so sexist, either drowning girls or treating women like cattle and causing them to die from exhaustion, why would they need to buy women and little boys from outside? Should they make other families break apart to pay for their own sins?"

"Yuan Jia, don't you think your ideas are a bit radical?"

"Father, don't you think you've been biased?"

The prince opened his mouth countless times, but couldn't find an opportunity to speak.

He stood in the middle, glancing between his father on the left and his sister on the right, like a small blade of grass ruffled in the wind.

"Is it extreme?" Zheng Xun remained silent for a moment.

She simply couldn't bear to see them suffer.

As women, they are branches growing from the same tree trunk, born into a community of shared interests, and naturally capable of empathizing with their fellow human beings.

She felt heartbroken to see her fellow human beings being oppressed and disciplined to the point of being unrecognizable.

It pains her to see the tragedy continue from generation to generation.

Seeing them turn against her, she was heartbroken.

She came from the end of the world.

She had seen one sister after another die in the apocalypse, succumbing to the cruelty of humanity and desire, and witnessing the wronged souls who died with resentment, powerless to protect themselves.

But after she and her brother got separated, an older sister hid her, shielding her from the wind and rain and from men with ill intentions.

Another aunt fed her a mouthful of breast milk when she was so hungry she was dizzy.

Whenever she sees "them" here, or thinks of "them" in the apocalypse, she feels restless.

She always wanted to do something for them.

Now that she has the ability and status, she should do something for them.

In feudal dynasties, even though the crown prince and the emperor were good people in every sense of the word, it was still difficult for them to empathize with her or those women.

If Yuan Jia stands here and doesn't speak up, what will happen to the sisters behind her?

Heaven bestowed upon her a gossip-eating system that knew the past and future, allowing her to come with supernatural abilities—what a wonderful opportunity!

However, she didn't say these things to force the emperor to adopt her suggestions.

She was just using a more extreme approach to get him to take this seriously.

She knew very well that it was already extremely rare for the emperor, as a man, to have done this much. She never expected that people who did not share the same interests or circumstances would necessarily empathize with her.

The emperor eventually compromised, just as he had overlooked Zheng Xun's unauthorized borrowing of troops to support Yu Hong.

He softened his tone: "I know what you're thinking. Don't worry, let's take it slow, okay? I promise you, I will do my best to make this happen."

He has three daughters, and he hopes they can have a better life, and he also hopes that his daughters' daughters can have a better life. Therefore, he will try his best to create a more tolerant world for them.

Zheng Xun was deeply moved. Suddenly, she threw herself into the emperor's arms, hugged him, and said sweetly, "Father is the best father in the world! Being Father's daughter is the luckiest thing in the world!"

The emperor gave a light snort; "Glib-tongued."

The dignified and domineering father and the lively and obedient daughter were whispering sweet nothings to each other. The scene was beautiful, showing no trace of the tension that had just been building up.

Only the crown prince was completely bewildered, not knowing why the situation had changed so quickly.

He was glad that the father and daughter had reconciled, but he hadn't been able to say a word throughout the entire conversation, and felt inexplicably disappointed.

He seems to be far less intelligent than Yuan Jia.