After Defeat, the Empress’s Negotiating Chip Turns Out to Be Me

Chapter 58

58~ Suggestions~

"My suggestion is that I have no suggestions."

"Mm?"

Seeming to feel she had spoken too loudly just now, the little Princess lowered her voice to explain:

"What I mean is Fei understands this area much better than I do. Having me make suggestions would just be a burden..."

"I said, I want to hear Mo's suggestions, whether good or bad."

"Is that so..."

The little Princess hesitated, and the Empress immediately continued:

"Mo told me last night. Has Mo forgotten?"

"Cough cough... I haven't forgotten..."

What did I tell you? Last night you clearly didn't let me say a single word, okay! You were constantly...!

Thinking about it, was the Empress reminding her that she had already extracted enough information from her mouth...

Well then...

"If Fei wants to completely control the nation by yourself, then my suggestion is to directly abolish the position of Prime Minister."

As soon as these words were spoken, all the ministers were shocked, especially the Prime Ministers on the side whose facial muscles twisted into a knot.

Abolish the Prime Minister? This was a system established by the previous emperor! If the Empress were to abolish the Prime Minister position, wouldn't that be disrespectful to the previous emperor?

Thinking this, the Prime Ministers immediately felt much more relaxed.

"Then why should the Prime Minister be abolished?"

"The Prime Minister is second only to one, above tens of thousands. They separately control military power and finances in one area. Once their authority becomes too great, it will inevitably backlash against imperial power. Even if Fei has the ability to replace the Prime Minister at any time, you must also consider whether the Prime Minister might flee, then use the power in their hands to cause regional chaos."

"Moreover, with the Prime Minister's authority, they can completely do many things behind Fei's back, such as placing incompetent friends and relatives as local officials, creating corruption phenomena, with low work efficiency and high expenses."

"So my suggestion is to abolish the Prime Minister, establish specialized agencies to handle government affairs but with limited power, and then establish a specialized anti-corruption agency to ensure officials' integrity."

"This way..."

The Empress seriously considered this. This was something she had never thought about before.

Thinking carefully, she felt what the little Princess said made a lot of sense.

Perhaps in the previous world, this phenomenon wouldn't appear so quickly, especially for a country like Scarlet Phoenix Nation that had only changed dynasties about ten years ago. The corruption that bred wouldn't become too serious so quickly. But don't forget, this was another world, a world where magic existed.

Moreover, in the ten years since Scarlet Phoenix Nation changed dynasties, the Empress's attention had mostly been on foreign wars. On the national political level, aside from basic management, she wouldn't make too many changes. Most systems still retained the appearance of the former Scarlet Phoenix Nation. They only replaced important officials; the corruption that originally existed was not removed.

"Then what about the follow-up plan?"

"I haven't prepared one."

"..."

Come to think of it, suddenly having the little Princess propose suggestions was already somewhat difficult. Under these circumstances, for the little Princess to give an answer so quickly was already very good. To immediately give a complete plan as well was simply impossible.

"Then I'll wait for Mo to complete the plan."

The Empress smiled, pinching the little Princess's face, placing her on her lap, gently stroking her fur, and asked the people below:

"So do any of you have any better suggestions?"

"This... I believe the Prime Minister cannot be abolished. Princess Mo is still immature in mind after all. This suggestion is probably..."

"Then I'll tell you all, the Favor Promotion Decree was proposed by Mo. Do any of you still have objections now?"

"...No... none."

Now they didn't have a single thing they could refute.

The little Princess didn't understand this series of operations. This was pushing her out to take the bullets! Originally everyone thought the "Favor Promotion Decree" was created by the Empress. Even if the nobles held grudges, they wouldn't hold grudges against her. Now it was good. Those nobles would probably hate her to death...

"Don't let these people appear before my eyes again."

The implication was to drag them out and execute them. These corrupt, incompetent officials didn't need to live and waste air.

As the group of people kneeling on the ground were dragged away, the remaining ministers in the great hall also broke out in cold sweat, afraid the Empress would vent her anger on them. But fortunately the Empress still maintained rationality and before long let them leave on their own.

"Damn it! That Princess Mo actually advocates abolishing us! How arrogant and presumptuous! Didn't Her Majesty say she was the one who proposed the Favor Promotion Decree? I'd like to see what she's capable of, what tricks she can pull after abolishing the Prime Minister!"

He didn't believe it. After abolishing them, things could run even better? Just based on some suggestion randomly thought up by a little girl, they could optimize the operational mechanism?

Hehe... he'd wait, wait for when the Empress came looking for them to return!

...

"Fei..."

"Mm? Does Mo have something to ask?"

The Empress asked with a smile.

"Last night..."

"Mo played until tired last night and fell directly asleep."

"No, what I want to ask is... did I say anything last night?"

"Last night~ Mo said a lot~ Does Mo want to guess what Mo said?"

The Empress smiled with narrowed eyes.

Very clearly, this was a trap. But the little Princess was very conflicted. She didn't know whether the Empress had actually gotten some unspeakable secrets out of her mouth last night. She didn't dare step into this trap.

"Is that so..."

"That's right~ Mo was still murmuring even after falling asleep last night~"

Mo: "..."

After thinking for a moment, she still decided not to take this risk for now. At worst she'd just keep waiting to see who couldn't wait and exposed themselves first!

"Did Mo sleep comfortably last night? I deliberately used magic to make Mo sleep more relaxed."

If your magic refers to chantless water magic, then I really thank you!

Oh, hear me say thank you

Seeing the little Princess's face darken, she also stopped teasing and instead continued:

"Mo has so many secrets~"

"!!!"

The little Princess's ahoge stood up straight as she stammered:

"Where do I have as many secrets as you..."

Becoming the youngest Great Archmage at fifteen, becoming the youngest Empress in history at sixteen, and also the only female Empress, then using over ten years to conquer numerous nations, developing a small nation into the greatest nation in the Eastern Region, even achieving near-dictatorship until now...

How could she, a small-time slacker transmigrator, have as many secrets as the Empress?

In the little Princess's view, an Empress who could achieve this level by herself simply couldn't be considered human. This was freaking a god! Without some awesome components inside, it would be impossible to create such glory.

"I'm very much looking forward to when Mo can personally explain to me~ I hope Mo won't make me wait too long, or I might not be able to wait~"

"Huh?"

Hearing the Empress say this, the little Princess's heart immediately regained confidence. Maybe the Empress really hadn't gotten enough information out of her mouth? The hope was very slim, as slim as a lone boat in the vast ocean, but at least there was still hope, wasn't there?

"When I personally say it out loud, Mo won't need to say it anymore~"

A threat! This was absolutely a naked threat!

Now it was good. She still couldn't confirm whether the Empress had actually trapped any unspeakable secrets or not.