Ren An, also known as Dingzu, was a contemporary scholar and educator. He once went to Luoyang to study Confucian classics from Doctors of the Five Classics. After graduating from Taixue, he returned to Mianzhu. He served as a meritorious official in Shu County and held a middle-level official position. However, he gave up after a short time.

He returned to his hometown as an official and lived in seclusion in Mianzhu to teach students. He was called "the treasure of the country" by Liu Yan.

Since Li Qi mentioned that he would open a school to cultivate talents for Sichuan, then Ren An's reputation and experience are immeasurable.

Qin Mi and Ren An met each other, and Li Qi met Ren An under Qin Mi's introduction.

At the first sight, Li Qi was stunned.

I’m almost eighty years old and I’m still showing off my residual energy!

After explaining the purpose of his visit, Ren An smiled and said: "My old bones don't have much time left, so I'd better ask you to hire someone else."

To be honest, Li Qi gave up the idea of ​​inviting Ren An to Chengdu when he met Ren An.

After all, transportation is inconvenient now. If the old man is knocked out by a carriage on the road, wouldn't he become a sinner in Shu?

But now that I'm here, I can't come in vain.

Li Qidao: "I want to set up schools in various counties and counties to open up people's wisdom. I didn't originally intend to let Mr. Ren run around. I just want to use the virtue of Mr. Ren to encourage the younger students to study diligently."

Ren An said: "This kind of thing is indeed worthy of promotion. I will write an article later, and your Excellency will copy it and distribute it to the people. But I still have something unclear."

Li Qidao: "Mr. Ren, please speak."

Ren An said: "If every county builds a school, it will be a huge expense, and teachers will have to be paid every year. Do you plan to have Yizhou finance bear all of it?"

Li Qidao: "This is natural. Otherwise, ordinary people may not let their children go to school."

Not to mention the late Eastern Han Dynasty, even in the late 20th century, there were many families in remote mountainous areas who did not want to send their children to school. Let’s not talk about whether it costs money or not, it is mainly a waste of family labor. Therefore, this problem is even more common in this era.

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Li Qi implements a free policy. Although it cannot guarantee that every child can come to receive education, it can at least give more children the opportunity to receive education.

However, as Ren An mentioned, this will be a huge expense, and Yizhou's finances may not be able to afford it.

Ren An asked: "Why do you have such an idea?"

Li Qidao: "I believe that a one-year plan is better than planting valleys; a ten-year plan is better than trees; a hundred-year plan is better than planting people. From ancient times to the present, talents have been a powerful support for the prosperity of a country and a nation. At present,

The imperial examination system also aims to select the best talents among all living beings. However, the imperial examination system has its drawbacks. It takes three years for a county with a population of less than 100,000 to elect one person. I don’t know how many gems are buried in the sand. Let’s take a look.

The promotion system is only for discovering talents, rather than focusing on cultivating talents. As a result, talents are rare and the country cannot use them.”

In fact, Li Qi was too embarrassed to say it directly. Is it really about selecting talents among a population of 100,000?

It's not just a small circle that flatters each other.

Qin Mi said: "Zhenghong's idea is good, but it's just difficult to implement it."

Li Qi smiled and said: "That's why it depends on everyone working together."

Ren An nodded and said: "Your idea is very bold. If you still insist on doing it, I will support you even if I am in ruins."

Thank you, Li Qi.

As far as the governance of Yizhou is concerned, the two issues before Li Qi are identity and economy.

Without a legal identity, there will always be some local forces running around; without financial strength, no matter how many ideas you have, they are just daydreams.

Qin Mi said: "If Yizhou wants to develop stably, it must make good friends with Zhang Lu and Liu Biao."

Li Qidao: "I have made a non-aggression treaty with Zhang Lu, but Liu Biao hasn't taken care of it yet."

Qin Mi said: "In that case, I will go to Jingzhou to meet Liu Biao on your behalf and make sure that the two families can coexist peacefully."

Li Qidao: "That's very good. It would be even better if Liu Jingzhou could represent me as the shepherd of Yizhou."

Qin Mi said: "That's natural. When you lead a state as a governor, you recognize it yourself, but the court and the princes do not. If you find someone to represent the state as a governor, although the court may not necessarily recognize it, you and the princes with whom you are close will recognize it."

When Qin Mi became an official, he rode to Jingzhou before he could take office in Chengdu. This moved Li Qi very much.

Traveling back to this era of strict hierarchy among aristocratic families, there are many difficulties, and being without an identity is the most difficult. So Li Qi initially just wanted to survive in troubled times, but he did not expect to occupy Yizhou step by step.

Speaking of which, I am able to be where I am today thanks to Meng Jian and Meng Gongwei.

If this guy hadn't figured out that he was Li Quan's son, I'm afraid he would have been able to retire in Xicheng during this time travel.

Nowadays, if we don’t take advantage of this opportunity given by God to make some waves, and use the experience of two thousand years to try to promote the development of the times, what difference will it make to staying at home and playing with mobile phones before time travel?

The worst case scenario is death. Maybe this time he traveled through time was caused by sudden death. I don’t know if there is any scientific basis for it. Anyway, that’s what online novels say. Regardless of whether others believe it or not, Li Qi himself believes it. So, this can be considered a pick-up.

of a life.

On the way back to Langzhong, Zhou Cang, who couldn't hold back a fart for a long time, suddenly asked: "My lord, do you really plan to let all the children go to school?"

Li Qidao: "That's what I plan to do, but not everyone is willing. If they don't want to, I won't force it. Haste is not the end of the world."

Zhou Cang said: "Indeed. For common people, children who are too young are not sensible, and older ones are the main labor force in the family. Studying is a waste of time."

Li Qi smiled and said: "But studying can be the only chance for ordinary people to turn over."

Zhou Cang was silent for a while and said: "It is impossible for me to study. I hope to have a son and study hard with my lord and Mr. Zhuge in the future."

Li Qidao: "You can study even if you have a daughter!"

Zhou Cang: "Seriously?"

Li Qi: "Who do you think made the greatest contribution to our last attack on Chengdu?"

Zhou Cang: "I think the person who deserves the greatest credit is Mrs. Zhuge. Without her stone cart, we would have killed countless brothers when we attacked the city."

He is really a straight-faced person, and he does not say anything about the lord's good leadership.

But keeping such people by your side is the most reliable.

Li Qidao: "That's right, knowledge is power. Girls will never be worse than boys if they have knowledge. What's more, women also need education to be knowledgeable and sensible and help their husbands achieve better results."

It's not that Li Qi wants to subvert the tradition of male superiority and female inferiority. In this era, it is definitely unrealistic for women to go into business and serve as officials. It's just that Yizhou's talent is withering, and expanding the education base can still get some talent.

They just need to work silently behind the scenes. If not, it would be great to have another Huang Yueying! If that doesn't work, it would be great to have one more Zhuo Wenjun!

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