As mentioned earlier, in this era, it is very difficult to gain knowledge by reading books. The reason why this is so is naturally caused by the monopoly of knowledge by the wealthy families in various places. Knowledge is power, and there may not be such a saying in this era, but for all the children of the family, knowledge is about equal to status, and there should be no problem.

In fact, if you take a closer look at the scholars and doctors above the court, or most of the local officials, you will find that they all have a unified identity, the children of the family, or they have an inextricable relationship with the family. For example, among the people Li Yi knew, the two masters, Huangfu Gui and Zhang Huan, were all children of the family.

Huangfu Gui's grandfather, Huangfu Ling, was a general of Duliao, and his father, Huangfu Qi, was a lieutenant of Fufeng. And Zhang Huan's father, Zhang Dan, once served as the Taishou of Hanyang, and he was a disciple of Taiwei Zhu Chong.

And now he has been promoted to the captain of the school, Guo Hong, who was the former Wuyuan County Guard, is also a wealthy family, his father Guo Xiguan is the Tai Lieutenant, and the Guo family is a famous family in Yingchuan Yangzhai.

So, can only famous families be officials? Naturally, it is not. For example, Chen Gu, he was born in a poor family, but because of a great Confucian as a teacher, he was later promoted to filial piety and eventually became the magistrate of Jiuyuan County. It's just that although he is from a poor family, obviously, in his body, the figure of that great Confucian is the most important capital for him to sit on the magistrate of Jiuyuan County.

In fact, this was also a compromise method for the family to maintain its own dominance without provoking the emperor's fear. Even if there are many people in a family, it is impossible for each generation to have outstanding people. Since this is the case, it is better to find some excellent children from poor families to expand the influence of their own family.

Just like Li Yi, no matter how much he achieves in the future, the identity of Huangfu Gui and Zhang Huan's disciples will follow him for the rest of his life. Of course, it is impossible for every child of a poor family to have the qualifications and opportunities to become a disciple of the great Confucian family, and the vast majority of people are just protégés of someone.

To put it simply, only those who accept the personal teaching of Confucianism can become disciples of Confucianism, such as Gongsun Zan and Liu Bei are Lu Zhi's disciples. And if you worship under someone, but in fact it is someone else who teaches him, then he is considered someone's protégé.

In this case, the official system of the entire Han Dynasty was firmly controlled by the family, even if Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty introduced such a probationary examination system as filial piety, but it eventually became a weapon for the family to expand its own influence. Because the qualifications for filial piety have always been in the hands of high-ranking officials in various states, such as county guards or assassins, and these people are all from the family, how can the small number of filial piety quotas be given to those who have nothing to do with the family?

This situation makes those who are willing to preach and teach the common people very easy to be sought after, just like Li Yi taught Lu Bu to read before, although it is not a profound knowledge, but even so, it makes their parents very grateful.

"No wonder the scale of the Yellow Turban Rebellion in history is so large, I'm afraid that in addition to the fact that the people in the world were not able to make a living because of the corruption of the imperial court at that time, Zhang Jiao's own way is also the biggest reason why ordinary people are willing to follow, right?" After Li Yi heard Lu Bu's words, he thought to himself.

He could hear from Lu Bu's tone that Lu Bu still had a good impression of Taiping Dao. Even Zhao Yun and Yan Liang seem to be quite interested in Taiping Dao.

"Do you want to meet Zhang Jiao? But is Zhang Jiao so easy to see? Li Yi kept thinking in his mind, to be honest, Li Yi was still quite interested in this master who could call the wind and rain in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Not to mention his appearance, which directly accelerated the demise of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

After thinking about it carefully, Li Yi still gave up, not to mention whether he could see Zhang Jiao, even if he did, what could he do? Just like he didn't go to see Zhang Fei in Zhuo County before, a child who is only in his 10s, even if he does, that's what it is. At this time, Li Yi no longer had the enthusiasm for these historical celebrities when he first came.

However, although Li Yi gave up further dealing with Taiping Dao, it was really difficult to see Taiping Dao along the way. Li Yi didn't know how many disciples Zhang Jiao had accepted to help him preach, but every time he passed through a county town, he would find at least one person who claimed to be a disciple of the "Great Sage and Good Master" preaching among them.

Li Yi once took a closer look, and threw away those unscientific things, Li Yi found that these people's medical skills were actually very good, and more importantly, their eloquence was also excellent. "Tsk, maybe the reason why the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out was not because of how incompetent the imperial court or Emperor Han Ling was, but because these local officials didn't pay attention to this kind of group at all." Seeing that some magistrates also helped to promote Taiping Dao, Li Yi thought speechlessly.

Zhending County, Zhao Mansion.

"Thank you Zikang for taking care of and teaching my foolish brother over the years...... Zhao Yun's brother Zhao Feng said respectfully. He is the head of the Zhao family, just as Li Yi thought, the Zhao family has a lot of influence in Zhending, although he can't beat the Li family's in Jiuyuan, but it's not far behind.

"Zihu is polite, Zilong and I are very close to each other, and his teacher is Yi's uncle......" Li Yi replied with a smile.

Zhao Feng held a banquet for Li Yi and his party, but at the banquet, he gave Li Yi the feeling that he was not a pure martial artist, but more sleek. This feeling is mainly because Zhao Feng is also quite enthusiastic about Yan Liang, because Li Yi would not think that Yan Liang was handsome with his toes, but because Yan Liang was the eldest son of the Yan family in Handan.

Handan is in the Zhao State, and the Zhao State is below the Changshan State, and the two families at this distance will not have a conflict of interest, and they can unite with each other and get more great influence. Of course, all this is just Li Yi's thoughts, maybe it's just that Zhao Fengren is more hospitable? Well...... If it weren't for the fact that before leaving, Zhao Feng asked Yan Liang to help bring some gifts for Yan Lei, Li Yi might really think so.

But even so, Li Yi's impression of Zhao Feng is still very good, after all, in this era, if you want to prevent the family from perishing, it is normal to develop jointly, especially ordinary landlords like the Zhao family and the Yan family.

"Ah Yun, although there may be no one here to continue to teach you, I hope you don't have any relaxation." Li Yi patted Zhao Yun's shoulder and smiled. Although he knew that even without his advice, Zhao Yun in history was still the same Changshan Zhao Zilong.

"Please rest assured." Zhao Yun said in a respectful voice.