In fact, Meng Jiucheng has long had the idea of promoting education, but his career is just start-up, and he is really stretched thin in terms of funds, so he can only keep delaying.

Even now, it is quite difficult to come up with sufficient funds. But Meng Jiucheng decided not to wait any longer, although there were many difficulties, he had to establish a system and framework first, and bravely implement it.

In this time and space, the heavy responsibility of changing the world and rejuvenating China fell on Meng Jiucheng.

In the rolling of the wheel of history, Meng Jiucheng threw out a stone from time to time, and the stone became bigger and bigger, making the wheel of history bounce higher and higher, and finally deviated from the original track.

But this is not enough, the situation is just emerging, and it is still very fragile.

Meng Jiucheng had to plan against the near and far enemies on the one hand, and on the other hand, he had to lay a solid foundation for himself.

When a martial arts hall similar to a military academy is built, groups of officers loyal to Meng Jiucheng will continue to infiltrate the army and strengthen their control; The academy is also about to open, and there is no imperial examination, so who can be an official is naturally a student of the academy.

There is also a popular education for the people, and there is a school in each village, and every school-age child in every family has to go to school for at least five years and pass the examination to obtain a graduation certificate.

Of course, this kind of universal education similar to primary school is free of charge, and any household who does not comply with the law will be severely fined; If there is a child in the family who goes to the school, he will receive a certain degree of tax reduction to reduce the burden. If a student is offered to graduate in five years, there will be a field or other reward......

Yang Miaozhen poured tea and water, and served thoughtfully on the side. After Meng Jiucheng finished writing one, she also picked it up and read it carefully. Although I don't know all the words, I can understand the general content.

When Meng Jiucheng finally stopped writing and took a temporary rest, Yang Miaozhen said: "Official, those who were born in the academy should be officials, right?" ”

"yes!" Meng Jiucheng nodded and replied as a matter of course.

"Then the former official, do you want to study in the academy when you come here?" Yang Miaozhen blinked her eyes and continued to ask questions about her doubts and puzzles.

Meng Jiucheng thought for a while and said, "I have to enter the academy for a while!" ”

Yang Miaozhen pondered for a moment and said, "But some officials can be directly appointed, why do they want to enter the academy and start over?" Many officials thought that even if they couldn't strategize for the officials, they would be able to use it as a walking sweeper, so why should they go to the academy to resume their studies? Isn't there anything they have learned in their lives that can be looked down upon by officials? ”

Meng Jiucheng secretly sneered and said: "Some guys think that they are famous, or they are knowledgeable, and when they talk about the Analects and Spring and Autumn Period, they can recite the words and sentences in it, and even say where each sentence comes from. But is such talent useful?

"I think the current policy measures are effective. If officials are not familiar with it and know the tricks, how can they implement it? Meng Jiucheng tapped his fingers on the table and continued to express his dissatisfaction.

"Even the Southern Song Dynasty and the Jin Kingdom are counted, and how many officials who serve know how to do arithmetic, are familiar with the provisions of the law, and know the people's livelihood. Not to mention strategizing, let's just talk about governing the localities, and we must also know how many people are under control. How much should be set aside in the annual tax revenue to subsidize the families of the underemployed, so that they will not become resentful and take risks. It is necessary to calculate how many people are hired each year to repair the rivers and level the roads......"

After Meng Jiucheng finished speaking, Yang Miaozhen couldn't help but smile and said, "Some chores can be handed over to the servants, why do you do it yourself?" When my brother appoints officials, he also uses articles to judge his talents. ”

"Whether the calculation of the officials is correct or not, how can there be countless in the hearts of the officials? If you deceive each other and cause trouble, whose fault is it? Meng Jiucheng was not angry with his wife, and said jokingly: "The lady also knows the current financial constraints, where will she come up with the extra money and food to support the waste officials and their staff?" ”

"Having said that—" Yang Miaozhen thought for a moment and cautiously persuaded, "But it's better to discuss these with your subordinates before making a decision." ”

Meng Jiucheng nodded and said: "What the lady said is extremely true, I just write wherever I think of it, there must be a lot of unrealistic." Master Zhu is experienced and unselfish, so let's meet again when we go back and discuss with him. ”

"Actually, the officials are not wrong." After Yang Miaozhen finished admonishing, she gave Meng Jiucheng some comfort and praise, "If being an official is just writing poems and patting Sima on the fart, then what's the use?" ”

Haha, Meng Jiucheng smiled heartily, patted his wife's hand, and said, "That's right." The lady is smart, in a word. ”

"If you want to say smart, the slave family is not as good as the official one." Yang Miaozhen carefully put away the paper and folded it, and said: "Officials can see the problems and drawbacks in the things that others are accustomed to, and even Master Zhu, a well-educated person, may not know about it!" ”

"It is the habit that is not easy for people to accept and change." Meng Jiucheng sighed and said: "Taking advantage of the fact that the great cause is starting now, and making a charter, there will be less trouble in the future." ”

Hard power, with Meng Jiucheng's forward-looking vision, there is a way to enhance it; As for soft power, he can't relax, which is why he is eager to implement all kinds of new policies.

And now should be a good time to build institutions. A small bureaucracy naturally has small advantages, at least there are far fewer faults inherent in civil servants.

Now, most of the new officials are young and backward, or those who are doing solid work. Although there are also discordant sounds, there is not much resistance. This is a very favorable condition for Meng Jiucheng.

His own energy can be biased towards the military, but political affairs can be entrusted to a trustworthy official like Zhu Ming.

As for the resistance to reform, it is now the least.

Everything must be done personally, that is what lower-level officials should do, and Meng Jiucheng had such an awareness very early.

Therefore, he has gradually set up a more rational political, economic, and military structure, and he knows how to delegate power and appoint power, and he knows how to organize and manage.

To put it bluntly, he is the front of the car, controlling the direction and the movement of the car, so that the large carriage in the base area can carry all kinds of loads and move along the road he has set.

The road is not what it used to be, and this is something that many people don't realize.

Restructuring? Meng Jiucheng felt that it was not accurate enough, and there was still some truth in talking about reform.

And he also knows that the normal process of reform in history is a process of power and strength struggle. Its difficulty has led to the disgrace of almost all reformers in history.

And often then, the poor people, either coldly and numbly watching the failure of the reforms, or frantically pounced on them and tore at the flesh of the losers - all of them put the source of their suffering on the reformers.

Such a bloody lesson, Meng Jiucheng would not be unaware, but he didn't think that he would fall to that point.