Rules are actually a way to ensure order, and order is the most important thing in a country.

Sun Chengzong once said that order is the cornerstone. The country as a whole needs to run smoothly on this cornerstone.

It seems that the overstepping command can directly convey the meaning to the grassroots, but the problem is ......, you don't have the time and energy to manage every grassroots matter.

If all the people in higher positions want to overstep the command, then there will be chaos in the order. And the chaos of order is the beginning of the collapse of a country.

Li Xiao has always regarded Sun Chengzong's words as a wise saying!

This is a mature politician who has summed up his experience over the years. It is also one of the secrets that guarantee the smooth running of a country!

But today, Li Xiao intends to make an exception. Intervene directly in local matters!

As for civil affairs, Li Xiao usually does not interfere.

The so-called ruling the army and ruling the people on the horse is something that only people with extremely high talent and extreme self-confidence can do.

There is no shortage of successful people in history, such as Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, and Zhu Di, the very controversial Yongle Emperor.

The vast majority of people have been devastated, and they have brought great disaster to the country.

Li Xiao doesn't think he's a genius, and he doesn't think he can manage the eating, drinking, and Lazar of 300 million people.

Leaving professional things to professional people is the key to doing things well.

This kind of thing for a layman to lead an insider rarely leads to good results.

For civil affairs, Li Xiao has always relied on the first assistant. First was the scheming Sun Chengzong, and later became Zhang Huangyan, who was also called an old fox, and now he has become Sun Yuanhua, who likes to go down to the grassroots.

Sun Yuanhua is not in Beijing, but with the help of advanced communication equipment, government affairs are handled in an orderly manner, and I have to say that this is a kind of ability.

At least Zhang Huangyan didn't have this kind of ability, when he was the first assistant, he only followed Li Xiao to Liaodong a few times.

The rest of the time, I basically stayed in the capital and didn't move.

Early in the morning, Junzi came to report that there was a group of people kneeling at the gate of the marshal's mansion, no matter how much they persuaded them, they didn't leave, and they wanted to see the marshal by name.

If this was when the Zhu family was the emperor, it could basically be regarded as ignorance. Even the Shuntian Mansion will convict them, and the emperor is not the chief of your village, and you can see it when you say it?

If Sun Chengzong was here, he would definitely blame Li Xiao for meeting those students yesterday. This makes these people feel that they have a place to complain, and they want to live a peaceful life in the future, and dream of it!

Since I saw those people yesterday, it doesn't seem good that I don't see these people today. Li Xiao, who had no choice but to cheer up and meet with the representatives of those people outside.

I thought that it was the corrupt officials who bullied the people, or the local tyrants who took advantage of the people.

Unexpectedly, what walked into Li Xiao's office were two skinny children, and a woman who looked like she was in her thirties.

They were dirty, and their clothes were patched with large and small patches. The pants I wore were obviously the pants of the adults that had been changed to be smaller, and the shoes on my feet were still straw sandals!

"Where are you from?" Li Xiao looked at the three ...... with some surprise Child.

"We belong to Niujiazhuang in Yixian County." The woman at the head said carefully.

Yixian Niujiazhuang ......!

Li Xiao looked at the three of them carefully, and his skin was dripping with black dirt. There are also inside fingernails, calluses on fingers and palms.

It stands to reason that such thick calluses should not appear on a child's hands. But now it's clearly there!

The bare feet are covered with small cuts, and there are many on the calves. This is characteristic of walking on mountain roads, without pants and cloth shoes.

When you walk on a mountain road, you will be scraped on your calves or feet by something.

Since Li Xiao came to power, the economies of Shandong, Liaodong, Hebei, and Gyeonggi have developed by leaps and bounds.

Yi County is only more than 100 kilometers away from Jingshi, but I didn't expect that the countryside of Yi County would be so poor......!

"You're a handsome?" The half-grown child at the head looked at Li Xiao timidly.

"That's right! If you have any grievances, you can tell me. ”

Needless to say, Li Xiao can guess that this is another case of local officials violating the people.

Looking at the whole of Hebei, it is estimated that such a poor village cannot be found. If it weren't for the embezzlement by officials, there would never be such a situation.

"Kids want to read!" The woman mustered up her courage before she opened her mouth and said to Li Xiao.

Li Xiao's heart seems to have been hit by something, this is not a big-eyed girl in later generations. It is one of the richest regions under his rule.

After so many years of vigorous development of education, almost all school-age children in the capital are in school.

Many of the first children who are now in elementary school have already entered junior high school. There are even many junior high school graduates who have gone to various junior colleges.

The first batch of children have now graduated and entered all walks of life and become knowledgeable fresh blood.

Li Xiao originally thought that almost the whole of Hebei had at least universalized primary education. But I didn't expect that only 100 kilometers away from the capital would still be so poor.

"You still don't have enough to eat there?" Li Xiao looked at the woman and said.

"Thanks to the big handsome, it is still possible to eat and dress warmly over the years. I'm not afraid of your jokes, I haven't seen only one pair of pants before. Whoever goes out wears it, and many people take advantage of the night to work.

Not because I want to be cool at night, but because I can work naked at night.

Over the years, the government's taxes have decreased by 70%. We can still eat, but we are still poor.

There is no way, the ground in the mountains is thin, and the food produced in a year is limited. If it weren't for the fact that the imperial court reduced taxes and there were no landlords to collect rent, they wouldn't be able to live. ”

"Oh, your officials there are looting the people?"

"No, the imperial court is light. For us, the people, the greatest benefit has been given. ”

"Oh!" Hearing that it was not the officials who looted the people, Li Xiao was a little relieved.

Although the cities have now reached initial affluence, people in remote areas are still poor.

Tackling poverty is a long-term affair that cannot be achieved overnight. In later generations, it took 70 years to solve the problem of food and clothing for the whole country.

It's such a huge empire that nothing can be built overnight.

"The dynasty will continue to develop, and you will soon build a school there. Children will have books to read and go to school, and they will all become useful and productive people for the country and dynasty in the future. ”

In these days, it is no problem to build a rural primary school in the mountains. But the problem is that there are not enough teachers!

The rice should be eaten one bite at a time, and the road should be walked step by step, and the steps are too big, and it is easy to pull the eggs.

"Thanks to your blessings, we already have a primary school in our village. Two students came to the city to teach the children to read and write.

I'm talking about sending girls to school. ”

"Girls go to school?" At this moment, Li Xiao was a little stunned.

Since the beginning of Zhu Xi's science, women have been firmly imprisoned at home. Even if the family's business helps, it will be looked down upon if it is a show up.

It has been hundreds of years since Zhu Xi started, and the powerful habits formed over hundreds of years are definitely not easy to change.

All, Li Xiao didn't dare to easily try to let girls study in the capital.

Unexpectedly, more than 100 kilometers away in Yi County, a woman actually came to him and told him that he wanted girls to go to school.

"Handsome, as the saying goes, since ancient times, a woman without talent is virtuous. But you know, big handsome, men are busy working outside these days. All the things in the house have to be done by our women.

It's like educating children, we women can't read a single word, how can we understand so many truths to educate children.

Handsome, the girl can read. In the future, they will also be able to teach their children to read, and their children's children to read. ”

Li Xiao looked at this woman a little dumbfounded, he didn't expect such a country woman to understand so many truths.

Of course, Li Xiao knows how much a mother who is literate and hyphenation will have on the education of her children.

"Are you literate?" Li Xiao felt that the woman in front of him should be literate, otherwise he would never be able to say such a reasonable thing.

"The folk woman knows a few words, and her father taught a private school when she was a child." The woman whispered.

"Oh, you taught a private school at home?" Li Xiao is a little strange, Yi County is poor enough, and a Zhuangzi in the mountains actually has a private school.

I can't eat enough, can I still go to a private school?

"My father is a showman!"

"Oh! I don't know ...... old gentleman now! ”

It is not easy to show off talent in the countryside, and it is even more difficult to run a private school in a poor ravine.

"My father starved to death more than ten years ago!" There was sadness in the woman's tone.

Li Xiao knows that this is definitely a sad story. This rural educator teaches a private school in a village where food and clothing are difficult to guarantee.

It's normal to starve to death!

Cangjie knows etiquette enough!

The ancients still knew that eating well came first.

Can you expect those who can't get enough to eat to still think about the truth of the Four Books and the Five Classics?

They don't know that the interest in knowledge of people who don't have enough to eat is far less important than food.

There is a golden house in the book!

There is Yan Ruyu in the book!

There are many cars and horses in the book!

……！

It's nothing more than the Spiritual Victory Method, and they need more food, cloth, more food, and more cloth.

Li Xiao couldn't tell the woman these truths, these people had already gotten into the horns of the bull. I think reading is bigger than the sky!

Can you expect a talented man who runs a private school in a poor country to teach a witty and changeable daughter?

"What's your name?"

"Niu Wang Clan!"

"Niu Wang's Clan! Teaching girls to read, I agree. After all, girls also have jobs that suit them, such as teachers in schools, nurses in hospitals, and female workers in cotton spinning factories.

But everything needs to be done gradually, and all I can give you at the moment is a rural primary school. All the children of Daming can come to study as long as they want, whether they are boys or girls.

Of course, they have to get their parents' consent. ”

"The peasants are vulgar, they are short-sighted, they don't know the importance of reading for children. Even if they want to study, they will only send the boys in the family to study.

The female child of the family was left to work at home. If a woman is not educated, she will pass on her foolishness to the next generation. ”

"Niu Wang, since you are literate, are you willing to teach?" Li Xiao suddenly had an idea.

"The women are willing!" Niu Wang was stunned for a moment, and then nodded.

"If you want to, then I'll give you a chance. You can go to primary school now, as long as you can learn the six-year curriculum in three years.

Then I will arrange for you to go to a vocational school, and after you graduate there, you will be able to become a teacher.

Teachers who specialize in teaching children to read!

At that time, you could stay in the capital to teach, or go back to your hometown in Yi County to teach.

This is the limit that Ben Shuai can promise you, after all, there is still a shortage of teachers in the city, and it is impossible to send so many teachers to the poor countryside.

Besides, the students who are graduating now are all people who are rushing to get it from a place. Nor could they be willing to teach in the backwoods.

I can't always ask others to give selflessly, right? ”

"This ......!" Niu Wang was speechless.

Dashuai is right, those students who are graduating now. Whether it is a factory, or an army, as well as the various yamen of the imperial court, they are all people who rush to get it.

Who wants to be in a poor and remote place, struggling to teach those little children to read and write.

"Think about my words, go down!" Li Xiao waved his hand.

This is a staunch idealist and an idealist ahead of his time.

What she said made a lot of sense, and it should be done.

But the reality is that it is ...... and cannot be implemented.

Improve the status of women and protect their rights and interests.

Of course, Li Xiao is willing to promote this kind of thing, but unfortunately this society is unwilling to advance.

Fight against the whole society on your own.

Even Li Xiao was reluctant to make such an attempt.

This is also different from the trend of short hair led by Li Xiao!

Before that, whether it was a literati scholar or an ordinary person. Those who believe in it are parents who suffer from the skin of the body, and dare not destroy it!

Of course, they also get haircuts, but those haircuts are only worthy of being called trimming.

After Li Xiao came, he simply followed the oath and shaved his hair directly.

At first, the people who followed Li Xiao in the Liao army cut their hair short, and then slowly the people in the imperial court, in order to show their loyalty to Li Xiao, also cut their hair short.

Once the hair is cut short, no one wants to keep it back.

In the summer, it's really hot.

The back of the neck is full of lungs!

There are also people who have one red bump after another on their heads, which is very scary to look at.

After cutting my hair short, the summer is much cooler. And it is much easier to wash your hair, and even the lice on the hair are gone.

Of course, it will be a little cold in winter after cutting your hair. But people are not monkeys, don't they know to wear a cotton hat?

To put it bluntly, cutting your hair can make you feel comfortable in no time. And letting girls study is not something that can see benefits all at once.

This kind of thing is going to be very difficult for the people to do willingly.