On the evening of returning to the General's Mansion, Li Yi sent someone to invite his future father-in-law, Cai Yong, to the General's Mansion.

"Pengfei, do you have something to discuss with the old man?" Cai Yong was thinking about how to report to Li Yi tomorrow about how he had presided over the papermaking in the past year, but he didn't expect to receive a messenger sent by Li Yi, so he hurried over.

"Exactly." Li Yi nodded and said solemnly, "Uncle presided over the papermaking work this year and achieved fruitful results, I am very satisfied." Originally, considering that my uncle had worked too hard this year, I should have let my uncle rest for a while. But now Youzhou is in ruins, and things are busy, so I have to work my uncle. ”

Cai Yong waved his hand and said, "Pengfei, I have been idle for nearly ten years, and my bones are going to rust, and if I don't move, I'm afraid the whole person will be wasted." If you have anything, you might as well speak up. ”

Li Yi said: "Then the little nephew will say it directly." The younger nephew wanted to ask his uncle to leave the paper-making matter to his deputy for the time being, and set about establishing an educational institution. ”

"Educational institutions?" Cai Yong was stunned, "Are you talking about state school or private school?" ”

The Han Dynasty is one of the most developed dynasties in ancient China's education, after Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty determined the "dismissal of a hundred schools of thought, respect for Confucianism", the educational institutions of the Han Dynasty were mainly set up by the counties and counties of the state school, equivalent to the current public primary and secondary schools, and there was the Taixue set up in the national capital (the Ming and Qing dynasties became the Guozijian), as well as a large number of university scholars openly accepted apprentices, and there were generally private schools established by various families to undertake enlightenment education.

Youzhou is located in the border area, because of the frequent invasion of the Hu people in the north, the state school is very bad. Now Li Yi is a pastor of Youzhou, and Youzhou has gained rare stability under his rule. At this time, it is also the proper duty to run the state school.

The other is a private school. The current Li family is also regarded as a prominent family of the Han Dynasty, and it is also urgent to set up their own private school and educate future generations.

"It's not a private school, it's not just a state school, it's an educational institution that my nephew envisions. The nature is similar to that of state studies, the scale is larger, and the scope of teaching is wider than that of state studies. It is headed by an education department directly under the state pastoral government, and educational institutions are set up at the state, county, county, and township levels, and primary schools are set up in the township pavilions, including school-age children from the age of five and under the age of twelve, and teaching them to read and write; At the county level, secondary schools are set up, and students with good academic performance are selected from the primary schools under each county to study in them; Then open a university under the state pastoral ......"

Li Yi's idea is based on the experience of later generations, combined with today's social environment. summed it up. This idea was vaguely conceived by Li Yi after he talked to Jia Xu Chang in Liaodong last time.

If Youzhou wants to develop, it is inseparable from talents. Youzhou was originally a frontier with a lack of talents, and now the talents under Li Yi's command are basically recruited in the Central Plains. But this is not a long-term solution, you have to develop your own talents.

Since the Spring and Autumn Period, the system of scholars has begun to prevail. It is impossible to forcibly reverse it in a short period of time, and you can only find a way to adapt, otherwise you will become the public enemy of the world.

In this regard, Li Yi also has his own thoughts. He will not accept the system of this era in its entirety, nor will he copy those things that cross too many eras, and the way he thinks is to improve it subtly. So, he wanted to do it by setting up an education. Liberate knowledge from the monopoly of the nobles.

"It's a good thing to teach etiquette," understood what Li Yi meant. Cai Yong bowed slightly, agreeing, "However, according to Pengfei, this school is a scholar, there is no class, I am afraid that the scale will be very large, and the old man alone, I am afraid that it will ......."

"Of course, I won't let my uncle work alone, the little nephew's idea is to use my uncle's fame and the relatively stable and harmonious environment of Youzhou to attract celebrities and scholars from all over the world who have escaped the war to come here, and build Youzhou into an academic holy land......

Li Yi gushed about his ideas, it doesn't matter if there are no talents, you can cultivate them. Of course, it is very slow to cultivate from scratch, but with Cai Yong's fame, coupled with Li Yi's full support in terms of financial resources and materials, Youzhou's educational institutions have stood in a very high position from the beginning, are you afraid that they will not be able to attract talents?

"Celebrities in other places may not be easy to invite, but Zheng Kangcheng, Guan You'an and Bing Genju have a lot of people around, and the kid talks with Zheng Kangcheng in Liaodong, and they are very harmonious, and it shouldn't be difficult to invite them to come. With his uncle in the middle and the help of Zheng Kangcheng and several people, taking advantage of the good time when Youzhou is being noticed by the world, once the school is established, its reputation can be resounded throughout half of the Central Plains......"

Before returning to Quanzhou, Li Yi visited Zheng Xuan and others again. Judging from the process of talking, Zheng Xuan, Guan Ning, Bing Yuan and others had no intention of becoming officials, so Li Yi also broke off the idea of letting them come out to be officials. However, from that visit, Li Yi felt the interest of several people in devoting themselves to education, coupled with his original intention to educate in Youzhou, which led to this plan.

According to Li Yi's plan, Cai Yong, Zheng Xuan, Guan Ning, Bing Yuan and others are only responsible for the teaching of Youzhou University, with Cai Yong as the president, Zheng Xuan as the school's chief doctor, and Guan Ning, Bing Yuan and other recruited celebrities as doctors. As for the education of primary and secondary schools in the following counties and townships, Li Yi will select teachers in his own way.

The university planned by Li Yi is somewhat similar to the Taixue established by the Han Dynasty.

The consolidation of the feudal empire depended to a great extent on whether the imperial court could firmly control the bureaucracy, and whether the bureaucracy at all levels could implement the orders and policies of the imperial court in a timely manner in the areas under its jurisdiction, so as to maintain the unity of the country. Cultivating and bringing up a large number of talented people who firmly establish the Confucian concept of a unified state and patriarchal thinking in order to enrich the bureaucracy at all levels has become the key to maintaining and consolidating the centralized system, and this requires the rulers to solve the problem of the source of talent. Therefore, to build effective governance, it is necessary to cultivate talents who meet the requirements, which is the concept of Taixue founded by the Han Dynasty.

But Li Yi wants to do more than that. He didn't want the university he founded to become a sour Confucian who could only cultivate the kind of people who only knew what to do, but a talent who could really promote the progress of Chinese civilization. Therefore, in the universities of Youzhou, there will be a state of a hundred flowers blooming and a hundred schools of thought contending, that is, a modern university that is inclined to future generations.

It can be said that this is one of Li Yi's important measures to change the trajectory of China's development.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, although Confucianism had become the mainstream doctrine, it had not yet reached the state of dominating the world in the later Tang and Song dynasties, nor had it become a cancer hindering the development of Chinese civilization. Li Yi believes that as long as he can guide him, he should be able to avoid some bad phenomena in the future, so that Chinese civilization will present an inclusive situation.

After negotiating with Cai Yong about running the school, in the next few days, Li Yi summoned the civil and military forces of Youzhou to discuss the implementation of a new government and military system in Youzhou.

In terms of government affairs, the main thing is to form its own unique political program, and some reform measures are involved.

Looking at the twenty or so staff members sitting neatly in the hall, Li Yi asked a question.

"Do you think that the power of the Han Dynasty is so devastating?"

Everyone looked at Li Yi in unison, not understanding what he meant.

Chen Qun pondered for a moment and asked, "What the prince means is that the imperial court is not good at expecting the people, so he ...... it."

In the past two years, rebellions broke out in various parts of the Han Dynasty, and the local governments were busy suppressing the rebellions, which led to the decline of the state. And Li Yi is undoubtedly the main force in suppressing the rebellion, but he is different from other local officials, many of his behaviors do look like sympathy for the traitors, on the surface, this is not bad, the Han court is not good to the people, so that the world is against it, and the building collapses.

However, if Li Yi's insight is only like this, then these staff members will really be disappointed.

Civil rebellion can only be an opportunity to overthrow a dynasty, but it cannot establish a new dynasty. In today's world, the influence of the family is everywhere, how can it be possible to achieve great things with grass people alone? This is not something that can be reversed by individual strength.

"No, Ben Hou thinks that whenever a dynasty falls, the most direct causes are nothing more than three." Li Yi smiled and shook his head, then raised three fingers.

"Oh? I would like to hear about it. ”

The topic is a little off-track, but Chen Qun is full of interest, even if the goal is not achieved, it is a good harvest to get some fresh views from Li Yi.

Not only him, but the other staff members present also put away their casual smiles and pricked up their ears.

Especially a few strategists of the Youzhou Army, they have followed Li Yi on an expedition to Liaodong this year, and they are naturally not ignorant of Li Yi's abnormal performance, but Li Yi is very reasonable every time, and he can't find a reason to advise, so he can only let him go, as for what long-term plans Li Yi has in mind, they really don't know.

"First, the imperial court's economy collapsed, and the finances went bankrupt......"

The rise and fall of the Central Plains Dynasty, before and after the Han Dynasty, the law was completely different. The Qin and Han dynasties all died by force, and the trajectory of the decline and fall of later dynasties is obvious, and there are countless related theoretical studies, and Li Yi has also heard a lot, and what he took out at this time is the one he agrees with the most.

Everyone bowed their heads in unison, this statement is not new, except for the years during the founding of the country, the use of the imperial court has always been very embarrassing, it is not a secret,

"Second, there is a split between the DPRK and China, and the ruling parties cannot build a consensus...... "Li Yi bent his second finger.

Chen Qun, Kou Zhun, Tian Feng, Jia Xu and other political experts heard this, their eyes lit up, and this sentence was to the point.

In the final analysis, the disaster of the party more than ten years ago was a tripartite dispute between the imperial power, foreign relatives, and scholars.

In fact, in recent decades, there has been no cessation of fighting within the imperial court, and the struggle has been waged between these three parties. As long as one side has the upper hand, the two weak will join forces against the strong. (To be continued.) )