Crowned the New Han Dynasty

Chapter 1051 Yamen going to the countryside, compulsory school

"I have seen my lord."

Su Liao met with Chen Zhi in the main hall.

This subordinate, who had followed Chen Zhi since Luoyang, looked obviously older than four years ago.

He also served as the secretary of the General's Office and joined the army, but he rarely interfered with the actual duties of the secretary. He mainly controlled the Secret Intelligence Department.

After four years of development, the scale of the secret spy department has been raised to a higher level. Correspondingly, the manpower expansion brought about by the expansion of scale, more manpower, better training efficiency, and more complete rules and regulations have shaped more For a terrible and comprehensive regulatory system.

After this system was established, more information gathered from all parties. As Chen Zhi's power expanded, the main scope of investigation expanded from one Dai County to the entire Youzhou, and it also penetrated into all aspects. In addition, The surrounding forces, the Luoyang court, and the situation in Jiangzuo all have to send people over.

In such a large-scale investigation, the amount of feedback from one event after another is huge even if it cannot be said to be astronomical. Although Su Liao has many capable assistants, for the sake of his responsibilities, he will still personally intervene. , I get up early and sleep late every day, and sleep very little. As long as I keep my eyes open, I am dealing with official business. I work all day long, how can I not age prematurely.

Every time he saw Su Liao, Chen Zhi would look at his tired face and give him a few words of advice, and this time was no exception, but again, every time his words of advice would not be effective.

Such a capable and hard-working subordinate is not easy to come across. He has done everything properly, so he cannot be removed from his post just to give him a rest. Moreover, the Secret Intelligence Department has set up a shelf, but with the development of Youzhou The next expansion requires a familiar person to take the helm, so Su Liao's work is also inseparable.

Su Liao's visit this time was brought in by Chen Zhi. After meeting Lu Zhi and Sun Xiu a few days ago, he issued an order for Su Liao to come over and meet them after he had dealt with the matters at hand.

Su Liao also just arrived in Jixian today. He was almost in the same order as Chen Zi. However, he did not rush over. Instead, he returned to the Yamen first. After sorting and classifying the gains from this trip, he did some more According to the work instructions, I just came here for the interview, so I was a little later than Chen Zi.

"I asked you to come here to ask about the arrangements and layout everywhere."

Su Liao took out a booklet from his sleeve, handed it over and said at the same time: "In order to give lectures, the spies of the Secret Service have gone deeper into various places. Every town and every township has our people. In the future, we will Within the year, we will continue to send information, local customs and customs."

Chen Zhi asked his disciples to give lectures in various places and conduct regular assessments to test the effectiveness of his preaching and ask them about their understanding of the local customs. This was a disguised form of arranging spies. Among the people who assessed them were members of the Secret Service.

Relying on this method, the tentacles of the entire force can be invisibly penetrated into the lowest and most subtle groups of people to understand their appeals and needs.This will provide important reference information so that Chen Zhi will not be out of touch with the outside world even if he is sitting in the general's mansion without leaving home. "Very good," Chen Zhi nodded and said without hesitation, "This time I am using people from the Secret Intelligence Department to train a new Yamen. It is like borrowing a hen to lay eggs. When the conditions are ripe, I will start to establish a new Yamen." Yamen."

Su Liao nodded to express his understanding, and did not show any annoyance because his authority and manpower would be dispersed.

Chen Zhi continued: "There are many purposes for the emperor to go to the countryside to preach. The most important thing is to establish a foundation in every township and every li, so that the orders of the General's Office can be directly conveyed to various places, and at the same time, they can be directly transmitted from each place. Obtain information everywhere. In the next year, we will start to improve the Si Yamen. The goal is to establish a public sentiment management system that is rooted in local townships, reaches villages and towns, and connects counties. In the future, the number of candidates will be required to increase a lot. , Don’t worry about people who have read books having nothing to do and just pondering.”

Su Liao heard this and said: "If this is done, the entire Youzhou will be solid and truly integrated. Any order from the lord can be conveyed to all places, running through the upper and lower parts, and the entire Youzhou will be like an arm and a finger! And here we are! At that time, even if our population in Youzhou is not as good as that of Jizhou, our overall combat power will far exceed it!"

"If this goal is achieved, doubling the combat power is only one aspect," Chen Zhi nodded lightly, "but the more important point is to achieve better and more efficient governance. However, it is hard to say how much effect can be achieved. …”

Grassroots organizations going to the countryside can mobilize the people within the scope of governance to the greatest extent. If grassroots organizations can spread to the lowest level, it will bring about earth-shaking changes to the entire force. However, it is limited by the transportation and communication conditions of the times. Chen Zhi himself can't even estimate how far he can really achieve now.

"Compared with this, there is another purpose that is easier to achieve," Chen Zhi skipped the topic and talked about another thing, "that is to lay a good foundation to facilitate the establishment of official schools in various places as soon as possible. The examples of preaching can serve as teachers, The printed books can be used to educate people, and when the things preached by Juzi reach a certain level and the people become accustomed to them, the content of the lectures can be increased."

"About this matter, I have something to say." Su Liao cautiously suggested, and with Chen Zhi's permission, he followed up and said: "Although ordinary people envy those who have achieved academic success, they do not want their children to If you focus on studying for learning and preaching knowledge to your children, I am afraid that not many people will be willing to learn. If the official education is open, it will be wasted."

"It's natural." Chen Zhi had already considered it and nodded when he heard the words. "What the people envy is actually not the erudition of those who study, but the treatment of those who have achieved success in learning, because those who can study full-time are generally from aristocratic families. Children, and the aristocratic family enjoys many privileges among the people. The people are envious and long for the privileges, or they are unwilling to be oppressed, so they respect them."

"If that's the case?" Su Liao expressed doubts.

Chen Zhi said directly: "The purpose of preaching reading is to find seedlings suitable for studying. Everyone has their own strengths. Some children from ordinary families may be suitable to study, some may be suitable to be craftsmen, and some can only make a living by farming. How can we force it? Rely on preaching to find children suitable for studying, select them, and send them to local official schools. The general government will give certain subsidies to the families of the selected children. If they succeed in their studies, they will also participate in the literary examination. If they fail, Then let’s see if there is any talent for being a craftsman…”

"But this will cost a lot of money!" Su Liao is familiar with the situation in various parts of Youzhou. He knows that with the current population base, even if it is just one child out of ten, the subsidy required by his family is not a small amount.

"This expedient is definitely not sustainable. Youzhou's current wealth can still support it, and Youzhou's wealth income will increase in the future. However, as the population increases in the future, we must not follow this policy," Chen Zhi said clearly, "It's very At this time, you should take extraordinary measures and build a shelf as soon as possible!"

(End of this chapter)