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Chapter 19 Afterwards
The Li family's century-old foundation in Hanyang County naturally cannot be destroyed overnight. Although the head of the Li family has been executed, apart from those servants and warriors, how many people in the entire Jiangyun County have been secretly won over by the Li family, or are they related to the Li family?
What happened secretly is still unknown, but at least now Li Ming has dismissed four county magistrates who were close to the Li family in one go, and even got rid of the county magistrate Xiao Fei.

Although there were some minor disturbances, with the military power in hand, these stubborn problems were quickly quelled.

With this lightning-fast approach, the order in the entire Jiangyun County returned to normal in less than half a month, but there seemed to be some differences.

After the integration of Jiangyun County, with the food provided by the wealthy families, the crisis was temporarily resolved. The biggest problem at the moment was the group of refugees headed by Wan La. If Wan La had attacked the city that night, there would have been a three-point chance that he would have caused some trouble for Li Ming, but now that the internal crisis has been resolved, the refugees are nothing.

"Report, sir, the group of refugees last night have left. Judging from the direction they went, they should be heading to Jiangbo County."

At this time a voice was heard.

Li Ming put his thoughts aside and looked up. It was Wang Zhonghan. He had changed into a military uniform, which made him look more tough.

Li Ming smiled and said, "For such a small matter, you can just have someone else pass on the message immediately. Why bother making this trip yourself? You're now a seventh-rank lieutenant commanding 500 soldiers. It would be a waste of your talent to handle such trivial matters."

Wang Zhonghan clasped his fists and said, "What's the big deal? I'm willing to be a small soldier under your command. There's nothing I can't do."

"You..." Li Ming laughed again, then asked seriously, "Is the news accurate?"

Wang Zhonghan replied, "It was my third brother who personally sent it back. There is absolutely no problem."

Li Ming pondered for a moment and replied, "Now that Jiangyun County is under my control, even if these refugees refuse to leave, I will wipe them out at any time to train my troops. Withdrawing now? Humph, it seems that Wan La has some wits about him."

"Forget it, let's ignore him for now. Now we need to clear the land and settle the population. We need to recuperate for a year or two before slowly expanding. There are still many troubles to deal with when reorganizing the army. As for your brother, if he feels in danger, he can find a chance to escape. Tell him that I need people now."

After Li Ming finished speaking, he looked at Wang Zhonghan indifferently.

The reason why Wang Zhonghan changed his name was naturally because he was the second child in the family. It was normal to have a third child. The three brothers of the Wang family could be said to be Li Ming's biggest helpers in the early days of his life. The eldest brother, Wang Zhi, was in charge of the county soldiers and held military power. The second brother, Wang Xiang, opened a martial arts school under the pseudonym Wang Zhonghan and trained many warriors. The third brother, Wang Yuan, mixed in with the rebels by chance.

That's why Li Ming knew exactly what the Li family was going to do. I think Wang Yuan also played an indispensable role in Wan La not taking advantage of the chaos to attack the city.

Wang Zhonghan nodded and said, "I'll send a message to my third brother."

"By the way, would you consider restoring your real name?" Li Ming asked.

Wang Zhonghan gave a wry smile and said, "I've been using this name for almost twenty years. Does it really matter whether it's restored or not?"

Li Ming also nodded, then asked, "Are your three brothers named Wang Zhi, Wang Xiang, and Wang Yuan? You really don't have a fourth brother named Wang Da?"

Wang Zhonghan paused before answering, "Our father's name is Wang Da."

"Hahahaha." Li Ming laughed for a while, and then said, "You came at the right time. Today is the day for the provincial school to enroll students. Why don't you come with me?"

Wang Zhonghan did not hesitate and agreed immediately.

The two men left the county magistrate's mansion together. As for the personal guards, you must be kidding. Both of them are now masters of Hua Jin, and can defeat a hundred people. If they fight side by side, their strength will be doubled. If there are so many people trying to assassinate him in the county city, Li Ming would not have to rebel. He quickly washed his neck and wiped it off himself.

With their speed, they arrived at the gate of the provincial school in just half a quarter of an hour.

It is called a provincial school, but if you put aside the halo, it is actually just a larger school, equivalent to a national high school or university?
Since Li Ming didn't pretend to be a rebel, but instead eliminated the Li family in the name of suppressing bandits, the prefectural school continued to operate normally. However, Li Ming had come here specifically today for something important. He wanted reform!

Start from childhood!

At this moment, a pair of soldiers came over to post a notice.

To the effect:
The provincial school will open another class from now on, giving priority to those who can read and write, regardless of gender or household registration.

The following are some of the benefits after admission, such as free food and accommodation, provision of pens, ink, clothing, etc. The conditions are very generous.

Of course, the price is that after graduation, you have to serve the local government and be a minor official!

This is such a great thing, it's like pie falling into your mouth.

There are so many scholars, but how many of them can actually pass the imperial examination?

Even passing the imperial examination to become a scholar was difficult, and most people were just poor scholars. Being a minor official was considered a way out.

Nowadays, tuition is free, regardless of background, and food and accommodation are provided.

As for serving the government and being a minor official, it is simply a guaranteed job assignment after graduation!
There was a large group of former students from the prefectural school gathered around, all talking about the matter.

Although Li Ming has accomplished great things, how many people have actually seen him?
Now, Bailongyufu is just an ordinary dress, but it is just enough to clearly know the true thoughts of these students.

For example, a man in white scholar's clothing whispered secretly: "Master Zhang is seriously ill and can't manage affairs, and his son is simply messing around! Girls, how can a girl study??"

As soon as he finished speaking, he was immediately met with a wave of agreement.

As educated people, they usually considered themselves superior. Now, the notice said that regardless of household registration, men and women were equal and could all go to school. Although they didn't know what this new compulsory education taught them, they felt dissatisfied.

Another man with a slightly yellowish complexion shouted, "In my opinion, we should go to the county magistrate's residence and ask to see Lord Zhang. Lord Zhang is well-known for his literary talent and loves the people like his own children. He will definitely not sit idly by and watch. Such behavior is a disgrace to society!"

"Yep!"

Many students around responded loudly.

Wang Zhonghan shook his head helplessly upon seeing this. These students obviously could not understand the current state of the world and were still looking at things with the old perspective.

It seems that they will not feel pain unless the knife cuts themselves. The death of the Li family does not seem to have any effect on them.

Still want to cause trouble at the county magistrate's office?

He was a warrior and had no good feelings towards these literati. At this moment, he even had some thoughts of killing a chicken to scare the monkeys. A mocking smile unconsciously appeared on his face. Then he turned to look at Li Ming, but saw that Li Ming had a calm face and looked as if he didn't hear anything.

(End of this chapter)