Li Xiao did not agree to Li Lin's request. Although *** was born in Kroeger, the title of spy chief was not very pleasant.

In the final analysis, there are still limited talents in the pocket.

The Ming Dynasty was a huge country with no shortage of talents.

pity!

The real talent training project actually started with Li Xiao.

When the Zhu family was still the emperor, most people did not have the opportunity to study. In most villages, it took decades to produce a scholar.

Reading is a luxury that ordinary people have no chance to access.

Even in today's Ming Dynasty, Li Xiao respected knowledge so much. In the Ming Dynasty, schools were expanded aggressively. Not only did they not charge tuition fees and book fees, but they also provided children with a meal at noon.

Even so, primary education can only be implemented on a large scale in northern provinces. In southern provinces, except for Jiangsu and Zhejiang, in most provinces, only children from provincial capital cities can attend school.

There is no way, education is a long-term process. It is an arduous process to eliminate illiteracy.

Based on the population size and base of the Ming Dynasty, Li Xiao felt that it was impossible to eliminate illiteracy within thirty years.

In fact, this is also a process of natural population replacement. We once imitated the literacy classes held by the Ming army and sent people to rural areas and cities to teach villagers how to read.

But the ideal is full, but the reality is very skinny.

Farmers pay more attention to whether the crops in the fields can thrive, but they don't care about literacy.

Every day when I was forced by the village chief to come to the literacy class, it was the biggest bullshit session of the day.

The teacher was talking from above, and the villagers were chatting below.

The scene was very lively and the results were gratifying. But on the day of the assessment, most people only knew one, two or three.

These three words were forced by the village chief to recognize. If you don't recognize them, you will have to pay 20% more on this year's rent.

After some experiments, Li Xiao reluctantly gave up on forcibly increasing the literacy rate.

This is actually similar to what Taizu and his elders did!

It's not that the farmers are illiterate, they simply don't want to be literate.

For generations, our ancestors have faced the loess and turned their backs to the sky, the crops in the geography, the girls from the neighboring village, the pheasants and rabbits on the mountains, the mushrooms and bamboo shoots in the forest.

These are the things they like and are closely related to their lives.

They naturally think that the words in books are very far away. People may be very envious of things that are out of reach at first.

But I am envious and envious. After I have been envious for a long time, I know that I can’t get it, so I don’t envy it anymore.

Then there is alienation, and finally there is no desire.

Knowledge has been an exclusive product of the ruling class for thousands of years. The inertia is so strong that Li Xiao cannot change it in a short time.

There are already graduates from primary school, except for the best ones who go to middle school. The rest are all recruited by various factories.

These days, recruiting student workers is not like recruiting ordinary workers. It’s basically like going to the school to rob!

Every child who graduates will be recruited by the factory with a salary that is 30% higher than that of ordinary workers.

Perhaps this is why people in cities are becoming more and more fond of reading and literacy.

Li Xiao thought about it for three days and decided to call back Sun Yuanhua who was far away in Singapore. It wasn't that he didn't want to think about it anymore, but he was really annoyed by the mountains of memorials every day.

Some officials really have nothing to do. Things like dredging the Jinshui River require a memorial to specifically explain the importance.

Li Xiao feels dizzy after reading these things every day.

I really can't hold on any longer, so I can only call Sun Yuanhua back to help with the matter first. If Old Sun does well, let him work for two years.

This old guy spent ten years building Xinjiapo into the southernmost gateway of the Ming Dynasty!

Over the years, I have resisted many overt and covert infiltrations for Daming.

In terms of qualifications, he was the governor of Denglai more than ten years ago. Moreover, this old guy has no problem with his loyalty.

At least, Li Xiao is the kind of person who feels more at ease with Sun Yuanhua.

Of course, Sun Yuanhua was not the only person with such qualifications in the Ming Dynasty. There was also Sun Chuanting, the governor of the northwest, who was older than Sun Yuanhua.

Moreover, he served as the governor of the northwest for more than ten years.

However, Li Xiao still had some complaints about Sun Chuanting.

During the last Uighur Rebellion, Sun Chuanting was extremely slow. From doing nothing in the early stage, to looking forward and backward in the later stage.

This greatly reduced his image in Li Xiao's heart!

In addition, in recent years, although the imperial court has invested a lot in the northwest, the economy of the Guanzhong region still has not improved much.

In some fiscal years, you have to reach out to the court to get through the last year.

If such people were allowed to run the Ming Dynasty, Li Xiao felt that the Ming Dynasty would go bankrupt in a few years.

"Dad! The commander-in-chief suddenly transferred you back to Beijing as the second assistant, but in fact, you are doing the job of the first assistant.

Mr. Zhang has not recovered from his stroke, and it is impossible for the commander-in-chief to appoint a candidate for the first assistant so quickly. I think if you do well during this period, then next year you will almost be the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty."

Sun Yuanhua was transferred back from Xinjiapo, and the happiest person was Sun Xing. I will be the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty in the future, so my career will definitely be good.

If coupled with the care of the commander-in-chief, he may also become the first assistant in the future.

The family had two chief ministers, which was unique in the history of the Ming Dynasty. Thinking back to the time when Yan Song was in power, his son Yan Shifan was just a minister.

"Haha! Boy, you want to be simple.

The commander-in-chief has the foresight and foresight of a commander-in-chief!

If we talk about seniority, Sun Chuanting, the governor of the five northwest provinces, has much more seniority than your father.

In fact, having said that, my father is here because of you. Don't forget, when he was the governor of Shandong, I was a thorn in my side.

Forget it! Let’s not talk about those old things.

Tell me about the things in the capital, let us men search carefully and figure out where to start.

It's not an easy thing to satisfy our commander-in-chief, you have to really work hard."

"The Ming Dynasty is now prosperous in its national fortunes, and it can be said that flowers are cooking oil in a brocade fire.

If there is something important, it has to be anti-corruption.

To be honest, someone should take good care of these officials in the imperial court. No matter which yamen you go to, it is a common practice to take advantage of them.

Even some yamen have formed rules. Even if some things are in line with the regulations of the imperial court, they still need to worship Buddha and burn incense before they can be accomplished.

I heard that the Marshal went to Yuquan Mountain to meet Mr. Sun ten days ago. I can’t find out what they talked about, but I think it must be related to these things.

Because in the past few days, several brokers who are usually active in the capital have disappeared. I heard... that they were arrested by Luzhu."

"Oh! There is such a thing...!

What do those brokers do? What official positions do they hold?" Sun Yuanhua asked with interest.

"Some of them have official positions, and some don't. They all help others to undertake court projects, or they resell steel or oil approval documents.

Among them, there was a retired major who was particularly active. He was the first one to disappear. I asked someone to inquire about it and found out that he had been captured by Luzhu.

No one knows where he is being held!"

"This is a bit interesting. Let's start from here." Sun Yuanhua said thoughtfully, stroking his beard.

"Dad! The anti-corruption campaign is not successful. Anyone who rebels will offend a large number of people. If you are no longer the chief minister in the future, you will be beaten by thousands of people.

I guess that old guy Zhang Huangyan must also think so. Otherwise, these things were corrupted during his tenure, how could he have no reason to ignore them?"

Sun Xing trembled when he heard that his father wanted to use anti-corruption as a breakthrough. Although it was good to be the chief assistant, the price was too high.

Once the Sun family loses power in the future, there will be no way to protect it!

"Haha! Boy, do you think your father is a fool? Naturally, you need to find someone to do this kind of thing.

But I seem to be going to pay a visit to Mr. Sun. After all, Mr. Sun was very kind to our family back then."

"But Mr. Zhang hasn't been seen for a long time!"

"He will meet you!" Sun Yuanhua's face looked quite confident.

"When you arrive in the capital, it would be inappropriate to meet Mr. Sun before you meet the commander-in-chief!"
Chapter completed!