The road to Jianghu started from the martial arts hall

Chapter 338: Cultivating Party Members and Improving Internal Strength
Old Man Mo looked at Fang Xun, then at Yu Jiaolong, and pointed at the two of them, speechless for a moment.

Yu Jiaolong said calmly: "Marry a chicken and follow the chicken, marry a dog and follow the dog. My husband is planning for our future. How can I worry about this and that?"

After a while, Old Man Mo finally managed to utter a few words: "Even if you want to rebel, you must first lie dormant and accumulate a certain amount of strength before you start a big thing!"

When Old Man Mo saw that Yu Jiaolong expressed her support for him without hesitation, he came to his senses and really started thinking about what to do.

Fang Xun felt warm in his heart, and at the same time, he didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "It's just a metaphor. I don't really want to start a riot."

He just said it casually, wanting to see Yu Jiaolong's attitude. Otherwise, if they couldn't unify their internal thoughts when doing things, what would the point be?

"What I mean is that although the officials in the eight states of Jiangnan who were promoted by the royal palace will support us, it is not unconditional and without bottom line support. We must place our own confidants in the positions!"

Hearing that they were not going to rebel immediately, Old Man Mo breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Yes, according to what you said, in order to break the seal of the earth veins, Black Water Abyss will sooner or later attack the capital of Shuntian Prefecture.

Regardless of whether Daxuan is defeated, there is no need to say more. At that time, a chaotic era will come and many heroes will compete for supremacy.

Even if we win, it will only be a pyrrhic victory. The central government will become weaker and the local governments will become stronger. That is inevitable!"

This world is vast, and in order to control the world, every dynasty in the Central Plains had to enfeoff six to eight vassal kings to rule the local areas.

When the central imperial court was at its peak of power and far surpassed the local princes, it could indeed play a role in stabilizing the local areas.

However, once the central court weakens, local princes will inevitably develop inappropriate ambitions.

Throughout the dynasties, there were princes who were truly loyal and devoted to serving as ministers, but they were rare.

".As you said, we must make preparations early, place our trusted subordinates in important positions in Jiangnan, and quietly expand our influence."

Fang Xun nodded when he heard this. This was exactly what he meant. No matter how much outsiders supported him, they were not his trusted subordinates.

"While secretly building up power, we also need to diligently cultivate our inner strength. Some of the rules of the fiefdom need to be changed."

Yu Jiaolong frowned upon hearing this and couldn't help but ask, "How do you practice the inner skills diligently? What are the requirements?"

After so many years of development, the fiefdom has formed a mature system.

From what Fang Xun said, he wanted to make some major reforms.

However, if we rashly make major changes to the administrative system, chaos could easily arise.

However, she did not directly refute, but prepared to listen to Fang Xun's opinion.

Fang Xun said calmly.

"Let's not talk about other things, just talk about the literacy rate. No more than 30% of the world's people can read, and most of this 30% can only read less than 200 words. When they go to the streets to read government notices, they have to guess or ask others for help.

This not only greatly slowed down administrative efficiency, but also had a huge impact on the training of warriors."

In the view of Fang Xun, who traveled through time from the information age, the literacy rate in this world is extremely low.

Of course, this is also a common problem of feudal dynasties in the agricultural era. The literacy rate is low, and the rural population accounts for the vast majority of the population structure. They are all farmers who face the loess and back to the sky all their lives.

At most, they can write their own names or recognize the words on the signs on both sides of the streets in the city.

If the literacy rate is low, administrative efficiency will also be affected.

If the government wants to implement a new policy, it will generally publicize it through a notice posted on a billboard.

But most people don’t even recognize the words on it. No matter how good the policy is, it will be extremely difficult to implement it.

Another aspect is the training of direct line warriors.

Similarly, if you are illiterate, you won’t be able to understand even if a peerless martial art is placed in front of you, let alone some basic knowledge of the human body’s meridians and acupoints. How can you practice martial arts then?

Among the lower classes, countless talented and excellent talents were buried in this way, and only a very few were discovered by various forces.

It is said that the poor are good at literature and the rich are good at martial arts, but in fact, martial arts training is expensive, and studying also has a threshold. More than 90% of the people in the world cannot afford the daily supply of the four treasures of the study. In the past, Fang Xun did not care about these phenomena. He just focused on his own happy training and of course did not worry about them.

Now that he is the one in charge, he must take things seriously.

Yu Jiaolong and Old Man Mo seemed to be thinking about something.

"Do you want to expand the scale of elementary schools and public schools to improve the literacy rate of the people?"

Fang Xun nodded and said, "Yes, we won't talk about the public school for now, but starting from the next generation, all children of school age in the fiefdom must attend elementary school for five years, and they must also practice martial arts while studying."

Old Man Mo's eyes suddenly widened, and Yu Jiaolong also looked embarrassed.

"This, this, this kind of spending"

Of course, the two of them knew the benefits of universal elementary education for all the children of school age in the territory with a population of tens of millions.

Even if this is really accomplished, the benefits can be said to be countless.

In just ten years, the number of talent reserves in the fiefdom will skyrocket, which will in turn affect earth-shaking changes in all aspects.

But there’s still the same problem – money.

The fiefdom was not without elementary schools for children of school age, but they could only cater to a small number of the population.

Not only is there a serious shortage of teachers, but most people do not have the money to pay tuition.

If they were to pay for it out of their own pockets, the cost would be astronomical if it were to be popularized.

The teacher's salary, daily paper and ink expenses, and the resources needed to practice martial arts.

Even if it is set only according to the standards for children's elementary education, it is a heavy burden.

This can be considered an investment, but if you really want to wait for the day of return, the Prince of Yue’s Palace will probably go bankrupt first.

Fang Xun smiled and said, "Don't worry about the expenses. You recently copied Jiangnan Academy, which is a huge income.

Since raiding houses is so profitable, why not raid more houses?"

Old Man Mo looked strange after hearing this: "Boy, which one have you taken a fancy to now?"

Fang Xun said calmly, "Three months ago, I killed Duan Qing in the streets of Linjiang City, and then I got a list of the members of the Black Water Abyss Sanyuetang from him. But later, I encountered various things and kept it aside."

After hearing this, Yu Jiaolong and Old Man Mo even started breathing faster.

Those who can be pulled into Black Water Abyss, in addition to their strength, are mostly local gentry with considerable wealth, and Black Water Abyss does not look down on those who are ugly or shabby.

They are all fat sheep walking around. As long as they can identify who is a member of Black Water Abyss, they can kill them whenever they want without worrying about any trouble.

However, Yu Jiaolong still suppressed the burning urge to confiscate the property and said with a frown.

"But this is just a windfall, it can't be sustained for long, we need to find a way to increase revenue."

Fang Xun said with a smile.

"Of course I understand this. I also have a rough idea of ​​how to open up the source of income. Isn't Black Water Abyss a good example? Can't we also create an organization hidden in the dark throughout Jiangnan to make a lot of money for us?"

Yu Jiaolong had no objection to this. She even thought that it was not only a way to make money, but also to use the name of this organization to do things that were inconvenient to do openly.

And Old Man Mo's expression became strange again.

"That's a good idea, but I don't know what the name of the organization is?"

Fang Xun said with a subtle mood: "The sky is as blue as water, and the dragon is flying in the sky, so let's call it the Azure Dragon Society."

(End of this chapter)