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The aristocratic clans and powerful families should be suppressed and reformed.

However, there are also many essential cornerstones for the Great Han among them, talents nurtured by the vast resources that the Great Han has gathered.

Li Ji stopped and went along the way, constantly revising some of the ideas in his mind.

Walking along the official road to Ruyang City didn't take much time. Zhuge Liang, who had been left in Ruyang City to oversee the establishment of the Yuzhou Academy, also led a group of officials to welcome him at the city gate.

Li Ji didn't waste unnecessary time on trivial matters. He didn't even get out of the carriage, only inviting Zhuge Liang to join him in the carriage. Then, he dismissed the officials who came to welcome him and went straight to the Yuzhou Academy.

On the way to the Yuzhou Academy, Zhuge Liang, who had prepared in advance, reported the situation of the Yuzhou Academy to Li Ji in detail.

The previous Rende Academy was both a "pioneer" and an "experimental product."

With the expansion of Liu Bei's territory, one "Rende Academy" was naturally far from enough, whether in terms of cultivating talents or influencing the scope.

Therefore, Li Ji planned to establish corresponding academies in each state, and then slowly establish branch academies at the county level, thereby constructing an academy framework that would cover the entire Han people in the future.

Perhaps, it would be easier to understand if the name was changed.

The academy is a university, and the county-level branch academy is a middle school…

Of course, even maintaining the administration of Yuzhou, Li Ji is short of talents, so it is naturally impossible to build a government-run school that covers all the villages in one step.

The academies initially established in various states, in Li Ji's eyes, are seedlings that gradually take root and sprout downwards. They will cultivate enough talents step by step, and then cover branch academies, schools, and so on, step by step.

Only when the number of scholars from poor families or commoners in various places reaches a certain number, the "Imperial Examination System" that has been brewing in Li Ji's mind will not be monopolized by the circle of aristocratic families, becoming an alternative "Nine-Rank System".

After all, the imperial examination system also conducts examinations at each level based on "region", and in a region, the few top aristocratic families who have mastered a large amount of talent, or other aristocratic clans and powerful families associated with them, often control the most.

After all, the fish pond has always been so big, and there have always been only a few fish.

No matter how you fish, there will only be those few fish, and no matter how dense the fishing net is, it is impossible to catch the silt at the bottom.

It is precisely because of this that Li Ji attaches so much importance to the Yuzhou Academy. This is not only a cradle built to cultivate talents who truly belong to the Great Han, but also an important link in the imperial examination system and the enlightenment of the people, which cannot be neglected.

Even the youthful version of Zhuge Liang can be described as "meticulous" in his work.

After arriving at the Yuzhou Academy, Li Ji inspected it and was very satisfied.

By the way, Li Ji also inspected the Natural Academy not far from the Yuzhou Academy.

Compared with the Yuzhou Academy, the Natural Academy is more like a miniature version, but it can be regarded as fully equipped.

In addition, there is a place guarded by armored soldiers not far from the Yuzhou Academy, and Li Ji also took Zhuge Liang in for a walk.

Only after coming out, the shock on Zhuge Liang's face remained for a long time.

Until he followed Li Ji back to Ruyang City in the carriage, Zhuge Liang couldn't help but ask.

"Is that thing that the teacher is preparing to name 'Newspaper' a sharp weapon to enlighten the people?"

"Yes, this is also one of the reasons why we need to establish the Yuzhou Academy…"

Li Ji carefully described the idea in his mind to Zhuge Liang, saying.

"After the Yuzhou Academy accepts students, one of the students' tasks will be to regularly go to various villages to read the contents of the newspaper to the people."

"In this way, we can avoid the local monopoly of knowledge among the villagers, and also allow the villagers to understand the truth and be enlightened, and know the current affairs of the court."

"Hoo…"

Zhuge Liang couldn't help but take a long breath and praised.

"I really don't know how the teacher came up with such a reform tool? This disciple admires it."

This question stumped Li Ji for a while. He couldn't say that this was a basic operation from later generations.

The appearance of the "Newspaper" is of great significance.

It not only makes the transmission of information among the people efficient and convenient, but also a necessary thing for the vast number of people to enlighten their minds.

It is precisely through newspapers that later generations of China were able to unite as one and resist foreign races at a certain stage.

After a while, Li Ji explained.

"This is because the teacher accidentally saw the residences set up by various counties and kingdoms in Luoyang. Their duty is to transmit reports to the counties and kingdoms where they are set up, so that the local counties and kingdoms can quickly understand the changes in the court's decrees."

"At that time, what the teacher thought was, since we can transmit reports to the county and kingdom government, why can't we directly transmit them to the villages and let all the people know about it."

"In this way, we can greatly avoid local officials or aristocratic clans and powerful families from disobeying orders in public and obeying them in private, and privately increasing exorbitant taxes."

An explanation made Zhuge Liang even more convinced, saying.

"Thank you, teacher, for clearing up my doubts. It turns out that many answers are hidden in the essence of the problem. This disciple has been taught."

Among the various diseases that the Great Han is currently facing, the emperor often feels that he is the most innocent.

Even Emperor Ling of Han, who sold official positions, did not greatly increase taxes. How did the local area slowly become a place where people could not live?

This problem undoubtedly lies in "there are policies above, and countermeasures below", especially in this era of blocked news.

Even if the taxes set by the court are enough for the people to survive, local corrupt officials have too many ways to increase exorbitant taxes in the name of the court.

Even many villages only know aristocratic clans and powerful families, but do not know the court. The rules set by the aristocratic clans and powerful families who control the local area are often above the court's decrees, and they can easily carry out land annexation in cooperation with some corrupt officials.

At this time, in Zhuge Liang's eyes, the "Newspaper" will undoubtedly be a sharp weapon to break this predicament, allowing the people to directly know the court's intentions, and no longer be deceived by local officials or aristocratic clans and powerful families.

The more Zhuge Liang imagined, the more he understood that the mutual cooperation and promotion of the academy and the newspaper will truly fundamentally break the influence of aristocratic clans and powerful families on the local area, and at the same time gradually realize the idea of enlightening the people.

At this moment, Zhuge Liang only hated that the journey from the Yuzhou Academy to the inner mansion in Ruyang City was too short, and before Zhuge Liang could ask for more advice, they had already arrived.

Before Zhuge Liang was ready to get off the carriage and continue to ask Li Ji for advice.

Sima Yi, who had disappeared from Zhuge Liang's sight for a while, was already waiting at the entrance of the mansion, and quickly greeted him, taking the lead over Xu Chu to help Li Ji down from the carriage.

"Yi'er, have you been waiting for a while?" Li Ji asked after getting off the carriage.

"Waiting for the benefactor, I didn't pay attention to the changes in time."

After a pause, Sima Yi said in a deep voice. "Teacher, news from Jizhou today, Xun Yu is dead."

Li Ji's expression became solemn upon hearing this, and he frowned deeply. (End of this chapter)