When Ma Qiang and his party walked out of Quanzhou City, the hundreds of meters they could see outside the city looked like large construction sites.

"Prime Minister Ma, I heard that there will be a place called a middle school in this new city in the future? I wonder what the relationship between this middle school and the university is?" Jia Xu asked as he walked.

"There are now 100,000 people in Quanzhou. Although most of them are former Yellow Turban prisoners of war and most of them are young adults, looking at the whole county, there are still a lot of children and teenagers. In my opinion, these children should sit in the school and study.

I advised Magistrate Zhang to build a primary school in each of the five townships of Quanzhou. Each primary school would be divided into ten classes, with fifty students in each class, so there would be 2,500 children.

These children learn to write and write in primary school, and the schooling lasts for five years. After five years, they can take the exam. If they pass the exam, they can enter the middle school in Quanzhou.

Middle school students have a certain foundation, so the requirements for teachers are also high. For the time being, we can only build one. Middle school students will not only teach scriptures, but also teach law, mathematics and other knowledge. In this way, these

If a person works as an official after graduation, he can at least be a minor official. If he works as a citizen, he can also rely on knowledge to support himself.

Knowledge is power!”

"Two thousand five hundred people, what a big deal. How much does it cost for these children to eat, drink, write, and write?" Jia Xu couldn't help but secretly clicked his tongue.

"It mainly relies on subsidies from the county. In addition, it also charges a symbolic fee of dozens of pennies per person. After all, it is still not possible to raise all children in schools, so there will be certain enrollment restrictions."

Compulsory education is expensive.

Ma Qiang can't afford to play it now, let alone the Red Star Camp. This is his family. If it is carried out in an open manner, Ma Qiang's family wealth will have to be used to contribute.

You know, even in later generations, education expenditure has always been the largest expenditure of China's public finances, reaching as high as four to five trillion, and it is still growing rapidly every year.

Educational resources are always scarce, otherwise there would be no concept of school district housing.

"This is natural. Even if there is no distinction between teachers and students, we should teach students according to their aptitude." Jia Xu nodded in understanding and said.

"Look, there is black smoke, someone is lighting a fire!" Lin Zhi pointed to the distance and shouted.

"Well, they should be preparing to open up wasteland." Ma Qiang took a look and said to Jia Xu, "There is a lot of land in Quanzhou, and it is no problem to support 100,000 people. In fact, as long as the development is good, Quanzhou can also support 300,000 people!"

"

In later generations, Tianjin had a population of more than 15 million. Even with the age difference, 300,000 would not be difficult.

After all, the total population of the Han Dynasty at this time was only one-twentieth compared to later generations.

"When is Prime Minister Ma going to Pingyuan?"

"In two days, Mr. Duan, would you like to go and have a look?"

Jia Xu stroked his beard and said with a smile, "Exactly what you wanted!"

"By the way, Mr. Duan, have you been to Pingyuan Country? Do you know the situation there?"

Jia Xu smiled and said, "I know a little bit, if you want to talk about Pingyuan Kingdom, you must first talk about Pingyuan King.

In the first year of Yanping, Liu Sheng, the eldest son of Emperor He, was granted the title of Prince of Pingyuan, and was expelled from the country because he had no heirs. In the sixth year of the Yuan Dynasty, Empress Dowager Deng conquered Jibei, and the princes of Hejian visited the capital and found Liu Kai, the filial king of Hejian, the grandson of Emperor Zhang.

His son Liu Yi was of extraordinary appearance and was named King of Pingyuan. He was named Liu Sheng's heir. After the death of Empress Dowager Deng, Emperor An's wet nurse Wang Sheng and Zhong Chang Shi Jiang Jing reported that Liu Yi and Zhong Dafu Wang Zhao were plotting against each other and coveting the artifact with treacherous intentions.

As a result, Liu Yi was demoted to the title of Marquis of Duxiang and sent back to Hejian."

"Wait!" Ma Qiang suddenly stopped. He touched his chin and asked with some uncertainty, "I seem to remember the late emperor's father..."

"It is this Duxiang Hou Liu Yi! And the current King of Pingyuan is Liu Yi's second son Liu Shuo."

???

Ma Qiang blinked.

What happened? The Pingyuan country he was going to was actually the feudal country of Liu Zhi's second brother?

Ma Qiang remained calm on his face, but his heart was in turmoil.

Duan Ying asked him to go to Pingyuan Country. He might have other ideas.

"Mr. Duan, does he know what the King of Pingyuan is like now?"

Jia Xu stroked his beard and shook his head and said, "Not as good as the late emperor! But he is still a smart man."

Let me tell you what kind of evaluation this is.

Not even as good as Emperor Huan of Han?

Is that still a smart person?

Wait, it seems that Liu Hong also has this comment.

Ma Qiang invited Jia Xu to go to Pingyuan with him, and then introduced Jia Xu to everyone. Since he was just traveling with him, he naturally had no position.

Ma Qiang took the land route. The group took the Bohai Sea and crossed Nanpi to the plains.

On the way, Ma Qiang asked about his doubts.

"Military advisor, this King Pingyuan is actually the second brother of the late emperor. I go to Pingyuan. He won't cause trouble, right? It's not easy to deal with a person of this status."

Duan Ying rolled up the bamboo slip he was reading, and then said, "My lord, you are too worried. This Liu Shuo is the younger brother of the late emperor, and your majesty is not the flesh and blood of the late emperor. Do you think King Pingyuan dares to take charge of affairs? Does he dare to be wise?"

Ming Gong, does he know that this Bohai County was also a country twelve years ago, and its king was Liu Shuo's third brother Liu Kui."

"Oh? Then why did it become Bohai County now?"

"In the eighth year of Yanxi's reign, Liu Kui was impeached for treason and was demoted as King of Litao. Liu Kui regretted losing his fiefdom and begged for mercy in every possible way. Finally, before the death of the late emperor, he issued an edict to restore Liu Kui to the title of King of Bohai.

In the first year of Jianning, General Dou Wu and the Empress Dowager sent people to welcome His Majesty to the throne. Rumors suddenly spread among the people that Liu Kui was angry that his brother Liu Zhi did not pass the throne to him, and wanted to lead his troops to snatch the edict to welcome him.

This matter was investigated by my father personally, so I know very clearly that the so-called rumors were spread in the palace. My father did not dare to tell the truth, so he could only beat Liu Kui to death. In the end, Liu Kui was unbearable in prison.

He was tortured and forced to commit suicide. More than 100 of his wives and children died in prison.

Of these three brothers, Liu Shuo is the only one alive now. If Liu Shuo dares to show any dissatisfaction or interfere with the government affairs, Ming Gong can directly arrest him, and it will be too late for His Majesty to be happy."

Ma Qiang thought for a while and understood. It was too late to hide from such a situation, otherwise he would have what his father and brother were.

Then the whole family will really be together.

"Speaking of which, Liu Shuo is a relative of Kou Xian."

"How do you calculate this?"

"Ming Gong has forgotten? In the past, Emperor Huan married the eldest princess of Yiyang to the Kou family. This eldest princess of Yiyang is Liu Shuo's sister."

Yes, they are relatives again.

You ancients are really good at playing, turning around, you are all your own relatives, and you are fighting to the death, so why bother?

The vehicle slowly entered the territory of Pingyuan Country.

Ma Qiang opened the window of the carriage and looked at the fields and villages on the roadside.

This is where he will work in the next few years, and he doesn't know who he will meet here.

By the way, Cao Cao seems to be my neighbor. I will go and have a chat with him in the next few days. If we can negotiate the synchronization of some policies between the two counties, many things will be easier to handle.

And Liu Bei should also take office.
Chapter completed!