Chapter 264: Establishing an Academy
"Me?" Lu Desheng pointed at himself. "Become the headmaster?"
Lu Songli nodded seriously.
"No, no. My daughter, you think too highly of your father." Lu Desheng shook his head like a rattle. Although he often bullied his colleagues, he generally did not harm the younger generation. "We can't mislead the young people."
The most important thing is that Lu Desheng said honestly that the skills he has are not serious skills.
Lu Songli laughed, "Dad, you underestimate your influence among scholars."
Lu Desheng still shook his head. The most important thing was that being a county magistrate was already so busy now. Next, he would be the prefect and the head of a mountain. Wouldn't he be so busy that he would die?
"Dad, please listen to me first."
Lu Desheng wanted to say something, but he didn't listen.
But seeing his wife staring at him eagerly, he shrank his neck and asked, "Then tell me?"
"The meaning of being an honorary dean is that you only have a name on the academy, but you don't have to do any work. Occasionally, there are important occasions where you just show up and give a speech."
Lu Desheng touched the mustache on his chin. It sounded like the job was not hard and he felt he could do it.
Jiang: "This job is not difficult. It sounds easy."
Lu Desheng understood. He glanced at his precious daughter and said, "You know how to use your father."
Lu Songli laughed. What she had to do was very big and it was indeed a bit tiring.
Lu Songli slouched forward and squeezed his shoulders, "Dad, with great power comes great responsibility. Our two families and the people of Tianshui Village are all depending on you."
Lu Desheng enjoyed his daughter's massage with peace of mind, thinking happily in his heart, what will happen to this family without him.
But he still didn't let go, he wanted to enjoy it a little longer.
"Dad, don't you want to make something of yourself in Liaodong County and give those people in Chang'an a slap in the face?"
Lu Songli already knew that when her father left, the officials in Chang'an City beat drums and gongs to see him off. When she heard about it, she was both angry and amused.
"Don't mention them! It's bad luck!" When Lu Desheng mentioned this, his nose was crooked with anger.
Instead of asking, Lu Desheng sat up straight. "Don't press it yet. Come on, tell me what you want to do with your academy? What kind of rules will it have?"
"Dad, building an academy is imperative. There are nearly forty or fifty children in Tianshui Village. With so many people following us, we can't help but find a way for them to succeed. Furthermore, managing Liaodong County well requires a lot of talent. It would be best if we could cultivate these talents ourselves."
Establishing a college was a decision made by Lu Songli after careful consideration.
As the saying goes, no matter how poor you are, you cannot be poor in education.
To develop Liaodong County, and even a larger territory, one needs talented people. However, the place where they are located is the most marginal area of Dali, which is not a place that talented people are willing to go to.
This is the disadvantage of Liaodong County.
Everything has two sides. When she first guessed that the Qin family would be exiled to Pingzhou, she allowed them to send the Qin family here.
She chose Liaodong County because of its geographical advantages. The emperor was far away and the emperor did not pay attention to this. Now, she could not despise the disadvantage that it was not in the heart of Dali and was not attractive to talents.
As I said, if there is a problem, solve it. There are always more solutions than problems.
Lu Mingzhi on the side said, "Second sister, I'm not trying to pour cold water on you, but building a college in Liaodong County has no advantages."
"Who said there are no advantages?" Lu Songli was not angry at her brother's questioning. Having doubts proved that he had started to think, which was a good thing.
"After all, my father is one of the three great masters listed on the Three Wonders Monument, and he's no less famous than Masters Zhang Yong, Chen Dinghuai, and Jiang Jiuqing. Our new academy doesn't aspire to be as famous as the three great academies of Wansong, Bailu, and Songshan, but we can still make it a distinctive and iconic academy."
She established the academy to cultivate various technical talents, preferably those who could be used immediately after graduation, rather than to cultivate scholars to become officials.
She said she wanted to build a college, but it would be more appropriate to call it a technical school.
Lu Songli is as realistic as ever.
Lu Songli talked to them about the positioning of the academy to be built.
Lu Mingzhi still felt it was difficult. "Second sister, even if it's like this, it's still difficult. First of all, there's no teacher, and secondly, there's no source of students."
He was relatively familiar with Liaodong County. Few people were literate, private schools were few, and even the county schools were sparsely populated. Furthermore, Liaodong County was quite poor, not as wealthy as the Central Plains, and few people could afford to study. No matter how he looked at it, it seemed pointless.
Lu Songli knew it was difficult.
But she believed that the Master would have it, in this upcoming wave of zombies, no, talents.
This wave of talents throwing themselves into the arms of others must be those with strong action and execution capabilities, and there must be some rebellious elements hidden in their bones. People who follow the rules will not move for the time being.
This fits her image as a teacher in a technical school.
Having said that, relying on her father's reputation, it is unknown how many talents Liaodong County can attract.
Lu Songli felt that this attraction alone was obviously not enough, so she decided to set up a college.
Houcheng is located in the northeasternmost part of Dali. Talented people have to pass through many places to get here. Along the way, there will definitely be people who will intercept them.
Lu Songli never looks down on others. Smart rulers understand the importance of talents and value them. It is rare for talents to pass by their doorstep, so it would be strange if they don't try to make a living from them.
There are also those who have unclear goals and are dazzled by the flowers while walking, and settle down somewhere else.
Therefore, there must be enough bait, and the hatred must be pulled to death by her, oh, no, it is the attraction that must be pulled to death by her, and then the fish must be attracted all the time.
Since they have already paid attention to her father, they will also set their sights on Houcheng and Liaodong County.
Lu Songli decided to make a big noise and draw more attention so that they would not get lost.
Lu Songli's smiling eyes fell on her younger brother Lu Mingzhi.
"Second sister, just say what you want to say. I feel uneasy when you act like this." Lu Mingzhi felt like he was being stared at, but he hoped it was an illusion.
"There are two things I want to tell you."
"Second sister, please speak?" Lu Mingzhi said cautiously.
"Write a letter to your teacher and invite him to study in Liaodong County."
Lu Mingzhi was stunned. No way, his second sister had set her sights on his teacher?
Lu Songli said generously, "Just say that we will pay for the journey."
His second sister is so generous? Lu Mingzhi knew that his second sister was very short of money recently and wanted to spend every penny.
"Second sister, may I know if my master can leave Liaodong County smoothly after coming here?"
"Why do you think so? Of course we are free to come and go in Liaodong County!" Lu Songli smiled, and her smile was somewhat meaningful.
Of course, if he comes and doesn't want to leave, that's another matter.
"You can tell your teacher that it wouldn't hurt to bring more people with you. It will be more lively when they have someone to look after them on the way. We in Liaodong County will take care of all their ceremonies."
"Okay, I'll write the letter. Second sister, what about the second thing?" Lu Mingzhi did not forget that his second sister had just said she wanted to tell him two things, but now she only said one.
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