Chu Qiuze feels like a neighborhood committee lady lately.

The people of Mirror City generally live a wealthy life. Basically, there are no people who cannot afford to eat. The problems they encounter in life are just trivial matters.

So Chu Qiu Ze now travels around the city every day, busy dealing with the people's parents' affairs.

In the morning, I helped Wang's son find a job. In the afternoon, I helped Aunt Zhang find her lost dog. In the afternoon, I helped a poor scholar sell his calligraphy and paintings.

Chu Qiuze felt that he was just one step away from wearing a red armband.

Lan An watched Chu Qiu Ze busy himself. Although he didn't know what his purpose was, he stayed with him from beginning to end and even secretly provided some help.

As for Chu Qiuze, he felt that although he was a little tired, it was still effective.

This is the effect, it's not very obvious.

The abilities and status of these people are limited here. The gratitude value they can provide each time is only a dozen or twenty points. The highest is the young scholar, who provided 300 points.

He even wants to split it in half with Xiao En. What the hell is going on?

As for the water purifier, what's missing is not tens of thousands of gratitude points, but millions. If we keep going like this, I don't know how long it will take to finish it.

This is not a solution.

The benefits still have to be shared by all the people.

When it comes to benefiting the entire nation, the first thing Chu Qiuze thinks of is giving money, which is something everyone likes.

But this is not realistic. How can a god come down to earth and give people money directly? He is not the God of Wealth.

And he was not prepared to let the people think he was being taken advantage of.

Lan An had been busy following him these days, and at first she thought Chu Qiu Ze was simply well-intentioned and wanted to help these people more.

But now it seems that although Chu Qiu Ze helps the people every day, the anxiety between his brows cannot be concealed.

So he temporarily judged that the fact seemed to be that Chu Qiuze was not just kind-hearted, but must have something to ask for.

But what exactly are you asking for?

He recalled the days from Yugou County to this mirror-like city. He asked him countless times what he wanted, and the answer he got was always a heart that knew how to be grateful.

This feeling of gratitude is so ethereal that it is difficult for people to understand.

But if what he wants is the gratitude of the people, Lan An believes that he still has some solutions.

Even he didn't know what use the people's gratitude would be to Chu Qiu Ze.

"Qiu Ze." After a busy day, Lan An just returned to the government office and kept Chu Qiu Ze to express his thoughts.

"What's wrong, friend Lan?" Chu Qiuze had a smile on his face, but he was not in a good mood.

Lan An poured a glass of water and handed it over. "You can discuss it with the prefect tomorrow. He has served in Rujing City for five years, so he must be familiar with the people's livelihood issues."

Fu Yanjie looks fat and big-eared, but he is actually quite capable in handling government affairs.

Otherwise, the people of Mirror City wouldn't be living so prosperously.

Chu Qiuze's eyes lit up. How could he have forgotten about the fat prefect? ​​If there was any problem, he should just go to the local officials.

That's settled.

Early the next morning, as soon as Chu Qiuze arrived at the government office, he asked Lan An to call Fu Yanjie over.

Fu Yanjie knew that the two male gods had some opinions about his name, so he had been staying in his own place and handling his own affairs honestly in recent days.

I didn't dare to get close to the two male gods.

Last night in the middle of the night, Prince Wang suddenly informed him that he would meet his idol today. He was so nervous that he couldn't sleep the whole night.

Do we still have to ask him to change his name?

"My lord, when will you come to see me?" Fu Yanjie lowered his head, standing tremblingly waiting for Chu Qiuze's question.

Chu Qiuze didn't have time to be polite with him and went straight to the point, "Prefect, do you know what the people of Rujing City lack the most now?"

This question confused Fu Yanjie.

He believed that during the time he governed Rujing City, the people there had enough food and clothing.

Even during the drought in the first half of the year, he opened his warehouses immediately to provide disaster relief. He did not embezzle a single pound of the relief grain distributed by the higher authorities, and all of it went into the mouths of the people.

He also properly settled the foreigners who had fled here, and there was no massacre of the people.

As for the problem of this plague, it is hard to prevent, but after the plague broke out, he also made some serious arrangements and there was no major chaos.

So if the male god were to ask the people what they lack most now, he really wouldn't know how to answer.

Chu Qiuze was helpless. How could this official do this? Didn't he even know what the people needed?

Lan An also frowned. He had thought that the prefect should be able to explain everything, but he didn't expect him to be a fool who knew nothing.

He said unhappily, "Does Rujing City really have everything it needs now? It seems that you have done a good job as the prefect. I will report the truth to His Majesty."

Fu Yanjie was completely defeated by the ridicule and threats.

He was so anxious that his forehead was sweating. He thought for a long time and gritted his teeth, "My god, what most people lack nowadays is the opportunity to learn to read and write."

This is what is lacking not only in Rujing City, but in the entire Dahan.

Education and literacy are too expensive. Even though most people in Mirror City are wealthy, it is impossible for every child to have the opportunity to go to school.

For a family, it is very good if they can raise a scholar.

Another point is that the teaching staff is too poor.

This is a vicious cycle. Few people study, and even fewer can become famous. Even fewer of those who pass the imperial examinations can teach and educate others.

The difficulty was great, but Chu Qiu Ze was excited and eager to give it a try.

Pens, ink, paper and inkstone are expensive, but the papermaking and printing techniques he taught Lan An have been developed and will soon be put into production.

When production catches up, the price of paper and books will naturally come down.

There is actually no shortage of teaching staff.

Nowadays, most of the masters who teach in the world are successful candidates or even Jinshi. It is very difficult for a scholar to cross this threshold, unless the scholar is particularly outstanding.

But there are many scholars who are stuck at the scholar level for their entire lives and can never pass the exam to move up.

But if one only wants to teach people how to read and write, the knowledge of a scholar is completely sufficient.

This is like elementary schools, middle schools and universities in the 21st century.

If you just want to learn to read and write, and don't want to take the imperial examinations, then going to a "primary school" is enough.

There is absolutely nothing wrong in letting a scholar be a primary school teacher.

Nowadays, most scholars cannot find any decent jobs due to their poor family background. So, apart from having a reputation and being respected when they go out, they live in poverty at home.

This was what Chu Qiuze heard from the poor scholar a few days ago when he was helping the poor scholar sell his calligraphy and paintings.

Once he had an idea, Chu Qiuze quickly sorted out some plans in his mind.

Chu Qiuze excitedly told Lan An his thoughts.

Lan An became more and more excited the more he listened. He understood from Chu Qiu Ze that knowledge can change one's destiny.

Throughout the ages, countless emperors and generals have failed to solve problems, but Chu Qiuze found a general direction in just a few words.

Although it is not perfect, it can be solved step by step.

Take the issue of graded education for example. Lan An had never dared to think about it before, or perhaps he had never thought about it in this direction at all.

Ordinary people who could save money and send their children to school did so in the hope of passing the imperial examination, as passing the examination would bring honor to the family. Those who only learned to read and write without seeking fame were mostly from wealthy families.

In addition, this compulsory education directly solved the problem that most people could not afford the tuition fees.

Allowing scholars to become teachers actually solved a national issue that had troubled emperors of all dynasties.

As long as one could pass the imperial examination and become a scholar, the state would give them money and food every month and exempt them from land taxes. It could be said that the state was supporting these scholars.

Although there are many poor scholars, as long as you are a scholar, you will not starve to death even if you do nothing in your life.

The scholar has a reputation but no official position; he receives money but does nothing.

This is one of the reasons why so many people try their best to pass the imperial examinations, but in fact, all of this can be said to be a burden on the country.

Now, being able to find a job for scholars, a job that helps train talents for the country, has undoubtedly solved most of the problems.

The two were so excited in the discussion that they completely forgot about Fu Yanjie who was kneeling on the ground.

But Fu Yanjie is not really a fool.

After listening to the suggestions from his idol, he became alert and pricked up his ears, not daring to miss a single word.

The male god is going to open a school in Mirror City, and in such a sensational way.

If this thing can be accomplished, it will add something to his political achievements.

Chu Qiuze discussed the general rules with Lan An and without delay, he directly asked Fu Yanjie to do it.

The first thing is the address of the school.

It would definitely be inappropriate to start building a house now. Chu Qiuze’s collection of gratitude points was imminent and he couldn’t wait.

We can talk about it later when we build the school.

So let Fu Yanjie find a vacant yard first and then renovate it.

As for the renovation drawings, Chu Qiu Ze also provided them, which were similar to modern schools.

The second thing is to recruit teachers. It is impossible to recruit all the scholars, and we cannot afford so many teachers now.

The examination had to be conducted first, and the prefect was asked to take care of the examination.

The local prefect sets the questions for the annual provincial examination, so it's not like Fu Yanjie can't handle such a small matter.

The third thing is the issue of teaching materials.

Now Da Han’s enlightenment books are also three hundred and thousand, namely the so-called Three Character Classic, Hundred Family Surnames, and Thousand Character Classic.

These three books are very suitable for enlightenment, but they are not without room for improvement, so he needs great scholars to study with him.

What's more, Chu Qiuze is also planning to add a mathematics course and popularize Arabic numerals.

From what I have seen and heard during this period, I realize that mathematics in this era is so poor that one still needs to use an abacus to add and subtract two-digit numbers.

When Chu Qiuze mentioned this matter, Lan An did not refute it, and was even very supportive.

These so-called Arabic numerals are simple and easy to understand. Lan Euan learned them after reading them twice. It is indeed very convenient.

And the fourth thing is also what Chu Qiuze pays special attention to.

That is the admission of girls to school.

He knew that this was difficult, and it would be difficult to obtain the consent of the people, and it could even be said to be a challenge to the imperial power.

However, Chu Qiuze, who was taught to respect women and equality between men and women since childhood, could not accept the fallacy that a woman's virtue lies in her lack of talent.

This was his first attempt to change the times.

After hearing this, Lan An was speechless for a long time. It's not that he didn't support it, but he understood that this matter was much more difficult than Chu Qiu Ze imagined.