After the whole sect traveled to ancient times, I led the rebellion

How can we make all the people of Guizhou in Anping learn to read?

Mu Qing's move made Li Min unable to see through a person for the first time.

Li Min hurriedly went to look for Mu Qing.

Wei Jiu followed Li Min and caught up.

"Mu Qing."

Li Min pushed open the wooden door and called out Mu Qing's name.

Mu Qing, who was sitting on the chair, was stunned. For a moment, she thought it was her teacher from the Agricultural Science Academy who was coming to kill her.

This tone inexplicably reminded Mu Qing of the scene when he had to face the teacher's anger when he had to work hard on his thesis but didn't have enough data.

As Li Min was the only accomplished ulcer doctor in Anping, Mu Qing had specifically instructed the yamen runners not to stop Li Min.

This would be more convenient in case Li Min wanted to look for her.

Unexpectedly, Li Min was so fast that he seemed to appear in front of him suddenly.

Feeling a little guilty, Mu Qing was frightened.

She reasonably suspected that the old man in front of her knew martial arts, and also had internal strength.

There are many people with great martial arts skills in the Tianchi Dynasty.

For example, Mu Qing had personally seen Situ Jin, whose extraordinary speed he possessed.

"Mr. Li."

Mu Qing looked at Li Min with a smile.

"If all the people in the world could read, there would be no more ignorant people in the world. Such a decree should not be issued."

Li Min blew his beard and glared, speaking breathlessly.

Mu Qing looked at Li Min strangely.

She was right in remembering that this genius surgeon was a doctor by profession.

Mu Qing always felt that Li Min's tone was very similar to the tone used by her staff in her mansion when they spoke.

But Mu Qing didn't care too much.

Mu Qing gave lectures in the government office every day, and she thought Li Min was just curious about the decree issued today, so she spoke out her original thoughts without hesitation.

“It’s not a bad thing to enlighten the people.”

The reformist ideas of enlightening the people and promoting civil rights mainly existed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, between the Westernization Movement in the late Qing Dynasty and the democratic republican ideas in the early years of the Republic of China.

The reformist thought originated in the 1870s, flourished after the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, and set off a political movement of reform.

Mu Qing not only wants to enlighten the people but also promote civil rights.

Feudalism is not conducive to the current development of Anping.

Mu Qing has seen China's later society, so she understands better what it means to enlighten the people and promote civil rights.

In a country where everyone has access to educational resources, distinguishing right from wrong and preserving one's own rights are just the basics.

Mu Qing was born under the red flag. Compared with this era, that country is also a utopia in another sense.

To enlighten the people and promote their rights means to enlighten their wisdom and consciousness so that they can become independent and free people, and have the ability to have equal dialogue with the rulers and demand their own rights.

This process involves not only personal spiritual growth, but also the possibility of achieving consensus politics at the political and social levels.

Of course, in the era of feudal monarchy, this measure is likely to cause the centralized power to collapse.

Enlightening the people and promoting their rights also involves the transformation of social power, from the brutal power of rulers or aristocrats to gentle power.

Li Min said angrily:

"How can it not be a bad thing? If everyone in the world can read, then there will be more doubts about the decrees issued, and power will not be stable."

Listening to Li Min's words, Mu Qing seemed to be back to the protests of those staff members at the conference that day.

She just smiled:

“Is it right to fool the people? Can fooling the people ensure the stability of the regime?

So why did the refugee army rebel?

Why is Tianchi falling apart now?"

Her words were powerful and each one struck Li Min's heart.

Keeping the people ignorant is nothing more than a selfish means for those feudal rulers.

In order to maintain the stability of their rule and consolidate their own power, feudal dynasties controlled and restricted the people, keeping them in a state of ignorance.

Such people are more easily manipulated and exploited by their rulers.

The policy of keeping the people ignorant has, to a certain extent, hindered social progress and the free development of the people.

Closing education and restricting freedom of speech are all policies to keep people ignorant.

"It is better to keep the people safe than to keep them ignorant."

Mu Qing continued:

"But why do they choose to keep the people ignorant instead of keeping them safe? You and I know the answer."

Although keeping the people ignorant has certain advantages, they do not want to complicate things and choose to keep the people safe rather than adopt policies that would pacify them.

Li Min was a little dazed, thinking that the army he had built with his own hands was now becoming someone else's wedding dress, and he felt a little more painful.

Mu Qing looked at the person in front of her. She thought that Li Min might not be just an ulcer doctor.

But she didn't expose it, but said to herself:

"Protecting the people will make them 'get more aggressive', which is what they fear the most.

But I’m not afraid.”

Mu Qing thought about the decrees she had issued. Since she stood in this position, Mu Qing was not just thinking about herself.

There are so many civilians in Anping, Mu Qing not only has to support himself but also hundreds of thousands of people.

Mu Qing's eyebrows were indifferent, and in the end, perhaps he couldn't bear it:

"Heaven and earth are unkind and regard all things as stupid dogs. The saints are unkind and regard the common people as stupid dogs."

A faint sigh echoed in the air.

Li Min seemed to have breathed a sigh of relief.

He thought so when he was young. When did his thoughts change?

Seeing Li Min in a daze, he seemed to be in a trance.

Mu Qing thought about whether what he had just said was too harsh. After all, as he got older, his thoughts were indeed quite stubborn, and he might not be able to accept it all at once.

She quickly added:

"Keeping the people ignorant does have certain benefits for feudal society."

"Feudal society refers to the society ruled by the Tianchi Dynasty." Li Min asked.

"Yes."

Li Min pressed down his hat.

Alas, he is really old and can't even understand what he is saying. Tianchi has to be handed over to this group of young people.

Zhuge Huaian knocked on the wooden door and was about to go to Mu Qing's room to hand in the policy paper he had collected from class.

He glanced at it unintentionally, and the feather fan in his hand almost dropped:

"Mr. Li."

Zhuge Huaian took a closer look and found Li Min in the room.

Li Min recognized Zhuge Huaian as he approached.

He wanted to pull down his hat to cover his face, but he couldn't stop Zhuge Huaian's voice.

Mu Qing poked his head between the two of them:

"Do you know?"

"More than that, I also know this person called 'Wei'."

The "guardians" serve as the "people's" eyes and ears.

Zhuge Huaian accidentally saw the true form of one of the "Guards".

Now that this "Wei" is next to Mr. Li, whom he knows, anyone with a discerning eye can see what this means.

Zhuge Huaian stared at Li Min closely.

Mu Qing's expression suddenly changed.