If a modern person were to judge Pasha Farzah's reaction regarding the idea of general free education, he would almost certainly judge the old man quite harshly, branding him as stupid and short sighted.
But in reality, the old man was anything but those.
In fact, he was undoubtedly one of the smartest people Alexander had met, both in this and his other life.
And perhaps the biggest example of his brilliance would be when he had laughed out so loudly upon Alexander's plans.
This might sound a bit strange, but remember, the fact that he had laughed out so loud meant that he was instantly able to foresee all the problems with implementing it.
That was also why he thought Alexander had more money than sense.
But if Alexander was in his shoes, with the same experiences as the pasha, he most likely would have had the same reaction.
Because even for brilliant people it was very hard to see ten or even twenty years into the future.
