With the Prefect's endorsement and the support of numerous officials, there was naturally no problem with the Prefectural Academy establishing the audit student program. Besides, how the Prefectural Academy ran its affairs was none of the local officials' business.
As long as it did not violate the imperial court's regulations regarding student status or encroach upon the local officials' interests in moral education, who would poke their nose into it?
Moreover, although the audit student and intensive programs were merely means for Zhao An to amass wealth, they would fundamentally raise the overall educational standards of Yangzhou.
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