"If I eat well, you eat well. When there’s money, we share it; when there’s fun, we share it. When there’s trouble, we solve it together; when there’s responsibility, we bear it together. And if handcuffs come our way, we offer our wrists together—or, if we don't, we take down the ones holding them."
That was the creed by which Zhao An governed.
He planned to take one-third of the surplus funds from the Audit Student fees to improve the living conditions of the Yangzhou Prefecture Academy staff, raise their income, and boost their morale. He believed this approach would not only "unite" everyone at the Academy—including the academic officials—under his leadership but also motivate the entire staff, laying a solid foundation for comprehensively raising the teaching standards of the Yangzhou Prefecture Academy.
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