"There is no point in having an open enrollment that only attracts those who spend their days idling about with their families' wealth. If they enter the Prefectural Academy, they just occupy the latrines without doing any business. It would be far better to yield these opportunities to those who truly need them. I, for one, do not believe that in the vast Taoyuan Prefecture, there are not a few people who know how to study." Zhao Yan did not mask his true thoughts before Instructor Liu. While his words were harsh, he was speaking based on the facts.
If the Prefectural Academy had even a handful of promising students, he and Instructor Liu would not have to sit in silence, time and again, over the results of their diagnostic exams.
"Furthermore, do not trouble yourself over the matter of funds. Now that lotus root starch and white sugar are selling well, the Prefecture Office can certainly allocate sufficient funds to the Academy. Your task is to recruit the promising seeds and cultivate them properly. Eight years—it has been eight whole years—and in all that time, Taoyuan Prefecture has not produced a single Xiucai. Instructor Liu, this is your mission."
Chapter 477