Chapter 552: Gao Yao supports the family academy?

Chapter 552: Gao Yao supports the family academy?

"I have already known your opinions. In that case, I still believe that this academy should be preserved." Gao Yao's voice echoed in the silent hall, as if carrying an unquestionable majesty.

As soon as he finished speaking, the originally noisy scene suddenly became silent. Everyone looked at each other, as if they were all thinking about the deeper meaning of Gao Yao's words.

However, in this silence, only Gongzi Gao looked slightly surprised. He stared at Gao Yao, with a hint of doubt in his eyes. In Gongzi Gao's opinion, if Gao Yao really wanted to investigate this matter, now would undoubtedly be a perfect time. But now, Gao Yao not only did not investigate, but directly expressed his approval of the existence of the Hundred Schools Academy, which made Gongzi Gao suspicious.

"Is this the reason why I decided so..."

Gao Yao paused for a moment and continued, "The existence of Shangshan College has indeed provided a large number of talents for the development of the Southern Territory. This is undeniable. However, this is also its shortcoming. I have sent people to learn about it in detail. Due to the treatment issues of Shangshan College, many people are now upset about this matter."

He glanced at everyone and continued, "Gentlemen, I have a suggestion for you. When you go back, you must carefully investigate your descendants. Shangshan College is by no means a place for your descendants to be ignorant and unlearned. If you find anything wrong, I hope you can correct it in time."

"Here!"

After hearing Gao Yao's words, everyone present immediately responded.

At the same time, beads of sweat began to appear on the foreheads of many people. After all, no one could be sure whether what Gao Yao said was related to them, let alone whether it had any relationship with their own family members.

You know, Gao Yao's blue-clothed man was not formed casually. His purpose of doing this now is by no means to give up so simply, but to take advantage of the opportunity.

It is worth mentioning that just now, many people in the court have already raised opinions in this regard. They believe that academics need competition and debate. Moreover, the more such competition there is, the faster the actual academic progress will be. This is actually a very beneficial thing.

Gao Yao saw this and planned to use this opportunity to rectify the chaos in the southern border. Especially during the time when he was not in the county city, many problems occurred privately. Especially due to the special nature of Shangshan College, once you graduate from here, you can basically get an official position.

This led to some people starting to take advantage of the situation and trying to use it for personal gain. After all, Gao Yao was not at the scene at the time, and the four old men of Shangshan were old, so it was impossible for them to do everything themselves.

In this way, the people in charge of assessment, arrangement, and even review may manipulate the process. They may accept bribes, favor certain people, or deliberately make things difficult for certain people.

Gao Yao wanted to completely separate the different links in order to ensure the fairness and transparency of this model. He specifically assigned the teaching and assessment work to the academy, while the relevant functional departments of the Ministry of Personnel were responsible for the secondary review of the officials' abilities. Finally, the official appointment still needed to wait for the final review and allocation by ministers at the prime minister level such as Xiao He and Cao Shen.

The purpose of doing this is very clear, which is to avoid the situation of officials protecting each other as much as possible, and at the same time to reduce as much as possible the result of incompetent people occupying important positions but doing nothing.

When Gao Yao learned about the existence of this academy, he immediately decided to close the door for three days to avoid visitors. On the one hand, it was to rest and prepare for the expedition, and on the other hand, Gao Yao did it intentionally and asked the man in blue to investigate the matter.

Originally, Gao Yao just wanted to take a look, but he actually found a lot of problems, especially in the appointment and removal of officials.

It is hard to imagine that the degree of collusion in this matter is so high. After all, the current Southern Territory is not yet at the level of unifying the world. It is just that life in the Southern Territory is more affluent. However, this situation has already begun. It won’t be long before the disaster of the aristocratic family may occur.

This was what Gao Yao could not tolerate the most, so Gao Yao took the opportunity to bring up this matter on this occasion and agreed with the existence of the academy.

Even though he already knew that this matter was very likely related to the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan, Gao Yao was still prepared to continue, using his strength to tidy up the court in the southern region.

"Prime Minister, do you mean to give these hundred academies equal treatment? I think this is inappropriate!"

Just when everyone was silent, Xiao He finally stood up. Although his voice was not loud, it was particularly clear in the quiet atmosphere.

Xiao He knew very well that his direct rebuttal to the Prime Minister's opinion would probably cause Gao Yao's dissatisfaction. But he still stood up without hesitation, because he knew that this matter was far from as simple as it seemed on the surface.

Many of the welfare policies issued by Gaoyao before were inseparable from the strong support of Shangshan Academy. Now, if the same treatment is really given to all academies, it will inevitably cause dissatisfaction among some people.

Many of these people were meritorious officials who had made great contributions to Gaoyao. The reason why they worked so hard for Gaoyao was largely because Gaoyao gave them special treatment and status.

However, if these benefits were suddenly distributed equally to all the academies, these meritorious officials would inevitably feel resentful and might even feel dissatisfied with Gao Yao.

After all, Gaoyao had never allowed hereditary titles to appear. This meant that the descendants of meritorious officials could not easily obtain high positions and generous salaries by relying on the merits of their ancestors like in other dynasties.

As a result, these people will naturally lack the motivation and determination to keep working hard for Gao Yao.

In order to solve this problem, Gao Yao chose a relatively compromised approach. He allowed those children with meritorious service to receive the best education and gave them corresponding official positions. In this way, he could ensure that these people continued to work for Gao Yao without making them feel that their efforts were ignored.

Moreover, Gao Yao also stipulated that these people could only inherit the title, but not any actual power. The purpose of doing so was also to avoid excessive concentration of power, which would cause some unnecessary disputes and conflicts.