Anyway, it was a round of free flattery, and he lavished it liberally.
He didn't even notice him.
Scholar Hu breathed a sigh of relief.
That's more like it, with someone taking the lead, things were much easier to handle.
Such was the familiar rhythm of doing things.
Scholar Hu had to admit that the world's customs were getting worse and worse. Nowadays, even raw recruits were hard to find in the scholar forest.
Moreover, the Reconstruction Society was up to no good either, teaching all that practical knowledge for governing the world.
This kind of content was originally the domain of nobles, and if poor scholars got a hold of it, their descendants would have little advantage over those from a poor family once they became officials.
Additionally, the Reconstruction Society even encouraged scholars who had no hope in the provincial examinations to become clerks in the Government Office, or to serve as staff or stewards, offering free training specifically for these positions.
