Dark Night Enters King Chen's Mansion

In ten days, the overall situation at White Deer Academy had been settled.

The Dean Decision System was formally implemented.

In truth, the Dean Decision System was nothing new. Among the foremost academies of the Nine Countries and Thirteen Provinces, more than half had adopted this very system.

Although the Elder Council System still remained in some academies, it was like the feudal remnants of this age, changing bit by bit.

Why?

Because the Elder Council System had far too many flaws.

Its decision-making cycle was long, and during deliberations, it fostered collusion among small interest groups. When the forest grew large, every sort of bird would appear.

Thus, the Dean Decision System replacing the antiquated and backward Elder Council System was the irresistible tide of the age.

White Deer Academy had undergone such a massive change at the decision-making level.

Ordinary people felt nothing.

The people of the capital found it novel at first, then soon felt nothing as well.

The more perceptive court officials gave it some thought, but before long, it too vanished without a trace.

Because these matters had nothing to do with them.

The one who truly felt it was His Majesty.

Yet His Majesty could not speak his grievance aloud.

Because this was the Holy Hall's intention.

His Majesty could do whatever he pleased upon Great Cang Kingdom soil, but he still did not dare oppose the Holy Hall.

Moreover, he was in the wrong. All these years, he had relied on the Hall of Knowing to control White Deer Academy, which in truth meant digging away at the Holy Hall's foundations. Now that the Holy Hall had awakened and was setting White Deer Academy in order, what could he say?

He could only stew in frustration.

And Lin Su?

During this period, he