"Granted." The Qing Lord's expression grew uglier still.
The chief imperial physician said helplessly, "Your Majesty, the Medical Hall has just released its draft plan for the next three years. Everything else is normal. In the final section, however, it announced that it would establish a hundred specialist academies throughout the Ten Kingdoms to train more specialized Medical School talent. The first twenty will all be in Jing Kingdom, while the remaining eighty will be built gradually across the Ten Kingdoms-but their locations completely exclude our Qing Kingdom and Gu Kingdom. I sent a message asking whether there had been a mistake, and the Medical Hall said it would reply shortly."
The Qing Lord gripped the armrests of his dragon throne with all his strength, veins standing out on both hands.
The Golden Throne Hall was utterly silent.
As the various halls launched extensive construction in Jing Kingdom to establish academies, every kingdom realized that this was a tremendous opportunity for development and a chance to strengthen its national power. They had long since sent representatives to negotiate with the Sacred Academy, hoping to have related academies built in their own kingdoms as well.
Most importantly, such large academies could not simply be built at will. The Sacred Academy's halls and pavilions held approval authority. Even if someone forced a project through, a single written order from the Sacred Academy would leave them no choice but to tear it down.
Not everyone had the courage to defy the Sacred Academy.
Now that the Medical Hall had begun excluding Qing Kingdom and Gu Kingdom from academy construction, the other halls would inevitably follow suit.
Before long, the chief imperial physician said, "Your Majesty, the Medical Hall has replied. They say there are three reasons why they are not establishing specialist academies