"Excellent!! Just what I expected of Anshi!!"
"What Anshi has reported matters more than anything else!"
Cao Mao spoke up of his own accord.
Guanqiu Jian gently stroked his beard and nodded along with Cao Mao.
Zhong Hui's gaze was somewhat complicated. Although he did not join in the nodding, he offered no rebuttal either.
At Cao Mao's words, Sima Yan flushed a little.
Had he known Zhong Hui and Guanqiu Jian would be here today, nothing could have persuaded him to come.
He had come happily to report his accomplishments, only to run into these two towering figures.
The moment Zhong Hui and Guanqiu Jian spoke, it was about campaigning against Shu and Wu, destroying kingdoms and unifying the realm, or, at the very least, assessments and imperial examinations. When his turn came, it was about Imperial Academy Students attending classes.
Even Sima Yan himself felt somewhat embarrassed.
I should never have come today!
Cao Mao's lavish praise only made him feel more ashamed.
"Your Majesty, I have only done a few minor things. I would not dare compare myself with the great ministers..."
Cao Mao said solemnly, "How can you call this a minor matter? Sooner or later, the students at the Imperial Academy will all have to pass the Five Classics assessment and become officials of Great Wei. Ordinarily, these people merely kept their names on the academy's rolls and refused to attend."
"After the affair with Wang Rong and He Zeng, they went around stirring up trouble all the more."
"They are not proficient in their studies and have no thought of serving the throne. If even prospective officials are like this, how can they govern the realm?"
"Now Anshi has brought them back to the Imperial Academy. Is this not a great deed and a