Luoyang, the Imperial Academy.
Yang Zong sat in the seat of honor, surveying the people before him.
To varying degrees, the famous scholars all looked unconvinced.
They truly could not understand what qualified Yang Zong to sit here.
Yang Zong certainly had no small reputation, but it was not an academic one. What accomplishments did he have in classical studies? What attainments?
How could he become the Academic Supervisor, responsible for academic instruction throughout the realm?
He did not even understand classical studies himself!
Yang Zong narrowed his eyes. He knew perfectly well what everyone was thinking.
Officials at the Imperial Academy had official grades, and these teachers all held established posts. The Imperial Academy Libationer was fourth grade, with a subordinate deputy of the sixth grade and a registrar who held the seal, of the seventh grade.
There were Erudites of the fifth grade, Five Classics Erudites of the fifth grade, and teaching assistants of the sixth grade, with lecturers under them.
One must not assume that these fifth- and sixth-grade posts were lowly.
After all, even the Director of the Secretariat was only third grade!
The Chancellor, the Three Excellencies, the Grand Marshal, the Grand General, and the like were first grade.
The Nine Ministers only came in at second grade, along with military officers such as the General of Agile Cavalry, the General of Chariots and Cavalry, and the General of the Guards.
The Director of the Secretariat, Attendants, and the Secretary of the Central Secretariat were generally all third grade.
A local Governor was only a fifth-grade official.
In other words, to enter the Imperial Academy without an examination, your father had to be at least a Governor...
As for counties, magistrates of large counties were generally sixth grade, County Magistrates seventh grade, and county chiefs