Chapter 256: Chapter 174, Loyal Heir Academy
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After landing, Gu Hang’s first important work meeting nearly concluded following Lambert’s discussion on relevant legal system construction.
Once everyone had left, Gu Hang remained alone in the vast conference hall.
Sitting alone at the top of the large table, with his hands propping up his chin, he was deep in contemplation.
Sunlight streamed in from the side, illuminating half his face in light and the other in shadow, while stretching his silhouette long across the floor.
Beyond the earmarked 500 points of grace for the payment of the new soldier training base and the preparation of the training of fifty thousand new soldiers, he still had 4158 points at his disposal.
That was still a large sum, and Gu Hang was planning how to allocate these points of grace.
The highest priority was the Loyal Heir Academy.
Gu Hang now personally realized why rulers always felt anxious about the loyalty of their subordinates.
His career was still in the expansion phase, and his greatest concern wasn’t rebellion or betrayal but rather corruption and whether people would work diligently and minimize shirking.
He worried that under the quickly expanding political system, the need to absorb talent from the Old Alliance to fill positions in the new government could bring bad practices to the New Alliance.
He was concerned that the political officers in the military, although trained, had not been trained intensively enough, akin to rushing ducks onto a perch. Currently, many “red-caps” were performing exceptionally well, exceeding Gu Hang’s targets, but that didn’t mean every political officer would perform the same, especially as the military expanded.
He also fretted over whether the diplomats and military commissioners sent to manage affairs in the disaster-stricken Green Valley Region were truly diligent, or whether they would exploit the opportunity for corruption, not only failing to meet Gu Hang’s expectations but also tarnishing the New Alliance’s reputation in the south, creating future obstacles in reclaiming the Green Valley Region.
Equally, he was concerned whether Lambert’s Discipline Committee would loyally carry out their duties in identifying corrupt individuals within the government and military, without themselves becoming corrupt.
There was too much for him to worry about.
Could the Loyal Heir Academy completely alleviate his anxieties?
Probably not, but it could ease them.
Overall, according to the description of the Loyal Heir Academy within the “Construction” interface, the training there was quite effective on its own, not to mention that Gu Hang could use points of grace to directly promote people to the special unit of “trainee political officers”.
Does a military unit necessarily have to be deployed within the army?
Not necessarily.
Without hesitation, Gu Hang spent the required 1000 points of grace for the Loyal Heir Academy.
And in preparation for this “construction,” the Wind-Extinguishing Loyal Heir Academy in Revival City had already been established a month earlier, with a prefix in its name commemorating Gu Hang’s initial battle.
The main curriculum of the academy focused on loyalty to the governor and the empire, teaching history and politics. It did not immediately recruit young students but primarily geared towards in-service staff for short-term advanced training.
In fact, the latest promotion scheme issued by the Civil Affairs Department explicitly mentioned that from rank D upwards, the experience in advanced training at the Wind-Extinguishing Academy would be a plus in the assessment; from D9 to C1, the step that usually signifies entering into a mid-level rank, a one-month training period became a mandatory criterion; further up from C1, that experience would carry significant weight.
Loyalty is the foremost duty.
This maxim of Gu Hang was thus implemented through such policies.
However, the current educational level at the Wind-Extinguishing Loyal Heir Academy was quite concerning. Gu Hang himself held the title of principal, but he indeed did not have the time to manage school affairs personally.
Those who actually taught were a selection of political officers and individuals who had followed Gu Hang for some time and had high ideological awareness. They compiled textbooks according to his directives and taught by rote.
What kind of educational quality could that yield? How could it elevate ideological consciousness?
But that didn’t matter. The primary goal was to meet the requirements of the “Construction” system.
To redeem the Loyal Heir Academy and allow it to take effect, it was necessary to have an already operational school to layer the construction effect onto and make it functional.
This meant that Gu Hang could afford to disregard instructional quality, as long as there was such a school in existence.
With the points spent, Gu Hang could already see the option to train the “squad political officers” unit on the “Troop Card” interface. However, unlike other units, this training required sending people to the Loyal Heir Academy to study for one week.
The following day, Gu Hang personally visited the Wind-Extinguishing Loyal Heir Academy and audited a few classes.
He wanted to personally experience the effects.
Since his visit was unannounced, there was no need to worry about excessive preparation that might give a skewed view of the true situation.
Certainly, his arrival stirred some turmoil within the school, but any attempt at organizing a welcome ceremony was immediately halted by him.
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