Many powerful families send a branch of their family to take a post at Shangluo Academy, hoping Liu Tianning can ensure the continuity of their family incense; in case they are truly wiped out, at least there is hope for a comeback with a surviving branch.
And indeed, the worry did materialize. Currently, there are several Preaching Masters and Doctors of Governance at Shangluo Academy, originally from families bestowed with titles, but their titled elders were decapitated by Emperor Jing. It was Liu Tianning who stepped in to save them.
"Normally, after Lao Liu dies and I replace him, I wouldn't need to accept these causes and effects. But if I want these people's support now, I must take on Lao Liu's causes and effects."
"Even so, it might not put people at ease, considering there's still a layer of separation," Zhao Xing thought to himself.
