When the academy head became the academy head, the emperor was not the emperor yet. Hence, he probably had a deeper understanding about the entire Great Ning than the emperor himself. After all, the academy head and served three emperors. When he was most heavily involved in the imperial affairs, the current emperor was still very young. Even the princes were not as involved as the academy head - because the previous emperor forbade it.
If not for the sudden death of the late emperor, Li Chengyuan, the current emperor would not get to such a level. Hence, he exceptionally valued the academy head, beyond imagination; even more than Mu Zhaotong, who had similarly served three emperors.
This was because the academy head was a lot smarter than Mu Zhaotong. He did not interfere with the impe
