Chapter 50: Planning

The academy can be said to be another form of school, training doctors, scholars, and teachers, and sending them to the king, nobles, and other forces. It is a neutral organization.

Grand Maester and Royal Monsignor Pycelle of the King's Small Council, Master Luwin of Winterfell, and Maester Aemon of the Night's Watch all came from the Citadel. They were divided into grand maesters, doctors, bachelors, bachelor's assistants, and apprentices according to their level of knowledge.

However, the content taught in the academy is a bit monotonous. The school can cultivate talents in many aspects. In addition to doctors, scholars and teachers, it can also cultivate management talents who handle government affairs, reserve finance ministers who are responsible for making money for Dragon Mother, and other agricultural talents related to people's livelihood, etc.

Thinking of the prototype of the school, Drogon thought it was a good idea, but how should he tell Daenerys?

Should he continue writing letters? "I... I heard that there is a city of learning in Westeros that teaches medicine, history and other knowledge. Can we also establish a city of learning to train talented people who can handle things and manage logistics?" Daenerys said after a moment's hesitation.

"!?"

[We are so in sync! I don't think I'm the beast contracted by Dragon Mother, am I?] Drogon didn't expect that he and Dragon Mother thought of the Citadel at almost the same time.

After listening to Daenerys's words, Missandei, Jorah and others all looked at her, their eyes bright with expectation, approval and admiration.

"The Citadel is affiliated with the Hightower family. It mainly trains physicians, scholars, and teachers to serve the nobles and forces. It does not favor any force and is almost completely neutral."

Barristan was afraid that Missandei and Grey Worm didn't know about the Citadel, so he explained it to them.

"If Your Majesty opens a city of learning, in addition to teaching physicians and scholars, you can also teach business management and languages. Any talent we need can be taught."

When Missandei heard about the idea of ​​the Citadel, she immediately thought of other functions it could serve.

"A bachelor swears not to marry or have children and will not receive any reward. You can ask those who join the Citadel to swear allegiance to you and only serve you." Jorah also suggested.

Grey Worm and Daario did not give any suggestions, but that did not prevent them from approving Daenerys's proposal about the Citadel, especially Daario. Even a fool could see the admiration and love in his eyes.

[They are all smart people!] Looking at the people in the meeting hall making plans, drogon couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Their brains are not stupider than modern people. They are extremely smart. What they lack is just a little guidance.

[There's no need to swear! That would limit the number of people who can enter the Citadel, and hinder its influence in this world. Dragon Queen is the queen who will unify the seven kingdoms in the future. Is she still afraid that they won't come to serve her after entering the Citadel?]

After hearing Jorah's suggestion, Drogon objected in his heart, but what Jorah said was also the limitation of this world. Who can be so selfless as to train talents for others?

The Hightower family probably also has their own selfish motives, wanting to maintain the family's neutral status and not be affected by the war.

Looking at her subordinates' ardent and admiring eyes, Daenerys's face flushed a little. These were all Drogon's suggestions, but she used them herself.

She was so short of talent that she had to risk being discovered by Drogon and tell him what he had in mind.

After listening to the suggestions made by several people, Daenerys planned to adopt them all, but then she heard Drogon's words against Jorah.

She liberated the slaves in Astapor and Yunkai one after another, so naturally she had unusual thoughts. She immediately thought that if she really did what Drogon said and did not impose oaths on those who entered the Citadel, then not only would people from the Slaver's Bay come to the Citadel to study, but people from the surrounding Bay of Sorrow, the Long Summer, and even Westeros might come to study.

If the Citadel is successfully opened, studious people from other continents will come here to learn. Then the name of the Citadel will spread throughout the world, and its students will be found in every corner. She, the founder of the Citadel, will also be known by the world. Thinking of that scene, Daenerys's face turned red with excitement.

After calming down her excitement, she said shamelessly: "I have liberated the slaves in Astapor and Yunkai, and I will also liberate Meereen. In the future, I will cross the Sea of ​​​​War to seize the Iron Throne. Am I still afraid that they will oppose me after they have learned it?"

"As long as they want to learn and meet the requirements of the academy, they don't need to swear any oath and can come to study!"

Jorah was about to object when he heard that he could join the Citadel without any restrictions, but when he saw the relieved look in Barristan's eyes and the eager gazes of Missandei and Grey Worm, he could no longer say anything. He seemed to see in their eyes the birth of a brand new queen, a monarch who had never appeared in the four continents.

After Daenerys finished speaking, Drogon really looked at her with new eyes. Could it be that the Dragon Queen was really a real dragon goddess? How could this be the Burner who burned down King's Landing in anger? The former screenwriter was really making things up.

Daenerys was a little impatient at this moment. She avoided Drogon's gaze and turned to Missandei and said, "We will go down and discuss the opening of the Citadel in detail. Jorah and Grey Worm should lead the army to Astapor immediately and put down the rebellion as soon as possible."

"Yes! Your Majesty!" Jorah and Grey Worm bowed their heads and accepted the order, addressing Daenerys with more firmness than ever before.

After returning to her residence, Daenerys and Missandei eagerly discussed the establishment of the Citadel.

First of all, there is the issue of the name. Westeros already has a Citadel, so they certainly cannot call it a Citadel as well. The school that Drogon once mentioned cannot be used, so in the end it was named Academy.

The second issue is the location. Daenerys certainly wants to build the school in Westeros, but this is obviously impossible to achieve in the near future.

Referring to drogon's words, she believed that there doesn't have to be only one academy, and branch academies can be established in the future.

So she planned to wait until Astapor was settled and Meereen was conquered before deciding on the location of the school.

Temporarily find a place in Yunkai to set up the framework of an academy and cultivate talents that can be used.

The subjects offered by the school are tentatively government affairs, languages, medicine, and history, and other subjects will be gradually opened later.

The basic requirement for admission to an institution of higher learning is literacy. An institution of higher learning is not a literacy class and it is impossible for it to teach from the most basic level of literacy. Unless illiterate people have special talents, they will not be admitted as an exception.

Regardless of whether the applicant is male or female, old or young, noble or poor, as long as he has a certain level of knowledge and has no bad behavior, he can enter the school.

Students are responsible for their own tuition fees, and those who are particularly poor may be exempted from tuition fees depending on the circumstances.

What is most lacking now is talented people. Daenerys plans to openly select all kinds of talents and hire them as teachers or recruit them as students depending on their knowledge.

Most of the knowledge in Westeros is in the hands of the Citadel, and most of the books are also in the Citadel. Only the nobles store some books.

Shireen was born in a royal family, so of course she had no shortage of books to read, and Stannis could fully satisfy her in this regard. Children from ordinary families would have no way to read books even if they learned to read.

Moreover, all books in this world are bound with parchment. Not to mention the value of the knowledge itself, the parchment alone is very expensive.

While Daenerys is planning to build a school, she also plans to spend a large amount of money to collect all kinds of books and enrich the library in preparation for the establishment of the school in the future.