Chapter 1059

Qin Mu, however, laughed out loud.

"I am letting you two see what the essence of this matter is.

A few wolves bit to death six sheep.

Then the Prefect led people to wipe out the wolf pack.

Think about it carefully, don't you have any feelings about it?"

With such a blunt hint, if they still couldn't think of it, Li Ke and Lu Yu could really go hit a wall.

The Emperor was letting them continue to reflect on the extermination of the Wang clan.

How similar was it to this wolf pack?

The Wang clan was like this wolf pack; although only those few wolves bit the sheep, no one would think the wolf pack was innocent.

They must be completely wiped out to ensure the safety of the sheep.

With such an example, Li Ke and Lu Yu understood immediately.

The common people are like sheep.

The aristocratic families are like wolves.

One cannot always wait until the wolves have bitten the sheep to death before catching the offending wolves to punish them.

"Your Majesty, your subject understands; different origins determine one's role from the very beginning."

Qin Mu crumpled up a piece of paper and threw it over, hitting Li Ke on the forehead.

"Stupid!

Your realization of this is too superficial!

The role is not on any specific person, but on the two words 'aristocratic family'!

Take you two for example; you have both broken away from your families, and thus simultaneously shed that man-eating role."

Qin Mu explained it to them clearly, just hoping that the two of them would not keep dwelling on this matter.

And hurry to walk out from the influence of this case.

Li Ke finally had a sudden realization.

"Your Majesty, for the past few days, I have been thinking hard at home, wondering if I am guilty?

I couldn't figure it out no matter what.

If it weren't for Your Majesty's reminder, I fear I would have been trapped in that circle and unable to get out!

So it turns out that once I have broken away from the family, the great crimes committed by this family will no longer fall on my head!"

Lu Yu had also just figured it out.

She let out a long sigh, clearly feeling relieved.

"Your Majesty used this example to untie the knot in our hearts. Your subject thanks Your Majesty!"

With the knot untied, both of them felt much lighter.

Qin Mu knew that the most critical part had been cleared for them.

He wouldn't worry about the remaining details.

These two were still relatively important to Great Qin.

"Li Ke, there are a few books here; go and have them printed.

Afterward, take them to the academy to be used as compulsory subjects."

Qin Mu tossed a few books to Li Ke.

Li Ke picked them up and looked.

Shen Kuo's *Dream Pool Essays*.

Song Yingxing's *Tiangong Kaiwu*.

Xu Guangqi's *Complete Treatise on Agricultural Administration*.

Li Chunfeng's *Yisi Zhan*.

Li Shizhen's *Compendium of Materia Medica*.

All were books about artisan techniques, agricultural techniques, meteorology, and Chinese herbal medicine.

In the academy, the Four Books and Five Classics had always been taken as compulsory subjects.

These technical things were never taught.

Qin Mu was once again overturning a tradition.

Li Ke did not dare to question Qin Mu's decision.

But he still harbored doubts in his heart.

"Your Majesty, if the Confucian classics are replaced by these technical books, I fear it will provoke opposition from the literati."

Confucianism had always had many defenders; it was precisely because these people guarded it generation after generation that the status of Confucianism had not been shaken for thousands of years.

There were advantages and disadvantages.

Qin Mu tapped the imperial desk and reminded him.

"The literati you speak of, who are they?"

Li Ke suddenly woke up.

These Confucian defenders basically all came from aristocratic families; their ultimate goal was to maintain their own authority.

But in Great Qin, the crime of anti-social behavior had already been established.

How could these people still dare to come out and jump around?

Li Ke was, after all, from the imperial clan, and he would unconsciously carry his previous habitual thinking.

"Your Majesty, I understand."

Qin Mu said.

"Children of Great Qin, having read such books from a young age, will be able to contribute more to the country when they grow up. The foundation of Great Qin's nation-building is technology, not those ideological shackles!"

These words were deafening!

They launched a challenge to the traditions of over a thousand years!