"I cannot produce a monumental work for the Hundred Schools Department either. By your reasoning, should I also retire and return to my hometown?"
Minister Gui showed no mercy. "Lin Ke's talent surpasses yours a hundredfold. But what connection is there between primers and university studies? Lin Ke has already compiled many textbooks. Why must he write primers as well?"
Lin Ke had previously been extraordinarily busy, and one of his important tasks had been drafting the university's curriculum and textbooks.
He had discussed much of this with Minister Gui and the others, as well as the heads of several academies and colleges in the Capital City.
After all, they were all teachers with whom he had sworn brotherhood, and they were happy to lend Lin Ke a hand.
And so, Lin Ke's curriculum had finally taken shape.
Books such as the Four Books and Five Classics, Daoist and Buddhist scriptures, and the works of the Hundred Schools had mostly become electives.
There were three required subjects: Chinese language, mathematics, and science.
Chinese language meant university-level Chinese, progressing from language and writing in elementary school, through language and literature in middle and high school, to language and culture at university.
Mathematics was much the same. However, considering the Great Wei Sacred Dynasty's current mathematical level, Lin Ke had not included advanced mathematics, stopping at the high school level instead.
Science was an umbrella term for the scientific subjects. He had only dared to take them as far as the first year of high school; anything beyond that would be too difficult for them to learn.
Of course, these textbooks were only the first wave.
Once Lin Ke had trained a group of students, each graduate would become a seed, flying to every corner of the land to blossom and bear