"The Confucian and Daoist schools were originally among the Hundred Schools as well."
Li Chungang stroked his beard as he explained, "The History School, Medical School, Agricultural School, Mohist School, Legalist School, and others were united into a single path through Confucius's mighty power. In other words..."
"All Hundred Schools can become Confucian!"
"The Hundred Schools?" Lin Ke sounded puzzled. "As far as I know, some members of the Hundred Schools have already been assigned servile status, such as storytellers from the Novelists' School."
"Why should servile status prevent someone from following the Confucian Path?" Li Chungang smiled and gazed meaningfully into Lin Ke's eyes. "Isn't that precisely what we're working toward?"
Lin Ke's expression grew solemn. "Please explain."
Li Chungang nodded in satisfaction and sat upright. "You can now be counted among those His Majesty has seen."
Lin Ke nodded.
Every word of the Sage Emperor was worth a thousand pieces of gold. It was said that a single stirring of his divine sense could encompass the entire Divine Land, so "seeing" Lin Ke would naturally be no difficulty.
"Did you know that the court and the country are now largely divided into two factions? One supports abolishing registry distinctions such as the commoner registry and servile status, while the other does not."
Li Chungang explained slowly, "Those who oppose it have a simple reason: servile status is, in fact, a mechanism of punishment."
"It punishes those who violate the fundamental bonds of human morality or break the law. Take storytellers, for example. In the past, many storytellers performed other people's books and tales without permission."
Lin Ke indicated that he understood.
Indeed, that was how intellectual property rights worked.
Many people always preferred a free ride. If they could get something for free, they would never pay.
That