Jiao Ge seemed to have grasped something.
Zi Shou felt disaster looming. A perfectly good windfall of foolishness value was about to be talked out of existence by Ding Ce.
But what could he do? He knew nothing about this stuff!
Even in his previous life, whether to hunt wild animals or protect them had remained a controversial subject!
Ding Ce showed no sign of stopping. Now that he had entered official service, ability aside, his first priority was to demonstrate his loyalty.
King Zhou stood against the feudal lords. Wouldn't tearing into them with all his might demonstrate his loyalty?
He continued, "If the aim is to prevent disease from spreading among aged and weak deer, wolves are not indispensable. Hunters can do the same job. Hunting not only brings in enormous profits, but also kills more deer at a time. If laws are established stipulating how many deer each village and district must kill in a year, and those quotas are made public, then compared with wolves chasing deer and endangering villagers' lives, the superior option is obvious. The hunters' mass slaughter that drove the wolves to extinction back then must have been prompted by frequent wolf attacks."
Jiao Ge fell silent. He had been born a commoner and earned his living selling fish in his early years. Now that he occupied a high position, he had forgotten what life was like for ordinary people. The harm wolves inflicted on them was no less than that of disease. Besides, disease could be treated. If a wolf carried someone off, that person was truly gone.
One feudal lord still refused to concede and asked, "But today's hunt is purely for amusement."
Yang Ren suddenly spoke up. "Correct. His Majesty is doing this for amusement today, and the feudal lords