Lin Dazong's final punishment was to strip him of his right to enter the academy.
In other words, he no longer had the qualifications to take the Imperial examinations.
This was even more serious than Lin Mingqing's elimination of his elementary scholar status.
After all, Lin Mingqing was a disabled person who had been stripped of his scholar status. As long as he recovered, he still had a chance to be promoted and enter the ranks of an official. He would have a grand future!
As for Lin Dazong, other than the title of a scholar, he could only be a commoner for the rest of his life. He would never be able to make a name for himself.
This punishment was worse than killing Lin Laosan's family.
They had always been arrogant in the village. Even after they were called jinxes, they still had that arrogance. The root of all this was the hope that Lin Dazong had given them.
