Roman was very decisive in his actions.
"Why only eliminate students over ten years old?"
Naturally, it was because children of this age group possessed basic labor skills.
The students who stayed in school the longest had received at least a whole year of education.
Even those with the shortest study time had gone through at least half a year of education — from Roman's first population harvest.
Nillie identified these people as illiterate deadwood, a determination certainly made after thorough consideration.
Can't learn?
Don't trouble yourself.
Go and work instead.
Roman didn't care if there were any buried geniuses amongst them.
If a genius could be buried, they wouldn't be called a genius.
Let them shout "do not despise the poor youth" after being expelled from school, struggle with labor, study hard, and achieve a startling success that would make Nillie's face swell.
