Constructing the family ancestral temple, establishing ancestral graves, and founding the Mo Family School… Every one of these matters is of great benefit to the clan members. Mo Fang, as the Clan Leader, could say he wished for the Mo Clan's prosperity and development more than anyone else. Let alone other things, just the founding of the Mo Family School alone made it impossible for him to refuse!
With the family school, the children would have books to read. Even if not every child was cut out for scholarly pursuits, there was always hope, wasn't there? Even if, in the end, not a single child managed to become successful and bring glory to the family, it was still better than being blindly ignorant. If they ever went to the city to seek employment, they would be looked upon more favorably than those who only knew how to toil the soil.