The heavens from Bailuyuan

Chapter 49 Eight items

This is where loyalty lies!
In the worst case, just treat it as a loss of capital by opening a store. Besides, what capital can you lose by opening a restaurant?
Land prices and rents are cheap now, so if you open one and try it first, then close it if it’s a big deal, and you won’t lose a lot of money.

"Okay! Our gourd chicken in Qin Province has the name of white pheasant, maybe it can be driven to the north and south of the river!"

Seeing that the matter was finalized, Bai Gui smiled with satisfaction.

White feather chicken is a famous fast-food chicken in later generations. This chicken grows fast and produces high meat.It is the best of the best.Although it doesn't taste like chicken, but I don't think there is much feed to feed it now. With the advantage of growing fast, it can sell well all over the country.

Besides...

There is also a difference between the taste of the dinner table in the late Qing Dynasty and that of later generations.

In later generations, it is better to eat less fat and eat more lean meat, but at this time, after asking around, everyone knows that when cutting pork, let the pork guy cut more fat.

The shortage of oil and water is serious!
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Back to the academy.

Hearing the narrations of several students, Mr. Zhu brows with joy, and smiled slightly: "In ancient times, those who wanted to show their virtues to the world first ruled their country. Those who wanted to rule their country first cultivated their homes. Those who wanted to unify their families , Cultivate one's body first. Those who want to cultivate one's body must first correct one's mind. Those who want to correct one's mind must first be sincere in one's mind. Those who want to be sincere in one's mind must first develop one's knowledge. The extension of knowledge lies in the investigation of things."

"If you can govern a family, you will be able to govern the country the next day!"

Mr. Zhu praised it very much.

This sentence comes from a university, and when condensed, it is the three principles of Confucianism, eight of the eight items: investigation of things, extension of knowledge, sincerity, righteousness, self-cultivation, family harmony, state governance, and world peace.

These eight items are also the epistemology of Confucianism.

Making the clan rich and the neighbors receiving its favor is a very commendable thing in Confucianism.

"Thank you sir for your compliment."

Bai Gui and several classmates bowed to salute.

What is fame.

Fame is that countless people add bricks and tiles, and lift you up abruptly.

If he succeeds in this matter, the gourd chicken made by the spoon shoppers of Bailu Village will be sold to the north and south of the river. Who doesn't know that he is benevolent and righteous in Bailu Village, and who doesn't know that there is a scholar of benevolence and righteousness who is protected by auspiciousness in Bailu Village...

That's right, Bai Gui, who has won the top spot, already considers himself a scholar.

Nine out of ten.

I have this confidence.

"I'll write to Jiaxuan later, asking him to take care of this matter, and ask a few friends to see if there are any famous chicken farmers nearby, and ask them to help you raise these white pheasants..."

Mr. Zhu said with emotion.

In Bailu Village, Bai Youde, who has a low status, may not be able to keep the profits of the white pheasant, but Bai Gui's status is fine. Among Zishui County and Qin Province, it is difficult for Bailu Village to keep the huge profits from making the white pheasant into gourd chicken. , but Mr. Zhu can guarantee that at least some young people will not bother.

From the incident of Mr. Zhu's letter, we can know how big Mr. Zhu's connections are.

It's been a day since the announcement.

The second examination of the county examination began. This examination is called Zhaofu, also called Chufu.

About 150 Confucian scholars came from various villages in Zishui County to take the first round of the exam. There are less than [-] candidates left.

It is extremely terrifying to eliminate six out of ten in one exam.

The remaining candidates will continue to be eliminated until [-] candidates are selected from the final group case (positive list) before they can participate in the government examination.

Enter the examination room through the dragon gate of the examination shed.

After the number of people changed, the seats for the exam also began to be adjusted.The courtroom and the yard outside the courtroom are filled with desks, and there will be no separate allocation of examination rooms.As the head of the case, Bai Gui sat directly in the middle of the courtroom, with no one on the left and right, taking the lead and answering questions under the eyes of the ancient magistrate.

The first test question is a test post poem.

The second exam question is about the English and Japanese regimes.

The third exam question is to compare the meaning of the sacred edict Guangxun and some of the Four Books and Five Classics.

Each test question was displayed back and forth by the clerk holding a sign light by the aisle of each desk, and the candidates who took the test copied the three test questions and answered them accordingly.

The second exam is no better than the main exam, and it is basically a memory test.

For example, the test post poem for the first test question.

The test post poems originated in the Tang Dynasty. The most famous one is "Farewell to the Ancient Grassland" written by Bai Juyi.

It's just that in Wang Anshi's Xining Xingxue, that is, the reform, the test post poem was canceled by Wang Anshi, and it was not restored in the Yuan and Ming dynasties.It was not until the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty that the test post poems were restored.

The test post poems in the Qing Dynasty are stricter than those of the previous dynasties. The scriptures, history, zi and Jiyu are used for the questions. Words and tone must be solemn.

The title of the poem in this county examination is "Wu Wang is drunk for more than ten miles."

It’s Luo Yin’s poem about plum blossoms in the Tang Dynasty, but if you don’t know it, and you haven’t seen this poem about plum blossoms written by Luo Yin, then you can’t answer the question. This is also a test point to test whether candidates are knowledgeable.However, I don’t know how many poems have been written in the past dynasties, so it doesn’t matter if you can’t answer them, as long as the format is correct, the examiners generally don’t care too much.

as an additional question.

The second question discusses the regimes of England and Japan.

This question is also simple for candidates, just state it.After the two crows, there were countless studies on the political system of England. After the defeat of the Sino-Japanese War, there were also continuous studies on the political system of Japan.

It can be said that the most familiar countries in China are England and Japan, and it is not difficult to test these two.

Before the exam, there were people selling this kind of political theory in the book shop.

As for the county examination questions, as long as you answer two or three points, it is feasible.

The last question, "Sacred Edict Guangxun", is an old question. It is a question that scholars in the Qing Dynasty had to memorize in full, and it was not difficult.

The second political theory, Bai Gui, based on the knowledge of later generations, has a much better understanding of the political systems of England and Japan than those of the late Qing Dynasty who just opened their eyes to see the world, but he is already the leader of the case, so there is no need to rush to express, according to memory Answer the political commentary on bookstore sales.

Because if you talk too much, it's easy to make mistakes.

The current late Qing Dynasty is hovering in the New Deal period in the late Qing Dynasty. During this period, the Hundred Days Reform Reform failed. A group of old ministers from the Westernization Movement also started to reform, but compared to the radicals of Kang Youwei and others, they were much more conservative.

In less than half an hour, all three questions have been written.

Carefully looking for typos and taboos, Bai Gui stood up and handed the test paper to the magistrate Gu who was dozing off.

"Finished?"

The county magistrate Gu was a little surprised. He remembered that in the first main exam, Bai Gui handed in the paper at the end of the examination room time. Now he was the first to hand in the paper, which was really beyond his expectation.

Although there are many people in the examination room, he is also a Jinshi, and there is no Jinshi who does not have an extraordinary memory.

"Also ask the county lord to review it!"

Bai Gui bowed respectfully and sent the test paper he was holding forward.

It's time to fight!

We have to fight!
Now he is the head of the case, if he is weaker than others for a moment, there may be a lot of gossip, besides, this is not a real exam, and the real exam is a long article for the exam, which requires hard thinking, excerpts, and careful consideration of every word, but now It's just a test of the usual memory and breadth of knowledge, and there is nothing to worry about earlier.

　The county examination is basically over in half a chapter.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)