The Multiverse Starting from White Deer Plain

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Everything was almost the same as usual, except that Mengtong in the school became more intimate after seeing him.

The people in Bailu Village would greet him warmly when they saw him.

"Well, look at Guiwazi. He is a guy who can read. I used to herd sheep with Erdan from our family. Guiwazi was the best at herding, and the sheep were the strongest at eating..."

"Although this kid is young, his future is limitless."

"Maybe our Bailu Village can produce another scholar according to the quota. Even if there is no scholar, he can still work as a decent accountant in the town, which will also bring glory to our village!"

"What's wrong, E'wazi entered school two years earlier than Guiwazi. Why didn't he learn a little bit from Guiwazi? He went home and read for a while and then became dizzy. He said he wanted to go out to play and couldn't calm down..."

Bai Gui responded to the complimenting villagers one after another without daring to show any arrogance.

If there are rumors that he disrespects his parents, his reputation will be ruined. Not to mention that Mr. Xu will teach him seriously, I am afraid he will be kicked out.

A person's reputation in the countryside is very important.

During the Kangxi period of the previous dynasty, it is said that there was a person who could have won the first place in the Five Classics in the township examination. However, when the results were about to be released, the examiner knew that his township evaluation was not good. Even if he admired his talent and learning, he could only fail the examination paper. From then on. His name fell from Sun Mountain.

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Before lunch, Meng children who had gone back to eat from various houses came to the school one after another.

The Lu brothers' faces were a little livid.

Hearing the harp and knowing the elegant meaning.

Bai Gui knew that Bai Youde should have gone to Lu Zilin to resign this morning.

For Lu Zilin to be so generous and want to support his education, he must have had the intercession of the Lu brothers, otherwise most people would not have the willpower to make this determination.

Raising a retired scholar is no small matter these days.

Calculated in terms of bundles and repairs alone, Xu Xiucai collected five liters of grain every three months, which was consistent with the price of nearby private schools. In this way, two buckets of grain are needed per year.

In the late Qing Dynasty, there were no improved seeds or chemical fertilizers, and the yield per mu was about four bushels per mu.

But this is just the harvest.

You have to pay more than 50% of the land tax!

In order to consolidate his rule, Kangxi announced the implementation of a new tax system in the 51st year of Kangxi. The tax amount was fixed based on the population of the country in the 50th year of Kangxi. In the future, additional children will be added and no more taxes will be levied. , which is called "A prosperous age nourishes a young man, and he never adds wealth."

In the first year of Yongzheng's reign, Yongzheng implemented the method of "divide a small portion into an area". More than 3.35 million taels of Ding silver from the Kangxi Dynasty were all spread into Tian Fu silver for collection. Di Ding unites into one, Ding follows the local faction.

Later emperors had more and more daily needs, but they did not dare to violate the laws of their ancestors, so they tampered with taxes. Land taxes were not added, but various corvee and miscellaneous taxes could be added.

Since the Guangxu Dynasty's defeat in the Sino-Japanese War and the Eight-Power Allied Forces' invasion of China, according to the Treaty of Shimonoseki, compensation of 20,000 taels of silver was required. There is also the Xinchou Treaty, which requires compensation of 500 million taels of silver to the great powers. The Qing government's annual treasury revenue was approximately 100 million taels of silver.

As for the 450 million taels of compensation in the Xinchou Treaty, it was stated in the treaty that every Qing citizen would be punished by paying one tael. This money was collected from each household by the Jia chiefs in various places. Because it was the year of Gengzi, it was also called Geng money. In addition, since Zhang Juzheng's whipping method, people have paid taxes with money.

Over and over again, even with a few acres of thin farmland, they could barely afford to eat and drink. It was simply not something ordinary people could afford to support a retired scholar.

And Bai Youde's resignation was invisibly refuting the affection of the Lu brothers, so they were angry.

But what surprised Bai Gui was that the Lu brothers had maintained their magnanimity until now, neither saying bad words to him nor getting angry. Just speaking of this character, it is far beyond that of his peers. At least Bai Gui asked himself, he could not achieve this level at this age.

He sighed inwardly.

Although he did not intend to accept Lu Zilin's funding, he implicitly accepted the Lu family's affection.

This is grace, you have to admit it!

"Zhaopeng, Zhaohai..."

Bai Gui took a breath and mustered up his courage. A stalemate with the Lu brothers was not what he wanted to see.

To put it bluntly, if others saw that he and the Lu brothers were lukewarm, they would probably secretly criticize his character and whether he was worth dating.

To destroy a person, a few gossips are often enough.

He took out the two volumes of books he had borrowed earlier from his schoolbag, stepped forward, and held the books in his hands. He had already copied these two enlightenment books on new paper and could read them at any time.

He said with a slightly apologetic tone: "I have almost read these two enlightenment books in the past few days. I just wanted to read more, so I returned them late. Please don't blame the two of you."

The Lu brothers were stunned for a moment.

The enlightenment books they borrowed were ones they had studied a few years ago and had stopped reading. Therefore, when they lent them to Bai Gui, there was no time limit for their return.

So expensive...

Lu Zhaopeng was in a trance for a moment. Hearing that Bai Gui no longer addressed him as eldest young master, but his scientific name, he was lost for a moment, and soon the anger in his heart dissipated.

Soon, there was a smile on his face again, and he probably understood something in his heart.

Although he followed the words of Zigong in the Analects of Confucius in "Gong Ye Chang" in reply to Confucius, "I would like to share my chariots, horses, and light furs with my friends, and I would like nothing less." He used this to make friends, and valued righteousness over wealth.

Therefore, he and his brother Lu Zhaohai can persuade his father Lu Zilin to sponsor Bai Gui's studies.

But Bai Gui is just like the three friends who are beneficial to him as Confucius said. He does not flatter him, nor does he stop interacting with him just because he glares at him...

"It's appropriate to stay a little longer. Both of us have passed the enlightenment stage."

Lu Zhaopeng's expression softened a lot, and the knot in his heart was opened. He put away the book casually, but when he saw the two neat volumes in his hand, he felt a little dazed.

The two enlightenment books I borrowed are already quite old.

The Lu family has a lot of wealth. Although it is not as rich as the wealthy households in the city, it is still considered a wealthy household in Zishui County. Therefore, although the two volumes have been well preserved following the principle of cherishing books as a scholar, there are inevitably some creases and warped pages.

But the two volumes Bai Gui returned were neat and brand new. If the yellowed volumes hadn't shown that they were not new, he would have suspected that they were newly bought books by Bai Gui, and then returned them to him again.

"Brother, what's wrong with you?"

Lu Zhaohai was younger, and he suddenly felt that Lu Zhaopeng had betrayed him, and how could he reconcile with this ungrateful villain again. But he would not dismantle Lu Zhaopeng in person, he just reminded him in a low voice.

"I'll explain to you later."

Lu Zhaopeng interrupted Lu Zhaohai and smiled apologetically at Bai Gui.

If before he was only thinking about Bai Gui and his childhood friendship, now he truly regards Bai Gui as a friend worth making good friends with.