The Multiverse Starting from White Deer Plain

This is where loyalty lies!

The worst case scenario is that you will lose money by opening a shop. Besides, how can you lose money by opening a restaurant?

Nowadays, land prices and rents are cheap. Open one and try it out first. If it doesn't work, you can close it. You won't lose much money.

"Okay! Our gourd chicken in Qin Province has the name White Pheasant, and maybe it can be sold all over the country!"

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, I guess there’s not much feed to feed them now, so they can sell well all over the country due to their fast growth.

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 will be better to eat less fat and eat more lean meat. But at this time, I asked around and everyone knew that when cutting pork, let the pork guy cut more fat meat.

The shortage of oil and water is serious!

…

Return to the academy.

After hearing the stories of several students, Mr. Zhu's eyebrows were filled with joy, and he smiled slightly and said: "In ancient times, those who wanted to show virtue to the world first governed their country. Those who wanted to govern their country, first built their homes. Those who wanted to harmonize their homes. , First cultivate the body. If you want to cultivate the body, you must first rectify your mind. If you want to rectify your mind, you must first be sincere in your intention. If you want to be sincere in your intention, you must first develop knowledge. To achieve knowledge is to study things."

"If you can manage a family, you will become a talented person who can govern the country the next day!"

Mr. Zhu praised it very much.

This sentence comes from a university. To condense it, it is eight of the eight items of the Three Programs of Confucianism: investigating things, seeking knowledge, sincerity, righteousness, self-cultivation, ordering the family, governing the country, and bringing peace to the world.

These eight items are also Confucian epistemology.

Making the clan prosperous and benefiting the neighbors is a highly commendable thing in Confucianism.

"Thank you for the compliment, sir."

Bai Gui and several classmates bowed and saluted.

What is fame.

Fame is the result of countless people building bricks and mortar to lift you up.

If he succeeds in this matter, the gourd chicken made by the spoon-feeders of Bailu Village will be sold all over the country. Who doesn't know the benevolence and righteousness of Bailu Village, and who doesn't know that there is a benevolent and righteous scholar in Bailu Village who is protected by auspiciousness...

Yes, Bai Gui, who is now the head of the case, already considers himself a scholar.

A sure bet.

I have this confidence.

"I will write to Jiaxuan later and ask him to take care of this matter. I will also ask a few friends to see if there are any famous hens nearby and ask them to help you raise these white pheasants..."

Mr. Zhu said with enthusiasm.

In Bailu Village, Bai Youde, who has a low status, may not be able to keep the profits from white pheasants, but Bai Gui's status can. Among Zishui County and Qin Province, Bailu Village can't keep the huge profits from making gourd chickens from white pheasants. , but Mr. Zhu can guarantee that at least some young people will not disturb him.

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

One day passed after the results were released.

The second test of the county examination has begun. This test is called Zhaofu, also called Chufu.

In the first main examination, nearly a thousand Confucian students came from all over the villages in Zishui County to take the exam. However, after the first results were released, other Confucian students who were not included in the circle and those who were not included in the secondary list were brushed away to take the examination. There are less than 150 candidates left.

Sixty-seven out of ten candidates were eliminated in one exam, which is extremely terrifying.

The remaining candidates will continue to be eliminated until fifty candidates are selected from the final round (main list) before they can participate in the government examination.

Pass through the gantry of the examination shed and enter the examination room.

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

The first test question is a poem test.

The second test question discusses the British and Japanese political systems.

The third test question is to test the meaning of Mohism in Guangxun of the Holy Edict and some of the Four Books and Five Classics.

Each test question was displayed back and forth by the clerk holding a sign and lantern beside the aisle of each desk, and the candidates who were taking the exam copied down these three questions to answer them.

The second test was no better than the main test, and basically consisted of memory-based questions.

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

Trial poems originated in the Tang Dynasty, and the most famous one is "Farewell to the Ancient Grassland" written by Bai Juyi, "When the grass grows in the original field, it withers and grows every year. The wildfire cannot be burned out, but the spring breeze blows and grows again."

However, in Wang Anshi's Xining Xingxue, that is, the reform, the item of test poems 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 poems were restored.

The examination poems in the Qing Dynasty were more strict than those in the previous dynasty. The questions were written in Jing, Shi, Zi, and Ji Yu, and the rhymes included one word in each rhyme of Ping tone. Therefore, the candidates must be able to recite the words of each rhyme in Ping tone. There should be no heavy words in the poem. The words and tone must be solemn.

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

It is a poem about plum blossoms written by Luo Yin in the Tang Dynasty. However, if you don’t know and have not read this poem about plum blossoms written by Luo Yin, you will not be answering the question. This is also a test point to test whether the candidates are knowledgeable. However, I don’t know how many poems have been written throughout the ages. It doesn’t matter if you can’t answer the question, as long as the format is correct, the examiner usually won’t care too much.

Just like additional questions.

The second question discusses the British and Japanese political systems.

This question is also simple for candidates, just make a statement. There have been countless studies on the English political system since the two crows, and after the defeat of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1898, there has been continuous research on the Japanese political system.

It can be said that the most familiar countries in China are England and Japan. It is not difficult to take the exam for these two.

Before the exam, there were people selling this kind of political commentary in bookstores.

For the county test questions, you only need to answer two or three points and you will be fine.

The last question, Holy Edict Guangxun, is an old question. This was a question that scholars in the Qing Dynasty had to memorize and write down in full, and it was not difficult.

In the second political theory, Bai Gui, based on his later generations’ knowledge, has a much better understanding of the political systems of England and Japan than these late Qing people who have just opened their eyes to see the world. However, he is already the head of the case, so there is no need to rush to show off. According to his memory, Answer the political commentary sold by bookstores.

Because once you talk too much, it’s easy to make mistakes.

The late Qing Dynasty is now lingering in the New Deal period of the late Qing Dynasty. During this period, the Hundred Days Reform failed. A group of veterans of the Westernization Movement also began to embark on reforms. However, compared to the radicalism of Kang Youwei and others, they were much more conservative.

Within half an hour, all three questions had been written.

After looking carefully to see if there were any typos or taboos, Bai Gui stood up, held the test paper and presented it to the ancient county magistrate, who was taking a nap.

"Have you finished answering?"

Magistrate Gu was a little surprised. He remembered that during the first main examination, Bai Guike handed in the paper at the end of the examination room. Now that he was the first to hand in the paper, it 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 excellent memory.

"Please ask the county magistrate to review it!"

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

It’s time to fight!

You have to fight!

Now he is the head of the case. If he weakens others for a moment, there may be a lot of gossip. Besides, this is not the main exam. The main exams are all long articles. They need to think hard, find chapters and sentences, and consider every word. But now It just tests your normal memory and breadth of knowledge. There is nothing to worry about if you go earlier.