48. Eight Items

This is loyalty!

At worst, it's just a loss for opening a shop. Besides, what can a restaurant lose?

Now the land price and rent are cheap. You can open a shop to try the quality first. If it doesn't work, you can just close it. It won't lose much money.

"Okay! Our Qin Province's gourd chicken has the name of white pheasant. Maybe it can be sold all over the country!"

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

White-feathered chicken is a famous fast food chicken in later generations. This chicken grows fast and produces high meat. It is a good breed among good breeds. Although it doesn't taste like chicken, I think there is no feed now. With the advantage of growing fast, it can be sold all over the country.

Besides...

The taste of the table in the late Qing Dynasty is different from that in later generations.

In later generations, it is better to eat less fat and more lean meat, but at this time, if you ask around, you will know that when you go to cut pork, you should ask the pork seller to cut more fat.

There is a serious lack of oil and water!

...

Back to the academy.

After hearing the stories of several students, Mr. Zhu smiled and said, "In ancient times, those who wanted to make the world of virtue governed their country first. Those who wanted to govern their country first cultivated their family. Those who wanted to regulate their family first cultivated themselves. Those who wanted to regulate themselves first rectified their hearts. Those who wanted to rectify their hearts first made their intentions sincere. Those who wanted to make their intentions sincere first acquired knowledge. Acquiring knowledge lies in investigating things."

"If you can govern your family, you will be a good talent for governing the country the next day!"

Mr. Zhu praised.

This sentence comes from the University. Condensed, it is the eight items of the three principles and eight items of Confucianism: investigating things, acquiring knowledge, sincerity, rectifying the heart, cultivating oneself, regulating the family, governing the country, and pacifying the world.

These eight items are also the epistemology of Confucianism.

Making the clan rich and the neighbors benefiting from it is something worthy of praise in Confucianism.

"Thank you for your compliments, sir."

Bai Gui and several classmates bowed.

What is fame.

Fame is the result of countless people adding bricks and tiles to lift you up.

If he succeeds in this matter, the gourd chicken made by Shao Shaoke of Bailu Village will be sold all over the country. Everyone knows that Bailu Village is kind and righteous, and everyone knows that Bailu Village has produced a benevolent and righteous scholar who is protected by auspicious signs...

Yes, Bai Gui, who has won the first place in the case, has already considered himself a scholar.

It's a sure thing.

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 chicken keepers nearby, and ask them to help you raise these white pheasants..."

Mr. Zhu said generously.

In Bailu Village, Bai Youde, who has a low status, may not be able to guarantee the profits of white pheasants, but Bai Gui's status can. In Zishui County and Qin Province, Bailu Village cannot guarantee the huge profits of making gourd chickens from white pheasants, but Mr. Zhu can guarantee it. At least some scoundrels will not come to disturb.

From Mr. Zhu's petition, we can know how big Mr. Zhu's network of connections is.

One day after the results were announced.

The second county exam began. This exam was called Zhaofu, also known as Chufu.

There were nearly a thousand Confucian scholars from all over the villages in Zishui County who came to take the exam in the first regular exam. However, after the first regular exam, the other Confucian scholars who were not selected and not included in the vice list were eliminated, and there were less than 150 candidates left.

Sixty to seven out of ten were eliminated in one exam, which was extremely terrifying.

The remaining candidates continued to be eliminated until 50 candidates were selected from the final group (main list) to participate in the prefectural exam.

Pass through the dragon gate of the exam hall and enter the exam room.

After the number of people changed, the seats for the exam also began to adjust. The court and the yard outside the court were filled with tables, and no separate exam rooms were allocated. As the first case, Bai Gui sat directly in the middle of the court, with no one on the left and right, and took the lead, answering under the eyes of the ancient county magistrate.

The first exam question was a test poem.

The second question was to discuss the political systems of England and Japan.

The third question was to compare the imperial edicts and some of the four books and five classics.

Each question was displayed by the clerks holding lanterns on the aisles of each desk, and the candidates copied down the three questions and answered them accordingly.

The second exam was different from the main exam, and basically all the questions were memory questions.

For example, the first question was the test poem.

The test poem originated in the Tang Dynasty, and the most famous one was "Fude Guyuancao Songbie" written by Bai Juyi, "The grass on the plain is withered and flourishing every year. Wildfires cannot burn it all, and spring breeze blows it back to life."

However, during Wang Anshi's Xining Reform, the test poem was cancelled 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 poem was restored.

The test poems of the Qing Dynasty were stricter than those of the previous dynasties. The questions were based on classics, history, philosophy, and anthology. The rhyme was one word in each rhyme of the level tone, so the examinees must be able to recite the words of each rhyme of the level tone. The poem cannot have repeated words, and the tone must be solemn.

The test poem topic of this county test was "Wu Wang was drunk more than ten miles away."

It was a plum blossom poem by Luo Yin of the Tang Dynasty. However, if you don't know it and haven't read this plum blossom poem by Luo Yin, you will answer the wrong question. This is also a test point to test whether the examinee is erudite. However, there are countless poems and lyrics in the past dynasties. It doesn't matter if you can't answer them. As long as the format is correct, the examiner will generally not care too much.

Just like the additional questions.

The second question discusses the political systems of England and Japan.

This question is also simple for the examinees, just state it. There have been countless studies on the political system of England after the two crows, and there have been continuous studies on the political system of Japan after the defeat of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895.

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 are people who specialize in selling this kind of political commentary in bookstores.

For the county test questions, as long as you answer two or three points, it will be fine.

The last question is the Imperial Edict, which is an old question. This is a question that scholars in the Qing Dynasty must recite and write in full, and it is not difficult.

The second question is political commentary. Based on the knowledge of later generations, Bai Gui’s understanding of the political systems of England and Japan is much better than those late Qing people who have just opened their eyes to the world, but he is already the first in the case, so there is no need to rush to show it. He answers according to the political commentary sold in the bookstore in his memory.

Because once you say too much, it is easy to make mistakes.

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

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

After carefully checking for typos and taboos, Bai Gui stood up and handed the test paper to the dozing County Magistrate Gu.

"Have you finished?"

County Magistrate Gu was a little surprised. He remembered that in the first test, Bai Gui handed in his paper at the end of the exam time. Now he was the first to hand in his paper, which was really beyond his expectation.

Although there were many people in the exam room, he was also a Jinshi, and there was no Jinshi who didn't have an extraordinary memory.

"Please review it, County Master!"

Bai Gui bowed respectfully and sent the test paper forward a little.

You should fight for it!

You have to fight for it!

Now he is the first in the case. If he is weaker than others for a moment, there will be a lot of gossip. Besides, this is not the real test. The real test is a long article, which requires hard thinking, picking out sentences, and weighing every word. But now it is just a test of ordinary memory and breadth of knowledge. There is nothing to worry about if it is early.