After entering this special area of ​​Western learning.

Bai Guicai felt in a daze. This was the late Qing Dynasty when new and old studies alternated. Many people were still studying the imperial examinations, while some scholars began to become enlightened gentry, learning Western ideas and embracing the Western political system.

Many people abandon poetry, books, rituals and music, learn from the West, and seek to save the country.

Some people also stick to their shortcomings and are eager to find a way to improve themselves from the pile of old papers.

Why hasn't the loneliness of the Shanxi merchants been related to the weakness of the Qing court?

There is no end to the eggs after the nest is destroyed, and the loss is in the weak country, not in the business!

"Yan Fu's theory of heaven..."

Bai Gui took a deep breath and his eyes were faint. Other books may be unfamiliar with them, but those who have studied basic education will definitely not be unfamiliar with this book. There is a famous saying in it, which is deafening, "Survival of the fittest."

"What a pity. If you want to innovate the current problems, you must first reform the political system. Although the actual learning is important, the Qing court is not a loam..."

He took a look at the brand new and sold out-of-sale "Evolution of Heaven", and his eyes turned to the practical studies of "Chemical Evolution" and "Botany", and a thin layer of dust fell on the exquisite cover.

Using clean sleeves to wipe away the dust, he immediately calmed down and turned his attention to the old school.

The way to the imperial examination is what he should consider at the moment.

Only by taking the imperial examination can one have a background!

After taking a step and moving, he settled on the "Collected Notes on the Four Books" written by Zhu Xi. After looking through it, he found that there were many new annotations and annotations on Zhu Zi's sentences.

It is also Coke. Zhu Xi annotated the Four Books, calling the annotations in "The Great Learning" and "The Doctrine of the Mean" chapters and sentences, and collecting the statements in "The Analects of Confucius" and "Mencius" together as the collective notes, collectively called the "The Collection of Analects of the Four Books chapters and sentences". Then people added annotations based on Zhu Xi's annotations...

"I'll choose this jade pen..."

Bai Xiaowen was willing to give gifts to his uncle, so he chose a jade pen worth 2 taels and one cent. He used beautiful jade as the pen tube and wolf hair as the hair, which was very exquisite.

With Bai Xiaowen's urging, the others no longer hesitated and made a choice difficult. They bought inkstones or several ingots of good ink that were priced at the middle reaches, and the cost was about three or four cents.

This is not because they have no money and cannot buy expensive gifts.

They are not Bai Xiaowen, and they are not close to Mr. Zhu.

If the gift is heavy, they will appear to be flattering.

"Since you have chosen pen, inkstone, and ink, then give it to this book." Bai Gui smiled.

The four treasures of the study can be given away except paper.

No matter how precious the paper is, it will be used, and pens, inkstones, and ink can be stored as treasures. A top-notch ink is worth hundreds of taels of silver, comparable to gold. Some ink makers are extremely rich. For example, the "Kangxi Huizhou Prefecture Chronicle" records that Wu Quchen "has exquisitely made ink and lacquerware in his life. People compete to treasure it, and his ink is worth three times the value of platinum (silver)."

Bai Gui had no intention of competing for beauty and chose to give a gift of apprenticeship. He just needed to do his best to defeat the limelight of his peers and win the favor of others. Once he was seen by a discerning person, he would definitely feel that he was successful.

And Mr. Zhu is exactly this discerning person.

He paused, wandered from the old learning for a moment, and took a stone-engraved copy of Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica".

The ancients often said that if you don’t be a good minister, you will be a good doctor.

If you send the Four Books and Five Classics, you will be too many at home and cannot place them, and you will not be able to do your best. If you send the actual classics, if Mr. Zhu is an old master who is not as good as the ancients, you will be angry. Although the Western medical classics at this time were much more open-minded than traditional Chinese medicine, they could not be compared with modern medicine.

Although sending medical books may not necessarily make Mr. Zhu happy, he will not feel bored.

...

Mr. Zhu was extremely smart since childhood. He passed the imperial examination at the age of 16, and at the age of 22, he passed the first name of Wenjuren, which is Jieyuan. When he went to Beijing to participate in the imperial examination the following year, he died of illness and was filial to his father and did not get on the bus.

The governor of Qin Province Fang Yun loved his talent and came to the door to ask for important tasks, but was refused. So Mr. Zhu moved into Bailu Academy.

Bailu Academy is located in the northwest of Zishui County, also known as Silu'an.

The reason why it is called Silu'an is that the four sons of a minor official named Lu all passed the imperial examination in the Song Dynasty, so the Emperor of the Song Dynasty appointed him to build a temple to commemorate their merits.

The group arrived at the entrance of the academy and looked up and saw that there were four large characters of the Bailu Academy on the gate tower, with auspicious patterns of white deer and white cranes engraved on the inlay.

The sound of the man in the academy reciting came from his ears, and the sounds were endless.

Bai Jiaxuan said happily to everyone that the plaque was written by the Governor Fang Yun.

His father Bai Bingde and Bai Youde had the same idea. He made a marriage with Mr. Zhu before he became famous, and his eldest daughter married Mr. Zhu as his wife.

The few of them were inner servants. They were not stopped by the concierge. Instead, under the leadership of the concierge, they walked straight through the courtyard and came to the living room of the house in the backyard of the academy.

When Zhu Bai saw Bai Jiaxuan, he asked about his mother Bai Zhao's health as usual. After hearing that the old man was showing off his third son, the calf, was showing off a joyful and joyful smile.

Bai Gui and the others lowered their heads and did not dare to look around.

However, he still looked at Zhu Baishi, wearing a cloth dress, an indigo blue shirt, blue cloth pants, and woven cloth shoes and socks with white ribbons tied on his feet. He should have wrapped his feet. The feet of normal women are not that small and pointed, like crescent moons.

He has a graceful appearance, a sense of persistence, a kind of gentleness, and a seriousness of adhering to something.

A standard woman who read poetry and books in the late Qing Dynasty!

Bai Gui labeled Zhu Bai in his heart. Such women are easy to get along with, as long as they don’t get involved in taboos.

He has seen many women who have tangled their feet in Bailu Village and Bailu Town. Most of them are daughters of wealthy families. Girls from poor families have to work in the fields, so it is rare to tie their feet.

Some people who are delusional about sending their daughters to wealthy families and also tangle their daughters.

Because it is impossible for a wealthy family to marry a big-footed woman.

"This is Xiaowen, I didn't expect that he would have grown up so old?" Zhu Baishi and Bai Jiaxuan talked for a while, and then stopped talking. They didn't want to neglect the boy standing aside. This was a tutor.

Zhu Baishi took the lead in looking at Bai Xiaowen.

She has little feet and can't walk the mountain road, so it is unlikely to go back to her parents' home.

Basically, I have to be bound at home all my life.

"Yes, aunt! Well, it's Xiaowen."

Bai Xiaowen smiled and called out to his aunt sweetly. It was unlikely to say that he had any feelings for Zhu Bai, but it was unlikely to say that he had no feelings. The blood bond naturally gave feelings.

He trotted a few steps and reached the side of the kang, asking Zhu Baishi to look at his appearance very well.
Chapter completed!