The Multiverse Starting from White Deer Plain

"Mother, please remember to tell daddy."

"The purpose of hoarding willow wood for mourning is just to make it easier for cloth shops to sell white cloth or mourning clothes more quickly, but it must not be used to sell, hoard goods and make such unconscionable money."

"Although money is easy to make, if we, a small family, suffer from hatred, the gains will outweigh the losses."

Bai Gui grabbed Bai Li and warned her again.

Although the Song Dynasty valued literature over military affairs, and the soldiers were all Qiu Ba, the good men were the ones who were called out by the Donghua Gate. But this also depends on comparison. Qingwu's pair is a successful Jinshi or civil servant, not a small businessman.

Furthermore, now that the Song Dynasty is preparing to negotiate for peace and has three generals under house arrest, it will definitely treat the Northern Expeditionary Army with kindness. Once there are traders who offend the Northern Expeditionary Army, the Song Dynasty will not mind killing chickens to scare monkeys, making an example for the Northern Expeditionary Army and regaining the morale of the army.

"I can spare this."

"Your mother, I have accumulated so much merit that I gave birth to a baby like you. I don't want you to suffer and be made a servant by the ghosts and monsters who have received their karma."

Mrs. Bai Zhao picked up Bai Gui, kissed her cheek, put her down and said with a smile.

She said this, just one of the reasons.

People were quite superstitious at this time. She gave birth to Bai Gui, a "child prodigy", and believed that it was a blessing from her previous good deeds. Naturally, she now refused to ruin her child's future. If he never does bad things, his son may not have the aura he has now when he grows up.

There is another reason. Bai Gui speaks in an organized manner and can come up with such a method. She is also willing to respect Bai Gui's opinion, which is a good thing. Of course, as a mother, she would not say this easily.

"Then...thank you, mother."

Bai Gui took a step or two back, looked solemn, and bowed.

If he wants his parents in this life to value his opinions and treat them as equals, it is not enough just to make some suggestions. He must also behave in a way that makes them treat him as equals.

Etiquette distinguishes between high and low. It distinguishes between closeness and distance, and determines honor and inferiority.

When there are rules and regulations, you are an adult, not a child with an innocent heart and unrestrained nature.

Once the gift is given, it is equivalent to completely ending the original identity of a child.

"Wealth..., you..."

Mrs. Bai Zhao was startled.

Then he nodded seriously and said, "Mom, I understand. I will do as you wish."

In the previous dynasty, prodigies were valued, but today, prodigies are valued even more!

Yang Yi of the Taizong Dynasty could write at the age of seven and write poems at the age of ten. At the age of eleven, he wrote a poem in front of Zhao Guangyi, Taizong of the Song Dynasty, "I wish to uphold the loyalty and integrity and establish a holy dynasty for life." Cai Boyi during the Zhenzong period of the Song Dynasty, When he was three years old, he ran to take part in the boy examination. In the palace examination, he recited a poem written by Song Zhenzong. Song Zhenzong was so happy that he immediately wrote a poem for Cai Boqi and gave his secretary provincial straight characters. He also served as the accompanying reader for the then crown prince Song Renzong Zhao Zhen.

The famous Yan Shu, Sima Guang, and Wang Anshi are all child prodigies. Although Wang Anshi wrote about Shang Zhongyong, in fact he was also a child prodigy. "Anshi was fond of reading, and he will never forget it once he sees it. His writing is as fast as flying. If it is not done by accident at first, it is finished. Everyone who sees it is impressed by its subtlety."

These were prodigies in the liberal arts. During the Shaoxing period, there was a prodigy named Zhu Huchen who was a martial arts graduate. He participated in the martial arts competition at the age of nine, and scored nine out of ten in the archery competition. He explained "Sun Tzu's Art of War" in public without any stage fright. He was specially awarded the number one martial arts champion by Zhao Jiumei on the spot. He is also the only non-adult martial arts champion in history.

Compared with these predecessors, the magic that Bai Gui showed at this time was slightly inferior.

So although Mrs. Bai Li was surprised, she didn't think it was strange.

…

The peace talks that were hotly debated by both the government and the public were still the Northern Expedition, which finally began to fade away as part of the Northern Expeditionary Army returned to Beijing.

Shaoxing peace talks began.

The Song and Jin parties quickly reached an agreement: the Song Dynasty professed its vassalage to the Jin State, and the Jin State canonized Zhao Gou, King Kang of Song Dynasty, as emperor, and divided the territory. The east was bounded by the middle flow of the Huaihe River, and the west was bounded by Dashan Pass. The south belonged to the Song Dynasty, and the north belonged to the Song Dynasty. At the same time, the Song Dynasty paid an annual tribute of 250,000 taels of silver and silk to the Jin Kingdom. Starting from the twelfth year of Shaoxing, the tribute was transferred to Sizhou every spring.

The ruling and opposition parties quickly began to curse.

But these things have nothing to do with the common people of Lin'an.

Important matters in the court are the business of the Gonggun princes, and it is not the turn of the common people to take care of them. If group discussion was really feasible, there wouldn't be so many tragedies.

At the same time, Lin'an Market immediately showed a prosperous scene as the Northern Expeditionary Army returned south and their troops returned to the court.

Bai's Cloth Shop followed Bai Gui's suggestion and purchased a large amount of willow wood at a low price as mourning items, but did not sell them and only used them as gifts for mourning clothes.

This incident spread widely.

Not only do you have lizi, but you also have face. Bai's Buzhuang has a prosperous gate and prosperous fortune, making money every day.

Although he was jealous of some of his peers, because of Bai Gui's reputation, people even went to court to hear about the deeds of this little prodigy, and his future was promising. Therefore, colleagues in the cloth business did not dare to be too troublesome and could only let it go.

Anyway, Bai's Boutique couldn't take all the remaining profits, it was just a coincidence. When the willow trees near Lin'an were transported to Lin'an, this advantage was gone.

It can be regarded as the first wave of dividends.

But just this wave of dividends has made Bai's Cloth Shop make a lot of money, and its property has more than doubled. In the entire Lin'an City, he is considered a famous businessman.

"Zhi said: Bai's son from Bai's Buzhuang, Qinghe Street, Lin'an, has the wisdom of a hundred dragons, and the wisdom of Ji's son. The imperial examination of this child prodigy is about to take place. I have specially given it to him. I hope that Mr. Bai will go to the palace to take the test..."

The eunuch came to Bai's cloth village and announced the decree.

The wisdom of a hundred dragons comes from "Kong Congzi·Gongsun Long": "Although the wisdom of a hundred dragons is not as good as the one before me." It is a metaphor for people who are very smart.

"Little prodigy, take the order."

The eunuch smiled and handed the imperial edict to Bai Gui, who was standing opposite and bowed.

"I would like to thank Your Majesty for your kindness."

Bai Gui remained calm and stepped forward to receive the imperial edict.

He had been the Prime Minister for thousands of years, and he had seen this small scene before.

It is not inconceivable that Zhao Jiumei heard about his reputation and specially announced an order for him to take the exam.

Child prodigy has always been regarded as auspicious.

Now that the Song Dynasty was ceding territory to pay compensation, Zhao Gou's face was disgraced. Since he failed in military affairs, he turned to culture and education. It happened that he became famous during this time, and this imperial edict was issued to his family.

Furthermore, this imperial edict can only be regarded as the central edict and the emperor's private edict. It's not that valuable, and it will be announced if it is promulgated at will.

In addition, since the Sui and Tang Dynasties, merchants were not allowed to take the scientific examination. This was broken in the Song Dynasty. In the Song Dynasty, merchants could take the scientific examination, and there were many merchants who became Jinshi.

After the eunuch left, Bai's father and Bai's mother were so excited that they couldn't help themselves.

This is an imperial edict given by the emperor himself, allowing his son to participate in the child prodigy department.

"I will spend a lot of money to hire a famous teacher from Lin'an City for you."

"This is something that will bring glory to our Bai family..."

"No carelessness!"

Father Bai calmed down, pondered for a while, and made a decision.

The price for hiring an ordinary private school teacher is not high, and you can do it with just a few copper coins. But now if you want to hire a famous teacher, the price must be at least hundreds of dollars. Because most of these gentlemen are not ordinary people, or they have been officials, or they are famous teachers who have taught Jinshi before.

However, despite the high cost, if Bai Gui wins the election and has an official status, it will be worth the money spent.

"Thank you father."

Bai Gui nodded and agreed.

Even though he has a lot of Confucian classics, the interpretations of some Confucian classics will be biased in different times, so he invites famous teachers to come over and correct them, and he should be a prodigy to be sure.

In addition, although he no longer had much interest in participating in the imperial examination. But the benefits of participating in the Prodigy Section are visible to the naked eye.

First, after becoming an official, some bad things can no longer be traced to their family. Second, it can stabilize his parents. His parents were also afraid of hurting Zhongyong, so they urged him to study, which delayed his cultivation. But if he passes the exam and becomes an official, his parents in this world will no longer urge him to study...

There are many benefits.

It's easy to do something, so why not do it? !