Hearing Liu Jin's answer, Tong Yuan was stunned, and then he readily admitted that he had lost this round. He thought that the Nine Palaces Grid was very difficult, but he did not expect that the other party reported the answer all at once.
"That's what happened~"
The young man who was calculating on the side heard Liu Jin's words and quickly calculated. He soon felt relieved and his eyes lit up.
The other diners on the second floor were silently calculating in their hearts, and suddenly they all looked relieved. It was not difficult to know the answer, but it would be difficult to calculate it if they didn't know the answer.
"What's the second match?"
Huang Jinquan looked at his two companions. This was a bad start. They lost the first game. If they lost again in the second game, the three of them would kneel down in front of everyone and become their disciples.
"We absolutely cannot lose this second game."
Huang Jinquan said to the two of them very firmly, while Tong Yuan and Lin Shuhong also nodded slightly.
"Scholars cultivate themselves, manage their families, govern their country and bring peace to the world. They are loyal to the king at the top and govern the people at the bottom. When it comes to governing a country and bringing peace to the world, it is natural that they have to understand the world and the country. Otherwise, how can we talk about governing a country and bringing peace to the world."
Liu Jin smiled, thought for a moment and spoke slowly.
"This second competition is about the world and the country. Do you have any objections?"
"Okay~"
Huang Jinquan and the other two friends looked at each other, nodded slightly, and agreed.
This classic sentence about cultivating one's moral character, regulating one's family, and governing the country is from "Book of Rites": In ancient times, those who wished to bring virtue to the world first governed their country; those who wished to govern their country, first regulated their families; those who wished to regulate their families, first regulated their families;
cultivate one's body;
If you want to cultivate your 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 know it, and knowing it lies in studying things. After studying things, you will know them, and after knowing them, your thoughts will be sincere, and your thoughts will be sincere.
After sincerity, the heart is upright, after the heart is upright, the body is cultivated, after the body is cultivated, the family is in order, the family is in order, then the country is governed, and the country is governed, then the world is peaceful.
This is the content of "Great Learning" among the Four Books and Five Classics. Any scholar can memorize this paragraph by heart, and even the annotations of this paragraph by famous people in the past dynasties can be memorized.
Huang Jinquan and the other three were still a bit conceited. The first competition could be said to be something they were not good at. Although they lost, they were not convinced.
"The world and the country?"
"What an interesting young man."
When the middle-aged man with extraordinary talents heard the content of the second-level competition, he immediately showed a strong interest. In his opinion, arithmetic is a trivial matter after all. The country and the world are what he cares about most, and he really wants to
See what unique insights this young man in front of you can have about his family, country and world.
"Then I have a question. Let's start with a simpler one. First, let's talk about the provinces that our Ming Dynasty consists of. Let's talk about them one by one from north to south."
Liu Jin smiled and asked the question. This question must be a sub-question. The Ming Dynasty followed the provincial system of the Yuan Dynasty. Of course, the correct title at this time should be the Provincial Envoy Secretary.
"This is easy, I'll do it."
When Lin Shuhong heard this, he immediately stood up and said: "Our Ming Dynasty consists of two capitals and thirteen provinces, from north to south, roughly North Zhili, Shandong, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Henan, Sichuan, Huguang, South Zhili, Jiangxi,
"In addition, there are several important components including the Seven Guards of Guanxi, the Military and Civilian Marshal's Mansion of Oris, and the Onan River Guard."
After Lin Shuhong finished speaking, he also smiled slightly proudly. Because he likes to read geography books, he still has a very clear understanding of the composition of the Ming Dynasty.
"The answer is very accurate."
Liu Jin nodded after hearing this, then thought for a moment and said, "Then where is the place north of the Great Wall?"
"Where is this place west of Kansai?"
"Where are these two places south of Guangxi and Yunnan-Guizhou?"
"What are the places east of the East China Sea?"
Liu Jin sent out four questions one after another, corresponding to the four directions of southeast, northwest and northwest.
"Naturally, north of the Great Wall are Tatar and Oara, west of Guanxi are the ancient lands of the Western Regions, Guangdong, Guangxi, and south of Yunnan and Guizhou are the Shiwanda Mountains, south of the Shiwanda Mountains are Annan and Siam, and to the east of the East China Sea are the Japanese and
Korea."
When Lin Shuhong heard this, he smiled and replied.
"The geography is pretty good, and I know a lot about it."
Liu Jin couldn't help but praise Lin Shuhong. It was very rare for a person who read the Four Books and Five Classics to be able to clearly distinguish the southeast from the northwest, and also roughly know some information outside the Ming Dynasty.
"Then do you know what is the place north of Tatar and Oara?"
"What is the place to the west of this ancient land in the Western Regions?"
"This Annan, what is the place south of Siam?"
"This Korea, what is the place east of Japan?"
"What are the products of these places, and what is the human geography like?"
However, Liu Jin did not intend to let the other party go just like this, and asked several questions in succession.
"West of the Western Regions? Annan, south of Siam? Oara, north of Tatar? Korea, east of Japan?"
When the diners on the second floor heard this, they were all dumbfounded, including the middle-aged man with an extraordinary appearance. His mind went blank and he didn't know any information about these places at all.
"This... we, the Ming Dynasty, are a huge country, located in the center of the world. The north is a land of bitter cold, the west is a desert, the south is full of miasma, and the east is a rough sea."
"Only I, the great Ming Dynasty, occupy the center of the universe, with abundant resources, natural treasures, and outstanding people. Why do we need to know too much about the barbaric land outside the outer world? We only need to know a few things. You are deliberately making things difficult. I can also ask you the same question.
Well, what are the places going east from the East China Sea, where is the end of this sea, and where is the end of the east sea?"
"Can you tell?"
"If you can tell me, I am willing to admit defeat. Even if you win this round, I will kowtow to you on the spot."
Lin Shuhong hesitated for a moment, then thought about it and said very righteously.
"Well said, this is deliberately making things difficult. How can you keep asking like this? No one can say that he knows all the things in the world, and no one can say that he has truly traveled the entire world. How big is the world?
No one knows."
As soon as Lin Shuhong finished speaking, some diners on the second floor spoke out in support. When he said that the Great Ming Dynasty is the center of the world, everyone present had a look of pride on their faces. Apparently many people agreed with Lin Shuhong's words.
There is no need for us to know too much information about the alien wilderness.
"Well said, my people of the Ming Dynasty should be like this."
The middle-aged man nodded slightly when he heard Lin Shuhong's words. The Ming Dynasty should be the best in the world. As for the other countries outside the Ming Dynasty, they are all bitter cold, desert, and barbaric lands, and they are not worthy of attention at all.