In the long imperial examination system, Ricci had two scholars, namely, Tang Silk in Chenghua period of Ming Dynasty and Wu Zanji in Qianlong period of Qing Dynasty. Tang Juan followed his uncle from Qiongshan to Chengmai since childhood, and then settled in Xiangtou Village, Ruixi Town. He can be regarded as an out-and-out Ruixi person. Its descendants have multiplied and developed in Xiangtou Village, and some have separated from Jinjiang and other places. Up to now, there have been hundreds. Wu Zanji's village, Xialiao Village, although it belongs to Jin 'an Farm today, was under the jurisdiction of Ruixi before Jin 'an Farm was built in the 1970s.
Ricci people respect learning and education. In old China, Ricci No.10 High School was the highest institution in China. The elders of past dynasties spared no expense in hiring famous teachers and made great achievements in running schools: No.1 and No.10 high schools are one of the earliest private schools in Chengmai County. When Ruixi was built, ten rows of shrines were built. Ten rows of senior high schools have broken the model of "one village, one school and one teacher" and implemented compound class teaching. Establish ten villages and nine townships United University, and select students from all villages and townships to enroll. The school has set up a school board, which implements the principal system in teaching and management, teaching by grades and classes, with complete teaching facilities, advanced school-running concept and consciousness, which not only has the characteristics of the times, but also aims at recruiting talents through the imperial examination. Second, the glory of modern times. During the Republic of China, Zeng Qinglan from Qunzhuang and several patriotic students from Ruixi Village went to the Whampoa Military Academy to study, and contributed their strength to the country in the historical period of sudden changes. Third, the Japanese army invaded Qiong, and the Japanese army stationed in Ruixi, tearing down ten rows of shrines. No.10 Senior High School can't continue to run in the original site, but the elders, teachers and students of the whole school carry forward the spirit of patriotism and don't give in to the enemy's butcher knife. Teachers and students moved to Nanwen Village to continue their classes until the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, and the tenth row of high schools moved back to the original site to continue running schools. After the founding of New China, the government set up new schools, and Ten Row High Schools completed their historical mission.
The long-term prosperity of Ruixi market is mainly due to the intelligence and ability of Ruixi people. When people talk about Ricci people, they often say with admiration that Beng Xizi can do business as well as Shantou Zi in Guangdong and Wenzhou Zi in Zhejiang. Ricci people have courage, a keen eye for sizing up the situation, and understand the market. From south to north, they earn merchants from all directions.
The market is a place where people buy and sell each other and produce daily necessities, and it is also a place where businessmen can make use of it. Ricci people groped for development in the business life from generation to generation, made many snacks with local characteristics, and made them famous brands. Such as Ruizhi Zongzi, Ruixi beef jerky and Ruixi sausage. It is famous at home and abroad. These snacks have a huge industrial army. Solved the problems of food, clothing, housing and transportation for many people, and also created many wealthy businessmen. Single beef jerky processing, according to incomplete statistics, the town has hundreds of beef jerky workshops. All of them are processed in the traditional way, and the ingredients used are preservative-free, so that the products are full of color, flavor and high nutritional value, which is a veritable green food.
As the old saying goes, when the Japanese invaded China, the stronghold set up in Ricci was worth talking about. The stronghold is in the campus of Ruixi Middle School, and there is still a two-story tile house with civil structure in the stronghold. Locals call it "Japanese House". "Japan House" is a small building where the Japanese army cooperates with Japanese profiteer "Houxing Company". According to the investigation of literature and history personnel, many Japanese strongholds in our county have been destroyed because of their age, and only the Japanese strongholds in Ruixi are left. Up to now, the "Japan Building" has experienced ups and downs for more than half a century and has been seriously damaged. Fortunately, those high-quality Chinese fir trees are still intact. I hope the government will allocate funds for maintenance and protect this "Japanese building" as a cultural relic, which is an ironclad proof of Japan's invasion of China!