Xu Yan cleared his throat and said loudly:

"Shaanxi is in the upper reaches of the world, and those who control the life of the world are also in Shaanxi, and those who are Jews are in the head, and they will die if they suffer from the situation in the head. The Hetao looks south to Guanzhong, the head of the world, the one who gets the Hetao walks the world, and those who lose the Hetao lose the world, the Hetao is safe, the world is safe, the Hetao is chaotic, the world is chaotic, the world is chaotic. ”

This is the opening introduction, which is equivalent to breaking the topic of the eight-strand article.

Xu Yan basically explained the importance of the Hetao.

Lei Li bowed his head slightly, motioning for Xu Yan to continue.

Xu Yan received encouragement from Grandmaster Lei, so he continued: "Stabilizing the Hetao is not a day's work. When Tuntian guards the key points, operates attentively, step by step. ”

"First, the country is in the region, the northwest is not peaceful, Guanfu, Pingliang, Beiping, Liaoyou and Yiyu are connected, once there is an emergency, the transfer of troops to Su, the matter is difficult to do. Please discuss the accumulation of corn in the electric field, in order to show the long-term rule. ”

"Second, it is advisable to select important ministers, who are both civil and military, practice border affairs, and divide the key points of the town to control all the fans. If it returns, treat it with sincerity and virtue; Its rebellion is also known as righteousness, showing its authority, specializing in grace and faith, showing its affection from afar, not provoking the border, and suspecting people from afar; Don't even go into military trouble, to work China. Where the desert is not critical, destroy its cities and relocate its people to the interior......"

In fact, when Jiajing was 25 years old, Zeng Milling proposed to "recover the Hetao". Emperor Jiajing strongly supported this at that time. However, just two years later, Emperor Daojun suddenly changed his attitude in the first month of the 27th year of Jiajing and criticized Zeng Miao. Of course, this has the factor of Yan Song's political struggle with Xia Yan, after all, Xia Yan and Zeng Yan have a very good personal relationship. Striking Zeng Milling is striking Xia Yan.

However, the deeper factor is that the military expenditure of the Ming Dynasty is urgent, and the cost of completely recovering the Hetao by relying on expeditionary warfare is too high. If it succeeds, it's fine, but if it fails, the Ming Dynasty will fall into a situation from which there will be no return.

Emperor Jiajing didn't want to gamble, but he once supported the recovery of Hetao, and he couldn't get over his face, so he threw the pot to Zeng and Xia.

So far, no one dares to talk about the recovery of the Hetao.

Although it is not the twenty-seventh year of Jiajing, Emperor Jiajing still supports the recovery of the Hetao.

But Xu Yan decided not to leave a handle just in case.

Therefore, the strategy he proposed is relatively conservative, which is basically the Ming generation's practice of relying on the Great Wall of Tuntian to seek stability, and in the final analysis, it is the Tuntian military household system pioneered by Zhu Yuanzhang, Taizu of the Ming Dynasty. In this case, even if Emperor Jiajing turns his face in the future, it is impossible to slap his ancestors in the face.

Xu Yan is naturally safe.

There is no way for Xu Yan to be so cautious.

Emperor Jiajing was the most mean and unkind among the emperors of the Ming Dynasty. At every turn, he will be the minister of the court staff and behead the civil and military officials.

The most important thing in Jiajing is to pay attention to personal safety, otherwise you don't know how to die.

So Xu Yan still has to leave a way back for himself.

When it should be radical, it must be conservative.

Xu Yan's "Strategy" was clearly organized and clear, and Lei Li naturally appreciated it when he heard it.

He deserves to be a student of Qian Xushan, and he really has the style of a teacher.

At this point, among the five people, only Zhang Yinian has not yet made a decision.

Seeing Xu Yan glance at him contemptuously, Zhang Yinian only felt insulted, and after saluting Lei Li, he spoke impassionedly.

To be honest, his strategy is good, but good things are afraid to be compared. Compared with Xu Yan, what he did was inferior.

Grandmaster Lei directly selected Xu Yan and Zhang Yinian to pass. As for the third person, it is not that there is no chance at all, but it needs to be compared with other candidates who have not passed directly before making a decision.

However, Xu Yan has achieved an overwhelming advantage in terms of momentum, and Zhang Yinian seems to have felt this suppression, and his gaze at Xu Yan has become even more resentful.

As soon as he came out of Fuxue, Xu Yan returned directly to the Tailai Inn. Although he has passed the interview, the final ranking has not yet been announced.

He thought that the list would not be announced for a while, and there was no point in waiting here.

Not long after Xu Yan returned to the inn, Chen Maoli returned.

As soon as he saw Xu Yan, he was excited.

"Brother Shi Xian, the question of the Great Grandmaster is good!"

Chen Maoli took a deep breath and said, "What a good one, why is it an Anhetao, this is a hot topic in the court today. Big and small, the cabinet ministers are all fighting for each other, and I didn't think that you and I would have the opportunity to comment on one or two. ”

Although Xu Yan couldn't bear to dampen his enthusiasm, he thought for a moment and said, "Brother Xuqing, it's just a matter of making a decision in front of the great grandmaster on this topic. Don't say too much outside, you will lose too much. ”

Chen Maoli was curious: "What can't be said about this topic?" The courtiers are all singing from you, and I will appear on the stage. ”

Xu Yanxin said, How should I explain it to you? Tell you that it won't be long before a courtier will be imprisoned and killed by Emperor Jiajing for talking about recovering the Hetao?

"In short, it's better to be careful, so as not to give someone a handle."

With Chen Maoli's gossip attribute and his big mouth, Xu Yan was really worried that something would happen to him.

"Brother Shi Xian, the Great Grandmaster is so fond of strategy, it seems that we need to practice more."

Confucian classics and art are obviously the top priority, and the policy treatises are generally only supplementary topics.

But since Lei Li prefers strategy, there is nothing wrong with them putting a little more effort into this aspect.

After all, although they have passed the college examination and obtained the fame of showing talent, they may not be able to participate in the college examination steadily.

This is because there is also a selection examination called the subject examination before the college examination. Only students who have passed the examination can participate in the township examination.

Of course, there are exceptions, and that is the top three in the college examination.

The top three are equivalent to the proud protégés hand-picked by the great grandmaster, which is equivalent to escorting, so naturally there is no need to take the scientific examination.

Xu Yan nodded and said, "Brother Lu Qing is right, what is cultivated in strategy is vision, and the great master wants us to open our eyes to the world." ”

"Open your eyes to the world..."

Chen Maoli read silently in his mouth, and he was stunned for a while.

"It's a good sentence to open your eyes to see the world, and it's really good to see Brother Shixian."

Chen Maoli said excitedly: "They all say that scholars are useless, that's because they are self-contained, reading dead books, and their minds are full of Confucian classics." But if you want to become an official in the court, you can't study hard. We must think about the application of the world, and we must think about the stability of the country. ”

After a pause, he continued: "Only by opening your eyes and looking at the world can you understand the crux of the problem. Isn't that what politicians need? ”

Xu Yan nodded and praised: "It's really rare that Brother Lu Qing can figure this out. The Great Master wants us to become capable of governing the country, not rotten Confucianism. ”

I have to say that Lei Li's standing is high enough, which Xu Yan really admires.

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