After the end of the palace examination, for the candidates, it is a period of complete relaxation, they finally do not have to go through the unbearable career of scholars, countless days and nights of hard study, endless physical and mental double torture, the disappointment of their families, the ridicule of others, all this, from the moment they hand in the papers, they will never experience again, because they have successfully stepped into the highest level of the Ming Dynasty - the scholar class. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

From this moment on, they are officials, the most envied, the most expected, the most desired, the officials from Jinshi, the vast majority of them do not have great ideals and lofty ambitions, what they hope is to be an official, live a good life, bully and bully those who have bullied them before, and express their happiness for the lord of a county.

It is the spring breeze that is proud, and the most relaxed and happy period of time in the next few years is now.

They haven't thought about the things they need to face after becoming officials, the things they need to experience, whether they still have such a relaxed and happy state of mind, such a proud mind after the aura of the new science and technology jinshi expires, it is all uncertain, for them that the purgatory they think has ended is actually the paradise they think they have countless times in the years to come.

However, all this is unconvincing now, whether it is for the scholars, or for the marking officers who are reading the papers, or for the Jinyi guards who are watching everything with wide eyes, it is meaningless.

The main examiner of this palace examination is the university scholar Xia Yan, the university scholar Yan Song and the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Sun Chengen respectively serve as the deputy marking officer, and the rest are the same marking officer, because it is just a policy, so the speed of marking is naturally faster, and it is not very strict for some standard cards, and it does not need to be dethroned, it is just a rearrangement of rankings.

Xia Yan stared at every volume in his hand, looking at every strategy, his head was full of Zheng Guang's strategy, compared with the strategy that could attract him, the Ziyue Shiyun he was looking at now was not attractive, and it was not enough for him to give the highest evaluation to these volumes - a circle.

According to the marking regulations, the nine examiners have the right to judge the quality of the papers, an examination paper should be read by all nine examiners, and after the evaluation, and then make the final judgment, the highest evaluation is a circle, the second class is a triangle, the first class is a point, again is a vertical bar, the last class is a fork, if you want to get one of the three precious places and the second place of the first class, you must get eight circles, if there is more than one triangle or point, It will definitely fall into the top three.

And for the three places of the first class jinshi, it is estimated that it is possible to get it only when all nine circles are in hand, not only the content of the strategy, but also calligraphy, as well as the neatness of the volume, the overall perception, etc., the evaluation is quite detailed, quite nitpicking, of course, they don't dare to mess around, because if the emperor is not good, he will personally check the test papers, Ming Taizu often does this thing, and there are many imperial examination cases, killing many examiners.

As for His Majesty Jiajing, he generally only looks at the top ten volumes, but it is difficult to say whether he will suddenly want to read other volumes, after all, the sacred heart is unpredictable, and Emperor Jiajing is notoriously fickle and suspicious.

Xia Yan has read more than ten volumes in a row that expound that although the country is warlike and permanent, all of them are marked on the triangle or point, and enter the top three, even if there are eight circles, he will evaluate them as points, so that they are not allowed to enter the top two and be able to choose Shu Jishi, he is not good at speculating on the emperor's intentions, to be honest, such a fickle mind, and few courtiers can understand, so Xia Yan is still a firm main battle faction, and when he sees the volumes of the main and faction, he will all knock down the third and second ranks, and when he sees the volumes of the main battle, he will give the circle, The worst is also the triangle.

It wasn't until a familiar scroll appeared in front of him that Xia Yan's eyes lit up, the familiar frontispiece and the assertion on the first page made Xia Yan instantly understand that this was Zheng Guang's scroll, eight eye-catching circles were drawn on it, so that Xia Yan understood that he was the one who decided his life, and he had already seen almost the first page, so he skipped it directly and went to see the next strategy.

Zheng Guang's reason for opposing the war against Mongolia is that the country is in difficulty, there is a lack of elite soldiers and strong generals, and it is impossible to start a war on two fronts at the same time. How many mobile troops do I have? How many soldiers and horses can I send to guard the Hetao? Can it be defeated?

If I win the first game, can I win the second game? What evidence do we have to conclude that I will not try again and again to retake the Loop? We understand the value of the Loop, but I don't understand it? We can mobilize tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to recapture the Hetao, will we send 100,000 iron horsemen to the south to recapture the Hetao? Don't underestimate Mongolia's war mobilization ability, every one of their young men is combat effectiveness, the war never carries baggage, it is completely to nourish the war with war, on this point, their mobilization ability is ten times that of the Ming Dynasty, I can easily mobilize 100,000 iron cavalry, but we are difficult to concentrate the strength of 100,000 soldiers and horses.

They can mobilize 100,000 fast and elite cavalry, but we can only mobilize less than 100,000 foot soldiers, the speed and combat power are not as good as the Mongols, there are not many cities in the Hetao corridor to defend for us, we are bound to face the situation of field battles, even if the border army of the Ming Dynasty is commanded by Governor Zeng, the elite are all out, can they survive the first time, can they survive the second and third times? If you can, the combat effectiveness of the border army is really impressive, and it is debatable what happened to so many defeats before!

Also, the Ming Dynasty needs a lot of food, weapons, equipment, people, etc., to prepare for war, it takes at least a month, and the Mongols only need to send people to the tribes to announce the Khan's orders, and the tribes quickly gather young cavalry to go to the destination specified by the Khan, because it is the grassland, or cavalry, the speed of their assembly is far beyond the Ming, even if the Ming also assembles cavalry, it is not as light and fast as the Mongols.

In this way, a time difference of tens of days appeared, and in the first battle we could launch a surprise attack on the Hetao, but what about after that? If the Mongols fail, they will swallow the bitter fruit and not come to trouble? Will I sit idly by and accept the most convenient attack on the Central Plains, and the springboard for the Central Plains will be taken away and indifferent? Is the outcome of the war more likely that Altan will continue to attack and must retake the loop, or will it be more likely that nothing will be done? How many wars will I start? How many cavalry can the Ming Dynasty withstand?

What does it take to fight a war? It's logistics, it's finance, it's food, it's bows, it's arrows, it's people's husbands, it's mules and horses, what do these come from? From money, what does Daming's money come from? Taxation! Where does Daming's tax revenue come from? Southeast! The most important and largest financial source of the Ming Dynasty, the southeast!

Seventy percent of the Ming Dynasty's finances are concentrated in the southeastern provinces, and the taxes in the southeast have always been the lifeblood of the Ming Dynasty, and now, the lifeline is held in the hands of others.

The comprehensive national strength of the Ming Dynasty is stronger than that of the Mongols, the Mongols are only strong in military strength, but whether it is culture or finance or science and technology, they are far behind the Ming Dynasty, and the holders are just a strong military force, compared with the comprehensive development of the Ming Dynasty, the Mongols can not even be regarded as a country, just a tribe, occasionally out of a capable ruler, in order to become a whole, once the ruler dies, there is no successor, they will quickly split, decline, unlike the Ming Dynasty, It can be inherited completely.

Zheng Guang felt that in terms of the current financial situation of the Ming Dynasty, it could support a complex war, but it could not support the chain reaction caused by the war of the complex set, what the Ming Dynasty had to do was to pacify the Japanese troubles at the fastest speed, sort out the southeast, restore taxes, increase military investment, carry out military reforms, and enhance the combat effectiveness of the border army. Directly rely on the Hetao to enter the hinterland of Mongolia and reproduce the glory of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty thousands of years ago!

Feng Wolf Juxu, Khan fled at night, Mobei decisive battle, the end of the Huns is the end of the Mongols!

Therefore, before that, we can't start the war lightly, especially not to attack the Hetao on a large scale so that I can perceive our true intentions, what we want to adopt should be another active defensive strategy, before a full-scale counteroffensive, do our best to weaken the strength of the Mongols, and lay the foundation for the subsequent elimination of the Mongols in one fell swoop.

Zheng Guang also put forward his own opinion, the elite cavalry into pieces, large-scale deep into the interior of Mongolia, burning, looting, destroying the Mongolian tribes, and carrying forward the sixteen-character mantra of "the enemy advances and I retreat, the enemy is stationed and disturbs, the enemy is tired and I fight, and the enemy retreats and I chase", so that the Mongols must be exhausted and unable to inflict a threatening blow to the Ming Dynasty.

At that time, the Mongol tribe suffered heavy losses, the population of cattle and horses suffered heavy losses, the Mongol tribes will inevitably move inward on a large scale, and the Mongols' combat mobilization ability will decline on a large scale, so that they have no place to cry.

In this way, even if they can't defeat the Mongols, they can inadvertently lose a lot of combat effectiveness!