Originally, according to the previously established rules, the examiners were first asked to review the Thirty-Six Martial Arts Exam Papers.
The top ten were then selected from among them and sent to the Royal Study Room for His Majesty to hand-pick the number one scholar in martial arts, the second in the ranking in martial arts and the third most popular scholar in martial arts.
However, Ying Zheng attached great importance to the first martial arts examination, and he wanted to review all thirty-six papers himself.
Therefore, the original rules were changed.
Thirty-six papers for the Wu Jinshi Palace Examination were sent directly to the Imperial Study Room.
Ying Zheng, Chen Qilin, Fu Su, Li Si and Wang Ben got busy.
One more paper was cross-marked.
Soon, Chen Qilin's eyes were attracted by a paper. Sometimes he smiled, sometimes he frowned and thought...
As for whose paper it is exactly, I don’t know yet.
Because the names on the paper are all sealed.
This is not the Tiandao Tower. Chen Qilin doesn't want to spend Tiandao Points to see who it is. He really wants to know and just take off the seal later!
Seeing that his husband was so fascinated, Ying Zheng also came over.
He had just read a few strategy papers, and they could only be considered average, barely passing.
Ying Zheng also prepared to refresh his eyes.
"[On the Battle of Changping]
From a strategic perspective, this battle is not so much a battle between Qin and Zhao, but a strategic showdown between the two reform forces of "Shang Yang's Reform" and "Hu Fu Qiu She" to see who is the strongest reformer.
After two years of fierce fighting, the "Shang Yang's Reform" finally defeated the "Hufu Cavalry and Shooting".
From then on, the strong Zhao State was reduced to a weak state, which will never be able to stand up again, accelerating the process of strong Qin to unify the six countries."
"Cai!" When Ying Zheng saw this, he couldn't help but praise: "This man's discussion of Changping is clear and straightforward, and he hits the nail on the head and gets to the essence!"
Chen Qilin was startled and rolled his eyes at Ying Zheng.
Just read the paper and read it well. What are you talking about?
Ying Zheng saw his husband's eyes and felt slightly embarrassed. He smiled, said nothing and continued to read the paper.
“In the middle of the Warring States Period, various countries successively made reforms to become stronger.
Wei Wenhou of the Wei State was the first among the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period to implement reforms, reform politics, reward farming and warfare, build water conservancy, and develop the feudal economy.
Re-appointing Li Kui and Zhai Huang as prime ministers reformed the bad government; using Le Yang and Wu Qi as generals, the Wei state became the first to become strong and prosperous, and dominated the princes.
Later, other countries Chu, Han, Qi, Zhao, and Qin followed suit.
From another perspective, the wars between the vassal states during the Warring States Period were the battles over reform.
Which one is strong and which one is weak? The princes will prove it through war.
In the early days of King Wuling of Zhao, the State of Zhao was quite weak compared with other vassal states that had undergone reforms.
The ambitious King Wuling of Zhao greatly admired the Hu cavalry and believed that reforming the army with Hu-style cavalry and shooting was the most effective way to strengthen the army.
Therefore, King Wuling of Zhao issued the order of "Hu Clothing, Riding and Shooting" to imitate the Hu people's clothing, and use the Hu people's riding and shooting to train the army.
Before Hu Fu's cavalry and shooting, Zhao was repeatedly defeated by Qi, Qin, and Wei, and endured humiliation to cede territory.
After Hu Fu rode and shot, Zhao established a powerful army dominated by cavalry.
Successively, they destroyed the Zhongshan Kingdom, attacked the Xiongnu in the north, and conquered Linhu and Loufan in the west... Zhao Yiyue became the most powerful vassal state at that time.
Although King Wuling of Zhao's "Hufu Cavalry and Shooting" had an immediate effect on the reform of the military field, it was only a temporary solution rather than a permanent solution.
Looking to the east, it is not as rich as Qi, and looking to the west, it is not as profound as Qin's reforms.
Qin's Shang Yang's reform was very different from Zhao's purely military reform.
Shang Yang's reform grasped the fundamentals of enriching the country and strengthening its army to enhance national strength, abolish the old system, and create a new system to promote the social progress of Qin and promote economic development.
This allowed Qin to truly achieve a rich country and a strong army.
Compare the two:
The reform of Zhao State's "Hu Fu Cavalry and Shooting" took a short time and achieved quick results;
Qin’s ‘Shang Yang’s Reform’ lasted a long time and was slow to produce results.
After twenty years of hard work by Qin Xiaogong, it finally achieved results;
Later, after twenty years of struggle by King Qin Huiwen, through a series of efforts such as seeking to move eastward, negotiating diplomatic relations, leveling the canal, and conquering Bashu, Qin truly became rich and powerful.
The most important measure was to capture Bashu.
The land of Bashu not only provided strategic support for Qin to sweep through the six kingdoms, but also enabled Qin to occupy the strategic commanding heights in the war to destroy Chu.
There has been a saying from ancient times that "if you win Shu, you will win Chu, and if you win Chu the whole world will be united".
War is a continuation of state affairs, and there is no such thing as war for the sake of war.
The Battle of Changping was fought by the Qin Dynasty. Zhao mobilized the whole country to carry out a strategic decisive battle, which not only sacrificed the lives of a large number of soldiers, but also greatly consumed the comprehensive national strength of the two countries.
Although the Zhao State was powerful in terms of military strength, its fatal flaw was that its national strength was not as good as that of the Qin State, which became more and more prominent in this protracted war of attrition.
After the Battle of Changping, the Qin State was able to continue to fight and even unify the world. The fundamental reason was that the country was strong.
On the other hand, Zhao State was unable to recover after more than ten years of rest.
The great showdown in Changping between the ‘Hu Fu Cavalry and Shooting’ and ‘Shang Yang’s Reform’ was the last decisive battle of the two hundred years of reform in various countries during the Warring States Period.
In this battle, Shang Yang's reform acted as a winner and helped the profoundly reformed Qin Empire achieve unification."
When Chen Qilin saw this, he thought it was a nod.
The upper part of the examination paper is all about the historical and strategic discussion of Wu Jinshi's battle against Changping and Qin Neng's victory.
Chen Qilin continued to read the lower part of the examination paper, while Wu Jinshi discussed the Battle of Changping from a tactical level.
The power of Qin was far stronger than that of Zhao. At first, the Qin army did not attack, but adopted a strategy of confronting Zhao. In the end, Zhao could not hold it back and was short of food.
For this reason, King Zhao asked Qi to borrow grain, but Qi, the pro-Qin faction in power, refused to borrow. This was also the success of Qin's diplomatic strategy of making distant contacts and attacking closely.
Qin gradually forced King Zhao to temporarily change his generals before the national strength was exhausted, so he reluctantly abandoned the famous general Lian Po who was more defensive, and used Zhao Kuo instead.
Zhao Kuo followed the orders of King Zhao, changed Lian Po's defense deployment, replaced generals, and organized an attack.
This was a huge gamble that Zhao Guo had to make.
Qin Ze secretly replaced the famous general Bai Qi as the commander. Bai Qi targeted Zhao Kuo's weakness in eagerness for victory, adopted a series of tactical strategies such as feigning defeat and retreating, luring the enemy out of their positions, dividing and encircling them, and annihilating them, and finally won the war.
Zhao was completely crippled by Qin Changping in a battle...
Then, Wu Jinshi added:
The reason why Bai Qi killed 400,000 Zhao Jiang soldiers; and the reason why Bai Qi did not take advantage of the great victory to attack Zhao in one fell swoop.
Finally, Wu Jinshi also wrote down his thoughts on how he would fight this battle if he were the coach of the Qin army, and summarized...
After Chen Qilin read it, he picked up his brush and wrote three words directly on the examination paper:
Superior!
He handed the examination papers to Qin Shihuang.
Ying Zheng also wrote:
Superior!
After seeing it, Fusu, Li Si and Wang Ben were also very surprised and commented in the same way:
Superior!
After several hours of reviewing, Ying Zheng, Chen Qilin and the others finally reviewed all thirty-six Wu Jinshi exam papers and completed the rankings.
Successfully selected Wu champion, Wu champion and Wu Tanhua.
However, the seal on the name has not yet been lifted.
Ying Zheng looked at Wu Zhuangyuan's policy discussion with great anticipation and said:
"Someone, please remove the seal on my name and let me see how talented I am to write this volume of policy?!"