The top three candidates in the imperial examination were selected by the emperor himself.
This choice does not necessarily have to be sincere, it may also be a mutual compromise or exchange of interests.
Wang Xu was born in the Zhu Party, but he has never been to the dock. He is just like a lone ranger and cannot be regarded as a core member of the Zhu Party.
From Zhu Dang's point of view, it was impossible for him to exchange interests with the emperor and let the emperor choose him as the number one scholar.
Wang Xu has no regrets about this result, because Zhu Dang belongs to a wealthy family. It is not easy to get the approval of these people, and it is inevitable to have to work hard.
Wang Xu was used to being idle and couldn't stand discipline, so he always felt that it was impossible for him to get the top prize.
Looking back at it now, it’s a bit hard to say. Zhu Dang cannot give up benefits for him, but he can prove his worth by himself.
"Pingmance!"
Wang Xu's eyes flickered as he looked at the rice paper in front of him, as if he saw the hope of becoming the number one scholar.
"In terms of strength, the demon clan is first, the human clan is second, the dragon clan is third, and the barbarian clan is fourth. If the human clan and the dragon clan add up to one demon clan, then the two barbarian clans add up to one human clan. The human clan
Therefore, we were unable to march south, not because we could not defeat the barbarians, but because we were afraid of giving the demon tribe an opportunity, so we were restrained.
In terms of overall strength, the barbarians are much worse than the humans. They can only compete with the humans by hiding in the mountains and relying on natural barriers such as marsh gas, poisonous mist, snakes, insects and beasts.
Ancient people did not know that poisonous gas and methane are produced due to the fermentation of microorganisms on fallen leaves, but modern people like me know.
In fact, the way to eliminate methane is very simple. Cut down trees and burn forests. As long as a fire is set down, these things can be done. In the past, when the land of Gansu and Shaanxi was developed, it was burned all the way."
Wang Xu thought like this and wrote: "The overall comparison between humans and barbarians is like adults and children. Humans cannot conquer the barbarians south. In addition to worrying about the gains of monster clans, the biggest disadvantage is that the poisonous miasma is rampant in the Hundred Thousand Mountains."
, the human race is acclimated to it.
If we want to pacify the barbarians, the first enemy we must face is not the barbarians, but the poisonous miasma in the mountains.
The poisonous miasma may look scary, but it is actually just a poisonous gas naturally fermented by old fallen leaves and animal excrement over time.”
Wang Xu used as simple words as possible to explain the general idea that fire attack can break the poisonous miasma in Pingman Strategy.
Later, he wrote again: "Unlike Kyushu, the barbarians did not have a unified dynasty. Instead, they ruled in a tribal way, combining shamans and temples. Once the human race marched south, once they invaded in large numbers, the barbarian tribes
They will unite and form a coalition to jointly resist the human race. After a long battle, the monster race will inevitably benefit.
On the contrary, if a small number of elite soldiers are the main force, and the barbarian tribes adopt a subtle and silent strategy to encroach step by step, and the barbarian tribes are both united and antagonistic to each other, it will be difficult to form a large coalition to fight the human race.
In this way, we can concentrate our superior forces, use force and economic means to drive a wedge between the various barbarian tribes, and eliminate and divide each barbarian tribe one by one."
After writing about the methods to deal with the poisonous miasma, Wang Xu wrote about how to successfully fight the battle against the barbarians without the poisonous miasma.
To fight a war, you must first have soldiers. Here he recommended mainly using Jiaozhou soldiers. Jiaozhou is the human area closest to the barbarians. Jiaozhou soldiers have rich experience in jungle warfare.
In jungle confrontation, they are not as good as the barbarians, but relying on the sharpness of human weapons, they are not much worse than the barbarian soldiers.
As for how to divide the barbarian tribes so that they cannot reach a consensus, the strategy Wang Xu gave was the same method used by the white people when they invaded the Americas.
When white people discovered America and prepared to colonize the Americas, they had to face millions of Indians.
These Indians are divided into thousands of tribes, large and small. Although they are a whole, they hate each other and fight each other for their own territory and power.
At that time, the white people simply did not have enough troops to defeat millions of Indians, so they thought of a way, which was to provoke a civil war among the Indians.
These people first used trade as a means to deal with some weak tribes to strengthen the power of the weak tribes, and then fanned the flames of the strong tribes and encouraged the strong tribes to destroy the weak tribes.
The reason why the weak clan is weak is that it has a small territory, a small population, and not enough warriors.
If they want to develop, they have to annex other tribes, and after receiving funding from white people, the weak tribes naturally began to expand.
In just twenty years, the Indian population dropped by seventy-eight percent.
The various ethnic groups are burdened with blood feuds and can no longer unite to resist the white attack.
When the white men formed armies and mercenaries and came in droves, one after another the Indian tribes were exterminated.
Some tribes asked for help from surrounding tribes, but what they received instead of support was the heads of envoys whose heads had been chopped off.
At their craziest times, the Indians would even help the white people, defeat their hostile tribes, and regard the white people as messengers from heaven.
But when the Indians were in serious internal strife and white people invaded in large numbers, they found that there were no other tribes around them that could help them.
There is a movie called The Last of the Mohicans.
The theme song of this movie is grand, desolate, heavy, sad, and has a touch of helplessness.
Many people regard this movie as a tribute to the Indians, but Wang Xu feels that it is not only the white people who should reflect, but also the Indians.
It was precisely because of the vendettas and internal strife among the Indian tribes that the Indian civilization was destroyed.
From a historical perspective, the Indians should be destroyed. They are pathetic, but they are definitely not worthy of pity.
If you pity them, who will pity the old people and children who died in the internal fighting? The choice determines the fate. The Indians chose a path of no return, and such an end can be expected.
Wang Xu wrote in great detail, but the specific implementation was unclear.
He just wanted to whet the emperor's appetite so that he could get the top prize. How to implement it, he would not tell these people.
Because of these methods, he will personally implement these methods after he becomes a great scholar, and with the prestige of exterminating the barbarians, he will step on the bones of the barbarians and become a sage.
dong dong dong
Soon, a quarter of an hour was up, and before Wang Xu had finished writing, it was time to wind up.
Wang Xu did not continue writing when he heard the winding bell like other candidates, but simply put down the pen and paper.
He has already thrown out the bait. Whether he takes the bait or not does not depend on writing two more strokes or two strokes less. I believe that Emperor Wu, who is proud of himself as a wise king, will not fail to see the value of this test paper if he is really fair-minded.
Fire breaks poisonous miasma, elite soldiers intersperse, alienation schemes, trade wars, psychological schemes, distant friendships and close attacks, draw fuel from the bottom of the cauldron, divide and conquer
Wang Xu closed his eyes, and in his mind was a picture of hundreds of thousands of mountains bursting into flames, with barbarians fleeing in all directions.
As long as three of these strategies are successfully implemented, the barbarians will be seriously injured.
If the six implementations are successful, the barbarians will fall apart.
If all eight are successful, there will be no more barbarians in the world, Shiwandashan will be the tenth state of the human race, and the barbarians in the future will be the Indians in history.
"May I have your name?"
Just as Wang Xu was thinking, Emperor Wu, who saw his expression, came over from a short distance away.
When the paper was handed in, the other candidates were very anxious. There were hundreds of people in the field, but Wang Xu was the only one who was smiling and confident.
Emperor Wu felt very strange. According to the Art of War, a person whose heart is filled with thunder and whose face is as flat as a lake can be considered a general.
Wang Xu's attitude is very general-like. Of course, the premise is that he really means what he says and is not trying to flatter others.
"Caomin Wang Xu, I have met Your Majesty."
Wang Xu stood up and bowed slightly to Emperor Wu.
"I know you. You are a child prodigy. You will come first in the exam this time, right?"
Emperor Wu had never met Wang Xu, but he had heard of his name. He smiled and said, "Show me your paper and let me see if you are as good as the outside world says."
"Your Majesty please"
Wang Xu picked up the test paper and handed it to the waiter who was following him.
The chamberlain took the paper and handed it to the emperor. Emperor Wu lowered his head and glanced at it. When he saw the eight strategies of Pingman, the first strategy, the strategy of breaking the miasma, and the chapter of fire attack, his eyes suddenly lit up.