Zhou Shixiong was fine after lunch, so he had to use draft paper in the exam room to practice writing. As for the content, it was written and handed in the paper. People said that he would write the draft first and then write the paper. He would do it, and hand it first and then write the draft, which is considered a strange person.

Many candidates are still fighting at night, and Zhou Shixiong goes to bed early to make the students nearby envious and hate him. It is not that he hates Zhou Shixiong, but that he hates how he can write until he uses it.

The title of the essay on the second day was Lotus. Zhou Shixiong almost copied the Love Lotus. Later, he thought that it seemed that Love Lotus was from the Song Dynasty, so he copied it with zero points. He simply analyzed the lotus roots, lotus leaves and lotus seeds one by one from the perspective of a doctor, and listed the functions and functions of each part of the lotus, which fully explained the theme that the whole body of the lotus is treasure.

"Ha, it's interesting. I didn't expect that Zhou Shixiong is still a doctor who knows medicine and medicine. It's interesting." After reading Zhou Shixiong's test, Sun Chuanting couldn't help but want someone to make a bowl of lotus seed soup according to the prescription written by Zhou Shixiong. But no one can leave the exam room until the exam is finished. Even if he is the county magistrate, Sun Chuanting could only endure it.

Sun Chuanting was a little unaware of how to score this essay. The prose required the use of words, and it was both material and beautiful and charming. This essay was absolutely material, but beautiful and charming but could not be found. In the end, Sun Chuanting shook his hand and gave him five circles, with full marks. Just think that it was purely praising and meaningful words!

The strategy of Sun Chuanting asked the students to write a paper on border affairs. Last year, the imperial court fought an unprecedented victory, and even the wild boar skin was blown to death. The whole country praised Yuan Chonghuan, and some Donglin Party members even suggested taking the initiative to attack the Later Jin Dynasty. Sun Chuanting was born in a garrison and was most concerned about border affairs, so he naturally gave such a question.

Zhou Shixiong basically completed the exam two days ago. Faced with this question, he put down his pen and began to think seriously. Zhou Shixiong knew that Sun Chuanting was a war-oriented faction. This man was so happy to suppress bandits. How could he not be a war-oriented faction, but he could not write the border affairs casually. Yuan Chonghuan's construction of the city and encirclement said that Zhou Shixiong did not like it, or that Zhou Shixiong did not like Yuan Chonghuan. Because Yuan Chonghuan's seemingly reasonable strategy had a major premise, that is, the Ming Dynasty could bear such a large military expenditure.

According to what Zhou Shixiong learned, the Ming Dynasty was tortured by the huge expenses of the border army, and the northwest region continued to rebel. In addition to the weather changes, the main reason was that the court had no money to provide relief. Didn’t Li Zicheng go to rebel because the court had no money to lay off post stations? Where did the court’s money go? The border army ate most of the money, which is a fact.

After thinking for a while, Zhou Shixiong decided to start writing. He divided the border affairs into three parts. First, he divided the border troops into several parts according to their distribution. For example, Ningyuan and Shanhaiguan, which directly faced the Later Jin Dynasty, was the top priority, and Mao Wenlong's Pi Island was listed as a surprise soldier, and Shaanxi, Gansu, Xinjiang and other places facing Mongolia were classified as the last.

Then, according to the division, the suggestions were made. Ningyuan and Shanhaiguan sent heavy troops to garrison famous generals, and at the same time reformed the army, gathered the elite servants in the hands of the generals to train, and converted the military troops with no combat power into military reclamation soldiers, providing food and grass for the border troops to reduce the burden on the court. Pidao vigorously developed the navy, protected a special grain channel based on Shandong, and provided military losses to Ningyuan and Shanhaiguan.

The opening of the Shiyi in Shaanxi, Gansu and Xinjiang, in addition to buying back excellent war horses and buying the people from the Later Jin Dynasty, allowing the Mongols to fight against the Later Jin Jurchens. If this works, not only can the court obtain a large number of war horses, but also rely on the Shiyi to obtain a large amount of transaction tax, and the Jurchens can be dragged down without investing much money and grain.

Finally, Zhou Shixiong borrowed the words of Sun Tzu's Art of War to summarize that war is a major event of the country, a place of life and death, and a way of survival and death. Those who have won the temple before fighting can count more; those who have not won the temple before fighting can count less. More victory can count more, less victory can count less, let alone nothing can count! I look at it from this point of view, and the outcome can be seen.

Therefore, if you calculate yourself and calculate the enemy's shortcomings, it is not true, if you calculate yourself and calculate the enemy's advantages, there is no failure.

"Wonderful thoughts, but wonderful thoughts are hard to do!" Sun Chuanting sighed several times after reading Zhou Shixiong's test paper. He immediately killed the right to withdraw military power. He knew very well which generals were thinking. If someone dared to accept their military power, they would dare to kill officials and surrender to the enemy. Sun Chuanting agreed with the navy that had to be built by Pidao, but when he thought of the navy that would cost a lot of money, Sun Chuanting silently killed the one.

The third article is one that Sun Chuanting praised. This strategy can be implemented immediately as long as the court nods, and it will take effect very quickly. If everything goes well, the construction of the Pidao Navy will have financial support, which is possible. Sun Chuanting silently cut off Mao Wenlong again and defined this navy as a transport brigade.

All afternoon, Sun Chuanting was reading this policy statement, and the full score was not hesitant. Sun Chuanting was thinking about whether the things proposed by this policy statement should be written into his resignation report? As the county magistrate, his resignation report did not have the opportunity to be submitted to the emperor, but as a disciple of the emperor, his resignation report would definitely be on the desk of Emperor Tianqi. So wouldn’t such an attractive strategy have the chance to be accepted by the court?

When Sun Chuanting was in a dilemma, Zhou Shixiong was already sitting in Youshi Inn, enjoying all kinds of delicious dishes. "Eat, eat more, and see if your nephew is hungry and loses weight." Zhou Zhizhu's words were definitely slander. Zhou Shixiong ate and slept well in the examination room, and he could lose weight. Moreover, it was only four days. Even if he didn't eat, he wouldn't lose much. Zhou Zhizhu didn't know that his eyes saw Zhou Shixiong losing weight.

Liu Wang took the draft paper brought back by Zhou Shixiong and read the Lotus medicinal report with a smile, wanting to laugh out loud. He never thought that this young master could play to this level. Liu Wang, who had never seen an explanatory text, appreciated this style for the first time, but all he thought of was laughing.

"Hey, Ziqi, shouldn't these draft papers be taken back? Why did you bring them out?" Liu Wang suddenly thought of something and looked at Zhou Shixiong strangely.

"Oh, I told the yamen runners that I wanted to take them back for collection to commemorate this exam. After the yamen runners asked Lord Sun, they would let me take them away." Zhou Shixiong quickly swallowed the mutton roll in his mouth, took a hot towel from Zhou Er's hand and wiped his mouth.

"Nephew, don't stop, keep eating. This fried spring roll is Xiaowei's specialty dish. You can't eat it normally. Today, you can only eat it once and eat another one." It is said that a woman's name cannot be casually mentioned, but Zhou Gongyi, who once served as Youshi's father-in-law, did not have this restriction. While eating her former wife's specialty dish, she recommended it to Zhou Shixiong.

"Dadfather, how can I do this? I won't make it for you next time." You Shijing accompanied the last seat and said with a red face when he heard her former father-in-law spread her nickname everywhere.

"Miss You, you are the only one who can support the scene for you, your father-in-law. If you don't show off, you will never be able to live your life." Zhou Zhizhu finally gave up his plan to stuff Zhou Shixiong into a fat man, and turned to tease his old friend.

"Ziqi, this policy is too bold." Liu Wang finally gave the explanatory text that made him want to laugh very much. He picked up the most important draft of the exam paper. After reading the beginning, Liu Wang couldn't help but scream.

Zhou Zhizhu and Zhou Gongyi leaned over, and soon their faces changed drastically. The eyes of Zhou Shixiong were both surprised and admired. Unexpectedly, Zhou Shixiong could write such a well-informed policy theory. It was not embarrassing to win the provincial examination at this level. When he wrote it in this lowest-level county examination, the first place could not be eliminated.

Sure enough, the results were released ten days later, and Zhou Shixiong's name ranked first. On the same day, the resignation letter from Sun Chuanting County Magistrate appeared on the desk of Emperor Tianqi. That afternoon, Sun Chuanting was sent to the capital by an angel to meet the saint, and Zhou Shixiong's name was also frequently mentioned among the high-level officials of the capital.

Sun Chuanting returned to Fucheng three days after entering Beijing, and asked the bantu to find Zhou Shixiong. He wanted to meet this disciple. According to convention, a person who was the chief examiner and gave you high scores, even if the court repeatedly denied the legitimacy of this relationship, it would be difficult to change the conventional things. On the day of the announcement, Zhou Shixiong took a gift to the county government to pay a visit, but was told that the county magistrate was not there.

Today, I could finally talk to Sun Mingren face to face. Zhou Shixiong rushed to the county government and entered the back hall under the leadership of the troupe. Sun Chuanting wore a regular dress and sat by the charcoal basin reading a book. Zhou Shixiong walked in and bowed and saluted. Sun Chuanting waved his hand, "No need to be polite, sit."

"Is there anything wrong with the adults recruiting students?" Zhou Shixiong did not dare to play with these literati and could not afford it.

"The title of "Sir" will not be needed tomorrow. I have resigned. After the transfer of the successor to the officials tomorrow, I will no longer be the imperial official. If you have the intention, call me a teacher." Sun Chuanting's hint was too obvious. Zhou Shixiong immediately left his seat and greeted him, shouting hello to the teacher.

"Ziqi, you have handed over your strategy for your master. The emperor read it yesterday." Sun Chuanting said while observing Zhou Shixiong's expression, he found that Zhou Shixiong was just frowning, as if the emperor was not happy to see his strategy for your strategy for yours. "Why, I think you shouldn't do this?" Sun Chuanting was the one who couldn't rub the sand in his eyes. He immediately questioned Zhou Shixiong's expression when he saw him.

"Yes, sir, did something wrong." Zhou Shixiong did not be polite to Sun Chuanting, and directly agreed to his statement. This time it was Sun Chuanting's turn to frown. Unexpectedly, this disciple, who was ten years younger than him, was more courageous than him. "Sir, the disciple has no military experience and no governance experience. The policy theory he wrote is just taking it for granted and cannot stand scrutiny at all. Even if he talks well, he will only have a wonderful idea. How can he get on the emperor's throne? This is a joke about military and national affairs!" Zhou Shixiong not only said that Sun Chuanting was wrong, but also accused him of not taking national affairs seriously.
Chapter completed!