Zong Tie carefully read the two paragraphs of materials given to him, and already understood in his mind what this policy paper would test.

The first paragraph of material comes from the famous Spring and Autumn Period work "Zuo Zhuan: The Fourth Year of Cheng Gong".

This paragraph mainly criticizes the Chu State at that time for not being a Chinese tribe and not worthy of trust. He believed that although the Chu State was large, it was not enough to compare with the ceremonial states of the Central Plains.

The second paragraph comes from "Wu Du Fu" in the "Sandu Fu" written in parallel prose by Zuo Si, a writer in the Western Jin Dynasty.

The phrase "the foundation of the overlord is the foundation of the founding of the country" in the article is enough to explain the author's attitude towards the homeland of Chu.

At this time, in Zuo Si's eyes, Jiangnan was no longer the barbarian land in "Zuo Zhuan", but the hometown of emperors that could become the foundation of eternity.

Facing the old land of Chu, people's concepts have changed.

From "Although Chu is large, it is not of my race, its heart must be different" to "The foundation of the founding of the country." What this change means can be seen with Zongchi's wisdom.

If you can see this, Zongtou will naturally understand what it means.

"The emperor is not asking about Chu, but about the barbarians!"

Thinking of this, Zong Ji's face felt a little unnatural.

He is from Nanyang.

Nanyang is the gateway to Jingzhou and a battleground for military strategists. It has been a sacred land since ancient times and is rich in resources. You can imagine what kind of wars this place will experience in troubled times.

In fact, Nanyang returned to the rule of the Han Dynasty not long ago, so the people in places like Nanyang have long learned how to get along with the barbarians correctly.

Kill them all?

Definitely not!

Zongqi clearly remembers that when he was a child, there was a village next door that was extremely hostile to Hu people. Whenever a Hu people passed by, they would be lured into the village and killed.

Later, the incident was revealed and the village was razed to the ground.

Then everyone became more hostile to the Hu people, and another village attacked and killed the Hu people, and the Hu people came to massacre another village, and another village...

Let him bully you?

That’s even worse!

Hu people are like wild beasts. Once you put down the weapons to protect yourself, you lose the last thing that makes the other party fear you. You can only wait for the other party to bully you more brutally.

So how do the local people in Nanyang live?

Zong Ji took a deep breath and wrote three big words on the top of the test paper with a firm gaze——

"Cure Hu Ce".

"The Hu people are cunning and cruel, but they bully the weak and fear the strong. The only solution now is to use kindness and force at the same time."

"..."

Zong Ji's pen tip moved faster and faster. It was no longer as cryptic as when he answered the medical questions before. Instead, his writing became smoother and smoother, and all the plans in his mind were vividly written on the paper.

Hu people cannot be trusted, but they cannot be killed either.

Use force to stop fighting, use culture to educate!

This can be a foolproof strategy!

"Dingle bell! Dingle bell!"

The two hours of answering time were over, and Zong Cui said the last word with a sense of loss.

"This is what Zong Tie said in his heart, but I don't know if it is in line with the emperor's wishes..."

But he had no regrets. After more than a month of hard study, Zongci was finally able to go out and enjoy the prosperity of Jinling, so he put aside all the questions he had answered and made an appointment with a few like-minded medical friends to go together.

Visiting the banks of the Qinhuai River.

The papers of these doctors were sent to the Ministry of Personnel for review.

There are only a thousand papers, and all the medical questions at the front have standard answers, so they are all very fast to read.

But everyone knows that the most important thing is the last policy statement.

The emperor personally wanted to take away the answer sheets and called three high-ranking officials to come and review the last question. This honor made all the officials who knew the inside story gasp.

Today, it seems that things are really going to change!

In the east hall of Tai Chi Hall, the Emperor is at the top, and there is a thick stack of test papers placed on the table.

Sitting under him were five big bosses: Wang Xiu, Xu Xianzhi, Wang Hong, Xie Hui, and Fu Liang. There were also a few stacks of test papers on their desks.

Liu Yizhen took a test paper and read the last policy question, with a look of surprise and surprise on his face.

Choosing a doctor as the first test subject seems to be the right choice.

Because of the special nature of this profession, doctors can easily cross the first threshold... literacy!

In this era, knowledge is still quite closed. At the same time, because of the monopoly of aristocratic families, the threshold for studying is quite high, blocking 99% of people except aristocratic families.

And doctors happen to be the ignored one percent.

And by the way, it can also eliminate all the aristocratic families!

Without him, except for a few weirdos among the family members, who would choose to be a poor, tired and low-status doctor?

In this way, the doctors who answered the questions were almost all from poor families, except for a few who were arranged to fish in troubled waters. This was in the interest of the emperor and the court.

also.

Because many of these doctors came from the north, they had more contact with the Hu people, and they came up with many blind spots that even Liu Yizhen had not thought of. This will undoubtedly be of great help to the implementation of Han and Hu strategies in the future.

“I didn’t expect that there are also people with clear discernment among doctors!”

Not only Liu Yizhen, the emperor, was pleasantly surprised, but Wang Xiu, a capable official who was in charge of Guanzhong and had dealt with Han and Hu issues, was also deeply inspired.

Xu Xianzhi and Fu Liang are the people with the least direct interests, so they can review the test papers with a normal heart. Even the two of them were convinced by some of the opinions in the policy review, and sighed: "The ancients said that among three people, there must be one who can learn from me."

Yan. Sincerely don’t deceive me!”

The most absent-minded ones were Wang Hong and Xie Hui.

From the moment the emperor decided to personally review the policy, they knew that this was the emperor showing his fangs to family politics.

But they couldn't stop it...

In the end, ten papers were selected as the top ten for this exam.

Because the names were not anonymized, the emperor and others could easily see the names of these people.

In addition, Liu Yizhen had been to the Doctor's Hospital a long time ago to conduct identification, and he already knew the origins of these people.

Seven of the ten people were serious doctors, including Zong Tie, whom Liu Yizhen had been following.

There are three more people...

It is a Saga embroidered pillow.

"These are the top three in this assessment. Please see if you have any objections?"

The person ranked lowest was naturally the Emperor, but everyone still frowned when they saw the final ranking.

Three children from aristocratic families are actually among the top three!

Wang Xiu and Xu Xianzhi both frowned and felt displeased.

They had read the articles of these three people, and even among a thousand doctors, they could only be considered in the middle of the pack. They thought that being in the top ten was already a gift from the emperor, but to their surprise, the emperor actually placed them in the top three?

This is a slap in the face of the imperial court and the emperor!

Liu Yizhen didn't wait for the two to raise objections, then looked at Wang Hong and asked his opinion first: "What do Wang Shangshu think?"

This time Xu Xianzhi decisively shut his mouth, knowing that he couldn't come out at this time.

Wang Xiu did the same. When Liu Yizhen asked Wang Hong, he immediately reacted and kept silent.

Wang Hong, who was suffering on the stove, also saw the emperor's intention at this moment, and couldn't help lowering his head bitterly.

"My lord... I have no objection!"
Chapter completed!