The northern enemy of the southern Japanese refer to the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty who ravaged the north during the Jiajing period and the Japanese pirates who continued to plunder the southeast coast. These two foreign enemies have caused trouble to the Ming Dynasty, and the entire Ming Dynasty has suffered a great headache.

Why did Yang Cong bet on this current policy test?

The reason is very simple, because the South Japanese are not very powerful at this moment, but the North Liberation is very fierce.

According to what Yang Cong learned, Prince 30,000 right-wing of the Tatar tribe of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, had almost invaded the Ming Dynasty every year in recent years, sometimes more than once a year, such as:

In the spring of the tenth year of Jiajing, Ji Nang was stationed in Hetao and was about to invade Yansui. Seeing that the Ming army was prepared, he suddenly crossed the west of Hebei with more than 50,000 cavalry, and attacked Yibula and two tribes. Then he stole into Yongning and plundered. In the winter of the same year, Ji Nang invaded Zhenyuan Pass again.

In March of the 11th year of Jiajing, Ji Nangzi Ji Nengzi beg for tribute, but the court refused. The little prince was furious and led 100,000 cavalry into Yansui Town.

In April of the 12th year of Jiajing, Ji Nang had more than 100,000 troops stationed in Helan Mountain, and divided his troops to disturb Liangzhou and Zhuanglang. He was defeated by Wang Fu and Jiang Si, deputy general of the defender. In the autumn and winter of the same year, he invaded Yansui and Datong again and entered the Xuanfu border.

In June of the 13th year of Jiajing, Ji Nang invaded Xuanfu and commanded Zhao Tong to death. In August of autumn, more than 40,000 cavalry of Ji Nang returned to Xuanfu.

Who is this Jizang? He doesn’t seem to be very famous in history, why is he so powerful?

He was not famous in history because he died early. In history, he died in the 21st year of Jiajing. The one who inherited his throne was his younger brother, the famous Altan Khan.

Although this guy is not as famous as his younger brother Altan Khan in history, he has been very joking in recent years. He has almost snatched all the important towns in Yansui, Yulin, Datong, and Xuanfu in the northwest of the Ming Dynasty. Jiajing is now having a headache when he hears this guy's name.

This problem can be said to be the biggest problem of the Ming Dynasty at present, so among the many current affairs policies that Yang Cong obeyed: How to deal with the invasion of the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty!

Moreover, this is one of the two problems he is most sure to solve. The other is naturally to deal with the Japanese pirates, capturing the Japanese in the north and the south. These two problems have been plaguing the Ming Dynasty for many years. He guessed that Jiajing would probably make current affairs in this aspect in this palace examination, so he valued these two problems the most. Unexpectedly, he really guessed them.

As for the answer, it is very simple. Just use Qi Jiguang's method, because the Tatar tribe of the Northern Yuan Dynasty was beaten by Qi Jiguang and had no temper at all, so in the end he had to choose to seek peace from the Ming Dynasty.

So what method did Qi Jiguang use to defeat the Mongol cavalry without any temper?

Yang Cong also saw that Qi Jiguang used the method to train chariots, bring muskets and artillery onto a special chariot, and turn muskets into lancers with a long-range attack nature. This not only increases the maneuverability of artillery and offsets the speed advantage of the Mongol cavalry, but also gives full play to the Ming Dynasty's advantages in firearms. It can be said to play to its strengths and avoid its weaknesses, which is appropriate.

The effect of this tactic on the restraint of the Mongolian Yuan cavalry is quite obvious. The chariots have muskets and cannons at a distance, which is more than twice as long as the bows and arrows used by the Mongolian Yuan cavalry. They also have absolute advantages against the Mongolian Yuan cavalry, which is mainly scimitar.

Qi Jiguang once led 8,000 chariots to defeat 30,000 Mongol cavalry. This number of enemies and men is quite exaggerated now, because the Ming army infantry is no match for the Mongol cavalry at all. With the same force, the Ming army infantry cannot beat the Mongol cavalry, let alone the military strength is only about 30%, and it would be good if the eight thousand Ming army infantry meet 30,000 Mongol cavalry at this time.

Yang Cong naturally had already done the article about this set of tactics. In the article, he not only detailed the tactics of chariots, but also gave a detailed description of the deployment and tactical cooperation of border towns such as Yansui, Yulin, Datong, Xuanfu, etc. If anyone who knows how to do it read it, he will definitely praise it.

He was so beautiful now that if Jiajing asked other questions, he was really not sure to stand out. However, he was the most confident in this question. Even if the examiner who reviewed the papers and Jiajing did not understand military tactics, just the articles he had tempered for a long time could make them shine.

However, he did not immediately write down the article he had written and copied it on the answer sheet, but instead pretended to be difficult and slowly wrote the article on the draft paper.

The reason why he did this was naturally because he didn't want others to think that he knew the test questions in advance.

If he finishes the article after a few strokes, it would be strange if others don’t doubt him.

People don’t care whether he has beaten the exam or not. If he has the chance, these guys will definitely take action, because Xia Yan’s power in the capital is much stronger than the Yangming lineage. Who knows how many of the examinees invigilating the exam are from Xia Yan. If they take the opportunity to catch themselves in the "current situation", then he will be unaware of it.

He pretended to write a draft for about an hour, and the article he had prepared in advance "finally" wrote it on the manuscript paper. Then, he pretended to frown and pondered.

He didn't dare to copy the draft on the test paper after finishing writing the draft. Although there was only one current policy in this palace exam, the test time was all day, that is, from the morning to the afternoon and the hour of You, there were seven hours in the middle. If he finished the test paper in about an hour, it would be difficult to load the next six hours, so he simply did not copy the test paper and kept putting it on the draft there.

This palace examination is not as difficult as the provincial examination and the commemorative examination. During this period, there is no problem with drinking water and going to the cottage. Anyway, these tribute scholars are equivalent to being Jinshi, and the invigilator will not remember their names and be villains. However, these tribute scholars are extremely careful. Even if there is no restriction on drinking water, they will not drink hard. Even if they will not be registered, they will not want to go to the cottage, because Emperor Jiajing is still watching it.

All candidates wanted to leave a good impression in front of the emperor, so everyone was extremely careful. Even if they were thirsty, they would not pick up the water cup and drink it vigorously. At most, they would just take a sip. Even if they wanted to go to the cottage, they would not get up and go. Everyone basically endured it if they could, and they couldn't help it.

It took seven hours to say it was not long or short. Yang Cong didn't know how many times he revised the draft. It was not until the hour of You that he neatly copied the article on the test paper.

Soon after, the time for handing in the paper came, and once he handed over the test paper happily, the palace examination was over.
Chapter completed!