My name is Wei Qing, and I want to fight the Xiongnu.

Whether they were nobles or Liu and Lü, in the end they were just the rulers of the Han Dynasty and did not represent the entire Han Dynasty, nor could the Han Dynasty represent the entire human race.

The Imperial Academy also had many concerns. At least when considering taking drastic measures against A Qing, they had to consider the negative consequences if such methods became public knowledge.

Upon hearing this explanation, Ying Bo suddenly understood.

No wonder the young master has been working day and night on this meticulous plan; so that's how it is: "Young Master Wei... has also thought of this?"

Consort Han smiled radiantly: "Uncle Ying, do you really think Prime Minister Cao would value a mere brute so highly?"

After wiping her hands dry, Han Fei took out a piece of paper from the sachet at her waist and handed it to Ying Bo, saying, "I'll trouble you again, Ying Bo, to give this piece of paper to A Qing."

"Young master, rest assured, this old servant will go right away."

As he spoke, Ying Bo took the piece of paper and quickly headed to the admissions plaza.

After Ying Bo left, Han Fei looked at the members of the law enforcement department in the distance and waved: "Come here, everyone, help me carry the wooden bucket of fish and turtles to the bottom of the fortune-telling building. Don't steal any!"

Law enforcement member: "..."

In the attic of the command department, the elderly man at the head of the group spoke slowly, his voice aged and deep: "Since Wei Qing wants to take the exam, then let him take it."

"But with his abilities, what kind of test could possibly stump him?"

"The theory of military strategy!"

After he said that, everyone else's eyes lit up.

Yes, it's based on military strategy!

Even if Wei Qing is very strong in actual combat, considering that he probably did not receive a systematic education, there must be deficiencies in his military strategy theory!

Since that's the case, let's just tailor a set of military strategy theory test papers specifically for him.

If he fails the exam, that would be a reason to exclude him.

Even if the reason is not sufficient, they can still make things difficult for him in the subsequent practical assessment by increasing the difficulty of the assessment.

If your understanding of military strategy theory is inadequate, then it's not unreasonable for us to have high expectations for your practical skills, right?

Chapter Twenty-Nine: This time, Consort Han is on the fifth floor.

At the admissions plaza, everyone was waiting for the Imperial Academy's response.

The freshmen, having been ridiculed, naturally wanted to see Wei Qing suffer a setback.

If Wei Qing can't suffer a setback, then the Academy will suffer a setback.

In short, I don't care, someone has to suffer with me today, otherwise I can't swallow this insult.

So the new students who were reporting to school weren't in a hurry anymore. What difference did it make if they reported a day later or a day earlier?

The outcome won't change.

But if we don't finish watching this show today, who knows when we'll get another chance?

While they were waiting, Wei Qing suddenly found a piece of paper in his hand.

Wei Qing was very surprised. Who was it?

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, who has the ability to slip a piece of paper into their hand so quietly?

Wei Qing looked up at Vice Dean Liu Shao, who seemed to have no idea that anything was amiss.

On the contrary, the Xiongnu princess Quejiafu looked around, seemingly noticing something, but unfortunately she couldn't find anything wrong for the time being.

Seeing Que Jiafu looking around, Liu Yangxin asked, "Sister, it seems you're looking for something?"

It wasn't that I cared about Quejiafu; I just wanted to make a joke and distract her.

Quejiafu had just vaguely sensed that a powerful figure had suddenly appeared, but disappeared in the blink of an eye.

However, the difference in strength between the two sides was too great, and all she could do was sense it.

When Que Jiafu couldn't find it, she simply gave up and turned to Liu Yangxin, saying perfunctorily, "It's nothing, I just feel that the weather is too hot and I would like to ask for a cup of water."

While Liu Yangxin and Que Jiafu were exchanging barbs and having a great time, Wei Qing pretended to be bored and led Feiyunzhui to a shady spot.

He then secretly took out the piece of paper, and after seeing its contents, his expression became somewhat strange.

The Imperial Academy finally stopped making the students wait any longer. The old and deep voice came again: "Wei Qing's assessment will begin in a quarter of an hour in the square. We hope that all the new students and nobles will be our witnesses. You may report any cheating or any flaws in the assessment."

The assessment was divided into two parts: first, a test of strategic thinking and policy, followed by a test of military command.

Upon hearing that the discussion would rely on military strategy, both Liu Yangxin and Vice President Liu Shao immediately changed color.

Military strategy discussions in command departments typically focus on breaking the deadlock, which involves presenting a hypothesis and then having students utilize existing resources to achieve that breakthrough.

Wei Qing was indeed a skilled warrior, but... when it came to military strategy, he had only read one book, "Three Chapters on Military Strategy," which was banned within the Imperial Academy.

In fact, if it weren't for Zhou Yafu's very certain statement that the military strategy was fine, but unfortunately not suitable for him, it probably wouldn't just have been banned by the Imperial Academy; it might have even been destroyed outright.

In any case, if Wei Qing used the content of "Three Chapters on Military Strategy" to answer the question and break the deadlock, it would obviously not be recognized by the Imperial Academy.

What's even more ridiculous is that this kind of assessment doesn't take into account the students' abilities.

Just like Wei Qing was confident that when he encountered an opponent, he could attack him with five strategies, which meant that if the enemy's forces did not exceed five times his own, he could launch a frontal assault.

But if he dared to answer like that in a discussion of military strategy, he would certainly be judged wrong.

Over time, the discussions on military strategy and tactics at the Imperial Academy began to show a tendency to focus on extracting phrases and sentences from classical texts.

Unfortunately, this method of assessment-based education has been widely accepted for nearly a century.

Discussions on military strategy and tactics have begun to become one of the criteria for assessment in command departments.

Those who knew the situation, including Liu Yangxin, Liu Shao, and Cao Ying, were all worried for Wei Qing.

They only considered Wei Qing's martial arts skills, and the so-called assessment was a joke, but they forgot about the basic assessment of discussing military strategy.

But now this basic assessment has become a stumbling block for Wei Qing.

What should we do? Should we abandon the discussion of military strategy and try to win the command of the subsequent military exercises?

While everyone else looked worried, he quickly reviewed the military strategy discussion for the Imperial Academy's assessment, mainly because he had no right to refuse.

At this moment, a lecturer from the command department came out from inside, holding an exam paper in his hand.

The exam paper was specially designed for Wei Qing by the eleven leaders of the command department.

Those who can serve as deans or supervisors of command departments must have some skills; even if their practical experience is lacking, their theoretical foundation is absolutely solid.

Even with limited time to create questions, they can still come up with some unconventional and counterintuitive ones.

The lecturer walked to the open space in the center of the square, looked at Wei Qing next to him and said, "Wei Qing, these are the dean of the command department of the Imperial Academy and several supervisors. They have given you five questions in total. If you can successfully solve three of them, you will pass the test."

Wei Qing walked up to the lecturer, took the exam paper, glanced at its contents, and then, taking advantage of the lecturer's inattention, secretly peeked at the contents of the piece of paper in his hand, his expression becoming even more peculiar.

Seeing this, the lecturer next to him asked with ill intent, "What? Can't you read?"

He had a good relationship with Kong Youde, and seeing Kong Youde being gradually brought to his death, he naturally harbored some hostility towards Wei Qing, the culprit.

Wei Qing glanced at the lecturer and laughed, "Uncle Cao did teach me to read, but I don't know if he taught me correctly. Do you think Uncle Cao might not be literate at all and was just pretending to be knowledgeable while teaching blindly?"

"..."

The lecturer obediently shut up; he didn't dare to respond, he really didn't dare to.

Wei Qing found an excuse to send the lecturer away, took a table, and asked for writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone. He placed the test paper on the table, and under everyone's watchful eyes, he picked up the brush, dipped it in ink, and began to write with great skill and grace.

At this moment, both Vice Dean Liu Shao and the students, seeing Wei Qing answering questions fluently, craned their necks curiously, wanting to see what was on the exam paper.

"What the heck? I don't understand."

"Why does the assessment seem so easy?"

"Is Wei Qing's theoretical knowledge really that solid?"

"I think it's possible that the leaders of the command department recognized Wei Qing's talent and deliberately gave him preferential treatment?"

"Don't joke around. I think Wei Qing knew he couldn't answer correctly, so he just wrote something down randomly, hoping to guess one correct answer at a time."

Even the lecturer who delivered the exam papers looked over curiously.

What the heck? He'd seen the exam paper before; the questions were all pretty obscure, involving a lot of trivial knowledge.

Let alone freshmen who haven't even enrolled yet, even if you were to ask these lecturers to do it, they would basically be dumbfounded.

Could it be that, as the students guessed, Wei Qing knew he couldn't answer the question, so he simply wrote something random?

While answering the questions, Wei Qing had only one question in his mind: Why were the answers released before the questions?

...........

My eyelids are too heavy to open, I'll take a nap first, then I'll work on the last chapter when I wake up.

Chapter 30: Attempting to Steal a Chicken Backfires

In fact, Wei Qing's ability to discuss military strategy was not as bad as people imagined, because apart from Liu Yangxin and Cao Can, no one knew that Wei Qing had strange dreams every night.

Wei Qing continuously learned and improved his abilities through these dreams.

However, the content of this exam paper was too obscure and niche, and there were no similar battle examples to refer to.

However, what Wei Qing didn't expect was that the contents of the piece of paper in his hand were, by sheer coincidence, the answers to the questions in this assessment.

For Wei Qing, judging whether these answers were correct was obviously not a problem.

The answer is definitely correct, but who provided it? And it seems they already knew the question they were asking?

Who would have such an ability?

Unable to figure it out, Wei Qing decided to stop thinking about it for the time being and focus on answering the questions.

In less than half an hour, Wei Qing had written down the strategy for breaking the deadlock, along with how to launch a counterattack after breaking the deadlock, in a very clear and detailed manner.

Wei Qing, holding the completed exam paper, stood up and handed it to the lecturer not far away, muttering to himself, "These questions are too easy! Is this the kind of questions the Imperial Academy usually tests? Or were they specially prepared for me?"

The lecturer's eyes nearly popped out when he heard Wei Qing's sarcastic remarks.

Are you sure you're not just putting on airs?