In the examination hall, Chen Xu contemplated for a quarter of an hour before picking up the pen to answer.
The boy with small eyes across from him didn't notice that Chen Xu had spread a new sheet of paper and was already writing fluently.
The question: "There's a perilous place called Langxi, with thousands of ravines and rebellious mountain people, who often raid villages due to hunger. Officials go to suppress..."
In essence, Langxi is a treacherous place, the mountain people are unruly, often descending to plunder the people when food is scarce.
If the government intervenes, the mountain people will bring their elders and children, kneeling and sobbing at the mountain pass, claiming they were forced by circumstances.
If they do not descend for a way out, the elderly and children would freeze or starve to death.
The test asks: "To slaughter them all risks harming benevolent governance, to appease them risks fostering evil.
