Section 135 Exam
In Hejian, General Shi Yong sat quietly behind a table, with charcoal pens and paper sandwiched with bamboo pieces on the table. In this big room, more than a dozen people sat, all of whom were sharp soldiers from the Beiwei Army.
Shi Yong was originally a leader in the Sixth Regiment, but now he came to the Beiwei Army and became an ordinary player again. Not only him, but many veterans who participated in previous battles were summoned to the Beiwei Army and re-trained.
Since February, the new blood of these Beiwei Army has been running around every day. The morning exercises are the lightest and cheapest, and they only review the array, gun technique, knife technique and cooperation based on command.
We had lunch, and after dinner, we started the most painful thing for these military men: literacy.
Each person's goal is to recognize five hundred characters. The Song verse that is popular in this dynasty must be read, and the "Curse Cursive" invented by Hu Jiangzhu must be able to write. Ten characters in Protestant teaching will be reviewed the next day. If you can't write them dictated, you have to copy them a hundred times.
Writing a thousand words with a reed pole, I didn’t even have a pen in the first few days, and Shi Yong had the desire to die. But he remembered how he signed the bet before the Beiwei Army:
At the beginning, there were Simas of various regiments and various towns, gathering all the military soldiers who had made contributions under their command and tell everyone happily: Everyone makes contributions, and call them to promote everyone, and go to the Beiwei Army. Then come out of the Beiwei Army and become the official master.
Zou Yuan, Zou Run, Ma Lin, Yang Lin, Ou Peng, Deng Fei, Tao Zongwang, Jiao Ting, Mu Hong, Mu Chun, Shi En, Xue Yong, Shi Yong and others all went to Beiwei Army for training. The first meeting ceremony was the military training commander. The coach Lin Chong personally took action, taught each of the thorns a lesson, and then signed a bet with everyone.
For example, Shi Yong, if he can complete the training, he can get a reward of ten cents of money. If he cannot complete the training, he will lose his sister to the army.
My sister is Shi Yong's only relative, and she met by chance after being separated from her misfortune. Shi Yong must never export her sister. But Shi Yong came from the world, even if he was not afraid of heaven or earth, he would never dare to make a bet.
This is where only one road in Huashan is left. No matter what difficulties are, Shi Yong grits his teeth and perseveres to avoid losing his sister. Every day after dinner, Shi Yong repeatedly reviews what he has learned today. After it gets dark, Shi Yong lay on the floor and silently recites all the words he has learned in his heart before going to bed.
And every day, it is a more terrible study: calculation, addition and subtraction within 100. Fortunately, the questions reviewed every day are not very difficult. As long as you can figure out the date of the march and understand the records of various types of food and fodder, you will be considered qualified.
It is rest time at night, but since the second day's review, it has become everyone's self-study time. Every newcomer from Beiwei Army has signed a bet and bet on what is most important to him, some are relatives and some are heirlooms.
It is April now, and the training of Shi Yong and others has been in progress for two months. Today is the graduation exam.
At the instigator's order, Shi Yong grabbed the reed stalk and started answering the questions. In addition to using the reed stalk, he was still a little uncomfortable. He had to dip a word once in the ink. Shi Yong felt that the question was very simple: he wrote the military discipline aside, but only about 200 words. In addition, he wrote any new words he knew until he had written five hundred words.
Shi Yong had already written the three major disciplines and eight points of attention. At this time, he raised his head and saw Mu Hong slanted in front of him grabbing his ears and cheeks. After a while, he wrote a few strokes on the paper. Shi Yong laughed in his heart: It seems that you, the ancestral field of the Hedong rich brother, cannot be saved.
The Mu Chun and Mu Hong brothers were powerful people in Daizhou, Hedong. Although the manor was destroyed by Jin soldiers, Tian Qi was still with him. The bet for this training was Tian Qi of the Mu family.
Shi Yong retracted his thoughts and began to think about what to write for hundreds of words? He thought that his sister had been bet on a bet, so he wrote about his sister and asked the examiner for mercy.
He dipped the reed pole into ink and was about to write "My sister is a beauty." He immediately felt something was wrong. If he wrote his sister too beautifully, the examiner insisted on detaining his sister. And it was rumored that the only evil deed of the general was lust.
The ink on the reed stalk was already dry, and Shi Yong dipped it ink again and wrote: "My sister, I am the closest one."
Shi Yong felt that the use of the silly man was very awkward, and he didn't even take the exam anyway, so he simply wrote in the way he spoke every day.
"My sister is my closest. When I was ten years old, my mother gave birth to my sister." Shi Yong is from Hebei and is used to calling himself "I" and repeatedly using "I" here is just because I have few strokes.
"When I was a child, I carried my sister on my back. When I was practicing martial arts, my sister was watching. My sister was seven years old and herding cattle for the master. Later, when my sister grew up, the master first wanted to buy her with money. If my mother didn't sell it, the master would put the seals for my family. When my family really couldn't afford it, the master would arrest my sister to pay off the debt. I had to kill the master, and the government came to arrest me, so I fled to Liangshan and enjoyed my brother Song."
"Brother Song later became an official, so I went home. A few years later, the Jin thief came. My grandmother and my sister fled. I stayed at home and later joined the army. There was no news from my grandmother. Fortunately, I called the general to recruit refugees, so my sister found Cangzhou and met me."
"I can still see my sister. My brothers and sisters have food to eat, and they are all blessed by the Lord. When my sister gets a support for her, I will sell her life to the Lord."
Shi Yong counted, and it was still dozens of words away from five hundred words, so he continued to write: "I also want to marry a wife and spread the incense. In the future, the whole family will call the leader to work hard."
There are still seven words left now. Shi Yong originally wanted to write "Long live the Lord of Calling the Lord". But he knew that this was a taboo, so he counted with his fingers, and there were still two words missing, so Shi Yong wrote: "Lunar Hunting the Lord of Calling the Lord of Calling the Lord of Calling the Lord of Calling the Lord of Calling the Lord of Calling the Lord of Calling the Lord of Calling the Lord of Calling the Lord of Calling the Lord of Calling the Lord of Calling the Lord of Calling the Lord of Calling the Lord of Calling the Lord of Calling the Lord of Calling the Lord of Calling the Lord of Calling the Lord of Calling the Lord of Calling the Lord of Calling the Lord of Calling the Lord of Calling the Lord of Calling the Lord of Calling the Lord of Calling the Lord of Calling the Lord of Calling the Lord of Calling the Lord of Calling the Lord of Calling the Lord of Calling the Lord of Calling the Lord of Calling the Lord of Calling the Lord of Calling the Lord of Calling
After completing the task, Shi Yong now has time to observe his companions.
On his right is Xue Yong, this old partner is good at martial arts, but it is difficult to accomplish anything. He is known as a sick insect. He must make his name a leading figure, holding the reed pole in his hand, and every stroke seems to be about to penetrate the paper.
Shi Yong looked at the left. It was a town guard who came from Yanci, and he was infatuated. He was from the imperial guards and had a move and style. He had a solid foundation than Shi Yong, and he was invincible in the camp. Shi Yong admired him very much.
Jiao Ting's posture of holding the reed pole seemed to be similar, and he wrote in an orderly manner, and it seemed that he was sure to pass the test.
Behind Shi Yong, three people from left to right were Ma Lin, Ou Peng and Tao Zongwang. The three of them were originally heroes from Huangmen Village. After the Jin soldiers headed south, Zongze recruited rebels. The three of them burned the mountain village and led their minions to Daming Mansion. They were brought under Suo Chao to fight bravely, and were also selected this time.
Shi Yong's complacent observer, the examiner who was taking the exam suddenly started to blew the whistle: "It's been an entire hour, hand in the paper quickly."
Shi Yong whistled, stood up, and handed the paper to the front row. He passed by Zou Run, who was sitting in the first row. Before Zou Run had finished answering, he tried his best to write. The examiner collected all the papers and came to Zou Run, grabbed the corners of the papers and pulled out.
Zou Run pressed the paper hard, "Sir, General, Teacher, I'm just a few words away." Zou Run begged. The examiner looked coldly and continued to draw the paper: "If it is torn, there will be no points." He finally took the paper away.
It is now time for Shen, and everyone moves freely, slacks on their tibia. Writing five hundred words is even more tiring than fighting a day.
At the end of the Shen period, the results were announced. One point was deducted for every mistaken word, and one point was deducted for every few words written. If you lose 40 points, you failed.
Every time the examiner recites a name, the person who passes the test will be blessed. Although he feels that he has done well in the exam, it is related to his sister's fate, and Shi Yong is also uneasy. When the concept reaches more than one hundred names, the examiner recites: "Shi Yong."
Shi Yong growled low and smiled on his face.
After reading the list of passed, only Zou Run and more than ten people failed. Zou Run knelt down with a plop: "Well, I am willing to make a cow and a horse for you, I just want you to ask me to take the exam again. The treasure sword he passed down from ancestral life cannot be thrown away."
Ma Lin failed to pass either, and he shouted, "This flute is given by the master. I am willing to hand over a hundred coins to keep this flute."
Others also begged.
Zhang Xian, who was in charge of the exam, shouted: "What are you signing? Is it waste paper? This is a military order."
Shi En served as the head of the training commander. He followed the arrangements assigned by the examiner and took the lead and shouted: "It's all about robes that can lead to death together. Please give me another chance."
So all the candidates shouted in unison to plead.
Shi En took the lead and knelt down on one knee: "I wish to give these brothers a chance with a small reward."
Others also learned to be so kind and bowed to one knee.
Zhang Xian asked them to kneel for a while before shouting: "Call the general and the generals clearly, the army cannot perform the ritual of kneeling and worshiping. Have you blatantly violated the order?"
Shi En and others had to stand up in disappointment. Zhang Xian nodded: "Since everyone is pleading for mercy, please note down the right to lose the items. If you behead the third level within this year, you can win the items back. If you can't, don't blame me for being ruthless."
Everyone shouted in unison: "Thank you Sima."
Zhang Xian said: "After completing today's exam, you can pass the level of literacy."
Everyone cheered, Zhang Xian and everyone calmed down, and then announced: "We will do marching training starting tomorrow."
Tao Zongwang shouted: "We are from the village households, what's the difficulty of marching?"
Zhang Xian was furious: "You know how to camp, how to avoid ambush, how to look at the map, and how to draw a map? Whoever quarreled again would go back."
Just as he was about to announce his training plan for tomorrow, he rode a fast horse and asked him to go to the comfort department as soon as possible.
Zhang Xian arrived at the comforting department and bowed with his fists because Hu Yangeng had already abolished the bowing ceremony.
Hu Yangeng saw everyone coming and said, "I spent so much effort, Du Chong was so stupid that he dug the Yellow River."
Chapter completed!