Chapter 33 The end of the year is cold, the bonfire party
Even if aristocratic sons like Cao Wu and Tang Daqian do not take martial arts, as long as their families survive, they will be rich and prosperous for the rest of their lives. Why do they need to take martial arts?
There is a reason of course.
Cao Wu was not the eldest son. He also had a brother named Cao Yong. The title of their father, Cao Wei, would be taken away by Cao Yong in the future. If Cao Wu wanted to gain power, it was necessary to use force.
Tang Daqian is the eldest son. He came to the martial arts examination because he has a strong talent for martial arts examination. If he goes to high school in the martial arts examination, his starting point in the military will be higher.
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At this time, Jia Yun opened the door. Cao Wu and Tang Daqian were standing outside the door. Cao Wu was the one who called the door just now.
"Brother Yun, I often see the lights in your dormitory stay on until midnight. What are you doing?"
Cao Wu asked, walking to the desk and looking down.
Jia Yun smiled and said: "What else can I do, just study."
Cao Wu found a stack of examination papers spread out on the desk and said with a wry smile: "I have a headache just looking at these Lao Shizi examination papers. You actually study in the dormitory every night. You are worthy of being the martial arts wizard that Coach Song said would be rare in a century."
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Although Jia Yun is much younger than Cao Wu and Tang Daqian, the three of them are classmates, and Jia Yun has the blessing of the "magic boy" aura. In addition, during this period of time, Jia Yun has made the two of them feel his maturity and stability.
The two of them did not treat Jia Yun as an ordinary young boy.
Cao Wu is a man with a somewhat reckless personality. He is tall, strong and rugged, and has natural powers, but "cultural subjects" are his weakness.
According to Jing Zhanyao, Cao Wu's skills in bowing and horsemanship reached the level of Wu Jinshi two years ago, but his level of strategy and martial arts two years ago could not even pass the lowest county examination among children's examinations.
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Cao Wu is a typical example of "those with outstanding performance in the outfield are defeated by the infield". His father, Cao Wei, had a headache about this and was impatient to teach him personally, because teaching him the theory of martial arts was also a headache, so he sent him to
Jing's martial arts, let Jing Zhanyao discipline him well.
Jing Zhanyao was very capable in disciplining people. In the past two years, he forced Cao Wu to make a lot of progress in strategy and martial arts.
Jia Yun smiled and said: "Actually, I have a headache reading this Lao Shizi test paper, but there is nothing I can do about it. The martial arts examination requires hard work on it."
Cao Wu complained: "Martial arts examination, martial arts examination, the candidates with strong martial arts skills are supposed to be selected, but they still have to test Lao Shizi's policy theory and martial arts classics. Even if the martial arts classics are to be tested, the policy theory shouldn't be tested, alas!"
Jia Yun smiled but did not respond this time.
The military examination does not test the Four Books on War, but only selects strong martial arts. Most of the military attachés selected in this way are useless. In fact, even if the Four Books on War are tested, many of the military attachés selected by the military examination are unreliable.
In the previous life, during the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty, policy theory was abolished in martial arts examinations, and the internal examination was replaced by the requirement to memorize a paragraph from the "Seven Books of Martial Arts", usually only about 100 words.
In this way, the level of the internal examination of the martial arts examination was very low. The military attachés who passed the martial arts examination were discriminated against by the literati and regarded as vulgar martial artists, and their social status was greatly reduced.
The decline of the martial arts examination was in the late Qing Dynasty, because "since firearms became popular, bows and arrows have lost their effectiveness and are not used for practice, which is similar to the disadvantages of the Eight Competition Examinations." The basic qualities and military thinking of the military attachés who came out of the martial arts examination cannot adapt to it.
New war after the Opium War.
However, it was not until the twenty-seventh year of Guangxu (1901) that martial arts examinations were abolished, but it was too late. The Qing Dynasty declared its demise ten years later.
However, the role of martial arts is still not small now. Jia Yun is also grateful that the martial arts in the Qing Dynasty is now prosperous, allowing him to perform a carp leaping over the dragon's gate through martial arts.
Tang Daqian had an avant-garde sense in this matter. In his view, the martial arts examination should not only test the strategy and martial arts in the inner field, but also the skills and bravery of bow and horse in the outer field. Instead, it should focus on firearms.
It is believed that firearms will become increasingly important in future wars.
This avant-garde consciousness is related to his father, Tang Anping, who is the wing commander of the Foreign Firearms Battalion.
Tang Daqian did not express this idea in front of Jia Yun and Cao Wu.
He is a mature and steady person, and his relationship with Jia Yun is still relatively shallow. Jia Yun is still a young man, and Cao Wu has a somewhat reckless temper. He will not say such "treasonous and unethical" words to Jia Yun and Cao Wu.
Of course he didn't know that Jia Yun had similar ideas and was more far-sighted than him.
Jia Yun is also mature and steady, and will not express such "rebellious and unethical" thoughts casually.
At this time, Jia Yun changed the subject and asked Cao Wu: "Didn't you go home on leave? Why are you back?"
Jing's martial arts school has a regular class schedule. Class A usually studies the content of the martial arts external examination in the morning and the internal examination content of the martial arts examination in the afternoon. In addition, there are several days off every month.
You can also ask for leave on your own. It is usually not difficult for top students in Class A to ask for leave. Cao Wu asked for leave and went home in the past two days.
Cao Wudao: "I just returned to the martial arts school. I also brought a fat sheep and some jars of good wine. We are going to make a bonfire to roast the sheep and have wine. I want you to come with us, and then call the rest of Class A."
, let’s all get together and have fun before the holidays.”
Jia Yun smiled and said: "This is an interesting thing. It's just that I am still young and growing. I can eat wine, but I can't eat too much."
Tang Daqian said: "I won't let you eat too much, just join in the fun."
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At the end of the year, the sky is cold and the night is dark.
At Jing's Martial Arts School, a bonfire was lit next to a bamboo forest and on a grassland. The flames were dazzling, with a kind of courage and energy that broke through the cold night. Sometimes they were like fire clouds, sometimes they were dancing like phoenixes.
A skinned fat sheep hung above the bonfire. During the barbecue, waves of tangy aroma spread to the nostrils, blending with the aroma of wine emanating from the wine jar and bowl.
Around the bonfire, there were more than a dozen figures sitting, mostly adult men, but also a few teenagers. Almost all of these people were strong and even rough. The youngest and least strong and rough among them was Jia Yun.
These dozen figures, including Jia Yun, all wore uniform black uniforms, symbolizing their status as top martial arts students in Class A of Jing's Martial Arts School.
The firelight illuminated these dozen faces, revealing their prime of life, their laughter and laughter, their spirit of martial arts, their scolding Fang Qiu, their guidance, and their turbulent years.
At this moment, Jia Yun, who was sitting among the crowd on the grass, was chewing a leg of lamb in his left hand and sipping a bowl of fine wine in his right hand. His thoughts could not help but return to his past life, and he remembered his youth when he was in college having dinner and drinking with his roommates.
time.
Now it’s great to live a new life and be a teenager again, to experience youth again, and in this world of red mansions!
He was really happy about this from the bottom of his heart.
At this time, a figure came from the end of the grass. Wu Sheng, who had a sharp eye, recognized the person immediately and hurriedly reminded: "The Nestorian leader is here."
As the host, Cao Wu immediately stood up and shouted: "Master Nestor, come and eat meat and wine with us."
As the Nestorian leader approached, he smiled and clasped his fists in response: "Being respectful is worse than obeying orders!"
Ha ha ha ha……
All the martial arts students laughed. They all knew that although Jing Zhanyao was a teacher, he was also like a friend. He was serious and strict in teaching, and he could get along with the martial arts students like friends in private.
However, only the top martial arts students in Class A can enjoy this kind of treatment.
With the addition of the Nestorian leader, the atmosphere of the bonfire party tonight will be even better...