Chapter 250 Yue Pengju stands out, I have warriors to guard the four sides
Chapter 250 Yue Pengju stands out, I have warriors to guard the four sides
More than 600 martial arts disciples knelt under the statue of the Martial Temple, listening to the minister of the Ministry of War read out the imperial edict written by Zhao Guanjia. They were deeply educated and they swore in their hearts:
In this martial arts examination, no matter whether I can be named on the gold list, I will never lose my ambition to serve the country loyally, fight on the battlefield, and achieve extraordinary achievements!!
After the Minister of the Ministry of War read out the imperial edict, the Minister of Rites personally presided over more than 600 martial arts disciples to pay homage to the Martial Arts Temple in batches...
Although the entire visit to the Martial Temple took nearly an hour,
However, all martial examiners can feel that the dignity given to martial examiners by the Emperor Zhao Guan's family is the highest in history.
They all felt very honored in their hearts.
After the ceremony of paying homage to the Martial Arts Temple, officials from the Ministry of War led the martial arts candidates to leave the Martial Arts Temple and go straight to the martial arts examination room two miles away - the school grounds of the Imperial Guards in the capital.
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Along the way, the martial arts disciples were still immersed in the joy and excitement of visiting the martial arts temple.
You know, the dignified officials of the imperial court, the Minister of Rites, were all sent by Zhao Guan's family to personally preside over the ceremony of entering the Martial Temple to pay homage to the statues of Jiang Taigong and the good generals of the past dynasties.
They originally thought that the favor given by the imperial family of Zhao in the Great Song Dynasty to them, the martial arts masters, had come to an end.
However, Yue Fei, Wu Jie, Wu Lin, Yang Zaixing, Niu Gao, Wang Gui, Zhang Xian and other more than 600 military officials never expected that as soon as they entered the spacious and flat campus of the Imperial Guards in the capital (that is, this
After the external competition venue of the martial arts competition),
They actually saw the tall Luanqi chariot from a distance and stopped at the side of the school military field.
You must know that this kind of car with the Luan flag on it is the exclusive car of Emperor Lubu.
Except for the emperor, if anyone dares to use the Luan flag chariot, it is an act of trespass and is a crime of beheading!
All the martial arts candidates were shocked. The emperor of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Guanji, actually came to the examination room in person on the first day of their martial arts examinations?!
All the officials of the Ministry of War who led the martial arts disciples back from the martial arts temple were also extremely shocked.
Because, before this, they, the examiners of the Ministry of War, had never received an imperial edict saying that Zhao Guan’s family would return to the Imperial Palace to attend the martial arts examination in person!
This was the first emperor in the history of the Song Dynasty to attend the martial arts examination in person!
You must know that even the civil examination candidates who were higher than the martial examination examination subjects in the past could only name themselves on the golden list and roll call at the Donghua Gate. Only those who entered the palace examination would see the high-ranking Emperor Zhao Guan of the Song Dynasty.
Everyone who returned from the Martial Arts Temple to the [outfield] of the martial arts examination was extremely shocked and looked at the emperor's flag and the guard of honor flying on the high point of the outfield.
They confirmed that the emperor of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Guanjia, really came to the examination room of the martial arts examination in person!
When the examiners and junior officials of the Ministry of War saw Zhao Guan's family in person at the martial arts examination room, they immediately came to their senses from standing still in shock. When they saw the emperor, they still didn't kowtow to him? That was a serious crime.
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"thump"
"thump"
"thump……"
They immediately knelt down in the school military field, which was temporarily used as the [outfield] for martial arts examinations.
While kneeling down, these examiners and junior officials from the Ministry of War also reminded the large group of martial arts candidates behind them, saying:
"The emperor of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Guanjia, came to the examination room in person. You, the martial arts candidates, please follow me quickly and kneel down to worship..."
"thump"
"thump"
"thump……"
More than 600 military officials, including Yue Fei, Wu Jie, Wu Lin, Yang Zaixing, Niu Gao, Wang Gui, Zhang Xian, etc., knelt in the school military field.
After they met Zhao Guan's family, they were sincerely willing to pay homage to the emperor and his ministers.
They admired and admired Zhao Guanjia, the emperor of the Song Dynasty, who was standing on the general stage and watching them.
Under the leadership of the officials of the Ministry of War, all the military officials also shouted:
"Long live my emperor..."
"Long live my emperor..."
At this time, Zhao Ji, who was leaning on the railing on the school military field and looking down at more than 600 martial arts candidates, smiled slightly and said loudly:
"Everyone loves you, everyone raises your son, and he will live without courtesy!"
Under the leadership of officials from the Ministry of War, more than 600 military officials stood up one after another.
Although, in their hearts, they really wanted to raise their heads and take a good look at the Emperor Zhao Guan's family on the general stage;
However, due to the constraints of etiquette, they did not dare to raise their heads and look directly at the Zhao Guan family who gave them the opportunity to participate in the martial arts examination this year.
They never expected that the high-ranking Zhao Guan family, accompanied by a group of court officials and officials, would walk down the general stage and come to them...
The military officials could tell who was the emperor from his clothes, but most of them did not recognize the group of senior civil and military officials following the emperor.
However, the examiners such as the Minister of War and the Ministry of War, who led the military examiners back from visiting the martial arts temple, knew the group of civil and military officials from the imperial court who were following behind Zhao Guan's family!
They are respectively the leader of the Privy Council, Zheng Juzhong of the State of Yan, Cao Fu, the imperial censor, and Li Gang and Zongze, who were recalled to the capital by Zhao Guan's family and were put into important positions.
Of course, the fat eunuch with a servile look who followed Zhao Guan's family was not someone they, the examiners, would dare to offend in the slightest. Because that fat eunuch was the great eunuch Liang Shicheng, who was known as the "hidden minister".
This time, why did Zhao Ji set a precedent in the Song Dynasty and even in ancient and modern times, and the imperial commander personally visited the test field of the martial arts examination?
In fact, Zhao Ji's purpose was not to watch the excitement of the martial arts competition, but sincerely he wanted to see the famous historical generals Yue Fei, Wu Jie, Wu Lin, Yang Zaixing, Niu Gao, and Wang who participated in this martial arts competition.
The performance of Gui, Zhang Xian and others...
In addition, Zhao Ji also knew that with his supreme status as the emperor, personally attending the examination room of the martial arts examination would surely move all the martial arts candidates and make them loyal to me forever, so that they can serve the country after leading troops to the battlefield in the future.
The people bravely killed the enemy...
Zhao Ji walked to the more than 600 martial arts disciples gathered together.
He saw that after returning from the martial arts temple, these martial arts candidates were ranked according to their ranking in the state capital examination.
In fact, this kind of ranking based on ranking is quite reasonable. Otherwise, the martial arts students would definitely want to be in front whether they are worshiping at the martial arts temple or entering the examination room.
This arrangement of positions according to the test results of martial arts exams also makes it easier for Zhao Guan's family to see who is more outstanding when they take the local test.
At this time, Zhao Ji, a time traveler, put aside the arrogant airs of ancient emperors and behaved very close to the people.
Under the introduction of the examiner from the Ministry of War, Zhao Ji walked to the front of the queue for the martial arts examination candidates in each state.
Then, Zhao Ji patted the shoulders of Wu Juzi standing in front of each team to show encouragement...
"Your Majesty, this is Xiangzhou Wuju Xie Yuan Yuefei, whose courtesy name is Pengju. He is eighteen years old and is from Tangyin County, Xiangzhou!"
The examiner from the Ministry of War looked at the list of candidates, bowed his head, and introduced the martial arts candidates from Xiangzhou's team to Zhao Guan's family.
A "plop" sound.
Yue Fei knelt in front of Zhao Guanjia. Behind him, Ya Yuan Wang Gui and more than a dozen Xiangzhou military officials also knelt down to meet him.
Yue Fei kowtowed and said: "Yue Fei, the son of Xiangzhou Military Examination, kowtows to the official family, long live my emperor!"
The martial arts disciples behind him also knelt down and kowtowed with Yue Fei, shouting in unison: "Long live my emperor!"
"Alas!" Zhao Ji sighed in his heart.
You know, the dignified anti-gold hero was kneeling in front of him, Zhao Ji, a time-traveler, which really made him feel a little embarrassed. He even feared that the original owner of his body would rebel and made a "
Zhao Gou'er, who killed the anti-gold hero for "unfounded" crimes, felt a little ashamed of Yue Fei!
However, feudal etiquette must still be observed.
The ministers and the people must abide by this,
Even the lofty emperor must abide by it.
When Zhao Ji walked in front of candidates from all over the country, they all had to kneel down to see the examiners. So, naturally, Xiangzhou's martial arts examination, Xieyuan Yuefei, couldn't be special.
Zhao Ji quickly reached out and helped Yue Fei up.
With this support, Zhao Ji discovered that although the eighteen-year-old Yue Fei was not too tall,
However, when Zhao Ji helped him and touched Yue Fei's thick arms, he felt so strong and hard!
The touch that Yue Fei's arm left on Zhao Ji was like touching an iron pillar, it was full of hard muscles!!!
"Hahaha!" Zhao Ji laughed heartily, and while helping Yue Fei up with his own hands, he praised:
"Peng Ju, you are so tough! Please forgive me immediately and get free."
After Yue Fei met the emperor, he received the honor of being called by the Emperor Zhao Guan's family instead of calling him by his name, and was personally supported by the Zhao Guan family.
This made Yue Fei extremely excited. His pair of big and small eyes that looked down on the world were sparkling with crystal tears...
His voice was choked with sobs, and he said: "My son Yue Fei, who was elected in the military, thanks Your Majesty for your kindness. Feiding will serve the country with all his loyalty!"
Although Yue Fei did not say as many words to express his loyalty to the emperor and serve the country as he did in other state capitals' martial arts competitions.
However, as the saying goes, ‘A man’s promise is hard to follow’, but a great hero’s promise is worth a thousand dollars!
When Yue Fei said that he would serve the country with all his loyalty, it really came from his heart.
Yue Fei's back still has the four characters "Serve the Country with Loyalty" tattooed by his mother-in-law when she was teaching her son!
Zhao Ji was very satisfied with Yue Fei's ability to say, "I will serve the country with all my loyalty."
He stretched out his hand, patted Yue Fei's thick shoulder, and said:
"Pengju, do your best in the martial arts examination and make full use of your talents. Don't panic. I believe you will be on the gold medal list!"
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After Zhao Ji finished speaking, before Yue Fei could thank him, he turned around gracefully and walked to the front of the queue where other state officials were standing.
Zhao Ji showed off his strength in front of Xiangzhou Jie Yuan Yue Fei.
Of course, this is not because Zhao Ji, the time traveler, is deliberately showing off in front of Yue Fei. In fact, if he talks to Yue Fei too much, it will definitely give the martial arts candidates from other states and even the examiners an illusion:
Did the emperor like Xiangzhou's martial arts performance, Xie Yuanyuefei, and wanted to praise him intentionally?
Zhao Ji knew very well that if these martial arts candidates and even the invigilators who participated in the examination were allowed to have this illusion, then the fairness of the martial arts examination might be affected.
Even the time traveler Zhao Ji really wants to say a few more words to the loyal heroes in history, but now is not the day when the examination will be completed and the results will be announced.
Therefore, Zhao Guan's family unintentionally pretended to be very stylish in front of Yue Fei.
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Yue Fei watched with admiring eyes as Zhao Guan's family, accompanied by a group of civil and military officials, walked towards the front of the Jinyuan Military Judicial Submission Queue not far from them.
Wu Jie, a member of the Jingyuan Martial Arts Examination Committee, knelt down and kowtowed to face the saint. Wu Lin, the Yayuan Martial Examination Scholar, and dozens of other martial arts candidates also knelt down and knelt down together, shouting:
"Long live my emperor..."
The Minister of War also served as the examiner of this martial arts examination. While looking at the roster of Kyouhara martial arts examination subjects, he introduced to Zhao Guanjia:
"In the official family, this person is Jingyuan Wuju Jieyuan Wujie, named Jinqing, 28 years old. He is from Longgan County, Deshun Army.
Xie Yuan Wu Jie was recruited into the army at the age of 20 and fought against Xixia on the border for eight years.
During the Zhenghe period, Xixia invaded the border, and Wu Jie led his army in a fierce battle. Because of his bravery, he was promoted to the deputy lieutenant of Jinyi and was appointed as the captain of the team.
The martial arts people in the world are fortunate to have the official government open more martial arts exams;
Therefore, both Wu Jie and his younger brother Wu Lin, who had been promoted to junior high school in the army, had the opportunity to be selected from the army under Quduan of Jingyuan Road to participate in the Jingyuan Road martial arts examination.
Wu Jie passed the Jingyuanlu examination and passed the martial arts examination and passed the Jie Yuan examination, and his younger brother Wu Lin passed the Jingyuan examination and passed the martial arts examination and passed the Yayuan examination.
The two brothers passed the imperial examination together and went to the capital to participate in the martial arts examination together, which has become a good story for a while!"
Zhao Ji was delighted and looked at the brothers Wu Jie and Wu Lin who were kneeling in front of him.
As a time traveler, he knew that the brothers Wu Jie and Wu Lin, two famous generals in history who fought against the Jin Dynasty and defended Shu, were definitely of great use.
Although Zhao Ji was very happy in his heart, on the surface he had to stretch his legs.
His face remained as usual and he said calmly:
"Jingyuan's martial arts candidates are all free of ceremony."
Zhao Ji walked up to Wu Jie who was kneeling on the ground and helped him up with his own hands.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! He gave the same personal support to Jieyuan (the first place winner) in martial arts in every place.
This will prevent martial arts candidates from any area from feeling that Zhao Guan's family favors one thing over another.
As for the reason why Zhao Ji didn't go to help the second-place Ya Yuan and other athletes who were kneeling on the ground in the various examinations, the reason was that there were too many martial arts exams for Enke this time, and he couldn't help them with his own hands.
Of course, Zhao Ji only supported the martial arts practitioners, and he also wanted to let all the martial arts disciples know that only with their own real skills can they gain the respect of the emperor.
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Zhao Ji stood on the school military field with great ambition.
Behind him were important ministers Zheng Juzhong, Cao Fu, Li Gang, Zong Ze and other court officials.
In front of him were Yue Fei, Wu Jie, Wu Lin, Yang Zaixing, Niu Gao, Wang Gui, Zhang Xian and more than 600 outstanding martial arts scholars selected from various places.
At this time, Zhao Ji felt so proud.
He chanted a poem loudly:
"The wind is blowing and the clouds are flying,
Weijiahai comes back to his hometown,
And the warriors are guarding all sides?!"
Zhao Jihuan pointed at all the candidates taking part in the martial arts examination and continued loudly:
"I have strong men to guard the four sides!!"
When all the martial arts disciples heard Zhao Guanjia read Liu Bang's "Song of the Wind", especially when Zhao Guanjia pointed at them at the end, they shouted loudly with great certainty and conviction, "I have warriors guarding the four directions!!"
This is an affirmation and appreciation for the martial arts masters in their field!
All the martial arts disciples were excited and afraid of Tianyan. They stood respectfully on the spot, not daring to breathe, and prepared to listen to the emperor of the Song Dynasty's instructions.
Zhao Ji said loudly again:
"The martial arts exam began in the second year of Chang'an in the Wu Zhou Dynasty. It was established by Wu Zetian to select people with martial arts skills as generals.
It has been more than four years since the martial arts examination was established.
Compared with the liberal arts examination, the martial arts examination has received less attention. The military examination in the past dynasties was sometimes abolished and sometimes restored.
The status of those who came from martial arts in the past dynasties was also lower than that of Jinshi who came from liberal arts.
However, in this day and age, I will definitely make the status of those who come from martial arts equal to that of those who come from liberal arts!"
Zhao Guanjia's words immediately aroused the cheers of more than 600 martial arts disciples, who shouted in unison:
"Official sage, long live my emperor..."
After Zhao Ji made a downward gesture to silence the candidates, all the martial arts disciples immediately fell silent and continued to listen to Zhao Guan's lecture.
Zhao Ji said loudly again:
"The founder of our dynasty, Emperor Taizu, was deeply concerned about the internal and external troubles of the Song Dynasty, so he imitated the imperial examination system of the Tang Dynasty and established a military examination system in order to select a group of pillars to help the country.
Subsequently, the Song Dynasty pioneered the martial arts examination and formed a three-level martial arts examination system of Jie examination, provincial examination and palace examination.
However, in the past, the standard for the martial arts examination in the Song Dynasty was "based on literature" and "supplemented by martial arts", and its content was martial arts and policy theory.
The main test of martial arts is archery and horse shooting, first "shooting on foot", and then "shooting on horseback".
If you pass the bow and horse test, you will take the article test, first test strategy theory, and then test the "Seven Books of Martial Arts", namely "Sima Fa", "Tzu", "Wu Zi", "Wei Liao Zi", and "Huang Shi Gong's Three Strategies".
"Jiang Taigong's Six Tao", "Tang Li Wen Dui".
In this way, many people in the world who are good at martial arts but illiterate will be excluded from the door of martial arts.
I am opening this new martial arts examination to select two types of military talents:
One is to select generals who are good at martial arts and understand the art of war and strategy;
The second is to select brave generals among the three armies who are good at martial arts, dare to charge into battle, and can take the heads of enemy generals.
Therefore, it is divided into two types: testing both [internal and external fields] and only testing [outside fields].”
After hearing what Zhao Guanjia said, among the many martial arts candidates, especially those such as Niu Gao who did not know a single big character and only took the "outfield" test, I felt so grateful to Zhao Guanjia that I could not help but feel grateful.
Of course, many martial arts candidates also know that before Zhao Guanjia of the Song Dynasty specially opened this martial arts exam, the Song Dynasty court also took into account the reality that some martial arts candidates were good at martial arts but not literary, and specially set up a "unparalleled martial arts subject" in the martial arts examination.
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For candidates taking the "Excellent Martial Arts Course", the test content lowers the standard of the essay, but adds the subjects of rifle shooting and crossbow.
However, today's Zhao Guan family dared to reform, and for the first time, the martial arts examinations of the Song Dynasty did not need to take the "inside" policy theory and the "Seven Books of Martial Arts" outside examination.
Many martial arts disciples praised in their hearts: Zhao Guanjia is truly the emperor of the ages who dared to innovate the old system!
"Long live my emperor..."
Zhao Ji looked around at Yue Fei, Wu Jie, Wu Lin, Wang Gui, Zhang Xian, Niu Gao and more than 600 martial arts masters, and said loudly:
"Martial Arts Enke Examination, the [outfield] competition begins now, and the examiners from the Ministry of War enter the venue.
All you martial arts masters must show me your brave martial arts skills!"