On April 15th, the Ministry of Rites once again presided over another assessment of this examination - the martial arts examination.
Compared with the civil examination, this is the first time that the martial arts examination has been moved to a public place.
The venue for the martial arts examination was located on the former site of the Military Casting Bureau - craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry had bulldozed the former site of the Military Casting Bureau in the city and poured cement into the ground.
According to the overall arrangements of the imperial court, a new military system's posts and training ground may be established in this open space. Simply put, the Military Guards Palace and the General's Palace may be moved here.
But before that, this place temporarily became the venue for martial arts competitions.
The subjects of the martial arts competition were also formulated after consultation between Zhao Hongrun and the Ministry of Rites. Since he had no corresponding experience before, Zhao Hongrun only formulated two assessment categories: martial arts and art of war.
The rest, such as "riding", "arching", etc., will not be used in the first martial arts competition for the time being and will be expanded in the future.
The so-called martial arts competition means that the two sides test their martial arts skills in the ring. Considering that swords have no eyes, the weapons in the competition field are all made of wood. Although this does not eliminate the danger, it does reduce the risk to a minimum.
As for the art of war assessment, it tests the candidates’ ability in leading troops.
It has to be said that although the imperial court paid more attention to the civil examinations, the people of Daliang were more interested in the military examinations. Therefore, when the military examinations began, the venue was crowded with people who came to watch the excitement.
As for the candidates for the martial arts examination, the Ministry of Rites took the same approach as the civil examination: just sign up and participate.
Because of this, the rangers in Daliang City rushed to sign up, hoping to get a military job through this rare opportunity.
Since Zhao Hongrun is the examiner of this examination, and this examination also covers the martial arts competition, he naturally cannot be absent from this martial arts competition.
So, he took Wen Qi, Jie Ziu, Wen Shaobo and others, as well as Yan Mo and other Yanling Army soldiers who stayed with him temporarily, to observe.
It has to be said that Zhao Hongrun was greatly disappointed by the competition between those people in the arena. He felt that these people deserved a four-word evaluation: rookies pecking each other.
Seeing the two men on the ring grabbing their hair like women and wrestling together in an inappropriate manner, not to mention Zhao Hongrun, even Du You, the Minister of Rites, and others looked unhappy.
In this regard, Zhao Hongrun finally understood why the imperial court had never paid much attention to the selection of military examinations. In fact, the selection process was considered by most officials in the DPRK and central government to be too chaotic and they could not take it seriously.
There is no way, after all, this is the first few rounds of screening. After a few rounds, the rookies will be eliminated, and the situation will be much better.
For example, in the later rounds, Zhao Hongrun saw several rangers with good sword skills.
Of course, even though he admitted that his opponent's sword skills were good, the fighting style of these rangers running around in the ring still made Zhao Hongrun feel very awkward.
This is because Zhao Hongrun has stayed in the military camp all year round and has long been accustomed to martial arts competitions in the military camp.
Compared with the so-called swordsmanship of these rangers, which looks very fancy, the competition between the sergeants and soldiers can be said to be very direct and rough. It is either wrestling or a weapons competition-that is, the two soldiers each hold a wooden sword and a piece of sword.
The wooden shield competition.
In Zhao Hongrun's view, the military competition is what makes people's blood boil, especially when two soldiers collide with their shields in a rough and direct way, while taking advantage of the gap to wave their wooden swords. The soldiers in the army can do it in half.
A pretty exciting fight takes place within a radius of ten feet, unlike on the five-foot arena right now - when you are actually on the battlefield, with people all around you, how can there be any space for you to move around?
Zhao Hongrun had no doubt that if his Su Wang army sent any soldiers armed with wooden swords and wooden shields, they would be able to beat the so-called agile and skilled rangers to the ground.
And if a non-commissioned officer is sent to fight on the front line of the battlefield, such as five hundred generals or one thousand generals, I believe this military exercise will be almost meaningless.
"How about you go up and try?"
Zhao Hongrun was joking with Yan Mo, the deputy general of Yanling Army beside him.
To be honest, Yan Mo's strengths lie in commanding troops and commanding battles, but his personal martial arts is not strong among the Yanling Army, and it is even more inconspicuous among the entire King Su Army, let alone Wu Ji, the general of the Shang Shui Army.
, even Xiang Li, Ran Teng, Zhang Ming and other brave thousand-man generals, Yan Mo may not be able to defeat them.
But like this kind of competition between rookies, even if Yan Mo is not a general who is good at martial arts, I believe he can defeat those rangers, and he may even be able to intimidate those people with his momentum alone.
Yan Mo smiled and waved his hand and said a few modest words, but Zhao Hongrun could see from his eyes that Yan Mo also didn't look down on such low-level martial arts.
Zhao Hongrun suddenly felt that this might be the reason why all armies were also not interested in martial arts examinations, because the military bosses generally believed that the winners selected through martial arts examinations were too flashy - after all, Ye Luzi's skills were
This would not work on the battlefield, as it would not only kill oneself but also kill his comrades; and if these winners were asked to abandon their original wild ways, what would be the difference from directly recruiting a civilian to train from scratch?
Of course, this refers to those wild knights. It is undeniable that there are still some outstanding talents in martial arts.
For example, Zhao Hongrun met a familiar face at the martial arts competition - Lu Zhi. This person's competition was in line with the military's martial arts habits.
"Why did he come to Daliang?"
Seeing Lu Zhi holding a wooden shield and using very rough and direct skills to knock down the ranger who was running and jumping in front of him, Zhao Hongrun couldn't help but feel a little surprised. He felt vaguely like he was watching.
The delusion of the soldiers of King Su under his command.
It has to be said that Zhao Hongrun is a little conceited. After all, the training of King Su's army also adopts the regulations of infantry training and Zongwei training of Wei State over the years. Therefore, it is not the soldiers of King Su's army who are strong, but the strength of Wei State.
The infantry trained in this way are already quite powerful.
Chenggao Army, Fenxing Army, Junshui Army, and Dangshan Army were the four armies that Zhao Hongrun had come into contact with. The soldiers of the infantry battalions in their camps were no less powerful than the soldiers of King Su. However, the strength of these infantrymen was
The equipment is not as good as that of King Su's army.
The infantry of Wei State has always been famous throughout the world.
And having said that, Lu Zhi's martial arts fight can also reflect the fact that although the rangers usually seem to have superb martial arts skills, when they encounter the Wei infantry who have undergone systematic training, they will be beaten down in a few hits.
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Looking at the frustrated looks of the defeated rangers, Zhao Hongrun secretly laughed: Your opponents are professionally trained, what's so frustrating about losing to them?
Generally speaking, Zhao Hongrun was not very satisfied with this martial arts competition. He felt that it was more gimmicks than practical. If the Ministry of Rites hoped to use martial arts competitions to suppress the warlike sentiments of the people, he was not very fond of the martial arts competitions.
It is undeniable that General Wei Mu of Nanyan was selected through military examinations, but the question is, how many people like Wei Mu are there? Wei Mu is the second son of the prince of Wei, and he has been leading the family soldiers at home since he was a child.
People who have been exposed to the ability to kill enemies on the battlefield are influenced by their eyes and ears. They are originally superb in martial arts and good at commanding troops. How can those rangers who have not undergone systematic training compare?
Zhao Hongrun has no doubt that, except for Lu Zhi and other people who have received orthodox training, even if the rest of the rangers can be shortlisted in this martial arts competition, if they are thrown into the battlefield, they will definitely not survive the end of the war.
Some soldiers may even be killed by them.
Fortunately, Zhao Hongrun had already made arrangements for this. He planned to send those who excelled in martial arts to the military academy and give them an honorary military position with no real power. If these people changed their martial arts skills, they might as well recommend them to various military schools.
Army, otherwise, let these people hang out in the military academy.
But having said that, the people in Daliang who were watching the excitement around the arena were all watching with great interest. Even after the martial arts competition was over, they were arguing about the winner after tea and dinner, which made Zhao Hongrun laugh and cry when he learned about this.
Of course, people with real discernment will not pay much attention to the martial arts examination. After all, in the eyes of many people, the martial arts examination is just an addition to the civil examination, just a gimmick.
Therefore, the martial arts examination did not arouse any heated discussion in the court from the opening to the end. In contrast, the various ministries of the imperial court were more keen to divide up this year's examinations.
Among them, the most eye-catching one is none other than "Meson-Owl, the number one winner on both lists".
However, what no one expected was that on the day when the results were announced by the Ministry of Rites, Jie Zigui went to Prince Su's Mansion and joined Su Prince Zhao Hongrun. Later, he and Prince Su Zhao Hongrun observed the martial arts competition together.
A few days later, the Ministry of Rites once again posted a double ranking list outside the wall of the department. This time on the list, no one had double rankings in high school at the same time.
As everyone expected, Jie Zizi, who topped the double list, gave up his results on the A list and chose the B list. After him, Fan Ying, Tang Ju, and He Xinxian, it can be said that all the candidates who ranked first on the B list
, have all given up on the A list, which caused an illusion: the A list is not as good as the B list.
For this reason, there was a war of words between the candidates on the A list and the B list. After all, no one wanted to admit that the list they were on was not as valuable as the other list.
But it is a pity that those who took the first-class exams failed in the end, and were scolded by those who took the second-grade exams speechlessly: Even Jie Zizi, the number one candidate in both rankings, gave up on the first-grade exams. What can you say about those who took the first-grade exams?
As a result, Jie Zizi was unfortunately shot dead and was hated by many students who took the first-level exams. He was quite innocent.
Subsequently, Jie Ziu was invited by King Su Zhao Hongrun to serve as a "consultant" in the General Administration of Metallurgy and Manufacturing, and was labeled as a "direct official of King Su". Tang Ju and He Xinxian officially joined the Ministry of Rites, and ranked second on the list.
Fan Ying, for some unknown reason, joined the Ministry of War and seemed to have accepted the invitation from King Qing Zhao Hongxin.
Although Zhao Hongrun was a little regretful about this, he was not too regretful. After all, being able to get Jie Zitu's effectiveness this time was already a piece of pie in the sky for him.
As for the rest of the candidates, as previously announced by the Ministry of Rites, the candidates on the first list were recommended by the Ministry of Personnel and used to fill domestic vacancies. The rest were sent to Shangdang County.
What surprised Zhao Hongrun was that a few days later, the eldest prince Zhao Hongli suddenly launched a memorial to Chui Gong Palace, impeaching Xi Jiang, the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Civil Service, for accepting bribes and engaging in malpractice for personal gain. Subsequently, Chui Gong Palace came back with this memorial approved by Yong Wang Hongyu:
The censor will investigate strictly!
"Zhao Hongli is going to regain the power of the official department..."