For candidates who study hard, the martial arts written examination is actually very easy.
"Primary School", "University", "The Analects of Confucius", "Mencius", just choose any one.
"Seven Books of Martial Arts", seven military books, you only need to choose one.
Yu Dayou chose "Mencius" and "Sun Tzu's Art of War", and combined the results of various subjects in the martial arts test, he only got third place - he was lagging behind in riding and archery.
Different from the bustle when the results of the liberal arts and imperial examinations are released, when the results of the martial arts examinations are released, no one comes to watch the excitement. Only the people who take the martial arts exams are there having fun.
The palace examination started right away, but unfortunately the regulations were shabby and it was held in the Wuying Palace.
In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Di still summoned ministers in Wuying Palace, and later in Wenhua Palace.
Now, Wuying Hall has been reduced to a place where the emperor fasts. The Queen Mother and the Empress also summon their wives in Wuying Hall. In addition, Wuying Hall is a place for compilation and painting. Hanlin Academy officials do not like to compile books here. As a result,
Wuying Hall gathers a group of palace painters all year round.
Tang Bohu is now very prosperous. Wuying Palace has become his hometown, and he spends half of his time painting here every year.
Li Zicheng was a man of little education. After conquering Beijing, he actually announced his accession to the throne in the Wuying Hall. He thought that the Wuying Hall was a place dedicated to discussing martial arts. Dorgon was also a little confused. He didn't choose from many halls, but he chose to go to the Wuying Hall.
Regent (there was also the reason why Li Zicheng burned the palace, Wuying Palace happened to not be burned).
This is the arrogance and contempt of the civil servants. Although they agreed to hold military examinations, they set up the martial arts examination hall in Wuying Palace.
Among the one hundred and ninety-eight martial arts candidates, except for fourteen whose cultural level was really poor, the remaining one hundred and eighty-four were all admitted as Wu Jinshi. The fourteen who did not pass the Wu Jinshi examination were also admitted by Zhu Houzhi because of their good martial arts skills.
Recruit to the Leopard Room and listen.
When they came to Wuying Hall, the candidates were very excited to see the emperor, and the emperor was also very happy to see the candidates.
Zhu Houzhao likes warriors. There are warriors in front of him, and all the heroes in the world are in my house!
The imperial examination was a policy discussion, and a lot of sage words were used. The emperor asked the martial arts candidates to discuss the fundamentals of generals.
Yu Dayou's military thoughts were inherited from "Sun Tzu's Art of War", and his strategy writing was also based on "Sun Tzu's Art of War". He talked about time, location, people and people, logistics, national strength, and strategy. However, with a change of writing, he believed that today's military system is rotten.
? A general should first be incorruptible? Soldiers cannot be deprived of their food and wages, otherwise it will be useless. The soldiers are not willing to fight at all.
Then Yu Dayou said, "If there is no shortage of food and pay, then there will be morale. But military discipline must be strict. The local guards don't know what military discipline is? Such an army cannot go to the battlefield."
Are they all very practical things anyway? Easier said than done.
Wang Yuan did not participate in the grading of the imperial examinations, which were all judged by officials from the Ministry of War.
Zhu Houzhao asked the officials to read the top thirty promises to him. In the end, he chose Yu Dayou as the top scholar in Wu.
The birth of Wu Zhuangyuan? There was also no excitement at all. The civil servants didn't care at all, but the Governor's Mansion of the Fifth Army held a celebration banquet for them.
Leopard room.
Zhu Houzhao pointed to the six people in front of him and said: "Erlang, these are all masters of weapons and armor."
"I've met Mr. Wang!"
The six of them were quite excited. Wang Yuan was the Ming God of War.
Wang Yuan smiled and cupped his hands and asked, "Are you Yu Dayou?"
Yu Dayou greeted him and said: "That's right!"
"You are indeed a brave man." Wang Yuan said with approval.
What about Yu Long, Qi Hu, Yu Dayou and Qi Jiguang? Those names are so big that even a novice in history like Wang Yuan knows about them.
To be honest, Yu Dayou's life experience is more suitable for making martial arts films rather than military war films.
Not to mention the anecdote about breaking into the Shaolin Temple alone? He was also very miraculous in quelling chaos in Guangdong.
At that time, Yu Dayou was serving as the commander of the capital in Guangdong, and the governor asked him to lead troops to quell the rebellion.
Yu Dayou didn't have many soldiers in his hands, and the local guards were useless. He simply let the soldiers defend themselves and went to visit the rebel leader with only a few followers.
Yu Dayou brought with him a wild and reckless aura, and made friends with the rebel leaders, and taught them superb swordsmanship. There was a leader named Su Qingshe who claimed to be able to subjugate tigers, but he refused to accept Yu Dayou's martial arts, and was killed by Yu Dayou with his sword.
In this way, all the rebel leaders surrendered, and they almost appointed Yu Dayou as their leader.
No troops were sent, and the rebellion subsided.
Acting this way is less like an officer and more like a knight.
Even though he was a little unlucky, he was always involved in civil and political struggles for no apparent reason, and many of his military achievements were misappropriated.
The eunuchs brought wine and food, and Zhu Houzhao gave everyone seats, and they drank, ate, and talked about war together.
After joking for a while, Zhu Houzhao pointed to a person and said: "Erlang, should the subjects of the martial arts examination be changed? A warrior like Zheng Hu actually failed."
Wang Yuan shook his head and said: "I thought there was no need to change it. Didn't Zheng Wuju enter the leopard room?"
Zheng Hu, a native of Shandong, is an ordinary citizen.
With the prosperity of business, escort bureaus were born. Zheng Hu was hired as an escort because of his strong body. Hearing that martial arts was booming, Zheng Hu went to sign up. This guy had never read any military books and only knew a few things.
Just a big character.
However, Zheng Hu was too powerful. Even though he couldn't write articles, he still took the exam all the way to the capital, and examiners at all levels were reluctant to dismiss him.
Until he failed in the military examination and was recruited by the emperor to serve in the Leopard Room.
This guy didn't know what he ate to grow up. He is nearly two meters tall, has big shoulders and a round waist, and his arms are as thick as an average person's thighs. He looks like a god when he sits there.
Wang Yuan saw Zheng Hu glaring at him and found it funny: "What, you are a little dissatisfied?"
Zheng Hu was stunned and said: "I am in Shandong and have heard of Wang Erlang's reputation. It is said that Wang Erlang has three heads and six arms. When I saw the real person, I didn't think he was very powerful. I want to compete with you."
These words were too presumptuous. Not only did he call Wang Erlang directly, he also wanted to compete with Wang Yuan in martial arts.
Zhu Houzhao just smiled and did not scold him.
Wang Yuan just pretended that he didn't hear anything. With his current status, how could he pay attention to such a fool?
Zheng Hu actually asked: "Do you dare to compete?"
Wang Yuan smiled and said to Yu Dayou: "Yu Zhuangyuan, I am the Wen Zhuangyuan, and you are the Wu Zhuangyuan. How about you teach this guy a lesson for me?"
Yu Dayou stood up immediately: "I don't dare to say goodbye."
The emperor immediately moved to the inner school grounds, where all the training was stopped, and the soldiers gathered around to watch the competition.
Zheng Hu used a four-foot machete, and Yu Dayou asked for a two-handed sword.
The thirty-pound machete is purely used for martial arts training and cannot be used on the battlefield because it will make you collapse if you can't chop down a few enemies. But in Zheng Hu's hands, it is like twirling straw, dancing like a tiger.
The wind caught Yu Dayou and chopped him repeatedly.
Yu Dayou was so depressed that he wanted to vomit blood. He had countless exquisite sword moves, but facing the four-foot machete, he couldn't use them at all - unless he tried to hurt himself, he would stab Zheng Hu to death, but that would not end well.
Already.
"when!"
Unable to avoid it, Yu Dayou swung his sword to block, but the swords in both hands were cut off. The remaining power shocked Yu Dayou's arms to the point of numbness.
"No fight!" Yu Dayou abandoned his sword and admitted defeat.
Zheng Hu smiled at Wang Yuan and said, "I won."
Zhu Houzhao laughed heartily.
In fact, Yu Dayou can win, but he must fight to the death. The Baofang School Ground is not a place to fight for his life.
Yu Dayou did not defend himself. He cupped his fists and said to Wang Yuan, "Shilang Wang, I have disgraced my mission."
Wang Yuan smiled and said: "From the beginning to the end, your figure and steps were very steady, and you always had some remaining strength to use. The defeat was not ugly. Zheng Hu's swordsmanship is wild, but your swordsmanship is battle formation."
Where did you learn this technique?"
Yu Dayou said: "I learned it from Quanzhou Master Zhao, and it is said that it was passed down from Shaolin Temple."
Wang Yuan shook his head and said: "How can monks know how to fight with swords? Most of them are rumors."
"I don't know much about this matter." Yu Dayou could only answer like this.
Later, Zhu Houzhao personally went into battle and fought with a sword. He was invincible and unstoppable, and the emperor was so angry that he lost all interest.
"Let's stop fighting and let's get down to business," Zhu Houzhao suddenly asked, "Whoever among you is willing to be a general in Daning, the top scholar in military affairs, the second in military rankings, or the best in military affairs, can be given the command immediately, and the rest of the military elites can be at least one thousand households."
"I wish to go!" Everyone knelt down one after another.
Wang Yuan smiled and said: "If you go to Quaning, you will not be able to become hereditary military attachés. Have you thought clearly?"
Everyone was in a daze, unable to make a decision.
The military attache system of the Ming Dynasty can be divided into secular officials and floating officials.
There are nine levels of officialdom, from commanding envoys, commanding colleagues, commanding officials, to thousands of households, hundreds of households, and trial of hundreds of households, all of which are basically hereditary.
There are eight levels of officials, including governors and governors. Until they stay in the local area, they need to be promoted based on merit and cannot be hereditary.
In addition, the garrison system, that is, the general, deputy general, guerrilla, garrison, general and other positions were basically held by nobles in the early Ming Dynasty. Now they have basically become military officials and cannot be hereditary.
In addition, there has always been a way out, that is, the guard system, which can also be filled by Liu Guan.
This was a hole deliberately left by Zhu Yuanzhang, and it was also a breakthrough for Wang Yuan to reform the military system!
In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, as long as there was a vacancy for a commander, a thousand households, or a hundred households, priority would be given to promoting officials to serve. This was to maintain the vitality of the army.
However, as time went by, those official positions gradually became hereditary.
Nowadays, it is still possible to let the official to serve as a thousand or a hundred households, but according to the unspoken rules, it should be hereditary after many years. This is how the martial arts system has been destroyed. Wu Jinshi and martial examiners are awarded the official position, but they cannot be hereditary.
, it became hereditary again right in front of you.
Since Zhu Yuanzhang had an opening, how could Wang Yuan not use it?
The rules can be gradually specified. From now on, when the martial arts scholars and martial arts examiners are appointed, they can only serve as temporary officials and cannot be granted hereditary status, unless they have made great achievements.
In this way, there are more and more people who have won the first place in martial arts, and there are more and more people who have passed the military examination. Local hereditary military attachés always have to die, and there are always times when they are convicted. Once the seat is vacated, those who came from the military examination will immediately be replaced.
If you take responsibility and implement it for a long time, a new military attache group will be formed.
These new military attaches cannot be hereditary, so they must rely on meritorious service to gain more benefits for their descendants. They will also spontaneously compete with the hereditary military attaches and promote people with the same background.
Perhaps in the future, military generals will talk about the year: "Oh, you also took the martial arts competition in such and such a year, and we are still in the same year!"
Of course, it has to be done step by step, and it cannot be promoted on a large scale now.
Yu Dayou was only stunned for a moment, and then he vaguely guessed that the emperor wanted to reform, and immediately shouted: "I would like to go to Daning to become a retired general!"
Zhu Houzhao said happily: "Okay, I will appoint you as the commander of the Daning Guard!"