In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, there was no martial arts, and the main reason was the ancestral constraints.

Zhu Yuanzhang held a three-year literary examination, and thought that those young jinshi were not useful, so he decided to abolish the imperial examination system. This abolition is 12 years, but no more suitable selection method can be found, so the imperial examination can only be resumed again.

At this time, the Ministry of Rites suggested that martial arts should be opened, but Zhu Yuanzhang was noncommittal.

Three years later, the Ministry of Rites again asked for martial arts. Zhu Yuanzhang replied: "The establishment of another martial arts is to separate the civil and military families, and in the long run, there will be no all-round people in the world." ”

With Zhu Yuanzhang's words, future generations of monarchs and ministers cannot disobey, and everyone no longer mentions martial arts.

During the Yingzong period, border troubles were frequent, thieves were everywhere, and the army was weak.

As a result, the civil officials requested the establishment of a martial arts school (military academy), and Yingzong ordered the establishment of one in Nanjing and one in Beijing. As a result, the school was still in preparation, and the sudden change of the civil fort occurred, and the emperor was directly captured, and the matter of the military academy was put on hold.

By the time of Zhu Houzhao's grandfather Xianzong, the hereditary military attache system had become full of drawbacks.

Zhu Jianshen, the daring Xianzong, determined the martial arts in the form of law, directly promulgated the "Martial Arts Law", and announced the holding of martial arts examinations.

But it was embarrassing that no one in the whole country signed up to participate.

Emperor Xianzong's face was almost swollen by reality, and he never mentioned martial arts again.

The reason for this is that health studies were not flourishing at that time, and not many children of military families studied seriously. And those who have read the book hope to participate in the Wenju, how cool it is to be admitted to the Jinshi to be a civil official, so they look down on the future of the martial arts.

The children of military families who really want to take the martial arts exam, but because of their limited knowledge, they are too lazy to sign up to try their luck. Because the content of martial arts was too "high-end" at that time, the examination subjects included "Primary School", "University", "Analects", "Mencius" and "Seven Books of Wujing".

The first martial arts in the Ming Dynasty was in the Hongzhi period, but the operation was stopped, and it was not large-scale at all.

And because there is no martial arts palace test, the emperor will not personally ask, so there is no real martial champion. For example, Xu Tai, saying that he is a "martial champion" is purely smooth, he is just the first in the martial arts examination.

The first martial champion of the Ming Dynasty came out in the fourth year of Chongzhen.

At that time, among the martial artists who participated in the examination, only Wang Laipin and Xu Yanqi could dance a hundred catties of swords, and Xu Yanqi did not take the martial arts examination when the list was released. After Emperor Chongzhen learned about it, he thought that someone must be cheating, and dismissed the examiner and the invigilator from his post and sent him to prison, ordered him to retake the exam and personally review the test papers.

Wang Laipin thus became the first martial champion of the Ming Dynasty, and was directly awarded the deputy commander-in-chief!

If it weren't for Wang Yuan's addition of the Martial Arts Hall Examination this time, I'm afraid there wouldn't be many applicants. But since there is a palace exam, then you can enter the emperor's eyes, and all parts of the country naturally sign up for the exam.

In July of the 21st year of Zhengde, Yu Dayou came to the Beijing Martial Arts School, along with nearly 200 martial artists from all over the country.

Chief examiner: Wang Yuan, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites.

Deputy examiner: Wang Hong, the left waiter of the Ministry of Officials, and Wang Zan of the left waiter of the Ministry of War.

Proctor and examiner: the right deputy capital Yu Shi Yu, the right deputy capital envoy Bian Xian.

This lineup of examiners can be called luxurious, and they are all people who know the soldiers personally selected by Zhu Houzhao.

Wang Yuan didn't say anything, and the Ming Dynasty was victorious.

Wang Feng took the initiative in Guangdong, uprooted the Portuguese castle there, and was handpicked by Zhu Houzhao to enter Beijing as a left squire - historically, this person was deeply trusted by Jiajing, and became the only super important minister in the Ming Dynasty who served as both the secretary of the ministry and the secretary of the military department. In terms of real power, the secretary of the ministry is the first, and the secretary of the military department is the second, and this gentleman is actually in charge of two departments.

When Yu Ji served as the governor of Caojiang, he exterminated the remnants of Jianghuai of Liu Liu and Liu Qi, and exterminated tens of thousands of bandits in Jiangxi, and was the minister who pacified Jiangxi after Lin Jun and before Wang Yangming.

Bian Xian once exterminated the remnants of Liu Liu and Liu Qi in the area of Wen'an, Zhili. He also served as the governor of Ningxia, led his troops to resist the Tatar attack, and won seven victories in five days, which won Zhu Houzhao's attention.

Except for Wang Zhan, who has never fought, the other examiners and invigilators are all civil servants who are on the battlefield.

Wang Yuan, as an official of the Ministry of Rites, can't be the main exam?

Zhu Houzhao doesn't care so much!

"The first one, archery!"

In groups of ten, they carry bows and arrows on the field, and each person shoots ten arrows on foot and ten arrows on horse.

Foot shooting is the most exciting, all martial arts people, after the test shot, the first three arrows will inevitably hit the bull's-eye. are all good players, there are no indiscriminate fillers, after all, there is no first in literature, no second in martial arts, and it is difficult to cheat in martial arts.

Yu Dayou shot ten arrows in steps, nine of which hit the bull's-eye, and the remaining one arrow was not far from the bull's-eye. It's a pity that riding and archery is more stretched, because he has no horses at home and has not practiced for a long time.

Then they competed with strength, different types of stone locks for them to lift, and different models of big knives for them to dance.

The strong have their own strong players, Yu Dayou can only dance 80 catties of big swords, but there are four people who can dance 100 catties of big swords. This thing is not just a matter of lifting it, it also has to be danced wonderfully and smoothly, and all that can be played are Hercules!

You can think about how much a hundred catties weighed, the catties in the Ming Dynasty were heavier, and it was difficult for ordinary people to even lift them, and these four guys could still dance knives.

"What a strong man!" Wang Feng praised.

Bian Xian stroked his beard and smiled: "Among the ranks, those who can dance a hundred catties of big swords, I have patrolled several provinces in the north and south, and I have only seen one in Ningxia." I never thought that in a martial arts test, I would be able to meet four people! ”

Wang Yuan actually didn't value this thing, but he had to admit that the ancient battlefield really needed martial warriors. The four warriors in front of him can all be powerful generals who break through the enemy's battle, and they can often create miracles at critical moments.

After a number of assessments, I finally came to the equipment subject.

One person with a wooden stick, catch and fight, with a time limit of three minutes. Three minutes later, the winners' bracket and the loser's bracket battled each other again. The cycle repeats, only ten games, and the ranking is obtained by the number of victories, ensuring fairness to the greatest extent.

These are all formulated by Wang Yuan, and even weight-bearing running has been added.

Yu Dayou was dressed in cotton armor, wearing an iron helmet, carrying a lime-stained eyebrow stick, clenching his fists and saying, "Please advise." ”

"Don't dare to be!" The opponent said in return.

The flag commander waved the flag, the drummer beat the drum, and the equipment competition immediately began.

The opponent suddenly stabbed with a stick, Yu Dayou raised his stick to block, and the opponent's stick head flicked, stabbing at Yu Dayou's chest like a poisonous snake spitting out a letter.

This is obviously marksmanship, but it is temporarily turned into a stick method, and if it is replaced by a big gun, the absolute power is doubled.

Yu Dayou used a stick to make two-handed swordsmanship, he has not yet learned swords from Li Liangqin, but he has been practicing swords with Zhao Benxue for several years. Zhao Benxue is a civilian Confucian, a part-time military theorist, and a part-time folk martial artist.

I saw Yu Dayou move his right foot lightly, the body of the stick was picked diagonally, and then he changed his move and stabbed violently, and the head of the stick pestled out a white spot on the opponent's chest.

The opponent was stunned, and he couldn't see how Yu Dayou changed his moves, so he could only sigh: "Brother Tai is good at swordsmanship!" ”

Yu Dayou smiled and said: "Accept, my brother's marksmanship is also good." If I take a sword and my brother uses a gun, the outcome is unknown. ”

The opponent had face, and immediately laughed: "Then let's make an appointment to drink, and then use the weapon in hand to compete in private." Li Yang of Xian County in Xiahejian, dare to ask the name of Brother Tai? ”

Yu Dayou clenched his fists and said: "Yu Dayou of Jinjiang, Quanzhou." ”

"Good man, don't get drunk tonight." After Li Yang finished speaking, he left the field and waited for the next game. Anyway, it is necessary to compare ten games, and A, B, C, etc. will be judged by the number of victories, and one defeat will not be in the way.

Yu Dayou was very unlucky, and when he met Hercules in the second game, he was one of the ones who could dance a hundred catties of broadswords.

After the fight began, the opponent swept in with a stick. Yu Dayou dodged and then planned to counterattack, but the opponent was obviously old with his strength, but he swept back forcefully, which had broken the basic common sense of martial arts.

Yu Dayou finally realized what it means to reduce ten meetings with one force!

People just have a lot of strength, but they don't play tricks, they sweep repeatedly in a row, and occasionally bring an oblique split, so that Yu Dayou can only keep dodging - this product uses a mace method or a mace method, give him a weapon to take advantage of, and he can become a meat grinder on the battlefield.

Three minutes is almost up, one chases, one dodges, and the battle hasn't really been engaged.

The warrior hurriedly said, "Don't run! ”

Yu Dayou smiled: "I'm not stupid. ”

When the time comes, this game is a draw.

It's a pity that Yu Dayou at this time has not yet followed Li Liangqin to learn swords, and has not evolved into a complete body, and is not called "Yu Long Qihu" with Qi Jiguang.

Historically, Yu Dayou, who was a master of martial arts, paid a special visit when he passed by Shaolin Temple. I was very disappointed with the performance of the monks, thinking that the true swordsmanship of the Shaolin Temple had been lost, so he asked the Shaolin monks to follow him to practice martial arts and fight the Japanese - the historical records are just like this, and when it was transmitted to the people, it became Yu Dayou to single-handedly challenge the Shaolin Temple and beat the monks to obedience.

After ten games, Yu Dayou won nine games and drew one, and was judged by three examiners to be "first" and so on.

On the first side, there are six people in total.

Zhu Houzhao likes to fight, and these six people will inevitably be summoned by the emperor alone after the written test.