Since Song Renzong Zhao Zhen ascended the throne and founded the martial arts, the system of selecting military talents for the country has slowly become formalized.

The martial arts exams also began to complicate themselves, and by the end there were four exams.

In the first part of the competition, the candidates near the capital will be assessed by the soldiers under the Ministry of War, and the examination in remote areas will be carried out by the Lu Shuai Division.

After passing the exam, you have to go to the capital to take the second exam under the auspices of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of War, which is called "solving the test".

The content of the exam is still bow and horse martial arts and Cheng Wen, and the scope of Cheng Wen's examination is the "Seven Books of Martial Arts", which is mainly to test the mastery of the art of war and the meaning of the brain.

The third item is called the "provincial examination", also known as the military examination, and like the first two examinations, it is divided into two examinations: civil and military.

Martial arts is mainly based on horse foot shooting, and Cheng Wen's is still a strategy, but the difficulty is gradually increasing.

The fourth and final palace test is still a test of both civil and military affairs, but the focus is on the interpretation of the military book and strategy, and the ranking is second, so as to see which one you can evaluate in the four grades of excellent, second-excellent, second-class, and last-class, and the higher the score will be the higher when you are awarded the military position in the future.

To tell the truth, before the Southern Song Dynasty, although the martial arts examination had some rules and regulations, and the steps were standardized, but under the national policy of "emphasizing literature over martial arts", martial arts was not taken seriously, and the annual examination was also a mere formality.

Later, after Jingkang's shame and Song Ting's southern crossing, the court realized the importance of martial arts, and in order to increase its own military strength, it paid attention to martial arts.

Martial arts were also strengthened, and many institutions were set up to manage martial arts, and even martial arts instructors who taught martial arts students specially selected those officials who had strengths in martial arts from among the civil and military officials.

It can be seen from the above measures that in the late Song Dynasty, the imperial court had a certain tolerance for the warriors, which was also one of the reasons why the late Southern Song Dynasty was able to block the progress of the "Yuan Unification" of the Eurasian continent.

"Dogs! You see it's getting late, so why don't you go to dinner first! Wait until you're done eating? ”

It's hard for a big man, trying to squeeze out a smiling face, before he cautiously spoke to the dog.

The dog looked at him, then at the sun that was about to end, and sighed in his heart.

"Mother, old man Lu, you are also at a loss to the prince of a state, deceiving yourself, a little baby who is only fourteen years old, and you are not ashamed!"

The dog threw down a sentence angrily, stood up and said angrily: "Brother Pang, bring your wine, I want to drink two glasses today!" ”

"That's not going to work!" Dang Lang hurriedly shook his head: "The wine of a certain family is a strong wine, your body has not grown up yet, you can't drink it, you still drink some relaxed bars!" ”

The dog is on fire in his heart, and drinking alcohol is to seek to get drunk, so he doesn't follow the words: "Take your drink, get drunk and pull down!" ”

Da Lang also knew that the dog was in an extremely bad mood, so he had to say, "Okay! Let's sleep obediently when you're drunk, you're still young, and we'll continue in the next subject! ”

After speaking, he turned around and went back to the house to pick up a jar of wine, patted the stopper, poured a bowl full of the dog's wine bowl, and told him to "drink slowly, don't choke on your throat", and put it down and looked at the dog.

The dog said, "You drink too!" ”

Panglang shook his head.

The dog no longer cared about him, and he was "sad and flowing backwards", so he took the wine bowl and handed it to his lips.

Then a strong smell of wine rushed to the top of his head, and before the wine was drunk, the dog squeezed his eyes.

Why don't you drink it? The dog thought about it in his heart, but the figure of the "Lu liar" always flashed in his mind, so he had to put his heart sideways and prepare to pour his head into it, and at this time, he heard the voice behind him next to his ears.

"Aaaa

Dog: "Baba ball, didn't you see that the master wants to drink!" ”

The dog complained impatiently to the mute man who ran over.

"It's not a dog, he's saying there's a little guy with a head at the door looking for you! What? Servants? Da Lang, who was translating for the dog, didn't wait for the dog to reflect, and ran out with a jump on his legs.

The dog had to stay at the table in a daze.

"Dog, don't drink! Good news! Good news! ”

The huge man who was snorting and panting hurriedly ran towards the dog, shouting as he ran: "The government invites the new middle school to eat and drink, there is your invitation, you go quickly!" ”

This shout was like a song of heaven, and the dog's original annoyance instantly hit the blood.

"Really, really?"

"Talk! Go and change your clothes, the yacha is still waiting for you outside! ”

"Okay! Here it goes! Seeing this, the big man breathed a long sigh of relief, picked up the wine bowl that the dog put on the table, drank it in one gulp, and then wiped the corners of his mouth and laughed: "Grandma's legs!" It's really late! ”

The celebration banquet is naturally set up in the official office of the general judgment hall, after all, the person who enters the Shike is a real "hero" who comes out of the crowd, like dogs, who participate in the hall lock test, or don't try to be low-key and low-key.

That's it, it can also attract the criticism of the Zhengke students.

"I don't know how old my little brother is?"

A blushing-faced, heavily scented man walked past the man next to him and leaned vigorously before asking the dog.

The dog glanced at him and said silently, "Fourteen! ”

"Okay, good, sure enough, you are talented, no matter how young you are, you have been obsessed with your brother for ten years, and today you are just complacent in your heart when you get a solution, but the little brother is calm, it really makes me ashamed of my brother!"

This guy seems to be drunk, and the nagging is not over, not only the dog is annoying, but the person in the middle is also annoying, and with a snort, he raised the wine glass in front of his low table, and said to Lu Zhizhou and Su Tongju, who were sitting on the head:

"Student Li Caixun, Jiangyou County Juzi, today fortunately Shangguan Jianba, I am deeply grateful, this cup of wine, students are full of drink, I wish me Longzhou, but it is a dry time, it coincides with the clouds, since then the wind and rain, the people live in peace!"

Although poetry is no longer part of the scope of the imperial examination, but the literati intersect, you don't chant two lines of poetry, and you can't really be considered a real reader if you don't chant a few poems, for example, now, this grandson, well, this move is estimated to be listening to the drunken move next to him, always touting the age of the dog, so he has a little bit of caution in his heart.

"Good, good!"

Although this is Su Fatzi's public pavilion, it is Lu Zhizhou who sits in the middle of the main position.

Lu Zhizhou is a serious Jinshi background, and his life experience is not abundant, as soon as he heard this, when he made a poem in the hall, he knew what he was going to do.

"Hehehe! Ok, good, good! Li Juren is really quick-witted! can make this decent poem in a moment, it seems that there is some talent in poetry! ”

After speaking, he picked up the wine cup on the table and said to the people who were eating and drinking on the left and right sides of the hall: "A few of you, you are all talented people in this department in Longzhou, and today is just a banquet, with the help of Li Juren's poem, I wish the people of Longzhou a bumper harvest, and happiness and health!" ”

"Yes, Zhizhou!" The crowd hurriedly raised the wine in the cup and followed Lu Zhizhou to the sky, saluting from afar.

"So! Who's coming first! ”

Lu Zhizhou set the tone, and the rest of Cui San came to greet him.

"If the students are not talented, they can come to a song."

A man wearing a green turban walked out and walked to the center of the hall, respectfully saluted Lu Zhizhou and Su Tongju and other officials with both hands, and then turned around and said: "The flood is surging in the countryside, the scorching sun is scorching and there are no particles, and the officials of Longzhou are the officials of the people, driving away the ghosts and protecting the people." ”

"Good!"

In the vigorous barking, the dog seemed to hear a few words of ridicule and sycophancy, and turned his head to see that it was Li Caixun, who had just come out to compose a poem.

"You're fourteen?"

"Yes!" The dog nodded.

"I already know the children of Pingwu County, are you Youchuan and Longzhou County?"

The dog whispered, "Yukawa! ”

"Do you know a person named Wang Yu in Yuchuan?"

"Got it!"

Li Juren took a sip of wine and asked: "In terms of talent, I am not as good as him, but there is no name of him on the list, I went to inquire, and said that he did not participate in the competition in this department, why did he do it?" ”

The dog said: "I met a bandit halfway, argued with the thief, was injured in the arm, and missed this tribute ju." ”

"It's a pity, it's a pity Li Juren shook his head and said: "He is an impatient, the thieves and bandits are all untrustworthy, what is there to teach, it is really pedantic!" I made an appointment with him to go to Lin'an to take the test, but now it's okay, he has no chance! ”

After speaking, Li Juren looked at the crowd in the field who were still shaking their heads and wanted to pat Ma Shi, and his eyes stayed in front of the dog: "Little brother Tai can get the tribute, there must be some literary ink, why don't we go to Lin'an together?" In addition to taking care of them along the way, you can also learn poems. ”

Hmph, I just looked at myself with a mediocre expression, and I want to be a companion for a while, so the master will not be with you, but the dog is not easy to refuse openly, after all, everyone is from Longzhou.

"Thank you, Brother Li, I can't hide it, the younger brother participated in the first test, not Jinshike!"

Scold! Li Juren glanced at the dog, his expression naturally became cold, and through his mouth shape, it seemed that he could still interpret the word "Yanei".

In this way, the dog was thrown aside by this guy, and the drunken man next to him, who had been listening to the dog's conversation with his ears pricked up, also shrank back and stopped talking to the dog.

When the ears were cleared, the dog picked up the chopsticks and ate slowly.

"I don't know what position Father Ling holds in the county?" The drunken lifter seemed unwilling, and leaned over again to ask the dog.

"The little brother is a military meritorious!"

In just four words, they stopped talking to the dog.

This banquet, in addition to celebrating these people to participate in the provincial examination of the Ministry of Rites, also has a layer of meaning, let the lifters get to know each other, after all, these people have to trek through mountains and rivers to Lin'an, the easternmost capital of the Great Song Dynasty, to participate in the imperial examination, there is no one on the road to take care of it, so Lu Zhizhou and Su Tongju are patient to accompany them to "sing poems and texts".

The indulgence after the big exam, both ancient and modern, when the wine passed three rounds, Lu Zhizhou and Su Tongju both left the table, these actions were really relaxed.

Writing poems, composing pairs, guessing riddles and even composing music, the back and forth of the commotion does not end until the third watch.

The dog is young, and it is already early at this point, and he glanced at the person who was crying wolf howling with his throat, and sighed, now, I really envy Lu Duan and a few of them, and they left the hall under the pretext of showing up, and they can only sit honestly.