Chongzhen ten years, the Ming Dynasty in the suppression of bandits work is progressing very well, King Gao Yingxiang wants to attack Xi'an from Hanzhong, Sun Chuanting led the Qin army to defend, Gao Yingxiang can not overcome, he wants to use Wei Yan's Meridian Valley plot, so he intends to enter from the Meridian Valley and approach Xi'an. Sun Chuanting was a ruthless man who was scheming, waiting for work in Heishuiyu in the Meridian Valley, waiting for Gao Yingxiang to throw himself into the net, and after four days of fierce fighting, Gao Yingxiang was defeated, and was captured and sent to Beijing to be executed.

Another biggest disaster, the eighth king Zhang Xianzhong, was seriously injured by Qin Yiming's bed crossbow when he attacked Anlu County, and his life and death are unknown, but recently there is news that Zhang Xianzhong has been collected, Zhang Xianzhong did not die, but hid in the mountains at the junction of Yunyang Mansion and Sichuan, and added wounds.

The two largest opposition forces in the Ming Dynasty have been dealt a heavy blow, the struggle of the peasant army has fallen into a low ebb, only some small forces are still restless, and the society has begun to be stable and peaceful.

Suizhou Thousand Households, with the full support of Qin Yiming, has slowly recovered, fierce as a tiger is indeed a fierce man, not only took back the Tuntian of Suizhou Thousand Households, but also circled a lot of private land, now the biggest problem of Suizhou Thousand Households is the lack of population base, Suizhou Thousand Households is not enough soldiers, Qin Yiming is trying to apply for the merger of De'an Thousand Households and Suizhou Thousand Households, and directly establish the De'an Health Institute, this matter has the support of Chen Daquan, and Qin Yiming is ready to take Yang Jiuyi as the commander of the guard, as fierce as the deputy commander of the Tiger Guard, and Ai Wannian is the servant, In this way, in the circle of some land, the entire De'an Mansion will be firmly controlled in his hands, and it will be built into a military town like Xiangyang.

Sun Shirui has taken office and went to Wuchang Mansion to be his Huguang political envoy, this political envoy is a big official, and he is just one level shorter than the governor Fang Kongzhi, Sun Chuanting's great merits, so that this Sun Shirui is like a plane, I am really envious.

Because he was about to try his martial arts skills, Yang Qianhu also stayed in the Qin Mansion to guide Qin Yiming's training.

This martial arts was first created in the Tang Dynasty Wu Zetian period, relative to the Wenju, the martial arts is not valued by the world, the previous martial arts examination is relatively simple, but in the Ming Dynasty, the martial arts is not an ordinary martial artist can be admitted, because the Ming Dynasty's martial arts examination, increased the answer, that is, the written test link, like Da Niu, was originally a qualified martial artist, but to let him take the pen, it is difficult to ascend to the sky. Where do ordinary martial artists know words, not to mention that they have to write an article, they can't read from an early age, just this written test can brush off the vast majority of people.

Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu, once said: I don't want to learn the archery of one enemy, but the art of war of ten thousand enemies. It is precisely because everyone thinks that the art of war is too important, so there is a "strategy first, then martial arts" answer link. If you can't pass the answers, then you don't need to participate in the martial arts.

However, this answer is not a difficult thing for Qin Yiming, he is literate, and he has memorized some military books, which is not a big problem, and after Kang Shengnan left, he forgot to sleep and eat and trained hard.

"This is a twelve-force bow, and it takes one hundred and forty pounds of strength to open this bow." Yang Jiuyi said as he opened his bow, aimed at the heart in the distance, and shot out.

Qin Yiming had never used such a powerful bow, and said greedily: "Yang Lezi, you have a lot of good things, why are you hiding so deeply, why haven't I seen this bow?" ”

Yang Qianhu said: "This bow is not used by ordinary people, and it can't be used, it was not used by adults before, that's because you can't use it, but now you can give it a try, if you can open it, I will give it to you." ”

Qin Yiming excitedly took the Twelve Force Bow, feeling a little heavy, he tried to pull the bow, it took a lot of effort to pull it away, and he was horrified in his heart, this bow really couldn't be used before, with such a great force, it would be a problem to open the bow, let alone archery, Qin Yiming tried to shoot two arrows, and felt pain in his waist.

"This bow is too powerful, it is best to match it with iron arrows, and with iron arrows, you can shoot at the target two hundred and fifty paces away!" Yang Qianhu said confidently.

"Two hundred and fifty steps? No kidding, a normal bow can't shoot that far! Qin Yiming was shocked, he can barely hit the target in one hundred and fifty steps now, two hundred steps, very difficult, two hundred and fifty steps, is there a scope?! It's hard to see from such a distance!

Yang Qianhu took an iron arrow, held a twelve-force bow in his hand, stretched out his tongue and felt it for a while, his eyes looked coldly into the distance, Qin Yiming's eyesight was good, but the target two hundred steps away was not as big as an egg, and it was not easy to see clearly, let alone shoot.

Sou.

The iron arrow shot out rapidly, with high-speed rotation, and directly nailed to the target in the distance, as if it had penetrated the bull's-eye, and submerged in half of it, the force was so great that it was very terrifying.

"Hit, hit the bull's-eye!" The little monkey yelled.

Awesome, awesome! Qin Yiming admired it so much, this Yang Jiuyi was really hidden, and he didn't know how his father picked up such a treasure!

"Yang Qianhu is amazing!" Xu Zhen'er was amazed, and she didn't know when she ran behind them and watched them train.

"Madame Beauty, why are you here?" Qin Yiming asked teasingly.

Xu Zhen'er is smile is hidden, she has long been accustomed to Qin Yiming's incoherent and strange words.

"Xianggong, I've only been here for a while, I'm afraid you'll be tired, so I'll send some sugar water." Xu Zhen'er said softly.

In a flash, it was March of the tenth year of Chongzhen, and the martial arts examination began.

Qin Yiming participated in the Wuju children's test in Anlu County today, this children's test is relatively simple, the requirement of answering the policy is literacy, after answering the policy, the bow requires eight force bows, that is, ninety-six pounds to pass, the arm strength test is to dig the stone, lift the stone one foot off the ground, as long as the stone weighing one hundred and fifty pounds is lifted one foot high, it is passed, of course, there are archery requirements.

It's very simple to say, but it's very difficult for ordinary people, the first level of answering will brush off a lot of people, people who can know words, basically have a better family background, can eat well, don't do anything to produce, people have teachers to teach, on this level, many people are out of reach, so there will be a phenomenon, that is, substitute exams, those martial artists answer the policy is not good, just ask some literati to be gunmen, this is also a very popular method.

There is also horseback archery, etc., the premise is to have a horse, but can the average person afford a horse? Eating is a problem, in short, the martial arts seem to be fair, but ordinary people have no chance to participate at all, because they do not have the economic strength.

Ming to Chongzhen Dynasty, Chongzhen is indeed a hard-working emperor, he attaches great importance to the martial arts examination, reformed the martial arts, and elevates the martial arts to the same status as the Wenju, Chongzhen four years, he personally appointed the first martial arts champion of the Ming Dynasty to hire, and directly appointed him as the deputy chief soldier.

Wuju is a very good way for him to be promoted! It's much better than luckily accumulating credit! Moreover, in order to win the man, he must get this martial arts champion! You have to take it!

Qin Yiming copied one of the passages according to the military book issued by the examiner, and handed in the test paper, when he walked out, he saw a lot of burly and stout martial artists scratching their ears and cheeks, eating pen and ink and worrying, the table was a mess, ink was everywhere, and the test paper was even bigger and crawled with chicken paws, arranging irregularly.

"This candidate, will you write your own name?" It was the teachings of Anlu County that were questioned.

The martial artist shook his head, and the old priest also shook his head and smiled bitterly, sighed, and left slowly.

"Lord Qin is done?" The old teacher took the test paper, looked at it for a while, and exclaimed: "Well, it's very good, although the words need to be improved, there are no typos!" ”

Being able to write correctly is already very good for the martial arts.

On the second day, Qin Yiming continued to take the following exam, and at this time, there were less than ten people left, and the elimination rate was indeed too large.

The first thing to do is the arm strength test, that is, the stone, a large stone lock weighing 150 pounds.

According to the examiner's roll call, everyone went to move the big stone lock at one time, and the weight of one hundred and fifty catties was not a problem for Qin Yiming, he could now move at least two hundred and fifty catties of stone squats! After this round of testing, there are still five people left to continue the exam.

The second item is to open the bow.

Eight power bows, and shoot a target a hundred steps away!

Everyone has passed this level, and bows and arrows are not uncommon for ordinary people, so the results of this level are still relatively good.

But the third one, riding and archery, is different.

The original five-person cavalry shooting, in the end, only Qin Yiming and another candidate remained.

Of the exams of more than 100 people, there were only two left in the end, and they were children's exams!

On the third day, the results came out, and Qin Yiming became Wu Xiucai in Anlu County. There was no suspense at all, but Xu Zhen'er and the others were still ready to celebrate Qin Yiming.

Qin Yiming walked on the street, now the people of Anlu County will not call him Lord Qin, but call him Qin Xiucai, because in everyone's eyes, this Xiucai can be higher than the hereditary official position, this is also the eyes of the world, many hereditary officials, that is also an official, but it will not be recognized by everyone, but this official who has been examined is a genuine official.

"Brother-in-law, you are also a showman, haha!" Xu Dingwang was eating wine and meat, talking and laughing on the side.

Qin Yiming felt that this brother-in-law was making fun of himself, he was just a showman, he would definitely be able to be a lifter.

"It's just a showman, what's there to be happy about, I think you're just looking for an opportunity to come over to eat and drink." Qin Yiming said.

"Sister, you take care of your man, it's really stingy!" Xu Dingwang asked Xu Zhen'er for help, but Xu Zhen'er ignored it with a smile.

Xu Zhen'er said as a peacemaker: "Okay, okay, you are amazing, if you don't fail to pass the exam, I won't let you give up the imperial examination, follow me to learn more about business in the future, don't be sour, what's the use of studying hard, you don't have to eat!" ”

"Sister you! Well, your whole family is bullying me! Xu Dingwang was a little unhappy, and he didn't speak, eating by himself, ignoring others.

Qin Yiming saw that this brother-in-law was really angry, put a piece of meat into his bowl, and asked with a smile, "How many mahjong will you touch at night?" Call Mr. Song, just enough to get together a table. ”

Qin Yiming also made some small inventions, such as mint oil, mahjong, bicycles and other things, this mahjong is carved by Qin Yiming in wood for the entertainment of the family, to pass the time, he occasionally asked the little monkey or Song Xiance to accompany their family to play mahjong,

As soon as Xu Dingwang heard about playing mahjong, he immediately came to his senses, and the unhappiness just now was also left behind, and said happily: "Okay, good, brother-in-law, come and play a few laps after eating, brother-in-law, your invention is really good, this mahjong is really fun, you need IQ, brother-in-law, you are not allowed to rely on the account if you lose today!" ”

Qin Yiming was speechless, which made Xu Zhen'er cry and laugh, laughing and laughing, but in the end, she couldn't hold back her laughter!

"You kid can't speak, what do you mean by IQ, do I have a low IQ? I lost last time because I trained too hard and didn't have the spirit, how could I have defaulted, and I didn't say that I wouldn't give you money, but it was just temporarily stored with me, lest you kid run around, don't do your job, do nonsense, eldest brother is like a father, as your father, I don't care who cares about you! "Qin Yiming took the lead and sprayed randomly!

But he had to admit that Xu Dingwang was indeed a genius who played mahjong, and he had just taught him to play mahjong last time, and Qin Yiming's pants that he almost lost were gone.

"You are a martial artist now, you have to talk about it, otherwise I will go around to preach it, just like the last time I preached Zhang Xianzhong's viciousness, see how you go out in the future!" Xu Dingwang threatened in a low voice, and Qin Yiming was amused.