Originally, there was no martial arts exam in the county exam, and there was only one interview, mainly to screen out disabled students, but since Jiang Dadao of Xinzhi County took office, the interview was changed to a martial arts exam, and this year is the third year, which is also in line with the requirements of the imperial court's armed forces, which is understandable. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

There are three main martial arts exams, running, weightlifting and archery, the simplest of which is weightlifting, fifty pounds of stone locks are lifted three times to qualify, not lifted over the head, as long as it can be lifted, and one foot off the ground.

The most difficult is archery, the minimum requirement is 50 steps away from 10 shots, 5 middle schools, last year with knowledge of less than 30 people admitted to the county school, basically planted in archery.

This caused public anger, and the students went to the state government to complain, and finally under the pressure of the state government, Jiang Dadao was forced to change the rules, and he passed two of the three martial arts exams.

But Jiang Dadao was annoyed that the students complained to the state government about their complaints, so he made a small move, this year's county examination extended the running distance, requiring students to run around the county seat within half an hour, Tangyin County has a circumference of twenty miles, and actually asked for half an hour to finish, which is simply forcing the students to fight hard.

However, running is not like archery, you can barely do it if you fight hard, archery pays attention to skills, even if you work hard, you can't do it.

There are not as many students who took the martial arts exam today as there were yesterday, because many students failed the exam yesterday, and they knew that there was no hope of going to the county school, so they didn't bother to suffer from this.

In addition, people who spend money to go to school do not need to test martial arts, which is also Jiang Dadao's consistent style, he will never get along with money.

In this way, one went to the east and one to the west, and in the end, less than 300 people took the martial arts test.

The first item is the weightlifting test, which is also the easiest, lifting fifty pounds three times, almost every student can pass, but running is cruel, running twenty miles in half an hour.

Many candidates complained angrily, they will not go to the martial arts test in the future, why should they take the martial arts test, but complaining is complaining, under the authority of the magistrate, they have no choice, either go home, or pay for it, or just take the test.

Hearing only a bell, three hundred candidates rushed out of the county school gate and ran towards the north city gate, and Jiang Zhixian, the chief examiner of martial arts, was afraid that the candidates would cheat, so he specially ordered the south city gate to be closed, so that the candidates could only go out from the north city gate and then come in from the north city gate.

Jiang Zhixian drank a cup of tea in the county school in a hurry, and ate a plate of snacks, then got on the horse and took more than a dozen township soldiers to the north gate, but as soon as he came out of the county school gate, he saw two students running towards the gate one after the other, steaming hot on their heads, Jiang Zhixian was furious, and the horse whip pointed and shouted: "Half of the martial arts have been tested, what are you here now?" ”

Several officials in the back panted and shouted: "County Jun, they are candidates who have come back from running!" ”

Jiang Zhixian was taken aback, is there anyone who has come back from running now? He hurriedly asked, "How long have you been running?" ”

"About a quarter of an hour!"

Jiang Zhixian's eyes widened, and he ran twenty miles in only a quarter of an hour, is there any cheating here!

Jiang Zhixian didn't go to the north gate anymore, turned the horse's head and followed the two candidates into the county school, he followed behind, and saw that the two candidates were vigorous and vigorous, and their legs were running strongly, just like two antelopes running on the grass, only a moment, the two candidates rushed into the school field and ran past the finish line.

Jiang Zhixian urged the horse forward, only to see that the two candidates ran for twenty miles without panting violently, let alone collapsed to the ground from exhaustion, the two were still talking and laughing, he was very surprised in his heart, and urged the horse to step forward and asked, "Which school are you candidates from?" ”

The first candidate to cross the finish line stepped forward and bowed and said, "The student is Li Yanqing of Lushan Academy!" ”

A candidate in the back also stepped forward to salute, "The student is also a Lushan Academy, named Yue Fei!" ”

"Not bad! Not bad! ”

Jiang Zhixian was greatly appreciative and asked, "It seems that you have been insisting on running!" How much do you run per day? ”

"Back to the county, we get up before dawn every day to run, at least forty miles a day, and we have never stopped for five years."

Jiang Zhixian gave a thumbs up, "This is the real scholar, who can go to the court and the battlefield, and the pillars of the country!" ”

"The county gentleman has won the award, and the students dare not be ashamed!"

Jiang Zhixian was happy in his heart, and this year there was finally a candidate who satisfied him, and he asked again: "How are you two archery?" ”

Li Yanqing and Yue Fei glanced at each other, and Li Yanqing smiled: "It should be passable!" ”

"Good! I'll test you myself later. ”

After another stick of incense, Wang Gui and Tang Huai also appeared, although the two of them fished for three days and dried nets for two days, they followed Li Yanqing and Yue Fei every day for half a month, running more than 40 miles a day, and their physical strength increased greatly, running 20 miles is no longer a problem, although it is still far less than Li Yanqing and Yue Fei, but it is much stronger than other candidates.

And they used the breathing method taught by Li Yanqing to run, just panting slightly, and they didn't get tired and lay down.

Jiang Zhixian learned that the two of them were also students of Lushan Academy, and couldn't help but praise Li Daguang for his good learning and worthy of praise.

It wasn't until the end of the limited time that a large number of students finally ran back, about two hundred or so, they tried their best to run back to the county school before the end of the time, everyone was so tired that they collapsed, lying on the ground and couldn't say a word, and many candidates vomited violently, seeing Jiang Zhixian frowning, people took water to rinse.

Although they were so tired that they were going to die, the two hundred or so students were still lucky, they passed the martial arts exam, and there were still nearly a hundred people who exceeded the time and were blocked from the gate of the county school, unless they could shoot arrows to pass the test, otherwise they would be ruthlessly eliminated.

The third is archery, in order to cope with the martial arts exam, each school has arranged archery courses, and almost every student can shoot arrows, but the level is different.

Jiang Zhixian set up three martial arts examination subjects have a strong target, he considered that once the Liao army killed, he could directly recruit these students into the army, weightlifting can carry materials, running is to follow himself when defeated, and archery is more clear, directly go to the city to fight.

Therefore, Jiang Zhixian attaches the most importance to archery, archery is also held in the school field, there are a total of ten targets, ten candidates can take the exam at the same time, fifty steps to shoot ten arrows, ten arrows five for qualified, ten arrows six for the best, ten arrows eight for excellent.

If you pass the test, you can enter the county school to study, but if you want to enjoy the subsidy of one liter and two hes of rice per day, you must at least have good martial arts results, that is, you must be ten arrows and six hits.

As for the Ten Arrows and Eight Middle Schools, that is the requirement of Zhou Dong, the head of the martial arts Protestant Sect, if you want to become a disciple of Zhou Dong, you must have a solid foundation to be selected, but today Zhou Dong is not there, he has a little personal matter and rushed to the Daimyo's mansion, and it will take a few days to come back, so he entrusted Jiang Zhixian to check and select talents for him.

On the eve of archery, Wang Gui and Tang Huai found Li Yanqing, Wang Gui laughed in a low voice: "Lao Li, drinking deer blood yesterday really worked, I just pulled the eight-bucket bow, and it was actually easily opened." ”

Tang Huai also smiled: "Me too, although I didn't sleep well all night last night, I am still in good spirits and in good condition today, I have to say that deer blood is really a good thing." ”

Li Yanqing blinked and said: "Next time Lao Tang goes on a blind date, I suggest drinking a cup of deer blood first, and the blind date will not be so picky, Lao Tang, don't you say?" ”

Li Yanqing smiled and left, Tang Huai and Wang Gui were confused, what did Lao Li mean by this, for a moment, Tang Huai's face flushed, and he understood a little.

"Lao Li! This way. ”

Yue Fei beckoned to them in the distance, and the three of them walked over, Yue Fei said to them: "Just now, a government official came to me, saying that the magistrate arranged us in the tenth target position, let us go now." ”

The archery exam has begun, each candidate has his own target number, there is a long queue in front of each target position, for a while, the arrows in the air are flying around, most of them are missing, soon, the first candidate cried and left, he ran and did not pass, archery is ten arrows zero, so that even if he does well in the academic test, he can not enter the county school.

Jiang Zhixian stretched his face, he didn't pity him at all, he was looking at him, he was useless as a scholar, he couldn't carry it on his shoulders, he couldn't lift it in his hands, he couldn't go to the battlefield, he couldn't fight, and it was useless to read.

There are 20 candidates at the 10th target position, and in addition to Li Yanqing and Yue Fei, the other 18 people are all candidates who have been personally approved by Jiang Zhixian, including Tang Huai and Wang Gui.

In fact, these eighteen people don't need to take the martial arts exam, as long as they pass the most basic academic exam, they can be enrolled, but the problem is that some children of big families can't even pass the most basic academic exams, so they can only enter the county school in the name of martial arts preparation.

Li Yanqing and a few partners sat on the grass waiting for the examiner to summon him, Li Yanqing rested his head on his hands, chewed a juicy grass stalk in his mouth, and squinted at the blue sky and white clouds in the sky. Whether to come back and continue to learn martial arts with Zhou Tong, or as Master said, to walk out of the mountains and enter the vast plains, he has been thinking about this question, but it is really difficult to decide.

"Li Yanqing!"

An examiner shouted, Yue Fei hurriedly pushed Li Yanqing, Li Yanqing woke up from his contemplation, and immediately raised his hand, "Here!" ”

"Get ready, you'll be next."