Chapter 012: The Way of Martial Arts
"Uncle Lian, in our Zhao family, is there no young generation of characters who can compete with the 'Four Sons of Luojing'?" After the two brothers of the Lian family withdrew, Zhao Ning asked Lian Tao again. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
"That's not it, in the martial arts generation, Young Master Wulong, the grandson of the old lady Luojing's family, Young Master Wu Yuan of the governor's house of Jizhou, and Young Master Wu Cheng, who was in charge of his own house at the age of eleven, are all the best among people. It's just that two of these three are not in Beijing, and the only young master Wulong in Beijing is only three years older than you, young master, and much younger than the 'Four Sons of Luojing', so there are no characters from our Zhao family among the 'Four Sons of Luojing'. Speaking of several outstanding people in his family, Uncle Lian's proud look was overflowing.
"Oh? There is a Wucheng brother who was in charge of his own house at the age of eleven? Zhao Ning was also very surprised to hear that someone could support the door of the Zhao family's room at the age of eleven.
"Young Master Wu Cheng was eleven years old when his father died violently, and several of his uncles were not in unison, intriguing with each other, so that they were later bullied by the side branches, and in the end, he was at a young age, I don't know what means he used, united his family not to mention, but also held up the door of his own room, and his uncles had to look at him in everything after that. Since he was in charge of the family in the eleventh year, their influence, financial resources, and even their status in the Zhao family have risen sharply, attracting attention inside and outside the Zhao family, and they are a truly non-negligible figure. Now, that Young Master Wu Cheng should be seventeen or eighteen years old. Speaking of Zhao Wucheng, Uncle Lian also sincerely admired.
Zhao Ning nodded while listening, but changed the topic again, "Recently, Xiao Ning came out of Zhuangzi, and I heard outsiders say that Uncle Lian's kung fu is unfathomable, and it seems that he is still above Uncle Tiger and a few of them, I don't know what level Uncle Lian's kung fu has reached now?" ā
Uncle Lian bowed down and replied with a smile: "It's still thanks to the young master, the old slave has also been idle in the village in the past few years, and he has not been disturbed by so many mundane things, so he barely got a glimpse of the realm of the grandmaster." ā
Zhao Ningyuan also knew that Uncle Lian was well hidden and was a master of martial arts, but it wasn't until he went out this time that he felt that Uncle Lian's strength might be stronger than he originally guessed.
Because at several critical times, it was Uncle Lian who stayed by his side to protect him, whether it was when Yang Fangyu was assassinated or when he visited Qian's house.
Zhao Ning believes that this must indicate that Uncle Lian's strength is far above Zhao Hu and the other four.
When asked, it was as expected. Although Zhao Ning didn't know the true meaning of the so-called Grandmaster Realm, he still felt very happy.
"What about Yang Fangyu? Doesn't he have kung fu in his body? ā
"The bottom of Yang Gongzi, the old slave has never been able to figure it out, as the eldest son and grandson of the Yang family, it is said that his kung fu should not be weak, but when he was assassinated that day, he did not show too much kung fu, the old slave roughly estimated that his kung fu should be similar to Zhao Hu and the four of them, about the level of the late samurai." Speaking of Yang Fangyu, Uncle Lian still felt that the person was difficult to estimate, and he could only roughly infer from some details.
"Uncle Lian, as for martial arts, you can tell me in detail today." Since he talked about martial arts, Zhao Ning naturally wanted to understand it clearly from the master master beside him.
"Young master, although I respect the Confucian saints and pursue the national policy of ruling the world with filial piety, I have never neglected martial arts in the two hundred years since the founding of the country. Therefore, our big summer dynasty can make the four Yi bin suit, and the soldiers are irresistible.
Even if it is peaceful today, from the family of the minister to the sergeant of the army, there is no one who does not practice martial arts diligently.
The cultivation of martial arts can be roughly divided into five realms, which are martial arts, samurai, martial masters, grandmasters, and acquired perfections.
If someone has been in the army for more than one year and still cannot meet the standard of martial arts in the assessment, he will be punished with a hundred rods and sent back to his hometown. Like my two boys, now they are the strength of Wusheng.
And if you practice kung fu to the realm of a samurai, that is, the level of a martial artist under Wu Zi back then, you will have the qualification to compete for a centurion in the army. When Ah Hu and the four of them were in the army, they all had the warrior realm, and now more than ten years have passed, although they have not yet stepped into the martial arts realm, but it is only one step away.
If they are still in the army now, as long as they step into the realm of martial artists, then they can participate in the competition for the position of commander, in the Great Xia Army, each commander has a team of 1,000 people, and when they become commanders, they are the commanders of 1,000 people.
In the entire Great Xia Army, the positions of centurion and commander were all produced from the bottom up, directly by force competition, and only the generals and colonels above the commander were appointed by the imperial court or the officials. Therefore, the sergeants and soldiers of the army, in order to get ahead, are all diligent, and everyone is striving to be the first, which is also the fundamental guarantee of the combat strength of the Great Xia army.
And the realm of the grandmaster, then he is already a master, and he can open a sect and recruit disciples in the people; Even the captains in the army, and even the generals, not every one of them can reach the realm of a grandmaster.
And the realm of consummation of the day after tomorrow, that is a rare top master in this world, even if he is unwilling to serve in the court, it is enough to compete with the ministers and dignitaries.
As for transcending the acquired consummation, breaking through to the innate realm, and even achieving a martial saint, that is the real legend in this world. The old slave is still only a grandmaster realm, and he has not even reached the acquired consummation, so he is not very clear about the realm of innate and martial saints.
It can only be said that there is one person who breaks through the innate and it is difficult to produce one out of ten million people, let alone a martial arts saint above the innate one.
In today's world, the two most famous masters are the two victorious generals in the Great Xia Army, Huangfuduan and Luo Qing, it is said that the two of them not only use soldiers like gods, but also are peerless powerhouses in the innate realm, as for the martial saint, it only exists in the legend, whether there is a martial saint in the world today, and the old slave is not very clear. ā
Lian Tao himself is a grandmaster realm, and he is naturally very clear about martial arts, and of course he is clear and talking.
"Martial Beings, Samurai, Martial Masters, Grandmasters, Acquired Perfections, Innate and Martial Saints. From an ordinary martial artist to a rare innate and even martial arts master, this martial arts journey is really a long way. In the Great Xia Dynasty, where tens of millions of people have not even achieved martial saints, it is really more difficult than the throne and the three dukes. Zhao Ning listened attentively, and finally roughly understood the way of martial arts.
"Yes, although the third duke is the best of the people, but in recent years, the replacement of the three dukes in the court has been extremely frequent, and even some old ministers were promoted to the third duke at the beginning of the year, and before the end of the year, they came down again. Among the old ministers who are alive today, I am afraid that there are no less than twenty who have served as the third duke, and naturally they are not comparable to the martial saints, and they are not even rare for the innate powerhouses. Uncle Lian also smiled. Although this is the case, if these words fall into the ears of those Confucian scholars who value literature over martial arts, or even those old guys who have been among the third princes, I am afraid that they will die of anger at that time. ā
"Emphasizing literature over martial arts, even the Confucian sages of the year did not approve of it," Zhao Ning also laughed at Uncle Lian's words, "'Don't abolish literature, don't abolish martial arts, be polite, and then a gentleman.'" Didn't the Great Sage himself say the same thing back then? Okay, don't talk about those rotten Confucianism, Uncle Lian, Xiao Ning also imagines what the sage said, don't waste literature, don't waste martial arts, and I have to ask Uncle Lian to give Xiao Ning more guidance in the future. ā
"Where the young master has a place to get the old slave, the old slave should do his best, but, it's just ......" Uncle Lian looked at Zhao Ning and stopped talking.
Zhao Ning was stunned for a moment, then reacted, and couldn't help but smile embarrassedly, it turned out that he had also practiced martial arts with Zhao Hu and others since he was a child, but he was never willing to work hard, so now Zhao Ning's skills are not as good as the thirteen boys he chose.
"Haha, Uncle Lian, don't worry, Xiao Ning will work hard in the future."