The imperial examination in the central capital finally ended in a protest and dissatisfaction, the reason for the protest was that the Tang Dynasty scholars could directly participate in the Beijing examination without going through the county examination, which made many Zhou Dynasty scholars deeply dissatisfied, when the imperial examination list was announced, the scholars from the Tang Dynasty counties accounted for thirty percent of the list, that is, about sixty people, which made the Zhou Dynasty scholars protest. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

In the next admission of Taixue, the scholars of the Tang Dynasty actually took up half of the quota, which finally ignited the anger of 100,000 scholars of the Zhou Dynasty, and finally broke out a protest march of 100,000 scholars, but the consequences of the march were very serious, the scholars did not change the decision of the imperial court, and they did not even get a trace of appeasement from the imperial court, but the Son of Heaven was furious.

Zhang Xuan responded to the demands of the scholars with a very tough attitude, and directly deprived the thirteen parade organizers of their fame, including their qualifications to be lifted in the county examination, four of whom were also on the list in the Beijing examination, but they were also deprived of the qualification of the jinshi, not only that, but the imperial court ordered the counties to cancel the food subsidy for entering Beijing to rush to the examination for one year, as a punishment for their participation in the parade.

The court's merciless blows made the scholars of the Zhou Dynasty wake up from their fanaticism and lose the subsidy of three buckets of rice per month, which made many scholars regret it, especially the four scholars who were cut off from the qualification of Jinshi, and it was difficult to bear this blow, and they left Zhongdu in tears that night and returned to their hometowns.

After facing the resolute and tough resistance of the imperial court, the huge parade was carried out for only one day and then died down, especially when the news came out that night, the scholars who had to participate in the parade the next day were all dismissed to raise their reputations, and they were not allowed to participate in the county examination and the county examination for five years, which made all the scholars afraid, they studied hard in order to be famous and become officials, and if they were not allowed to participate in the imperial examination within five years, they would have no shame to face their families.

The next day the street was deserted, no one dared to march on the street, the scholars packed up and returned to their hometowns, lest they be affected by other people's marches, within one day, more than half of the 100,000 scholars left, and tens of thousands of Tang Dynasty scholars also left the capital with the tide of returning home, just a few days after the end of the imperial examination, the first martial arts of the Great Zhou Empire also kicked off.

The number of people participating in the martial arts examination is far lower than that of the imperial examination, only nearly 10,000 people participate, most of them are from the army, there are also county generals recommended by various counties, and hundreds of people are scholars who have just participated in the imperial examination, and they are also qualified to participate in the martial arts.

The top 500 Wuju people are eligible to participate in the final military examination, and 50 people are admitted to the military examination, and they will be awarded the title of Wujin Shi if they pass the military examination.

The qualification test is very simple, only weightlifting and archery two, weightlifting requires lifting fifty pounds of iron rod to walk a mile, and archery is to open eight buckets of bows, fifty steps away from ten shots in seven, weightlifting is not a big problem, the vast majority of scholars can pass, but in archery but unexpectedly eliminated nearly half of the people, this is mainly due to the nervousness caused by the scholars archery off target, did not be able to do ten arrows in seven, most of the people are ten arrows five or six, in the qualification test was eliminated.

The military department test was held in the field of the military department, and there was only one item, that is, mounted archery, which required the soldiers to run one hundred and fifty paces before the end of a drum and shoot three arrows, and the target fifty paces away hit three arrows and two arrows.

The military department test is a little more lenient, and each soldier who takes the test has two chances, so that those who are nervous and have failed to perform have a chance to make amends.

However, if the first time due to nervousness and abnormal performance, even if through the second remedy finally obtained the martial arts fame, but they still have no chance to participate in the final military test, only the first 500 soldiers have the opportunity to participate in the military test, which requires a full go, and the results should be good, first of all, there are no mistakes, the psychological quality is stable, that is, it is completed at one time, the second is to see the short time it takes to finish one hundred and fifty steps, and finally the target hit rate, with these three results to rank, the top 500 can participate in the military test.

The military examination was held in the large military camp outside the city, and the examination was jointly conducted by the military department and the military machine station, and the examination was divided into two parts: strategy and weapons, and the top 50 were admitted as martial artists.

Before dawn, 500 Wuju people began the first policy examination in the ten large tents, which was a literary examination, and the scholars were required to complete the papers and answer the questions within two days.

The lights were bright in each tent, and it was so quiet that only the rustling of pens on paper could be heard, and two invigilators paced back and forth in the tent, monitoring every soldier's every move.

At this time, Li Jing, the secretary of the Officers and Soldiers Department, accompanied Zhang Xuan, who was wearing regular clothes, into the camp, and Li Jing introduced as he walked: "This time, a total of 9,850 candidates have passed the qualification examination and participated in the military examination, and finally 2,574 people have obtained the meritorious name of the martial arts people. ”

"Is there anyone who abstains from being illiterate?" Jang Hyun asked.

"And there is!"

Li Jing said regretfully: "Fifty-four people abstained because they were illiterate, and it took two times to make up for five hundred." ”

At this time, Zhang Xuan walked into a big tent, the two invigilators were so frightened that they hurriedly bowed and saluted, Zhang Xuan waved his hand, signaling them not to alarm the candidates, he sat down directly in front of the invigilator behind him, and unfolded the test paper, the test paper has a total of six questions, of which the first five small questions are military general knowledge questions, such as the precautions for scouts to explore at night, the rules of the camp, the transportation of military rations, the combat drum and flag language, the regulations on military justice and so on.

The last big question is Zhang Xuan's own topic, "On the current strategy of capturing Taiyuan City", this topic has strong practical significance, the Zhou army is currently facing off with the Tang army in Taiyuan, the strength of the two sides is already an open secret, as long as you care a little will understand, but you need to understand the situation in the state, such as whether the Tang army will have reinforcements, the Tang army's military food reserves, and so on.

This topic Zhang Xuan borrowed from the method adopted by Luo Shixin when he attacked Yancheng in Yan County, allowing the soldiers to express their opinions, but Zhang Xuan's topic is bigger, and even taking into account the war strength of the Zhou and Tang Dynasties, it is easy to talk in general, but it is not so easy to really write deeply and thoroughly.

Zhang Xuan pondered for a moment, he also lifted the pen, and wrote under the last big question, he wrote his siege idea to the chief examiner Li Jing, Zhang Xuan repeatedly deduced with the generals in Shouyang County, and discussed it in detail with Fang Xuanling on the military plane, so to some extent, this is the standard answer, the closer you get to this answer, the higher the score you get.

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Just when the soldiers who participated in the military test in Zhongdu were working hard to write the Taiyuan siege strategy, the army of the 110,000 Great Zhou Empire outside Taiyuan had been deployed in place, and the Zhou army was sent to Taiyuan from the east and north at the same time, so one of the two armies was stationed in Yuci County in the southeast and Jiaocheng County in the northwest.

To the southeast is the 80,000 main force led by Wei Chigong, taking into account the encirclement of Taiyuan in the east and south, and at the same time convenient for receiving a steady stream of food supplies from the east.

In the northwest direction is the 30,000 cavalry led by Pei Xingyan, who not only have to cooperate with the confrontation of the 80,000 main force with the Tang army in Taiyuan, but also be responsible for cutting off the Tang army's retreat to the west.

The task of these two armies was the same, to hold back the Tang army in Taiyuan and create conditions for victory in other battlefields.

On this morning, the east gate of Taiyuan slowly opened, a cavalry team of ten Tang troops rushed out of the city, they quickly whipped their horses, galloped towards the direction of Yuci County, less than half an hour, they gradually arrived at the county seat, at this time, a Ming Di from the top of their heads 'whoosh! The ground shot through, making a sharp sound, and then two Zhou patrol cavalry came out of the woods on both sides, and in a moment surrounded this Tang cavalry regiment, and hundreds of crossbow arrows were aimed at them.

Ten Tang soldiers hurriedly raised their hands, and the leading soldier said: "We were ordered to send a letter to General Wei Chi, and we have no other intentions!" ”

Zhou Jun looked at them for the first lieutenant, and saw that they did not look like scouts, so he shouted: "Take away the weapons, cover their heads, and escort them into the city!" ”

The Zhou soldiers took away the swords and daggers of the ten Tang cavalrymen, tied their hands from the front with ropes, covered their heads with a black cloth bag, and led the patrol cavalry towards the county seat.

It was very necessary to cover their heads, this was to prevent the Tang cavalry from seeing some military secrets that could not be disclosed after entering the city, ten Tang soldiers were taken into a large room to wait, and after a while, the leading soldiers were led into the room by Wei Chigong's own soldiers.

"What do you General Qutu want to say to me?" Wei Chigong sat behind the table and asked.

The soldier took out a document from his bosom and handed it respectfully, "At this time, my general's war letter, I hope to fight with the general outside the city, and the two armies will fight to the death." ”

Wei Chigong laughed, Qu Tutong finally couldn't help it, couldn't Qu Tutong still see his strategy?

Perhaps he wanted to provoke himself to attack the city and break the Zhou army's strategy of confronting Taiyuan.

Wei Chigong didn't even open the paperwork, so he directly picked up the pen and wrote two words on the back, 'No fight! Threw it to the soldiers.

"Send them back!"