The chief examiner of Wenju is a civil official, Yin Xu Honggang of Shuntianfu who is the third product; The chief examiner of the martial arts is naturally a military general, and Zhang Jiyuan, the commander of the middle city of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division of the Sixth Grade.

Although the status of the military generals of the Ming Dynasty was not as good as that of civilian officials, their rank was much higher than that of civilian officials. The officials with the highest rank of civil officials are the six books of Shangshu and the second grade. Even the most powerful cabinet assistant only holds the rank of cabinet university scholar, and the grade is not as good as Shangshu, only from the second grade. Of course, from the perspective of the system, civil officials also have official positions of Zhengyipin, and there are as many as three, that is, the three princes - Taishi, Taifu, and Taibao, but these official positions are generally given to the dead, which is a kind of posthumous honor. Throughout the Ming Dynasty, in addition to the prime minister at the time of the founding of the country, the civil official who was a good product when he was alive was Zhang Juzheng, who was crowned as a Taishi during the Wanli period, which is a unique case. The highest official position of a military general is the governor of the five armies, the left and right governors, and although there are only two, this position is not posthumously sealed, but a real position.

There are many high-grade generals in the capital, but Wuju only sends commanders of only six grades to invigilate the examination, and it cannot be said that the Ming Dynasty does not pay enough attention to martial arts. In fact, this year's martial arts is the result of Zhu Cheng's ambition to connect the six yuan, otherwise there is no martial arts to say. Although the Ming Dynasty has regulations on martial arts, it is carried out irregularly. When the imperial court remembered it, it was held every three years, and the township examination, the meeting examination, and the palace examination were carried out according to the literary examination; If the imperial court forgot about it, then I don't know when the postponement was held.

Compared with the neglect of the imperial court, the people were very interested in martial arts, and the tickets for martial arts were sold out in just one day.

However, the martial arts competition that the common people can see is martial arts, and the cultural test is not held publicly because of its poor confrontation.

The literary test of Wuju is a strategy, of course, this is not difficult for Zhu Cheng, and he is the first to hand in the papers.

Zhang Jiyuan saw Zhu Cheng's test paper at a glance and praised it: "Good!" ”

Wu Xiucai is generally strong in martial arts, but his cultural level is slightly lower, which one can write a beautiful pavilion style.

Zhang Jiyuan read Zhu Cheng's test paper at a glance and ten lines, and now he has a clear argument, reasonable and well-founded, and his own innovation, which is indeed a rare masterpiece in the history of martial arts, so he said: "This Zhu Cheng is really amazing." Regardless of whether he is selected in this examination or not, I will also ask him to be my staff member and give me advice. ”

Commander Liu from Dongcheng said: "This person, I'm afraid you can't afford to invite it." ”

"Hehe, such a talent, it's not too much to ask for a salary, I'm willing to ask."

"Haven't you heard of Zhu Cheng of my dynasty? He is a thousand households of the Jinyi Wei of the fifth grade, just the commander of a mere sixth grade, and you still want to ask the thousand households of the fifth grade to be your staff? ”

"Thousands of households with five products? Why did he still participate in martial arts, did he want to learn from the 6 handles in the Jiajing period? ”

6 handle is the commander of the Jinyi Guard during the Jiajing period, but he is not the first thousand households, and the champion later. He was a Wujin scholar in the eleventh year of Jiajing (1532 AD), and was later awarded the post of deputy Qianhu of Jinyi Guard.

"I'm afraid his ambition is more than that, it is rumored that he is determined to win six yuan in a row and become the first person in the Ming Dynasty."

"Although I am not a civil official, I also know that Lianzhong Liuyuan refers to the small three yuan that won the first place in the county examination, the government examination, and the hospital examination one after another and won the fame of Xiucai, plus Xie Yuan, Huiyuan, and Zhuangyuan, the three big three yuan who were admitted to the Jinshi. Could it be that Zhu Cheng already got a little three yuan when he was taking the martial arts show? We have only one Lianzhong six yuan, that is, Huangguan in the Hongwu period, but unfortunately angered Emperor Cheng Zuwen and cut off the champion, which can only be said to be five yuan in Lianzhong. ”

Zhu Cheng did not have a reputation for showing talent, so in order to participate in this martial arts, he donated a prisoner and directly participated in the township examination. It is said that the six yuan in his company is two big and three yuan add up to ......."

"You mean the Xie Yuan, Hui Yuan, and Champion of Wenju plus the Xie Yuan, Hui Yuan, and Champion of Wuju?" Zhang Jiyuan was stunned.

"Yes, two big three yuan, Zhu Cheng's ambition is a little too big. You think, martial arts is not only a test of strategy, but also a test of martial arts, and it is not a simple matter to be both civil and military. ”

"Since Zhu Cheng has made a will, he must have something to rely on, let's just watch a good show."

"I'm afraid it's a farce, do you know how old Zhu Cheng is? He is only thirteen years old, and even if he is born with divine power, he is not as good as an adult whose strength has reached its peak. This comparison, his face is afraid to be lost. ”

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It is rare for the people of Daming to see a high-level martial arts competition, so they came to the East School early on the day of the championship. Those who have tickets enter the East Campus Grounds, and those who do not have tickets wait outside the Campus to see if anyone is willing to transfer their tickets. There are also some people who are a little economically minded, and they have taken out snacks in the school field, and the always quiet East School has become very lively.

In fact, everyone's ticket has a location code, and even the standing ticket divides the position of the station, so there is no need to grab the position in advance. But it was rare to have such a lively look, and everyone still subconsciously came in advance. In addition to civil and military officials, relatives of candidates, wealthy gentry and merchants, there were many nobles who watched the performance. Seeing the luxurious and delicate costumes on the audience, Wei Zhongxian slapped his thigh with regret. Why? The ticket price was set too low, and if I knew that they were willing to come to watch the battle, the ticket price would have been set higher. These people have money, and they no longer care about spending a few more, and the so-called rich people are difficult to buy the uncle's happiness.

The examiners and candidates came to the East Campus before the end of the day. The East Campus is an open-air venue, and it is not possible for candidates to come a day earlier. Anyway, the project has already been decided, and Wuju is unlikely to cheat, so there is no need to lock up candidates in the Gongyuan like Wenju.

When the audience saw the majestic candidates, they were all excited and applauded. The candidates' relatives and friends also cheered.

At this time, a neatly rhythmic and loud cheering voice sounded: "Zhu Cheng will win, Zhu Cheng will win!" ”

This voice overpowered the noise of the audience, and everyone couldn't help but be a little curious, looking for which candidate had such a strong group of relatives and friends.

I saw that in the position of the candidate, a teenage boy stood up and waved frequently. I saw that this child was tall and well-proportioned, and then looked at his face, his lips were red and his teeth were white, and he had an innocent smile, how cute he looked. The hearts of the audience were captured by this cute little boy at once, and they turned to cheer for him.

The examiner was just about to announce the start of the exam when a horse-drawn carriage came galloping in.

According to the regulations, horse-drawn carriages are not allowed to enter the East School Factory. The soldier guarding the gate waved his hand and stopped the car. A young man in a strong suit jumped out of the car and begged the soldiers to let the car in. But the soldier said that the examiner and other candidates entered the examination room lightly, and he could not make an exception.

The young man failed to negotiate several times, his heart was on fire, he lifted the curtain, removed something from the car, lifted it, and walked into the examination room.

The audience was dumbfounded, it turned out that the young man was holding a lion carved in stone, afraid that it would not weigh a thousand catties. The young man held the lion and came to the examiner, and when he put the lion on the ground, a puff of smoke and dust was stirred up, which showed the weight of the lion. The young man's face was not red, he was not panting, and he said angrily: "Lord Examiner, I am late, please forgive me." ”

The chief examiner, Zhang Jiyuan, saw that the young man's strength was amazing, and he couldn't help but love talents, and said, "It's okay, you sit down first." ”

The examiner said "the exam begins", and firecrackers and drums rang out in the school field.

Zhu Cheng looked at the stone and fell into deep thought, he didn't believe that someone could lift a stone weighing a thousand catties, if there was, it should be a demonic existence. Looking at it, a smile appeared on his face, the color of this stone lion is very special, showing a strange grayish white, like the color of solidified cement produced in children's parks.

Zhu Cheng lifted his eight-sided iron hammer, walked in front of the stone lion, and said, "This stone lion is very interesting. I heard that the stone is very hard, and I wanted to try whether the stone lion was hard or my hammer was hard. ”

Since it is a martial arts, it is natural to compare martial arts and blades, so Zhu Cheng chose the eight-edged iron hammer as a melee weapon, and the long-range weapon is the rear-loading rifled firearm that he is good at. This pair of hammers weighs sixty pounds together, which may be too light for adults, but for Zhu Cheng, this is already the limit.

The young man smiled and said, "Of course it's your hammer, this stone lion was carved by a famous carver, it's priceless, don't break it." ”

Zhu Cheng sneered, lifted the hammer, jumped up, and came according to the lion's head.

I only heard a "click", and the lion, which looked extremely sturdy, actually cracked in half, revealing the thick iron wire and mud tire connected to the cement inside.

Zhu Cheng was taken aback, and shouted in his heart: "Mixed, concrete, reinforced concrete!" ”

Zhang Jiyuan saw that this young man was not a strong man at all, so he was so angry that he slapped the table and asked the soldiers to fork out the liar.

Zhu Cheng walked to the edge of the school field and made a gesture at Cao Huachun.

Cao Huachun walked over, and Zhu Cheng said in his ear: "Recruit the young man who crossed out to Jingxi Huangzhuang, he is a great character." ”

Cao Huachun didn't understand what he meant, and Zhu Cheng didn't have time to explain. Fortunately, Cao Huachun has a lot of talent for being a loyal servant, and he has to do what he understands, and he has to do what he doesn't understand, and strives to understand in doing.

He nodded at Zhu Cheng, and went to find the young man who was forked out.

(Dear readers, I'm sorry.,The author area of the starting point didn't go in.,I had to upload a chapter this morning.,There's another chapter in the evening.,There's no arrears.。 ）

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