"The emperor has arrived!"

Just when the students on the martial arts hall were talking and laughing with great interest, a somewhat sharp sound came from the gate, and I saw Li Yuntian, King Fu, Zhang Fu, Zhou Zheng and others walking around Emperor Xuande.

Seeing this situation, the originally noisy campus was silent for a moment, and the students automatically arranged the queue one after another, and soon lined up a neat phalanx.

Since this was the first graduation ceremony of the Jiangwu Hall, Li Yuntian naturally hoped to hold a grand and lively event, because he not only invited the nobles of the capital, but also moved Emperor Xuande.

"Long live the emperor, long live, long live!" When Emperor Xuande sat down on the dragon chair on a high platform set up in front of the school, the students on the school ground all knelt on the ground, and shouted and knelt on the ground, which is the highest etiquette in the martial arts hall, and only the emperor can do this salute.

"Flat." Listening to the overwhelming sound in his ears, Emperor Xuande glanced at the heroic students in the audience with satisfaction, smiled and raised his hand, very satisfied with the spiritual outlook of the students.

"Emperor Xie!" The students replied in unison, got up from the ground one after another, looked up at Emperor Xuande with respectful expressions, and their eyebrows flashed with excitement that could not be concealed.

"Zhenwuhou told the official that the military attache who came out of the martial arts hall would become the pillars of the Ming army, I felt that the Zhenwuhou was a little exaggerated, but the battle of Jiaozhi proved that what the Zhenwu Hou said was true, and the martial arts took the lead on the battlefield, bravely killed the enemy, and made great achievements for the pacification of the Jiaozhi rebellion."

Facing the more than 2,000 martial arts hall students in the audience who were staring at him, Emperor Xuande wanted to sit on the dragon chair and give instructions, but then he changed his mind, got up and walked to the front of the stage, and said to those students with a smile, "I am very relieved when I learn about this, and I hope that you will not live up to the expectations of the Marquis of Zhenwu, open up the territory for me, and consolidate my Ming country forever!" ”

"The emperor is at ease, and the ministers will keep in mind the emperor's teachings, gallop across the field, and shroud the horse leather!" Emperor Xuande's voice lagged behind, Li Yuntian walked quickly to Emperor Xuande's side, arched his hand at him, and bowed down and said with full anger.

"Gallop the field, Horse Leather Shroud!" When the students in the audience heard this, they bowed to Emperor Xuande in unison, and shouted loudly.

"Okay, I'll wait and see, waiting for you to make new contributions to the Ming Dynasty." Emperor Xuande couldn't help laughing, and said in a deep voice to the students on the campus, his words seemed quite high-spirited, and he also imagined that Emperor Hongwu and Emperor Yongle would expand their territory and become a Ming generation of Ming monarchs.

Zhang Fu and Zhou Zheng and other nobles couldn't help but glance at each other when they heard this, their eyes looked quite surprised, they had already keenly heard a trace of killing from Emperor Xuande's words, it seemed that the young Emperor Xuande didn't want to just guard the country that his ancestors had beaten down.

After the Xuande file was completed, nine students of the first phase of the lecture martial arts hall who had made great contributions in the war of pacifying Jiaozhi lined up in a column and climbed the high platform one after another, and Emperor Xuande personally gave them their military ranks and sabers, which was a great honor for them.

These nine students of the first phase of the martial arts hall were all awarded the rank of lieutenant colonel, which was the highest rank among all the students, two of them were children of the Ming imperial family, two were children of Xungui, and the remaining five were the sons of the re-examination of the martial arts.

These nine people seem to be selected according to military merits, but in fact, there is another mystery, because the number of martial arts in the two capitals and thirteen provinces is not only more than that of the royal nobles, but also the courage in battle is not inferior to those nobles, but Li Yuntian has made the number of people on both sides equal, which seems a little unreasonable.

Obviously, there must be a reason for Li Yuntian to do this, not only the factors of military merit, but also the factors at the political level, only the children of the royal family and nobles have enough military power in the Xiaowu army, then Emperor Xuande will let him lead the Xiaowu army with peace of mind.

After awarding the titles to the nine first-phase students, Emperor Xuande visited the school building and various training facilities of the lecture hall with great interest surrounded by King Fu, Zhang Fu and Zhou Zheng, and handed over the remaining titles to Li Yuntian, after all, he was the son of heaven of the Ming Dynasty, and it was already a supreme grace to be able to award titles to those nine students, while other students could not enjoy this kind of treatment.

The school buildings, training facilities and rooms of the Jiangwutang and the Xiaowu Army are different from those of the Weisu army, especially the food treatment is beyond the reach of the Weishu army, which also makes the students of the Jiangwutang and the soldiers of the Xiaowu Army strong and strong, and the body is superior to the Ming army.

Taking advantage of Emperor Xuande's visit to the lecture hall, Li Yuntian led the instructors to confer titles on the students of the first and second phases, and issued them the Xiuchun knife with a numbered silver handle and silver sheath engraved on the handle.

According to the regulations, after the award ceremony, these students will go their separate ways to serve in the armies of the Xiaowu Army in various places, so Li Yuntian summoned the instructors and the academy of the lecture hall to have a casual drink in the evening.

Because everyone has been together for several years, they have established sincere feelings for each other, and some of them are brothers who share life and death on the battlefield, and now they are suddenly separated and don't know when they will see each other next time, so many people are drunk and drunk under sadness, and there is a cry on the scene, which makes Li Yuntian's eyes can't help but be a little red.

As the saying goes, there is no banquet in the world that will not be dispersed, Li Yuntian knows that everyone is uncomfortable, but it is good to cry, I think he also came from the school like this back then.

In mid-June, the third batch of students from all over the country came one after another, and the third martial arts examination of the Jiangwutang was held in March this year, and a total of 1,500 students were enrolled, which was the same as the second recruitment.

However, the number of local candidates who took the third martial arts exam was five times that of the second martial arts exam, which meant that the admission rate was reduced to one-fifth of the second martial arts exam, and the competition was more intense.

There is no other reason, when the third martial arts examination was held, Li Yuntian had already put down the rebellion in Jiaozhi, and was always in charge of the military and political power in Jiaozhi and Guangxi, and many local officials in Jiaozhi were born in martial arts, so it attracted many hopeless students to turn to the martial arts examination, in order to make a name for themselves from the martial arts, and no matter how bad they were, they could become Li Yuntian's protégés.

Due to the sudden increase in the number of people referring to the martial arts, it has attracted the attention of the cabinet and the six ministries, among which the officials are in charge of the civil affairs and the military cabinet is in charge of the military attachés.

The two sides were originally in competition with each other, but due to the Ming Dynasty's military system and the hereditary military system, this made the Ming Dynasty's martial arts become a chicken rib, because it is difficult for military attaches from the martial arts to be promoted, the reason is very simple, the military positions in the army are hereditary, where is there a seat for them to sit?

However, Li Yuntian's new-style martial arts have completely changed this situation, if only one lecture on martial arts, the new style of martial arts will do nothing, but who would have thought that Li Yuntian's Xiaowu army would suddenly rise up, and the war in Tongguò Jiaozhi will grow rapidly, which will provide many military positions in the army.

According to the hereditary system of the Ming Dynasty, the military position of the Xiaowu Army should be hereditary by those soldiers who have made meritorious contributions, but the situation of the Xiaowu Army is relatively special, when Li Yuntian left the capital to go to Jiaozhi to quell the rebellion, he proposed to the military cabinet, in order to motivate the soldiers to fight bravely to kill the enemy, he hoped that the Xiaowu Army could implement the military merit promotion system.

Regarding the military promotion system, Li Yuntian said that he was rather vague, only saying that the official positions of those soldiers who fought bravely on the battlefield of Jiaozhi were promoted, and he did not say that they would be given hereditary official positions.

However, because the current system of military positions in the Ming Dynasty is hereditary, the cabinet members of the military cabinet did not realize that Li Yuntian played this little trick, and thought that Li Yuntian wanted to inspire the soldiers to kill the enemy, so they easily passed the review of the cabinet members, and then submitted it to Emperor Xuande, who was approved by Emperor Xuande.

To tell the truth, at that time, except for Zhou Zheng, no one in the Ming Dynasty thought that Li Yuntian could defeat the Jiaozhi rebels with a mere 3,000 men and a high morale, thinking that he would definitely return with a feather.

But the facts were beyond everyone's expectations, Li Yuntian not only quelled the rebellion in Jiaozhi, but also strengthened the Xiaowu army, and promoted those soldiers who had made meritorious contributions to the military positions openly, but did not mention the hereditary military positions.

Because Emperor Xuande had approved the medal submitted by the military cabinet to implement the military merit promotion system in the Xiaowu Army, and the sons and daughters of those nobles were all in the Xiaowu Army, and many of them had also made great contributions to the Jiaozhi War, so no one mentioned this matter again, so as not to touch Li Yuntian, who was in the limelight, so that the military merit promotion system of the Xiaowu Army became an established fact.

Moreover, the lecture hall was established by Emperor Xuande, and Emperor Xuande naturally hoped that the lecture hall could be run in a beautiful manner, and if the way out for the students of the lecture hall could not be solved, then the lecture hall was doomed to defeat, and it was obvious that this was not what Emperor Xuande wanted to see.

What is particularly important is that the forces of the Xiaowu Army are now concentrated in the remote and barren Jiaozhi, and they have not violated the interests of the troops of the Thirteen Provincial Guards of the Liangjiang River of the Ming Dynasty, and the nobles have turned a blind eye to the military promotion system of the Xiaowu Army.

In case Li Yuntian provokes him to withdraw the Xiaowu Army from Jiaozhi, the Xiaowu Army must belong to the Jiangwutang in terms of establishment and belong to one of the troops stationed in Beijing, then the army of Jiaozhi must be replaced by those nobles, and whoever opposes the military merit promotion system of the Xiaowu Army at that time will have a chance to send it to Jiaozhi in nine out of ten years.

Although the border of Jiaozhi has now stopped, but it is because of Li Yuntian's presence, Enwei and Shi made the local natives submit, once Li Yuntian led the Xiaowu army away, then those natives are not allowed to rebel again under the bewitchment of local people with intentions, and then the crime will be big.

No one can forget that the crown prince and the prince, the right governor of the right army, and An Yuan Hou Liu Sheng died in the hands of the Jiaozhi rebels, how could those rebels be easy to deal with?

Therefore, under the combined effect of various factors, the military merit promotion system of the Xiaowu Army has been recognized by the nobles, and then it can be implemented in the Xiaowu Army.