"Well, I understand a little, but third brother, why are the top three after the first Imperial Chess Battle only awarded the title of Sanpin? Didn't they all be awarded the title of second grade in the first session, and Mr. Jiang was even crowned the first grade in the world? The young man asked, puzzled.

"That's because Emperor Jiande set the rules, whoever enters the Hanlin Academy, the person in charge of the world's chess affairs must be the world's number one master, the so-called Wen Wu first, Wu Wu second, the world's first master can naturally only be one, so there can only be one first-class chess player in the same era."

",,,If the director of the Hanlin Academy resigns or retires for any reason,' The title of 'first-grade chess player' is equivalent to automatic abandonment, and the replacement candidate will be produced from other second-grade chess players, therefore, the qualification of the second-grade chess player is not so easy, in addition to chess strength, but also need to have considerable qualifications, prestige and popularity, not just a good chess game (of course, if you have a blind eye to the world, dare to let the world's first strength is another matter), if you want to become a second-grade chess player, either in the imperial chess battle three times in a row to the top of the list, or get the common recommendation of the four major families, the former lasted ten years, and it is almost impossible to win the championship three times in a row in the master-gathered imperial chess battle, so there is a Go grade systemNo one has become a second-grade chess player in this way, so in fact, the only thing that is feasible is to get the common recommendation of the four great families. Lao Ding replied.

"Huh? A joint recommendation from the four great families? What if one just won't recommend it? "The young family has found a problem - there is a serious loophole in this promotion method, that is, there is a possibility that someone deliberately stirs up the situation, as long as one family is determined to go against you, you will never be able to be promoted to the second rank and become the reserve candidate for the head of the Hanlin Academy.

"Hmph, don't you think of others when you think of it? There are only two ways to solve the problem, one is to ask someone to mediate from it, to persuade the other party to agree, if you can't say it alive, you have to get along with you, then the text is not martial, the mouth doesn't make sense, just talk on the chessboard, who can't get along with you, you will challenge whom, to fight chess to solve the problem, according to the regulations, such a chess fight is challenged by the party has no right to refuse, must fight, chess lost, you have to sign the recommendation, not only can not stop the other party's promotion, but also lose face, by the world laughed. Of course, the challenger is not entirely risk-free, and if the challenge fails, not only will he voluntarily quit the Hanlin Academy, but he will also be punished and exiled to the Wild Land for three years. Therefore, as long as the promoter has the same strength as the second-grade chess player, unless there is a common grudge, no one will do that, of course, the person who wants to advance must also have self-knowledge, if there is no second-grade chess player strength instead of fighting for this grade, it will only be a head-to-head and bloody and self-inflicted. Lao Ding replied.

"Obediently, it's so difficult, isn't this more difficult than taking the top prize?!" The young man's mouth opened wide in surprise.

"Needless to say, the champion is the exam, the general is pulled out, at the end of a scientific examination, there will always be a lucky person who will become the champion, the second grade chess player, that is the highest title of chess players except the first grade, in line with the principle of rather lack than excess, rather empty, will not let the unqualified people get the title, so, in the past 80 years, there have only been three first-grade chess players, twenty-six second-grade chess players, including the three major factions of the previous heads of the sect - according to the convention, The new head of the sect in various places must go to the capital to accept the canonization of the court within three months after taking over, and the Hanlin Academy presides over the test, evaluates the strength, and awards the corresponding grade, the evaluation method is to play ten games with the Hanlin Academy of chess, and those who win three games are set as four products, and those who win five games are set as three products, and those who win seven games can apply for promotion to two products, and the promotion methods are also divided into two kinds, one is to get the common recommendation of the four major families, and the other is to conduct ten chess battles with a second-grade chess player, and five of the ten wins can be set as the second grade. Because the heads of the folk sects will not enter the court as officials to compete for the position of the head of the Hanlin Academy, and the strength of anyone who can achieve seven winners in the ten-game test of chess must be very good, and the outcome of the battle against them is unpredictable, not to mention the defeat of the ten chess battles, even if it is a tie, the second-grade chess player is also gloomy, so it is much easier for the head of the folk school to be promoted to the second-grade chess player than the major families - many friends and many roads, multiple enemies and many walls, who will be okay and like to make trouble for themselves? Lao Ding said angrily, looking like he had seen through the world's sophistication.

But I can't think clearly, just play chess, why do you want a grade? It's good to say that you can enter the court as an official if you get three grades, but you just said that eighty years, once every five years, three at a time, a total of less than fifty people have become chess players, what about those other people? The young man thought of another question.

"Uh, you kid is a mallet, if the grade is useless, will the emperor and his old man make such rules? Have you never learned to play chess? "Lao Ding is just a subordinate in Jiangfu, why do you have nothing to think about such a profound question? was speechless for a moment when asked by the young man's question, turned his face flat, and asked rhetorically in the posture of an old qualification.

"Well, no, I grew up in the countryside, and I can't even afford to go to a private school, so who will teach me how to play chess?" The young man was stunned for a moment, and replied with some shame.

"I said, if you don't know how to play chess, how can you know the fun of playing chess, let alone the importance of grade. In short, if you want to mix in the Jiang family, being able to play chess is the least, and I'll teach you when I'm free tomorrow. Lao Ding smiled.

"Really? Hehe, third brother, thank you so much."

The two janitors talked and laughed, and the time passed much faster than just now.

The young man actually didn't go far, after making sure that he was out of sight of the family, he turned back his head, but this time he didn't walk along the avenue, but bent down and ran a few steps, leaning over and running a few steps, sticking his body to the root of the wall of the Jiangfu compound, and then along the wall little by little, cautiously groping forward in the dark, and walking another twenty or thirty steps, the hand holding on to the wall reached a different touch, the young man was happy in his heart, and carefully checked it again, it turned out to be a very inconspicuous small door.

Found the place, the young man looked around again, the dark night was silent, except for the rustle of the leaves blown by the wind or the intermittent chirping of autumn insects, the young man breathed a sigh of relief, turned around, sat down at the mouth, folded his arms in front of his chest, leaned his back on the door, raised his head, the starlight in the sky was a bright crescent moon, the moonlight was like water, in the eyes of the young man transformed into the appearance of a beautiful girl, the young man's face appeared with a happy smile, thoughts like a tide, back to half a year ago.