In October, Xiaozong issued another edict to recover Yue Fei Shaobao, Wu Shengding's envoy to the national army, the founding prince of Wuchang County, 6,100 households in Shiyi, and 2,600 households in Shishifeng, reaffirming that he "is loyal in things, does not commit crimes, and his name is difficult to hide, and everyone hears about it." ”

In the face of Xiaozong's successive shots, Emperor Taishang Gaozong still did not say a word. Zhao Gou knew that the re-determination of "Yue Fei Prison" could not shake his status as the emperor, he had already killed Yue Fei with the power of Qin Hui, and he turned a blind eye to Gaozong, and he was helpless, he was the Son of Heaven, the Son of Heaven was supreme, and he would never be punished by law, and people vented their anger on the scapegoat Qin Hui.

The Song-Jin War has been going on intermittently, killing each other, winning and losing each other......

In the Song Gaozong Dynasty, Qin Hui, an undercover traitor of the Jin State who returned from Jinying, single-handedly manipulated the palace test and installed his cronies, which made many intellectuals very dissatisfied, and the great poet Lu You suffered greatly. After Qin Hui's death, the imperial examination officially returned to the track of fairness, justice and reasonableness.

Yang Tongwen, who came from Jinghu South Road, knew that he was inferior to his ancestor Yang Zhengxiu in poetry, lyrics, songs, etc., and it was a bit difficult to take the Wenjinshi exam, and it was easy to be admitted without martial arts, so he signed up for the martial arts exam.

In the Song Dynasty, martial arts were divided into two subjects, equality and excellence, and the examination was conducted separately and once every three years. The equal department is divided into three classes - the first class, where one stone and one bow are shot on foot, and seven bows are shot by horses. In the second class, one stone is shot at foot, and seven buckets are shot by horses. In the third class, lunges shoot nine buckets, and horses shoot seven buckets.

The Juelun course is for those candidates who have unique skills, but have a low theoretical level, and requires "two bows and stones, and nine fights for horse shooting", and pays equal attention to civil and military. The first and second class students are awarded junior military attachés and probationary military attachés respectively, and the third class students enter the martial arts academy to continue their studies.

The Southern Song Dynasty martial arts examination is divided into four examinations: competition test, solution test, provincial test, and palace test. The competition is a special qualification examination designed to control the number of people participating in the examination, and the content of the examination is similar to that of the solution and the provincial examination.

The martial arts examination is a preliminary examination of martial arts held in the capital under the auspices of the Ministry of War, and the first test is to bow horses, that is, lunge shooting and horse shooting, and master more than five kinds of horse fighting martial arts. The second test strategy, the "Seven Books of Wujing" righteousness, those who fail to pass the bow and horse will be eliminated and cannot enter the second round of the exam. The number of martial arts dismissal is 70 people, and if you pass the martial arts examination, you can participate in the martial arts provincial examination.

The military department presided over the examination of those who passed the martial arts examination held in Beijing, and the content of the examination was the same as that of the martial arts examination, and the provincial quota was 30 to 50 people, and those who passed the martial arts examination could go to the martial arts palace examination.

The martial arts examination is the highest level of martial arts examination presided over by the emperor himself, and its content is to read the cavalry and shoot first, and then test the strategy. Beginning in 1135, the emperor personally took the court examination, and those who passed were given to the warriors, and the titles of military attache were awarded such as Baoyilang and Chengjielang.

In January of the first year of Longxing (1163), in Lin'an City, the Wuju Provincial Examination had not yet begun. Thousands of martial arts candidates from all over the country have signed a joint letter, asking to join the anti-gold camp, and their words are impassioned and terrifying. For this reason, Song Xiaozong was very moved, and after the provincial examination, he personally met with 50 people who were admitted to the Wuju Provincial Examination in advance in Wuying Palace.

Standing in the front row are Yang Tongwen of Chengbu Village on Hunan Road and Zhou Shi from Pingyang. Yang Tongwen is nine feet tall, has a sturdy physique, and wears a white robe, looking particularly heroic, and he ranks first in martial arts in the examination presided over by the Ministry of War. Yang Tongwen hugged his fists and said: "Shengshang, the world is still civil, the world is chaotic and martial, and it is at this time to make contributions to the country." Please allow me to go into battle and kill the enemy! ”

The crowd raised their arms and shouted: "I'd rather be a centurion than a scholar." Give me back the rivers and mountains! Give me back the rivers and mountains! ”

Xiaozong was excited when he saw that the candidates for martial arts were full of enthusiasm, so he said: "The palace examination will be held in February in advance, and today I will first take the examination to the court-" So all the candidates sat down together, and after receiving the test questions, they began to answer, and the questions were one - "On the Situation of the Song and Jin Dynasty and the Anti-Jin Strategy".

Yang Tongwen knew at a glance that this topic must have come up with the emperor himself, presumably the emperor was preparing to change the foreign strategy during the Shaoxing period and make a big career.

Yang Tongwen waved his pen and wrote on the test paper. Quan thought like a surge, the pen was like a god, and in less than an hour, he wrote more than 5,000 words with enthusiasm, and he carefully examined the article -

…… The Jurchens, a barbarian race, live nomadically, are good at riding and shooting, and are really the country of tigers and wolves. The integration of the army and the people, the fierce security and the elite, its iron cavalry and firearms elite, coveted the territory of our Great Song Dynasty, and invaded the borders of the Celestial Empire several times. The Shaoxing Peace Treaty, cutting the land for peace, in exchange for peace, only by exterminating it, fighting evil with evil, and countering violence with violence, can the Great Song Dynasty be forever solid...... In order to defeat the enemy, the firearms battalion must go first, the firearms destroy the enemy's will, and the cavalry fights at close range. The infantry is better than the cavalry, and it is known that it is not defeated or defeated...... The Great Song Dynasty was united as one, driving the Jurchens out of the Central Plains, seizing its Yin Mountain, and carving Shi Yanran. In this way, the Jurchen did not dare to let the horse go south......

Yang Tongwen was still unsatisfied, and added a few more sentences at the end of the article: "The descendants of Chiyou, the seedlings of Wuxi, have always been fierce and brave, and the pillar stone of the Song Dynasty." The Yang family is a family, loyal and patriotic, and should be exceptional. To restore the Central Plains, it is advisable to think in the long run, Your Majesty is sage, the country is fortunate, the people are fortunate, and Your Majesty's merits will shine in the annals of history. So Yang Tongwen was the first to hand over the trial strategy.

Song Xiaozong received the test paper, and after reading it, he was shocked: "What this person sees is slightly the same as me, and it must be after Yang Zaixing, the first fierce general of my Great Song Dynasty!" "Open the seal and take a look, candidates: Yang Tongwen, Wugang Military City Buzhai, Jinghu South Road. Other candidates also handed in their papers one after another, and Song Xiaozong didn't have time to read them, so he handed them over to Zhang Xuan, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and asked him to read the papers with full authority and determine the level of the test strategy.

Song Xiaozong is not hot-headed for a while, and he can't give Wu Zhuangyuan just a strategy. After lunch, accompanied by the secretary of the military department, I went to the martial arts arena to watch the bow and horse archery test of the martial arts candidates. The last one to appear was Yang Tongwen, who chose the standard "two stones with a bow and nine buckets with a horse" to show his strength.

Yang Tongwen stood in the martial arts arena, and without much effort, he pulled out the two-stone bow, without aiming, and fired nine arrows at the bull's-eye, each arrow hit the bull's-eye. There was another arrow, he closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and after turning in place twice, he exerted eighty percent of his strength, and with a whoosh the arrow cluster broke through the arrow feather in the center and flew straight through the bull's-eye, and pierced deep into the big tree behind.

"Good archery, divine power!" Song Xiaozong and Zhang Xuan high-fived and exclaimed loudly. Yang Tongwen opened his eyes slightly and saw that there were only eight arrows on the arrow target, and he immediately understood that this time the foot shooting was extraordinary. It was time to test the horse shooting project, and he flew on the war horse in one jump, sometimes shooting sideways, sometimes shooting upwards, sometimes backwards, sometimes flying, and the ten copper coins with silk threads in the distance were all shot to the ground by him.

Yang Tongwen leaped down from his horse, Song Xiaozong was silent, and shot three arrows at Yang Tongwen with a bow, which frightened Zhang Xuan into a cold sweat. I saw Yang Tongwen turn over with a harrier, and then fell lightly to the ground, a golden rooster was independent, grabbed an arrow in each hand, and bit one in his mouth, unscathed, so unscathed.

Only then did Zhang Xuan see Song Xiaozong's intentions, he was testing Yang Tongwen's ability to deal with assassinations. Song Xiaozong didn't say anything after sending the arrow, and continued to watch Yang Tongwen's weapon skill test. Yang Tongwen danced the Yang family's spear vigorously, and used thirty-six moves in a row, and Zhang Xuan, the secretary of the military department, did not see any flaws.

Song Xiaozong finally spoke: "Zhang Xuan, you go and test whether that kid is a showman." ”

"Command!" Zhang Xuan took his Fang Tian painting halberd, and took three steps and made two steps to kill the general. When Yang Tongwen was practicing martial arts in his hometown, he saw a lot of scenes of this kind of sneak attack, and he didn't take Zhang seriously at all. I saw him soar into the air, raising his gun and stabbing at Zhang Xuan again and again, Zhang Xuan's Fang Tian painting halberd could not resist, so he had to retreat step by step, and his hands were shocked and numb. Yang Tongwen made a move to "wind and storm" to fly Zhang Xuan's weapon, and the tip of the gun was aimed at his heart guard.

"Bold! Lord Zhang is the secretary of the military department, Yang Tongwen, you don't want to live anymore, do you? Zhou Shi shouted anxiously on the side.

"Hahaha, there is no distinction between high and low on the battlefield, Yang Tongwen took the order! All the martial arts candidates were enshrined together. Song Xiaozong stood on the stage of the martial arts arena and was ecstatic.

"Command!" Yang Tongwen and others knelt on the ground with the etiquette of soldiers and listened to Song Xiaozong's words. Song Xiaozong stepped forward and took three steps and said, "I am deeply gratified to watch your bow and horse archery and martial arts performances today. Zhang Xuan, you read out the conclusion of the palace examination-"

Zhang Xuan took out the examination roster and named them one by one: "Yang Tongwen, Wu Zhuangyuan, awarded to the general." Zhou Shi, Wu Bangyan, awarded the deputy general...... The rest of the people were given the background of martial arts. At present, the war at the front is tight, and in three days, you will report to the military headquarters! Make no mistake! ”

"Thank you, Lord Longen, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

"Wait for you, from now on, you will be my protégé." Song Xiaozong said, "Zhang Xuan, later, you will bring these fifty martial artists to the Wuying Palace, and I will give a banquet to celebrate." ”

"The ministers obey the holy commandments." Zhang preached. So the people dispersed......

In March, Wanyan Yong (Jurchen name Wulu) eliminated the remnants of Wanyan Liang, the king of Hailing, and after stabilizing the interior, he ordered his disciple Shan Hexi to attack Wu Lan's lone army stationed in Shaanxi, Wu Lan was defeated, and the Jin army took advantage of the situation to reoccupy the 16 states and armies of Shaanxi.

Wulu sent envoys to Lin'an to try to make peace with the Song, and shamelessly demanded taxes and coins from the Song court for the Hai, Si, Tang, Deng, and Shang prefectures. As soon as the envoy arrived in Lin'an, after submitting the credentials, he threatened: "If you don't agree, you will raise troops to attack Lin'an and kill a chicken and dog." ”

Emperor Xiaozong of the Song Dynasty quickly read the letter of state, and did not say a word about the Jin State's request for tribute, but forcefully put forward the demand for redrawing borders and equality of status.

After hearing this, the envoy immediately refused: "What my Dajin Emperor said is true, you must agree unconditionally!" There is no room for negotiation! ”