Li Zhi and Wu Zetian didn't say anything more, and asked Liu Yi, Pei Xingjian and others to step down.

After Liu Yi, Pei Xingjian and others returned to their respective thrones, Li Zhi, the emperor, also stood up and made a speech to nearly 1,000 soldiers of the Yulin Army, as well as a large number of officials, and all the samurai who came to participate in the martial arts competition.

Li Zhi may not often say anything on such occasions, and his tone is not inflammatory, but he just said in a calm tone that my Tang Dynasty has been in constant trouble over the years, and there have been many wars, but there are fewer and fewer generals who are good at fighting in the DPRK and China, and they cannot effectively resist the enemy, resulting in several major defeats.

Now the ministers of the court are also heavy on literature and light on martial arts, many of the descendants of military generals have abandoned military and civil affairs, and there are only a handful of people who can lead troops to fight, and the imperial court is also to select talents in this area, so in the previous year, they sent personnel to some states and counties near Chang'an to recruit warriors, and this year held the first martial arts competition, fortunately, these moves recruited a lot of brave soldiers for the imperial court, and also found some potential candidates for future military generals, but this martial arts conference was held in a bit of a hurry, and the candidates were only good warriors in some states and counties near Chang'an, There are too many brave warriors in the world who have not been discovered, and the imperial court will continue to hold such martial arts conferences in the future, recruit brave warriors from the world, and further improve the martial arts system.

Every year, the winners of the martial arts will be awarded official positions in the army, especially this time, as the first martial arts since the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, many outstanding warriors will be awarded officials, and the top three will not be awarded official positions.

Liu Yi also understood from Li Zhi's short words that the imperial court paid more attention to the selection of military generals, presumably in a few years, the martial arts system will be improved, and the treatment of military generals in the DPRK and China will also be better.

After Li Zhi said a few words, Wu Zetian also said some along the way, the content is about the same, and said that the imperial court will release the list in the next two days, and the list of the first 30 people will be posted and announced inside and outside Chang'an City, and it will be announced to the world in the form of an edict, and the top three will also have a series of celebrations such as street patrols.

Such a scene also made Liu Yi completely understand that now the Tang Dynasty is the Second Holy Dynasty, and Wu Zetian's power is even greater.

From the words of the emperor and the empress, the courtiers present understood that in the future, the treatment of those who raised in the martial arts examination would be similar to that of the liberal arts and scientific examinations, and the court's attention to military equipment would be greatly improved, and the weight of the military generals' speech in the court would also be heavier, which made the military generals in the court somewhat comforted.

The event is over, the winner is also produced, and the basic martial arts competition schedule is almost over, it should be the end of the field, although it is still autumn, and the weather is also very good, but it seems that Li Zhi and Wu Zetian don't like to stay here anymore, so they got up and prepared to leave.

They had been watching for most of the day, and they seemed to be tired, and after the people who relied on the personnel behind them set up a formation, Li Zhi and Wu Zetian and their entourage also drove back to the palace.

Liu Yi stood at the front of all the contestants, and together with the others, he sent the emperor and empress away.

Although it was a little far away, Liu Yi found that when he watched Li Zhi and Wu Zetian leave, the unusual palace maid also glanced at him a few times.

The eyes of this palace person are very attractive, giving people a feeling that they are very different from other ordinary palace people, and there is a big difference in the bearing of the invisibly, I don't know if it is the young man's instinctive curiosity and interest in the beautiful surname, or other reasons, anyway, Liu Yi's curiosity was hooked, I really want to know who this person is, and I also want to find someone to ask who that person will be, but I can't find such a person to ask, even if someone can ask, it can't be asked.

After Li Zhi and Wu Zetian left, the other ministers also dispersed one after another, and Pei Xingjian and Cen Changqian, who presided over the examination, issued the official vouchers stamped with the seal of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Officials to the contestants with the results of the martial arts competition, and announced the end of the first martial arts conference of the Tang Dynasty.

And inform all the contestants to be on standby in the post house or in their own brothers, and when the imperial court concentrates on conferring officials in two days, someone will be sent to pass it on.

Liu Yi was also about to clean up and go home, but he didn't expect Pei Xingjian to send someone to let him over.

Liu Yi was also busy following the comers, and Pei Xingjian was waiting for him on the side of the competition venue.

"Virtuous nephew, I didn't expect you to come to participate in the martial arts competition!" Pei Xingjian spoke very directly, and there was some faint worry between his words.

Hearing Pei Xingjian say this, Liu Yi was slightly stunned, and immediately understood Pei Xingjian's worries. Pei Xingjian may be worried that after the emperor and empress know his identity as Liu Yi, they will punish Pei Xingjian, who is the chief examiner, or further anger Liu Fu, after all, Liu Fu's family is still grounded and cannot go out without permission, which is not good for Liu Fu, and Pei Xingjian, who presided over this test, may also be blamed for not recognizing his identity Liu Yi.

However, Liu Yi already had a countermeasure in his heart, and immediately bowed respectfully to Pei Xingjian and said: "I don't know Pei Shilang in Xia, and I have never seen Pei Shilang before, how can I start talking about this," Liu Yi looked at Pei Shilang with clear eyes, and said in a language that was neither humble nor arrogant, "I also think that Pei Shilang has never seen Xia!" ”

Pei Xingjian was a little stunned by Liu Yi's words, but he also seemed to understand, his face was expressionless, he waved his hand at Liu Yi, and motioned for Liu Yi to leave by himself.

Liu Yi saluted Pei Xingjian again, and then turned to leave.

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Liu Yi rode a horse, full of joy, and went to his own house.

Followed by his entourage Liu Ben, Liu Ben was touting Liu Yi's bravery in these games, and boasted about Liu Yi's martial arts, which was almost invincible in the world, and Liu Yi didn't bother to pay attention to him.

The master and servant had just walked for a while, when there was a sharp sound of horses' hooves behind them, and then a rough voice sounded: "Brother Yi'an, please stay..."

Liu Yi hurriedly stopped his mount when he heard the sound, and when he turned around, it was Jinghui who had just fought with him.

Jinghui quickly rushed to Liu Yi, hugged his fists and said, "Brother Yi'an, congratulations on winning the first place in martial arts..."

"Brother Jinghui's skills are also good, I admire him very much!" Liu Yi smiled and returned the salute with a fist, guessing in his heart what Jinghui's purpose was to stop him.

"Brother Yi'an, there are still a few days before the imperial court conferring officials, I wonder if Brother Yi'an will be free tomorrow?" Jinghui asked with a smile.

"Brother Jinghui, what do you have to advise?" Liu Yi somewhat guessed what Jing Hui meant by stopping him, but he still pretended not to know and asked!

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