"Martial arts?"

Half an hour later, Weiyang Palace, Xuanshu Palace.

Hearing Liu Ying's unprecedented novel idea, the faces of everyone in the hall were all dazed without exception.

This can be barely understood as the selection of literary skills and arithmetic skills, which can be used as a reference for the selection of officials;

But this martial arts test ······

The ministers around him looked at each other, and Wang Ling, who was about to be promoted to prime minister, stood up, and bowed his hand to Liu Ying with doubts.

"Dare to ask Your Majesty."

"What should be the question of this martial arts test?"

"The ······ of the Accepted Ones"

"Oh no;"

"What is the use of the 'heroes' that are accepted?"

"-soldiers?"

"-General?"

With Wang Ling's question, everyone also raised their heads and looked at Liu Ying on the royal couch.

It's just that the doubts in those eyes are clearly mixed with something else······

Seeing this phenomenon, Liu Ying thought about it for a while, and then understood everyone's concerns.

——In a sense, today's Han family actually has 'martial arts'.

It's just that it is different from the martial arts of later generations, which is a very formal military and military examination item: the 'martial arts' of the Han dynasty today are actually still the 'martial arts' under the recommendation system.

For example, in the team of a certain lieutenant in such and such a county, there is a soldier with infinite strength who can pull a ten-stone strong crossbow: the big yellow crossbow!

Or, there is a soldier king with extremely high combat literacy, who can get more than a dozen enemy first-level soldiers in three or five battles!

It's just such a powerful and infinitely powerful Mengren, and he is not very old, a proper 'young talent'!

At this time, the supreme commander of this army will report the matter to the court and take the opportunity to recommend it;

And for such warriors who have been recommended by the first-class generals of the capital lieutenants and generals, the Son of Heaven will often directly return them to Chang'an, and then meet them in person!

Supplemented by a certain degree of political review and force review, this heroic man in the army who has been recommended by the superior will get a very promising appointment.

- Zhonglang!

Zhonglang, as the leader of the group of palace officials, although he only has a rank of more than 600 stones, but from the perspective of political future, he is also a 'flying yellow and Tengda flyer'.

Just look at what the Zhonglang group does on weekdays.

Theoretically, the duties of Zhonglang were: to manage the chariot, horseman, and portal, and to serve as the emperor's guard and retinue, which was divided into three categories: chariot, hulang, and horseman.

So what about actually?

——The "car" in this "management car" refers to the emperor of the Son of Heaven: Huangwu Zuoxu!

——The gate of the guard is the palace gate and the palace gate inside and outside the palace!

- As for the horseman, it is directly the Son of Heaven's personal guard and honor guard!

From this series of specific responsibilities, as well as the subordinate relationship of 'belonging to Lang Zhongling', it is not difficult to see what the true identity of Zhonglang is in this group.

- The Son of Heaven's private armed and bodyguard group!

Sitting in such a position, if you still can't get ahead, then it will make people laugh off their big teeth!

In history, there are countless famous generals who were used as a springboard by 'Zhonglang' and finally became famous in history;

The most typical one is the lost general who served as Zhonglang during the reign of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty in the original history, and then became famous during the reigns of Emperor Jing and Emperor Wu: Li Guang!

From Li Guang's life experience alone, it is not difficult to see what role the position of 'Zhonglang' plays in the career of a military general.

In history, the flying general Li Guang, in the fourteenth year of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, joined the army to defeat the Xiongnu, and was a Zhonglang for his merits;

During the reign of Emperor Jing, he successively served as the Taishou of the seven counties in the border area of the north wall of the Han Dynasty, and achieved the personal achievement of 'letting the Xiongnu herdsmen make statues for themselves and bow down in the morning and evening'!

- As we all know: for the primitive shamanism practiced by the Huns, only gods are invincible to mortals;

The reverse is also true: as long as the Huns can't defeat it, it's a god······

After Li Guang achieved this achievement, he ushered in the most important turning point in his life.

——In the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms of Wu and Chu, Li Guang was ordered to go out to aid the capital of the Liang State: Suiyang, which was heavily attacked by the Wu and Chu coalition forces.

It's a pity that Li Guang didn't grasp this opportunity.

Because during the period of assisting Liu Wu, the king of Liang, to hold on to Suiyang, Li Guang, who was very nervous, actually privately borrowed the seal of Liu Wu, the king of Liang······

With such a stubble, Li Guang naturally buried his political future with his own hands.

After the rebellion was quelled, the Chang'an court rewarded meritorious deeds;

But when it was Li Guang's turn, it was clear that Li Guang's exploits were enough to seal the marquis, at least enough to seal the marquis of Guannei, but Emperor Jing Liu Qi only dropped one sentence: Li Guang's merits, since King Liang has rewarded them, then I won't reward them······

Since then, Li Guang has been regarded as carrying the political stain of 'privately receiving the seal of the princes', and finally provoked Taishi Gong, and he can only sigh that 'Li Guang is difficult to seal'.

In fact, Li Guang is difficult to seal, not really unlucky, or unlucky;

It was the political stain of 'privately receiving the seals of the princes' that made Li Guang see that his political career was all buried early.

During the reign of Emperor Wu, the Han family marched north and plundered the grassland, but Li Guang only got the nickname of 'lost general';

But in fact, even if Li Guang really achieved any decent martial arts in the war against the Xiongnu, there is a high probability that he will not be able to be a marquis.

- As Emperor Jing Liu Qi said: Li Guang is not a courtier of Chang'an, but a courtier of Suiyang······

Speaking of Zhonglang, since there can be a historical celebrity like Li Guang, it is enough to confirm from the side: the overall quality of this group will not be low;

In fact, it is.

The characteristics of the Zhonglang group alone are enough to see that the Zhonglang group is actually similar to the virtuous and square at the level of filial piety, Litian, and even the 'national warrior'.

For example, it needs to be very famous, so big that the court has heard of it;

For example, the goods are genuine, and they really have the ability to be rumored;

For another example, there are high-ranking officials and dignitaries who are willing to recommend, even if they may be stained with the stain of 'unknown people', they can't help but want to recommend.

Of course, the most important similarity is that there are enough people who are qualified to be recommended as Zhonglang······

For this, Liu Ying doesn't feel that there is anything wrong.

——Since the Zhonglang group is based on strict selection standards to ensure the overall quality, the quality will go up, and the quantity will naturally not be high.

And the existence of the Zhonglang group is also the confusion of the Minister Er Qianshi, who is sitting in the Xuanshu Hall at the moment, about the 'martial arts' that Liu Ying said.

Selecting officials by force as a reference?

How to choose?

If it is according to Zhonglang's standard, let alone the selection of grassroots officials, even if it is the selection of middle and high-level officials with more than 1,000 stones, it is definitely not enough!

But if the standards are lowered, then the existence of this 'martial arts' seems to be meaningless.

——The existence of the Zhonglang group, as well as the outrageously strict selection criteria of the Zhonglang group, are enough to ensure that any official who has obtained the qualification for admission by virtue of 'martial arts' will never be able to raise his head above the court!

And for this, Liu Ying has long expected it.

"What An Guohou asked, it is the one who wants to speak."

Thinking of this, Liu Ying said softly, and nodded to Wang Ling with a light smile.

Then, Liu Ying put his general idea in front of the two thousand stones of the ministers in the palace.

"At the beginning of my accession to the throne, Zeng Xingwen Ju, with the ability of students to read and write, count and count, he thought that the court would use it;"

"In the past few years, the court has been full of praise for the people who were accepted by Yu Zhen's 'Wenju' back then."

"If I want to make me rejuvenate the literary movement, in order to fill the court and have a division, I will not stop hearing it."

"However, the princes may not know: the people who were accepted by the Wenju back then, in fact, there are still some things that are inappropriate, which are despised by the Shaofu."

Speaking of this, Liu Ying did not forget Chaoyang Chengyan and smiled kindly, before continuing: "Although most of the people accepted by Wenju can write and recognize, and count slightly the same, among them, there are many people who can't pick up their shoulders and can't lift their hands, and can only dance and write ink, and they can't bow down to do things. ”

"This is the same thing."

"Second: At the beginning of this generation, they were officials of the Shaofu, and most of them entered the office as small officials of a hundred stones; However, this generation has begun to show its ability, and it is the leader of Shaofu's relocation. ”

"The most sage among them is now a smelting iron priest with a rank of 600 stones, but Shaofu still said: This person's ability is not below 2,000 stones."

"However, I dare not let this person move to a thousand stones."

"Do you know why?"

Laughing lightly, he asked a question, and when he saw that everyone shook their heads cooperatively, Liu Ying did not answer, but raised his head towards Yangcheng Yanyi on the side.

Seeing Liu Ying signaling to himself, Yang Chengyan only stepped forward with a wry smile, first bowed to Liu Ying, and then bowed to everyone in the hall.

"The person Your Majesty is talking about, his name is: Zeng Hong, a native of Hedong County;"

"According to his words, he is a disciple of Kong Zhongni, and his son Zeng Shen."

"Only the weekend war continued, the genealogy of this person's family was lost, and his theory of 'after Zengzi' could no longer be verified······"

After a brief introduction to this talented man named 'Zeng Hong', Yang Chengyan looked at Liu Ying again, and there was finally a touch of bitterness on his brows.

"In the autumn of the third year of the new century, Your Majesty raised the literary examination, and the examiners had three counts and two political theories."

"The three questions of counting and arithmetic, Zeng Hong's answers are all correct; On the second topic of political discourse, His Majesty personally discussed it and said: There is something to say. ”

"Therefore, when the age of the thirty people received, most of them started from a hundred stones, but Zeng Hong was the only one, from two hundred stones."

"Last year, Zeng Hong made a contribution to Shaofu with the method of 'assembly line', and picked up 600 stones for His Majesty;

"Only Zeng Hong is this person, born in a scholarly household, and his ancestors have never joined the army for three generations, let alone have a ······ of martial arts."

Saying with a little regret, Yang Chengyan shook his head and sighed, and bowed to Liu Ying again.

"Your Majesty's words: The Minister of the Han Dynasty, there is no one who does not serve in the army and has no martial arts;"

"Therefore, even if Zeng Hong is a talented person, the post of iron smelting order is also vacant, and Your Majesty has never moved Zeng Hong ······ again."

Hearing this, everyone in the hall suddenly realized, and immediately turned their appreciative eyes to Liu Ying on the imperial steps.

- That's right!

How can a little hairy boy who has never been on the battlefield be in a high position above a thousand stones?

If such a thing really happens, then this Han family is still called the Han family?!

But soon, someone discovered Liu Ying's intentions, and his face couldn't help but take on a little solemnity.

"Your Majesty's intentions, the people who are accepted by the Wenju will perform martial arts again to conduct screening?"

Seeing that Wang Ling's words were very powerful, Liu Ying didn't beat around the bush, only nodded heavily.

"Yes!"

"I mean: In the spring of the next year, I will raise the examination again, so as to take those who can be used among the people in the world, and be the officials and officials of my Han family."

"Only this time, after the literary examination, arithmetic, and political discourse, I want to carry out 'martial arts' again, so as to screen the weak people who cannot be lifted with their hands or shoulders, or those whose fathers and ancestors have no merit to the society, and there are no martial arts by their side."

"I don't know what An Guohou thinks, is this possible?"

With a light word, he threw the question back to Wang Ling, and while Wang Ling frowned and pondered, Liu Ying couldn't help but think about it secretly.

Liu Ying's 'martial arts', to put it bluntly, is not the future generations at all, the 'martial arts' that only depends on the ability to choose the martial champion.

"The Ronin Who Started from Douluo"

If you really want to talk about it, Liu Ying's martial arts move is more like a new era in the future, in addition to the civil service examination, a physical fitness test is added;

In addition, a political trial on "the amount of 'red' in the family" and "political component" was added.

Such a 'martial arts', on the surface, is very suitable for the social atmosphere of how the Han family 'is martial', as well as the general environment of 'treating meritorious heroes well';

In fact, such an arrangement undoubtedly gave the green light to the privileged class, especially the meritorious class.

——On the 'meritorious service to the society', who can compare with these fathers?

——In terms of 'burly body' and personal strength, who can compare to these sons of meritorious marquis who are spicy and spicy and are also cultivated by the family?

So to put it bluntly, the so-called martial arts is just Liu Ying's gesture to the privileged class: Don't say that I didn't take care of you, look at these requirements and conditions, almost all of them are tailor-made for you!

If this is the case, there are still the second generation of gentlemen who can't understand the arithmetic, can't explain the political arguments clearly, and can't even pass the 'martial arts', then it's no wonder that Liu Ying is unsympathetic.

Take another 10,000 steps back and say: Even if there is such a superlative, then Liu Ying can completely 'shade it as a lang' and take it into the palace to raise it.

With a salary of several hundred stones per person per year, Liu Ying is still out.

Obviously, Wang Ling also saw Liu Ying's intentions, and after only a moment, he smiled a little.

"Your Majesty has a martial arts move in addition to the Wenju, with the martial style of the Zhengguo Dynasty, minister, I would like to congratulate the world!"

"Your Majesty's eyes are like torches, you can see thousands of miles, the wind of the Han Dynasty and martial arts, the ministers, etc., I would like to congratulate the world ~~~"

After seeing Wang Ling, the rest of the ministers also stood up to show their full support for Wuju, and Liu Ying finally got up with a light smile and nodded slightly to everyone.

- According to Liu Ying's plan, martial arts is a compulsory subject in the so-called imperial examination;

The secretary of state 2,000 stone supports the martial arts, which is equivalent to supporting the examination.

A big stone fell to the ground in her heart, and Liu Ying was rarely generous, and only waved at Wang Ling with a big grin.

"And the topics of the literary and martial arts examinations, they were tried by An Guohou, and I thought I was looking at them."