Wang Huazhen is a civilian official like Yuan Yingtai, a civilian official who does not understand military affairs, and he is ambitious and unashamed.

Only in the second half of this year, Wang Huazhen was gullible in spy reports, sent troops to fight, and gave up halfway. It's been a few times, and you don't see the problem?

I'm talking to you about civilian officials who don't know soldiers, and you tell me that civil officials are loyal and righteous to death, are two ideas and two judgments good?

Chickens and ducks talk about it, I can't go on.

Zhu Youxiao was out of interest, and Ye Xianggao could no longer argue with the emperor about the matter. Since Ye Xianggao said it very sincerely just now, Zhu Youxiao also took the opportunity to say his new ideas.

"There are many wars in the country, and good generals are hard to find." Zhu Youxiao looked at Ye Xianggao and said slowly: "And the hereditary martial arts are full of disadvantages, and it is difficult to record all-round talents. I plan to start a martial arts examination next year and increase the palace test. ”

The construction of a martial arts school specializing in cultivating military talents began in the Tang Dynasty and flourished in the Song Dynasty.

When the Tang Dynasty was in Wu Zetian, it added martial arts and selected martial arts talents. And the most famous martial artist in history is in the Tang Dynasty, Guo Ziyi and Guo Linggong.

The Song Dynasty established a relatively complete martial arts system, and began to closely integrate the martial arts system with school education, and began to systematize and mature.

The principle of the Song Dynasty martial arts examination was: to decide to stay, to bow and horse to determine the superiority.

One year before the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, that is, in the first year of Wu (1367), Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, issued an edict on the selection of scholars in both civil and military disciplines, seeking talented people and wise men from all over the world.

In the sixth year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang thought that the "junior youths" selected by the imperial examination were unusable, so he dismissed the imperial examination.

It was not until the seventeenth year of Hongwu that the department was reopened, but it only took scholars from the liberal arts, and did not open the martial arts.

In the Yingzong Dynasty, the Ming Empire no longer had the majesty and domineering of the Hongwu and Yongle dynasties, and there was no Chengping Yanle of the two generations of Renxuan.

In May of the sixth year of orthodoxy (1441), Yingzong officially approved the request of Zhu Jian, the imperial historian, and ordered the establishment of a martial arts school in Nanjing and Beijing, and established martial arts school rules.

As a result, Yingzong was captured in Tumubao because of his light personal conquest, and the martial arts were also abolished.

After the death of Yingzong, Xianzong ascended the throne, and was deeply ashamed of the "civil and engineering changes", and approved and promulgated the first "Wuju Law" of the Ming Dynasty in October of that year.

However, although the martial arts in the eighth year of Tianshun has been opened, no one has taken the exam.

After that, during the years of Hongzhi and Chenghua, the martial arts were often interrupted, and the scale was not very large, and there were few responders.

In the Zhengde period, Ming Wuzong ordered the end of the martial arts examination, and he would give a banquet in Zhongfu, which was called "Huiwu Banquet".

During the Jiajing period, the "Japanese troubles" were blazing, and martial arts were valued by the imperial court again. The anti-Japanese hero Yu Dayou was born in martial arts and stood out in the Anti-Japanese War.

In addition, Zhu Xian, Guo Zhou, Zhang Jingan, Zhu Ping, Yao Qing and other anti-Japanese heroes are all outstanding talents who came out of the martial arts field.

In the late Wanli period, the Jurchens of Liaodong rose, and many heroes from martial arts also emerged on the battlefield of Liaodong.

Among them, the most famous is Tong Zhonghua, who died heroically in the bloody battle of the Hunhe River.

Although martial arts have been institutionalized, and there is a "martial banquet" that exalts the status of martial arts, it was not taken seriously in the Ming Dynasty at that time.

The reason is very simple, and it is also the most common problem in Chinese history - the emphasis on literature over military force.

The title of the gold list, the champion of the street, and the hairpin of the imperial banquet, these are all the glory enjoyed by Wenju.

Therefore, "Chongwen and suppressing martial arts" was the social atmosphere at that time, and people took Wenju as the right way, and took the Jinshi in the examination as the glory of their ancestors, and disdained martial arts and participated in the martial arts scientific examination.

Wu Qianji, a Ming scholar, wrote in "The Remains of the Dongjiang River" that when Mao Wenlong, the handsome commander of Dongjiang Town, participated in the martial arts in the Wanli period, he also mentioned: "Ming and vulgar light martial artists, there are martial artists in the township, and they are soldiers and disdain their relatives." ”

This raises another question, that is, the military status of the Ming Dynasty.

In the Ming Dynasty, there was no "one family joining the army, the whole family was glorious", and there was no "preferential treatment for military families", there was a difference between military and civilian status, and the social status was inferior.

Therefore, many families are ashamed of their descendants' martial arts, believing that this is a practice of self-contempt and humiliation of their ancestors.

And Zhu Youxiao increased the palace examination and raised the martial arts to the same status as the Wenju, naturally in order to recruit talents. At the same time, we should take the first step to reverse the trend of "emphasizing literature over military force."

Ye Xianggao groaned for a moment, and asked, "Your Majesty, next year is the meeting, and if you start martial arts again, does it seem tight?" ”

Zhu Youxiao retorted: "Draw up the decree early, promulgate the world early, try it next spring, and start martial arts in the autumn, what's the hurry?" Well, that's it. ”

Ye Xianggao saw that the emperor had made up his mind, and this was not a violation of the regulations, and there was no reason to oppose it, so he bowed down and received the order. The performance was over, and Ye Xianggao retreated.

It's time for Shousuke to change! Zhu Youxiao took out his small notebook and began to draw circles again.

Paddle and row, Zhu Youxiao sighed helplessly.

What about the removal of a few officials, they were replaced by Donglin Party comrades, and the political situation in Daming did not seem to have changed much.

After thinking for a while, Zhu Youxiao remembered the British public Zhang Weixian and ordered the palace people to summon him.

The Ming Dynasty's army consisted mainly of guards, each of which consisted of about 5,600 soldiers.

When Zhu Yuanzhang first set up the "Beijing Battalion" garrison, it had a total of 48 guards, with a total strength of nearly 270,000 troops.

As the Ming Dynasty gradually stabilized, by the time of Zhu Di, the capital of the Ming Dynasty was moved to Beijing, and the pressure on the garrison doubled.

As a result, the strength of the garrison "Jingying" was further increased, expanding to 72 guards, with a total strength of 400,000 troops.

According to the "History of the Ming Dynasty", the Beijing camp of the Ming Dynasty was divided into three large battalions, namely: the five military battalions, the three thousand battalions, and the Shenji battalion, each performing its own duties.

But what role did the best-equipped Gyeonggi garrison play and what achievements did it have, anyway, Zhu Youxiao couldn't find it if he wanted to break his head.

During the Orthodox years, the Beijing camp was already vulnerable, and almost all the troops were wiped out in the Battle of Tumubao.

Later, although after Yu Qian's reconstruction and Zhengde's rectification, Jingying stopped falling and stabilized, but it was only temporary.

Now, Zhu Youxiao doesn't have to investigate, and he knows what kind of bear Jingying is.

Da Ming, it seems that it is already full of holes, the accumulation of evils is very deep, the guard is erosive, the party is the same and different, the tax is decreasing, natural disasters are approaching, and the war is not stopped......

Alas, there are still fewer troubles in the muddy nightmare, and I don't know where to start with forging ahead, promoting the good and eliminating the disadvantages, and there are too many things to change.

Zhu Youxiao summoned the British public Zhang Weixian again and inquired about the situation in Beijing, revealing the meaning of rectification.

Zhang Weixian understood in his heart that this was the emperor's first greeting, so that he, the chief officer in charge of the Beijing camp, would prepare in advance, so as not to make it too ugly at that time.

Of course, he also knew the current situation in Jingying, and he could only do his best to achieve a bright appearance.