The Ming Dynasty adopted the guard system, and the officers and soldiers of the guard were hereditary, so the martial arts system has not been customized.

It was not until the fourteenth year of Chenghua that Wang Zhi realized that the middle and high-level officers of the Ming army had become corrupt, so the power supervisor who was expressed by later historians with "a good death" asked Emperor Chenghua to set up Wuke Township and a meeting test with reference to Wenju.

Although the martial arts of the Ming Dynasty officially moved towards regularization, there were actually certain limitations.

The groups faced by the martial arts are only military households in various places, and because the threshold of the martial arts examination and the senior officers of the guard can easily attack, many outstanding soldiers in the guard are not qualified to participate in the martial arts examination at all.

Zhu Youzhu was naturally able to see the drawbacks of this kind of martial arts, but the effect of martial arts was obvious.

Although the martial arts of the Ming Dynasty were insufficient, many famous generals came out of the martial arts of the Ming Dynasty, such as Yu Dayou and Qi Jiguang, who were born in martial arts.

It is precisely because of this, even if the martial arts of the Ming Dynasty are insufficient, it can still select a lot of practical military talents from them, so it only needs to be fine-tuned.

Unlike the almost fixed examination time of the Wenju examination, the martial arts examination time is more flexible and the time span will be greatly shortened.

This time, the Wuju Enke was held in February of the first year of Hongzhi in the two capitals and thirteen provinces, and this month the Wuju was held in the capital, spanning less than half a year.

In terms of the specific content of the exam, Zhu Youzhu also made some reforms.

Different from the traditional "strategy first, then martial arts", this Enke trial focuses more on martial arts, so as to reduce the rent-seeking space of power.

In fact, the Ming army in this period did not lack generals who were good at the art of war, after all, many hereditary senior officers were familiar with military books since childhood, and the army lacked the courage to dare to play with the enemy.

As for the original four-book questions for the assessment of martial arts, the idea of learning Confucianism's benevolence, righteousness and morality was ruthlessly canceled by Zhu Youzhi and replaced it with a silent writing of the martial arts.

It is precisely because of this that this Enke Wuju actually pays more attention to the "hands-on ability" of the candidates, rather than the "theoretical ability" they like.

On the other hand, there is also a hidden selection in Wuju.

In the past, those who did not understand the theory of Confucianism and the art of war almost had no future, but this martial arts test gave these groups a chance.

At the beginning of the year, Zhu Youzhu issued an order to order all counties to recommend those who can carry eighty catties of broadswords, so many illiterate people from all over the country were able to come to the capital to participate in the martial arts examination.

In fact, it is not that there are no brave people in the health offices of the Ming Dynasty, but they are usually from poor backgrounds, not to mention that it is difficult to get the opportunity to take the Wuju Township Test, and they have no money to read and write.

This time, only with strength as the threshold, not only did the people at the bottom have the opportunity to go to Beijing, but many soldiers who were unwilling to do so in the guard also had a way to participate in the martial arts.

It's just that unlike the traditional martial arts fame, these specially recruited strong men only participate in sword and martial arts competitions, and they get the special award of Enke Wusheng merit from the imperial court.

Wusheng, this will be a new fame from the Hongzhi Dynasty, and these people will be active in the Ming army as a special group.

On the first day of August, it was a sunny day.

Outside the Xi'an Gate, a hundred Enke Wujin soldiers and a hundred Enke Wusheng had been waiting here for a long time, each wearing a brand new set of military uniforms, and their faces looked excited and nervous.

Wu Jinshi's performance was better, but the hundred Enke martial artists felt that their fate was quietly changing, and their faces couldn't help but be overjoyed.

They are all from the lowest level of society, there are ordinary farmers, craftsmen and apprentices, boatmen, small traders and Langzhong, but under this rare opportunity in a century, they are the middle and low-level generals who are about to become the Ming army.

Since there is no age limit for this selection, the group is now up to 50 years old, and the youngest is a 13-year-old boy.

"Enter!"

After receiving feedback from the eunuchs inside, the officials of the Ministry of Rites made an announcement.

One hundred Enke Wujin scholars and one hundred Enke Wusheng couldn't help but swallow and spit at the mouth, but they knew that even this royal garden had a lot of rules, and they nervously followed the officials of the Ministry of Rites to enter through the Xi'an Gate.

Walking into this royal garden from the outside and looking at the surrounding scenery, I suddenly have the illusion of being in another time and space. Especially along the palace road to the edge of the Taiye Pool, bathed in the oncoming lake breeze, the lake and mountains in front of you became unreal.

"Wu Jinshi fished in the north according to the order of the earlier draw, and Wu Sheng fished in the south! This competition will not affect the fame of your martial artists and martial artists, but it will largely determine the level of your award, and will also determine the martial champions and martial champions of this year's Enke martial arts! Li Yu, the secretary of the ministry, presided over the competition and said with an expressionless face.

After all, the status of martial arts is still a lot lower, in addition to the absence of the county examination, the government examination and the hospital examination, there is also no palace examination, and the martial champion is actually the first place in the martial arts examination.

However, this situation has changed in this dynasty, although there is no real test, but it is also a fishing tournament held on the edge of the Taiye Pond in Xiyuan.

This kind of competition will inevitably make some martial artists who don't know how to fish feel unfair, but it is also unfair to really select the martial champion through the literary examination of the examination, so it is not completely unacceptable.

What's more, this competition is about who catches more and heavier fish, so there is a lot of luck component, which is much fairer than just relying on an article or family background to determine the champion of martial arts.

It is precisely like this, everyone looks at the fishing positions that have been arranged, and they can't help but look for their own fishing positions, but they want to win the fame of the martial arts champion through this relatively fair way.

Li Yu is now a popular person around the emperor, and now he is more and more important.

Unlike Wenju, which likes to form a teacher-student relationship, Wuju is much more pure. Now Li Yu is the chief examiner of this martial arts, and as a secretary, he knows the importance of talents, and he also walks around various fishing spots to observe candidates.

Under the influence of Zhu Youji, he also began to change his previous thinking on talent selection.

Now, we have abandoned the local officials who write brilliantly but have a mess of local governance, and are more willing to promote those officials who really do practical things for the people, all measured by their political performance.

For example, if the local officials in Huguang were recently targeted, if they could cooperate with Liu Zhongqing's Zhangmu of land, they would be rated as excellent, but if the Qingzhang in the county did not make progress, they would not consider promotion, and even carefully inspect this official with a magnifying glass.

Although he is 100% loyal to Zhu Youji, he still feels a little hasty in his heart that Zhu Youzhu decided the martial champion by fishing.

Soon, several warriors were brushed off.

"Why don't you have bait on your hook?"

"The humble position is Jiang Taigong fishing, and I am willing to wait here for Your Majesty!"

"Get out!"

……

"How are you fishing so far from the river?"

"I've been afraid of water since I was a child!"

"Get out!"

……

"Why did you release the fish you caught again?"

"Heaven has the virtue of a good life, and he is not willing to kill!"

"Get out!"

……

Fishing may seem like a simple sport, but it is a test of human nature, especially impatient or indecisive mediocrity will be brushed down, and all kinds of strange things will be exposed.

Li Yu couldn't help but gasp when he saw the burly candidate who was kicked out at the end.

Because this candidate who believes in "God has the virtue of a good life" is the first in the martial arts examination, if it is according to the past practice, this one must be appointed as the champion of martial arts.

Li Yu swallowed his spittle with difficulty, and looked at the Forbidden City with fear.

If it weren't for His Majesty's request to increase today's fishing competition, the Ming Dynasty would really have a martial champion who did not dare to kill, how could it be unreasonable?

Taiye Pond, which is undoubtedly a paradise for anglers.

The 100 warriors knew the content of the last exam in advance, and although many of them were beginners, they were already doing a decent job.

In fact, the entry threshold for fishing in this era is very low, it is nothing more than to hook the fish Erbium and throw it into the lake, and it is up to God whether the fish bite the hook or not.

Of course, it takes a certain amount of skill to start fishing, especially the current fishing line, which has a lot of drawbacks.

Several warriors pulled so hard that the fish was not caught, but the line was torn off directly, and the exam was terminated.

"Lord Zhengtang, I'm afraid that the champion of this martial arts has been born!" When Li Yu came to the southernmost side, an official reported with a look of joy.

A young man in his early twenties was picking up a fish when a two-finger-sized carp was lifted, and soon the carp was thrown into a nearby wooden basin.

At this moment, the wooden basin is almost full, and it has been pulled down a lot with the other martial artists.

This young man with a bit of Confucianism skillfully threw the rod into the water after hanging the bait, all the movements were done in one go, and there was an indescribable maturity all over his body.

Li Yu didn't expect that there would be fishing masters among these hundred martial artists, judging from this harvest, I am afraid that he is not much weaker than His Majesty, and he couldn't help but brush his beard with satisfaction.

"This is the last pot of bait!"

"Come on, you just said that there is no limit to supply!"

"Originally, that's right, but now almost all the bait prepared for you is here, and now you can't give it if you want to!"

……

A eunuch in charge of the supply of bait sent a pot of bait and had a direct showdown with the young man who demanded too much.

The young man's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and after learning that almost all the bait had been delivered to him, he left only a small part, and then made a surprise move.

Whoa......

As most of the bait was thrown out of the lake, countless small splashes immediately appeared on the surface of the water, as if it were raining.

The large pond has 700 acres of water, and because of the rapid fishing, the resources here are not insignificant. After seeing a large amount of bait dropped here, a school of fish suddenly rushed here.

Ah......

Li Yu never expected this young man to waste bait so much, and he accidentally tore off a few whiskers in an excitement, which hurt him so much that he bared his teeth.

As more fish from the lake came to smell and eat, the fish in this area were overflowing, and the young people were caught in the fish one after another, and the distance between them and the other martial artists was getting bigger and bigger.

If there is no accident, the martial champion of this year's new science and technology martial arts is none other than this young man, but this way of fishing is unheard of, and it seems to be a trick.

"What's going on?"

"He's just asked if the bait is available in unlimited quantities, and he's done it three times now, so it's really good!"

……

Li Yu asked his subordinate officials about the situation, but when he learned that this young man had wasted so much bait, he couldn't help but feel a pain in his flesh, and at the same time faintly felt that this practice was not in accordance with the law.

It's just that this young man did what he did within the rules after all, and it was really not suitable to kick him out of Xiyuan on the spot.

Now I can only tell Your Majesty about the matter, if Your Majesty has no objections, then this year's Enkewu champion is probably this tall and thin young man.

Wu Zhuangyuan, who is in his twenties, is really rare in this dynasty.

Li Yu felt sorry for the beard that had just been accidentally torn off, so he continued to observe the performance of Wu Jinshi from south to north.

It's just that the martial champion seed player he thought earlier was performing poorly, and now he can't catch fish here and makes frequent mistakes, so he feels disappointed in these Wensheng who has solid theoretical knowledge.

In fact, not only those seeded players of the martial champions, but also the overall performance of the martial artists was not ideal, and along the way, several martial artists withdrew due to ignorance.

Li Yu originally had some objections to Zhu Youji's arrangement of martial arts, but after watching the performance of these martial artists, he found that the army really needed some strong-willed generals.

How can those who have just been so angry that they have thrown their fishing rods because of the slightest misfortune that they have led their armies to overcome many difficulties and achieve victory?

Today's weather is a bit sunny, so it's easy to get impatient.

The martial artists are all from the bottom of the people, and they have all been tempered by hardships, like the oldest old man who fishes quietly like a stone, and the harvest is not small.

The performance of the martial artists here is obviously much better, although no one throws the bait into the lake like money, but almost every martial artist is able to catch the fish, and the wooden basin is more or less rewarding.

Judging from the total amount of harvest alone, Wusheng is actually stronger than Wujinshi.

"Haha...... This grass carp has more than ten catties of everything, who can compare with me, Wu Kui is none other than Lao Tzu! ”

When Li Yu walked out of the northernmost fishing position, a middle-aged man with an unusually sturdy figure held a large grass carp and showed off arrogantly.

The corners of the mouth of the officials who had been staring at it twitched slightly, and when they saw Li Yu coming here, they reported what happened to Li Yu.

Li Yu looked the middle-aged man who was wet all over his body up and down, and the corners of his mouth twitched a few times.

Obviously, the current fishing rod can't support a dozen catties of huge things at all, not to mention that all the candidates present use a unified bamboo rod, and what reason is there to catch this kind of huge thing?

It's just that the last exam of Wuju seems to have been evil, and both Wujinshi and Wusheng have people who have taken unusual paths, but they have made considerable catches.

Sorry, haven't been in good shape lately!

(End of chapter)