[Chapter 242: Watching the Sea]
In the past few years, there has basically been no law department in the county examination - because people who practice magic will become Taoist priests after almost passing the guò government examination, and there are very few people who want to advance to the law department, so it is not opened very yearly, but almost every three county examinations are specially recorded in the law department.
This time in the county test, there are only Wu Ke and Dao Ke.
The county examination is different from the government examination, although it is still said that the three subjects are equally important, but the people of the time only pay attention to the sword, and those who are born in the Taoist department have no status even if they pass the palace examination, so since the beginning of this dynasty, the three subject examinations have been completely separated, and those who take the martial arts examination do not have to take the Taoist examination anymore, and those who take the Taoist examination do not have to take the martial arts examination again.
It's just that the difference between Taoism and martial arts is too big.
If you get a position from the Taoist theory exam, there is basically no possibility of further progress, if you are lucky, you will be recruited by the local nobles as a staff member or a small official, if you don't continue to take the exam, it will be like this for about this life.
And if you win fame with your sword, then you can enter Taixue first.
Taixue is a martial arts run by the government in various places, nine counties in the world, only the county town has nine Taixue, of course, in terms of teachers and resources, it must be the most important thing to get in the capital Taixue, but in the county, the collection is also extremely rich, the swordsmen of each county are proud of having studied Taixue, and the education they received in Taixue will also benefit them endlessly for life.
More than half of the scholars who took the county test in this subject were martial arts exams.
-- Naturally, some of the scholars of the Taoist department were taken by the examiner to other examination rooms, and the remaining seventy-six people all sat down in their respective rooms with the chief examiner.
In the first stage of the examination, it is still necessary to give priority to the sword.
The exam questions have been sent, just on top of the brand new ink scroll, but at this time the examiner has not yet announced that the questions can be read, and no one dares to flip the ink scroll.
Li Chun's heart is calm. He gave up the omission of cheating by the old man, and if he was not a little sure, he would not have made this choice.
Although he had never tried such an exam, and he could not create a sword temporarily, he had come to such a height by practicing swordsmanship in the past few years. If it is said that he can't even create a set of propositional swordsmanship, then it is too underestimated to underestimate him.
Today, it is a test of his own kendo qualifications, comprehension and creative power.
- Besides, there is also the king of Fubo......
"This big competition, for the Son of Heaven to choose materials, you can encourage it. ”
According to the usual practice, the examiner still has to encourage the candidates a few words, and after saying a few words of nonsense that are not salty or light, he will make an announcement.
“...... It's noon. You're ready to open the book!"
Hearing this, most of the candidates who were already impatient turned over the papers, and then there was a gasp.
This time's topic...... It's too off-the-beaten!
"The east is adjacent to the Jieshi to view the sea!"
The proposition of this county test is actually based on the view of the sea of ancient Wei Wu sword!
The method of the county examination is to select one or two sentences from the ancient and modern sword spectrum as the questions of the exam, and the candidates take this as the basis. A set of swordsmanship is derived and submitted to the examiner for evaluation. Only those who pass the test can participate in the subsequent sword fighting ranking exam, otherwise they will be brushed off.
Ancient and modern sword spectrum is complete, where there are 18,431 kinds, it is of course impossible to completely master it, but the candidates who come to take the exam can memorize it, and the artistic conception of the sword road. You can also speculate.
However, in recent years, exams have been based on the name of the recent sword spectrum.
-- The modern sword spectrum and sword path conform to the rules, and there is an obvious set of rules to follow, either five or seven words. Or four sentences or eight sentences, the words have a history to follow, and every change is in line with the norms.
But the sword score that is tested now is the four words of the ancient style!
Although it is only four words and one sentence, but the language is clumsy, there is no fixed rhythm, varied, wanton, want to make a set of swordsmanship, but rely on not practice, but spirituality.
The ancient sword score is extremely rare, and ordinary people may not even be able to memorize it, even if they know the whole song, they may not be able to understand the general idea, at most one or two tricks.
Now that the exam is taking this, how can it not make people scratch their heads?
Comparatively speaking, Li Chun figured out a little flavor from the title.
- He had no doubt that the subject had been ordered by the king of Fubo.
First, the examiner seeks stability, and under normal circumstances, he will not come up with such a biased and difficult question.
Second, the topic of viewing the sea reminded Li Chun of the nine changes in the sea of Xinyinjun.
The king of Fubo County held a three-foot sword to cut the waves, sweeping the northern frontier, his lifelong martial arts, and the word Canghai is inseparable, Xinyinjun's nine changes in the sea, but also a little branch of his huge martial arts.
What does he mean by giving this title?
Li Chun did not rush to consult the swordsmanship, but began to guess the deep meaning of the Fubo County King with great interest.
- Anyway, it's still early, and it will take three days to hand in the paper and create a sword after winning the question, and he has a lot of time to squander.
"He wants me to see him?"
The king of Fubo County proposed to make Li Chun the prince's honor guard, and he must have a conspiracy to seek the king with his ministers, but he did not make it clear what he wanted Li Chun to do - this is also understandable, Li Chun is not his confidant after all, and if he really has a bad heart, it is impossible to explain it now.
Therefore, the word "view" of the sea is meaningful.
Li Chun always felt that the king of Fubo County was not only as simple as giving him a topic, but also revealed a message that he needed to understand by himself.
"Forget it, let's wait until the exam is over!"
Li Chun saw that all the candidates around him began to grit their teeth and bury their heads in thought, and finally shook his head, still thinking about the importance of making a sword move first.
-- He was not afraid, he had never done such an exercise anyway, and when he encountered such a deviation, he had an advantage.
"The east is adjacent to the Jieshi to view the sea. ”
"The water is surging, and the mountains and islands are sturging. ”
"The trees are overgrown and the grass is abundant. ”
"The autumn wind is bleak, and the waves are surging. ”
"The journey of the sun and the moon, if out of it. ”
"The stars are brilliant, if out of it. ”
......
Li Chun gently recited the swordsmanship of watching the sea, closed his eyes, and began to comprehend the monstrous sword intent of Wei Wu that day.
This great swordsman is also an emperor, and his swordsmanship is extremely majestic and passionate, and his artistic conception is more simple and straightforward than that of his contemporaries, which is easy to understand - this is a good thing for most candidates.
This view of the sea is the beginning of his achievements, when he is full of ambition, facing the sea in the east, seeing the vastness of thousands of miles and having a feeling, creating this famous sword spectrum that has been passed down through the ages.
The artistic conception is at this point, how can we find out the sword intent that can be extended from it and create new moves?
Li Chun fell into deep thought. (To be continued......)