The examiner of Wenju is a civil servant, Xu Honggang, the chief of Shuntian Prefecture of the third rank; the examiner of Wuju is naturally a military general, Zhang Jiyuan, the commander of Wucheng Military and Horses, the chief of the sixth rank, Zhang Jiyuan.

Although the status of military generals in the Ming Dynasty was not as good as civil servants, their ranks were much higher than civil servants. The highest civil servants were the six ministers and the second ranks. Even the cabinet chief with the most powerful power was only the title of Grand Secretary of the Cabinet, and the rank was not as good as the ranks of the Secretariat, and only from the second ranks. Of course, from the perspective of system, civil servants also had official positions of the first rank, and there were as many as three, namely the three dukes - Taishi, Taifu, and Taibao. However, these official positions were generally given to the dead, which was a kind of honor for posthumous title. Looking at the entire Ming Dynasty, except for the prime minister when he was founding, the civil servant who was the first rank when he was alive was Zhang Juzheng, and he was awarded the title of Grand rank during the Wanli period. This is an unprecedented case. The highest official position of the military general was the left and right governor of the Five Army Governor's Office. Although there were only two, this position was not posthumous title, but a real position.

There are many high-ranking military generals in the capital, but the military judges only sent commanders of the sixth rank to invigilate the examination. It is said that the Ming Dynasty did not attach enough importance to the military judges. In fact, this year's military judges were the result of Zhu Cheng's ambition to win six yuan in a row. Otherwise, there would be some military judges. Although the Ming Dynasty had regulations on the military judges, they were carried out from time to time. When the imperial court remembered it, it would hold them every three years, comparing with the literary judges, provincial examinations, imperial examinations, and palace examinations; if the imperial court forgot, it would not know when the relocation would be held.

Compared with the neglect of the court, the people were very interested in martial arts. The tickets for martial arts were sold out in just one day of their release.

However, the martial arts competition that ordinary people can see is martial arts. The literary tests are not held publicly because of their poor confrontation.

The literary test of the martial arts exam is compared with strategies. Of course, this is not difficult for Zhu Cheng, who was the first to hand in the paper.

Zhang Jiyuan slapped the test paper at first sight and praised: "Okay!"

Wu Xiucai is generally very skilled in martial arts, but his cultural level is slightly lower. Who can write a beautiful style of Guange?

After reading Zhu Cheng's test paper with a glance, Zhang Jiyuan found that his arguments were clear, reasonable and well-founded, and his own innovations were indeed a rare masterpiece in the history of martial arts. He said, "This Zhu Cheng is really amazing. No matter whether he passed the imperial examination or not, I will ask him to be my aide and give me advice."

Commander Liu from Dongcheng said, "You are afraid you can't afford to hire this person."

"Haha, it's not an exaggeration to ask for such a talent for a salary, I'm willing to ask for it."

"Have you ever heard of Zhu Cheng from my dynasty? He is the Jinyiwei Qianhu of the fifth rank. You are the commander of the sixth rank. You also want to invite Qianhu of the fifth rank to be your aide?"

"A fifth-rank Qianhu? Why did he still participate in the martial arts? Do you want to learn from Lu Bian during the Jiajing period?"

Lu Bing was the commander of the Jinyiwei during the Jiajing period, but he was not the first to be the Qianhu, and then the top scholar. He became the Wu Jinshi in the 11th year of Jiajing (1532 AD), and was later awarded the position of Deputy Qianhu, the Jinyiwei.

"I'm afraid his ambitions are not only so. Rumor has it that he is determined to win six yuan in a row and become the number one person in the Ming Dynasty."

"Although I am not a civil servant, I also know that winning six yuan in a row refers to the county, government and college exams, which were the first place in the small three yuan to achieve the title of scholar, plus the three yuan to be the top scholar, the three yuan to be the top scholar. Did Zhu Cheng already get the small three yuan when he was the martial scholar? There was only one who won six yuan in a row in the Ming Dynasty, which was Huang Guan in the Hongwu period. Unfortunately, he angered Emperor Cheng Zuwen and cut off the top scholar. It can only be said that he won five yuan in a row."

"Zhu Cheng did not have the reputation of a scholar. In order to participate in this martial arts ceremony, he donated a supervisor and directly participated in the provincial examination. It is said that his six yuan in a row is two large | three yuan plus..."

"You mean the Jie Yuan, Hui Yuan, the top scholar of Wen Ju, and the Jie Yuan, Hui Yuan, the top scholar of Wu Ju?" Zhang Jiyuan was shocked.

"Yes, two big | Sanyuan, Zhu Cheng's ambition is a little too great. You think that martial arts exams not only test strategies, but also martial arts exams. It is not an easy thing to have both civil and military skills."

"Since Zhu Cheng has made a wish, he must have something to rely on. Let's just watch a good show."

"I'm afraid it's a farce. Do you know how old Zhu Cheng is? He is only thirteen years old. Even if he is born with divine power, he is not as good as an adult who has reached its peak. In this comparison, his face is probably lost."

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It was rare for the people of the Ming Dynasty to see a high-standard martial arts competition, so they came to the East School Field early on the day of the competition. Those with tickets entered the East School Field, and those without tickets waited outside the school field to see if anyone was willing to transfer tickets. Some of them had some economical intentions, and they took out snacks at the school field, and the always quiet East School Field became very lively.

In fact, everyone has a location code on the ticket. Even the station tickets are divided into the locations, so there is no need to come to grab the location in advance. But it is rare to see such a lively show, and everyone came subconsciously in advance. In addition to civil and military officials, relatives of candidates, wealthy merchants, and many nobles who watched the performance. Seeing the luxurious and exquisite clothes on the audience, Wei Zhongxian regretted it and slapped his thighs. Why? The ticket price was set too low. If they had known it, they would have been willing to watch the game, so the ticket price would be higher. These people were rich and no longer spent more. It was said that having money could not make the old man happy.

The examiners and candidates came to the East School Field before the Si hour. The East School Field is an open-air venue, and it is impossible for candidates to come one day in advance. Anyway, the project has been decided, and it is unlikely that the martial arts will be cheated. There is no need to lock the candidates in the tribute school like the literary examination.

The audience was excited when they saw the mighty and majestic candidates, and shouted loudly. The candidates' relatives and friends also cheered.

At this time, a cheering sounded with a neat rhythm and loud voice: "Zhu Cheng will win, Zhu Cheng will win!"

The sound overwhelmed the noise of the audience. Everyone couldn't help but be curious and searched for which candidate had such a powerful group of relatives and friends.

I saw a teenager standing up and waving her hand frequently in the candidate's position. The child was tall and well-proportioned. He looked at his face, with red lips and white teeth, and an innocent smile. He was so cute no matter how he looked. The audience's hearts were captured by this cute little boy and cheered for him.

Just as the examiner was about to announce the start of the exam, a carriage rushed over.

According to regulations, the carriage was not allowed to enter the East School Factory. The soldier at the gate waved his hand and stopped the car. A young man in strong clothes jumped out of the car and begged the soldiers to put the car in. But the soldiers said that the examiner and other candidates entered the examination room lightly and could not make an exception for him.

The young man failed to negotiate several times and became angry. He lifted the curtain, moved something from the car, held it up, and walked into the examination room.

The audience was dumbfounded. It turned out that the young man was holding a lion carved by a stone, afraid that it would not be as heavy as a thousand pounds. The young man held the lion and came to the examiner and put the lion on the ground. A stream of smoke and dust were stirred up, which showed the weight of the lion. The young man did not blush, did not breathe, and said in a muffled voice: "Sir, I am late, please forgive me."

The examiner Zhang Jiyuan saw that the young man had an amazing mental strength and couldn't help but love his talents and said, "It's okay, you sit down first."

The examiner said "The exam began", and firecrackers suddenly sounded in the school yard and drums and music were noisy.

Zhu Cheng looked at the stone and fell into deep thought. He didn't believe that anyone could lift a stone weighing thousands of pounds. If there was, it should be a monster. As he looked at it, he smiled. The color of the stone lion was very special, showing a strange grayish-white, which looked like the solidified color of cement produced in the children's playground.

Zhu Cheng mentioned his octagonal hammer, walked to the stone lion, and said, "This stone lion is very interesting. I heard that the stone is very hard, so I want to try whether it is a stone lion or a hard hammer."

Since it is a martial arts practice, we naturally need to compare martial arts and weapons, so Zhu Cheng chose the eight-edge iron hammer as a melee weapon. The long-range weapon is the rear-mounted rifled musket he is good at. This pair of hammers weighs 60 kilograms in total, which may be too light for adults, but for Zhu Cheng, this is already the limit.

The young man smiled and said, "Of course, your hammer is hard. I hired a famous carving artist to carve this stone lion. It is priceless, don't ruin it."

Zhu Cheng sneered, lifted the hammer, jumped up, and came on the lion's head.

With a "click", the extremely strong lion actually cracked in half, revealing the thick iron wire and mud tire connecting the cement inside.

Zhu Cheng was shocked and shouted in his heart: "Mixed, concrete, reinforced concrete!"

When Zhang Jiyuan saw that the young man was not a strong man at all, he was so angry that he slapped the table and asked the soldiers to fork the liar out.

Zhu Cheng walked to the side of the school field and made a gesture to Cao Huachun.

Cao Huachun came over and Zhu Cheng said with his ears: "He is an amazing person who brought the young man out to the imperial village in Jingxi."

Cao Huachun didn't understand the meaning, and Zhu Cheng didn't have time to explain. Fortunately, Cao Huachun had the talent to be a loyal servant. He had to do what he understood, and he had to do what he didn't understand, and he tried to understand it while doing it.

He nodded to Zhu Cheng and went to find the young man who was forked out.
Chapter completed!