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Chapter 16 Open Martial Arts, Increase Palace Examination
Like Yuan Yingtai, Wang Huazhen was a civil servant, and civil servants who did not understand military affairs were both ambitious and boastful.

Only in the second half of this year, Wang Huazhen often trusted spies and sent troops to fight, but gave up halfway.It's been several times, and you don't see the problem?

Let me tell you that civilian officials don't know soldiers, and you tell me that civil officials are loyal to death, two ways of thinking, two judgments, okay?

Chickens and ducks talk, there is no way to say this.

Zhu Youxiao lost interest, and Ye Xianggao could no longer argue with the emperor about this matter.Since what Ye Xianggao said just now was very sincere, Zhu Youxiao took advantage of the opportunity to express 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: "However, hereditary military occupations are full of disadvantages, and it is difficult to obtain all-round talents by stereotyped candidates. I plan to hold martial arts next year, and increase Palace test."

The construction of martial arts schools, which specialize in training military talents, started in Tang Dynasty and flourished in Song Dynasty.

During the reign of Wu Zetian in the Tang Dynasty, the Department of Martial Arts was added and talents of martial arts were selected.The most famous martial artist in history came from 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 martial arts examination in the Song Dynasty is: to decide who will stay with the policy, and to decide who is superior with the bow and horse.

One year before the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, that is, the first year of Wu (1367), Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang issued an edict to recruit scholars in the two subjects of literature and martial arts, seeking talents from all over the world.

In the sixth year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang believed that the "young young men" selected by the imperial examination were unusable, so he gave up the imperial examination.

It was not until the 17th year of Hongwu that the subjects were re-opened, but only from the liberal arts, not the martial arts.

In the Yingzong Dynasty, the Ming Empire no longer had the arrogance and arrogance of the Hongwu and Yongle dynasties, nor did it have the Taiping Yanle of the Renxuan two dynasties.

In May of the sixth year of Zhengtong (1441), Yingzong formally approved the request of Yu Shi Zhu Jian, ordered to set up a martial arts school in Nanjing and Beijing, and established martial arts school regulations.

As a result, Yingzong was captured in Tumubao because of his lightly launched personal conquest, and the martial arts was also suspended.

After Yingzong's death, Xianzong ascended the throne, deeply ashamed of the "Civil Change", and approved and promulgated the first "Martial Arts Law" of the Ming Dynasty in October of that year.

However, although the eighth year of Tianshun's martial arts exam had started, no one took the exam.

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

In the reign of Zhengde, Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty ordered the end of the martial arts examination, and he would give a banquet to the military examiners in the central government. The banquet was called "Huiwu Banquet".

During the Jiajing period, the "Japanese plague" was rampant, and martial arts were paid more attention by the court.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 have come out of the martial arts field.

In the late Wanli period, Liaodong Jurchen emerged, and many heroes who were born in martial arts also emerged on the Liaodong battlefield.

The most famous among them is Tong Zhongkui who died heroically in the bloody battle of Hunhe.

Although martial arts had been institutionalized, and there was a "martial arts banquet" where Zhengde elevated 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-emphasis on literature over military.

The title of the gold list, the number one scholar boasting on the street, and the hairpin flowers at the imperial banquet are all the honors enjoyed by Wenju.

Therefore, "advocating literature and suppressing martial arts" was the social atmosphere at that time. People all regarded the literary examination as the right way, and regarded the examination as a jinshi as a glory of their ancestors, and disdained martial arts and participating in the military examination.

Wu Qian of the Ming Dynasty wrote in "Dongjiang Legacy" that Mao Wenlong, the town commander of Dongjiang, participated in the martial arts during the Wanli period, and also mentioned: "Ming custom is light on martial arts, and there are martial arts practitioners in the village. Their eyes are soldiers, and they are disdainful to their relatives."

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

In the Ming Dynasty, there was no such thing as "one family joins the army, the whole family is honored", and there is no such thing as "preferential treatment for military members". There is a difference between military and civilian registration, and social status is inferior.

Therefore, many aristocratic families are ashamed of their children and grandchildren's martial arts, thinking that this is a practice of belittling themselves and humiliating their ancestors.

And Zhu Youxiao added palace examinations and raised martial arts to the same status as Wenju, naturally to attract talents.At the same time, take the first step to reverse the trend of "emphasizing literature over martial arts".

Ye Xianggao pondered for a while, and asked, "Your Majesty, next year there will be a test, and then martial arts, does it seem rushed?"

Zhu Youxiao retorted: "Prepare the decree early, promulgate the world early, there will be a test in the spring next year, and the martial arts will be held in the autumn. What's the rush? Well, that's it."

Seeing that the emperor had made up his mind, Ye Xianggao bowed down to receive the order, since it was not a violation of regulations and he had no reason to object.After the performance was over, Ye Xianggao resigned and left.

The first assistant should also be replaced!Zhu Youxiao took out his small notebook and started drawing circles again.

As he paddled, Zhu Youxiao sighed helplessly.

So what if a few officials were replaced, they were replaced by comrades from the Donglin Party, which didn't seem to have changed much of the political situation in Ming Dynasty.

After thinking for a long time, Zhu Youxiao remembered the British Duke Zhang Weixian and asked the palace people to summon him.

The army of the Ming Dynasty was mainly composed of guards, each of which had roughly [-] soldiers.

When Zhu Yuanzhang first set up the "Beijing Camp" garrison, it had a total of 48 guards, with a total strength of nearly 27 troops.

As the Ming Dynasty gradually became more stable, the capital of the Ming Dynasty was moved to Beijing during the reign of Ming Chengzu Zhu Di, and the pressure on the garrison doubled.

As a result, the strength of the garrison "Beijing Camp" was further increased, expanding to 72 guards, with a total strength of 40.

According to the "History of Ming Dynasty", the Beijing camp of the Ming Dynasty was divided into three large camps, namely: Wujun Battalion, Sanqian Battalion, and Shenji Battalion, each performing its duties.

But what role did this best-equipped Gyeonggi garrison play and what achievements did it have? Anyway, Zhu Youxiao couldn't find it even though he tried his best.

During the Zhengtong period, the Beijing camp was already vulnerable, and almost the entire army was wiped out in the battle of Tumubao.

Later, although after Yu Qian's reconstruction and Zhengde's rectification, the Beijing camp stabilized and stabilized, but it was only temporary.

Now, Zhu Youxiao doesn't need to investigate, he also knows what kind of bear the Beijing camp is.

Daming, it seems that it is riddled with holes, the evils are deep, the guards are corrupt, the party is united, the tax is reduced, the natural disaster is approaching, and the war is endless...

Alas, I don’t know where to start if I’m confused and less troubled, but I don’t know where to start. There are too many things to change.

Zhu Youxiao summoned Zhang Weixian, the British official, and asked about the situation in the Beijing camp, revealing the meaning of rectification.

Zhang Weixian knew in his heart that this was the emperor's first greeting, and asked himself, the chief officer in charge of the Beijing camp, to prepare in advance, so as not to make it too ugly.

Of course, he also knows the current situation in Jingying, and he can only do his best to try to make the surface look good.

(End of this chapter)