The Red Mansions Across the Four Seas

Chapter 182 Martial Arts Child Test ([-])

On the ninth day of October, the Wanping County Martial Arts Examination was held at the Wanping school grounds.The martial arts examination in the year of Bingzi officially kicked off.

In addition to the difference in time, the martial arts exams are basically the same as the Changke and Enke exams in terms of procedures and test content.

In addition to the different content of the exam, the exam procedures are basically the same for martial arts and literary exams.

The exam is generally divided into four levels.

The first level, children's test.It is performed in the prefecture or prefecture.The location of Jia's Mansion is under the jurisdiction of Wanping County, so Jia Min's examination room is in Wanping County.Those who pass the children's test selection are Wu Xiucai.

The second level of examination is the rural examination.Conducted in the provincial capitals of the provinces.If Jia Min passed the children's examination, the township examination will be referenced in Shuntianfu.If you pass the provincial examination, you will be admitted.Wen is called Juren, and Wu is called Wu Juren.

The third level of examination is the general examination.Held in the capital, which is the imperial capital.People from all over the country have to come here to take the exam.

As the saying goes, "going to Beijing to catch up for the exam" refers to the general exam.If you pass the examination, you are a Jinshi.For martial arts, it is Wu Jinshi.

At the level of Jinshi, there are not many people left.Wenju is generally about 120 people.Sometimes there are 120 people in martial arts, and sometimes there may be some deviations up and down.But basically it revolves around the scale of 120 people.

The last hurdle is the palace test.The Jinshi rushed to the palace, and the emperor personally set the questions and presided over the examination.

Since they are already Jinshi at this time, this exam is for ranking.

The ranking is divided into top three.The top three are Yijia. No.1 is the champion of Wu, No.2 is the second in the list of Wu, and No.3 is the flower of Wu Tan.

No.10 to more than ten are called the top two.The rest are top three.

The children's martial arts test will be held in three sessions.The first and second games are outfield, which means to be held outdoors.The main test is martial arts.The third game is held indoors, called the infield.Mainly cultural exams.

What will be held now is the outfield one.

One test is riding and archery kung fu.That is, the immediate arrow method.The specific procedure is to ride the horse three times and shoot a total of nine arrows.If two arrows hit the target, it is qualified.You can go to the next round of exams.

If no two arrows hit the target, you are eliminated.Not even eligible to take the second exam.

There is no age limit for the essay examination.Therefore, in the literary examination room, it is common to see white-haired old men in their 80s and [-]s taking the test.There are also children under the age of ten taking the test.

Unlike Wenju, there is an age limit for martial arts exams.Although there is no clear age limit for the lower limit, children under the age of ten rarely appear in the examination room because their bodies have not yet matured.

There is a clear limit on the upper limit of age, that is, no more than 60 years old.

If you are over 60 years old, you are old and frail, and you are not suitable to be a general.

Compared with the previous Changke, the number of people participating in the martial arts examination this time is slightly smaller.

However, the intensity of competition does not decrease because of this.Because the number of admissions is also less.

Most of the candidates did not come alone.Some even brought five or six servants.The so-called poor culture and rich martial arts are also reflected in this aspect.

Except for Chen Yejun who stayed at home to organize training, Wei Ruolan, Jiao Li, Ning'er, Nan'er, Ping'er, Qingwen, Fenghua, Xueyue, Magpie, and Thrush all came.

As soon as Jia Min and others entered the school grounds, they met Niu Jizong, Liu Fang, Chen Ruiwen and Ma Shangde.It turned out that Marchand also came to take the exam.

"Yo Hou, brother Min, what a coincidence, I didn't expect to meet again in the examination room."

Niu Jizong seemed very enthusiastic, as if he was a good friend he hadn't seen for many years.

"I heard that brother Ma is also going to participate in martial arts?"

Jia Min greeted Ma Shangde.

"Hey, brother Min, I didn't expect our brotherhood to meet here."

Marchand bowed his hands to Jia Min.

"Brother Ma, you've already won the title, and your family was ranked No. [-] in the military rankings before. Why do you still come to fight us for jobs? This is simply not giving us a way to survive."

The Ma family has always been more martial arts, and most of the family members are generals.His uncle won the second place in the martial arts ranking more than ten years ago, and almost every martial arts exam has a Ma family child who has been born as a martial arts scholar.

In theory, there is nothing unreasonable for Marchante to take the exam.

However, as a direct descendant of the Ma family, he has already won the title, and he still comes to take the exam. Such things are rare.

Under normal circumstances, those who seize the title will be criticized if they take the imperial examination again.People will think that they are going to grab jobs from these white people.

"Hehe, I didn't want to participate at first. But when I heard that Brother Min was participating, I signed up. We are in business, and writing poetry is not the opponent of Brother Min. I just wanted to compete with Brother Min in the martial arts exam. "

It's obvious, I'm here to compete with you.

Jia Min couldn't help feeling a little amused.

You said that you are free and have nothing to do, why are you competing with me?You test yours.I test mine, and we each have our own destiny, so why should this be the case?
Besides, you can do whatever you want?In other matters, you are not opponents, but you are opponents in the exam?Do you know how many exams I have gone through in my previous life? Compared with those exams, this kind of martial arts exam is simply child's play.

Next to Ma Shangde was a man in his thirties, about 1.8 meters tall, with a burly and strong figure, and he looked like a trainer.With a gloomy face, he looked at Jia Min from time to time.

The biggest feature of this guy is not these, but that he wears a pair of gloves from beginning to end.

Although it has entered winter now, it is far from the point where cold hands need to wear gloves.In fact, there were hundreds of people present, and he was the only one wearing gloves.

Seeing Jia Min sizing up this guy, Ma Shangde showed a smug smile.

"Brother Min, are you surprised that my brother wears gloves?"

"Yeah, I do feel a little strange, does this brother have to wear gloves in summer?"

"Brother Min is really smart. My brother really wears gloves all year round."

Oh, then there might be something hidden, maybe an injury, maybe more or less fingers.

"Since this brother has something to hide, you don't need to tell me why."

"I have nothing to hide. I just don't want to make a move."

The glove man spoke suddenly.

"Don't want to make a move? What does this mean?"

Jia Min was indeed a little confused.

"It hurts people as soon as you shoot."

Cut, can you rely on a little score for what you say?Hurt someone as soon as he makes a move?So you just wear a glove all year round?what is your job?Performance artist?There is such avant-garde art in this era.

"Let me tell you the truth, brother Min, my friend is a master of iron sand palms. In the past, he hurt people when he made a move, so Master told him to wear gloves. The so-called 'iron palm opener' in today's world , it refers to this brother."

Is there any mistake, you have played martial arts novels.

"My brother heard about Brother Min's ability, so he wanted to come and see it. Of course, if Brother Min didn't pass the exam, it's fine. If he passed, he would be a Wu Xiucai. At that time, he would have to see and see. .”

"Okay, the magistrate seems to have entered the arena, so I'll go in."

Jia Min didn't bother to talk to them anymore, so he made a haha ​​and left first.

There are seven to 80 candidates in total. First, they go to the clerk to sign and verify their integrity. Then they draw lots to determine the order of appearance.Jia Min drew No. 35, which was in the middle. This order is neither good nor bad.

The first person to appear was obviously a disciple of a rich family, not tall, fat and white, and looked like he was drinking too much.It is more difficult when riding.

Sure enough, after three trips on horseback, none of the arrows hit the target.Not only did he miss, even the arrow was still three or four feet away from the target.

The second one to play, nine arrows hit two arrows, is considered qualified, and can enter the next test.

For the next candidates, some hit two arrows, some hit one arrow, and some didn't. Up to three arrows were hit.

Marchand is No.20 with nine appearances.

As soon as he got on the horse, he was different, which aroused a lot of discussion among the people.Obviously well trained.

The skill of running a horse is obviously much better than the previous ones.Run down three times, hit five arrows, and is currently ranked first.

After a while, it was Jia Min's turn to appear.

Horses, bows and arrows are all prepared in the examination room.The level of horses is also about the same, and it is difficult to distinguish good from bad for a while.Jia Min pulled out a horse casually.

There was no choice for the bow and arrow, so Jia Min just took it casually and got on the horse and ran.On the first trip, three arrows hit two arrows.The second and third trips each hit an arrow.A total of four arrows were hit.

If he shoots more seriously, Jia Min can at least get one arrow, equal to Ma Shangde.However, as long as he has two arrows, he can enter the second round, so he doesn't need to work so hard now.

The so-called Wen Wu first, Wu Wu second.It is the martial arts exam, the judging criteria are relatively simple, and it is easy to see who is superior.So, it goes faster.

The test starts at the beginning of Chenshi, and after an hour and a half, at Sishi, the riding and archery test is over.

In this round, there were nearly 30 people who did not meet the standard of shooting two arrows, so they were eliminated in the first round.

The examination process was conducted in full view, and the results were made public.Therefore, there is no objection to the results.This is the advantage of martial arts, the exam is relatively fair.

So far, the first of the two outfield exams is over.About forty people entered the two exams.

Ping'er brought the chair to Jia Min, her little face flushed with excitement, obviously very happy that Jia Min passed the first round of exams smoothly.

The cynical Qingwen also performed well today, not only did she not lose her temper, she was also very diligent.Because he was afraid that the tea would be cold, he sewed a small quilt to cover the teapot last night.

Fenghua, Xueyue, Magpie, Thrush, Ninger, Naner, etc. are also very excited.

Only Wei Ruolan and Jiao Li were calm and calm.

A group of people were talking, and Niu Jizong and his gang came over again.

(End of this chapter)