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Volume 5 Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter, Looking Northward Chapter 219 Imperial Examination

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    In the blink of an eye, the martial arts examinations started. Outside Chang'an City, as many as 70,000 martial arts candidates competed. First, there was a martial arts competition, followed by the martial arts examination. Only nearly 5,000 people were willing to take the martial arts examination because Lu Qi's requirements were  Soldiers take military examinations, and most soldiers come from poor backgrounds, and few warriors are willing to study. Those who can write and count are good.  The martial arts competition, which mainly recruits soldiers, is Lu Qi's way to win over military morale and talents. Soldiers from ordinary backgrounds will cherish the benefits and wealth given by the royal family, just like the hunting dogs raised by hunters since childhood, and are absolutely loyal to the hunter.  To Lu Qi, the soldier candidates who participated in the martial arts competition were like little hounds without an owner. They would become very loyal to the royal family when they grew up. In fact, Lu Qi's approach was similar to that of the aristocratic family.  Create a royal heritage.  King Yu personally sat in the school every day, and the martial arts competition ended half a month later, followed by the martial arts examination, and the results were announced five days later. A martial arts student from Henan won the first place in martial arts, and two martial arts students from Youzhou won the second place.  and Tanhua, two martial arts students from the south of the Yangtze River were awarded the rank of palace captain and palace knight, and the test papers and judgments of a thousand martial arts examinations were announced for all the martial arts students to watch.  Many of the martial arts students were very happy after seeing this. The martial arts examination papers for the second and third best students actually only had their names written on them, and their evaluation scores were zero. However, the conditions for admission to King Yu were there. The martial arts students who won the second place were indeed the best in military martial arts.  , the Wu Sheng who won the top prize was indeed the best in archery, and the exam papers of Wu Zhuangyuan and Dianwei Dianshi were indeed answered perfectly.  The day after the announcement of the successful examination, a grand ceremony was held at the school grounds outside the city. King Yu was on the high platform in the center of the school ground. All the martial arts students lined up around the high platform. They saw King Yu giving Wu Zhuangyuan a sword and the general's fish scale armor. In addition,  A female official in the inner court also announced that Wu Zhuangyuan's mother would be given a third-grade imperial edict and his wife a fourth-grade imperial edict, both with honorary salaries. Wu Zhuangyuan respectfully accepted the imperial edicts.  ??Then came the second place. Lu Qi gave him a luminous cup engraved with the word "imperial gift" and fine grape wine. The inner court gave the second place's mother a fourth-grade imperial edict and his wife a fifth-grade imperial edict.  Then came Tanhua, Lu Qi gave him a treasured bow, and the inner court gave Tanhua's mother a fourth-grade imperial edict, his wife a fifth-grade imperial edict, and a fifth-grade imperial wife, who was equal to Tanhua's original wife.  Seeing the beauty in imperial robes walking towards Tanhua and bowing to her, Tanhua also hurriedly returned the favor with cupped fists. After the beauty left, her companion stood beside Tanhua. This scene made all the 70,000 warriors in the audience boil with blood. Many chess discrepancies were revealed.  The martial artist who made one move cursed his mother depressedly in his heart.  Lu Qi stood there with a faint smile. He gave the beauty because he understood the psychology of the lower-class soldiers. Money and sex were the most desired daydreams of the lower-class soldiers. Because it was difficult to become an official, getting rich and getting women made him a lower-class soldier.  A relatively accessible dream for soldiers.  The palace lieutenant and the palace servants received the orb, and were given the fifth-grade imperial decree for their mother, the fifth-grade imperial decree for their wife, and a fifth-grade imperial wife, who would sit on an equal footing with the original wife, with the lowest imperial decree of the fifth grade.  After the five palace officials received their rewards, the Thousand Ox Swords were then given to the successful candidates. However, this was generally distributed by the ministers. Then something unexpected happened to Wu Sheng. It was passed from the back row to the front.  They received copper coins and each martial artist had five guans, which made the martial arts students feel warm in their hearts. Since taking part in the preliminary examination, food and accommodation have been free, and every meal has meat. If injured during the competition, they will be compensated in accordance with military regulations. This martial arts competition is about to end.  Yes, and I was given a five-guan reward. It can be said that this trip was worthwhile.  After receiving the reward, more than 70,000 warriors knelt down respectfully to worship King Yu on the high platform. After Lu Qi accepted the kneeling, he got up and went ahead. This martial arts competition was a bit rushed and many things needed to be re-regulated, but Lu Qi opened  The purpose of the civil service examination has been achieved. Two years later, there will be another military examination instead of once a year. The cost of the military examination held by Lu Qi is much higher than that of the civil service examination.  After the martial arts examination, Lu Qi hurried to Kaifeng Mansion to participate in the liberal arts examination and the engineering examination. The liberal arts examination had many years of experience in holding it. Although it added subjects, it was easy to hold, but the engineering examination had never been held by  The imperial court held large-scale events, and most rulers in the past dynasties regarded craftsmen as a low-level profession because craftsmen were part of the merchants.  The chief examiner of the liberal arts examination divided the work according to the examination questions. The chief examiner of poetry, poetry and poetry was Zhang Ji, and there were several deputy examiners. The knowledge of farming, mulberry, animal husbandry and fishery and the ability to manage accounts were given to the candidates by Pan You, the minister of Sinong Temple.  Each person is given a ledger, and points are awarded based on how many correct or incorrect results are obtained.  Lu Qi's additional examination for liberal arts examinations made many civil servants and candidates feel resentful. They thought it was degrading and trampled on the dignity of scholars, especially the ability to manage accounts, which was clearly the ability of businessmen and only low-ranking subordinates.  He should learn it, but because Lu Tianfeng was an emperor who established his country through martial arts, and his reputation for killing was chilling, no one dared to gather a crowd to openly challenge him.  Lu Qi arrived at Kaifeng Mansion. The liberal arts examination was held the next day, but it was a set date. The exam was not started until Lu Qi arrived, but the date was set so that King Yu could come in person. Lu Qi came to the examination room in person, but he was wearing a  Wearing an ordinary robe and ordinary clothes, I saw him in the examination hall, but no one dared to show off.   After passing the liberal arts examination, Lu Qi let people know that in the future, local subordinate officials will also be appointed by the court, and local officials are not allowed to recruit privately. For example, all the officials in the county government offices will be appointed  They are appointed by state officials or nominated by county officials. In the future, local officials are no longer allowed to be appointed. They are all appointed by the imperial court and the capital. The official rank is from the ninth rank, the lowest sesame rank.  As soon as this news came out, the candidates were all surprised and liked it. It is also hard to find a Cao Guan. If you have an official rank, it will be more worthwhile to serve. As long as you are an official, it is a dignified position for scholars.  , Lu Qi's approach was naturally to accommodate more scholars and at the same time weaken the local cunning rule of local subordinate officials. Most of the subordinate officials were from local wealthy households, so it was easy for evil forces colluding with officials and gentry to appear in the local area.  After the liberal arts examination came the engineering examination. The examination of the engineering examination was to display works. Unique works were displayed on the Imperial Street of Kaifeng Prefecture. Lu Qi personally took the examiners to see the works. The works were roughly divided into categories, porcelain, and agricultural.  , sculpture category, machine skill category, and many other categories. The chief examiner of the engineering examination was the Minister of Industry, and there were a bunch of deputy examiners, including Wang Jien, because Wang Jien was the governor of the inner court of Shangdu.  Lu Qi arrived at Yujie. After receiving the audience from all the officials, Wang Jien stepped forward and said respectfully: "Your Highness, I have discovered something that is beneficial to the military. It is not suitable for many people to see it." Lu Qi nodded, called the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and together  Going to see Wang Jien's recommendation, the role of the deputy examiner is to discover high-quality works and submit them, and all works that have passed preliminary examinations in various places will be recorded for future tasting and selection. After all, the functions of the works may not be discovered in a short period of time. Lu Qi's  The imperial examination of engineering is to gather talented people with unique ingenuity to contribute to the country, so that private craftsmen can become official craftsmen.  Wang Jien took Lu Qi away from the Royal Street and entered a house, letting Lu Qi see the object he recommended. Lu Qi walked over and took a closer look. It was an iron object like a pot-bellied long-necked porcelain bottle, lying horizontally on a small iron  The car is one meter long, with a belly eight inches in diameter. There is a hole on the top of the belly, and a rope protrudes from the hole. There is a bottle mouth at the end of the long neck. This is obviously an iron bottle.  "Your Highness, this iron bottle can emit thunder stones. Your Highness, please move and take a look." Wang Jien said.  Lu Qi nodded, turned around and followed Wang Jien and retreated behind a carved wall. From the transparent carved walls, he saw a thin man walking towards the iron bottle, holding a charcoal in his hand. When he reached the iron bottle, he stretched out the charcoal to touch his belly.  Top rope.  Seeing a flash of sparks from the rope, the skinny man turned around and ran away. After running for more than ten steps, he heard a bang, and the mouth of the iron bottle spurted fire with a muffled sound. Something flew forward quickly in the fire, and hit him with a bang.  On one wall, a hole was made in the wall, and there were already two holes in the wall.  Lu Qi's face changed slightly when he saw it, and then he walked back calmly. Wang Jien and the Minister of Industry followed him. When the skinny man saw Lu Qi coming, he knelt down respectfully.  "You used to be a Taoist priest, right?" Lu Qi asked.  The skinny man trembled and kowtowed hurriedly: "Yes, I used to be a Taoist priest in Longhu Mountain." "Is your thunder medicine unstable?" Lu Qi asked.  "Back to Your Highness, the thunder medicine I made is very stable, but sometimes the thunder bottle cannot withstand the ferocity of the thunder medicine, so I ran away." The skinny man replied respectfully.  Lu Qi nodded and said: "Very good, I have accepted your thunder pill prescription and will not spread it to outsiders. I will reuse you to continue to perfect the thunder medicine and the casting of the thunder bottle. I will have someone do it, but this time  You can only directly join the general as a sixth-grade foundry officer, and you will be rewarded with a reward of 10,000 yuan. There is no need to enter the Tiangong Gongyuan." "Thank you for the gift, your highness." The thin man kowtowed in surprise.  Lu Qiyi turned around and returned to Yujie. However, the Minister of Industry took a deep look at the iron bottle and was very surprised by the power of the iron bottle. If this thing could be mass-produced, it would definitely be more terrifying than crossbow arrows. King Yu opened the engineering examination, and unexpectedly  To be able to obtain such a weapon with great potential.  Lu Qiyi returned to Yujie, and Wang Jien was ordered to personally take away the iron bottle and the skinny man and guard them closely.
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