After more than three months, the "Martial Arts Examination" of Jiading's 14th year officially came to an end.

After many competitions, the top ten rankings have been clearly positioned.

Guo Mo, the number one scholar in martial arts, Meng Gong, the second in the martial arts rankings, and Hua Yue Ao, the military explorer, are the three tripod armors.

According to the game progress and actual results, the fourth to tenth place are as follows:

Wang Jian, Qin Ju, Lu Guanying, Yu Jie, Lei Peng, Zhang Ce and Li Geng.

"It turns out that person is Yu Jie."

After hearing the examiner announce the final ranking, Guo Mo turned his attention to one of the martial arts events. That was the only person in the top ten that Guo Mo was not familiar with.

A young man who should be about the same age as himself, with a medium build, and a hint of elegance all over his body.

It’s hard to imagine that this person could even reach the top ten.

But Guo Mo knew that during the entire late Southern Song Dynasty, besides Meng Gong, this Yu Jie was another general with commanding ability.

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"Xuan Guomo, Meng Gong, Yue Ao, Sanding Jia went to the palace——"

In this "martial arts competition", the top ten were all waiting outside the "Daqing Hall", but only Sanding Jia could go to the hall to face the king.

"Let's see the official's house——"

Guo Mo, Meng Gong, and Yue Ao entered the palace with their heads lowered and their eyes fixed.

According to the words warned by Xiao Huangmen before, go to the designated location and pay homage.

"Hello, haha, these three are really rare young heroes in our Song Dynasty. Xue Qing, do these three people have positions now?"

This is asking questions knowingly, but it is also the proper process.

Xue Ji, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, came out to report, "Reporting to the official family, Meng Gong is now the 'Jinwu School Lieutenant' and serves as the 'Loyal and Shun Army'. Guo Mo and Yue Ao are both white."

At this time, the Song Dynasty implemented a military rank system, that is, military ranks, with eight and sixty levels.

Meng Gong's "Jinwu School Lieutenant" is ranked fifty-third and has no rank.

This military rank is a bit low. According to the imperial edict issued by the previous government, the top fifty will be awarded "Jinyi Xiaowei", which is only one level lower than "Jinwu Xiaowei".

And Meng Gong ranks second in the military rankings, which is obviously low for this military rank.

Xue Ji saw what the official meant and thought about it for a while.

"According to the preface, those who rank in the top ten will be promoted to one rank, so Meng Gong should be promoted to 'Chengxin Lang', from the ninth rank."

"As for how the top three will be rewarded in the end, please ask the official judges."

"In this case, the purpose is to—"

"In this 'military examination', all eleven to fifty people will be awarded the title of 'Jinyi Xiaowei'. Those whose original military rank is higher than the 'Jinyi Xiaowei' will have their military rank raised accordingly."

"Anyone from four to ten will be given the title of 'Chengxin Lang'. From the ninth rank, those whose original military rank is higher than that of 'Chengxin Lang' will be raised by one rank accordingly."

"Three tripod armor, refer to Meng Gong's example. Meng Gong was originally the "Jinwu Xiaowei", and now he was promoted to "Zhongxun Lang" in the ninth rank; Yue Ao was named "Baoyi Lang" in the ninth rank."

"Guo Mo, the number one scholar in martial arts, was given the title of 'Dun Wu Lang', the eighth rank. According to what Xue Qing said, he was also appointed as the 'Ti Dian Imperial City Secretary'."

As soon as the official finished speaking, countless people were whispering in the "Daqing Hall".

Although the official positions conferred are not big, for a low-level general with a "martial arts" background or in the army, how much military merit is needed to be promoted?

Especially the martial arts champion Guo Mo, who actually became "Dun Wu Lang"?

This is already the highest rank for ambassador, starting from the 43rd rank.

Even Yue Fei was only promoted to "Chengxin Lang" at the age of 20 due to meritorious service, reaching the fifty-second level, starting from the ninth rank.

After four years of military service, he was only promoted to Wu Yilang, level 42, from the seventh rank.

Guo Mo's "Martial Arts Champion" is equivalent to Yue Fei's four years of hard work in the army.

However, when I thought about Guo Mo, he also held the position of "Secretary of the Imperial City".

Well, this one is stronger, higher than "Atsushiro".

It is not just a matter of rank, this is directly under the government, and neither the Privy Council, the Three Yamen, nor the Ministry of War have the right to interfere.

"The official sage!"

Upon hearing the official decree, Xue Daji, the Minister of Civil Service, was overjoyed.

It seems that the officials succumbed to the pressure of the Prime Minister and compromised, and had to appoint Guo Mo to the position of "Tiandian Imperial City Secretary".

Guo Mo was also a little puzzled. Although he was asked to supervise the "Imperial City Division" before, it was done secretly. He didn't expect that today he would be rewarded in public in the "Daqing Hall".

Moreover, it was said that it was played by "Xue Qing"? Who is this?

"I thank the officials for their kindness, and I will repay them with all my heart!"

The three of them were naturally very happy when they were promoted and thanked the officials again.

"I intend to select five thousand men from the Forbidden Army and let the top ten in Jinke's 'Martial Arts Examination' to lead them. They will be named 'Dunwu Army' and subordinate to the 'Imperial City Division'. What do you think?"

Before the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty had time to digest the extraordinary rewards for this "military examination", another breaking news was brought out by the officials.

This time, even the most active Mr. Xue Ji failed to catch it for a while.

The Forbidden Army of the Song Dynasty was the Central Army of the Song Dynasty.

The Division in Front of the Palace, the Division of Horse Guards, and the Division of Infantry Guards are collectively known as the "Three Yamen" and govern all the squads in front of the Palace, as well as the national forbidden army.

The military status and the power to send troops to the Forbidden Army belong to the Privy Council.

Although the Forbidden Army at this time in the Southern Song Dynasty still maintained its reputation as the Forbidden Army, its combat power was far from what it was back then.

The Forbidden Army only served as the emperor's bodyguard, while the garrisoned armies became the main force of the Central Army, and the military commanders were under the command of the capital and deputy capital.

It seems that even the officials do not dare to directly use the most powerful garrison troops.

However, whether this was to steal people from the "Three Yamen", the ministers still focused on Shi Miyuan.

"What do you think, Shi Xiang?"

Seeing that no one in the palace answered, the officials had no choice but to ask Shi Miyuan directly.

"What the officials said is true. In recent years, the strength of the Forbidden Army has been weakened, and it is time to reorganize it. Isn't the number of five thousand a little too small? The veteran suggested that it would be better to allocate 20,000 soldiers directly."

Unexpectedly, Shi Miyuan didn't even hesitate. Instead, he directly increased the number to 20,000 soldiers on the basis of the five thousand required by the officials.

"this--"

Shi Miyuan's sudden generosity made the officials not know how to reply for a moment. At a glance, they saw Guo Mo and three people standing in the hall with their hands hanging down.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "The Prime Minister proposed to allocate 20,000 soldiers. I wonder what Guo Qing wants?"

It was the first time for Guo Mo to hear such a performance. He didn't want to mention how awkward it was, but since the question was put to him, he had to answer it bravely.

"Thank you to the officials for their trust, and to the Prime Minister for your support. It's just that Guo Mo is new to the military and is not familiar with regular affairs. Twenty thousand soldiers may be beyond the ability of the general."

"However, since it is due to the praise of historical figures, the general will have a compromise."

"Oh, does Guo Qing have any clever ideas to solve this situation?"

The officials looked at Guo Mo with great interest, wondering how he would behave when dealing with these old foxes for the first time.

"Since Prime Minister Shi proposed to allocate 20,000 soldiers, the general will accept 20,000 soldiers for a period of one month and conduct training near Lin'an."

"Set the assessment standards and eliminate unqualified soldiers one by one until the number of soldiers reaches 5,000. If there are not so many qualified soldiers, it is better to be short of generals than to overfill them and just recruit them again."

"I also ask the officials and prime ministers to be considerate of the general's difficulties and thoughts."

Seeing that Guo Mo actually made such a request, Meng Gong, who was standing next to him, couldn't help but give a thumbs up and praised.

"That's all. You are worthy of being the number one scholar in martial arts. Meng is so happy to be inferior to this person. From now on, when we work together with the "Dun Wu Army", we will do our best to live up to the official's intention of "Dun Wu"!"

The ministers' thoughts were completely different from Meng Gong's, and they all looked at Guo Mo with their mouths agape.

"This kid can do it. He doesn't want 20,000 soldiers, but insists on 5,000? He actually openly compares officials and history in the main hall. Isn't he afraid that officials will be offended by this?"

People in Shi Miyuan's family, after hearing Guo Mo's remarks, also felt that he could be taught.

He not only maintains the rare "humility" of young people, but also takes care of both the official family and the prime minister. Could this person be someone secretly conquered by the prime minister?

It seems that from now on, the "Dunwu Army" needs people, money, and materials, and they must be well supplied.

Even Guo Mo didn't understand that a beautiful misunderstanding was formed like this.

"I have no opinion. What does Mr. Shi think?"

Seeing that his son was handling things appropriately, even though he was suspected of "showing favor" to Shi Miyuan, he didn't take it seriously at all.

"Guo Zhuangyuan is indeed very comparable, and the veterans have no objections. They will definitely support him and build this 'Dunwu Army'."

"It's just a suggestion from an old minister that these fifty people can be admitted to the 'Martial Arts Examination' of this year and all of them can be assigned to the 'Dun Wu Army'. Let's see what this group of boys can do."

Shi Miyuan said this out of selfish motives.

He found that among the top ten, excluding Guo Mo for the time being, only Zhang Ce and Li Geng could be considered his people, and they were still at the bottom of the top ten.

And from eleven to fifty, his people accounted for almost half.
To be continued...