Chapter 135 The New Top Three in Martial Arts

Meng Ying is here, so is the faction headed by Meng Ying. If Meng Ying is gone, will this political faction still be there?

Just like Yang Shiqi, Yang Shiqi was there, and the political faction headed by Yang Shiqi was there. It was the mainstream of the court at that time. Most of the Manchu civil servants had some kind of relationship with Yang Shiqi.

When Yang Shiqi resigned, some of Yang Shiqi's faction was controlled by Cao Nai, some were accepted by Wang Zhi, some were incorporated by Yang Pu, and some were called Yu Qian's subordinates.

Torn apart and gone.

In fact, Zhu Qizhen may not necessarily think that Meng Ying's ability is necessarily higher than Cheng Guogong Zhu Yong. No matter whether it is absolute or not, Cheng Guogong Zhu Yong is a member of a vested interest group and cannot carry out in-depth reforms. But Meng Ying has no problem with this.

, Ten years before Xuande, Meng Ying had almost everything and was homeless.

Although he was born in the second generation of Jingnan, his relationship with Duke Chengguo Ying Gong had long been completely severed because he was implicated in the King of Han.

One day, if Zhu Qizhen asks Meng Ying to attack the Jingnan Group, Meng Ying will definitely not hesitate.

This point is even more important than whether Meng Ying's ability is better than Zhu Yong, Duke of Cheng.

"Okay," a thundering roar came from below. Zhu Qizhen came back to his senses and looked over, only to see that the winner was already decided below.

To be honest, the following competition is not very good.

The moves on the battlefield are very simple and have no visual value at all. Every knife and shot will kill people. Even if the contestants go to the tip of the spear and light it with lime, the wooden pole without the tip of the spear, running at high speed, will

It can still kill people.

Therefore, these martial arts students will inevitably be timid when fighting.

After all, Zhu Qizhen has been practicing archery, horseback riding, and archery since he was a child, and he can already tell his skills. But what about it? We can't really let the people below decide the outcome and decide life and death.

I can only pretend that I don't know, but in my heart, I put this method of fighting to win in another book.

But, just like the college entrance examination.

Everyone knows that there are problems in the college entrance examination, but is there any fairer way than the college entrance examination?

For the low-level officers of the Ming Dynasty, they could understand flags and drums and simple formations, and then it would depend on their personal combat effectiveness. Zhu Qizhen was still confused about how to train higher-level officers.

The establishment of any knowledge system is not an easy task.

Therefore, until a better method is found, the top three in martial arts are all produced by duels.

Liu Yongcheng introduced to Zhu Qizhen: "These three people are Xu Chengzong, Duke of Wei, Jin Dongshan of Haixi Wei, and Zhu Yi, the eldest son of Duke Cheng."

Zhu Qizhen said: "Zhu Yi really doesn't disappoint me."

Zhu Yi's participation in this assessment was temporarily added by Zhu Qizhen. Zhu Qizhen also understood that Zhu Yi's ranking may have some merits.

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After all, Zhu Qizhen temporarily dismissed Zhu Yi. If the people below did not arrange a better ranking, they would be a bit too ignorant.

But a good ranking may not mean the top three.

Compared with the first martial arts class, these people are quite different. The number of people is also much smaller. There were thousands of people before, but now there are less than a thousand people participating in the competition.

If you think about it, you will know that although there are not many military officers in the Ming Dynasty, some of the military officers are unwilling to come to Beijing because of the high mountains and long distances. Some of them have been eliminated or have been dismissed from their posts. There are not many left.

However, the scale of martial arts has not shrunk much, because martial arts has been divided into classes, namely upper class, middle class, and lower class. When students first enter martial arts, they are all in the lower class. After passing the examination, they enter the middle class and then pass the exam.

Upper house.

As for Shangshe, he is in the imperial examination. If he passes the test, he can go to the Ministry of War and the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion for appointment. If he fails, he can only stay in Shangshe and continue the examination.

As the eldest son of Chengguo Gong, Zhu Yi was Zhu Yong's hope. He had been educated since he was a child and was definitely much stricter than martial arts. It's not surprising that he has this ability.

As for the Duke of Wei, Xu Chengzong, Zhu Qizhen had to admit that the current Duke of Wei, Xu Xianzong, thought deeply about his younger brother.

Although Wei Guogong Xu Xianzong did not perform well in pacifying Ye Liuzong and Deng Maoqi's rebellion, he learned about military affairs and even more understood that the emperor valued martial arts. There were martial arts students everywhere, especially Yang Xin

He performed very well in this battle and is now a fellow commander in Fujian.

It makes sense to think that within a few years, he would take up the role of commander.

Duke Xu Xianzong of Wei was in poor health and had no heirs, so the title of Duke of Wei fell on his younger brother. Duke Xu Xianzong of Wei was not good at fighting, so he naturally hoped that his younger brother would have some ability to lead troops in war. Even if he did not have this ability, he would still make friends.

With the connections in the army, when there is a quelling of chaos in the future, we will not be at a loss to advance or retreat, and our actions will be decided by others.

However, Zhu Qizhen felt that Xu Xianzong's test scores were even more critical than Cheng Guogong Zhu Yi's. He just thought that Xu Xianzong was on the verge of death and King Zhongshan had made pioneering contributions to the court.

Zhu Qizhen did not go into details.

Even having these second-generation ancestors in martial arts factions may not be a bad thing. The future Duke of Wei will have a dual identity. Perhaps when Zhu Qizhen wants to implement reforms, he will be able to reduce the resistance.

Therefore, among the top three, the only one Zhu Qizhen likes is probably Jin Dongshan.

It’s just that Zhu Qizhen didn’t know that Jin in Jin Dongshan is written as Jin in Chinese characters, and in Jurchen characters, it is Aixinjueluo.

Dong Shan is the youngest son of Meng Ge Timur, the former commander of the Jianzhou Guards. He was the only infant child of Meng Ge who was rescued by Fancha when Meng Ge Timur was exterminated.

Although he is only a teenager now, he has grown up and looks at Zixiong.

The hair on his body has grown into a beard. When the fight just happened, a piece of his chest was torn open, revealing a large area of ​​chest hair.

Although it is a bit unsightly, in Zhu Qizhen's opinion, he is a first-class warrior.

Zhu Qizhen gave swords to three people respectively, Jin Dongshan was the first, Zhu Yi was the second, and Xu Chengzong was the third. All three were transferred to the guards of Qianqing Palace.

As for other martial arts bachelors, most of them were assigned to Liaodong and Haixi.

After all, the war between Haixi and Liaodong this year resulted in a lot of casualties, which just made up for the casualties. Of course, with these people here, Zhu Qizhen has a deeper control over the two towns.

Zhu Qizhen did not expect that starting from Zhu Yi, the eldest son of Chengguo, and Xu Chengzong, the future Duke of Wei, it had become a rule that the eldest son of Ming Dynasty Xungui must graduate from martial arts.

Anyone who does not have a martial arts diploma will have no chance of receiving a title from the imperial court.

By doing this, it is impossible to eliminate the dandies among the nobles of the Ming Dynasty. There are also many generals who are replaced by new generations because they cannot go into battle to kill the enemy.

However, there are a few generals who have gone through many trials and tribulations, and finally stood firm and truly became generals who rested with the country. Among them are the Duke of Chengguo and the Duke of England.

Zhu Qizhen returned to the palace after a busy day at martial arts.

After carefully browsing the memorials from various places, I saw two words between the lines: "money and food." Tax exemption, tax reduction, allocation for disaster relief, withheld tax, etc.

One was slower than the other, and everyone seemed to say that if the court was just a little slower, something unspeakable would happen.

Zhu Qizhen only believed half of these words.

He believed that the situation in various places would not be too good, otherwise they would not complain to the court in unison. Changde in the south and Zhangde Prefecture in the north. They could not unanimously agree.

But the other half is an exaggeration.

To put it more urgently, firstly, it can attract the attention of the court, and secondly, if something happens in the future, it can shirk responsibility.

But this number is a bit too large.

Zhu Qizhen did not dare to mess with the money and food without receiving accurate information from the front line. Otherwise, if Zhu Qizhen made this move, the Taicang Bank of the Ministry of Revenue would be half empty.

This is Zhu Qizhen's war reserve.

Now that a stone has fallen to the ground, Zhu Qizhen has relaxed the restrictions and discounted the amount requested by each place by 50%.

It's not that Zhu Qizhen is reluctant to part with money, but he estimates that the amount is watery. If the following calls out the amount, the court will withdraw it.

There is definitely not a penny left in the imperial treasury.

If the following is not enough, you can still request money repeatedly, but you will have to go back and forth with paperwork. Although it is somewhat bureaucratic, sometimes it is impossible not to do this.

The people below will think you are a fool.
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