In Xiyuan, Luoyang, the newly built Xiyuan University of Science and Technology building suddenly exploded today!
Of course, it is not the current students of the University Hall who are causing trouble, because Xiyuan University Hall is still in the preparation stage, the teachers have not yet gathered together, and the entrance examination for the first college students has not yet started! Those who now live in the dormitories of the University Hall are all candidates who came from outside the jurisdiction of the Luoyang court to take the exam.
Yes, the imperial examination held by the Luoyang court was open to the world. Not only scholars within the jurisdiction of the Luoyang imperial court can participate, but scholars from abroad are also eligible to try their skills.
However, scholars outside the jurisdiction of the Luoyang imperial court could not take the three military academies and could only take the Jinshi examination on the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth days of the first lunar month and the Xiyuan University examination on the fourteenth day of the second lunar month. Moreover, because they have not taken the local examination, they must first take a supplementary examination on the Xiyuan University campus. Only after passing the supplementary examination can they be qualified to take the Jinshi and university examinations.
The subjects of the Complementary Examination are the same as those of the Jinshi Academic Examination. They are divided into two sections: Wen and Wu. The Wen section tests Confucianism, military science, arithmetic, history, and practical policy. The martial arts field tests infantry shooting, mounted shooting, spears, swords and axes.
Needless to say, the difficulty is quite high!
Those who can pass the exam are not only top academics, but also students with special talents in sports. You have to be someone like Chen Yaozi, the negative textbook in "The Oil Seller", then you can be a high school Jinshi!
Although it is difficult to pass the Jinshi exam, it still cannot stop the loyalty of the landlord class intellectuals who want to be the hawks of the court!
Therefore, starting from the first year of Hongwu, a large number of martial arts schools appeared within the jurisdiction of the Luoyang court. After reviewing the saint's classics and doing arithmetic exercises, the scholars went to the martial arts hall to practice martial arts, carrying bows and arrows, axes, snake spears and other things.
Now it is almost the fifth year of Hongwu. After four or five years of martial arts training, the scholars in Yingtian Fourth Road and Zhuanliang Road in the Northern Song Dynasty (Luoyang Court) are also a little big and round, and they look no different from the soldiers.
However, those who came from outside the jurisdiction of the Luoyang imperial court, especially those who came from the Southern Song Dynasty, were not necessarily proficient in martial arts.
In order to attract overseas talents to participate in the construction of feudalism in the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhao Kai ordered a comprehensive supplementary class in military science, martial arts, and arithmetic to be opened on the campus of Xiyuan University Hall. We provide free and high-level supplementary lessons for those who have passed the "Complementary Examination" (the Complementary Examination has relatively low requirements for martial arts).
As the New Year is approaching, the martial arts and military skills of the talented students in Xiyuan's cram school have been greatly improved. They can basically ride a horse without falling to the ground and can shoot arrows accurately. The best among them can even swing an axe!
But as soon as today's military training class started, the teacher, Lu Baoshan, who had been a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, announced in public a piece of news that surprised everyone: the practical policy questions for this imperial examination had been announced in advance. Got it! The title is "On Guns".
At the same time, Mr. Lu also told everyone that the gentlemen from the Artillery School had come to Xiyuan School with a long-barreled gun weighing ten kilograms! Everyone will soon be able to feel the power of the cannon up close!
As soon as the news was announced, the class immediately exploded!
"The Jinshi Science Examination for Artillery... This is really unheard of! Are we taking the Jinshi Examination or the Artillery Academy Examination?"
"Whether he is a Jinshi or an artillery school, it is good to pass the exam... Luoyang here emphasizes martial arts over literature. The future of joining the army and playing cannon may be better than being a Jinshi!"
"They are all the same! The north emphasizes martial arts and neglects literature, while the south emphasizes physical and literary martial arts! The Wen Jinshi in Jinling are not as good as the Wu Jinshi. Most of the Wen Jinshi in the second year of Jingkang are still elected, and most of the Wu Jinshi in the same year are mixed up. They have become officials in the capital, and a few of them who are successful in officialdom have even become court officials!"
"Some of the unlucky ones were beaten to death by gold thieves! I say, the foundation of us scholars is still the way of saints!"
"What's the use of talking about it at all? The official has the final say on this matter...learn martial arts well and sell it to the emperor's family!"
On the two desks at the back of the classroom, two young scholars were sitting, both wearing moon-white t-shirts. Their Dongpo scarves were placed neatly on the desks. A head with a bun and a head with short hair were revealed.
The person with his hair in a bun is a serious-looking, handsome and upright young man, about twenty years old. He has thick eyebrows and big eyes, and his eyes are so sharp that he seems to be able to see through people. He is very majestic.
The young man with short hair has a slender figure, smart eyebrows, fair skin, and a half-smiling look, making him very approachable.
The two people sit close to each other on the table, and they seem to have a good relationship. They did not participate in the discussion, but talked quietly.
The very amiable young man said to the very dignified young man: "Father Bin, when I was studying in Yanjing, I heard that the boats in the Southern Dynasties were strong and powerful, and someone in your family is an official. He must have seen the benefits of big boats, right? Today I will definitely be able to go to high school this time!”
He lowered his voice, almost touching the young man named "Father Bin": "Don't forget about me when the time comes. My writing is not good and my martial arts skills are mediocre. I'm afraid my reputation will be lost."
Judging from his accent, he seems to be from Yandi. Judging from his hairstyle, he must have shaved his head and is now growing it out. The Kingdom of Jin has not yet started to force Han men to go bald, but the Khitan and Xi people in the Yan region have always been bald. Some of the Han tribes who have taken refuge in the Kingdom of Jin have also shaved the heads of all men. Bald.
This man from Yan has short hair. He is obviously a Yan person with some status. I don’t know if he is a Khitan, a Xi person, or a Han.
"Brother Buyan is joking. Your family is from the Liuxi tribe. How can you be bad at archery, horse riding, and archery?" The young man named "Binfu" laughed and said, "On the contrary, I, Yu Yunwen, was a Shu scholar, but I followed my family in the south of the Yangtze River. I am wandering around. Although my writing is passable, my martial arts skills are really not good. I am afraid it will be difficult to pass the Jinshi examination. I will be satisfied if I can enter Xiyuan University."
It turns out that this young man’s name is Yu Yunwen, what a good name! He is definitely a sure success in this subject and his destiny is to rise to the top.
No matter how little Zhao Kai knew about the history of the Southern Song Dynasty in his previous life, he had heard of Yu Yunwen! He was Wan Yanliang's nemesis, and now that he was coming to his door, how could he miss?
The short-haired Yan native who was very familiar with Yu Yunwen was named Xiao Buyan. He claimed to be from the Sixth Division of Xi. He had lived in Yanjing for a long time. After the fall of the Liao Kingdom, he was ordained as a monk in Qingliangyuan. It wasn't until I heard that Emperor Yelu Yanxi of the Liao Dynasty was "happy to have a father" who was a member of the Luoyang official family of the Song Dynasty that he returned to the south to join the Emperor of the Liao Dynasty.
However, he did not find a way to become an official in Luoyang, so he had to go to Xiyuan University to participate in supplementary classes, thinking that he would have the opportunity to enter a university and make a few Jinshi. In this way, after he graduates from college, he can find a good job with his Jinshi friends.
As for Yu Yunwen, a talented young man with great authority, he was naturally favored by Xiao Buyan. He worked hard to make friends with Mo Ni, and he was about to be his boss.
Now hearing Yu Yunwen's humble words, Xiao Buyan laughed and said, "Brother Yu knows the talent of Bin's father best. There is great hope for the number one scholar in this subject!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the previous top scholar on the podium, the current Secretary of Xiyuan University, Lu Baoshan, picked up the gavel and patted it. With a "click", the whole class fell silent.
Everyone knew that Lu Baoshan had something to say, so they all looked over and saw a warrior with a black hat and long clothes and a long sword hanging from his waist appearing next to Lu Baoshan.
Lu Baoshan smiled and pointed at the warrior beside him, "This is Huang Siye from the artillery school. He brought a cannon to demonstrate to us today... You only have this chance, so you must watch carefully so that you can do a good job. .”
Huang Siye is Huang Wubing. He is now the Siye of the Artillery Academy and Yue Fei's deputy. He also participated in the compilation of "Artillery Fighting Methods" and is barely qualified as a great scholar.
Today he was ordered to bring a latest long-barreled gun with a caliber of 20 times and a bullet weight of 10 kilograms to Xiyuan University Hall to scare the scholars.
He knew that there must be fine works from the Southern Song Dynasty and Northern Jin Dynasty in Xiyuan University Hall - Zhao Kai allowed "foreigners" to take the imperial examination, and of course he also knew that there would be fine works sneaking in. But Zhao Kai didn't care, and planned to use these details to intimidate the Southern Song Dynasty and Northern Jin Dynasty.
That's why he paid special attention to Yue Fei and took out the most powerful 10-pound long-barreled cannon to show these details!
In the face of the justice and justice of the 10-pound long-barreled gun, all conspiracies and tricks are in vain!
Huang Wubing looked at these "detailed suspects" below and said expressionlessly: "Come and take a look, first one by one, and then watch the test firing together. There are four test firings in total... .But you have to watch carefully! Wait until the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, and you will be able to write an article with the title of cannon!"
The students in the classroom cooed, stood up one by one, put their scholar scarves on their heads, straightened their moon-white Confucian shirts, and then followed Lu Baoshan and Huang Wubing as they filed out to the university grounds. And went.
Yu Yunwen and Xiao Buyan also stood up and walked together at the end of the team. Their expressions were a bit complicated. Xiao Buyan among them said as they walked: "The world is unified by cannons... If Without the power of cannons, I’m afraid we wouldn’t be able to survive until the three points are unified!”
Not to mention, what he said makes perfect sense. The Great Split period in Chinese history started at least several decades ago. Without the power of cannon and gunpowder, it would not be that easy to break the situation of separatism and division and form a unified country.
Yu Yunwen said with a smile: "The world is unified by cannons. Brother Fu Yan has such insight! Why not just write an article with this title, and maybe become a high school Jinshi."
Xiao Buyan smiled and said: "Then Brother Yu borrowed the good words from Father and Brother Bin... I wonder what Father and Brother Bin want to write?"
Yu Yunwen said: "I haven't thought about it yet, let's experience the power of the cannon first!"
