That day is not far away anymore. Huang Qiong originally thought that people who practice martial arts must have better bodies and bones than those scholars because they practice martial arts to strengthen their bodies. But Duan Jin and He Yao passed away one after another, and Liu Hu became seriously ill, which made Huang Qiongcai realize that what he originally thought was just what he thought. People who practice martial arts may not live longer than those who are literati. Even some kung fu can actually hurt your body. Just like Liu Hu's practice of pure, strong and yang kung fu, either the pure yang body cannot be broken, or the yin and yang need to be reconciled.
But Liu Hu already has two children, so naturally he is no longer a pure Yang body. The lower body was damaged again, and the yin and yang could not be reconciled. Excessive yang energy backfires on the body and injures its own meridians. In the end, when he was only in his fifties, he ended up lingering on the sickbed. Therefore, Huang Qiong, who took Lao Li very seriously, specially kept Lao Li to treat and recuperate his confidants and friends. Now they are old and frail, but these are the only ones. Fu Yuanshan now has about seventy people, although his brain is still quite sufficient.
But the energy is no longer as good as before. Occasionally, he would doze off while discussing things. He is old and weak, but he doesn't want to be said to be greedy for power. Fu Yuanshan has submitted letters to become an official many times, but Huang Qiong has always stayed behind. Huang Qiong even suggested that Fu Yuanshan did not need to go to court. Every few days, just go into the palace and discuss something with yourself. In order to praise Fu Yuanshan, Huang Qiong also granted Fu Yuanshan the title of Zhongqin Bo, and established the first Grand Bachelor of Jiying Palace, with Fu Yuanshan as the first Grand Bachelor of Jiying Palace. He became the first civil servant to be knighted in the Qi Dynasty.
Fu Yuanshan was also given to him, and he would be buried with him in the imperial mausoleum a hundred years later. This is Huang Qiong's highest praise and courtesy for this loyal minister who has helped him stabilize the overall situation many times. Huang Qiong also publicly expressed his position at the court meeting that civil servants only need to be loyal to the country, serve the court with all their heart, and consider the court. The court not only granted titles, but also provided other courtesy. Not only should civil servants have various honors, but they should also have no worries after their death. Not only that, Huang Qiong was also given to the Fu Yuanshan family in Hanzhou on Liaoning Road.
Zhuangzi was rewarded with two properties, totaling three thousand acres of land. These lands were the surrendered military prefectures of the original Northern Liao Dynasty. After the Qi army swept across the entire Northern Liao Dynasty, they confiscated all the Touxia military prefectures established by the Khitan nobles and plundered the Han, Bohai and Korean people. The two villages awarded to Fu Yuanshan were one of the confiscated military prefectures in the northern Liaotou area. Originally, Fu Yuanshan refused to live or die. In his words, his children and grandchildren are capable, so there is no need to leave much money to them. The children and grandchildren are incapable and leaving too much money will actually harm them.
It's just that I have more respect for Fu Yuanshan's character. But this does not affect Huang Qiong's desire to take care of Fu Yuanshan's descendants. Especially when Fu Yuanshan's health was getting worse and worse, Huang Qiong didn't want to lose this veteran who was both a teacher and a friend. Fu Yuanshan's body also caused Huang Qiong to worry about the health of those veterans who had served the country and the people for half their lives. After all, not only Fu Yuanshan but also Yu Mingyuan are getting older. Moreover, Yu Mingyuan, who had fought for the country for many years and still had old injuries, was not as strong as Fu Yuanshan.
In Huang Qiong's view, it would be better to reward Zhuangzi and land than to let these veterans live a few more years. Therefore, Huang Qiong asked Lao Li to put down other things and concentrate on taking care of these veterans. Although the next generation has grown up. Wu Ziyu's son and nephew all performed extremely well in the destruction of Liao. For example, Liu Hu's nephew is now a fourth-grade military attache at a young age. But the younger generation has not yet fully grown up. He also needs veterans like Yu Mingyuan to help him control the overall situation.
In the 22nd year of Chongde, Huang Qiong finally decided to establish a martial arts school after many considerations. Not only did he set up this martial arts school directly outside Jingzhao City, at the former Yulin Eighth Army Exercise Ground, he also personally named it the Lecture Hall of Martial Arts, and wrote in his own hand the words "Always loyal to the emperor, always loyal to Da Qi, love and cherish". The people of the world are brave enough to defend their homes and country without fear of death. He personally served as the mountain chief, and Yu Mingyuan also served as the wine sacrificer. Ouyang Shanren is a full-time wine worshiper. All the gentlemen were carefully selected by Huang Qiong from the Four Camps, the Xijing Camp, and the border troops.
These military attaches who were transferred to the Martial Arts Hall were basically all experienced in actual combat. But due to various reasons, his age has reached the limit for promotion. The martial arts hall recruits students from civilians all over the world, including soldiers in the army. Anyone who meets the age limit can apply. However, no members of the clan or noble family will be admitted. The martial arts hall is divided into infantry, cavalry, and firearms categories. However, there is a rigid rule for enrollment in this martial arts hall, that is, one must attend private school for at least three years, or be literate at least 500.
In addition to the establishment of the Army Lecture Hall in Jingzhao, the Navy Lecture Hall was also established in Michigan. Huang Qiong, the emperor, also served as the mountain chief, and Yang Jiyuan also served as the wine sacrificer. The children recruited are also selected from civilian families, and the requirements are the same. In order to be among the subjects, a survey section dedicated to the use of Sinan was added. The selection of instructors is basically the same as that of land teachers. After Huang Ruifeng returned from his trip south, Huang Qiong basically handed over the government to him. He put most of his energy into these two martial arts halls.
Not only did he serve as the mountain chief of two martial arts halls, but he also erected a stone statue of himself riding a horse in the courtyard of the two martial arts halls. He was afraid that he would be like that dynasty in later generations, whose fate would be ruined by the new army he personally trained. Therefore, the first motto of the two martial arts halls is loyalty to the emperor and patriotism. Loyalty to the emperor means loyalty to the country. After students enter the school, they almost undergo brainwashing. In addition to learning horse infantry melee combat, formations, and basic troop leadership and firearms knowledge, they also need to receive education in loyalty to the emperor.
Moreover, Huang Qiong decided that the chiefs of the two martial arts halls could only be concurrently held by emperors of the Qi Dynasty. Emperors of the Qi Dynasty starting from him would visit the Military Lecture Hall of the Lu division at least three times a year and the Navy Lecture Hall twice a year. Military attachés trained by the Infantry Military Lecture Hall will, after two years of study, have to serve as apprentices in designated armies for one year before being assigned to serve in the border armies and other battalions, including the Eight Banners Army garrisoned in various places. Military attachés who were promoted locally in the garrison had to go to a military training hall for one year before they were allowed to return to serve in the army.
Regardless of whether they are naval or land forces, students will be awarded the rank of ninth-grade military attaché once they are admitted to the Military Academy and enjoy the salary of a ninth-grade military attaché. After training in the various armies, they were promoted to ninth-grade military attachés and assigned to serve in various armies according to different subjects studied. As for Master Lu's martial arts hall, Huang Qiong selected all the subjects himself. In addition to the formations, military laws, and tactics that are common in the military, common military knowledge such as terrain, flags, and bugles must also be added. As well as practicing equestrian skills, horseback slashing and other traditional horse and infantry coaching subjects.
As soon as this move was launched, it was welcomed by civilians. After all, many people have read some books because of family reasons. But what I learned was limited to literacy. Taking the imperial examination is basically impossible. These people don’t want to be like their parents and be imprisoned in the land for their entire lives. The risks of doing business are too high and the costs are too high, which they cannot afford at all. When it came to taking the imperial examination, I probably couldn't pass even a child student with my little ink. Now the newly opened martial arts hall in the imperial court has given them some hope.
Although the physical and other requirements are higher, the chances of going to the battlefield in the future are also high. But after all, you can become an official, and you will enjoy the salary of a ninth-grade official when you enter school. Not only does it not require a lot of money from the family for education like studying literature, but it can also make money for the family. This was undoubtedly welcomed by the small landowning families. Especially since the opening of the two martial arts lecture halls, the imperial court no longer recruits martial arts examinations. The most important thing is that compared with the previous martial arts exercises that required competition in archery, martial arts, and strength and martial arts such as lifting stone locks.
In addition to the physical and literacy requirements to pass the two martial arts halls, the other requirements are to be uniformly trained by the imperial court after entering the martial arts hall, which is relatively simple. What's more, as long as they are selected, they will be regarded as the emperor's disciples. After enrolling in school, you can still get a salary. Not only do you not have to spend money, but you can also make money. This undoubtedly provides another way for children from poor families to get ahead. As for the possibility of war in the future, that is nothing. This man spends his whole life farming at home, and no one can guarantee whether anything will happen to him.
If bad luck comes, you may choke to death even if you drink water. As for not being allowed to believe in any religion, just don’t believe it. Anyway, not many young people believe in various religions themselves. Faith is less important than the future of the family. The most important thing is that after the candidates graduate, they can be personally received by the emperor, and the sword is given by the emperor. This is an even greater honor. Therefore, as soon as the martial arts hall began to take exams, children from ordinary families signed up in droves. Even if there are two martial arts halls, the first batch will only admit 300 people.
There are more than 30,000 people who can sign up. Many people even came from Chuanxi Road, Yunnan Road, and Guangnan West Road. When the first batch of students registered for the exam, Huang Qiong not only sat in person with the emperor's second son. Moreover, Huang Qiong wrote the test questions himself. The first batch of students who passed the exam, as the first batch of students in the Martial Arts Lecture Hall of the Second Marine and Land Division, Huang Qiong and Prince Yong personally inserted red tassels on their cotton armor. The top twenty students in the entrance exam are given special yellow tassels to give special attention.
In fact, Huang Qiong has been thinking about holding a martial arts lecture hall since he started supervising the country. Because currently in the military, senior military attachés are monopolized by noble families or those military attache families. These general disciples firmly hold in their hands the so-called military skills and experiences passed down from generation to generation. However, their children are becoming increasingly unusable. Like Ouyang Shan, he can almost be described as a person with feathers and phoenix horns. As for military officers who were born as civilians, like Princess Yong's father, no matter how talented and learned they were, it was extremely difficult for them to be promoted.
Most of them are stuck around the fourth or fifth level. The reason why Zhao Wushu was lucky enough to stand out was not only because he met a good boss, Yu Mingyuan. That’s when I met myself who chooses talents eclectically. If it were my old man who was in office, he would probably have been the commander of the camp, or the deputy envoy of the military governor in his lifetime. If this situation is allowed to continue, not only will the military generals be replaced, but there will also be a lack of fresh blood in the eyes of the military, which will lead to a significant decline in the military's combat effectiveness.
What's more serious is that it will make the entire military attaché system rigid. In the military, interest groups, large or small, are formed. After the dynasties of past dynasties reached the middle period, the first thing to be destroyed was often the military attache group. Most of the reasons are that the entire military attache group is firmly controlled by some people or some interest groups. As a result, there are fewer and fewer generals who are accustomed to fighting. But opening a martial arts hall also gave Huang Qiong a headache. He was really worried that the complicated relationship between civil servants who had passed the imperial examination would also appear in the military.
The so-called civil servants are based on teachers, students, fellow students, and fellow villagers as the bond with each other, and they form cliques with each other for selfish purposes. If this were applied to a military attache, the consequences would be even more serious. Thousands of years later, someone relied on his experience as a principal to form a relatively powerful army that only listened to him. Aren’t there groups of all sizes, based on classmates, teachers, students, or fellow villagers?
