Wu Dalang's Counterattack

Chapter 260 Another Famous General!

When Wu Yong's memorial was delivered to Song Huizong, Song Huizong immediately laughed after reading it. Why should he change it?

This article can be said to be word-for-word, and with the cultural accomplishment of Song Huizong Zhao Zhe, it is impossible to see where there is anything that needs to be revised.

After reading this article, Song Huizong Zhao Zhe put away his previous contempt for Liangshan forces.After all, the talent who can write such a good article is above Liangshan.

In the past, Zhao Zhe always thought that no matter how noisy the Liangshan forces were, they were nothing more than a group of reckless gangsters.

Even if those reckless people were able to siege the city and plunder the land, making the imperial court helpless to fight back, that was only for a while.

After all, governing the world still depends on literati.Even those Liangshan reckless men occupied most of the territory.

So what, they don't know how to govern, temporarily let them be arrogant for a while, and let the place they occupy cause anger and resentment.

After they lose the popular support of their territory, it will be the best time for the imperial army to counterattack.Therefore, at the time when the four major bandits in the country were making a fuss.

Zhao Zhe was not in a hurry.He firmly believes that he is the true son of heaven, and he is a person who has been favored by destiny.

No matter how fierce these thieves are, it's just that my time has not come. If my time comes, I will naturally have a chance of victory.

Sure enough, it didn't take long before I got acquainted with the prestigious Wu Caishen among the people and married his younger sister Li Shishi.

After Wu Caishen was granted the title of national teacher, he made frequent moves and first subdued the Liangshan forces that caused the court the most headache.

Immediately afterwards, the rebel forces of Tianhu in Hebei, Wang Qing in Huaixi, and Fangla in Jiangnan were put down successively.At first Zhao Zhe thought it was Wu Ming's arrangement.

In fact, all of this is really Wu Ming's layout, but this time when Wu Yong was launched, Zhao Zhe completely set his target on Wu Yong.

If Zhao Zhe hadn't been so accurate in seeing people, he could have seen that Wu Ming had no ambitions for the Great Song Dynasty, I'm afraid he would have arranged for someone to secretly poison Wu Ming.

It is also fortunate that Zhao Zhe did not do such a stupid thing, otherwise, with Wu Ming's invulnerable physique, he would have discovered what Zhao Zhe did after poisoning himself.

He will definitely turn against Zhao Zhe, and the two sides will end their friendship.Thinking of this, Zhao Zhe secretly sighed in his heart: Fortunately, his elder brother Wu Caishen made a timely move.

If I continue to maintain the wrong view, thinking that the Liangshan forces are nothing more than a group of thieves, then this Wu Yong who is hidden among these thieves.

It will bring great trouble to oneself. After all, the rebels are not to be feared. The only fear is that the rebels are educated.When this group of rebels got advice from literati and wise men.

There will be a lot of trouble for the court, but when I think of this Wu Yong, his name seems familiar.It seems that I have heard such a name before.

After thinking carefully for a long time, Zhao Zhe remembered that Wu Yong was once almost the top pick in high school, but he was fired because of Cai Jing's slander.

The only blame is that I didn't know people well at the beginning, but now this Wu Yong is clearly the confidant of the Wu Caishen family, no matter how much I love him, I dare not steal people from him.

Zhao Zhe, who was full of regrets, directly sent the memorial written by Wu Yong to the Grand Scholars Hall, and he wanted to embarrass the group of Grand Scholars.

Don't you all brag about how educated you are, how good your articles are, and how colorful they are.

Then you can show me this article and see how a countryman with no fame defeated you.

Since ancient times, literati have looked down on each other, and I will cure your stinking problem. I asked you to suppress newcomers. I see if you still have the courage to continue to suppress newcomers.

After seeing Wu Yong's memorial, the great scholars of the University Scholars Hall ran to Zhao Zhe to plead guilty one by one in desperation.

Who would be an idiot who can become a bachelor? After Zhao Zhe passed the article on, they didn't understand Zhao Zhe's intentions.

Then they wouldn't have to mess around, and just like that, the matter of opening the imperial examination would be decided without any hindrance.

The imperial examination was launched vigorously throughout the territory of the Song Dynasty. This time, the imperial examination was not only the literary examination in previous years.

Due to the addition of a martial arts test, martial arts people everywhere are going crazy. After many years, these martial arts practitioners finally have a chance to stand out.

In the past, the national ethos of the Song Dynasty was to emphasize civility over military affairs. This ethos was from top to bottom, and no matter how powerful a general was in the court.

When seeing civil servants, they should automatically take a lower class. The civil servants are one by one showing off their power in front of the military generals, but the military generals are all swallowing their anger.

This has also led to many generals abandoning martial arts and following literature. Even if they can no longer learn, they force their younger generations to change course.

Just imagine, the court is full of such ethos, so if it works from top to bottom, will those people who practice martial arts among the people still be looked down upon.

If the border had not been uneven for many years, and the Liao, Jin or Xixia invaded the border from time to time, I am afraid that there would be no place for warriors in the entire Song Dynasty.

Now the imperial court finally paid attention to warriors, and opened the military imperial examination for the first time.This made those warriors who usually walk away from the literati feel elated.

Aren't you literati very talented? Now we warriors are not bad either. Why don't you show your talent to us warriors?

Xiao Mian, now that we warriors have someone to back them up, try to bully us again, and see if your parents won't recognize you if we don't fight.

The martial arts of our body are in vain.These are all gossip, let's not mention it for now.

The process of opening the imperial examination is the same whether it is the civil examination or the military examination:

Let’s start with the county-level exams, which are called “Children’s Examinations”—the middle ones are called civil and military talents;
Then there is the provincial examination, which is also called "township examination" - the middle one is called civil and military juren;

The next step is the national level examination, this level of examination is called "meeting examination", - the middle one is called civil and military tribute;

Finally, the emperor personally invigilates the examination. This level of examination is called "Palace Examination". "Civil and Wu Tanhua", No.1 is called "Civil and Military Ranking No. 2", and other Jinshi is called "Civil and Wu Jinshi Born" or "Civil and Wu Jinshi Born Together".

Wu Ming has a little reform here, that is: as long as the warrior's combat power has reached the level of a third-rate general, then it doesn't matter what level he has passed the test.

That can be directly hired, and literati don't care if you are a scholar or a champion, as long as you have the ability to govern the place.

Then at least one county magistrate cannot escape.

After a series of selections, at the end, Wu Ming really discovered a few talents, and the No.1 among the warriors was actually Han Shizhong.

No.2 and No.3 are: Zhang Jun and Liu Guangshi respectively.Wu Ming was immediately happy when he saw these people, he never expected it.

One of his own martial arts examinations directly exposed the other three generals of the four famous generals of the Southern Song Dynasty in history.

(End of this chapter)