Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 378 Reading Test

  This person... really shameless.

  The military officers looked at the guy who was hiding in the doorway and refused to ride into the urn city with bewildered faces!

   But Fang Jifan didn't care about their white eyes at all, he just looked indifferent.

The fat man was annoyed, and he said angrily: "Boy, show some face. If you don't learn well at such a young age, you should come here right away and stand in front of me. I have a bad temper. Be careful not to beat your mother." recognize you."

  The other one also said with a sneer: "Who's kid dares to take advantage of us."

  Fang Jifan said leisurely: "My father Pingxi waits for Fang Jinglong..."

"What…"

  The faces of several military officers changed.

  Fang Jifan said with a harmless look on his face: "You said you want to beat me?"

  The military officers were silent for a long time, and their faces became paler!

  The fat man managed to squeeze out a smile and said, "Uh, Uncle Xinjian, can we reason?"

   "Come on." Fang Jifan said with a smile, "I like reasoning the most. Do you want to cut off your arm or your foot?"

   "I..." The fat man was stunned for a long time, and suddenly, there was a crowd of sighs on the city wall.

  Those people took advantage of Fang Jifan's trance, hurriedly urged the horse forward, and fled.

   It turned out that on the Wengcheng school grounds, the leading military officer galloped forward, and before he could draw his bow, he fell off his horse.

  The second... The arrow was shot out, but like some indescribable male indescribable disease, it only flew a few feet before falling softly to the ground.

  Emperor Hongzhi sat firmly, sighed at the people on the city wall, and then looked at Ma Wensheng and Zhang Mao.

  Zhang Mao was already profusely sweating, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty... this...they still look very good in their usual drills."

   Very good-looking, the implication...isn't it just putting on airs?

  Emperor Hongzhi continued watching without saying a word.

  Zhu Houzhao was already sobbing, and couldn't help saying: "This group of wine bags and rice bags."

  Zhang Mao could not wait to find a crack in the ground to get out, and Ma Wensheng's face was even more ugly.

  They all said that the imperial guards and the military discipline of the Beijing camp have been corrupted recently, and their armaments have been slack, but they did not expect it to be so corrupted.

At this time, a son of a marquis flew out on a galloping horse, which looked quite impressive, but in the end... the man was about to leave the saddle and take out the bow and arrow behind him, but he couldn't sit still. like howling.

In fact, riding and archery is most a test of skill. Without long-term practice, you are not familiar with the nature of horses. You have to keep your hands off the saddle and use your body to balance. Arrows, bows, and in an instant, approaching the target, shooting an arrow, is simply a dream.

  Suddenly, all the generals who were reading the test were turned on their backs, and everyone had a frightened expression on their faces.

   So that later, no one dared to try it.

  After the change of Tumubao, the sons of Xungui are no longer proud of their fathers' conquests. The superior environment has already cultivated their idle temperament.

People no longer care about military equipment, especially after advocating literature and suppressing martial arts, even the military officer himself thinks that he is not as good as those ministers who were born as scholars in the imperial court. Not daring to come out, the tragedy of this reading test can be imagined.

  Emperor Hongzhi's face became more and more miserable.

  In the memorials he had seen, those warriors who were said to be loyal and courageous, and those generals who were brave and good at fighting, but today, what he saw with his own eyes was the exact opposite, and he was already trembling with anger.

In the distance, many envoys whispered in low voices. Although they didn't dare to laugh, they couldn't help being shocked when they saw this scene. If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, who would have thought...these seemingly mighty generals were actually in decline. To such a point.

   Is this the same Ming army that swept across the world with Emperor Taizu Gao’s Northern Expedition, or the Ming army that swept across the desert at the order of Emperor Wen?

  The officials of the Ministry of War and the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies who were in charge of this matter were all too frightened to speak out!

The Ministry of War is responsible for inspecting the drills of the Beijing camp, but obviously, the civil servants sent out prefer to look at the show, as long as they see the people in the camp, all carrying flags, wearing various colored flag armor, posing various so-called gossip formations, The Dragon Gate Formation and the Long Snake Formation are satisfied, thinking that these are the elite soldiers in ancient books.

  The Fifth Army Commander's Mansion actually existed in name only. Although it was in charge of managing the armies of the world, it had already been deprived of military power and became an empty shelf.

  Emperor Hongzhi stood up, walked forward dozens of steps, and stood behind the parapet. He pursed his lips, still staring at the military officers in the Urn City, seeing their funny faces.

  Behind him, Zhang Mao waved the cold sweat on his forehead, and then said: "Your Majesty, I think it's because you seldom practice bows and horses, so the soldiers..."

   "Then what are they practicing?" Emperor Hongzhi said calmly, but this calm tone made people feel the potential anger deeply!

Zhang Maozi was speechless when asked, but in fact... he was a disaster for no reason. His daily duty was to go to the Taimiao to pay homage to his ancestors on behalf of his majesty. possible!

  Although this is the case, he still bowed down in fear in the imperial city: "I... Wanshi."

   Ma Wensheng turned pale, stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, this..."

  Emperor Hongzhi supported the parapet wall, a sharp light flashed in his eyes, he seemed sad and angry, and said in his mouth: "Originally, I wanted to strengthen my Ming army, but now it seems that it is just a joke, so ridiculous."

At this moment, he was watching a military officer below fall from his horse. The horse was frightened. He was so frightened that he quickly turned over and wanted to get on the horse again, but no matter how hard he climbed, the horse stubbornly refused to let go. He went up, so there was a stalemate.

  Emperor Hongzhi was expressionless, just staring at everything below, as if he couldn't believe it, and wanted to prove again and again that what he saw was true!

  He really regretted it, regretted that he came to watch the ceremony on purpose, and also regretted that the envoys came with him.

  Hundreds of generals, all of them are extremely funny...just like clowns.

   "Actually... Your Majesty... the generals in the border town are not like this, but the pro-army and the Beijing camp..." Zhang Mao wanted to explain that he had patrolled the border several times and was quite satisfied with the military attache in the border town.

  Emperor Hongzhi ignored him, but waved his hands and said, "Let's go, drive back to the palace."

  He didn't even have the heart to criticize these people.

  I was tired and disappointed.

   It's all about this, and there is nothing more sad than heart-dead. I'm afraid that even if it is severely reprimanded, it will be useless.

  True, shame on you.

  He wanted to go down the tower, Zhu Houzhao hurriedly followed him, and the other civil and military ministers seemed a little at a loss.

  Liu Jian also had a livid face, glared at Ma Wensheng bitterly, and wanted to leave.

  But at this moment, someone rode a horse unsteadily into the Wengcheng.

  Zhu Houzhao saw this person...Fang Jifan.

   "Father, Fang Jifan..."

  Emperor Hongzhi paused, and glanced towards the city. He was silent, but he stopped and looked down at Fang Jifan who was riding on the horse.

Fang Jifan beat the horse slowly. In fact, at his level, even if he urged the horse to run fast, it was nothing. If you can't hold it for a while, something unexpected happens, it's bad! After all, I haven't married a wife yet, if the shameful news spreads, the tragedy of not having a girlfriend will continue for two lives?

  So he is not in a hurry, he looks leisurely.

  Of course, there are roughly two explanations for this appearance, one is not to be afraid in the face of danger.

  The other one is that your paddling is too obvious.

  Arrived under the tower, Fang Jifan stopped, raised his face, and said, "Your Majesty..."

  Emperor Hongzhi stared at Fang Jifan under the city, but did not make a sound.

   Zhu Houzhao beckoned to Fang Jifan.

  Fang Jifan continued: "I'm not in good health today, so it's inconvenient to read the exam..."

   "..."

  Emperor Hongzhi looked indifferent, and said to Zhu Houzhao beside him: "He doesn't want to take the test, so he doesn't have to try it. He is a Qianhu of the Qianhu Office in Tuntian. If he wants to ride and shoot, his skill in riding and archery is only mediocre. Don't make him ashamed..."

  Zhu Houzhao hurriedly said: "My son knows, so I will go to persuade him."

   But Zhu Houzhao hasn't stepped out of the parapet yet.

  Fang Jifan said again: "But your majesty, I have some ineffective disciples and grandchildren who occasionally ride horses when they are not studying. My old illness has relapsed. Can you allow these ineffective disciples to work for you?"

   "..." Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up immediately!

  Yes, there are those students...

  So he hurriedly said: "Father, why not let them..."

  Emperor Hongzhi felt his heart was blocked.

   Originally a good reading test, I thought it would add luster to the court, but who would have thought that it would become a big joke.

He sighed with disinterestedness and said: "Let him go back. I'm going back to the palace. The prince is right. They are all ostentatious. Fortunately, the world is generally peaceful. Otherwise, how can we protect the country by relying on them. I... usually too indulgent." These people are gone."

  Fang Jifan yelled until smoke came out of his throat. Seeing that there was no response from the tower, he yelled: "If your majesty doesn't speak, it means that your majesty has acquiesced."

  Before coming here, Fang Jifan knew that he would be ashamed. This test in history once made Emperor Hongzhi look pale.

   But after all, Emperor Hongzhi didn’t come to watch the ceremony in person at that time. This person didn’t see it with his own eyes, but only listened to it.

  Who would have thought that history has changed, and His Majesty actually came here in person today.

  Fang Jifan was very speechless, because of this, he ordered his life members to gather outside the Wengcheng City.

  Let the students try it out.

  No matter how bad it is, it is better than those like myself who can't shoot arrows with bows, and even have bows that fall to the ground!

  Which one is better at reading and learning art?

Standing behind the female wall, Zhu Houzhao saw that his father refused to pay attention, and wanted to go down the tower and drive back to the palace, but he also went all out, dragging his throat, and said loudly: "My father has an order, order all the students of Xishan Academy to enter the school grounds, read Try riding and shooting!"

  (end of this chapter)