In the martial arts Qingyang Building, hundreds of martial arts students lined up neatly and silently listened to the instructions of Wang Hao, the Minister of War.
"What happened yesterday is not entirely your responsibility. The key is that our martial arts school does not have its own school building. It is normal to have conflicts among the Taixue School..."
Wang Hao was really feeling aggrieved. Today the officials called him to reprimand him and gave him another task.
The Ministry of War played a very embarrassing role in the court. In the early Song Dynasty, the power of the Ministry of War was taken away by the Privy Council, and the personnel power was vested in the Ministry of Personnel. The Ministry of War was jokingly called the Ministry, which was a redundant department. It was not until Yuanfeng was restructured that the Ministry of War took back some departmental powers.
, but it is still very weak, and the most important personnel power is still firmly grasped by the officials.
The military examination is under the responsibility of the Ministry of War. As soon as the first session started, something happened last night, which made the emperor dissatisfied.
However, Wang Hao also agreed with Han Shizhong's suggestion. First, find something for these demon kings to do, hone their minds, and wait until the new school building is built in two months before officially opening the school. Otherwise, they don't know how they will get into trouble with the Tai students.
What does it look like?
"Our new martial arts school building is still under construction. It will take about two months to build the city. According to the official's wishes, we can start classes two months later..."
The martial arts students were in an uproar. Isn't this a delay in martial arts? Are they supposed to be dismissed and sent home?
"Quiet!" a military attache shouted, and the hall fell silent.
Wang Hao waved his hand and said: "Of course we won't let everyone go home individually. The officials decided to find something for everyone to do in these two months. Mr. Lu discussed with the Privy Council and various ministries and drew up twenty tasks, divided into A, B, and C.
Third level, you will be rewarded for completing the task. It doesn't matter if you fail to complete the task, but the evaluation will be a little worse."
Wang Hao waved his hand and asked people to post the tasks on the wall. Everyone was talking in low voices. Hu Yantong gently poked Chen Qing with his elbow and laughed in a low voice: "This Minister Wang said it very easily! You are a little worse in the evaluation.
We know that a poor evaluation means a bleak future. First of all, you will be lower than others in the first step, your official position will be lower, and your assigned place will not be good."
"If you fail to complete the task, you should be punished, but I am more concerned about how to distribute the tasks. There are only twenty tasks, how to divide them among a hundred people?"
"That's a problem."
Hu Yantong quickly raised his hand and asked: "Excuse me, Mr. Wang, how can one hundred martial arts students be divided into twenty tasks?"
This is also a question that everyone is concerned about. The lobby became quiet again. Wang Hao smiled and said: "Tasks are not done by one person. Each task requires a team to complete. Do you understand what I mean?"
Chen Qing suddenly realized that he wanted to form a group by himself, which was a bit interesting, a bit like forming a group to fight monsters in later generations.
At this time, the entourage posted three large notice papers on the wall, with twenty tasks written on them.
The crowd rushed forward and surrounded the three notice papers, which was a bit like the results of the imperial examination.
Wang Hao stood aside proudly, stroking his beard and smiling to himself. The suggestion put forward by Han Shizhong was indeed a good one. If the wildness of these dandies in the office was not tempered, they would not know what kind of trouble they would cause in the future.
The tasks are divided into three levels. Task A is to suppress bandits, task B is to train troops, and task C is to escort, farm and other miscellaneous tasks. Most of the tasks are training troops.
However, everyone discovered that the key reward was not written out.
"Excuse me, Mr. Wang, why is the reward column blank?"
Wang Hao smiled and explained: "The rewards are decided by the emperor. Time is short and I haven't thought about it yet. However, you will get something for every effort. The emperor will not treat everyone badly or make everyone feel unfair."
Since the tasks are divided into three levels: A, B, and C, everyone knows that task A is definitely the most difficult, but the reward is also the highest. Almost everyone glances at task A.
A has only one mission: to lead an army of two thousand to annihilate the Muzhou rebel Zhang Kui.
Seeing the name Zhang Kui, everyone took a breath of air. This was not a bandit, it was clearly a remnant of the Liu Miao Rebellion!
After the Liu Miao Rebellion was suppressed the year before last, Miao Fu's fierce general Zhang Kui led hundreds of people to flee into the mountains, and his whereabouts are unknown. At the beginning of the year, Zhang Kui fled to Muzhou, the home of Fangla's uprising, and colluded with Fangla's old troops and remaining forces who were suppressed that year.
Soon he gathered thousands of people, took over the mountain and became the king, and constantly harassed nearby states and counties. In the past few months, he had become a thorn in the side of the imperial court.
Qi Yun in the office said to Wang Bo in a low voice: "Shall we win the task A and feel proud?"
Wang Bo glared at him, "Are you a fool? The imperial court planned to send Han Shizhong to lead 10,000 troops to suppress it. Now let us lead 2,000 people to go, obviously to test the truth. How did Liu Zhe and Yao Jun die before?
you forgot?"
Liu Zhe was the Sima of Wenzhou. He led 2,000 men to strangle Zhang Kui and hundreds of his men who were hiding in Yandang Mountain. As a result, Liu Zhe was killed by Zhang Kui and the two thousand troops were defeated. Zhang Kui obtained countless armors and he
Moving to Muzhou, Muzhou's military commander Yao Jun also died under Zhang Kui's sword. If it weren't for the governor He Jian who defended Chun'an County, the entire Muzhou would have been occupied by Zhang Kui.
Not only Wang Bo knew about the deaths of Liu Zhe and Yao Jun, but also most martial arts students.
For a moment, there was no one under the list of tasks A. Everyone looked at tasks B and C. Everyone entered martial arts to become an official, not to die.
Chen Qing did not fight with everyone. He stood behind him. After everyone left the A list, he calmly stepped forward and took a closer look. He didn't like the tasks of the other two lists at all, but the ones on the A list.
He is still a little interested in the task.
Hu Yantong saw Chen Qing standing under the list of A for a long time. He was about to remind Chen Qing not to do stupid things. Unexpectedly, Chen Qing stepped forward, reached out and uncovered the list of task A.
Hu Yantong's eyes suddenly widened, and his scalp almost exploded in shock. Oh my god! He was one step too late.
There was silence in the lobby, and everyone looked at Chen Qing. Everyone looked at each other, and many people hid their mouths and snickered. Is there really a fool? Did he think he was a bandit?
Wang Bo couldn't take care of dealing with Chen Qing because of the dormitory matter. Unexpectedly, he revealed the first list. This made Wang Bo narrow his eyes and immediately dealt with him. He would be sued by Hu Yan. It would be better to borrow Zhang Kui's knife to kill him.
A wonderful way.
Hu Yantong ignored the weird looks from everyone, pulled Chen Qing aside, and whispered: "You don't understand the situation. They are not bandits, they are the remnants of Liu Miao's rebel army. They are very powerful in fighting. They will not choose anyone. They will
Something big happened!"
Chen Qing smiled, no matter how strong he is, can he be as strong as Wanyan Lou Shi? He is not afraid of tens of thousands of Jurchens, let alone a group of defeated soldiers.
Chen Qing smiled faintly and said: "Wealth and honor are obtained through danger. How can you be promoted and honored if you don't take risks?"
He walked up to Wang Hao, clasped his fists in a salute, and handed him the list of papers, "I accepted this assignment!"
"You are..." Wang Hao didn't recognize him.
"I am Chen Qing, and the Western Army is in charge of Wang Yan's men."
"So you are Chen Qing!"
Wang Hao narrowed his eyes. He ranked first in the exam. No wonder this person dared to expose the first place, but he came from Shaanxi and didn't know the situation! How could Zhang Kui be able to deal with this Zhang Kui if he was good at archery?
"Then who are you going to do this mission with?"
Chen Qing turned around and glanced at Hu Yantong. Hu Yantong was furious. You kid exposed the list without asking me, and now you're getting me involved.
"Okay! Okay! Count me in."
Hu Yantong had no choice but to raise his hand. Who said he was a descendant of Hu Yanzan?
“Count me in too!”
Another young general also raised his hand. His name is Liu Qiong, who is the nephew of Liu Ziyu and is currently a subordinate of Wu Gao.
This time, one of Zhang Jun's three martial arts indicators was given to Wang Yan's general Chen Qing, and one to Wu Jie. Wu Jie gave the indicator to his brother Wu Zhang, and finally fell on Liu Qiong. Another indicator was given to Chengdu Prefecture.
Yin's son has no intersection with Chen Qing.
The task of making the first list was proposed by Han Shizhong, and the emperor gave special approval. Wang Haozheng didn't know how to arrange it. It happened that Chen Qing unveiled the list, and he was happy to go along with it.
Wang Hao smiled and nodded, "Okay! The three of you will report to the Privy Council tomorrow morning."
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On the way back to the dormitory, Hu Yantong complained all the way, "Old Chen, you should ask me first! You see, everyone is avoiding him. There must be a reason. That Zhang Kui was originally the infantry commander of the Forbidden Army. He is highly skilled in martial arts and
He is good at leading troops in battles, and he is not just a mob. He has defeated the officers and soldiers twice, killed two important ministers, and has become a thorn in the side of the court. If you ask me first, I guess you won't expose this list."
Liu Qiong couldn't help laughing and said: "Brother Huyan, General Chen led a thousand soldiers to fight against 30,000 Jin soldiers at Jianxiao Pass. The Jin soldiers suffered tens of thousands of casualties and were unable to capture Guancheng. General Chen became famous in the Western Army. You
You don’t know yet!”
Hu Yantong suddenly opened his mouth. A thousand people fought against 30,000 golden soldiers. Is there such a thing in the world? He was shocked and dumbfounded.
Chen Qing put his arms around his shoulders and said with a smile: "You are also a descendant of the Hu family general. Follow me to suppress the bandits, and I will make your name famous in Lin'an."
Hu Yantong blushed, "The Hu family generals, the Yang family generals, those are all made up by market storytellers, they can't be taken seriously!"
"Then you should try your best and turn the market legend into a true story."
The three of them returned to the dormitory and saw that the screen beside Ding Tao's bed was missing. Ding Tao was busy packing his things and seemed to be preparing to move to the dormitory.
"Brother Ding, what are you..." Chen Qing looked at him strangely.
"Haha! My fellow villager asked me to move in with him, but I refused. It's hard to get rid of the nostalgia. Two brothers, I'm really embarrassed."
"It's okay, I'm worried that my snoring at night will affect Brother Ding's rest!"
"Haha! You guys are busy first, and I'll go over first."
Ding Tao carried the suitcase and package, laughed dryly, and walked away quickly.
Hu Yantong kept looking at him coldly. It wasn't until Ding Tao left that Hu Yantong snorted, "He was afraid of being implicated by you, so he quickly drew a clear line with you."
"How could I implicate him?"
"If you are defeated and Wu Xue gets a very bad review, he will not get a good review if he shares a dormitory with you. Of course, he will stay away from you."
Liu Qiong next to him suddenly said: "Since there is a vacancy, why don't I move here? It's really uncomfortable to live with two people from Bashu and Jingzhou. They talk about women all day long."
Chen Qing waved his hand and said, "Hurry up and pack your things!"
"Hey!" Liu Qiong happily agreed and ran away.
Chen Qing smiled and said to Hu Yantong: "Although he is only nineteen years old, his family's martial arts skills, archery and marksmanship are very good, no less than your Hu family spear."
"Haha! I'll have to compete with him another day."
