Chapter 68 Cai Jing offers advice and people fight against each other
The reason why the cowardly imperial court at this moment is called "coward" by later generations is not just because of being a coward.
Another most important symptom is the collapse of rituals and music, the system becoming chaotic, and from the official level down, the king is not like the king, the ministers are not like ministers, and the generals of the country are not like the country.
The emperor is absurd and does not do his job properly. His superiors are not upright and his subordinates are crooked. His subordinates abuse their power and are corrupt and pervert the law.
As far as the current martial arts is concerned, the emperor can cancel the original three-level examination system at will and start a new one with just one sentence. The ministers don't care anymore. Anyway, recommending talents for the country is just a pretense to fool the people, and it is nothing more than an opportunity to make money.
It doesn't matter what procedure you follow.
Therefore, in every aspect from registration to the start of the exam, there are all kinds of ghosts and ghosts trying to get the cards, searching for martial arts exams from all over the country.
The imperial examination was originally a very serious matter. Since the founding of the Song Dynasty for more than a hundred years, the procedures, rules and even etiquette have been gradually accumulated and fixed. But when Zhao Ji came to his side, he felt that it was too troublesome and waved his hand and discarded them all.
None of the courtiers objected, they were all playing with the emperor.
Therefore, the policy theory of the palace examination will not be tested, and the interpretation test will prevail.
Riding, archery, and strategy were all ignored.
Directly divide all test candidates into two groups and conduct multiple rounds of elimination rounds.
The loser is eliminated, the winner advances to the next round, and so on.
The final winner is the first place in the palace examination.
It must be said that for Emperor Zhao Ji and the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, this kind of palace examination was much more enjoyable to watch.
But this was a court examination, which represented the highest authority of the Song Dynasty. How could it not be absurd to turn it into an exhibition match for the entertainment of the powerful?
It is precisely because of this that the martial arts examiners saw through the mystery, and many people became disheartened. As a result, the result of this palace examination was very different from that of the interpretation test.
It was Wang Lin, Pan Ming, Ma Kuo, Cai Dong and others who made it all the way to the end.
Because the imperial examination was held in the palace, many concubines, princesses and princes came to join in the fun.
Pan Ming was very popular among the royal family. When he appeared on the stage and easily defeated all the opponents, the crowd of noble ladies in the palace burst into cheers.
Pan Ming felt really depressed.
He knew very well that no matter how high he climbed now, he would fall down hard when he met Wang Lin. The higher he climbed, the worse the fall would be.
In the last round, only four people were left.
Wang Lin, Pan Ming, Ma Kuo, Cai Dong.
Compete for the top three in the palace examination.
Between Wang Lin and Pan Ming, the winner will be ranked number one in martial arts, and the loser will be ranked second.
Ma Kuo and Cai Dong, the winner is ranked third and the loser is ranked fourth.
As Wang Lin expected, Ma Kuo defeated Cai Dong with great difficulty. As a result, he was slightly injured. Cai Dong's Fangtian Painted Halberd brushed his shoulder and almost broke his armor.
Wang Lin galloped into the arena, with a black horse under his crotch and a bright silver gentian gun in his hand, looking majestic and majestic. Zhao Fujin sat in the crowd and waved to him excitedly.
Wang Lin slightly raised his hand to Pan Mingyi who was opposite him, and said calmly: "Marquis Xingyang, please!"
Pan Mingren twitched the corner of his mouth as he stood on the horse, his face looking anxious and ferocious.
He knew that he could not be Wang Lin's opponent no matter what. Fighting Wang Lin in front of the emperor and the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty was just making another fool of himself.
How can he endure this if he is as arrogant and arrogant as he is?
But what else can we do if we don’t fight? Should we give in face to face?
Pan Ming clenched his teeth, his heart trembled, and he clenched his maces in his hands, thinking that I will risk everything today, even if I risk my life, I will have to fight with you Wang Lin in a lose-lose situation!
Seeing Pan Ming's desperate attitude, Wang Lin was completely indifferent.
Ordinarily, Pan Ming can be considered a fierce general, but the gap is too big compared to him. Wang Lin is sure to knock Pan Ming down in two encounters.
At this time, Cai Jing suddenly stood up and saluted Zhao Ji, saying: "Officials and veterans think that Pan Ming, the Marquis of Xingyang, and Wang Lin, the newly promoted son, are actually only between brothers in terms of riding and shooting skills. As the saying goes that when two tigers fight, one of them will be injured.
No matter who is injured, it will be our loss, Da Song, so why not change the format of the duel."
Zhao Ji smiled and said: "What do you think the grand master should do?"
Cai Jing said calmly: "There are several colorful tigers raised in the palace's animal garden. Why not let these two people fight against the tigers separately? The one who can escape unscathed will win!"
What a vicious intention!
As soon as Cai Jing said this, all the officials around him gasped, but no one dared to question it.
Zhao Ji frowned and waved his hands repeatedly: "Grand Master, sometimes the manpower is poor, how can we fight against the ferocious beasts? If the two of them die unexpectedly, the imperial court will lose two generals, which is inappropriate!"
The animal garden was where Zhao Ji played and played, and kept a variety of beasts that were paid tribute from all over the world. Among them were two beautiful tigers that the Jinren sent to Tokyo to show off their national power.
Cai Jing chuckled: "Officials, what's wrong with Wang Lin being known as the hero of fighting tigers in Shandong? If he wasn't a deceitful person, he would definitely be able to perform the feat of subduing tigers in front of the officials and all the civil and military officials. In this way, he should be regarded as one of the heroes of our Song Dynasty.
A good sign of strength!”
After Cai Jing said this, everyone in the court stood up and agreed.
Zhang Shuye got angry while listening, thinking that this old thief Cai clearly wanted to put Wang Lin to death!
Wang Lin's hunting of tigers in the mountains was purely a matter of life and death, and there must be a certain amount of chance involved.
Nowadays, in the imperial examination, the candidates for the martial arts test are actually sent to the tiger's cage to fight for their lives. This is not a good sign for the rise of the Song Dynasty, but it is clearly a sign of the country's demise!
But before Zhang Shuye could speak out his objections, Zhao Ji summoned Wang Lin and said in a low voice: "Wang Lin, what do you think? If you are in trouble... I will stop that old guy!"
Wang Lin took a deep breath, weighed it over and over again, and felt that with the current level of force, marksmanship and archery skills, there would be no problem at least escaping unscathed. Of course Cai Jing had ulterior motives, but was he intimidated by this?
Wang Lin sneered in his heart, bowed to the emperor and said: "Officials and ministers can give it a try."
Zhao Ji looked deeply at Wang Lin, nodded slowly, and said to Ma Huishan, the chief minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs next to him: "In that case, let the two of them give it a try, but be sure to ensure their safety. If there is an emergency, order someone."
Open the animal cage quickly and let them escape!!"
Uncle Zhang looked up to the sky at night and sighed!
He didn't think that Wang Lin could fight two fierce tigers. He thought that Wang Lin was young and energetic and refused to show weakness in front of the emperor.
Zhao Fujin was sitting among a group of emperors and concubines and was watching with great interest. When he suddenly heard that Cai Jing had suggested that Wang Lin and Pan Ming enter the animal garden to fight tigers to determine the winner of Wu Zhuangyuan, he was shocked.
She stood up and wanted to rush to Zhao Ji to make a strong protest, but she was held tightly by Zhao Yupan and Zhao Jinnu who were next to her. Zhao Jinnu leaned in her ear and whispered comfort: "Sister Kangfu, don't worry first.
My father thinks highly of Wang Lin, and he will definitely not let anything happen to him."
Although Zhao Jinnu said this, he actually felt that it was too ridiculous. Cai Jing was allowed to decide the martial arts duel in the court palace with just one word. His father, the emperor, was too soft-spoken.
Wang Lin raised his head and looked at Cai Jing, the grand master of the dynasty. If possible, he would stab the old thief to death with a spear and eliminate this harm to the Song Dynasty!
In fact, not only Wang Lin, but Pan Ming was also scolding Cai Jing for being a dog thief. Unless this thief dies, the country will never have peace!