Bianliang, inner city, the scene of the Cao family's martial arts competition to recruit a bride.
Now it is impossible to enter the courtyard to watch the upcoming game. In modern terms, the Cao family has just restricted the flow of people in the courtyard. Ordinary people from outside have no way to enter the courtyard, and the reason why
This was done because Cao Guojiu received news from Cao Ping not long ago that all the officials and friends he invited to watch the martial arts contest and the marriage-recruiting meeting were all here, but Han Wenyuan was missing. Naturally.
, Regarding Han Wenyuan's absence, Cao Guoshu could actually think of it. After all, tomorrow is the Lions' game against Wenyuan, and Han Wenyuan is busy training the team at this time.
You must know that before holding this competition to recruit a bride, Cao Guojiu was more concerned about the new Cuju competition. The previous two teams, the Lions Team and the Wenyuan Team, actually had a warm-up match before the official competition started.
At that time, the two sides were tied, and there was actually a certain gap in the strength of the two teams. During the warm-up match of the Wenyuan team, the core trio headed by Xu Chang had already emerged and showed on the court.
In addition to his extraordinary strength and commanding ability as a coach on the field. As for the Lions, although the overall strength was relatively average at the time, they did not have any outstanding players on the offensive end and midfield, and their defensive ability
It is also not as good as the grassroots team, and there is no way to fully resist the Wenyuan team's attack. It can be said that even Cao You himself had considered the situation that the Lions would lose before the warm-up match started. If Han Wenyuan served as a coach
If his ability is more outstanding, or if he can find a way to get along with Xu Chang and others and improve together, then the Wenyuan team will undoubtedly win that warm-up match.
However, as a coach, Han Wenyuan was in a more decentralized state, which meant that he left all the team's affairs to Xu Chang on the field. This resulted in a result
Although Xuchang and his core trio are very outstanding in terms of tactical ability and personal strength, after all, their first identity is still the players playing on the field. Therefore, it is impossible to be comprehensive and take everything into consideration when thinking about tactics.
At the same time, the ability as a team member will decline. This is an undoubted fact. Unfortunately, although the overall strength of the Lions is indeed not as good as that of the Wenyuan team, Zou Kai and Chen Feng did not succeed in the warm-up match, but at that time
Cao You's commanding and tactical abilities as a coach are already considered top-notch among these eight teams. In addition, Cao You is a full-time leader and coach, and he does not need to play. As a full-time coach,
, his vision and ability to control and analyze the situation can be said to have surpassed Han Wenyuan and Xuchang at the time. Therefore, the gap in team strength can be said to be handled by Cao Yu using his own tactical command.
In order to make up for it. In addition, because it was a warm-up match, there was no overtime during the game. Cao You also knew that if overtime was played, the Lions would definitely lose. Fortunately, Cao You made some mistakes in the end.
Under the operation, the Lions and Wenyuan teams tied in the warm-up match.
What's even more dramatic is that the two sides agreed to play against each other again in the official match after the warm-up match. Now both sides are in the bottom half, and both defeated their opponents in the end. They actually met in the second round of the official match. No need.
To put it more bluntly, whether it is Han Yonghe or Cao Guoshu, they are both people who do not want to lose this game. Judging from the strength of the two teams now, they are very different from those in the warm-up match. For the Wenyuan team,
Even now every team has so-called core players, but players with this status first appeared in the Wenyuan team, and their experience and the strength of the core players are the strongest. After so many days of training, Xu
Chang and their core trio, coupled with the increasingly tacit cooperation with other Wenyuan team members, Wenyuan team has gradually formed a stage of transformation into a whole team. As the actual leader and coach, Han Wen
Yuan also used this period of time to listen to Lu Yao's suggestions, coupled with his own efforts, to achieve a balance between himself and Xu Chang. In this way, if there are two coaches on and off the court, for Wen Yuan
It is also good news for the team. Han Wenyuan's personal ability has been reflected from his previous first-round games. On the other hand, as for the Lions, Cao You has been improving as a coach, but more importantly
The goal is to improve the overall strength of the team. In this regard, Cao You consulted Katsuyuki Zhe and Chen Chen, focusing on increasing the offensive capabilities of the Lions. On the other hand, the emergence of these two core players, Zou Kai and Chen Feng, allowed the Lions to
The strength of the team has greatly increased. It can be said that the current Lions team has made a qualitative leap in both offensive and defensive capabilities. Therefore, the next game between the two teams will become more exciting and is worth looking forward to.
Neither Cao Guojiu nor Han Yonghe wanted to lose this competition, but Cao Guojiu had shifted his focus to Cao Han's marriage during this period. The two elderly people now wanted to compete for the upper hand.
This Cuju competition is on the one hand, and on the other hand, it is the destination of Cao Han and Han Yunyu. This is also the main reason for the conflict between the Cao family and the Han family. There is no need to go into details about the engagement. When Uncle Cao Guo knew about Han
When Yonghe was preparing for the marriage between Han Yunyu and Lu Yao, he knew that even if he won this game, the old guy Han Yonghe would have something to show off in the end, which was the marriage between the Han family and the Lu family. And a
The outcome of the game will only be regarded as a sideshow by Han Yonghe. During these days, Cao Han's marriage has always been a worry that has troubled Uncle Cao Guo. For this reason, he began to turn his attention to Cao Han's marriage.
I decided that I must find a good husband for Cao Han, and take this opportunity to make the Cao family's power in the court equal to that of the Han family. No matter what the relationship between Cao You and Han Wenyuan will be in the future, at least
He and Han Yonghe were together, and he didn't want to lose to this old guy in any way. So, when he decided to hold this martial arts competition for Cao Han, the first person to send an invitation was Han Yonghe. Naturally, Han Yonghe
Yonghe was not a vegetarian. He knew very well the purpose of Cao Guojiu's competition in organizing the marriage competition. In the final analysis, choosing a good son-in-law was a political marriage. However, Han Yonghe entered the attic and directly
He was taken to the third floor. Not everyone can get up to these three floors. Even if Han Yonghe saw Fu Bi and Yan Shu, he didn't know which of their descendants would become the person chosen by the Cao family to be the son-in-law.
In addition to the two of them, there are naturally some officials in the court who have a very good relationship with Cao Guojiu. Only seeing the people present, Han Yonghe did not judge who Cao Guojiu had in mind. He thought he would have to take a look.
Only contestants can.
On the other side, Cao Guojiu has begun to continue his speech. Just before, Cao Guojiu calmed the emotions of the audience and told them that the contestants participating in the competition today all have good skills.
Yes, but they have different identities, and they will not hold that kind of political marriage event. I am afraid that the officials present will not believe this statement, but what the audience watching the excitement actually cares more about is not the last daughter of the Cao family.
Who will they marry, or which contestant will eventually become the son-in-law of the Cao family? For them, what they are more concerned about is whether the martial arts contest to be held soon will be exciting, and how good the contestants are in the contest.
is the focus of their attention. After all, they don't know Cao Han at all, and they are very self-aware. They know that no matter how hard they try, they can't become the son-in-law of the Cao family, so they have no idea about the final result of this matter.
Why do you value it so much?
Even so, Cao Guojiu still wanted to symbolically tell everyone his purpose of holding this martial arts contest to dispel other people's doubts. When the words were almost said, Cao Guojiu saw that the time was ripe, so he sent Cao Ping an envoy
With a wink, Cao Ping went down to the second floor.
At the same time, people in the Cao Mansion in the courtyard on the first floor began to organize the onlookers, asking them to line up in an orderly manner, surrounding the middle field, and leaving a trail from the competition arena to the attic level.
Needless to say, this road will be the entrance passage for the contestants. The contestants all came in through the back door just like the officials. There were forty in total. Lu Yao felt that in order to prevent the competition from becoming too fake, although
It has been decided that Fu Shaolong will be the final winner. However, Cao Guojiu will not arrange too many helpers for him. It should be the same as his own, a small group of four or five people, plus an extra team.
The maximum number is ten people. If there are too many people, others will notice the clues.
"Sir, are we building momentum now?" Fang Zhuang stood next to Lu Yao and asked. The reason why he asked was because the servants of the bank and the hot pot restaurant had already started to select candidates.
Their opinions were sought. Since Lu Yao was wearing a mask, the contact was left to Fangzhuang.
Lu Yao looked around, shook his head, and said: "It's not yet time, it's best to wait until all of them enter the venue and start taking action the moment before Cao Guojiu announces the start of the game. In this case, other spectators present will
Focus attention on us, so that those people who come to watch the fun will support us more naturally."
Fang Zhuang nodded, and then gave a signal to his men in the yard, telling them not to act rashly.
"Everyone here must have heard that there are a total of forty players participating in this competition. They are all young people with great skills. I think this competition will be very exciting." Cao Ping simply told everyone.
Introducing, listening to the tone of his voice, although the result of this competition has been regarded as predetermined, these forty contestants are all martial artists personally selected by Cao Guojiu and Cao Ping, so regardless of the final result
Anyway, Cao Ping, who likes martial arts as much as Cao Han, is naturally looking forward to this martial arts competition. Even though the result is already determined, Fu Shaolong will win the final victory, but the fighting scenes of the other thirty people, Lu Yao watched
Cao Ping is also looking forward to it. Regarding Cao Ping's current mentality, Lu Yao feels that it is very beneficial to him. For a straight man like him who has no scheming, as long as it does not affect the final result of the game
, Under this premise, naturally the competition will be better if it becomes more and more exciting and exciting. Therefore, when Lu Yao and the others propose to participate in this competition, Cao Ping should not refuse immediately.
Lu Yao thought quietly, but Cao Ping was not idle, and continued: "Now, please invite the forty players participating in this competition to enter!"
As he finished saying this, people began to enter the yard one after another along the path that everyone had given way to. Lu Yao looked at it and summarized the pattern. Although everyone had already made way for the contestants,
admission, but it was impossible for forty people to enter the courtyard and the ring directly without stopping. I don’t know if it was because Fu Shaolong was a five-person team in the end. Therefore, Cao Ping arranged the admission
The method was that five or five people came in to play. Naturally, there were so many people, and the Cao family did not give these entrants a chance to introduce themselves. They just entered the yard directly and silently walked to the ring where the competition was going on and stood up.
.Then, the next group of five people will enter.
Lu Yao was not wrong. As the default winner, Fu Shaolong and the other five were the last to enter. Although he was Fu Bi's youngest son, the common people on the first floor naturally didn't know about him.
After all, even Fu Bi and the others might not see each other a few times a year, so they naturally didn’t pay too much attention to Fu Shaolong’s entrance. On the other hand, Cao Ping had also obtained Cao Ping’s name earlier.
Uncle Guo ordered that Fu Shaolong should be treated equally at this stage and that he should not be introduced.
However, Yan Shu and Fu Bi naturally did not take their eyes off Fu Shaolong. Yan Shu looked at Fu Shaolong's position and said to Fu Bi beside him: "It is a small team of five people. Except for Fu Shaolong,
There shouldn’t be any problem with the other four people’s skills.”
Fu Bi did not answer Yan Shu immediately. Although he trusted Cao Guojiu very much and knew that these things had been arranged by Cao Guojiu, he had never seen the skills of those four people. But he did it for insurance before.
For the sake of safety, he had inquired with his son many times about the strength of these people. According to Fu Shaolong, the skills of these people were better than his own, and they should be more than enough to deal with other contestants.
"Long'er thinks they have no problem, so I naturally believe it." Fu Bi finally said this.
On the other side, Fu Bi and Yan Shu were not the only ones paying attention to Fu Shaolong's entrance. Those officials who had a little bit of savvy and were here to watch the arena match today knew the moment they saw Fu Shaolong's entrance.
The Cao family's intention to hold a martial arts competition to recruit a bride today. Cao Guojiu also wanted to take the opportunity of this arena competition to announce that he would have a helper like Fu Bi in the court. Naturally, those who felt the greatest crisis about this were
It was Han Yonghe. Although Han Yonghe had already estimated Cao Guoshu's intention, he must have wanted to find someone in the court who was as powerful as him to marry, but he didn't expect it to be Fu Bi. Han Yonghe wanted to be more powerful than him.
Other officials went deeper. What he was worried about was not the alliance between Fu Bi and Cao Guojiu. In fact, in Han Yonghe's view, the wealthy family did not pose a threat to him. After all, whether it was Cao You or Fu Bi, the tempers of these two people
He is the kind of person who makes countless enemies in the court. What really worries Han Yonghe is Yan Shu behind Fu Bi. If Yan Shu also joins the camp that joins them, then his situation will be dire.
...Han Yonghe didn't dare to think about it any more.
Forty people have already entered the arena and have reached the ring. Lu Yao took a look and found that the Cao family was well prepared for this martial arts contest and the marriage recruitment meeting. According to the size of the ring, Lu Yao felt that even if he went up to the arena for two or three more
There is no problem if ten people compete together.
Cao Ping saw that everyone had entered the arena, so he himself came to the center of the competition ring, held a loudspeaker and said loudly: "Now that everyone has entered the arena, I will tell you the rules of the competition.
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The forty contestants looked at Cao Ping one after another. Of course, Fu Shaolong's team seemed to already know the rules of the game, which is reasonable. Otherwise, how would they train according to these rules. And Lu
Yao also knew the rules. Needless to say, Cao You naturally found an opportunity to tell Lu Yao before.
The rules of martial arts competitions in the Song Dynasty can be said to be various, and the most formal among them is the martial arts examination system. Lu Yao's thoughts were far away at this time. After all, if a war against Daxia and other external forces was to be launched in the future, martial arts would
The promotion system is a very important link.
The martial arts examination procedures in the Song Dynasty were more complicated than those in the Tang Dynasty. In addition to the three examinations of Jie, Province, and Palace, there was also a competition. The competition was a qualification test before the Jie examination, also known as the "introduction test". The competition was supervised by officials from the Ministry of War in the capital.
The marginal area is presided over by the Commander-in-Chief, and is divided into two categories: martial arts and Cheng Wen. The "Explanation Examination" is presided over by the Ministry of War, and the exam is divided into Bow and Horse Martial Arts and Cheng Wen Exams. Among them, the Cheng Wen Exam tests the art of war in the "Seven Books of Martial Arts" or
Strategy questions. The so-called "provincial test" is the test of the Ministry of War. The test of martial arts by the Ministry of War is usually divided into bow shooting, bow and horse shooting, crossbow riding, wielding weapons, knives, guns, etc. Generally, the bow and horse are tested first, and those who are not good at bow and horse are eliminated.
Cheng Wen includes Ce Wen and Mo Yi. The so-called "Mo Yi Test" is to explain the great meanings of military books such as "Tao", "Lue", "Sun", "Wu" and "Sima", "so as to be able to use one's own ideas or draw comments from predecessors"
"Those who explain the meaning clearly and clearly are the masters." (Volume 10 of "Acrobatics of the Government and the Wilderness Since Jianyan") The so-called "Ce Question" refers to the subject of current affairs, border defense or historical affairs involving military aircraft, and is limited to 700 words in writing. Zhenzong Xianping
There have been "palace examinations" during the 19th century, but they have not been customized. In the eighth year of Renzong's Tiansheng reign (1030 AD), "twelve people were personally tested in martial arts", which can be regarded as the beginning of the palace examination. Although the palace examination also included a review of bow and horse martial arts
, but focused on policy questions. Compared with the Tang Dynasty, the martial arts examinations in the Song Dynasty added Cheng Wen. The "Qiao Guan" and "weight-bearing" selections in the Tang Dynasty were no longer included in the martial arts examination subjects in the Song Dynasty.
The martial arts of the Song Dynasty began in May of the third year of the Qingli reign of Emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty (1043 AD), and was abolished in March. The martial arts was reestablished in the fifth year of Xining of Shenzong (1072 AD). "The number of martial arts students was one hundred." At that time,
There are different regulations on the qualifications for martial arts admissions: low-level officials, disciples, and civilians who have no taste in Beijing can be admitted after being recommended and assessed by Beijing officials; martial arts candidates recommended by local officials can be admitted without taking the examination.
The method of memorializing martial arts students was still used until the Yuanfeng period. During the Chongning period (1102 AD to 1106 AD), various states established martial arts schools, and most of the martial arts students in the capital were selected and promoted by local examinations. By the second year of Xuanhe
(A.D. 1120), Yinzhou County martial arts was discontinued, and the Yuanfeng method was used to recruit martial arts students. In the 16th year of Shaoxing (A.D. 1146), martial arts was re-established in Lin'an Prefecture. The Ministry of War issued a martial arts regulations and abandoned the recommendation.
The old practice of exemption from examination. From then on, taking the entrance examination became the only way to obtain martial arts student qualifications.
There are three levels of martial arts: upper house, inner house, and outer house. The examination standards are determined according to the grade. From Qingli to Xining years (1041 to 1077 AD), martial arts teachers were called professors, and those who trained civil and military officials who knew the art of war were responsible.
After the restructuring of Yuanfeng (AD 1078~AD 1085), professors were changed to doctors and martial arts edicts were added. In addition to studying the art of war and practicing bow and horse, the martial arts courses also explained "the success or failure of military use in the past dynasties, and the loyalty of previous lives." Academic system
Three years later, they were appointed after examination. The establishment of martial arts improved the theoretical cultivation of martial arts practitioners, promoted the integration of martial arts with military strategies, and promoted the development of martial arts training theory and tactical thinking.
Cao Ping's words interrupted Lu Yao's thoughts, and he began to introduce the rules of today's martial arts competition. Forty people competed in martial arts in the ring. Although Fu Shaolong had a small team, in the eyes of others,
This game is a chaotic battle between forty people. Once you are taxied out of the ring, or leave the ring on your own, you are deemed to be eliminated, and there is no way to return to the game. The last person left on the field
The person is the winner, that is, the person who can become Cao Han's husband.
When the people watching the excitement heard this, they immediately became interested. You must know that although the arena is very large, it is not easy to stand out among the chaos of forty people. Because of this, this
The person who can stay at the end in this way will naturally be the most powerful person.
After Cao Ping announced the rules, he looked at the audience. It seemed that they were very satisfied with the rules. Then, Cao Ping left the competition arena and went to the second floor of the attic. It seemed that he was about to announce the start of the competition.
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At this time, Lu Yao also immediately ordered Fangzhuang to wink at his men and start taking action. This chapter has been completed!