Chongzhen revived the Ming Dynasty

After the boxing match, many more matches were held.

Especially the martial arts examination, which was divided into multiple individual events for competition.

The three events of archery, sword dancing and stone lifting are mostly participated by military scholars and candidates.

Many people participated in horse riding and archery, both on horseback and on foot.

These items were practiced the most by the military generals of the Ming Dynasty, and were also practiced by many martial artists in the folks. Liu Zongmin and Chen Wangting, who had previously won first place in individual events, also participated in the competition.

However, in the field of musketry, horseback archery and infantry archery, most of the participants are soldiers. The general public is still not very familiar with shooting sports.

Zhu Youjian frowned at this and decided to release the right to bear arms overseas and outside the Great Wall. He also gave the people of the Ming Dynasty proper training before they immigrated, so that they would have better self-protection capabilities when expanding abroad.

Many talents emerged from these competitions, some of whom were no less talented than military scholars. Although Zhu Youjian did not recruit any of them, he encouraged the vassal states to employ them.

The King of Han, the Duke of Jiangling and the Earl of Ningyuan were not stingy with positions and recruited talents generously.

This made the atmosphere in Nanhai Zi even more cheerful, with people cheering from time to time to congratulate him for getting the official position.

The people of the capital city all intuitively realized that people with strong martial arts skills had the opportunity to become officials directly.

The civil officials were even more aware that an era belonging to military men was arriving right under their noses.

Considering that more than half of the previous Purple Pavilion heroes were military generals, this made many civil officials feel intolerable.

"The civility is gone! The civility is gone!"

"How can these warriors be capable of being officials?"

"I want to advise Your Majesty to employ more scholars!"

A civil servant shouted, ready to go before the emperor to advise him, but he was stopped by the soldiers of the Beijing camp in front of the emperor, and he had no way to go forward.

Zhu Youjian frowned slightly when he saw the chaos here, and ordered the Jinyiwei to take the people away first and not to disrupt the meeting.

Then the conference continued, and Zhu Youjian discovered a top talent in the equipment project:
"This Ji Jike is really good at spearmanship!"

"Recruit him to the Imperial Horse Administration. If his family background is not a problem, I will learn spearmanship from him."

After just one match in the finals, Ji Jike's spear skills were already seen by everyone.

This man's skills far surpassed his opponent's. But it was not because his opponent was not strong, but because his spear skills were too strong.

Cao Wenzhao, who accompanied the emperor to watch the battle, was worried about his nephew Cao Bianjiao after seeing Ji Jike's spearmanship. There were eight people in the final of the horse battle, and Ji Jike was one of them, his nephew's rival.

Even he himself, after seeing Ji Jike's spear skills, did not dare to say that he would win. This man's reputation as a master of spears was well-deserved.

The spearmanship competition was eye-catching, and the unlimited full-armor combat was a ruthless one. Zhang Xianzhong relied on his bravery and exchanged injuries for injuries to win the first place in this competition.

He almost couldn't stand up at the end, and his opponent was in an even worse situation. Although he didn't die on the spot because he was fighting with armor, it was unknown whether he could be revived later.

It can be said that this match was the bloodiest match since the start of the martial arts competition. The people who watched the match realized the danger of the martial arts competition and also remembered Zhang Xianzhong, a ruthless man.

Zhu Youjian frowned slightly at Zhang Xianzhong's behavior. He had originally thought of teaching him a lesson and making good use of him. But after seeing this scene, he immediately gave up the idea. He said to Zhang Tongchang:

"This is a talented person, but he is unruly."

"Give him the title of a captain of the Jinwu Guard, and take him to Temple Street."

"If he still can't be convinced, let him lead a team to explore, go west and north from Temple Street, and take a look at the land and people over there."

"You can promise him that you will give him a fiefdom there in the future."

Send Zhang Xianzhong far away and let him harm outsiders.

Zhang Tongchang also saw that Zhang Xianzhong was unruly, but he also saw that such a man would be a brave general on the battlefield. After the emperor gave him the opportunity to recruit him, he decided to recruit this relative well. If that didn't work, he would let Zhang Xianzhong go on an adventure to a more distant place.

At this moment, he still didn't know what kind of monster Zhang Xianzhong was, and what kind of waves he would cause in the Mobei area.

If he had known this earlier, Zhang Tongchang would never have bothered with Zhang Xianzhong - because everything he did was in vain!

As competitions were held one after another and talents were awarded positions, the atmosphere in Nanhaizi became more and more lively.

Everyone knows that the most attractive event of the martial arts tournament is about to begin.

Not all of the people present, but at least most of them were attracted by the title of the world's number one warrior.

The best horse warrior will be awarded the title of the world's best warrior by the emperor, and will also be directly appointed as the assistant general.

Everyone was looking forward to seeing this scene, to see the world's number one warrior appear in front of them.

Finally, after all other competitions were over, the final horse race finally arrived in the evening.

The contestants who made it to the final eight rode on horses, wearing silver helmets and armor, holding weapons in their hands, and saluted the emperor who was watching the game.

Faced with this scene, Zhu Youjian slowly stood up, waved to them, and continued to play the game well.

After seeing the emperor's actions, these people became even more passionate, and then began to draw lots and officially started the battle.

The first to go into battle were Gao Yingxiang and Kong Youde. One was from Shaanxi, and the other was from Liaodong. They represented the best soldiers and generals of the Ming Dynasty.

Gao Yingxiang was born into a horse trader family and was extremely skilled in horse fighting. In the process of becoming the first in Shaanxi, he accumulated a lot of experience.

Kong Youde was born as a miner in Tieling, and was also good at archery and horse riding. He was "brave and good at fighting, the first to go to the battlefield, and the best among all the generals" in Dongjiang Town. He was one of the bravest generals under Mao Wenlong. If the emperor had not specifically mentioned his name, Mao Wenlong would not have been willing to send him to the capital.

After arriving in the capital for a while, Kong Youde found that the emperor did not pay much attention to him and was a little unhappy. At the suggestion of his sworn brother Geng Zhongming, he attended the martial arts conference despite the fact that he had become a general.

With his martial arts skills and experience gained on the battlefield, ordinary people were no match for him. He successfully broke through the siege and entered the final battle.

Facing Gao Yingxiang, the best in Shaanxi, Kong Youde was not afraid, but underestimated him. After all, in his mind, Liaodong's troops were the best. If Gao Yingxiang was a Shaanxi frontier soldier, he would have taken him seriously, but after knowing that he was just a horse thief, he didn't take him seriously at all.

With this in mind, Kong Youde suffered a great loss as soon as he fought with Gao Yingxiang. He really didn't expect that Gao Yingxiang was not only inferior to him in strength, but also extremely brave and strong.

Because of his initial contempt, he suffered losses and was always at a disadvantage. Even though he mustered his courage many times, he was unable to turn the situation around.

In the end, amid Kong Youde's roar, Shaanxi's number one athlete Gao Yingxiang won the first horse racing final.

Many people looked at the tall, mighty and majestic Gao Yingxiang and realized the strength of Shaanxi's No. 1.

After all, the person he defeated was a lieutenant general who had fought his way out of the battlefield.

The reward for the general promised by the emperor seemed a little low.

With this thought in mind, the second horse battle began. One of the warriors on the field was from Shaanxi. He was originally a surrendered person from the outside of the Great Wall. Because of his extraordinary bravery, he was called "the two fierce tiger generals" by the governor of Yansui. One was named Mengruhu and the other was named Hu Dawei.

Meng Ru Hu is as brave as Hu Dawei, but he was accidentally injured in the previous horse battle and missed the final.

Hu Dawei's opponent was Yang Yufan, a fierce general from the Ming Dynasty's Yizhou Guard in Shandong.

Yang Yufan had made great contributions in the suppression of the White Lotus Sect along with his father Yang Zhaoji. He could have been promoted to a higher position by following the procedures, so he did not need to participate in the martial arts conference.

However, he was grateful to the emperor for promoting his father to the position of admiral, and actively participated in the martial arts competitions held by the emperor.

Relying on the Yang family spear, he successfully made it to the final eight, and his opponent was a foreign general.

This made him, who was known as the Imperial Guard, muster up all his strength, and finally, despite being injured, he managed to knock Hu Dawei off his horse.

Both of them were injured in this battle. Even if Yang Yufan won, it would be difficult for him to win the next battle.

Next came another Shaanxi man, He Renlong, who was from the Shaanxi army, and he fought against Ji Jike, the best spearman.

Although He Renlong was crazy and had even eliminated the extremely brave Zhang Xianzhong before, he could not exert his madness in front of Ji Jike's magic gun. He was easily blocked by Ji Jike and then won the victory.

As for the last match, it was between Cao Bianjiao from the Liaodong army and Chen Wangting, the best boxer.

Both of them knew each other's name and knew that they were strong opponents. This match was also the most exciting. (End of this chapter)