Back to the end of the Ming Dynasty when the emperor

Chapter 226
The four young generals Ma Wannian, Ma Jinhua, Lu Xiao and Zhang Huan looked at the not very long line around them, and there was no Mr. Zhu Tian they were looking for. Mr. Zhu was gone forever, just a few days ago. They didn't see him during the first days of the Tianwu Exams, and they thought something happened to their siblings. It wasn't until yesterday that Li Quan told them to reassure them that Mr. Zhu would definitely not miss the exam period. They also knew that Mr. Zhu It is a sure thing to pass the test with one's skills and enter the court examination.

But the gate of the imperial examination has been closed, and all the tributes participating in the examination are here. The emperor and all the civil and military officials have already sat on the high platform, and the two chief examiners have also arrived. The son's shadow?
Ma Wannian, Lu Xiao, and Zhang Huan couldn't hold back anymore, because in their impression, Zhang Huan was undoubtedly the best when it came to archery, but when it came to martial arts fighting, Ma Jinhua ranked first. In the absence of Mr. Zhu Tian, ​​Ma Jinhua had never tried martial arts with Zhu Tian. He had only seen Mr. Zhu's extraordinary skill, breaking three arrows with one sword. Can't do it either.

They have always had a wish these days, that is to wait for Zhu Tian brothers and sisters to return to the inn, let him compete with Ma Jinhua to see who is superior and who is inferior, but unfortunately Zhu Tian brothers and sisters have never appeared, at most they can see Young Master Zhu's servants Li Quan and Chun Hong, they can only hope to open their eyes in front of the emperor in the martial arts field.

But up to now, Mr. Zhu Tian, ​​whom they have longed for and even dreamed of day and night, still hasn't appeared. How can the four young generals not be in a hurry?
"Where's Brother Zhu?" Zhang Huan, his elder brothers Ma Wannian and Lu Xiao also asked Ma Jinhua, because the ambition is not high, even though Ma Jinhua is not yet 17 years old, she is only Zhang Huan's sister in terms of age, but the paper discusses In terms of martial arts and resourcefulness, the three of them have to bow down. Ma Jinhua is quick-witted, calm and stable, and has the talent of a general. In fact, he is the boss of the three brothers.

Ma Jinhua shook her head indifferently. At this time, the female boss was depressed, and she was calm on the surface, but she was actually more anxious than the three brothers in her heart.

Ma Jinhua, dressed in masculine make-up, sat on a pink horse like a silver doll. He was undoubtedly the most beautiful man among all living beings, not one of them, causing many people to stare at her, and her two Shui Lingling's big eyes quietly searched for her target in the crowd, that is Zhu Tian brothers and sisters.

The reason why Ma Jinhua dresses like this is because the contestants are all men, and there is no daughter. She does not want to be an exception, let alone cause trouble, so she followed the example of her grandmother Qin Liangyu, who disguised herself as a man. Zhu Yousong changed her name to Ma Tian. , she gave herself the pseudonym Ma Tian, ​​and as Ma Tian, ​​she passed all the way in the preliminary examination and successfully entered the list of Wugong scholars who participated in the imperial examination.

Ma Jinhua's ability is deeply inherited from the loyal Marquis Qin Liangyu, and she even disguised herself as a man so seamlessly that until now, no one has seen the flaws.

But now Ma Jinhua is very anxious. What she thinks in her heart is not whether she and her brother can get the gold list this time, but whether something happened to her benefactor Zhu Tian and god-sister Zhu Jiao. Otherwise, how could she miss the exam?
In fact, Zhu Yousong, who was wearing a dragon crown and a dragon robe, was on the stage not far from them. The anxious and expectant eyes of the four young generals swept over Zhu Yousong several times. The distance wasn't too far, but there were so many people and the occasion was too serious, they didn't recognize him at all, and they never imagined that Mr. Zhu Tian, ​​who once called them brothers and sisters, drank at the same table and stayed in the same shop for one night It turned out to be Zhu Yousong, the son of today.

Not only Zhu Yousong was sitting on it, but He Xuanjiao, the chivalrous woman whose pseudonym Zhu Jiao and Ma Jinhua sworn brothers, was also beside Zhu Yousong at this time, and they also didn't recognize it.Li Quan and Chun Hong were also there, but they were dressed differently today, and no one recognized them for a while.

But the fact that the four young generals did not recognize Zhu Yousong does not mean that Zhu Yousong did not recognize them. In fact, half of the purpose of Zhu Yousong's coming here today was on the four of them. Therefore, Zhu Yousong had already noticed the four of them up.

It's just that Ma Jinhua was disguised as a man, and Zhu Yousong didn't recognize it at first. He just saw this beautiful man next to the three brothers including Ma Wannian, Lu Xiao and Xiao Zhang Huan, and then contacted Ma Tian and Zhu Yousong on the list. You Song instantly locked onto this female hero.

"The heroine has become a young general in white robes. It's interesting!" Zhu Yousong looked at Ma Jinhua's silver helmet and silver armor. He sat down on the pink horse, with a bow and arrow on his back, and a white gun hanging from the hook of the bird's wings. He looked heroic and majestic. Linlin suddenly had an idea and whispered a few words to Lu Jiude. Lu Jiude's face was shocked first, and then he obediently asked Li Quan to arrange things.

Soon Li Quan and Chunhong brought Zhu Yousong's BMW, a thousand-mile lamp, full armor, and his big sword into the martial arts field.

Chunhong felt a little unbelievable, "Brother Li, is the emperor really going to end?"

"It should be true, why don't we bring these here."

"But...he is the emperor, how can there be any reason for the emperor to compete with the candidates?"

For his majesty the emperor, Li Quan has long been used to it, "Oh, our majesty, everything is possible, there are things you can't think of, there is nothing your majesty can't do, just get used to it, look quickly , has already begun..."

What did Liu Chunhong want to say, but Li Quan interrupted him, and the two of them took Zhu Yousong's application, found a good position, and went to the martial arts field.

The two Gong students who appeared first competed in riding and shooting in the raking field. Each of them had a total of nine arrows, which raised the standard compared with the first test. Martial arts, this is the last item, and the top nine winners in martial arts are determined to be the top three.

These nine candidates will be tested on the spot by the emperor on their military tactics and other ways of governing the army. This is basically equivalent to the interview procedure for civil servants in the post-test. The top three in the first class; the top three in the second class are Jinshiji, and the top three are also three, who are from the same Jinshi background, and the rest of the candidates will also fail.

In fact, except for the fixed quota for first-class and third-class, three first-class candidates are selected for each dynasty and generation. However, the number of second-class and third-class candidates varies from dynasty to generation, but most of them are more than three. Now Nanming There are only half of the country left, and there are not many martial arts exams to be accepted, and even fewer who can pass the general exam and enter the palace exam. There are 28 people in total. Therefore, Zhu Yousong decided to take three of the top three, that is, this year's A total of nine Wu Jinshi were selected for the martial arts examination.

Zhu Yousong had read the resumes of these more than 20 tributes a long time ago. In addition to the famous Zhonglie and Jiangmen Huzi, there were also several family backgrounds from Shanxi merchants, Huizhou merchants, and Zhejiang merchants. Fan Jinzhong was the first to appear on the stage. The descendants of Shanxi merchants, thinking of these merchants in the late Ming Dynasty in history, Zhu Yousong couldn't help but feel his heart sink.

(End of this chapter)