Although the eunuch in the green robe is young, he has a big background, and he is the son of Liu Yingqi, the deputy chief soldier of Liaoyang, named Liu Shimin.

At the age of sixteen, Liu Shimin was elected to the palace because of a strange dream, and was immediately elected to the palace.

Although the clerical room does not belong to the 24th yamen, it plays a pivotal role in the palace, and most of the eunuchs who are promoted to the ceremonial supervisor are honed by the clerical room first. It can be said that the clerical room is the first step in the promotion of the palace Dajue, and its nature is no less than that of the Hanlin Academy of the outer courts.

Liu Shimin can be a eunuch in the clerical room, one is that his family background is prominent, and the other is that he is erudite and talented, especially he writes well, and he is deeply valued by Chen Ju, and he is a rare talent in the palace.

In previous years, the emperor would send honors or internal supervisors to invigilate the examinations, so as to show that the emperor attaches great importance to martial arts.

It's just that with the growing popularity of the Ming Dynasty, the outer court has become more and more disregarded for the martial arts, and even the nobles are unwilling to come to the invigilation, and the internal supervisor is just a formality, and he can't interfere with the content of the exam and the selection.

This year's Wuke is scheduled to be in the summer, so no one in the palace is willing to come in the scorching sun, and finally Chen Ju ordered Liu Shimin to come.

Although Liu Shimin's grade is not high, he is the representative of the emperor, so he has the identity of Qincha, and Jinyiwei usually wants to send someone to escort him, and this person is chosen by Wang Yuqian.

Wang Yuqian knew that the opportunity was rare, although this Gonggong Liu was too young, but he was a person in the inner study, and he had a great chance to be promoted to the master of ceremonies in the future, so he was very respectful all the way.

"Father-in-law Liu, please!"

Wang Yuqian took a step behind Liu Shimin, his eyes swept over the faces of a group of idlers in the stands, and when he landed on Wei Liangchen, who was staring at them, he was slightly stunned, feeling that this young man seemed to have seen it somewhere.

Liu Shimin nodded and walked towards the officials of the Ministry of War.

Seeing this, several examiners got up one after another, whether they wanted to or not, Liu Shimin's identity was there, if he was disrespectful, he would inevitably give the handle to the inner court.

At present, it is rare for the inner court and the outer court to be concentric, and there is no estrangement, so the government is clear. If the inner court is dissatisfied with the foreign court because of trivial matters, it will inevitably make it difficult for the cabinet and the celebrant to do it.

"Your Excellency, you've done a great job!"

Liu Shimin is young, but he is very good at being a person, he stepped forward to greet the examiners with a smile on his face, and his expression was not half arrogant, and his words and demeanors were very decent, which made several examiners feel comfortable in their hearts.

"The martial arts examination is a part of my soldiers, and we are sent by our soldiers, so why talk about hard work? However, the virtuous nephew came from Ouchi on purpose, and it was much harder than ours. ”

The one who spoke was the more serious Arsenal Director Song, who had a good impression of Liu Shimin, because his father Liu Yingqi had worked with him for several months. Counting up, Liu Shimin is his junior, so it is natural to say "virtuous nephew".

"The errand given by the emperor, how dare we slaves and maids slack off... Sit down, gentlemen, and get down to business. ”

As he spoke, Wang Yuqian had already moved a stool over. After Liu Shimin sat down, he picked up the assessment booklet casually, flipped through it, and after he had a rough idea, he stopped reading it carefully. Otherwise, I am afraid that these military officials will be dissatisfied.

Thinking of something, Liu Shimin turned sideways to Director Li on the side and said, "Lord Li's resignation has entered the inner study." ”

Hearing this, Director Li let out an "oh" and said with a wry smile: "Expected." ”

Although he has decided to resign directly and return to his hometown, Lord Li still has some hope in advance, but Liu Shimin said that his resignation was submitted to the inner study, which indirectly means that the emperor still has no instructions, and he is inevitably disappointed in his heart.

It should be noted that the treatment of resigning and returning to his hometown is very different, which is directly related to the food and clothing of Director Li for the rest of his life, and also related to his status in the township. However, fish and bear's paws are not available, and Master Li is really too old, and he can't wait for the grace of heaven.

"I have to say, the adult's handwriting is really beautiful, but our family has been observing for a long time, and I imitated writing a few words, but it doesn't look like it. If you are free another day, we should come to visit. Liu Shimin is not complimenting the director Li who is determined to resign, but he really likes the words of this director Li.

Being praised for good words is of course a good thing, Director Li was in a slightly better mood, and said a few words to Liu Shimin with a smile.

The infield exam was still continuing, and Wei Liangchen noticed that Xu Xianchun had finished the exam and was waiting for something on the sidelines.

At this time, a small colonel came over and said that there were several horses in a row, which were a little impatient and needed to be replaced. For this kind of trivial matter, they can make their own decisions in charge of Song, but they still ask Liu Shimin's opinion. Liu Shimin had no opinion, so the exam was temporarily suspended, and several examiners sat in this pergola to escape the heat.

A group of people sat in the shed, each holding a tea bowl, looking like a meeting of township leaders. Liangchen didn't know why, he suddenly didn't take the test, he was a little anxious, but he couldn't ask. At this time, the sun was already high, and the group of melon-eating idlers in the stands were so hot that they had dispersed a lot.

Liangchen's back was covered with sweat, and he thought that this would not work, so he quietly moved to the back of the pergola where the examiner was, and sat down.

Your leaders are busy with you, it's no problem for me to eat melons and escape the summer, right?

Director Li noticed that Liangchen was a young man, but he didn't drive him away. Liu Shimin glanced at Liangchen, smiled slightly, and didn't ask. The others were talking happily when they didn't notice a teenager sneaking in.

Not far away, there were soldiers from the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division who discovered Liangchen, but they didn't bother to come over to catch up with the adults in the shed.

It's hot and it's normal to avoid the sun.

Wang Yueqian was a Jinyi guard in the end, and finally remembered where he had seen Wei Liangchen. Fortunately, he didn't come forward to catch up with people, and if he wanted a bad minister, there was really nowhere to hide.

Because he was in the "leader" circle, Liangchen didn't dare to be suspicious, and sat there honestly, without making the slightest movement.

"I don't know if there is a candidate for this Wu Kui?"

"Shandong Zhou Hongmo, Guizhou Yuan Jianlong, Henan Zhou Zongbei, etc., are excellent in terms of bows and horses, all of which can be martial arts."

"Oh, that's a lot of talent." Liu Shimin laughed, "Presumably, the emperor will be very happy when he finds out." After the laughter, he asked a question, "Do you think it's inappropriate for you to have a strategy, two bows and two horses, and then take the jinshi?" ”

This question was too abrupt, and all the examiners were stunned, I don't know why Liu Shimin asked this, is it the emperor's intention, or the instructions of the Gonggong Chen in the palace?

Wang said: "What's wrong, the system that was set during the Chenghua period has been inherited to this day, and the items are complete, which is the way to select materials." ”

Because of Liu Shimin's father, Director Song did not directly say that Liu Shimin's question was inappropriate, but asked him with a smile what he thought.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I am a member of the inner court, and I don't know anything about martial arts, and I definitely don't have you in the place of opinion, but..."

Liu Shimin paused, "My father once told me that the current military affairs are different from the past, so Wu Kedang should make a slight adjustment, and try horse arrows, guns, knives, swords, halberds, fist fighting, stabbing and other methods for the first time; the second test battalion formation, mines, gunpowder, combat vehicles, etc.; Three tests of the art of war, astronomy, geography. These three items can ensure that the winner is the choice of the talent. ”

Director Song nodded: "Your father has been in Liaodong for a long time, and his opinions are reasonable. ”

Several other examiners were also thinking about what Liu Shimin said, but they had their own opinions.

Director Li said: "The martial arts department is already a classic, and the three things that Gonggong Liu said sound good, but most of the candidates are learning at home, how can they have the opportunity to touch the mines, gunpowder, chariots, etc., and rashly change the test, I am afraid that none of them will be successful." ”

Director Wang directly denied it, he shook his head and said: "The martial arts department has already held a ceremony, which is enough to inspire people, so why change it easily." ”

"Landmines, gunpowder, chariots and other techniques are indeed popular in the army and are used a lot, and it is appropriate to add these contents to the martial arts, but how to let candidates learn these?"

Although the Song chief was old, he was not conservative, and he was in charge of the transfer of grain, grass and ordnance in the war to aid Korea, so he knew the importance of firearms.

This problem is a bit tricky, for example, the mines and gunpowder are all for military use, and it is strictly forbidden for the people to hide them privately, and if the candidates do not join the army, they will not have the opportunity to contact them at all. But once he joins the army, how can he have the ability to take the test again?

This is a chicken-and-egg problem, Liu Shimin has only listened to his father's opinion, but has not thought of a solution. Today is also because it is the first time I have seen the martial arts exam, and I only mentioned it for a while.

"Our family just mentioned it casually, whether it is useful or not, you are all experts in military affairs, and you have your own decisions."

Liu Shimin smiled, and wanted to turn this matter over, but he talked about this military matter in the court, and some people thought that he wanted to learn from Wang Zhi.

Regardless of whether they think that Wu Kedang is adjusted, they are not interested in discussing this matter at the moment, after all, their official positions are not big, and the so-called officials are light. This kind of thing as the reform of the martial arts department has to at least speak at the level of Shangshu, and it involves all aspects, and it is not something that can be decided with a pat on the head.

No, they didn't want to say it, but a voice came out of the shed, and it sounded very immature.

"The solution is very simple, I won't just teach it."

Liangchen said this casually, and only after saying it did he realize that he owed something, what identity did he dare to speak here.