Datang Dynasty: The bloodbath in Tiance’s mansion at the beginning

Chapter 34

"The first item of assessment content: physical test!"

Everyone was a little confused when they heard this strange name.

"Physical test? What's this?"

"I’ve never heard of it. Is it the special Mandarin of Chang’an?"

"Does anyone know about this? Can you help explain it?"

"Sorry, I may be a fake Chang'an person, I don't understand!"

They all knew the meaning of these four words separately, but when they were put together, they couldn't understand it at all.

They looked at Li Cheng blankly and said,"Your Majesty, what does this physical test mean?"

"We don’t quite understand what you’re hearing, so please ask Your Majesty to clear up our confusion!"

Li Chengdao then realized that this is a modern vocabulary, and it's normal for them not to know it.

It's not that the vocabulary is too advanced, but that these ancient people are too conservative.

It can't be his fault anyway!

Li Chengdao cleared his throat, Looking at everyone,"The so-called physical strength test is an assessment of your physical strength."

"A gentleman has six arts. The rituals, music, and imperial arts are as follows. Among them,"shooting" and"imperial" are particularly important!"

"The Tang Dynasty relied on military force to establish the country. Every official should be able to bring peace to the world with his pen and ride a horse to decide the world!"

"You are all heroes from all major families. I value you very much and appreciate you very much!"

"However, the official positions in the imperial court are limited and must be selected on the basis of merit. For the sake of fairness, we specially set up an assessment for you."

"Winners can be hired in advance. If you fail, you don't have to be depressed. You can continue to train with the soldiers!"

"I have plenty of time and patience to watch you grow up!"

Everyone suddenly realized Li Chengdao's explanation.

It turns out that this is what it means!

Official positions are limited, and admission is based on merit. It is very fair.

Especially people with five surnames and seven hopes. They all have the same status as each other, and no one wants to One step behind others.

But there were also some weak people who complained endlessly when they saw the rules set by Li Chengdao.

A man who was so thin that the wind could blow him away stood up.

"Your Majesty, look at my body, I may not be able to take part in your physical test. How about I go back and try another person?"

Li Chengdao turned around and wanted to kill someone with Fang Tian's painted halberd. I'm giving you face, right? You dare to bargain with me!

Come and leave whenever you want. The imperial court of the Tang Dynasty was run by your family!

Looking at Li Chengdao, his expression became more and more serious It became more and more ugly, and the man quickly retreated. Everyone around him looked at him like a fool.

Li Chengdao resisted the urge to kill people and finished his speech.

"Okay, the first assessment starts today!"

"Xue Wanche, take them all to the Gyeonggi Camp later and conduct tests on them according to my previous instructions."

"Chai Shao, Yu Wenshi and others recorded it, and there must be no falsehood!

The three of them cupped their hands and said,"I obey your order!""

Li Chengdao flicked his sleeves and went directly back to Qianqiu Hall to continue wiping Fang Tian's painted halberd........

In the Gyeonggi camp.

Xue Wanche brought the two hundred people to the school grounds.

The first event is running.

Xue Wanche ordered them to run around the school grounds, covering a distance of about five miles.

For ordinary soldiers, this is just a short walk away, nothing serious at all.

But for these pampered aristocratic families, it is tantamount to killing them.

Before running a few steps, a large number of people were so tired that they collapsed on the roadside.

Chai Shao and Yu Wenhua recorded one by one. These were the first batch of people to be eliminated.

Although the others couldn't keep up, they all persisted until the end.

Especially among the twenty people from the Zheng family in Xingyang, no one was left behind, and they all ran to the finish line.

At the finishing position, Xue Wanche looked at the people lying on the ground and announced the result indifferently.

"Seventy-eight people completed the first assessment, and 122 people were eliminated!"

"The eliminated ones are organized into the reserve battalion and train with the soldiers until they can complete the assessment!"

"The others went to the Zuowei camp to rest before conducting the second physical test event!"

After Xue Wanche and others left, all the children of the eliminated aristocratic families were cursing. They all looked through Xue Wanche's family tree in a friendly manner.

They were all children of noble aristocratic families. Any one of them would be the local officials vying to please. The target.

Letting them train with low-level soldiers is simply an insult to them.

Many people already want to escape, and they can't stand it for a moment.

But Li Chengdao has ordered that before completing all the assessment items, No one was allowed to leave!

Now they had no choice but to obey the arrangements.

At noon, the seventy-eight people came to the school grounds again.

After running like this in the morning, everyone's feet were shaking, and some even Even standing unsteadily.

Xue Wanche ignored it and continued to arrange the assessment.

Everyone stood apart, with two arms' distance between them.

Xue Wanche stood in front and began to demonstrate the first movement.

He spread his feet slightly, and then bent forward , in a half-squatting position, with fists raised with both hands at shoulder height.

"This is the 'horse step', to test your leg strength"