When Wanchun arrived in Nanjing, he realized that he had underestimated the degree of joining Yulin. He had only five days since he received the news, but the recruitment points set by Yulin Guard were crowded with people, at least tens of thousands of people, and there were still black people scattered on the road. Such recruitment points Yulin Guard set up five places outside the capital. After rough calculations, the number of people participating in the selection outside the capital has exceeded 100,000, which is far more lively than when the scholars took the exam.

It is not surprising to think about it. Although the south has a wide range of literary styles, scholars are still a minority compared to those who are illiterate. Yulinwei's treatment is higher than that of ordinary people in their dreams. It only requires good health and does not force literacy. As long as they are of the right age, everyone naturally does not want to miss the opportunity.

More than 100,000 young and strong people suddenly poured in near the capital, and there was a continuous increase. Although the Yulin Guard recruited the place outside the city, Yingtian Prefecture Yamen and the Wucheng Military Command were still facing a great enemy.

Wang Fu set the recruitment period for this time to be five months. He was not in a hurry to choose, but if so many people were in the capital, it was indeed a secret escape in the capital. Many of them were ordinary people and could not support living outside for long. Once they were exhausted, the security in the capital might suddenly become out of control. After receiving the worry-filled memorial of the prefect of Yingtian Prefecture and the commander of the Five City Bingbing Commander, Wang Fu had to order the selection of the Yulin Guard in the capital to start in advance. Once they were not elected, they had to go home immediately...

When Xia Wanchun arrived, it happened to be the second day of the official selection. Some of the people who had lost the election began to return. Otherwise, the number of people at each recruiting point would be greater. But Xia Wanchun looked at dozens of rows, and each row was in a long queue. When will it take to wait?

Just as Xia Wanchun was hesitating whether to choose a line to send it to the back, a surprise voice sounded not far from him: "Xia Cungu?"

Xia Cungu was the word Xia Wanchun took for him. Xia Wanchun quickly turned around and saw a few acquaintances in front of him looking at him. He was also surprised: "Jiu Gao, Risheng, Qian Mo, why are you all here?"

Jiugao is the name of Du Dengchun. Du Dengchun and Xia Wanchun are fellow villagers and classmates. The two are not very different in age. The name of the Risheng is Hao Yi. Wu Yi is much older than the two. In the 16th year of Chongzhen, he had already passed the Jinshi, but Qian Mo is Xia Wanchun's wife and brother-in-law who had just married Xin.

Xia Wanchun had just finished asking, and Du Dengchun also asked: "Why are you here?"

The four of them looked at each other and laughed together. Naturally, they all guessed the purpose of each other's coming here. Xia Wanchun still found it incredible that Wu Yi was already a Jinshi and was willing to join the army.

"Cungu, you haven't registered yet, let's go, I'll take you there." Du Dengchun took Xia Wanchun's hand and said, "Du Dengchun was very happy to meet Xia Wanchun here. Wu Yi and Qian Mo are both at least six or seven years older than him. Moreover, Wu Yi is already a Jinshi, Qian Mo is a juren, and he only has the status of a scholar. In front of the two, Du Dengchun always feels that he is a white and shorter generation.

"Why, there are other registration points." Xia Wanchun asked in confusion.

Du Dengchun said proudly: "Of course, the emperor always has to look at scholars differently. If you have the status of a scholar, you don't have to squeeze together with these mud legs. In the future, we will also be civil servants, far above these mud legs."

Although Du Dengchun was talking about others, Xia Wanchun was still very displeased with his tone. However, due to the inconvenience of his classmates and friends, he pulled out his hand and forced a smile and said, "Yes, that's the trouble Jiugao."

Du Dengchun did not notice the change on Xia Wanchun's face. He glanced at the long queue with contempt, waved to Xia Wanchun, and walked in front to lead the way.

Xia Wanchun followed up. In the middle of the team, there was indeed a column that was specially used for scholars. You only need to have the qualifications of a child to register here. There was no need for the qualifications of scholars Du Dengchun mentioned. It was just that he was a scholar himself, so he said he wanted the qualifications of scholars.

Compared with the long teams on both sides, there were only a few people in line. No wonder they couldn't see them in the middle. As soon as Wu Yi and others came over, several Yu Linwei, who were in charge of registration, greeted him with a smile. Although Yu Linwei is now famous now, it is rare to register for a Jinshi to join the army. They naturally remember Ye Yi and his party.

After the first few people signed up, Xia Wanchun was about to write what he wanted to fill out. A Yulin Guard checked it and put a wooden sign in Xia Wanchun's hand: "Please take it, go to the military camp for testing in ten days."

"Yes, thank you Jun Ye." Xia Wanchun took the wooden sign and looked through it. The character "Ling" was engraved on the back of the wooden sign, and the four Arabic numerals "0091." on the side.

This kind of number is no longer a secret in the Ming Dynasty. Xia Wanchun didn't understand whether it meant that he was the 91st person to register. When he asked Wu Yi and the others, sure enough, each of them had a wooden sign, and the numbers on it were connected, which were "0072,0073,0074." Xia Wanchun suddenly felt relieved. Sure enough, this number came in sequence. From yesterday to now, 91 people with the qualification of childbirth or above have registered.

ninety

Those ordinary people in long queues are insignificant, but not few. In the first two days, there will definitely be many people who will sign up later. So many scholars will join the army. It was unimaginable in the past. In addition to the good treatment of the Yulin Guard, it is also related to the current environment of national hatred and family hatred.

"Cungu, you can live with us these ten days." Qian Mo said lightly

"Yes, I'm better to obey my orders than to be respectful." Xia Wanchun didn't postpone and asked, "Do you know what the second brother will be assessed this time? I want to prepare for this ten days."

This question really stopped the three of them. Du Dengchun curled his lips: "Cungu, what are you worried about? With our scholar, you are still worried about whether Yulinwei will not succeed, not to mention that Brother Qian is a Juren, and Brother Wu is a Jinshi."

Qian Mo and Wu Yi nodded slowly. It was precisely because they thought that they did not find out what they wanted to assess. The last time Yulin Guard recruited people, they were basically able to read.

Xia Wanchun was worried, all of them were at once and then. Last time, everyone could not confirm whether there was a future for joining Yulinwei. One of the scholars who registered was counted. The teachers of the literacy class held by Yulinwei were left for those scholars who did not meet the requirements. Xia Wanchun wanted to go to the battlefield to fight, so naturally he was unwilling to become a simple civilian.

"No, I want to ask." Xia Wanchun turned around and walked quickly towards the Yulin Guards who had registered. Wu Yi and the other two had to stop and wait. After a while, Xia Wanchun came back excitedly: "I've asked clearly."

"How to choose?" Seeing Xia Wanchun attach so much importance to it, the three of them were naturally a little nervous.

"There are four items in total, throwing, lifting weights, crawling forward, and running for three thousand meters."

The flowing production of the Military Weapon Bureau has brought about the determination of various standard tools, and this trend has also spread to Yulinwei. Wang Fu personally issued an order to quantify the daily practice of Yulinwei, and stipulated the daily routine, meals, practice time, and amount of practice.

This time, the Yulinwei's selection of Xin Jun was also standardized. It was no longer a simple long-distance race, but added multiple items. These four items were only aimed at scholars, and there were three more items for ordinary people. Any one that failed was possible to get rid of.

Those who have not finished it should not be happy too early. There will be two or three tests in the future. The benefits of this quantification are obvious. The level of those participating in the selection will not be different due to the different time and location of the selection. This is also the reason why the Yulin Wei selection can be carried out simultaneously across the country.

Ordinary people need to test immediately after signing up, but they have ten days of preparation. This is not intentionally giving them preferential treatment. It is just that there are few scholars who sign up and can concentrate on testing. However, there are too many ordinary people, so the faster the test, the better.

Except for running, they knew that the other three were Xinxian events. Du Dengchun couldn't help feeling nervous when he heard this strictness. He could understand weightlifting. Isn't it just a comparison of strength? It's useless to practice for ten days. He didn't know the other two events, and hurriedly asked: "What is throwing, crawling forward?"

Xia Wanchun explained, and when he heard that he was crawling on the ground, Du Dengchun's face turned red: "Shi Wen sweep the floor, how can he sweep the floor?"

Thinking of himself crawling on the ground, Wu Yi and Qian Mo also smiled bitterly under their faces. Du Dengchun asked with a glimmer of hope: "Can this be removed?"

Xia Wanchun shook his head: "The Yulin Guards responsible for selecting and recording the scores of each item. If it is removed, this item will be zero points. Anyone with zero points will be directly eliminated."

"Then I'm not sure." Du Dengchun said anxiously.

But his words did not receive the response from Wu Yi and Qian Mo. Wu Yi joined the army as a Jinshi, so he would not be scared away by this setback. The same is true for Qian Mo. Wu Yi said, "Three, it seems that we can't continue to live in our former inn. After we go back, we will immediately withdraw the inn. Everyone rents a small courtyard and use these ten days to practice first to avoid being at a loss when we get it."

"I agree with Brother Risheng's words. If you want to go to the battlefield, how can you be afraid of being dispelled from gentleness?" Xia Wanchun replied.

Qian Mo nodded and said, "Brother Risheng said it well, it's okay to sharpen his guns in the face of battle. We want to join the Yulin Guard not to get promoted or make a fortune, but to go to the front line to kill the enemy. Why don't you be afraid of death?"

The three of them had the same attitude, and a depressed look flashed on Du Dengchun's face, giving up the idea of ​​withdrawing. They were not afraid of having a higher identity than him. If he quit halfway, his reputation would be about to become bad.

After the four of them finished their discussion, they walked out of the military camp and attracted a carriage waiting for guests outside. They returned to Nanjing City and retreated the inn where Wu Yi, Qian Mo and Du Dengchun were staying, and began to look for a yard that was escaping on the ground and crawled forward. They could not practice in full view of the public.

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Chapter completed!