The imperial examination is the longest-lasting system of electing officials in China's history, which began to emerge as early as the Sui and Tang dynasties, and then was loved by rulers in various dynasties. It was not until 1905 that the system was finally abolished, and in this thousands of years of history, the imperial examination did help the imperial court select a number of talents, but it also relatively restricted the thinking of some people.
Many people think that the imperial examination is an examination that only literati participate in, but in fact, it is not, netizens who have watched Zhou Xingchi's movie "Su Qi'er" should know that in ancient times, the imperial examination was divided into two kinds, one kind of literati participated, called Wenju, and the other was the participation of people who learned martial arts, called Wuju, today we will talk about it together, the last martial artist in the history of our country.
This person's name is Zhang Rongjia, and his name is estimated to be awarded armor, which means to be a soldier. Zhang Rongjia really deserves this name, he has shown a love for martial arts since he was a child, and began to learn various martial arts techniques. Because Zhang Rongjia's family is also a Family of Xi Wu, he has received a good nurture, and under the guidance of his father and Uncle Yigan, Zhang Rongjia has made rapid progress, like Haoyue among his peers.
Seeing this, his father felt that he could not ruin his child's future, so he did not continue to teach Zhang Rongjia, but found a good teacher for him. This mentor was named An Wanjie, a famous kung fu master in the late Qing Dynasty, and his one-handed Hong Fist was admirable. Zhang Rongjia was fond of martial arts, he was soon impressed by the master, began to exercise hard, and he was noble in character, and he had always had great respect for the master, so An Wanjie also liked him very much and never taught him carefully.
After studying for a while, An Wanjie also felt that Zhang Rongjia was making rapid progress, so he introduced Yang Guochang to Zhang Rongjia, a martial arts master who was much more famous than himself. Under the guidance of Yang Guochang, Zhang Rongjia learned many things other than boxing, and he was more fond of learning martial arts, and hoped to be able to use his martial arts to obtain an official and a half-position.
What people did not expect was that Zhang Rongjia had been practicing martial arts for many years, but he had slipped through the township examination of Wuju, and his ranking was not only not at the top of the list, but also almost fell behind Sun Shan, ranking only 31st. Such achievements naturally cannot satisfy Zhang Rongjia, so he has been pondering why his achievements are so poor, and he has also been looking for problems in his martial arts, so this period of time is extremely necessary for Zhang Rongjia, and it is the accumulation and precipitation of this period that will have his future glory.
Later, when Zhang Rongjia entered Beijing to take the examination for the martial arts examination, there was a rather strange rule at that time, that is, whenever the examination was held, it was necessary to recognize someone in the DPRK as a teacher. According to historians, this kind of rule is actually to facilitate the attraction of these talents, after all, if you can be admitted to the people, there may also be some in the future. Zhang Rongjia had good luck and worshipped Yi as his master, Yi was very famous throughout the end of the Qing Dynasty, and his former mansion, Prince Gong, still exists in Beijing.
However, although he recognized Yi as a teacher, Yi yi could not help him cheat in the martial arts examination, so Zhang Rongjia's future exams were all up to him. At the time of the test, Zhang Rongjia first used the most skilled Hong Fist, which shocked the four seats, and then used other martial arts that were not very proficient, although it was slightly worse than Hong Fist. However, due to his performance of Hong Quan, the examiners were quite satisfied, and eventually Zhang Rongjia became the first.
At this moment, Zhang Rongjia knew very well that the exam was not over, and there was still a palace exam, and he absolutely could not be too excited. So after winning the first place, Zhang Rongjia also maintained a good attitude and actively faced the upcoming temple examination. Kung Fu did not pay off, in the temple test, Zhang Rongjia also performed very well, Guangxu was very fond of him, so he named him Wu Zhuangyuan.
After this, in 1905, the imperial examination was abolished, and Zhang Rongjia was the last Wu Zhuangyuan before this, and even the last Wu Zhuangyuan in Chinese history. However, what is surprising is that the fate of this Wu Zhuangyuan does not seem to be very good, and after he became a Wu Zhuangyuan, he returned to his hometown in glory, which was infinitely powerful. At this time, Zhang Rongjia was only 22 years old, and after returning from his hometown, he would be reused by the imperial court and become a royal bodyguard, but unfortunately, he stayed in his hometown forever, suddenly seriously ill, and quietly died, which was regrettable.
No one knows how he suddenly went from a man as strong as a cow to a yin and yang separated from his relatives, it is reasonable to say that he has been learning martial arts since childhood, his physique should be extremely good, ordinary diseases can not let him die, it can be seen that Zhang Rongjia must be unlucky, infected with some kind of more strange and dangerous disease, which is the most beautiful time to die.