The examination system is a talent selection system in feudal society, and the examination system provides a fair plan for the selection of talents. Prior to this, in addition to the filial piety and the Nine Pins Zhongzheng system, the ancient transfer of power depended heavily on blood.
The disadvantages of this practice are obvious, a person may be incapable but because of his noble birth, he will acquire something that is not commensurate with his own ability
Wealth and power. The birth of the imperial examination system allowed capable fresh blood to be continuously imported into the imperial court, thus allowing the imperial court to develop in a healthy direction, and to a lesser extent, the imperial examination system also provided an opportunity for people born humble to leap the dragon gate.
Wuke was a special category in the ancient imperial examinations, intended to provide military talents for the imperial court, and the first name of Wuke was called Wu Zhuangyuan, and the decision-making power of Wu Zhuangyuan was sometimes directly in the hands of the emperor. For example, in Xingye's movie "Wu Zhuangyuan Su Qi'er", after Su Qi'er showed a fist and foot martial art in front of the emperor, the emperor was also stunned to see it, and as soon as the emperor clapped his hands, Su Qi'er should have become Wu Zhuangyuan.
Zhang Sanjia, the last wuyuan of the Qing Dynasty, was not only infinitely powerful, but also proficient in eighteen martial arts, and was also proficient in swords, guns, swords, and sticks. He played with a 180-pound knife in front of Guangxu, and without the slightest effort, he flew over the whole field, and Guangxu looked at Long Yan Dayue and hand-picked Zhang Sanjia and the first.
Zhang Sanjia was born in 1876, and Zhang Sanjia's family can be said to be a martial arts family, his father and grandfather are quite accomplished in martial arts, so Zhang Sanjia learned martial arts under the guidance of his father from an early age. Zhang Sanjia's own attitude towards martial arts can be said to be obsessed, he not only mastered some of the martial arts given to him by his father, but also successively worshiped the famous red fist master An Wanjie and the martial arts master Yang Guochang as a teacher, during which Zhang Sanjia's martial arts increased greatly, plus Zhang Sanjia was born with divine power, so that Yang Guochang also said that he was a rare talent.
In 1879, Zhang Sanjia participated in the township examination and won the martial arts, and his outstanding skills and innate divine power were appreciated by Prince Gong, who recommended him to participate in the Guangxu Emperor's palace examination. Zhang Sanjia did not panic in front of the emperor at all, only to see a large knife of one hundred and eighty pounds in Zhang Sanjia's hands as light as a cotton flower, and his dancing knife was not only effortless but also his body technique was even more fascinating. Guangxu was first shocked after seeing it, and then Long Yan was delighted, and in this way, Guangxu hand-picked Zhang Sanjia as Wu Zhuangyuan.
Zhang Sanjia wanted to exert his own retribution and contribute to the country in the first and second years, but unfortunately, the darkness, decay, and weakness of the Qing government made him completely disappointed. The depressed Zhang Sanjia chose to return to his hometown, and Zhang Sanjia died mysteriously at the age of 22 in the second year of his return to his hometown, and in 1905, a few years after his death, the imperial examination system was officially abolished, and Zhang Sanjia became the last Wu Zhuangyuan in history.