Everyone should have seen Stephen Chow and Wu Mengda's movie "Wu Zhuangyuan Su Qier", although everyone knows that the story is fictional, but Wu Zhuangyuan is real.
Wu Zhuangyuan Su Qi'er stills
China's martial arts examination system began in the Tang Dynasty and flourished in the Ming and Qing dynasties. The martial arts examination began in the Wu Zetian period and ended until the end of the imperial examination system, which produced many interesting anecdotes, such as the famous Tang Dynasty general Guo Ziyi is the martial champion, as well as Zheng Guan, the champion of both civil and military materials, Zhu Huchen, the champion of the nine-year-old middle school, Xu Tai, who was given the surname of the country and became the emperor's son, and so on.
Guo Ziyi
Let's take a look at the life of a martial champion today: this person first won the Tanhua at the age of 20, and was prosperous all the way, and became a third-grade official at the age of 23, but he fought with his colleagues on the street, and both of them fell into the river, causing the people to watch, and the emperor thought that he was out of character, and he was dismissed and investigated;
Photographs of Qing Dynasty military generals
In the Qing Dynasty, there was such a Shanxi man, named Ma Jin, who practiced martial arts since he was a child, and was well known in his hometown when he was about ten years old. At the age of 20, he took part in the imperial court's martial arts examination, which was presided over by the famous Qianlong Emperor.
Emperor Qianlong saw that this person was very skilled and heroic in both martial arts and military writing, so he appointed Ma Ying to be the third place in the first class of the palace examination, which is commonly known as Wu Tanhua, and appointed him as a second-class guard on the spot, which is a very high official position that can be transferred to the prefect.
Qing Dynasty guards
In this way, Ma Jin, who was only 20 years old, became a department-level cadre. After two years, Ma Jin was sent out for further promotion. He was appointed as a guerrilla in the right battalion of Fubiao in Fujian, from Sanpin. Maybe it was a smooth journey, life was too proud, and fate played a huge joke on him.
On this day, Ma Jin had a quarrel with his colleagues, which was originally a trivial matter, but I don't know how, he was young and vigorous, and the more he talked, the more angry he became, and the two of them actually started fighting. Ordinary generals, how can they beat Wu Tanhua, they naturally run away. Originally, it was nothing, the generals were generally upright, and the two sides drank afterwards and turned the page. However, who knew that he suddenly had a bullish temper and fought to catch up.
moat
In this way, the two generals went from the official office to the door, and their colleagues ran away on horseback, and he chased after him on horseback. Finally caught up on the moat near the city gate, and the two scuffled again, and then, "Plop" all fell into the moat. Now it was lively, the whole city came to watch, the two generals fought like scoundrels, and fell into the river like a chicken in the soup.
The matter was so big that not only the Fujian officialdom knew about it, but even the Qianlong Emperor knew about it, and the emperor ordered the dismissal and investigation.
Busking
In this way, Ma Jin, who used to be a member of the third grade, was now in exile in the capital, and he had no other means of making a living, almost to the point of begging along the street. Just like in a play, when a hero is in trouble, there will always be a nobleman to help. Ma Jin met Fu Heng, a university scholar. Fu Heng is the emperor's brother-in-law and the most trusted minister, and he was almost in power in the early Qianlong period.
Fu Heng appreciated Ma Yin's martial arts and military art attainments very much, so he wrote a note, and Ma Ying became a teacher in Beijing, which is commonly known as the "head of the forbidden army". Wang Jin and Lin Chong in "Water Margin" have all done this position, and those who are not excellent in martial arts cannot be competent. In this way, Ma Jin at least had enough food and clothing, and he didn't have to sleep on the streets.
The head of the forbidden army Lin Chong
After six years like this, Ma Jin felt that he could no longer sink, and taught these young masters to learn martial arts every day, which was a kind of burial of his talent.
Wherever he fell, he got up, Ma Jin decided to change his name and start from scratch! He changed his name to Ma Quan, signed up for the martial arts examination in Shuntianfu, and easily won the first place and became a martial artist. The following year, he took the entrance examination and was still at the top.
During the palace examination stage, there was a very embarrassing thing, after six or seven years, Emperor Qianlong actually recognized him, "Aren't you the Ma Jin?" probably because the previous incident was too bizarre, and the emperor was impressed.
Qianlong images
Ma Ying hurriedly kowtowed and confessed, Qianlong may have been in a good mood that day, asked him about his experience over the years, and felt that he was very inspirational to repent and reform, so he didn't blame him at all, but appointed him as the first martial artist, which was the martial champion.
This time, Ma Quan was appointed as a first-class guard, a high-ranking official at the provincial and ministerial level. Next is the Qianlong Emperor who everyone likes to go down to the south of the Yangtze River, because of his strong martial arts, Qianlong takes him to escort him every time. Later, Ma Quan's official fortune was prosperous, and he successively served as the chief soldier of Nanchang Town, the chief soldier of Susong Town, the governor of Jiangnan, and the governor of Gansu.
The role of Dai and Koganekawa
In 1773, the "Battle of Jinchuan" broke out, and Ma Quan was ordered to be transferred to the governor of Sichuan, from the water town in the south of the Yangtze River to the mountains and mountains. Ma Quan was appointed as the leader of the team. Ma Quan and Dutong Hailancha divided their troops to attack Xiling and captured two pillboxes. A large number of enemy soldiers came, and Ma Quan's troops and horses fought fiercely with the rebels in the ice and snow for a day and night, and finally won. Later, Ma Quan's troops withdrew, and the rebels pursued after him, and Ma Quan set up an ambush to resist and won. Wen Fu, the general of the other road, was stationed in Muguomu, unfortunately the Muguomu camp was defeated by the rebels, Ma Quan took the initiative to take charge of the palace, fought to the death and did not retreat, and died a heroic martyrdom at the age of 41.
Qianlong Emperor Ma Jin's heroic deeds, deeply regretted, and remembered Ma Quan's loyal work over the years, gave him the nickname "Zhuang Jie", and awarded the rank of Captain of the Cavalry and Yun Cavalry, and his descendants can inherit his title.
In fact, throughout Ma Quan's life, he is very inspiring, and in the face of the ups and downs of fate, he can be indomitable; In the end, Ma Quan sacrificed his life for the country, glorifying the time, Ze and his descendants, and it could be regarded as a good death.