"Oh?" Lian Cheng was obviously not very clear. He frowned slightly and then said, "If you can find a spiritual jade like Jiulong Yang Jade that can enhance your water-based martial artist's cultivation, it may be able to change it. Dad will find you."

Lian Lingyu shook her head: "Outside things are important, but I think that my own cultivation is the key."

Lian Cheng nodded: "It's good for Feng'er to think so, but his father is not very good at practicing one, and he doesn't know why you are in this situation. Feng'er doesn't have to be anxious. You are only fourteen years old now, and the teachers there should know why after going to the martial arts palace after the coming-of-age ceremony."

Lian Lingyu sat down and asked, "Did you always hear that the Martial Arts Palace can only pass the selection and enter the school after the age of fifteen?"

Liancheng nodded after hearing the words: "Yes. The selection conditions of the Martial Arts Palace are relatively harsh. Only the third rank or son of a prince or a prince of the Shang Dynasty have the right to register. A very small number of excellent qualifications can enter the country. After completing the Martial Arts Palace, a group of young men will be selected by the Military Affairs Office to join the army. There are also those who are admired by the Three Dukes and Nine Ministers and stayed in the capital of Kyoto. This group of students who are favored by the Three Dukes and Nine Ministers will rise to the top in the future. They will generally be appointed as disciples of the Three Dukes and Nine Ministers and become disciples of these officials in the court. The most outstanding ones are likely to be directed as successors, so being attracted by the Three Dukes and Nine Ministers is a glorious thing for the students of the Martial Arts Palace."

"Of course, the three dukes and nine ministers in the court are all unique people, and they don't choose their favorite disciples every year. So every year, a large number of students are thrown into the army to experience training. Although this road is difficult, those who come out of this road are all strong generals. The Shang Dynasty has strong civil and military skills, and the status of officers is also very high under the years of war. Moreover, the country is martial, and many students have chosen to join the army from the beginning. Your elder brother and your second brother are devoted to joining the army. Their own martial qualifications are also the best among ordinary people, but their literary talent is not good, so it is most suitable to join the army."

Lian Cheng's words basically explained the purpose of the Martial Arts Palace and the direction of training students.

Lian Lingyu was a daughter in her previous life and was not qualified to enter the Martial Arts Palace. In addition, she was not interested in martial arts and had little knowledge of the Martial Arts Palace. However, in my memory, this Martial Arts Palace did not seem to be established by the imperial court...

"Is the Martial Arts Palace established by the imperial court?" Lian Lingyu asked out her doubts. Because she did not follow martial arts in her previous life, her understanding of the martial arts environment in this life can be said to be poor.

"The Martial Arts Palace was originally established by the court, and now it also cultivates talents for the court. However, each martial arts palace has a high prestige and profound attainments in martial arts and literary skills. Even the emperors of the dynasty have to claim themselves as students. In fact, every or previous academic dynasty is the teacher of the emperor, so it is not wrong to claim himself like this." Liancheng explained.

Lian Lingyu was slightly surprised, and then seemed to ask casually: "If there is any change in the court, for example, this time I ring the national crisis bell, why didn't I see the teacher from the Martial Arts Palace coming?"

"Dad is not clear about this, but it is said that every sacrificial priest of the Martial Arts Palace can see through the secrets of heaven. Perhaps for the Martial Arts Palace, they can see clearly the trend of ringing the national crisis bell, so they are not nervous. The Martial Arts Palace seems to have its own set of practices and will not change due to the pressure of the court. Moreover, the court fundamentally respects the Martial Arts Palace. After all, every year the students who graduated from the Martial Arts Palace have provided many good talents in civil and military affairs to the Shang Dynasty, which are real talent-making institutions." It is not difficult to see from Liancheng's words that he himself respects the Martial Arts Palace.

Lian Lingyu said in a slight confusion: "Isn't the Martial Arts Palace the main training of martial arts talents?"

"Well, martial arts are the main ones, and literary arts are the auxiliary ones. But in teaching, they will teach according to their aptitude. If the students themselves are good at martial arts, they will focus on cultivating their martial arts skills; if the students themselves are good at literary arts, they will focus on cultivating their literary knowledge; but the basic courses are mainly martial arts."

"I understand." After Lian Cheng's explanation, Lian Lingyu had a certain understanding of the Martial Arts Palace.

Lian Cheng stood up and patted Lian Lingyu on the shoulder: "March is the first day of the Yuan Dynasty. You will participate in the adult ceremony established by the court. The sons of officials of the first rank and above entered the palace to receive the adult ceremony, and then went to the imperial court to participate in the selection of students from the martial arts palace. With your qualifications, there will be no problem. Do you want to join the court as a civil servant or join the army?"

Lian Lingyu pondered: Now her identity is very sensitive, I am afraid that even the three dukes and nine ministers in the court would not dare to extend an olive branch to her. Only the army, at least the Marquis of Dongping Wu is the head of the Military Affairs Department, and she is nominally the future son-in-law of Wuhou of Dongping. From this point of view, her joining the army would be better than becoming a civil servant.

With her previous actions, the reason why the current emperor did not kill her in the end was just because it was known to everyone in the world, and she did not talk nonsense, so it was difficult to start. The Lian family had to be sacrificed for this reason, and it was probably not the emperor's intention.

At this moment, Lian Lingyu knew that Zhenyin Hou had intended to guide her to suspect the emperor as the mastermind behind the scenes, but overall, the emperor was not an innocent person. The emperor is indeed suspicious today. The fact that he was able to reach the point of destruction was also due to his suspicious personality.

Lian Lingyu believed that her intention to ring the national crisis must be a false public service in Zhao Hong's eyes, and her purpose was to rescue Lian's family. Therefore, even if Zhao Hong did not take action, no minister in the court was good at observing words and expressions. Since she knew that the emperor did not like her, she naturally would not give her a good opportunity.

The military is different. The so-called generals are not subject to foreign military orders. Once a war breaks out, even the generals who are thousands of miles away cannot control the battlefield, even the generals who are on the scene cannot be sure to be in control. Furthermore, even Lingyu has been in the military. The military merit system of the Dajin Dynasty follows the military merit system of the Dashan Shang, so she knows that the military merit system of the Dashan Shang is very perfect and the record of military merit is very strict. Generally, soldiers with military merits in the court have three files: one is kept in the Ministry of War, one is kept in the Military Affairs Office, and one is kept in the Taiwei Mansion. The checks and balances of the three powers are difficult to forge.

This shows that the military system of the Da Shang Dynasty is strict, and it is extremely difficult for the emperor to intervene even if the current emperor wants to intervene. Moreover, although the current emperor is suspicious, he still seems to be quite diligent and loving the people, so he is generally not too independent and arbitrary.

After Lian Lingyu decided to settle down, he replied: "I'll go to the army."

Lian Cheng pondered for a while, nodded and said, "Okay." He also understood that Lian Lingyu's situation at this time was indeed more suitable for him to go to the army.
Chapter completed!