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Qi Jiguang is a famous anti-Japanese general, and I think many friends are also very familiar with this character, because he can often be seen in history books. I think there are several reasons why Qi Jiguang participated in the imperial examination.

First of all, the first reason is that the Ming Dynasty attached great importance to the imperial examination. In Qi Jiguang's time, the Ming Dynasty had already swept Baguwen, although Qi Jiguang could inherit his father's business and become a four-grade **, but those who had not participated in the imperial examination, even if they inherited their father's business, would be looked down upon by others. Because at that time, the imperial examination could be said to be the only criterion for testing talents.

If Qi Jiguang didn't take the imperial examination, then others would say that he relied on the shadow of his ancestors to get such a position and didn't have his own strength.

The second reason is that the Ming Dynasty officialdom was extremely complex, and most of them had their own small collectives. Participating in the imperial examination was originally an opportunity to participate in a small collective, if Qi Jiguang did not participate in the imperial examination, then he would not have a chance with some collectives, and he would encounter a lot of trouble when Qi Jiguang carried out his work in the future. So in this case, Qi Jiguang must take the scientific exam.

The third reason is related to Qi Jiguang's childhood teacher. Although Qi Jiguang's father is a four-grade petty official, his family is not wealthy, and there was a time when Qi Jiguang was forced to drop out of school at home, but Qi Jiguang's teacher did not give up on him, but came to Qi Jiguang every day for free tutoring and taught him homework. Qi Jiguang is very grateful to this teacher, he worked hard, studied hard, and participated in the imperial examination, to a large extent, to repay this teacher's kindness.

In ancient times, although Qi Jiguang was in an important position, he was a military general after all, so he wanted to improve his knowledge and status through the imperial examination and realize his beautiful ideal of serving the motherland.

At that time, the Ming Dynasty emphasized literature and light martial arts, so although Qi Jiguang was strong in martial arts, he inevitably embarked on a career to plan a longer-term path for himself.

Because the Ming Dynasty emphasized literature over military force, and the status of military generals was very low, Qi Jiguang wanted to participate in the imperial examination to realize his beautiful ideal of serving the country.

It may be that he wants a legitimate opportunity, a position that he has earned on his own, not by his father alone, and he wants to prove himself.

He wanted to show his ability through the imperial examination and prove that he had real talent and learning, not just relying on his father.

Because I think he needs a legitimate opportunity to prove that he has obtained a position on his own and not just by his father

He may have just participated in the imperial examination as an ideal of his own and a dream of his own, hoping that he could get some results and a certain amount of recognition.

I think it's because he wants to prove himself through his own abilities, not by going through the back door to become an official in the court.

I feel that his son wants to prove himself, to prove that he is very good at breaking his father, but he is not weak.

Qi Jiguang finally became the chief soldier of Jizhou, the governor of the left, and the Shaobao. If you want to compare it with the current official positions, it is more difficult, because the corresponding official positions of these official positions no longer exist, and can be roughly compared to the current commander of the Beijing Military Region, with the rank of general.

In the early years of the Ming Dynasty (1361), Zhu Yuanzhang changed the Privy Council to the Metropolitan Governor's Office, set up a metropolitan governor, and controlled Chinese and foreign soldiers and horses. In the thirteenth year of Hongwu (1380), Hu Weiyong was punished, and in order to prevent excessive concentration of military power, the metropolitan governor's office was changed to the central, left, right, front, and rear five military governors, and each set up a member of the left and right governors. Each prefecture commanded the troops of the capital guard and the outer guard through the capital division.

After the middle of the Ming Dynasty, only the names of each guard remained, and the governor was a fictitious title, and the officer who led the army had to add the titles of general soldier, deputy chief soldier, staff general, guerrilla, etc., before he had the real power to command the army.