With the support of her husband, Taoming Ye, Su Xing felt more motivated to take the martial examination.
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In this place, the martial examination is just like the civil examination, with four stages: the county exam, the provincial exam, the capital exam, and the palace exam.
The county exam is held at the county level, and those who pass become Martial Talents; the provincial exam is held at the prefecture level, and those who pass become Martial Candidates; the capital exam takes place in the Imperial City, and those who pass become Martial Imperial Examination Graduates; the palace exam is for those who have already qualified as Martial Imperial Examination Graduates, to further rank them into three grades.
The first grade includes the top three: the first is the Martial Champion, the second is the Martial Runner-up, and the third is the Martial Third-place Winner.
