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If it is said that the imperial examination is only a prosperous age for scholars to participate, then polo is an activity that can be participated in by the whole people.

Even though not everyone can play polo, they can watch it.

Before, Li Ye thought that there were not many feudal towns to participate, but he didn't expect that in addition to these roads that the imperial court could order, even people from the south of the Yangtze River came, a total of fifty-three polo teams, which was somewhat unexpected by him.

In Li Ye's expectation, in addition to the fifteen forbidden armies, the twelve localities of Guannei Province, Sichuan Province, Shannan West Province, Shannan East Province, Hedong Province, Qianzhou, Jingnan, Annan, Lingnan, Anxi Dadu Hufu, Lingwu, and Jingzhao Mansion will each send a team.

That's twenty-seven teams.

In addition, he guessed that Xuanwu and Shaanzhou would also send teams to participate, but he didn't expect many small feudal towns to come.

The defense of Hangzhou sent a team to a small feudal town like Qian Biao, and many teams were also, nominally just a state, but also sent teams to participate in the competition.

There was also a feudal town where several teams came at the same time.

Of course, it is fake that these small feudal towns came to participate in the competition, and it is true that they took the opportunity to lobby the minister and seek benefits.

The participation of so many teams also made the polo field in Dongneyuan a little insufficient, so Li Ye found another polo field in Chang'an City, but it was impossible to accommodate so many people in the polo field in Dongneiyuan.

However, because of the polo match on the first day, Li Ye will appear on the polo court in the East Inner Garden, so the two polo courts in the first day of the game, the East Inner Garden is the most popular.

Of course, the tickets were also sold out, and the nearly 50,000-seat polo field was all sold out, and this ticket alone earned tens of thousands of yuan.

You know, the cheapest ticket also costs fifty yuan, and the most expensive one is dozens of yuan, of course, the location is very good.

Hearing this number, Li Ye thought to himself, isn't it the end of this polo game, and this cost can be recovered a lot?

"Let's go, today is the first day of the polo match, and I must attend. You will all come with you, and you will also go to see the lively scene. ”

In the Lin De Palace, Li Ye finished breakfast with a group of concubines and heirs, and then ordered to drive to the polo field in the East Inner Garden.

"The queen and Concubine Li walk with me!"

In front of the Lin De Palace, Li Ye was about to get into the car when he spoke.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Liu Chenyan and Sun Mei immediately bowed and saluted, and then walked towards Li Ye's car with envious eyes from the concubines.

"Your Majesty, who is playing with whom in today's polo match?" On the carriage, Sun Mei couldn't help but ask.

"Zhang Wei!"

"Back to Your Majesty, back to Concubine Li, this morning is Zuo Yulin's army against Zhenwu Army, and in the afternoon Shaanzhou is against Zhongwu Army." Hearing Li Ye's question, Zhang Wei outside the carriage hurriedly replied loudly.

"Your Majesty, this morning's game is going to be very exciting." Liu Chenyan's eyes lit up.

"What did the queen mother say?" Sun Mei said curiously.

When it came to polo, Liu Chenyan's interest was very high, "Sister Mei, you may not know." This left feather forest army is a forbidden army, and there are many cavalry, so the polo game will naturally not be bad; However, the Zhenwu army was dominated by nomadic peoples such as Tuyuhun and Tatars, and the cavalry was superb in horsemanship.

The morning game was definitely a battle of the dragons, but the results of the afternoon game should be obvious, and the team in Shaanzhou should not be able to win against the Zhongwu Army. ”

"Yan'er, how do I think Shaanzhou may not lose!" Li Ye said with a smile.

"The Loyal Army has always been an elite division, but Shaanzhou is only a state, and it is obvious that Shaanzhou cannot win." Liu Chenyan argued.

"Yan'er, how about we make a bet? I'll bet on Shaanzhou to win in the afternoon. ”

"Your Majesty, this bet has to be a bet!" Sun Mei on the side coaxed.

"What do you want to bet on?" Li Ye said.

"Well, let the concubine think about it." Liu Chenyan tilted her head and thought about it, then suddenly shook her hand, "The concubine thought of it." If the concubine wins, His Majesty will take the concubine and Sister Mei and others out of Chang'an City for a visit, and you can't go to Huaqing Palace, it's too deserted! ”

"How about going to Fengxiang Mansion?" Li Ye asked.

"That's fine!" Liu Chenyan wanted to go back to Chengdu Mansion, but she didn't mention it because she thought it was inappropriate.

"But what if Yan'er loses?" Li Ye smiled evilly.

"It's impossible to lose, how can a concubine lose!"

"Bet, there must be a win or a lose!"

"Otherwise, if the concubine loses, she will agree to any of His Majesty's requests." Liu Chenyan thought about it and thought that she shouldn't lose, so she didn't take this bet to heart.

"It's not hard for me to ask for it." Saying that, Li Ye whispered a few words in Liu Chenyan's ear, and after listening, Liu Chenyan's face was slightly red.

"Your Majesty, you...

"Yan'er, this is what you said to agree to any of my requests, do you want Yan'er to regret it?"

"If you don't regret it, the concubine won't lose!" Liu Chenyan said confidently.

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When you are in the polo field, you can understand the popularity of polo in Chang'an, even if Chang'an has been destroyed several times, but Chang'an people's excitement for polo has not weakened.

If Huang Chao was initially decided, Li Yi returned to Beijing and Li Ye had just ascended the throne in the past few years, the nobles of Chang'an may not have forgotten polo, but the love of the people of Chang'an for polo has decreased.

However, in recent years, as Chang'an's prosperity began to recover, the people of Chang'an began to regain their love for polo in their spare time.

Of course, the most popular is the popular Kemari.

Speaking of polo, everyone in Chang'an knows it, maybe it's an exaggeration, but Keju is different.

After all, you need a horse to play polo, but horses are not something that ordinary families can afford, and even if they can, they may not be able to afford them.

However, Kemari is different in that it can be made with bamboo or fur, so it can naturally be popularized. If you walk in the streets and alleys of Chang'an, you can find children or young people kicking the juju.

However, Keju has a shortcoming, that is, because it is too popular and popular, it is not loved by the powerful.

Therefore, polo is a sport pursued by these elites, that is, the sport of the nobility, a bit like golf in later generations.

However, there are differences, golf is not very spectatory, but polo is very spectatory. The popularity of polo in Datang is a bit like the love of football in Europe in later generations, and it cannot be described only as love.

So when Li Ye's holy car appeared in the stands, the words like a tsunami of "auspicious saints" and "auspicious saints" made Li Ye a little fascinated.

No wonder so many people like this location, that kind of heartfelt pride and ambition is particularly obvious at this time, and people can't help but indulge in it.

Everyone wants to be a king, but not everyone can do it well.

Although the king is a human being, if you reach this position, you can't see yourself as an ordinary person, because you have already carried too many responsibilities on you, so you can't do whatever you want like ordinary people.

When Li Ye personally announced the start of the polo match, the polo match that had been prepared for a year officially kicked off! I want to talk about "Rebirth of Tang Zhongxing" with more like-minded people, and pay attention to "excellent reading literature" on WeChat, talk about life, and find confidants~