"Yu Zhouwen, Zheng Xuan, the two of you will take good care of the martial arts." Yun Xi said with a smile.

"Your Majesty has praised it." Yu Zhouwen immediately replied: "This is all a system set by His Majesty at the beginning, and the minister and Secretary Zheng are just acting in accordance with the rules set by Your Majesty. ”

"Haha, if other yamen officials slapped me like this, I wouldn't accept it. However, the martial arts hall was indeed the school I set up myself, and I was still the first vice principal, so I deserved it. Yun Xi half-jokingly.

"Vice Principal Yu is not patting His Majesty's sycophants." Zheng Xuan also said with a smile: "The charter set by His Majesty at the beginning is not only rigorous, but also all things are taken into account, and the minister and Vice President Yu don't need to use their brains to do things in accordance with the charter." ”

"Hey, Zheng Qing, if you pat yourself like this again, I can't accept it." Yun Xi said this time: "No matter how much you thought about it when you formulated the charter, there were always things that could not be considered. Moreover, it is more difficult to run a school than to run a yamen, and it is not necessary to act according to the charter. You can't be like me. Therefore, you can manage the martial arts hall well, and I can also see the credit. ”

"Since I have meritorious, I will not hesitate to reward him. But I'll talk about rewarding both of you later. I will first tell you about the things I want to tell you about this time when I come to Wutang. ”

Speaking of this, Yun Xi stood up and glanced through the glass window at the students who were taking martial arts classes on the school grounds. Under the guidance of Yu Zhouwen and Zheng Xuan, he took the three children to turn around the entire campus, and he also knew that the martial arts classes were in the first grade and two classes that had just entered the school a few days this year.

"Do you think the current martial arts class is good or bad?" Yun Xi pointed to the two classes that were in class outside the window and asked.

Yu Zhouwen and Zheng Xuan glanced at each other. His Majesty's words are clearly dissatisfied with the current martial arts class. But the current rules of the martial arts class were also set by His Majesty back then, and it is not good for them to criticize them at will.

After thinking for a moment, Yu Zhouwen decided to tell the truth. "Your Majesty, the minister thinks the martial arts class is fine. The gentlemen who teach the martial arts class are the most powerful sergeants selected by the Jingwei Army, and what they teach is not the martial arts of fighting alone, but the fighting techniques used in the melee, which is very practical. ”

"But the students cultivated in the martial arts hall can use the fighting technique?" Yun Xi asked rhetorically: "After graduation, whether the students of the Wutang University stay in Beijing or return to the local area, they will start from the fifth rank deputy thousand households, or serve as a staff officer in the capital division, the Xingdu division, and the guard, which is also an official position of the fifth or sixth grade. ”

"It's also easy for them to get promoted. Those who serve as deputy Qianhu can be promoted to Qianhu as long as there is a shortage of Qianhu in Weili, and then they can be promoted to Weili as a commander in a few years, and those who stay in Weili as a staff officer are similar. Those who went to the capital division and the capital division were promoted faster as staff officers. ”

"And after they are promoted to Weili as generals, where can they still use martial arts? If even the commander of the guard has to go into battle to fight, then this battle should also be lost, and it is useless for the general to understand whether he knows martial arts or not. ”

"And the current martial arts class exam method is not very suitable. At first, I asked them to compete with each other to determine their rankings, but the students from thousands of families did not dare to defeat the students from noble backgrounds, so they had to change to the current class as a whole to score. But that's not very appropriate. ”

"That's why I want to reform this course."

'The rapid promotion of the students who graduated from the Lecture Martial Arts Hall is not the result of the preference of the first emperor and Your Majesty. Zheng Xuan thought in his heart. Since the first batch of graduates in the 28th year of Hongwu took up their posts in the capital and localities, all the promotion lists reported by the localities, the graduates of the Jiangwutang must be approved, and the graduates of the Jiangwutang will be given priority for promotion with the same merits.

However, although Zheng Xuan complained in his heart, he also understood the reason why the two emperors did this. After all, the students who graduated from the martial arts hall had gone to school in the capital, met the emperor, and received a patriotic education of loyalty to the monarch, so they were certainly more trustworthy than the military generals who had never entered Beijing from other places.

Moreover, now His Majesty not only has to better control the army, but also to carry out reforms, and the students who have been educated in the lecture hall should of course be even more appointed.

"The minister dares to ask Your Majesty, how do you want to change the martial arts class?" Yu Zhouwen didn't think as much as Zheng Xuan, and asked questions.

"I mean, abolish martial arts classes." Yun Xi first said this sentence that surprised the two of them and was about to give a word of advice, and then said, "I plan to set up a ball game in the lecture hall. Each class is a team, and teams from other classes compete in a ranking based on the number of points in the competition, ranging from the full score of 10 to the lowest point. ”

Hearing the second half of the words, Yu Zhouwen and Zheng Xuan breathed a sigh of relief. They heard that Yun Hee's change was to cancel the martial arts class and move the score of this class to this ball game, which I don't know what it was. In this way, the school system will not change much, and it will not affect them much.

"I don't know what His Majesty wants to set up in the lecture hall, well, ball games?" Yu Zhouwen asked again.

Yun Xi did not answer immediately, but looked at the door of this public room. Yu Zhouwen and Zheng Xuan also looked at the door strangely, and suddenly heard a knock on the door, and a shrill voice came: "Official, the slave brought something." ”

"Come in." Yun Xi said a word, and the door was immediately opened, and Wang Xi walked in from outside, holding a one-foot-square box in his hand. Yun Xi took the box from him, opened the lid of the box, took out a round sphere less than a foot wide from it, and smiled at Yu Zhouwen and Zheng Xuan: "This is the ball game I want to carry out in the lecture hall. ”

"Your Majesty, this is, Ju? The ball game that His Majesty wants to promote is Keju? Zheng Xuan asked.

Yes, what Yun Xi wants to promote in Jiangwutang is football, which is known as the world's number one sport.

Football has a very long history. During the Warring States Period, when Su Qin lobbied King Xuan of Qi, he described Linzi as follows: Linzi is very rich and real, and its people are all blowing rods, drumming, and bowing. It can be seen that football has been born at least since the time of King Qi Xuan. Since then, there have been records of Keju in all dynasties. The Tang Dynasty reached its first heyday, and inflatable footballs were invented.

Later, the Southern Song Dynasty reached its second peak, and there was also a football club that specialized in organizing football matches to earn ticket money as a means of making a living-Qiyun Society.

During the Mongol and Yuan dynasties, the economy of Jiangnan was quite developed, and the Mongols did not care about anything other than making money, and Keju was still popular. The war in the late Yuan and early Ming dynasties caused great damage to the economy, although agricultural production was quickly restored, but the urban economy did not recover so quickly, and Zhu Yuanzhang implemented a strict policy of cracking down on merchants, so the people were not very wealthy, and the attention of this movement was reduced.

However, with the recovery of the national economy, the urban people have gradually become richer, and they have some spare money to have fun. So Goolan Washe flourished again, and some people began to make a living by performing fancy kicks to earn rewards. Yun Xi also happened to hear the eunuchs in the palace mention that he saw a fancy kicking performance in Vasheri before he remembered this sport, and immediately decided to promote it.

As a sport, the first role that football can play is to exercise. In the future, a 90-minute football match will have players on both sides except the goalkeeper to run 10,000 meters, which is more than 20 miles. And it's much better than just running laps.

Second, football will also train the players' ability to cooperate, as well as the captain's or manager's command ability. As we all know, if you want to win a game, you can't just have strength to win, and there is also tactical coordination brewing in this, which is very useful for exercising the tactical coordination ability of the squad.

Third, football has a long history, and it was once prosperous in the previous dynasty, although the football promoted by Yunxi is quite different from the previous Keju, but when everyone hears that this is something that has been there, there will be much less resistance in their hearts, and it is more conducive to promotion.

In fact, rugby is more in line with Yoon-hee's vision than football: rugby is more intense, with more physical collisions and lower requirements for the field. But first, rugby, a ball game that can be played with hands, is a new thing for Daming; Second, rugby is more likely to be injured; He hadn't watched much rugby and didn't know the rules. So he decided to promote football after much deliberation.

At this time, Yun Xi introduced: "This is a ball made by the craftsmen in the palace, made of cowhide, and inflated inside. In the future, I will use this as an action to win the ball. "In addition to recruiting ministers into the palace to talk about military reform during the Chinese New Year, Yun Xi also asked the internal officials and supervisors to call a few craftsmen into the palace to study football, but no one paid attention. After repeated research, these craftsmen finally determined that the ball made by doing so was the most elastic, and Yunxi used this kind of ball.

"As for how the competition should be set up, I already have an idea. In one academic year, the Keju team of each class competes against the Kemari team of the other nine classes, with a total of 45 competitions per grade. Each class of the one-year class for those who have taken up the post also forms a Keju team and competes with other classes. ”

"There is no official competition between the classes of different grades and the inactive class, but they can kick each other and use it for practice."

"The size of the course is about 20 zhang long and 13 zhang wide." Because the elasticity of football in this era is certainly not as flexible as that of later generations, Yunxi reduced the size of the football field.

"As for the rules, each team has eleven players on the field, one goalkeeper and the rest ten. There is a goal on each side of the pitch, and the goalkeeper guards the goal. ......" Yun Xi then elaborated on the rules.

Yu Zhouwen and Zheng Xuan were a little dizzy when they heard it. Suddenly hearing so many rules, no one can remember them. Zheng Xuan had to carefully interrupt Yun Xi, who was talking about it, and asked, "Your Majesty, there are so many games, how many stadiums does Your Majesty plan to set up?" ”

"I'm going to build fifteen stadiums near the lecture hall. There are five classes for each grade and five for the first class. Usually the training adopts a rotation system, and the two classes share one court, and take turns to use it every other day. ”

"Your Majesty, there are fifteen stadiums, and there is absolutely no place to build these many stadiums near the lecture hall." Yu Zhouwen said.

"Of course, I am also prepared for this. Originally, Long Xiangwei was stationed near the lecture hall, but I moved the station of this guard to another place, and the original station of Long Xiangwei was handed over to the lecture hall to build a stadium. ”

Hearing that even the garrison was moved to build a stadium, Yu Zhouwen and Zheng Xuan glanced at each other, knowing that His Majesty's determination could not be changed, and he didn't dare to ask any more questions, just put forward some small suggestions.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this year's martial arts hall has already opened, and the martial arts class has also begun, so I am afraid it is not appropriate to hastily abolish it. According to Chen's view, it is better to set up a Keju competition this year, but the martial arts class will not be canceled for the time being, but the test score will be reduced to five points, and it will be canceled next year; This year's Keju competition score is also lower for the time being, set at five points. At the same time, the future of these sergeants was arranged in advance. Yu Zhouwen said.

"It's fine." Yun Xi thought about it and nodded in agreement. It's not always necessary to give students a buffer time. Moreover, how to arrange the sergeant who teaches martial arts classes should also be considered and properly placed. You can't just kick it back to the original guard house, it would be too cold.

After that, the two of them discussed the details with Yun Xi and decided on the charter. Yun Xi said: "Now that these rules of the competition have just been established, even the eunuchs I have taught in the palace cannot figure it out. After the stadium is built, I will referee the first game. In the future, the eunuchs who had been taught by me in the palace were the judges. You must also select people who are suitable to be referees in the lecture hall, and you can't always use internal officials. ”

He emphasized: "In the Keju competition I envisioned, the referee is extremely important. If the referee's whistle is wrong on the field, the team that was supposed to lose may win. When you choose a referee, you must choose the one that will not be affected. "There are many noble children of students in the martial arts hall, although there will be noble children in each class, but there is no guarantee that the referee will be affected, and some judgments are difficult to determine whether it is a real misjudgment or a partial judgment.

"Yes, Your Majesty." The two of them also realized the importance of the referee and hurriedly agreed.

Yun Xi talked to the two of them for a long time, and it was not until almost noon that the football matter was arranged. Zheng Xuan glanced sideways at the time, bowed to Yun Xi and said, "Your Majesty, it's almost noon now, and the minister has arranged the canteen to cook for Your Majesty?" ”

"No need, I have something to do in the afternoon, so I won't eat in the martial arts hall." Yun Xi also glanced sideways at the time. Min'er is still on that street, if he takes his three sons to eat in the martial arts hall, he will not want to have dinner tonight.

Yun Xi smiled again and said, "I didn't want to say so much to Kejuyi, but I didn't expect to stop talking about it. ”

Maybe it's because since Hongwu 25 years ago, his spirit has been tense most of the time, and now he can finally relax, so I want to see the most sports I watched in my previous life, even if the level is far away. He thought.

"I have another thing to tell you. I was going to say a few more words to you, but now it's not too early, so I can only make a long story short. ”

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