The football match held on the morning of the first day of the Beiya lecture opened the eyes of the two saints and the Manchu Dynasty and aroused their great interest.

According to the prior arrangement, the eight teams of the Beiya Forbidden Army played separately in four venues, and the time of the game was only about 40 minutes per game, and the championship and runner-up were competed for on the same day. The final was held in front of the Zuo Yulin A team, which Cheng Wuting personally played as the striker, and the Qianqi C team, which Guo Yuanzhen guarded the goal.

In fact, if it weren't for the Yulin Army and Qianqi competing in their respective groups, how could Cheng Wuting possibly reach the finals? There is a big gap in the level of football competition between the Yulin Army and the Thousand Cavalry.

Cheng Wuting was dumbfounded when he saw Guo Yuanzhen in the final, and before the game started, he bargained with Guo Yuanzhen and asked him to score two goals. Guo Yuanzhen didn't agree, which made Cheng Wuting, a general, very faceless. As soon as the game began, the difference in strength between the Yulin team and the Thousand Cavalry team was immediately reflected. Not to mention breaking through Guo Yuanzhen's ten fingers, it is difficult for the Yulin team to kill Guo Yuanzhen's territory, and the general's forward Cheng Wuting almost can't even reach the ball. Just over halfway through the game, the goal of the Yulin team was pierced four times by the fierce Qianqi striker!

In the finals, thousands of Beiya forbidden troops watched, shouting and screaming to shake the sky and passion Penghu. The two saints and civil and military officials on the viewing platform were also infected, and cheers and cheers were heard from time to time.

Today's opening ceremony of the Beiya Lecture on Martial Arts was held particularly successfully!

After the game, Cheng Wuting walked off the competition venue with his people in frustration, and Guo Yuanzhen took the thousands of horsemen to accept the cheers of thousands of people. The scene was very lively and full of passion.

Xue Shao walked into the crowd and received Cheng Wuting, and said with a smile: "General Evil, I'm sorry!" ”

"It's so shameless, it actually poured seven balls into us!" Cheng Wuting seemed to be a little angry, and said angrily, "Guo Yuanzhen's kid is really hateful, I asked him to let me score a goal, but he refused to live or die, and he shoveled me down once!" - Look, my knees are broken! I'm going to beat that stinky boy when I get back! ”

Xue Shao laughed, "The evil general who kills people on the battlefield is so serious about a football game, and he will scold him when his knee is broken, it's really funny!" ”

Cheng Wuting was stunned for a moment, and then he also smiled, "This thing is really fun, and it is best to use it to dispel punishment in the days when there is no war." Who of us military men is not a two-pole temperant, and who doesn't want to fight for the first place? If you don't pay attention, it's more serious! ”

"Understand, understand." Xue Shao said with a smile, "General Evil, hurry up and freshen up, the Second Sage is going to give you an award and reward." ”

"And there's a reward for that?" Cheng Wuting was immediately happy, "Okay, we'll be here soon!" ”

Later, the two teams of champions and runners-up went to the altar together to receive the reward of the two saints. His Majesty the Emperor made a very generous move, and gave each of the members of the two teams a robe and cloak made of Xishu brocade, a pair of golden carved saddles and a six-idle horse.

Each of the soldiers of the Thousand Horsemen is a "six idle horse" on which they ride, but this is something owned by the public. The so-called six idle horses refer to the horses raised in the "six idle stables" in the inner garden of the imperial city, which are the war horses that are paid tribute from the national horse ranches in Longyou and Hebei, and are the guarantee of the combat effectiveness of the cavalry of the Tang Empire, which is of great value. The two sweaty horses that Princess Taiping gave to Xue Shao before were the best horses in the six idle stables for the royal family, and they were absolutely priceless.

The emperor's generous reward made the soldiers of the football team overjoyed, and the mountain shouted long live. Those who did not join the team were bitter and regretful, vowing to be part of the team in the future.

Li Zhi once again bought the hearts of the people.

At the same time, Wu Zetian was not idle. Showing her face in public is a must in her life - she is responsible for awarding trophies to the championship team!

The trophy is made of pure gold. In view of some kind of embarrassing knot, Xue Shao designed it to be shaped like a "Hercules Cup" to make himself yy. However, the name is "Shangwu Cup". In fact, since the Western Han Dynasty, the confrontational Keju has become a widely popular sport, when the Han Dynasty promoted Keju with the purpose of "governing the country and practicing martial arts", which not only made it widely popular in the army, but also among the aristocracy. The Tang Dynasty is also martial arts, Xue Shao named this cup "Shangwu Cup", which has the meaning of inheriting the ancient style and carrying forward it to the present.

Although the material rewards for the champions and runners-up are the same, the pure gold Shangwu Cup personally awarded by the queen of heaven really made Guo Yuanzhen and others happy. All the thousand horsemen cheered loudly and couldn't help themselves, it was as if they had won a great victory like never before, or ...... The Chinese team really won the Hercules Cup!

The cheerful and passionate atmosphere reached its peak at this time, and Wu Zetian, who had a lot of scenery, was also full of spring breeze and laughing. Those emcee dancers who presented the awards with Wu Zetian really amazed everyone on the spot. As soon as they appeared on the stage, they attracted everyone's attention with their strange and sexy costumes, and the thousands of forbidden soldiers who were watching at the scene let out a cry of surprise, and even the limelight of the diva was somewhat covered for a while.

Wu Zetian was also quite surprised when he saw these women, and asked Xue Shao what kind of fancy clothes they were wearing? Xue Shao said that this was the "Huadian Tang robe" designed by the minister himself for them - it was a new name chosen by Xue Shao himself.

Wu Zetian is a woman, women are beautiful by nature, and she has always been a person who dares to be maverick and likes to be different. Wu Zetian showed great interest in Hua Tian Tang Pao, and said with a smile: "Xue Aiqing is really assertive and innovative. Although these new clothes are not in line with the etiquette system, they are quite amazing, and they add a lot of color to today's martial arts conference -- but there are things to entertain and sing and dance in the harem, and such Huadian Tang robes can be unveiled, which is also a gorgeous scene! ”

"The queen of heaven is magnanimous and sage!" Xue Shao arched his hand and smiled, "Actually, Her Royal Highness the princess also loves this dress very much, if the queen of heaven is happy, I will ask Her Royal Highness the princess to customize and send it to the queen of heaven, and the queen of heaven may wish to give it a try." ”

"Oh?" Wu Zetian laughed, "The virtuous son-in-law has a heart, the virtuous son-in-law has a heart!" ”

Many people present watched Xue Shao and the queen of heaven talk very happily, and many people had ideas in their hearts, nothing more than that Xue Shao was from side to side, not only flattering His Majesty, but also getting close to the queen of heaven.

Xue Shao and Princess Taiping are bitter in their hearts, they can't say it, who can balance a bowl of water between the two saints? You can't offend, you can't get too close—it's hard to be human!

At lunchtime, the martial arts conference came to an end, and Xue Shao arranged a meal to entertain the civil and military ministers who came to watch the ceremony. However, the second saint did not stay, and took Princess Taiping and others back to the harem to rest and eat.

In the afternoon's riding and archery competition, Emperor Li Zhi did not come to watch in person, but the Queen of Heaven and Princess Taiping came. Not only did they come, but the mother and daughter also presented prizes to the top three in the riding and archery competition, with prizes ranging from high-grade bows and brocade, and of course, medals symbolizing honor.

Hearing that the "Jade Crown General" Xue Chuyu was going to participate in the cavalry archery competition, all the Beiya forbidden troops were almost deflated, and unanimously decided that they only had the opportunity to compete for the second place. In the final result, the champion fell to Xue Chuyu's house without any suspense.

At the time of the award, Wu Zetian mentioned to Xue Shao, saying that those who had already won the ranking should not participate in the competition in the future, and that masters and officers above the rank of captain like Xue Chuyu should also take the initiative to withdraw, so as to give more low-level generals and ordinary guards more opportunities to express themselves and win awards.

Xue Shao agreed on the spot. He knew very well in his heart that Wu Zetian had always attached importance to doing a good job in "grassroots relations," and more than half of the "12 suggestions" policy program she put forward more than 10 years ago was to pay attention to and improve the treatment of low- and lower-class people, and this enabled her to win widespread public opinion and popular support in society and in the military. Otherwise, just by virtue of the political struggles and various conspiracies in the court, a generation of empresses will not be able to officially step onto the stage of history, and at most he will become a figure such as Empress Lu or Cixi.

No one can succeed casually, it is still difficult for a man to become an emperor and sit firmly in the country, let alone a woman?

Xue Shao felt that in getting along with Wu Zetian, whenever it comes to anything related to politics, he must ignore her "gender" and regard her as a pure politician, that's right! -- If, like some empty talkers in later generations who did not know history and did not understand politics, one evaluated and treated Wu Zetian with the traditional concept of "morality in command" and the attitude of following the trend, not only would he be extremely naïve and stupid, but he would not know how he would die!

Beiya talked about martial arts, and it lasted for a total of five days. After all, Li Zhi was unwell, and he basically never appeared again except for showing up on the opening day. The queen of heaven came very diligently, except for two days when she was delayed because of the presiding over the court meeting and receiving foreign guests and envoys, the rest of the time she came when she was free, at least to ensure that she was present every day and participated in the award.

When the Beiya soldiers who won the ranking happily and proudly received the medal symbolizing honor from the hands of the queen of heaven, they also knew the queen of heaven invisibly, remembered the queen of heaven, and remembered the encouragement and praise of the queen of heaven and even grateful.

Xue Shao saw it in his eyes and realized it in his heart. Li Zhi spent a lot of money to buy the hearts of the people of the Northern Ya, and Wu Zetian came to get close to the Beiya Forbidden Army and "mingle with the masses" in the details of life.

Which is more effective, the purchase of materials or the envelopment of feelings?

The six-day lecture on martial arts in Beiya ended successfully.

At the closing time, Li Zhi appeared, riding a military parade in a carriage like on the opening day. I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, Wu Zetian boarded the car with Li Zhi. As a result, the Northern Ya Forbidden Army no longer shouted "Long live Your Majesty", but "Long live the saint".

The two saints are in the same dynasty, and the emperor and the queen of heaven are both called "saints"!

Xue Shao thought to himself, Li Zhi's heart must be very depressed at this moment, he spent a lot of money and thought to "dominate" the Beiya Forbidden Army, but he was taken advantage of by the queen of heaven to pick up some cheap favors.

The open and secret battles between the two saints are really everywhere!