[I drank wine during the Lantern Festival, my head was dizzy, and I got up to write after sleeping. I'm sorry book friends. 】

Although it is autumn, the vegetation in the garden is still flourishing.

The osmanthus flowers are still a few days away from blooming, but there is already a hint of sweet fragrance floating in the air.

Zhao Ji railing to watch the water. Zhu Jieyu, Xing Wanyi and several other favored concubines took the prince and princess to the pavilion not far away, waiting for Zhao Ji's summons while chatting about topics of interest.

The lotus leaves in the pond have fallen a lot, and the lotus flowers have naturally been defeated a long time ago, and the lotus canopies are picked up on the water surface, and there is nothing to see. But the eyes of the Great Song Tianzi were staring at the water, but the focus of his eyes was blank, and it obviously did not fall on the lotus leaf.

Five days ago, Zhao Ji received a note from the Jingxi Transit Division. Han Gang reported on the latest progress of the Xianghan Caoqu. Although the channel is still divided in the middle of Fangcheng Mountain, the completion of the construction of the track at Fangcheng Pass means that the alternative channel for Xianghan Caoyun can be put into use. Before the waterway connecting Xiangzhou to the capital is fully completed, this alternative channel will be Xianghan Caoyun.

Han Gang also explained in the note that the transshipment ports at both ends of the Fangcheng track are expected to be completed by the end of September, so he applied to transport a total of 600,000 stone of autumn grain from Jinghu Road and Jingnan Road to Beijing through the newly opened channel.

This application has been approved by Zhao Ji, and the Chinese book has also been signed. He definitely wanted to see Han Gang's results. In the end, whether it can achieve success and how much capacity it can have is related to whether the Great Song Dynasty can have another lifeline connecting the north and the south.

Jinghu two roads, after Zhangdian recovered Jingnan, the annual grain number is 1.2 million stones. Of course, Zhao Ji hopes that this passage can have a transportation capacity of 1.2 million stones, if it doesn't work, one million stones can be accepted, and it will be meaningless to be less.

If it can be more than 1,200,000 stones, then it will naturally be better. The annual transportation of the Bianhe River is 6 million stones, but in addition, there are as many as many times the transportation of commercial goods. A passage for transportation is not only used by the government, but also by the people.

It's just that Zhao Ji doesn't expect the Xianghan Cao Canal to compete with the Bianshui - the capacity of the Cao Canal is related to the amount of water in the canal, and the Bianshui of the three major water systems of the Yellow River, Huaishui and the Yangtze River is not the same as a few narrow rivers in western Beijing.

Before the Xianghan Caoyun was put into use, Zhao Ji would not take it too seriously, and what really made him ponder was the book of the kind of man. Taking advantage of the disagreement between the mother and son of the Liang clan and Qiande in the Western Xia, they raised an army to conquer the Western Xia, completely destroying the country entrenched in the northwest of the Great Song Dynasty. His proposal had a great attraction to Zhao Ji.

Seeds have always been belligerent, of course Zhao Ji is not unintelligible, but the strategic vision shown by Seeds in the past is far beyond his peers, and he has always achieved success. Since he proposed to go to war, he naturally saw the weakness of Western Xia and had the possibility of meritorious service, otherwise such a good general would not gamble with his reputation and status.

But Zhao Ji, as the Son of Heaven, can't just listen to the opinions of one person, and he is not a general who can't make mistakes. The views of other courtiers must be listened to, and Zhao Ji himself also has his own understanding of the current situation.

How far can the Khitan people's support for Western Xia go is the biggest problem that plagues Zhao Ji and even the entire court.

If there is a change in the Khitan Kingdom, the Western Xia will be over. Many times, Zhao Ji was thinking that it would be good if the imperial uncle who started the rebellion was still there, or if the current minister Yelu Yixin had the courage to rebel. Once the Liao civil strife occurred, Zhao Ji could not hesitate to issue an edict to launch a war against Western Xia.

But Yelu Yixin is only a powerful minister now, and he has not yet reached the level of coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and the Liao lord Yelu Hongji has enough control in the country after being the emperor for decades. But it's not without a chance, Yelu Yixin killed the only son of the Liao lord, and it seems that there is no movement at the moment, but this matter will cause trouble sooner or later. If Yelu Hongji wants to eradicate Yelu Yixin, there will definitely be a lot of turmoil in the Liao State, and then it will be an opportunity.

Leaving the white jade railing, Zhao Ji approached the pavilion, and all the beauties in the famous palace stood up and greeted them with ten thousand blessings.

"What are you talking about?" Zhao Ji entered the pavilion and sat down.

Jieyu Zhu, who gave birth to the emperor's sixth son and is now the longest-ranked Zhao Wei in the palace, said with a smile, "I'm guessing who the top spot in this year's league is." ”

There is only one league in the capital, and that is the Keju League, which is now booming. In the autumn, the Keju League, which had been resting for the summer, will be rekindled.

Since five years ago, the cotton industry brought the Keju League, which is popular on Xihe Road, to Beijing, and after several years of development, the Keju League has become the most popular sport in Beijing, and the competition system has been completed.

In the old days, there was Qiyun Club, which was mainly engaged in playing football, and many teams gathered to compete, but it was far less exciting than the current Keju League. Wildly sought after by everyone.

That kind of soft ball game that shows footwork has long been replaced by tough, ferocious fighting. In the game, there are often scenes of players fighting for the ball and breaking their heads and bleeding. The people of the capital have lived a peaceful and stable life for hundreds of years, and it is rare to be stimulated by the bloody gas, and the fans who like this taste are more crazy than the other.

The league system is also a magic weapon to attract fans, with a home-and-away system, a round-robin point system, and a multi-team league that allows Tokyo military and civilians to watch the game for most of the year. In the long season, supporting their favorite team step by step to victory is the common wish of loyal fans.

Guessing who the champion belongs to is also a common hobby among fans, and Zhao Ji has long been surprised: "Guessed which one?" ”

"Now the number one point in the first division is Che Ma Xing, several big players in the team are not injured, and the second half of the season remains at the level of the first half of the season, and the top spot cannot fall into their palms. Even Qiyun Express said the same. ”

A talented person retorted: "The rhetoric on the Qiyun Express is not accurate. Lu Qi from the cotton line last time obviously injured his leg, but the newspaper still said that he was not injured"

"What is published is the words of the head of the cotton line, of course, he will not tell the truth, and the soldiers are not tired of cheating."

"The express newspaper also said that the carriage and horse shop is only temporarily in the first place, and the latter two are chasing very closely, as long as they miss one or two games, they will fall from the top spot."

Zhao Ji wondered, why did he read Qiyun Express?

A tabloid newspaper with news has been around in Tokyo for a long time. But it was the first tabloid as the Qiyun Express.

Founded by the Tokyo Saiyun Headquarters in charge of league affairs, this newspaper always publishes the results of the game, the standings, and the comments on each game after each match day, and the words of the players of each team after being interviewed are also published in the newspaper, and many new terms about the game are also promoted from this newspaper to the mouth of every fan. At the same time, it is indispensable to pay for advertisements paid by the team's sponsors.

In the palace, there are only too many boring entertainment activities that are repeated, otherwise Emperor Renzong would not have called the female sumo wrestlers outside the palace into the palace to perform, and he was also criticized by Sima Guang for this.

Kemari competitions, which are never lacking in novelty, are of course much more interesting than rope throwing and flying rod performances. Although the concubines can't see a few games in a year, they can only see the results from the Qiyun Express for each game. But many of them have a lot of love for their teams.

"There are three companies competing for the top spot in the first division this year, and after the fourth place, the points are a lot worse, and the chance of catching up is too small. However, there are five teams in the relegation zone, and I don't know which two will be relegated. ”

"If they don't work hard in the second half of the season, maybe they will really be relegated, only one point more than the second-to-last Sweetwater Lane."

"If it weren't for the fact that Lu Qi of the cotton team was injured for three months last time, he would not have been able to recover to his old level after recovering from his illness. In addition, Ukbo also returned to his hometown, otherwise he would not have fallen to such a point. One of the first veterans of the league! ”

Zhao Ji listened attentively to the concubines' evaluations of the competition outside the palace, and when arguing, they even blurred their dignity and inferiority, and even threw the emperor aside. Zhao Ji couldn't interject, he could hardly spare time to watch the game, and he didn't even watch the express for a long time.

Although the Keju League originated in Heehe, it is said that it was initiated by Han Gang, and even the rules that are now in use in the world were formulated by Han Gang. But after all, the Xihe Road states are not big, and there are only a dozen teams in each state on average, and it is enough to play games together. However, the capital is different, with a population of one million, due to the development of the league and the generous bonus stimulus, more than 100 teams have been formed over the years.

Of course, it is impossible for so many teams to get together and play, so there is a system of league classification and relegation. In the three divisions of the A, B and C, each division is twelve teams, with the top two promoted and the last two relegated.

As for the remaining small teams, they are implemented in a tournament system, gathering together to play the knockout round. The capital is divided into four districts through two central axes, and the small and medium-sized teams in each district will first determine the champion through the knockout round, and then the top two teams will be determined by the four districts through the round-robin competition, replacing the relegated teams in the third division.

The first half of each season is from the beginning of March to the end of May, and the second half of the season starts in mid-August and ends in the middle of the month. At the time of the first month, there is also a Golden Ball Match. The top four teams in the First Division and the top two in the Second and Third Divisions compete for a copper-plated model of the soccer ball and, of course, a prize of up to 1,000 percent. Since last year, on the eighth day of March, the top two in the previous year's First Division League were in Jinmingchi, and there was another competition to perform in front of the Son of Heaven.

The finals of the Golden Ball Tournament, as well as the bidding match, were held on the court by the Jinming Pond in the last two years, Zhao Ji brought the concubines to watch the ball game, and many people in the palace became fanatics, half of them were after watching the game. Even the Kemari tournament held in the palace has been changed to new rules.

Each team in the third division has a fixed stadium, and the nearby residents are generally their supporters, just like the cotton team, which is already the number one team in the west of the city, and any player who comes out of it can meet people to ask for wine when he goes out to eat. Although several staples have been injured one after another this year, falling to the bottom in the first half of the season, their support rating is still extremely high, and the fans are not leaving the team they support.

It's just that there are also crazy fans, and the chaos that causes is not one or two, and the brawls between fans who support different teams are often seen. The hotel tea shops have become the base camp for fans of different teams, and the two days before and after the ten-day game are the most lively and accident-prone times.

The imperial historians did not impeach the Keju League for disturbing the people, causing chaos, and corrupting the atmosphere. However, the Keju League has already formed a huge industry that spans black and white, and the lucrative benefits have pulled tens of thousands of people from the clan to the small officials into one boat. The clanging sound of copper coins striking made the voices of opposition faint. Not to mention that there are 100,000 fans in the capital, and no one will watch the league be ruined.

Tokyo City is the birthplace and commanding heights of the world's popularity, poetry, academics, entertainment, and those who can occupy the capital can occupy the world. When the Keju League became popular in the capital, of course, it spread to the local community. Soon, all prefectures and counties in the world will organize a league - the Keju League pioneered by Han Gang.

'It's Han Gang again! Zhao Ji thought that this young courtier could always bring miracles. Even if you bump in the kicking of the ball casually, it can trigger a wave of popularity.

Such a character seems to be able to make a contribution anywhere. After he finishes his errand in Jingxi, where should he be transferred? Zhao Ji couldn't make up his mind, as long as he wasn't a Jingshi......