Chapter Seventy-Eight: Keju Tournament and Rugby Match

I ate and drank happily with Duanwang Zhao Ji, chatted even happier, very lively and talkative guy, but just after eating, I couldn't wait to go back to prepare for the team. Looking at Zhao Ji, who was staggering and unable to walk in a straight line, I was really afraid that there would be any danger if he went back by himself, so I hurriedly asked Xiaodouzi to arrange for the two imperial guards to send him back

What the? Am I drunk, you ask? Don't make a fuss, I personally feel that the wine of the Song Dynasty is about ten degrees, if I can dry up from the twenty-first century, I can drink more than two catties of liquor of more than fifty degrees, then how much wine do I have to drink

The next morning, I announced to the ministers what I had discussed with King Duan last night, and told the Ministry of Rites about the matter

"Set up a Keju Committee, specifically responsible for various affairs related to Keju, the establishment of a new team, the Keju competitions of each Luzhi, including the annual Imperial Cup Competition, all must be planned and responsible through this committee, this matter is responsible for you to issue notices to each Luzhi, the Keju Committee Yamen is also hung under the name of your Ministry of Rites, and your Ministry of Rites is responsible for and manages it, and the personnel arrangements of the committee are also under the Ministry of Officials, and the dispatch of eight or nine ranks can be determined, and they are directly responsible for the Ministry of Rites." Early in the morning, I commanded the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Rites

"The ministers obey."

"Strive to hold the first Empire Cup Keju Tournament next summer, the champion of the tournament will be rewarded with 100,000 yuan, a bronze and gold-plated champion, each player can get a bronze ring of the champion, and the champion will be obtained in a cycle, and only the team that has won the championship for five consecutive times can keep the championship forever......" I said to the Ministry of Rites

In this way, the world's first football-related game was born in China at this time, and I am proud, Oye...... I coquettishly split it again......

In recent days, it can be regarded as idle, every day is the upper court, the next court, the review of the chapter, when I am idle, I accompany the queen mother's mother to wander around, or accompany the wives to play mahjong, fight the landlord, and continue to work hard at night to implement the villain plan, very regular life, but so far the wives have not been pregnant, this is very depressed, do I have a problem?

"Little Bean, quickly spread that He Wenbao and An Daoquan came to see me." I yelled a little anxiously and said to Xiaodouzi, can you not be in a hurry, this is a big deal

After a while, He Wenbao and An Daoquan came to the imperial study

"Minister, He Wenbao, Long live An Daoquan's visit to my emperor."

"Flat, sit."

"Your Majesty." Then the two of them sat on the chairs with their buttocks in tow, and He Wenbao arched his hand and asked me, "I don't know what the emperor has to call the ministers and the other two to come and say?" ”

"Little Bean, let them all step down." I instructed Xiaodouzi to let him drive out all the eunuchs and palace maids who were waiting in the imperial study, and then instructed him: "You go to the door and watch, no one is allowed to approach." ”

"The slave obeys."

"The two Aiqing, since my wedding in the past two years, have not had any heirs, and the Queen Mother has mentioned this matter many times, but they have all been perfunctory by me, but in the end, I still have doubts in my heart, so today I specially invite the two Aiqing to come and check the pulse for me." What I said was very plain, but this matter involved the issue of incense in the royal family, so I don't need to say anything, the two of them are very clear in their own hearts

"Since this is the case, then please ask the emperor to move his seat and sit down, and the ministers will ask for the emperor's pulse." He Wenbao said

After sitting on the collapse, He Wenbao and An Daoquan respectively began to give me the pulse, and then the two kept bowing their heads to communicate, and finally He Wenbao arched his hand to me and said: "Long live Qizuo, after the diagnosis of the minister and Lord An, it is confirmed that the emperor's body is fine, but the emperor's body was weak before, and he fell off the horse on the wedding day, which caused the emperor's inner mansion to be a little short. ”

I'll rub it, I'm not really fine, I pretended to be very calm and said, "Can you recuperate?" ”

"Your Majesty, it's not difficult, but it may take a little longer." An Daoquan answered

"How long."

"It is as short as three or four months, or as long as about a year, and during the treatment period, it will not have any impact on the emperor."

"Go back and get ready, and start to recuperate tomorrow. This matter ......" My tone instantly became extremely cold

"Your Majesty, don't worry, this matter will only rot in the stomachs of the ministers." He Wenbao and An Daoquan immediately knelt on the ground and swore to me

"Hehe, what are the two Aiqing doing, it's okay to always kneel down and do something, hurry up, Xiaodouzi, go and help the two Aiqing up." I said with a very kind smile.

Seeing them get up from the ground, I smiled and said, "Okay, two Aiqing, you should go back and prepare for this matter immediately, don't let me down." ”

"Yes, yes, yes, please rest assured that the ministers will complete the emperor's entrustment, the ministers will retire, long live my emperor, long live long live." He Wenbao and An Daoquan bowed down and slowly withdrew from the imperial study

Out of the imperial study, just walked to the corner of the stairs, He Wenbao immediately shivered and took out the hand towel in his sleeve and began to wipe the cold sweat that kept flowing

"My lord, why are you sweating so much?" An Daoquan asked a little puzzled, although my words just now also scared him, but because he didn't know me very well when he just joined the company, he didn't have a cold sweat like He Wenbao

He Wenbao listened to An Daoquan's question, quickly pulled him aside, and after seeing that there was no one around, he said to An Daoquan: "Brother An, you have just joined the office, and you don't know our long live master, although he is usually very kind, but he has a common problem that all emperors have had, that is, suspicious and moody, you didn't see many Western Xia Taishou and generals who surrendered without a fight on this expedition, how good it is to talk to him face-to-face, but our long live lord, turn your head and kill people, Liu Shihai, how red in the eyes of the emperor, That's a hot character, some time ago he came out of the emperor's imperial study, he was so frightened, his face was blue, hey, Lord An, don't spread this, this is a slander, I won't admit it if you spread it......" The two of them said this and walked back to the hospital

"Xiaodouzi, go to Chuanwu Song, wait for me at the corner gate of Xuanwu Gate, let's go to the barracks to have a look." After seeing He Wenbao and An Daoquan leave, I instructed Xiaodouzidao

Out of the palace gate, I took Wu Song, Xiaodouzi, and Yudie without stopping and rode directly to the camp of the forbidden army outside the city. After arriving, he handed over the waist card, and the sentry went to Zhang Qiying, the head coach of the camp, and then I took the three of them around the camp, and suddenly there was a sound of cheering and cheering, I followed the sound to take a look, it turned out that the army was in a wrestling match.

The applause came and went, there were soldiers who were constantly falling, some kept getting up, and then people were thrown out of the ring, and new soldiers climbed up to continue the competition, I was watching the excitement under the stage, and then I heard someone asking me to say goodbye, "Minister Zhou Dong, knock to see the emperor, long live my emperor, long live long live." ”

I looked back and saw that it was Zhou Tong, the secretary of the military department, "Pingsheng, hey, Zhou Aiqing, how often is this wrestling competition held in the army?" I asked Zhou Tong

"Back to the emperor, this is almost every day, and there are weightlifting, martial arts, equestrian and other events in the barracks."

"Is there a polo?" I asked

"Not really."

"Is there a Kemari?"

"Yes, there were, but the soldiers were not very good at kemari and always used their hands to catch the ball, so there were very few kemari competitions in the barracks." Zhou Tong said with some embarrassment

"Always catch the ball with your hands? Yes, we can change the rules, let's go, go to your big tent. "I was a little excited and said that since the soldiers are used to catching the ball with their hands, then I will simply change the rules, not to kick the ball with my feet, but only to catch the ball with my hands, yes, to change the football to rugby.

When I arrived at the big tent, I drew the shape of a rugby ball on paper, and then instructed Zhou Dong to find a soldier who could tailor and make it on the spot.

A ball made of hard cowhide, stuffed with cloth, and the world's first rugby ball was born.

I took this rugby and said to all the generals who looked at me with a confused face: "This, I named it rugby, how to play this ball, different from Keju, it doesn't need to be kicked, it can only be held with hands, and the two sides of the game are ......" I explained to all the generals how to play this rugby, which is similar to that of later generations, and can be used in any way to grab the ball, of course, the big tricks such as cutting off the claws and killing scissor feet, etc., must not be used, I said while comparing to these generals, looking at their eager faces, I already knew that this event was going to be a hit