Early summer, 1863.

Beijing built the world's first modern stadium, although it can not be compared with the stadium of tens of thousands of people in later generations, but this imperial stadium that can only accommodate 6,000 people is unique in the world at this time.

The current imperial sports can be said to be a hundred flowers blooming and a hundred schools of thought contending. There are not only complete national (including colonial dependencies) football leagues and cups in China, but also baseball leagues, basketball leagues and even rugby leagues have been established under Lin Hong's promotion, and of course, the national table tennis will not be forgotten. With the support of the emperor and the government, China's sports industry can be said to be booming, especially this year, the establishment of a special sports department to manage domestic sports has greatly promoted the development of the empire's sports industry.

Of course, Lin Hong cares most about football, he was not a professional fan in his previous life, and he couldn't even tell the difference between the league and the cup, but as long as the Chinese people will support their national football, of course, everyone also knows what the virtue of the national football team in the previous life was, Lin Hong was very impressed that when Chinese football broke out of Asia for the first time to participate in the World Cup, Lin Hong's father jumped up from the bed and cheered loudly. When he grew up, Lin Hong paid attention to the national football team for a period of time, and also admired Milu's ability to take the national football team out of Asia from the big dye vat of Chinese football. It's not easy!

Now Lin Hong will never allow his country to be as dirty and filthy as the future generations. Of course, the current Football Association and the game can be said to make Lin Hong very satisfied. Especially football as a world sport, Lin Hong and the cabinet also saw the political role of sports, and now the new sports department of the cabinet is planning about the Asian Games and the American Games, but now the situation in North America is tense, the American Civil War is hot, and the matter about the American Games has to be shelved, plus a series of sports invented by the empire have not been widely popularized When the world, Lin Hong almost wanted to open the Olympic Games.

Since there is no real-time communication media, the situation of this Games will be tracked and reported by local newspapers.

After the opening speech, the emperor Lin Hong and the queen honestly sat in the stands and watched the game all morning, although it was mostly a running competition, Lin Hong did not feel bored, and there were also decent people to the sidelines to cheer for the athletes on the field.

In addition to the officials of the Empire, there were ambassadors to China, and during the morning competition, the ambassadors of various countries were full of interest in the modern olympiad of the Games.

In a telegram to China, the Prussian ambassador to China, Barland, said: "This is a kind of sports competition that inherits the spirit of Greek Olympus and is carried out in a new and modern way, which enriches people's spare time and even alleviates the internal contradictions of the country to a certain extent." I think that the kingdom can learn from China by holding the German regional sports games, and we can strengthen the kingdom's political and ideological propaganda against Bavaria, Baden and other countries by holding the German regional sports games, so as to prepare for the kingdom's future unification of Germany. ”

"Perfect form, perfect rules, perfect process. In my opinion, this is simply a feast, here I see the great competitive spirit of human civilization, the empire of the Far East has begun to pursue the highest pursuit of sports, and the great France should follow closely to show the beauty of sports belonging to the Western world. This is the "Paris Daily" report on the first National Games of the Chinese Empire, the current France is a bit like the 18th century before the Revolution, that is, including Voltaire and others admired Confucius and Confucianism in the East, and today France is even more so, especially the fashion industry and cultural festivals are moving closer to the East, in the eyes of the current French academic circles to go to the East to study is a holy thing. Therefore, any important news from the East will be taken seriously by all walks of life in France.

"I think this type of games is more suitable for the British Empire, where our colonies are all over the world, and Her Majesty the Empress is ruled by a variety of languages and nationalities, and this form is more conducive to strengthening the government's influence on the colonies all over the world, so as to reduce the number of uprisings in the colonies of one kind or another." These were the words sent back by the then British Ambassador to China, Johnneil, to the Prime Minister, Viscount Palmston.

"This is a sports feast for the yellow race of the East, he once again showed the world his strong capital, and we have to work hard." In Lin Hong's view, the words of the "St. Petersburg Daily" are completely propagating the "yellow peril theory", but it can also be understood that after Russia lost the whole of Siberia, Russia actually did not have much impact on the economy because of the loss of two-thirds of its territory, but it dealt a heavy blow to the overall spirit and momentum of the Russian people. This huge defeat caused Russia to lose a lot of land and die a tsar, and you can imagine how great the impact was. However, if you think about it from another angle, Russia has lost its eastern face, completely turned its attention to Europe, and has become an important force involved in European affairs.

All countries in the world of the world have paid great attention to and appraised this sports meeting of the Chinese Empire, and even the United States, which is still in a state of war, has received a great deal of coverage in the newspapers of both the North and the South.

Speaking of which, the United States, whether it is the United States of America in the north or the American Federation in the south, is very concerned about the attitude of the empire towards North America, and this is the case, before the European countries expressed their neutrality, but in fact Britain secretly supported the South in this war, because the South is the main source of raw materials for the British textile industry. At this time, China's position is very important. However, the Imperial Cabinet had already been neutral and engaged in normal exchanges between the North and the South on the surface, but in fact the Cabinet had passed a secret law to provide a large loan to the North to help it complete the civil war and unify the country. Originally, Lin Hong's meaning was to borrow both sides and sell both, the more intense the war, the longer the better, but the cabinet analyzed that the north has a perfect industrial system and a modern financial system, even if there is no external help, it will eventually win, Lin Hong's idea of helping both sides will be spurned by the United States after the war, so it is not as good as investing in the north with a greater probability of winning