After five years of teaching support, Daming became an empire on which the sun never sets.

Chapter 373 Promotion of Football
"Excuse me, Your Majesty, what is football?" The ministers said they had never heard of it.

"Its sport is similar to Cuju, but it is very different from the rules of Cuju." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Cuju is a sport that can only be played by high-ranking officials and nobles, and football is also played by ordinary people."

"Because it costs nothing at all."

"In history, some emperors liked to tame wild animals, some liked to do business in the palace, some liked to fight crickets, and some even liked to be beggars." Zhu Yuanzhang continued, "Their hobbies will be recognized by all officials. And the general public followed suit."

"Because these hobbies are not very healthy, all the officials lose their minds after playing with things, and the common people have no means of living."

"Mr. Qin said that there was an emperor of crickets in history, which led to the expropriation of a large number of crickets by the people. Some scholars even wrote a special article called "Promoting Weaving": The play of promoting weaving in the palace of Xuande Jian, and the folks are recruited every year..."

"It's about a man named Cheng Ming in the village who caught a powerful cricket, but was accidentally killed by his son. Later, the son of Cheng Ming was afraid of being punished by his father, so he jumped into a well and died. Later, his soul became He became a very powerful cricket, and he won every fight, and later he became famous and dedicated the cricket to the county magistrate, and the county magistrate dedicated the cricket to the emperor, and his family became famous because of it..."

"This article reveals that if the emperor's hobbies are not good, it is very likely that the people will suffer from the fish pond."

"But the football we like is different. It is much healthier than singing opera, holding a market, and playing cricket."

"Not only can it improve the physical fitness of all citizens, but it can also form a huge economic industrial chain, which can be said to be beneficial to the country and the people. The football economic chain is much more than the promotion of the economic chain."

"The emperor talked about it for a long time, but we haven't seen football yet." Liu Bowen said.

"That's it!" Zhu Yuanzhang took out a football from the golden dragon chair behind him, put it on his fingers and twirled it rapidly, and then threw it on the Fengtian Hall in front of all the civil and military officials.

"Is this football?" The officials immediately picked it up and observed it carefully, "It really looks like Cuju."

"Cuju is solid, but football is hollow." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Kicking is more flexible than Cuju, and it tests a person's overall athletic ability. You can use any field as a football field, and any gate as you like." goal."

"Mr. Qin invented this too?" Yang Xian asked after taking the football and playing with it for a while.

"Not bad." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "The emperors in Lujiacun Primary School are all playing very well, and they are all enthusiastic about this sport. They have to kick a few times after class every time."

"Just talk and don't practice the fake handle."

"Come on, come on, the theme of today's court meeting is to play a game of football, and all civil and military officials must participate."

"The civil servants are headed by Yang Xian, who is the captain, and ten other civil officials are added to form the civil servant team."

"Your Majesty, we are all scholars..." Yang Xiandao, "You let us exercise, isn't it a bit embarrassing for us?"

"This is not your excuse." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Scholars before the Spring and Autumn Period had to learn archery, and it was only later that they developed into powerless hands. Stop talking nonsense and tell you to organize."

"Follow the order." Yang Xian said.

"In addition, the generals are divided into a team, with Feng Sheng as the leader, and ten other generals as team members."

"According to the order!"

Soon, Yang Xian and Feng Sheng began to gather their respective team members.Yang Xian is an extremely competitive person, so when looking for team members, he first excluded Li Shanchang and Liu Bowen who were too old, and found ten young servants, censors, and directors in the court to participate.Among the civil servants, the older ones have high positions, while the younger ones have too low positions.

In order to win, Yang Xian weighed the pros and cons.There is no choice to give face to those old senior officials.

Select the young players well and tell them to play well, and never lose too badly, and even want a miracle to win those generals.

And the selection of generals is easy. All of them are experienced and physically strong, and 11 people were quickly assembled.

Afterwards, the crowd walked out of Fengtian Temple, using the open space outside the hall as a stadium.

Then set the goal, the referee, after Zhu Yuanzhang told them the football rules.A group of officials who had put on bunt clothes started to play football, and the competition among the crowd was fierce.

In the final result of the game, unexpectedly, the two sides actually drew.

After a 'relatively regular' football game, civil and military officials immediately fell in love with the game.

"Your Majesty, football is really fun!"

"After intense exercise, I feel comfortable all over my body!"

The athletes touched the sweat on their heads and said one after another.

"I'm also very excited to see it." Li Shan said long, "That's why the old minister suggested that we promote it on a large scale across the country!"

"Yes, this sport can be promoted nationwide." Liu Bowen said next to him, "The cost of football is too low, a piece of pigskin can be sewn, and everyone can afford it."

"And there are no requirements for the venue."

"After the people all over the country fall in love with this sport, everyone will be healthier."

"In Yingtianfu today, those young people who have made money and have nothing to do are just walking dogs and birds and visiting brothels every day." Li Shanchang said, "There is a need for a healthy exercise program to correct these unhealthy tendencies."

"When they fall in love with football, they don't have time for things that hurt their bodies."

"That's right, what you two said is very reasonable!" Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Continue to pass on the decree. At the end of this year, a football match will be held in Yingtianfu Square, and we will play in person!"

"After football becomes popular in Yingtianfu, it will be promoted nationwide."

"Then every province has to establish a football team, hold a national league, and compete for the championship. It's called the Ming League."

"Observe the order!" All the ministers said one after another.

In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't need to order the nationwide promotion at all. After today, football will naturally prevail throughout the country.The emperor likes a sport, and all civil and military officials will naturally agree to it.

Civil and military officials do what they like, and they will naturally select outstanding football talents across the country, and sports will flourish.

Every move of the emperor will affect the whole country.

I remember that there was an emperor in history who liked to let eunuchs be officials, but as a result, most of the men swung their swords from the palace...

……

Tangjia Village is located on the mountains above Lujia Village.

Qin Yu brought Xu Da and several strong men into the village.

I found that the Tangjia Village is really picturesque, like a fairyland on earth.However, who would have expected that the villagers in the previous Tangjia Village seemed to be living in a hell on earth.

Its natural environment and its living environment are simply two extremes.

(End of this chapter)