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Chapter 279 Song Dynasty Cuju Culture
On the second day, the first thing Jiang Chen did in the morning was to tell about the theater in the afternoon.

Having dinner in the imperial garden at noon, this was the first time that all the officials celebrated together, the atmosphere was very lively, all the officials congratulated Jiang Chen on his happiness with the prince.

Many ministers regretted not preparing gifts, and missed this opportunity to please the emperor.

After drinking and eating, everyone came to the theater to watch a play. Today's play is "The Story of the East Chamber".

Jiang Chen, the wife and children sat in the front row, and all the civil and military officials sat in the back.

With the sound of gongs and drums, the play finally started, and everyone watched the play while knocking on melon seeds.

The eunuch invited the theater troupe from somewhere, and the performance was really good. Everyone watched it with great interest, especially the children who had never seen it before, and now they are quite curious.

The play lasted for an hour before it ended.

There will be a Cuju competition tomorrow afternoon, and it will be lively again then.

The Cuju competition started in the afternoon of the second day. The women’s Cuju competition was held first, followed by the Men’s Cuju competition.

This group of women played with red and black cloth tied on their heads so that they could distinguish their opponents.

There is a net in the middle of the court. Players on both sides have to catch the ball and kick it to the opposite side. If the ball lands, it will be considered a loss, and the winning side will get one point.The total score is [-] points, whoever reaches [-] points first wins the game.

The prize of the game is a trophy, and the winning players can get 50 taels of bonus money each.

This prize can be regarded as rich, if you play well, you may even be appreciated by the emperor.

All players will do their best to win this competition.

I saw a woman on the red side hooking up the ball with her toes, and then kicked her legs twice in a row. She kicked the ball out with a back kick, and a player on the other side caught the ball with her back, and then the ball slid from her back to her heels. The Golden Hook kicks the ball back, and the opponent here catches the ball with his right foot and kicks it with the mandarin duck crutch. The mandarin duck crutch is originally a martial art movement, referring to kicking the ball continuously with the left and right feet. In Cuju, it means kicking the ball with the left and right outer ankles successively. Also known as scorpion wagging tail or dragon wagging tail.

"it is good……"

Civil and military officials couldn't help but sigh in admiration.

This ancient Cuju game is very entertaining. Compared with modern football, the two sides come and go, the teammates cooperate closely, catch the ball with all their strength, and kick the ball back with various tricky angles.

The score between the two sides was very tense, and everyone was very excited to see it.

Even if Jiang Chen came from modern times, it would be very interesting and exciting to watch this kind of Cuju competition, let alone other people.

In the end the game was won by Black.

The time for a cup of tea is the men's game, and men's cuju will be more interesting.

Originally, Jiang Chen wanted to end the match himself, but considering that if he went to the match, the opponent would have some scruples and wouldn't use his full strength, so let's forget it.

My eldest son and daughter yelled fiercely just now. It seems that they also like to watch Cuju competitions. This kind of Cuju competitions is indeed very interesting. No wonder it became popular in Song Dynasty.

This men's cuju competition is more explosive. The two sides come and go, and various skills are frequently used, which is really amazing.

Cuju skills include heading, hooking, shooting, turning kicks, stepping backwards, single shots, abducting, and lying fish.

While watching, Jiang Chen listened to the minister next to him explain the names of the movements.

At this time, a ball was shot towards the opponent. Seeing that the opponent could not catch the ball, suddenly one person flashed out and kicked the ball with a meteor crutch, which made everyone dumbfounded. How to judge the ball? This ball is void.

The ball was changed again and the game continued.

What are the balls that people in the Song Dynasty played in Cuju made of?

Maybe many friends will say that people in the Song Dynasty should play solid balls, such as wooden balls, and some people will say that people in the Song Dynasty should play sepak takraw balls, which is what is said in TV dramas.

Well, if the people of the Song Dynasty heard your arguments, they would definitely cry: In your mind, are we just so LOW?

In fact, the ball used by people in Song Dynasty for cuju is a leather ball.Moreover, it is a hollow inflatable ball!Hollow inflatable ball!Hollow inflatable ball!
The Song people themselves said, "Kicking is based on the skin, and the real thing is the object. Kicking is also a play, and it is also called a scorpion. Today, the cows that are made are breathed and stretched, and they like to jump."

The strengths of both sides are very good, but Jiang Chen thinks that the red team will win, because one of the red team's players is too good at playing football.

Sure enough, as Jiang Chen guessed, the red side won in the end.

After the game, everyone said they were enjoying themselves, and Jiang Chen personally went down to hand out the trophies.

At dinner in the evening, both his son and daughter wanted to learn Cuju, so he naturally agreed, so he asked the eunuch to find a Cuju master to teach them how to play.

Unexpectedly, the Cuju master he found was the player Jiang Chen had taken a fancy to before, and his name was Song Tian.

Jiang Chen asked him to enter the palace at the prescribed time every day, and each time he taught them for an hour, the reward for an hour was twelve taels.

Of course Song Tian wanted to take this opportunity to get ahead, but Jiang Chen would not give him a chance to be opportunistic, he still remembered that a guy named Gao Qiu got to the top by relying on Cuju.

Gao Qiu was Su Shi's little history at the beginning, and Wang Shen was ordered by the privy officials after the event. Because of his high Cuju skills, he was appreciated by King Duan.He has a well-behaved temperament and is good at currying favor with the emperor. After King Duan ascended the throne, he soon became a Taiwei.Relying on the emperor's favor, he occupied the military camp privately, and used the forbidden army for private use, did not conduct training, and disregarded military discipline, resulting in the abolition of military administration.

All those who want to be in the top position must first obtain fame or special skills, and those who want to attract attention will not be able to catch Jiang Chen's attention.

After half a month of teaching, Song Tian was told that he would not come again, so he was naturally very disappointed.

Although he has earned more than 100 taels of silver in the past half month, this is not what he wants. What he wants is to be rewarded by the emperor and get an official position.

Now every province has an "inspection bureau", and the number of people in each bureau is controlled within 200.

With the Audit Bureau, many officials dare not be as unscrupulous as before. Now the common people know that Jiang Chen is wholeheartedly for the people, so if there is any grievance, they dare to report it.

And the Inspection Bureau adheres to Jiang Chen's emphasis on evidence and facts, so every case will be fully investigated.

Therefore, none of the officials dealt with by the Inspection Bureau so far was wronged by me. With sufficient evidence, they were all speechless.

Now the main cases dealt with are homicide cases. Whether it is an official or a landlord or tyrant, as long as there is a homicide case in his body, once it is verified, it will be dealt with according to the law.

As for the case of corruption, Jiang Chen would not pursue it before he became the throne, but after he became the throne, he would be punished according to the amount of money and the influence of the incident.

Jiang Chen also raised the salaries of officials, doubling the salaries.

This is definitely enough for living expenses. If there is any corruption, there is no special reason.

When the water is clear, there are no fish!

Human greed cannot stop them from taking risks, so we can only deter them as much as possible so that they will not be unscrupulous.

(End of this chapter)