Spoiling History: Starting from the Three Kingdoms

Zhu Xi and Zhu Yu were a little confused about what their father said about the disaster that happened to their eldest brother.

But this did not prevent them from understanding the dangerous meaning of their father's words.

After all, classics and history are required readings for the princes of the Ming Dynasty, and the emperor of the Ming Dynasty specifically designated the history of the Sui and Tang Dynasties as one of the focuses of reading history.

In the history of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Li Yuan, who founded the Tang Dynasty and ended the Sui Dynasty, is naturally one of the main figures, and his final hasty abdication and becoming the foil of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty is also impressive.

Therefore, when Zhu Yuanzhang said this, all the princes felt awe in their hearts and almost all subconsciously got up from their chairs and fell to the ground to accuse him.

So for a while, people pushed chairs to make room, and Zhu Zhen was dragged to the ground by Zhu Di and staggered. There were also two people, Zhu Cang and Zhu Yu, who were extremely inconvenient to move in their uniforms.

In the end, the direction the light curtain was facing was in a state of panic. Although everyone else looked focused, they all glanced at the movement from the corners of their eyes.

Luo Guanzhong turned back and opened his eyes wide, taking in the confusion on the Crown Prince's face. Luo Guanzhong could guess that the Crown Prince was probably hesitating whether to fall to the ground together.

It was rare to have the opportunity to read about royal affairs like this. Luo Guanzhong was almost subconsciously thinking about what to call a royal miscellaneous history when he had free time.

Hongwu's relics? The secret of enlightenment? Ming Dynasty gossip? Yi Mingzhi?

No, no, your Majesty still has twenty years left to live. If you write this randomly, you might end up moving to Hainan and Liaodong...

Before Lao Luo could figure it out, he heard Queen Ma yell angrily:

"Zhu Chongba!"

"Are you going to demolish this house?"

Xu Da, Li Shanchang, Li Wenzhong and others immediately took a deep breath and immediately performed a non-squinting performance.

Luo Guanzhong was startled for a moment, and then quietly made a decision in his heart.

It’s only been twenty years. I wrote it secretly to find a Ksitigarbha and found a loyal person to entrust it to me. Wouldn’t it be easy to get through it?

If it really doesn't work, it's not like he can't practice the health-preserving method that Zhuge Wuhou mentioned three months ago...

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't know what other people were thinking, but he was a little hesitant when faced with his sister's questioning:

"Hey, hey, that's not what we meant!"

"I told you that it's because Biao'er suffered the disaster first... OK, OK, no trouble, no trouble."

"How could we doubt Ping'er and the others? This is what happened more than ten years later..."

With the help of their own mother, the brothers felt relieved, and Zhu Biao also breathed a sigh of relief.

Later, my mother saw her father pretending to wipe away her tears with her own eyes. She had no choice but to comfort and look around everyone present with warning eyes. At the same time, she could wave her hands to tell the brothers to get up quickly.

Well, there is some truth in the fact that my father was rated as outrageous by later generations...

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In Ye City, Liu Bei took the lead and said curiously without Kong Ming speaking:

"The drama of polo will be mentioned in our Han Dynasty by later generations, but why have we never heard of it?"

Hearing Liu Bei's question, smiles appeared on the faces of Zhao Yun and Guan Yu. The two looked at each other. Guan Yu held his hand far away towards Liu Xie, then twirled his beard and said:

"Brother, if you want to watch polo, I can call on the cavalry athletes to compete."

The meaning of these words is quite clear. Seeing Liu Bei's curious expression, Guan Yu didn't give in:

"I had previously led a cavalry army but couldn't figure it out, so I sent a letter to Zilong, a wise brother, and learned how to practice riding skills by shooting bows in Liaodong. The athletes learned this trick and competed without sleep or food, and their riding skills improved."

Zhao Yun also stood up and cupped his hands and briefly explained:

"It's bitterly cold in the north and we have to fight for life and death with the Hu people. Since Emperor Xiaowu has daunted the world, although the Han family's horseback riding has the advantage of armor and weapons, their equestrian skills are still a little inferior to those of the Hu people who have been immersed in it since childhood."

"There is no farming in winter, so there is a way for humans to play Cuju and compete on horseback. All the knights in the north know it. Brother Yun asked about it before, and Yun told brother Yu about this method."

So everyone knew, and what happened next was also known to everyone. The armored cavalry became famous in one battle, and Cao Cao's official defeat began with having no choice but to deal with this elite.

But this time Zhang Fei felt a little annoyed and touched Zhao Yun with his shoulder. Although he lowered his voice, even Liu Xie could hear clearly:

"I usually call Zilong my virtuous brother. Why does my virtuous brother only know Brother Yun but not our old brother Zhang?"

Such behavior immediately aroused Ma Chao's dissatisfaction:

"I taught Yongliang of Yide the art of cavalry training. Isn't it harmful?"

For a moment, Zhao Yun's comforting voice, Zhang Fei's noisy voice, Huang Zhong's curious inquiry, Guan Yu's sharing of experience, and then Kong Ming discussed with Xu Shu and Pang Tong and said, "The most important thing in military drama is that the rules are simple and the outcome is clear." The mix together made the hall quite noisy.

Seeing Liu Xie's eyes widening, Liu Bei felt a little embarrassed for a moment:

"In my civil and military affairs, I am mostly sincere and do not seek perfection, so I often do not stick to trivial matters..."

Liu Xie smiled and waved his hand:

"I don't have any weird intentions, this is... very good."

Liu Bei immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

[Apart from polo, there is not much to say about "Xuanzong's Happy Pictures".

However, from archery, Cuju, polo, chuiwan, and pot throwing, we can roughly sort out part of the context of ancient entertainment activities.

First of all, Cuju - that is, football. The origin of this thing can be traced back to the Warring States Period. It is regarded as a traditional local sport.

Although there are no records of polo in the Han Dynasty, the "Famous Capitals" written by Cao Zhi during the Three Kingdoms period described the grand scene of polo playing, and the earliest name was Jingju, which shows that it most likely evolved from Cuju.

Although many articles claim that the game of Chui Wan is the origin of golf, there is still a lack of solid evidence.

However, from the records left in the Song Dynasty, Chui Wan is indeed derived from polo.

The simplification of polo into Chui Wan is similar to the evolution of Tou Hu from archery.

The Zhou Li defines the Six Arts as the way to raise the sons of the country, and archery is one of the Six Arts. From the Book of Rites, it can be seen that the Six Arts are not only required for gentlemen, but also one of the means of communication for scholars at that time.

However, the threshold of archery is still relatively high after all, requiring both strength and venue. For the pampered aristocratic children, they need a lower threshold and more decent means of communication, so Tou Hu is naturally derived from archery.

The birth of Chui Wan is the same. The Song Dynasty itself has a background of controlling the military with the civil, and the loss of horse breeding land later made it difficult to find good horses.

Due to a combination of factors, the threshold of polo was raised to a level that was difficult for the Song Dynasty to reach. According to the records in Menglianglu, playing polo had become a means for rich men and officials to show off their romantic status in the Southern Song Dynasty, which was beyond the reach of ordinary civil officials and military officers.

Therefore, polo, which symbolized the elegance of the Tang Dynasty, was quickly simplified, and Chuiwan was born and quickly became popular. 】