The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

Wei Zheng was stunned for a moment, then his expression returned to normal and he smiled.

"King Jingyang is joking." Wei Zheng said, "Wei has never acted for any master."

"That's why I recommended Mr. Wei." Li Fu said, "Now it seems that it is right to speak for Mr. Wei. Otherwise, there are so many people who slander me in the Censorate today. I built a large-scale project on Zhuangzi. Mr. Wei, you understand me."

The conversation between Li Fu and Wei Zheng was clearly heard by the people around them.

Li Xiaogong said with a smile.

"Huairen, it's not that no one in the Censorate gossips about you. You should know that the entire Censorate is divided into the Taiyuan, the Dianyuan, and the Supervisory Censor.

Earlier, the Supervisory Censor wrote a letter saying that you built a large-scale project. If you were not kind and gave food and wages to the craftsmen, I'm afraid that the court would have been full of rumors about you."

Li Xiaogong was just watching the fun.

"That's fine, but I'm afraid that if I hire people to work and pay them, some people will think that I, the idle King of Jingyang, have ulterior motives, and that would be bad." Li Fu said this half-jokingly.

If it really comes down to it, if you treat your craftsmen so well, they will be loyal to you, the King of Jingyang, and some people will instigate that the King of Jingyang is buying people's hearts in the fiefdom and plotting something bad.

Then Li Fu himself really doesn't know what to say, and he can't defend himself.

Everyone in the court should know that the King of Jingyang is as indifferent as a chrysanthemum.

"King Jingyang has recruited so many craftsmen in the farm this year, and he has made a big move and distributed money and food. This is also a benevolent act." Wei Zheng smiled and said, "Others should naturally not say anything."

"My dear ministers, after the banquet, I have specially prepared a polo match in the martial arts field in the palace. You can go with me to watch it." Li Shimin smiled.

"Oh, there is also this program, good!" Cheng Yaojin was the first to applaud.

"This year's Dragon Boat Festival is really lively."

"I heard that the queen in the palace also held a banquet."

"Yes, my wife and daughter started to pack up early in the morning and said they would enter the palace."

After everyone in the Taiji Hall had eaten and drunk enough, they followed Li Shimin to the martial arts field.

Such sheds have been built around the martial arts field, and chairs and benches have been placed under the shade. When the ministers arrived here, they were led by the eunuchs to sit down.

Li Fu and Li Chengqian stood together and sat next to Li Shimin.

Soon, Empress Changsun also brought many ladies and wives of officials to the martial arts field.

Everyone stood up and saluted the emperor and empress.

"Please take a seat." Li Shimin smiled and responded, looking at everyone: "It is the Dragon Boat Festival, the weather is getting warmer, and our Tang Dynasty has a martial spirit. Today, we are here to enjoy polo. If you are interested, you can also play a game. There will be rewards if you win!"

"Yes!"

Everyone bowed and responded.

Even the female family members bowed to this side.

The martial arts field in the palace is a mud field, which was cleaned up in advance. The field for playing polo requires flatness, squareness, smoothness and solidity. The martial arts field in the palace was originally a place for the palace guards to practice martial arts and archery. At the beginning, Li Shimin also summoned many people from the Jinwu Guards and taught them archery here in person.

In addition, the courses of horse riding and archery for the princes were also arranged here, and the whole venue was naturally flat and smooth.

The people of the Tang Dynasty loved polo, and many dignitaries had polo teams at home. It would cost a lot to raise such a team.

Moreover, the requirements for the venue were not low, and it was necessary to "make the newly swept court as flat as a whetstone" and "look up as if it were a whetstone, and look down as if it were a mirror".

The martial arts field in the palace was a thousand steps wide, and the ground was as flat as a knife. Unlike ordinary stadiums, the martial arts field was surrounded by three low walls to isolate pedestrians and out-of-bounds balls like ordinary stadiums.

The martial arts field in the palace was surrounded by cloth to isolate such a field. The same thing was that one side was left, which was the entrance.

Flags fluttered around the field.

The flags were set up to mark the ground, and there were drummers around them, beating drums to pass on the signal, to inspire morale and increase prestige.

The place where the emperor, empress, many court officials and female relatives sat was the built stadium stands.

At this time, the two teams in the field were ready. They were wearing convenient round-necked robes, arm guards on their wrists, and wearing futou. They held sticks in their hands and stood opposite each other. The sticks in their hands were slender and the end used to hit the ball was curved like a crescent moon.

As soon as the drum sounded, both sides moved.

The tall horses galloped in the field, occasionally colliding with each other, making deafening neighs. The players held sticks in their hands, staring at the polo balls rolling on the ground, ready to step forward and stretch out their sticks to hit the ball at any time.Get the ball.

With the swing of the stick, the polo ball was thrown high and headed towards the opponent's goal.

"Stop it!"

The people on the field screamed.

Turn the horse's head and chase in the direction of the polo ball.

The two sides went back and forth, evenly matched, the sound of horse hooves on the field was heard, and the people on horseback frequently turned sideways and turned and moved on horseback as they grabbed the ball and hit the ball, showing their superb riding skills.

"Catch the ball!"

With the cooperation of one team member, the polo ball was successfully hit into the opponent's goal.

"Got it!"

The referee gave an order.

The drums sounded, and cheers came from the sidelines, even louder than the drums.

The atmosphere in the Tang Dynasty was open, and even women did not need to be restrained in such occasions. On the side of the women, everyone was laughing, clapping, or cheering for the players on the field happily.

After a polo match, everyone was still not satisfied, so they changed players and continued to fight on the field.

This time, both sides were women, with strong bodies, wearing tight clothes, heroic and heroic, and their momentum was not inferior to that of men.

"Good!!!"

Everyone cheered and cheered for them.

Li Fu was also fascinated by the game. Li Shimin, who was sitting at the top, couldn't help but sigh when he saw Li Fu's excitement.

This man, after doing this, doesn't he know what else to watch?

You only stare at the ball on the field, you are really rare.

Didn't you see the wife of the Duke of England sitting with her daughter among the women?

I gave you a chance, you should seize it!

Why are you so useless?

Li Fu's excitement has not yet subsided.

What man doesn't like ball, no matter what kind of ball it is!

The intensity of the game just now was really exciting.

Damn it, you said people in ancient times played ball so well.

How come the times have progressed, but the ball they kick looks like a pile of poop, which makes people feel depressed.

There is no fighting spirit at all, which can't make people so excited.

Li Fu's face was excited, but he was cursing in his heart.

He is really a disgrace to his ancestors.