Spoiler History: Starting from the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 777 Unattainable Height

Zhu Chong and Zhu Gang were a little confused about what their father had said about the misfortune that their eldest brother had encountered.

But this did not affect their understanding of the dangerous meaning in their father's words.

After all, classics and history are must-reads for the princes of the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming emperor also specifically designated the history of the Sui and Tang dynasties as one of the key points in historical reading.

In the history of Sui and Tang dynasties, Li Yuan, who founded the Tang Dynasty and destroyed the Sui Dynasty, was naturally one of the main figures, and his eventual hasty abdication and becoming a foil for Emperor Taizong of Tang was also impressive.

Therefore, when Zhu Yuanzhang said this, all the princes were frightened and almost all of them subconsciously got up from their chairs and knelt on the ground to confess their crimes.

So, some people were pushing their chairs to make room, while Zhu Zhen was dragged to the ground by Zhu Di and staggered. There were also Zhu Chong and Zhu Gang, who were wearing royal robes and found it extremely inconvenient to move.

Eventually, there was a commotion in the direction that the light curtain was facing. Although the others looked focused, they also glanced at the movement out of the corner of their eyes.

Luo Guanzhong leaned back and opened his eyes wide, taking in the confusion on the crown prince's face. He could guess that the crown prince was probably hesitating whether to get up or down.

Such an opportunity to look at royal affairs is rare, and Luo Guanzhong was almost subconsciously thinking about what to name the royal history he would write in his spare time.

Hongwu Shiyi? Kaiming Mishi? Daming Miscellaneous? Yimingzhi?
No, no, Your Majesty still has 20 years left to live. If you write this nonsense, you might end up being exiled to Hainan or Liaodong...

Before Lao Luo could figure out what was going on, he heard Queen Ma shout angrily:

"Zhu Chongba!"

"Are you going to tear this house down?"

Xu Da, Li Shanchang, Li Wenzhong and others took a deep breath and immediately showed their eyes straight ahead.

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

It's only twenty years. If you write it down secretly, find a place to hide it, or find a loyal person to entrust it to, won't it be easy to get through it?

If it really doesn't work, he can 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, hey, that's not what we meant!"

"I've already said that it was because Biao'er got into trouble first... OK, OK, no trouble, no trouble."

"Why would we doubt Xu'er and the others? They are talking about something that will happen more than ten years later..."

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

Later, he saw with his own eyes that his father was helpless with his mother who was pretending to wipe away her tears. He could only comfort her while looking around at everyone present with a warning look, and at the same time waved his hand to tell the brothers to get up quickly.

Well, it turns out that there is some truth to the fact that my father was regarded as outrageous by later generations...

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In Yecheng, Liu Bei asked curiously without Kong Ming saying anything:
"The game of polo was said to have originated in the Han Dynasty, but why have I never heard of it?"

Hearing Liu Bei's question, Zhao Yun and Guan Yu smiled. They looked at each other, Guan Yu bowed to Liu Xie from a distance, then twirled his beard and said, "If you want to watch polo, I can call on the cavalry to play."

The meaning of this sentence was clear. Seeing Liu Bei's curious expression, Guan Yu did not keep him in suspense:
"I was leading the cavalry before, but I couldn't find the key to it, so I wrote to my dear brother Zilong and learned the Liaodong method of playing football to practice riding. The athletes learned this game and competed day and night, forgetting to eat and sleep, and their riding skills improved."

Zhao Yun also stood up, bowed, and briefly explained:
"The north is bitterly cold and we have to fight the Hu people for life and death. Since Emperor Xiaowu conquered the world, the Han cavalry has the advantage of armor and weapons, but their horsemanship is still inferior to that of the Hu people, who have been immersed in it since childhood."

"In winter, there is no farming, so humans developed a method of playing Cuju, which is played on horseback. The knights in the north all know this. Brother Yunchang asked about it before, and I told Brother Yu about it."

Then everyone understood, and what happened next was also known to everyone. The Armored Cavalry became famous in one battle, and Cao Cao's official defeat began when he was helpless against this elite force.

But this time Zhang Fei felt a little jealous, and nudged Zhao Yun with his shoulder. Although he lowered his voice, even Liu Xie could hear it clearly:
"I usually call Zilong my brother, why do you only know Brother Yunchang and not my brother Zhang?"

This behavior immediately aroused Ma Chao's dissatisfaction:

"Is it not good for the Yongliang method of training cavalry that I taught Yide?"

For a moment, Zhao Yun's comforting voice, Zhang Fei's quarreling, Huang Zhong's curious questioning, Guan Yu's sharing of experience, and the words of Kong Ming, Xu Shu and Pang Tong saying "the method of military drama seems to focus on simple rules and clear winners and losers" mixed together, making the room noisy.

Seeing Liu Xie's wide eyes, Liu Bei felt a little embarrassed for a moment:
"I am sincere in my civil and military affairs and do not seek perfection, so I am not particular about details..."

Liu Xie smiled and waved his hand:
"I have no intention of misunderstanding this, it is very good."

Liu Bei immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

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

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

First of all, Cuju, which is football, can be traced back to the Warring States Period and is considered 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 playing polo, and the earliest name of the game was Jiju, which shows that it is very likely evolved from Cuju.

Although there are many articles claiming that the game of chuiwan is the origin of golf, there is still a lack of solid evidence.

But judging from the records left over from the Song Dynasty, the game of Chui Wan was indeed derived from polo.

The simplification of polo into chuiwan is somewhat similar to the way to touhu was derived from archery.

"The Book of Zhou" defined the Six Arts as the way to nurture the country's children, and archery was among the Six Arts. It can be seen from "The Book of Rites" that the Six Arts were not only required for gentlemen, but also one of the means of communication for scholars at that time.

However, the threshold for archery is still relatively high, requiring both strength and a venue. For the pampered children of the nobility, they need a more respectable means of communication with a lower threshold, so it is natural that touhu was born out of archery.

The same is true for the birth of Chui Wan. The Song Dynasty itself had a background of using culture to control military power, and the loss of horse-breeding land later made it difficult to find good horses.

A combination of factors made the threshold for polo reach a level that was unattainable for the Song Dynasty. According to the records in "Menglianglu", playing polo had become a means for wealthy men and sons of officials to show off their romanticism in the Southern Song Dynasty, which was beyond the reach of ordinary civil and military officials.

As a result, polo, which symbolized the elegance of the Tang Dynasty, was quickly simplified, and Chui Wan was born and quickly became popular.

(End of this chapter)