"Your Majesty, I am currently in seclusion to prepare for the imperial examination, so I cannot go to the palace to meet the saint in person. I hope your Majesty will forgive me. I am writing this letter to Your Majesty mainly because of the replacement of the Cuju team members by Han Yonghe, the Minister of Finance a few days ago.
Although there is nothing wrong with this matter in principle, I did not know about it beforehand. Therefore, after hearing the news, I wrote this letter to His Majesty, hoping that Your Majesty will issue an order to ban the eight teams from participating in the Cuju competition from today on.
It is enough for this situation to occur only once, and it should be explicitly prohibited in the future. If every team follows the example of the Wenyuan team and makes personnel changes because they want to improve the strength of the team, we will lose our ability to hold this new event.
The original intention of the Cuju competition. In addition, for personal reasons, I hope that your majesty will not tell the minister about this letter. After all, Wei Chen is about to marry Miss Han. Yours sincerely, Lu Yao."
This is the full text of the letter written by Lu Yao to Zhao Zhen. Zhao Zhen read it over and over several times and interpreted two meanings from it.
The first is, of course, the literal meaning of the letter. Lu Yao hopes that Zhao Zhen will come forward and issue a decree prohibiting all teams from changing their players. In other words, the members of the eight teams now have to voluntarily give up participating in the competition and withdraw from the competition midway.
, personnel replacement is not allowed. The current lineup of nearly a hundred people should be the last lineup of players to officially participate in the game. Of course, the Hanjia Wenyuan team has changed three people, and they will be changed as soon as they are changed, but they will definitely not be able to do so in the future.
Another substitution.
Once this decree was promulgated, no matter what the other seven teams had in mind, they did not dare to complain too much because it was the emperor who issued the decree. Moreover, Lu Yao had already thought of this level, so he also asked Zhao Zhen in the letter.
Don't tell anyone about this letter. Of course, Lu Yao had already told Chen Chen when he sent him this letter. Naturally, Chen Chen and Pan Wen couldn't tell anyone.
As for Han Yonghe, it can only be said that it is better to strike first. They have already changed three personnel, but the order was issued later, so the other seven teams can only admit defeat/
This is the literal meaning of the letter. Zhao Zhen thought about it carefully and felt that the two completely different attitudes he showed when watching the Han family and Cao family teams were indeed a bit too much. Lu Yao said in the letter
The most important thing is the word "intention". For this New Cuju Competition, of course, it is very important to have a good game, but more importantly, it is necessary to improve all people's understanding of New Cuju.
And understanding, so that they can all participate.
If every team had personnel changes as frequently as the Wenyuan team, wouldn't it become a very utilitarian competition? This is obviously the same as the original intention of Lu Yao and Zhao Zhen when they first prepared to hold this competition.
It's different. If Lu Yao hadn't pointed this out now, Zhao Zhen hadn't actually reacted yet. Before that, all Zhao Zhen thought of was that the Han family had made substitutions, so this warm-up match should be pretty good.
right.
In addition to the first literal meaning in the letter, the very smart Zhao Zhen naturally also saw the second meaning expressed between the lines in Lu Yao's words.
Although Lu Yao did not clearly express his attitude towards the Han family's change of team members in the letter, Zhao Zhen could still tell from reading between the lines and the last sentence that Lu Yao felt towards the Han family's change of team members.
In fact, he still has his own attitude towards this matter.
That is, Lu Yao actually didn't want such a thing to happen, and he didn't know about the substitution from beginning to end. And because Zhao Zhen agreed, Lu Yao could only suffer a dull loss.
Even so, Lu Yao didn't want this incident to affect his relationship with the Han family. After all, he was about to become Han Yonghe's son-in-law.
Zhao Zhen looked at Chen Chen and said, "Did Lu Yao write this letter after he learned about the substitution of the Wenyuan team?"
Chen Chen was standing there stupidly when he suddenly heard Zhao Zhen's question. He immediately came back to his senses and said, "Yes, and Lu Yao told me that this letter cannot be known to anyone else. Pan Wen and I will definitely not
If you tell me, please rest assured, Your Majesty."
"Okay, Lu Yao is indeed thoughtful in his work, but I did something wrong in this matter."
After Zhao Zhen said this, he waved and found Lao Sun, the one who had been serving Zhao Zhen.
"Take this letter and burn it."
To be concise and concise, once this letter is burned, no one will know about it as long as Zhao Zhen, Pan Wen, Chen Chen and Lu Yao don't tell them.
"You two go to the training ground first. Are you going to watch the training of Wenyuan team and Wangcai team this afternoon?" Zhao Zhen asked.
Pan Wen said: "If His Majesty has no other instructions, we will go over there. When the training is over, we will go to Funing Hall again."
"Yes." Zhao Zhen nodded, turned around and walked towards the dragon chair, apparently intending to continue handling government affairs.
Pan Wenzhi called Chen Chen, and they both said in unison: "Wei Chen, please retire."
Then he left the palace.
After the two came out, they went straight to the training ground. In the meantime, they also started chatting about the letter.
"Did you see the emperor's expression just now? I can't tell whether he is happy or unhappy."
"I was also a little strange. After reading it, I didn't say anything. They just asked me the time when I wrote the letter, and then called the eunuch to burn the letter. It was really strange."
"Tell me, what was written in that letter? According to the time estimate, Lu Yao did not take long to write this letter. I would say it is only two to three hundred words. How could the emperor read it for so long? There must be
There is a mystery."
"It must have something to do with the substitution of the Wenyuan team, otherwise the emperor wouldn't have asked me like that just now. But this matter has already been determined. There is really no need for Mr. Lu to offend me over this matter.
Your Majesty, I can actually tell that Mr. Lu doesn’t quite approve of Team Wenyuan’s substitution.”
"This is Lu Yao, right? If it were me, I would be very angry. Although the emperor is in the name of this match, in fact it is Lu Yao who is doing everything. If someone needs to be replaced, at least Lu Yao should be allowed to do it.
It’s only right that Yao knows this, Master Han is going to kill him first and then show off, how can Lu Yao accept it?”
"That's true. The two families are about to become real in-laws. It's really inappropriate to do this at this time."
The two chatted for a while
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, they all thought that the Han family's substitution was actually a bit excessive. When they returned to the training ground, the training team had been replaced by the Han family's Wenyuan team and Zhang Maocai's team.
Wealth Team.
Sure enough, Zhang Maocai, the leader of the Wangcai team, still didn't show up. It seemed that he really didn't want to continue to manage this Cuju team. In modern terms, this kind of behavior and mentality can be said to be bad.
As for Cao Yi and Cao You, who were training in the morning, their Lions team members had already left. However, Cao Yi and Cao You still stayed on the training ground, watching the two teams compete in the afternoon.
train.
This is already the second round of collective training. On the second training day of the first round of training, everyone knows that a fierce conflict broke out between the Cao family and the Han family. In the end, this conflict also caused the warm-up match to end.
Birth.
However, judging from today's situation, although Uncle Cao Guo and his son were watching from the sidelines, they obviously talked a lot less this time. It seemed that both parties were holding back their energy and planned to wait until the warm-up match before going.
Have a contest.
Pan Wen and Chen Chen naturally came to the sidelines to watch the training. What was different from the morning was that the eyes of the Cao family and the Han family immediately looked over after the two of them arrived, and they seemed to be paying more attention than in the morning.
The look in their eyes made Chen Chen and Pan Wen feel a little panicked.
So, they found an opportunity, found Zhe Kexing, and asked about the reason. Only then did they know that a eunuch had just come to deliver a message, saying that the leader should go to Funing Hall after the training. The emperor had something to do.
To announce.
The announcement was naturally about the coaches, and those who came to the training ground before the announcement and took a bunch of manuscripts were Chen Chen and Pan Wen, and then these two people went to see the emperor, so now everyone
It's easy to understand just by looking at the two of them.
"Now that the emperor has issued the decree, it seems that the coach's matter should be settled." Zhe Katsuyuki said.
Chen Chen and Pan Wen both nodded, and then chatted with Zhe Kexing about the whole process after meeting the emperor. Of course, both of them were tight-lipped about the letter Lu Yao sent to the emperor, even if Zhe Kexing belonged to Lu Yao
Become sworn brothers, but it’s better not to let him know about this kind of thing.
The training continued, and several other leaders came to the training ground one after another.
The first person to arrive, to everyone's surprise, was Zhang Maocai, the leader of the Wangcai team.
It seems that the decree that the eunuch just said was not only for the few people who were training at the training ground today, but also for those who were not present. Naturally, people were sent out of the palace to announce the decree.
In this situation, the most embarrassing thing is actually Zhang Maocai and Han Qi, the two leaders who were supposed to supervise their team's training on the training ground today, but did not come.
Zhang Maocai felt depressed on the way here, wondering why as long as he didn't come to the training ground, various problems would surely arise.
After receiving the order, he immediately rushed back from the outer city. In fact, he had been busy with the renovation of the inn in the outer city these days.
During this period, I also met an acquaintance in the inn. I couldn’t say that I was familiar with him, but I had only met him a few times.
That's right, this person is naturally Lu Yao's housekeeper, Tangxi.
As mentioned before, in order to keep an eye on the construction progress of the Bird's Nest Stadium, Tangxi took care of other things on the day of Lu Yao's retreat, and then directly took her luggage and drove a carriage to the outer city. At this time, Zhang Maocai was running
Among the two inns in the outer city, the Guilu Inn has been taken over by Zhao Zhen and returned to the royal family. Only the only inn in the outer city is still run by Zhang Maocai, and it is not far from the Bird's Nest Stadium. So, Tangxi
I decided to stay in this inn now and go to the Bird's Nest every day to supervise the construction progress during Luyao's retreat.
At first, Tangxi didn't actually see Zhang Maocai. Because he saw the business opportunity, the second floor of the inn was being expanded. Zhang Maocai went to the inn last night to see how the expansion was going. Unexpectedly,
, happened to meet Tang Xi who was having dinner in the lobby of the inn on the first floor.
Both of them were very surprised. Only then did Tangxi realize that the inn he was staying in was actually run by Zhang Maocai.
Zhang Maocai was also very surprised to see Tang Xi. Why did Lu Yao's housekeeper come to this place? After the two chatted for a while, Zhang Maocai also knew about Lu Yao's retreat, and Tang Xi did not shy away from the purpose of the trip.
Frankly speaking, he is here to supervise the Bird's Nest Stadium.
After that, a very funny situation occurred. Zhang Maocai always had a good face. He immediately told the shopkeeper and the waiter that the cost of staying in the hotel in Tangxi during this period would be waived. Originally, this was considered a polite comment by Zhang Maocai.
, who would have thought, Tangxi is a real person. Hearing Zhang Maocai say this, saying that he is more respectful than obeying orders, this made Zhang Maocai frustrated. But the words had been said, and Zhang Maocai finally exempted Tangxi from staying in the hotel.
All expenses.
I guess Zhang Maocai himself never thought that Tang Xi would be a straight man.
Back to the present moment, after Zhang Maocai came to the training ground, whether it was to show off or to be in the mood, Zhang Maocai still found the members of the Wangcai team, gave them some instructions, and then acted in a decent manner
I looked at the training situation of my team.
"It's so hypocritical. In fact, he doesn't want to care about this Cuju team at all." Chen Chen couldn't bear to look at it, so he said.
Pan Wen quickly gave Chen Chen a wink to prevent him from continuing.
During the subsequent training, no one else came. It was not until the afternoon training was about to end that Han Qi and a middle-aged man came to the training ground.
No one present had ever seen this middle-aged man, but Pan Wen walked up to him as soon as he saw him.
"Boss Zhao, why are you here in person?" Pan Wen spoke in a very polite tone. Only then did Chen Chen realize that this middle-aged man should actually be regarded as the actual leader of the Tigers, Zhao Hu.
However, from the very beginning of the team meeting to the present, the Tigers have basically been led by Uncle Liu, and even Uncle Liu is actually a vacated position. In a real sense, the Tigers still have to listen to Pan Wen's command.
, including last time we had to play against the Fanlou team and the Tigers
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A team is selected to participate in the warm-up match. Pan Wen decides which team will participate in the final.
Therefore, today is actually the first time that Zhao Hu has appeared in the public eye. Han Yonghe, Han Wenyuan, Uncle Cao and his son have all seen the real leader of the Tigers for the first time.
Although Zhao Hu said that his business in Bianliang City was prosperous, he was still a little nervous when he received the order to get the token from Uncle Liu today and enter the palace to meet the Saint. Even if he is famous again
This is the first time for a businessman to enter the palace.
Among the people present, Zhao Hu did not recognize anyone. Fortunately, when he saw Pan Wen approaching, he quickly went to greet him.
Zhao Hu said: "Didn't someone from the palace just send a message to let the leader enter the palace to meet the saint? Didn't Uncle Liu come to follow the training a few days ago? I thought something had happened. On this occasion, I
I decided to come on my own, otherwise I might leave a bad impression on the Emperor."
Pan Wen nodded and said to himself that Zhao Hu is indeed a first-class businessman and he really thinks a lot about maintaining his own image. Then Pan Wen took Zhao Hu with all the other leaders and the instructor Katsuyuki Zhe
Said hello.
In fact, this was the first time for Zhao Hu to meet other leaders, so everyone behaved very politely, except Zhang Maocai. Everyone knew that Zhang Maocai had been with Pan Yuanwu, the head of the Pan family.
Their relationship was not very good. As Pan Yuanwu's partner, Zhao Hu was of course on the Pan family's side and looked down upon Zhang Maocai.
"Hey, who was I at that time? Isn't this the big boss Zhao Hu? I haven't seen you since the time the team gathered. Why, after finishing my business today, I finally have time to go to the palace to see the saint?"
Faced with Zhang Maocai's question, Zhao Hu was not polite at all and said: "Isn't this Boss Zhang? I heard that you have been busy with the expansion of the inn in the outer city recently, and you actually have time to watch your team's game today?
I wasn’t here before, but I have someone who can watch my team’s training for me, and it’s you, Boss Zhang. Which one of these players is the leader?”
The two of them were going back and forth, neither giving way to the other. Pan Wen also disliked Zhang Maocai, so he had no intention of stopping the quarrel between them.
Sure enough, in the end, Zhang Mao felt that he could not defeat Zhao Hu, so he left the scene on the pretext of lecturing his team members. Zhao Hu snorted coldly at the side.
The training was officially over. The members of Cao Yi's Lions team and Zhang Maocai's Wangcai team had no need of them for a short meeting, so Zhe Kexing didn't say anything more, so he just dismissed them and found someone else.
The eunuch took them out of the palace and asked them to go back to the inn.
At this time, Privy Councilor Han Qi finally appeared in everyone's sight. He could be said to be the last one to arrive. Of course, because the strength of the Goshawk Team was there, it was difficult for others to gossip about him.
However, without knowing Han Qi's identity, Zhao Hu immediately whispered to Pan Wen that he was a little uncomfortable with Han Qi's appearance. However, after hearing Pan Wen say that this person was actually the Privy Councilor, Zhao Hu
He quickly closed his mouth.
After Han Qi arrived, although he had never met Zhao Hu before, looking at it, he didn't want to know Zhao Hu at all, so he walked straight to Zhe Kexing.
"What's going on? What kind of tricks does Lu Yao want to do?"
Han Qi revealed the mystery of the emperor's decree this time. In Han Qi's opinion, it must be because Lu Yao had some other ideas, otherwise Zhao Zhen would not be able to pass the decree at this time and ask people to enter the palace to meet the saint.
For Han Qi, he is really fed up with Lu Yao having a new idea every few days. Firstly, because he is really busy, and secondly, in Han Qi's opinion, there is really no such entertaining event.
The need was so complicated, and not to mention that his team was sure of victory. Han Qi always felt that Lu Yao's new actions were aimed at him.
Zhe Kexing shrugged and said: "The emperor gave the order, and I can't help it. After all, the emperor and Lu Yao are responsible for the competition. I am also responsible for training. This time Lu Yao raised it
The idea has nothing to do with training."
When Han Qi heard this, since it was something that had nothing to do with training, it should be easier to deal with. Of course he didn't know that the coach seemed to have nothing to do with training, but he was an important factor that directly affected the trend of the game.
Seeing that everyone was basically here, Zhe Kexing began to gather everyone and headed to Funing Hall together.
Of course, there is no need for Wang Da to notify Zhe Kexing, and Zhao Zhen will naturally go to the branch to give it to him.
What everyone didn't know was that not long after Chen Chen and Pan Wen left, Zhao Zhen had already called Wang Da over to study things about the coaches. At that time, Wang Da was taking the few people who had stayed in the palace with him.
Members of the former Royal Cuju Team are working hard to learn about the new Cuju.
Zhao Zhen called Wang Da over and studied the coach's manuscript with him for half an hour. Even though Wang Da was a rough guy, his understanding of Cuju was very unique. He felt that the position of a coach was indeed valuable.
It is necessary to set up. However, the Huangtian team is a bit special, because as the captain, Wang Da will actually go to the field to play football. If he is a coach and a player at the same time, Wang Da does not know whether it will affect his performance in the game.
Performance in the game. However, Zhao Zhen felt that this was not a problem, because the grassroots team was actually in exactly the same situation as the Huangtian team. Chen Chen was also the leader and a member of the team, and Chen Chen seemed to be certain.
You need to learn the relevant knowledge of coaches.
Since his opponents were working so hard, there was no reason for Wang Da to be negligent, so Wang Da immediately said that he would go back and study the coach's relevant documents.
After that, it was almost time to summon all the leaders, and Zhao Zhen took Wang Da to Funing Hall and waited for all the leaders to come.
After a while, several leaders appeared in front of Zhao Zhen.
Zhao Zhen took a closer look and saw the unfamiliar face of Zhao Hu at a glance. Of course, because Uncle Fu was not present, Zhao Zhen also knew that this person must be the actual person in charge of the Tigers, so he said: "You are Zhao Hu, right?
."
Zhao Hu, who saw the emperor's true appearance for the first time, immediately said: "That's right."
Zhao Zhen nodded and did not embarrass Zhao Hu too much. Instead, he looked at Zhang Maocai who was standing next to Zhao Hu.