Don't be a prince

Archery is naturally a very important event, so Li Chengqian, as the emperor, naturally wants to go on stage to encourage the athletes.

Patting Xue Rengui on the shoulder, Li Chengqian said with a smile: "Don't be embarrassed, it's really not possible, you just invite Fang Shuo to eat later, as a general, there are so many tweaks."

Xue Rengui chuckled, and said to Fang Shuo on the side: "Don't run away tonight, I'm here to treat you!"

Fang Shuo also laughed.

Although his own people failed to win the gold medal, Li Chengqian didn't care. He leaned into Fang Shuo's ear and said to him, "Before returning to the military area, come to the palace to find me, and I will reward you in private."

After following the emperor for so many years and escorting him from the crown prince to the emperor, Fang Shuo naturally knew that the emperor would never steal rewards, and the last trace of resentment in his heart disappeared without a trace.

But in front of Ashina Poli, before Li Chengqian could speak, he cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I don't agree. Although grassland people are good at bows and arrows, they are not good at making bows. Your subordinates only win in the end because of the exquisiteness of bows." Come on, victory is not martial! The patriarchs of many Turkic tribes have said that my archery should be the best in the world!"

Hearing what his son said, Ashina Helu on the judging panel almost stuffed his face into his crotch.In front of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, saying that he is unparalleled in the world with bows and arrows, isn't that looking for abuse?

Sure enough, on the podium, Li Chengqian laughed, looked at Ashina's unconvinced look and said: "The sports meeting emphasizes fairness and justice, but this fairness and justice is only for the competition environment. When you are competing , whatever bows and arrows you use, etc., are the same. It is only in the end that you are allowed to use your own bows because the distance is beyond the range of the competition bows.

At this point, it depends on your own ability.However, since you think Fang Shuo and Xue Rengui's bows are worse than yours, it's better than this. You can use either of them's bows, and I will use the bows and arrows you use in the competition. How about a match between you and me? "

Ashina curled her lips and said, "But I don't know what to do if I win?"

Seeing Ashina's arrogance, Fang Shuo said without hesitation, "You can win? Then the sun will really come out from the west."

Xue Rengui also said without hesitation: "If you win, the gold medal will naturally belong to you. The emperor's bow cannot fall into the hands of outsiders. Instead, I will bet two arms. If you win, how about letting you chop it off yourself?" !"

Zhang Yun on the side also said quietly: "General Xue is still too stingy, the miscellaneous family will bet with him, hehe."

There was a bowl-sized scar on his head, but His Majesty's face could not be lost.

Before more people participated in the gambling game, Li Chengqian quickly reached out to stop those who wanted to speak.Of course, these people do not include Ashina Helu.

Ashina Helu came almost at a gallop, raising his hand to slap his son, but Li Chengqian blocked it with his hand.

"He Lu, this is a matter between me and this child, so don't interfere. We are also considered a family, and it would be bad if we hurt our friendship, so how about it."

Li Chengqian looked at Ashina and said: "If you win, I will give you the bow and the gold medal, but if you lose, you will be imprisoned for five days, how about it?"

Ashina asked in confusion, "What is confinement?"

Fang Shuo, who was lucky enough to experience it, slapped himself secretly, changed his twitching expression into a smile, and said to Ashina Poli: "It's nothing, I'm just locked in a small dark room alone, and someone brings me food and water. There is also a place for relief."

Ashina agreed without hesitation: "Okay, then it's a deal!"

Seeing that he agreed, Xue Rengui took Fang Shuo away on the pretext of being thirsty.

After walking away for a while, he patted Fang Shuo and said, "You can cheat on this kid."

Fang Shuo shrugged: "I'm not lying, that's what confinement is like."

Xue Rengui said contemptuously: "Do you think I haven't seen anyone in the army be punished like this? Those who come out of the three-day detention have trembling legs, let alone five days, will they die?"

Fang Shuo shook his head and said, "Five days at most can cure people to the point of collapse, and more than seven days will cause real problems. Go drink water when you're thirsty, I don't want to miss your Majesty's competition."

Xue Rengui shook his head, instead of going to drink water, he walked towards the judges' seat.He could see that this time the Supreme Emperor was testing him and Fang Shuo. Although he won the bow, he still had to express his gratitude...

On the other side, the helpless Ashina Helu had no choice but to allow his son to play an extra game with the Emperor Datang.

The emperor's personal competition still aroused everyone's curiosity, especially the audience of Datang, who gave out cheers like a tsunami. No matter who heard this applause, any Datang person would have adrenaline soaring.This is the home field advantage.

During the preparation, there was a tsunami in the arena, but when Li Chengqian stretched out his hand to signal, he quickly returned to calm within a few breaths.

The emperor of the Tang Dynasty was so popular that the teams from all countries admired him.In contrast, their royal family and civilians are more like enemies for many years.

When the emperor played, the referee's standards could not be worse, so Xu Jingzong drove away the steward of the Ministry of Rites and acted as the referee himself.

Seeing that the emperor was ready, he squinted at Ashina Poli and said, "Boy, are you ready?"

Ashina nodded slightly, and gave Xu Jingzong a supercilious look.

Xu Jingzong didn't care, picked up the loudspeaker and said: "The distance is 160 steps. His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty used the five-stone bow of the competition standard, and the Turkic Ashina Poli used the bow of the loyal general Xue Rengui. The arrows are the standard arrows of the competition. .Now, the game begins!"

After shouting, he moved aside, mainly because he was afraid of disturbing the emperor.

Naturally, Li Chengqian didn't care about the interruption. Seeing Ashina Poli started to aim, he also calmed down. After a long time, the first arrow came out!

Three rings!

Seeing the emperor's first arrow hit the third ring, the Tang audience couldn't help holding their breath, for fear of disturbing the emperor.

Seeing that Emperor Tang's first arrow hit the third ring, Ashina almost laughed out loud.After calming down for a short while, he shot the first arrow!

Eight rings!

After the first arrow was over, both of them accelerated their shooting speed.

Ashina finished shooting ten arrows and reached a score of 85, which made him more convinced that Datang's bow was easy to use.

After shooting ten arrows, he looked at the Emperor Datang with a sneer on his face. He was going to see how weak this uncle was.

However, when he looked at Li Chengqian, he was shocked.

Because the opponent kept shooting arrows, and within a short period of time, he shot more than a dozen arrows.

Looking at the target in the distance, he is not well.

Because there are already countless arrows inserted into the target.

Although I can't see it clearly, the arrow is on the target, vaguely...does it form a word?

Finally, when the last arrow was shot, Li Chengqian lowered his head and glanced at his right hand. Because of rapid shooting, no matter how careful he was, his hand would be injured, and it was already dripping blood.As for the shoulder and arm, the pain was like tearing.However, compared with his own achievements, this is nothing.

When Xu Jingzong shot the third ring with the first arrow of the emperor, he almost pulled off his beard, but when he saw through the binoculars that the character "Tang" gradually formed on the target, he was dumbfounded.He didn't even react when the telescope was taken away by Ashina Helu.

This... what kind of archery is this? At 160 steps, it is already very difficult for an arrow to hit the target, but hitting the bull's-eye is even more like luck.However, at this distance, His Majesty shot a word on the target abruptly?

Seeing the word "Tang" on the target, Ashina Helu walked into the arena with a sullen face, handed the binoculars to Ashina Poli, and sighed: "There is a sky beyond the sky, and there are people beyond people. My child, you are already big. But you haven’t learned to distinguish right from wrong, let alone be humble. Although our ancestors taught us to learn from wolves, it doesn’t mean we will become wolves. It’s okay if you take a blow today, and experience this truth well!”

Seeing the words on the target, Ashina left the telescope in his hand and fell powerlessly to the ground.Such an outrageous thing happened right before his eyes, which made it hard for him to accept it for a while.

Fang Shuo and Xue Rengui at the sidelines were about to jump up. They looked at each other, asked for the horizontal knife from the sideline guards, and ran towards the target like flying. After cutting off the pillars, they joined hands to run around the field. , to show the target to everyone.

And Xu Jingzong, who was on the judging panel, also thought about it. He ignored the etiquette, climbed up the table and shouted: "Everyone, Your Majesty, on the archery target, use arrows to form a character 'Tang'! Long live the Tang Dynasty! Your Majesty!" Long live!!"

Hearing Xu Jingzong's roar, and looking at the archery target that had already entered the auditorium for display, all the Tang people in the audience stood up, took off their hats, pulled their clothes and roared.

This is the emperor of the Tang Dynasty!Shooting a target is so boring, we just want to shoot a word on the target!

It is said that sports has no borders. Even if it is the first time that an international sports meeting is held, foreign athletes can't help but cheer for the Tang emperor.Such archery is truly invincible in the world!Seeing is believing, the word "Tang" on the target is better than any bragging!

Amid the frenzied shouts of the audience, Ashina walked over with his head bowed, knelt down on one knee and said, "Your Majesty, I apologize to you for my arrogance and please punish me."

Looking at Ashina Helu who was standing on the side, and then at Ashina Poli who was completely convinced, Li Chengqian smiled and said: "Get up, everyone has it when they are young and frivolous. No matter how I say it is your uncle, It can also teach you some truths. Go to confinement tomorrow. After the confinement is over, I will send someone to send you to the martial arts academy. There, you will learn a lot of tactics. Every student in the martial arts academy can become yours opponent."

Ashina agreed, then stood up and retreated to the side.

Seeing Fang Shuo and Xue Rengui still in the auditorium, showing the target, Li Chengqian smiled helplessly.

Accidentally installed a b...

The cheers and applause in the field did not stop until everyone was exhausted.Among them, naturally including the next horse riding competition.

In desperation, Li Chengqian had no choice but to order the end of today's competition, and the horse riding competition will be moved to tomorrow.

After returning to the judges' seat, Li Shimin said to Li Chengqian: "Okay, I didn't have your accuracy back then."

Li Chengqian smiled awkwardly, gestured to his injured right hand and said: "My son also bit the bullet, changed his mind temporarily, and shot a Tang character on the target. You didn't practice back then, otherwise you would have been able to do this." things."

Li Shimin nodded in agreement: "Yes, let me shoot someone, and I will definitely not lose to others."

Hearing this sentence, Li Chengqian realized that there was no moving target in the competition.This is how one person sets up a competition, and it is easy to be negligent, so let the Ministry of Rites take care of it next time.

Just after leaving the stadium, I saw Dugu Bo waiting in front of Jin Luanjia in casual clothes.

Seeing the arrival of the emperor and the Supreme Emperor, Dugu Bo hurriedly saluted: "My humble minister, Dugu Bo, pays homage to the Supreme Emperor and Your Majesty."

Li Shimin was very satisfied with the order of Dugu Bo's salute, turned his head and said with a smile: "The emperor, it seems that he is looking for you, so you don't have to send me off."

Li Chengqian nodded, then handed over the wheelchair to the guards of Daming Palace, and led Dugu Bo to the "Jinluanjia" behind.

The reason for adding a quotation mark is really because his name, Jin Luanjia, is a bit misleading.There is also a little gold leaf on the pattern of the golden dragon, which is not at the same level as the "golden chariot" of the Supreme Emperor.

There is no way, as an emperor, a little bit of extravagance is not a problem, and those who are too outrageous will be impeached.

Chapter 571 I'm Not Here

After getting into the carriage, Dugu Bo cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty's archery skills are really breathtaking. I have never seen such a brilliant shot in my whole life!"

Waving his hands, Li Chengqian said helplessly: "Don't talk flattery. I remember telling you before the sports meeting that there is no big deal. Don't come to me. You don't want to wait for me at the exit just for a flattery, say Say, what happened?"

Dugu Bo smiled awkwardly, he knew that the emperor wanted to take a good rest for a while, and planned to participate in the sports meeting all the way.However, there are some things that he can't decide on his own even if he is the minister of the household department.

He took out two pots of tea from the drawer, and handed one pot to Dugu Bo. Li Chengqian twisted the spout, drinking tea while waiting for Dugu Bo to speak.

After receiving the teapot, Dugu Bo drank two sips of tea before saying: "Your Majesty, look, is our imperial court going to hold a gamble?"

Li Chengqian asked curiously: "Gambling game?"

Dugu Bo nodded: "Yes, the game. Your Majesty may not know that behind the excitement of this sports meeting, many people sit on the bank and design the game. The bet is the final winner of each game. Because of this sports meeting, many people in Luoyang , and even local tycoons have come to participate, so the gamble behind every game is outrageously big.

You also know that our Datang does not prohibit gambling at present, so these people who sit in the dealership are not illegal.It's just that with such a large amount of money, once something happens, it's not an ordinary case.And you also know that once the sports meeting becomes a tradition and the game becomes bigger and bigger, maybe some people will do whatever it takes to win and buy athletes..."

Listening to Dugu Bo's words, Li Chengqian had no doubt that such a thing would happen.

Where there are interests, there are frauds, and the greater the interests, the more people will take risks.If that's the case, it doesn't matter whether the sports meeting is held or not.Because, two or more athletes on the field will only focus on playing fake matches.

In addition, when it came to the sports meeting... Li Chengqian suddenly remembered something he had always hated but had almost forgotten—sports lottery!

The mentality that there will be pies in the sky is not something that one or two people have.The reason why the profession of liar has existed for thousands of years is because of this mentality of people that it has continued until now, and will even exist in the future.And the mentality of picking up pies fermented to a certain extent, and pyramid schemes appeared.

Thinking of this, Li Chengqian opened his eyes and said to Dugu Bo who was waiting quietly: "Since Aiqing thinks that this matter needs to be regulated, let the Ministry of Household Affairs come forward to set up sports betting. In addition, I have another Do you want to hear your thoughts?"

Dugu Bo immediately regained his spirits: "Please speak, Your Majesty."

"I'm thinking about setting up a lottery organization, where anyone can participate, and without investing too much money, they can get the chance to become a millionaire in an instant..."

The emergence of the lottery will inevitably lead to the bankruptcy of some people.However, appearing in advance can also allow some people to accumulate experience early and recognize the essence of this deep pit.

Buying lottery tickets is not an act worth condemning.It's not a problem to invest more than ten yuan a month for a small gambling, but it's stupid to throw it up with your wealth.The probability of one in 770 in [-] is also firmly believed, and it deserves it if it is all cast.

One or two more cases of bankruptcies can also make these people see the essence of the lottery.

To sell lottery tickets, we must bear this negative impact.But like taxes, after the lottery makes a profit, the imperial court can use the money to do some meaningful things, such as supporting impoverished mountainous areas, such as building bridges and paving roads.

As long as the review of the lottery agency is strict enough and the ownership is firmly in the hands of the court, who says it can't do some good things?

Listening to the emperor's narration, Dugu Bo was a little silly.This, this is the biggest deception, but the problem is, even if people who are deceived know it, they won't care because the probability is there after all.And what should have been counted as bad behavior has become noble because of the meaningful things that can be done.

Good guy, once this lottery is launched, the national treasury doesn't know how much it will receive!

The carriage drove to Dugu Bo's residence, and after putting him down, he continued to move towards the palace.

Dugu Bo stood in front of the mansion in a daze, and it took a long time before he came back to his senses.Glancing at the servant who looked at him worriedly, he lifted up his robe and rushed to the study. He wanted to sort out the emperor's words as soon as possible, and implement them formally in an instant, so as to make a profit one step earlier!

As the host of the sports meeting, Xu Jingzong was supposed to preside over the meeting, but after being summoned by Dugu Bo, after entering the mansion, he ordered Zhongshu's servant Zhang Jianzhi to replace him for two days, and finally simply pushed the job to him.

Shangshu Pushe Zhao Yi and Fang Yu also received the invitation, and finally, it was Chu Suiliang from the province of Menxia.

After four days of competition, on the fifth day, Hubu set up a tent outside the gate of the stadium and established a sports betting.

Naturally, there were many responders to the game launched by the imperial court.It's all gambling, so why not choose the imperial court's game?Among other things, the reputation of the imperial court has always been strong. In private gambling games, you may only dare to play a few or dozens of puns, but when it comes to the imperial court, you can naturally buy as much as you have ability!

For a while, the temporary office tents of the household department had to be temporarily increased to more than a dozen.

The gambling outside the stadium is in full swing, and the games in the stadium are also in full swing.

In the horse riding competition, Datang lost without any suspense.The Tie Le tribe has produced good horses since ancient times, and some war horses in the Tang Dynasty are still the blood of their war horses.Even the Turks were tortured by blood, Datang lost in this one, no shame.

Wrestling, weightlifting, high jump, long jump...

After each competition, the number of gold medals won by Datang naturally topped the list.At the same time, no one has any doubts about the "fairness and justice" purpose hosted by Datang.Because, even if Datang's contestants violated the regulations, they would be punished by the referee.

As a result, the worries of the national teams disappeared, and they completely integrated into this sport, striving for the glory of their own country.

Another race, today's race is long-distance running.Seeing that a Datang player was punished by the referee for bumping into someone, Li Shimin on the judges' seat ignored Qi Zong Nongzan and Ashina Helu, and said directly to Li Chengqian: "Although we want to be fair and just, but for My own person is still too formal, can't you just open the door?"

Li Chengqian said helplessly: "Our Datang is a big country, and this kind of gathering of hundreds of nations naturally pays attention to every spit and nail. Now it is hosted by our Datang, and there will be opportunities for other countries to hold it later. Now we will formally formulate it. Set down fair and just rules, so that other countries will not use it to their advantage in the future, right?"

Li Chengqian deeply knows how scary it is to be shameless. In a gymnastics competition, a Chinese female gymnast named Kui Yuanyuan was scored No.3 by the so-called referee amidst the boos of foreign audiences?There are countless such things in the history of Chinese sports.

Of course, it is different now. Li Chengqian feels that Datang is fully capable of supporting his athletes.If the skills are not as good as others, if you lose, you will lose. Datang can afford to lose.However, if you are treated maliciously, sorry, your country will be flattened after the sports meeting is over.

The sports meeting should be sacred and purely serve human sports. Li Chengqian didn't want it to be mixed with too much dirt.

For the long-distance running event, the only remaining contestant is a young man selected by the Liangzhou Military Region——Yang Yu.However, even though he was already number one in the first army, he still missed the championship and lost to a player from the Kingdom of Macuria.