On the first weekend of the Ming Dynasty, Liu Jin took his family out to go shopping and visit the zoo. They lived a very leisurely life. On the other hand, Emperor Hongzhi, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, also rarely left the palace and brought Empress Zhang and Zhu Houzhao with him.
We arrived at the Daming Royal Arena in Xincheng, South District of Beijing, ready to watch a football match.
"It's so lively!"
Sitting on the four-wheeled carriage, Emperor Hongzhi opened the curtains and looked at the sea of people everywhere, and couldn't help but laugh.
"what happened?"
"There are probably too many people today. There weren't that many people in the past."
Zhu Houzhao on the side curled his lips with some dissatisfaction. He was originally in a pretty good mood today.
Emperor Hongzhi was always busy with government affairs and rarely had time to accompany Zhu Houzhao. This time was also very rare. On the first weekend of the Ming Dynasty, everyone in the Ming Dynasty had a holiday. Emperor Hongzhi did not have to go to the morning court, and there were no memorials or other memorials to be delivered, so
Emperor Hongzhi also brought his family out to watch the football match.
Although the football game did not appear for a long time, only a few years, it quickly became popular throughout the Ming Dynasty. Even countries surrounding the Ming Dynasty such as North Korea, Japan, and Siam were also affected and became popular.
The first football stadium in the Ming Dynasty was the Daming Royal Stadium in Tianjin. Because the football matches held in the Daming Royal Stadium were very popular, a large number of footballs quickly appeared throughout the Ming Dynasty.
Here in the capital, stadiums such as the Daming Royal Arena, British Stadium, Sihai Stadium, and Shengshi Stadium were also completed one after another.
At the same time, with the development of stadiums and football, professional football leagues were quickly established under the organization of Liu Jin, Zhang Mao, Zhu Houzhao and others.
The Daming Royal Cup Football League is currently the only football league in Daming, and the number of participating teams has rapidly grown from more than 20 teams at the beginning to more than 100 teams now.
Most of these more than 100 teams are from major commercial banks, large factories, colleges and other football teams in the Beijing-Tianjin area. There are also a few teams from southern Ming Dynasty, Liaodong and other regions. There are also several teams among them.
A team from Korea and Japan.
The system of the football league basically adopted the league system of later generations, with games taking turns in major stadiums. Among them, Korea and Japan even built several large stadiums specifically for this purpose.
King Yeonsangun of Korea and the Japanese kings and shoguns of Japan were the most loyal fans and would go to watch almost every football game.
Of course, there is no doubt about the charm of football, and many people are obsessed with it.
Like Liu Jin, Zhu Houzhao liked watching football matches very much, so Liu Jin spent a lot of money to build the Ming Dynasty Royal Stadium in Tianjin, the Ming Dynasty Royal Arena here in the capital, and also in Songhu, Nanjing, Ryukyu, Nanyang and other places.
Large stadium.
Not to be outdone, Zhu Houzhao also built large stadiums in Tianjin, Beijing, Songhu and other places, and even funded the establishment of professional teams in each.
"If the blockage continues like this, the football game will start."
Zhu Houzhao curled his lips unhappily. Football was his favorite. He even liked playing football very much. He finally had time to watch football with his father, queen, and mother. Wouldn't it be a pity if he was late.
"Don't worry, Your Highness, we are already trying our best to clear the way, and we will definitely not waste time."
Outside the four-wheel carriage, hearing Zhu Houzhao's dissatisfied voice, Xiao Jing quickly came over and said with a smile.
Even though Emperor Hongzhi and his party were traveling in plainclothes, there were still many palace guards around them. No matter how they were blocked, it was impossible to keep Emperor Hongzhi stuck in the road.
"There are so many people. It seems that everyone doesn't have to go to court this weekend. They have to go to work and come out to have fun."
Empress Zhang looked at Zhu Houzhao dotingly, and then looked at the flow of people outside. She couldn't help but smile and said: "This is actually quite good. Your Majesty, you need to rest, and ordinary people also need to rest."
"Liu Jin is really a man of great wisdom. Look at the people who are going out. Every household has a family and a family to take care of. They are happy and happy. How happy they are!"
Empress Zhang had a very deep understanding of it. She was the empress, and Emperor Hongzhi had only one woman. Logically speaking, she should be very happy.
However, her fate was actually tragic. She gave birth to three children, two of whom died in infancy.
Later on, Emperor Hongzhi's health deteriorated day by day. He was just like a man in his fifties when he was only in his thirties. Naturally, he was getting worse and worse in every aspect. He couldn't give birth to a child even if he wanted to.
In addition, Emperor Hongzhi has always been diligent in government affairs and spends very little time with her. She is like a canary locked in the palace. She has not been out for a long time, let alone the whole family enjoying themselves.
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There is a regular resting system, and the emperor can legally be lazy. When he is on vacation, he takes her and her son and his family out to play, just like ordinary people. She thinks this is really good.
"Yes, the family is enjoying themselves happily."
"I was too busy before and didn't have time to spend time with you and my children. I owe you too much."
"From now on, as long as it's weekends, I will go out with you to have fun as much as possible. I heard that there is a commercial district here in the new city of Southern District. After the game, we can go shopping together."
Emperor Hongzhi took Empress Zhang's hand and said guiltily that he and Empress Zhang were like ordinary couples most of the time, and Emperor Hongzhi did not even call him "me".
"Cut~"
Zhu Houzhao on the side immediately curled his lips slightly and looked outside.
"This kid~"
Seeing Zhu Houzhao's appearance, Emperor Hongzhi touched his head.
Soon, the four-wheeled carriage that Emperor Hongzhi rode arrived at the Ming Dynasty Royal Arena and walked through the special VIP passage. Emperor Hongzhi and his family also directly entered the Royal Hall, which can only be used by members of the royal family. The Royal Hall has the best viewing position.
Okay, it's also an independent private room.
"There are so many people, maybe tens of thousands of people?"
Queen Zhang swapped shares and circled the entire Ming Dynasty Royal Arena, and she couldn't help but exclaimed.
Although she had heard people say very early on that the most popular thing in Ming Dynasty now was football matches, she had never been to a football match.
After all, she was a queen, her mother respected the world, and she had to set an example for women in the world. Without Emperor Hongzhi accompanying her, it was not appropriate for her to go out to watch the football match.
"Mother, this Ming Dynasty Royal Arena is the largest stadium in our Ming Dynasty. It can accommodate nearly 40,000 people."
“In previous competitions, there were usually not enough seats available, but I didn’t expect that this time, all the seats were filled.”
Zhu Houzhao also replied quickly.
"Nearly 40,000 people!"
When Queen Zhang heard this, she was slightly surprised.
"Liu Jin, which two teams are playing today?"
Zhu Houzhao is very familiar with it. He always attends almost every game. He likes football so much.
"Your Highness, today's match is between the Beijing Sangong team and the Tianjin Port team."
As a young follower, Liu Jin knew these things very clearly and replied immediately.
"Call the person in charge of buying football over here. I want to buy football."
Zhu Houzhao immediately ordered after hearing this, and then touched his chin and said: "The strength of the Sangong team is pretty good. Zhang Liang and Zhang Feng in the team are very good, and the winning rate is quite high."
"But this Tianjin Port team is a team of its own industry. Wang Ben and Xie Chao in the team are also extremely good players. It's hard to say whether they will win or lose."
“Which one is better to buy?”
Emperor Hongzhi and Empress Zhang heard Zhu Houzhao muttering on the side and asked with a smile: "Do you still want to buy football after watching football?"
"Of course I have to buy the ball. If you don't buy the ball, you are a fake fan. It's a pity that my team is not playing today, otherwise I wouldn't have to hesitate. I can just buy my own team and win."
Zhu Houzhao looked like it was natural.
Soon, the person in charge of gambling at the Ming Dynasty Golden Arena also hurried to the Huang Family Hall private room.
"Your Highness, the odds for the San Gong team to win are 1.5 to 1, and the odds for the Tianjin Hong Kong team to win are 1.6 to 1."
If there is a football match, gambling is inevitable. Liu Jin knows this very well.
So we simply included this revenue into the revenue from the stadium and the league. During every football match, all fans can go to major arenas to buy balls.
The income from buying football is considered a part of the stadium's income. Like the ticket income, part of it will eventually be turned over to the league, and the league will use this part of the income to promote the development of football.
Part of the money is used to share the money with the major teams, and the teams can use the money to support the team, including player wages, training and expenses, etc., while part of the money is used to develop more stadiums and more
Team, enrich football games and promote the promotion of football.
This is similar to that of later generations, except that betting on football is legal in the Ming Dynasty. After all, even gambling is legal, so betting on football is nothing.
"I'll buy Tianjin-Hong Kong team for 10,000 yuan to win!"
Zhu Houzhao habitually took out a stack of brand new 100-yuan banknotes from the First Bank of Ming Dynasty from his pocket.
Whenever this guy shows up now, he usually brings a few stacks of hundred-dollar banknotes from the First Bank of the Ming Dynasty. He especially likes to show off his wealth, which can be regarded as a little hobby of his.
Seeing this scene, Emperor Hongzhi and Empress Zhang couldn't help being slightly dumbfounded. This move was only ten thousand taels of silver. This Zhu Houzhao was probably richer than Emperor Hongzhi.
"Father, do you want to buy some?"
"I'm telling you, when it comes to watching football, you must buy it. This way you will be more energetic, more interesting, and more excited when watching it."
After Zhu Houzhao finished buying it, he still had no conscience to talk to Emperor Hongzhi.
"...Buy, buy, I'll also buy ten thousand taels of silver, I'll buy the San Gong team to win!"
Emperor Hongzhi twitched slightly, nodded to Xiao Jing and said.
What is it like to be rich without a son? It is estimated that only Emperor Hongzhi had such an experience.