Shin Kyung, General Office of the Executive Yuan, Prime Minister's Office.

Tan Tai Yunfeng was standing in front of Zhao Wenting and reporting to him about the preparations for the National Games.

"There are 17 major events in the sports meeting, and it is basically done properly at present. The remaining issue is that publicity focuses on the top." Dan Tai Yunfeng said.

"Sit down and say, sit down and say." As the term change approaches, Zhao Wenting attaches most importance to this National Games. Almost all his experiences are devoted to it, and he attaches great importance to it. Like other leaders who are about to leave or be promoted, he will always be concerned about his well-being and humble at this time.

"In terms of publicity, we should have a focus. Prince Yu means to highlight the civilian movement more and reduce the publicity of the aristocratic movement. But the problem is that the several propaganda cases I proposed have not been passed by the Emperor." Zhao Wenting was also a little worried.

Tan Tai Yunfeng asked: "In theory, we only need to promote sports that are popular with the people and are highly concerned about, especially sports that are highly involved in young people."

"Collective sports also need to increase publicity authority." Zhao Wenting said, taking out a form and saying: "This is the data obtained from surveys in major cities of the empire. Obviously, people attach the most importance to sports like football."

"No, no, the Supreme Emperor doesn't like football." Dan Tai Yunfeng said immediately.

"After all, I know it better than us." Zhao Wenting said enviously, and he asked, "Do you know why?"

Tan Tai Yunfeng said: "Maybe it's something sad."

Zhao Wenting nodded and stopped asking. The late Prince Li Zhaoji is the one who likes football the most among the royal family. Because of his death, the royal family may think of the prince when they see football. It is really sad.

The two actually didn't know that Li Mingxun didn't like football because he was heartbroken by the national football team before traveling through time. In Li Mingxun's eyes, Red China has never had such a thing as football. The country invested resources and the government provided support. The people across the country looked forward to it, but they did not achieve results. In the red system, concentrating efforts on major tasks completely failed in the field of football.

"If football is not good, it is the date pit ball." Zhao Wenting said.

The ball sports in the empire all originated from the Supreme Emperor Li Mingxun, which is the case with football and the same with date pit ball. The date pit ball is actually rugby, which is a popular sport in the army. This movement is very confrontational, so it requires a large amount of protective gear. It is a sport that cultivates the courage and fighting skills of soldiers in the army.

The jujube pit ball movement that has been circulated now has been slightly modified. The jujube pit ball movement in the early days was based on rugby rules and combined with the rules of ice hockey. Of course, the so-called ice hockey rules are to fight!

After all, when playing date pit balls, they wear protective gear. Once there is a conflict or an foul that is difficult to tell, the fight will be decided. Of course, this fight is not a punch to the flesh, but a one-on-one thorn fight. The two of them each hold a stick tied with cotton cloth and dipped in lime. According to the rules of the military thorn fight, a competition will be made and the results will be decided.

Dan Tai Yunfeng shook his head: "In fact, this sports meet also promotes physical exercise nationwide, especially to allow children to participate in physical exercise. Football and date pit balls are actually not suitable. Generally speaking, a school with thousands of people only has one stadium, and only dozens of people can participate at a time.

It is also limited to many weather factors such as rain and snow. Especially in the northern part of the empire, it is not suitable for playing football in winter.

From this perspective, I recommend basketball.”

"Basketball, is there a little less audience?" Zhao Wenting asked.

"But it has developed very quickly. In fact, the relationship between basketball and football and jujube pit ball is just like the relationship between badminton and tennis twenty years ago. Prime Minister, is badminton popular now or tennis popular now?" asked Dan Tai Yunfeng.

Tennis originated in the pre-Imperial era. At that time, the empire vigorously developed trade and development in the Americas and found rubber trees. Li Mingxun ordered people to cultivate rubber trees in Nanyang provinces early on, but early rubber was not very useful due to defects in processing technology.

But people have discovered very early on that Indian children in America make rubber into balls and tap and play with them. The rubber balls are very elastic.

On a sailboat, open a table, pull a net, use a book or wooden board as a racket, and the rubber ball can be beaten around. This kind of "billiards" sport gradually evolved into two types: tennis and table tennis. Because of the simple tools required, it became a civilian sport, while tennis, which requires a larger venue, became a sport in the upper class.

But soon, badminton appeared in the empire, and this type of sport similar to tennis quickly became popular all over the country. Among these small ball sports, table tennis and badminton are the two most popular.

The problem is that there will be venues with thousands of people and tens of thousands of people in this national sports. In such a large venue, you can’t see where the small table tennis and badminton are.

Just like when the first National Games of the Empire competed in table tennis, it was held at the Shenjing Stadium where 10,000 people could be held. Halfway through, the people would scatter. The newspaper joked: Our citizens obviously cannot accept spending money to see two people hit flies.

Indeed, because of the distance, I couldn't see the table tennis ball, and the two people who were waving their rackets hard seemed to be hitting flies.

The most popular ones are basketball, football and jujube pit balls. In fact, basketball is most suitable for this era, because even the empires, large stadiums and stadiums are only a handful of them. The largest sports arena in the empire is a racecourse in Shin Kyung, which can only accommodate 20,000 people. The largest indoor stadium can only accommodate 4,000 people.

"Then it is tentatively decided to be based on basketball. I will give you another promotional statement." Zhao Wenting said.

Dan Tai Yunfeng nodded: "The next thing is the discipline of the arena."

After hearing this, Zhao Wenting slapped himself in the forehead: "It's another trouble."

Zhao Wenting also loved sports when he was young, especially football and tennis. Of course, his participation was mainly to watch football, so he had a deep understanding of field discipline. In the field, athletes and coaches were easy to talk about, but the key was the audience.

"Yunfeng, do you know what the scene is when 15,000 people greet the referee's mother and ancestors together?" Zhao Wenting was full of powerlessness, and his thoughts returned to the scene of a football match he had watched. It was a football match. The fans of both sides shouted: The referee is a bad pen, the referee is your mother...

When Dan Tai Yunfeng heard the word "15,000", he remembered an incident and said, "I think I'll shout with about 15,000 people: Your mother, it's just as spectacular to refund the money."

Zhao Wenting laughed when he heard this word.

The two of them talked about the 35th year of the Empire. At that time, the Shenjing Stadium was completed. At the same time, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the empire's relocation of the capital, a football league was held. It was the best-level league at that time. It adopted an invitation system, and all participating were professional teams from the Imperial City.

But by chance, the sixteen teams came to the end were the Beijing-Tianjin team and the Shenjing team.

The Imperial Royal Family also came to see the finals. At that time, Prince Li Zhaoji loved football especially. When he was young, he cheered loudly to cheer for the Beijing-Tianjin team. The reason was very simple. His uncle Li Junwei once took him to Beijing-Tianjin. At that time, he participated in the youth football team in Beijing. By the time of the 35th year of the Empire, one of his old teammates was already the main player of the Beijing-Tianjin team.

But in terms of strength, Shen Jing team is still stronger. In order to avoid embarrassing the prince, some officials instructed the referee to take care of the Beijing-Tianjin team, but this caused a lot of trouble. In the first half, the Beijing-Tianjin team took a three-goal lead. In the second half, the referee began to take care of Shen Jing team again. As a result, both sides were not pleased. Ten thousand fans shouted "greetings" the referee. In the end, Shen Jing team, who was expected to be, lost, and the disappointed fans began to demand a refund.

If it were nine years later, people wouldn't care much. After all, greeting the opponent's team and referees is basically a routine operation in every game, and it is also common to be greeted by him. However, because of the royal family's participation, many foreign envoys also came to watch.

The result of this is that many foreign envoys regard the anger at the scene as a manifestation of the lack of quality of the imperial people, and this case has appeared in newspapers from all over the world.

Of course, this is mainly because countries do not have mature sports mechanisms, so they believe that this kind of open and public insult is unacceptable. When countries also started to hold similar competitions, they found that everyone was the same as a bird.

But no matter what, it is an indisputable fact that the Empire's thirty-five-year urban football league has embarrassed the Empire.

"It's not possible without an audience, and it's impossible to control the audience's mouth." Zhao Wenting said helplessly. For this National Games, he found all relevant information and found that all places had thought of solutions but had not solved it.

Tan Tai Yunfeng said: "Actually, the old man is also a swearing person when watching football..."

"real?"

Dan Tai Yunfeng nodded. He was not in China back then, and he actually saw what foreign newspapers knew about Europe, but after hearing his wife and children, the Emperor of the Supreme Court was also mumbling to watch football.

"Actually, it's easy to say that swearing is easy to say. I think this kind of superficial article is still done in other aspects, such as sending oil paper bags to the audience, so that they must take good care of their own hygiene. It's okay to swear. Fighting outside the court cannot happen. In addition, it's fairness on the court, and referees must choose fairness..." Dan Tai Yunfeng expressed his opinion.

At this time, a knock on the door sounded. It was Zhao Wenting's secretary, a young and beautiful girl, who was actually his granddaughter.

"Prime Minister, the eldest son is here to visit." said the secretary.

"Let him wait a moment, Lord Dan Tai and I agree on this matter before..." Zhao Wenting said casually, and suddenly stood up: "Who did you say is here?"

"The eldest son of Prince Yu's Mansion." said the secretary.

Zhao Wenting immediately threw down Dantai Yunfeng: "Hurry up, go and welcome him."

"Prime Minister, don't be polite, I've already arrived at the door." Li Zhaoyu appeared at the door and said with a smile. After seeing Dan Tai Yunfeng calling out to his brother-in-law, he asked, "Prime Minister, I haven't disturbed you."

Zhao Wenting smiled and said, "No, no. Lord Dan Tai and I have already discussed the matter almost. How could the eldest son have the leisure to come to the General Administration today?"

Li Zhaoyu was let in by Zhao Wenting, and he said, "I have no leisure time, I have some things to ask the Prime Minister."

"Come on, please sit down. First banquet, hurry up and serve tea to the eldest son." Zhao Wenting greeted his granddaughter and waited to bring tea. Zhao Wenting said, "Big Young Master, this is my granddaughter, first banquet."

Li Zhaoyu nodded to the secretary and took over the teacup. Dan Tai Yunfeng knew that Zhao Wenting was facing retirement. The old man took advantage of his last political climax to strive to establish relationships with the upper class of the empire. His granddaughter was with him, afraid that he wanted to promise a young hero, but he didn't want Li Zhaoyu to be involved.

"Zhaoyu, why are you here?" Dan Tai Yunfeng asked, asking whether he needed to avoid it.

Li Zhaoyu had no intention of avoiding it and said, "The father intends to let me participate in the Oriental Alliance Conference. I want to do some homework in advance, come to the General Administration to find some information, and visit the Prime Minister by the way, and ask for advice."

"If there is something, the eldest son will just say it." Zhao Wenting said.

"It's about the Manchester City incident. I want to find the information at that time. I don't know who was in charge of the incident at that time. Can I introduce it? I want to talk to him in person." Li Zhaoyu said.

The Manchester City Incident refers to the fact that the King of Siam liquidated the officials involved in the Manchester City Railway case and Chinese businessmen. Because the main political liquidation occurred in the capital Ayutthaya, and the economic liquidation was in the Port of Bangkok. It was caused by the railway from Bangkok to Ayutthaya, so it was called the Manchester City Incident by the Empire.

Zhao Wenting smiled and said, "This incident involved sending troops, economic sanctions and diplomatic activities. It was very complicated. You also know that such matters need to be presented by the nobles. Therefore, the emperor appointed the Security Bureau to be sponsored by Prince Cheng Wang."

Li Zhaoyu said: "Yes, I will ask over there. I want to know who was responsible for cooperating at that time. There are some information recorded by the cabinet. Can I take a look at it?"

Zhao Wenting didn't expect this to be the result. He was stunned for a moment and said, "Oh, okay, I'll make some arrangements for you."

As he said that, he wrote the names and positions of four people on the paper and said, "Some of the people in charge have been transferred to various departments. None of the four people are in this building, so why don't I greet them."

"No need, I'll just visit one by one. In addition, can you please give me a note so I can go to the archives."

Zhao Wenting nodded, wrote another note, stamped it with a seal, and said, "First banquet, you can take the eldest son to go there."

Li Zhaoyu smiled and said, "No need to worry, I'll do it myself."

As he said that, he left. Zhao Wenting looked at Dan Tai Yunfeng: "What's going on?"

Dan Tai Yunfeng shook his head, Zhao Wenting said, "Then why did he look for me? Isn't it more appropriate to find you, the general affairs chief? Are you still his brother-in-law?"
Chapter completed!