"My father said that water can carry boats, have you forgotten?" Li Chengqian smiled slightly, turned to Changle and said, "Water can carry boats and can also overturn the boats. The people are water, and the king is a boat, so who do you think is the Tang Dynasty? Or the people in the world are from the Li family?"

"But there is no difference. My Li family represents the Tang Dynasty."

"Yes, now my Li family represents the Tang Dynasty, but my Li family does not equal the Tang Dynasty." Li Chengqian suddenly sighed and looked at the team training on the training ground and said, "It's like this team represents the royal family, but they are not the royal family. If they perform poorly, then we can copy them. And have you ever thought about it? If our Li family does not perform well, what will happen to the people in the world? Will they copy us too?"

"Brother, are you... okay? Why do you suddenly think of these?" Changle seemed a little scared by Li Chengqian, and his expression seemed a little panicked.

"I mean, we can do some things, and we can't do some things. Victory is important, but don't cheat. Since my Li family represents the Tang Dynasty, then show the demeanor you should have. Do you understand?" Li Chengqian looked at Changle intently and said almost word by word.

"Brother, you, do you know everything?"

"I am the emperor. How can you hide your little moves from me?" Li Chengqian patted Changle's head, just like when he was a child, and there was an indescribable doting.

This girl may have tried to win or wanted to show herself, but she silently caught the family members of several other teams as a threat. Although those people were locked up in the place to eat and drink every day, this was still something that Li Chengqian could not accept.

Maybe he would have done the same thing in the past, but now as his status changes, his ideas are also changing.

In his opinion, the winning or losing of the football game is no longer so important. What is important is the spirit and attitude, the courage to face failures and dare to face them. Only in this way will it be accepted by the public.

Moreover, this kind of thing also reflects a person's character. Some people may think that it is nothing to make a mistake once, but don't forget that there will be one, there will be two, and there will be three. After trying to get something for nothing, people will form an inertia and slowly fall into depravity.

...

Time flies, and the Lantern Festival has passed in a blink of an eye. The Chang'an Cup, which has been widely publicized for several months, finally kicked off, and the whole Chang'an has almost become a sea of ​​joy.

The four polo courts outside the city were waving colorful flags, gongs and drums were clamoring, and the noise of cheering soared into the sky.

Teams from all over the country held their own flags and entered the stadium under the guidance of the guides, standing in the middle of the stadium, and also waved to the people around who came to attend the opening ceremony.

There are too many teams participating in the game, and one stadium cannot accommodate such people, so four stadiums have to be opened at the same time. At the agreed time, the opening ceremony will be opened at the same time.

In such an occasion, Li Chengqian was naturally strictly restricted from going out. Not only him, but even his concubines were persuaded to return to the palace by his subordinates.

There are too many people. Not to mention that the opening ceremony venue is hard to get tickets, even if there are people in Chang'an City, there are also crowds of people.

Hotels are full of restaurants, and the streets are crowded with people, one after another. The left and right Wu guards use rotation system to patrol the streets. Chang'an County, Wannian County, and Jingzhao Prefecture sends all yamen runners to work on the streets.

But even so, tourists from all over the country continued to flock to Chang'an, once blocking the spacious Zhuque Street.

What we have to mention here is the curfew. Since the New Year's Eve, the curfew in Chang'an City has been lifted. In fact, even if it is not lifted, there is no way. There are too many people entering Chang'an, and they can't even ban it.

Li Chengqian happened to be not interested in curfews, so he simply didn't mention it. He just wanted to do whatever he wanted. If anyone asked for it, he would just let someone take the blame for the thunder and put it on. As a result, no one in the court was stupid. If Li Chengqian didn't mention it, no one took the initiative to come forward to mention it, as if this was not the case.

So almost overnight, the Chang'an curfew was in name only. Although the big sign stood there, no one came to drive away the people who were wandering on the streets in the middle of the night.

After the curfew is gone, Chang'an is even more jubilant. No matter day or night, the streets are full of people. No matter when you go out to the street, you don't have to worry about robbery or something because there are few people.

...

The opening ceremony was very fast. The official who was responsible for the matter said a few words and then went straight to the point and held an exhibition match in each of the four sub-venues.

In the first part of the venue, the royal team led by Zhang Qiyuan was played, while the team against him was the Cheng family team.

The two teams were wearing red and yellow jerseys, with their own player numbers hanging on the horses, and entered the field with a sword-like stick.

This battle must be won, and it must be won. Zhang Qiyuan, wearing a yellow jersey, kept cheering himself up because he represented the emperor, and even if he fought for this life, he would never lose.

The team of Cheng Yaojin's family opposite is the same as their head of the family. They are all big and round waists, and have a straight face. You can tell from their appearance that they are all thorns in the army.

The referee was a clerk transferred from the Ministry of Justice. There was no way out. Li Chengqian thought about all the official institutions of the Tang Dynasty and found that the Ministry of Justice could only stick some edges with the referee, so he could only use them.

...

As the two teams entered the stadium, the audience in the stands around quickly became quiet, and they all stared at the stadium with concentration, watching the two teams getting closer and closer.

This was originally a performance-oriented competition, but because of the different identities of the forces represented by Zhang Qiyuan, the atmosphere became tense before the competition began.

The referee seemed to feel Zhang Qiyuan's nervousness, and couldn't help but look at him and asked him with his eyes if there was any problem.

Zhang Qiyuan shook his head and hugged the captain of the Cheng family opposite him.

The Cheng family's fool opposite still remembers what the aunt said when she came, asking them to play ball according to the situation and not to play too harshly. If the royal family loses their face, they will have to peel them off when they go back.

So when he saw Li Qiyuan clasping his fists at him, he bowed his hand, glanced at the referee and said carelessly: "Old man, can you start the game?"

The referee ignored Cheng's stupid guy, looked at Zhang Qiyuan, then looked around, and then placed the polo painted red in his hands in the middle of the field: "Who from your two teams kicks off first?"

(End of this chapter)
Chapter completed!