Chapter 28: Unexpected Joy

  Du He's idea is actually derived from the sports of later generations. As long as polo can become popular in the Great Tang, from ordinary people to generals, everyone can play and practice during their leisure time, which will definitely improve the overall horsemanship of the Great Tang.

  Duhe's move was most brilliant in proposing the concept of competition for future generations.

  The Tang Dynasty was plagued by powerful aristocratic families and clans, which was the greatest weakness of the dynasty and a latent poison.

  But at this moment, Du He took advantage of the existence of the gatekeeper and proposed a competition.

  Li Shimin's attitude towards the aristocratic clans is not to be questioned. In history, he even instructed his ministers to re-determine the ranking of the "Shizu Zhi" based on their current status. The imperial clan was ranked first, followed by the Empress's family, the Longsun clan, and then the Cui clan from Shandong, which had the highest reputation among the people, was demoted to third place, with an obvious intention.

  Every local clan and family sought nothing but fame. As long as Emperor Taizong of Tang issued a decree to make polo the national sport, and held public competitions, in order to win awards, to achieve victory, and to gain fame, these clans and families would certainly spare no effort to form their own polo teams.

  They spare no effort in training and competing with each other for victory, which is the easiest way to form grudges. The competition of winning or losing will gradually make them antagonistic, and the power of the aristocratic families will be suppressed in a subtle and indirect way.

  The reason why the aristocratic clans can contend with imperial power is that they are as hard as iron plates and difficult to move, but if they gradually split up and are defeated one by one, it will not be a difficult task.

  Li Shimin also seemed to have realized this, his expression somewhat excited and unpredictable.

  Du He didn't reveal anything, but instead pretended to be unaware and told Li Shimin about the precautions of playing polo and some judging rules.

  But Du He's approach was also his temporary brainstorming idea, so there was no overall plan, and it was also chaotic.

  Li Shimin also understood Du He's difficulties and smiled: "This matter seems like a small thing, but it is related to the foundation of my great Tang Dynasty for thousands of years. It cannot be taken lightly. You don't have to rush to give me a comprehensive plan now, go back and consider it slowly, draft an outline, it must be detailed. This kind of competition has no precedent, since we decided to do it, we must make it exciting and popularize horse racing all over the world in a short time."

  Li Shimin clenched his fists as if he were going into battle.

  This is not like a war, this is indeed a smokeless battle.

  Unlike Du Hu, as the real executor, Li Shimin faced a group of great Confucians who persuaded him not to indulge in trivial matters and a group of short-sighted old conservatives.

  Du He replied: "Young nephew understands, within three days, young nephew will definitely come up with a complete plan."

  Du He has every confidence in this regard. For NBA, Bundesliga, Serie A and other events, Du He is quite familiar with them. Today, he didn't prepare and suddenly came up with the idea, so it's a bit confusing. If given some time to organize and absorb each other's strengths, he can definitely come up with an excellent and fair competition plan.

  Du He bid farewell to Li Shimin and returned to the Cai Guo Gong Mansion, where he immediately went into his study.

  Li Shimin knew the importance of cavalry, and Du He was no exception. Especially in opening up vast territories, it is even more necessary to have cavalry without a doubt. Only cavalry can march millions of miles and leave behind the victorious banner of the Tang Dynasty in foreign lands.

  Although polo is a game, just like football and basketball in later generations, as long as it becomes popular, everyone will play with one hand, which has a great help in cultivating riding skills.

  As for this point, Du He has full confidence.

  Because Du He understands the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty belongs to a feudal society. The private life of the common people is quite simple, and the key is that they don't have any entertainment venues. Unlike later generations, when they are idle, they can go online, play games, or even travel abroad.

  In this era, even if they have nothing to do, people can only gather together, chat and gossip, wasting their time. If there is a game that can provide them with entertainment, I believe they will not reject it.

  Du He originally wanted to immediately start drafting the rules and regulations for polo, but found that he wasn't very familiar with polo, which was not as popular in the 21st century as football or basketball.

  "Let's take a look at the market first before making a decision!"

  A wave of fatigue hit him, and today's forced entry into the imperial palace had almost exhausted his energy, making his body feel uncomfortable once again.

  Sharpening a knife doesn't delay chopping wood work, Du He decided to take a rest and recover first, recharge his energy, then make a decision.

  Returned to the room and fell asleep in an instant.

  When Du He woke up again, two hours had passed and the sky was also dimming.

  Du He stretched his waist and suddenly widened his eyes, "How is that possible!" He exclaimed in a low voice, unexpectedly discovering that his internal strength had surged up a lot all of a sudden.

  If in the past, Du He's internal force was like a slow flowing stream, at this moment his internal force had gathered into a small brook, growing several times stronger.

  What's going on here!

  Du He had never encountered such a situation, he obtained the "Liu Xiang Bao Jian" at the age of eight, because at that time TV was broadcasting "The Legend of Chu Liuxiang". He was extremely fascinated by Zheng Shaoqiu's portrayal of Chu Liuxiang, so he also started practicing, and after more than 20 years of hard practice, he became a thief master feared by collectors from all over the world.

  Something like this sudden surge of internal energy has never been encountered before, and for a while, I couldn't make sense of it either.

  "Could it be that I've exhausted my internal energy today?" Du He sprang up and rushed out of the room, arriving at the West Wing. He employed his Treading Moon Leaving Fragrance lightness skill, his toes lightly tapping on the stone bench in the courtyard. His entire body rose into the air, treading on nothing, as he flew diagonally upwards. Without any foothold, he actually flew a full ten feet away.

  Du He's body swayed in mid-air, and he knew that was his limit, so he didn't force himself to land.

  Du He was overjoyed, his body had only been practicing internal skills for four months, which was far from enough to fly in the air. According to his original training plan, it would take at least a year to reach this level now, and he had somehow inexplicably advanced by a full eight months, this progress was truly unimaginable.

  At this rate of progress, it won't take one or two years for the thief to re-emerge.

  Of course, a short one or two years is far from enough for Du He to reach the realm of Du Changtian's dominance. However, it should be known that Du Changtian's dominant world is in the 21st century, where there are anti-theft doors, safes that cannot be blown open with bombs, and cameras that can capture mosquitoes flying around.

  Facing all this, without Du Changtian's kind of omnipotent qinggong, it is indeed impossible to become a thief chief, but the world that Du He faces now is the Tang Dynasty with no anti-theft doors, no safes, and no surveillance cameras.

  Du He's strength only needs to reach one-twentieth of Du Changtian's to become a thief who makes the world worry, and of course, to become a thief leader, the marshal of thieves, he must have at least one-tenth of Du Changtian's strength.

  Du He's face was filled with joy and excitement, her eyes also revealing a thrilled expression.

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