After broadcasting the ancient times live, I handed the system over to the state.

On Tuesday, around 11 a.m., Zhu Qinggu finished his lunch early and started looking for a quiet place.

I usually go to the science or humanities buildings, and I look for the higher floors, preferably those adjacent to the labs, where there are fewer people.

Zhu Qinggu was relatively lucky to find a classroom that was vacant.

She turned on her computer and made some preparations. Five minutes in advance, she had already logged into the website. At noon, the live stream began.

The curtain of heaven opened again.

This time, unlike yesterday, there weren't any unexpected situations.

Although watching yesterday's sports meet was very interesting, it was also very interesting to hear Zhu Qinggu talk about things concerning their own fate, or about some future prospects.

As soon as she started her live stream, the number of viewers jumped from a few dozen to over a hundred, then to several hundred and even a thousand.

She was worried that the tags and trending words she used in this episode might not be relevant to her traffic, but now it seems that's about right.

"Good afternoon, everyone. I'm your host, Zhu Qinggu. Have you all had lunch yet?" Zhu Qinggu greeted them simply.

Some viewers in the live stream said they had eaten, some said they hadn't, and some said they were eating.

Zhu Qinggu said, "Did you all see the tag 'Sports Meet' that I used today? I also posted a live broadcast announcement in the background before. This episode will talk about the Sports Meet, the Olympics over the years, and other things."

"The inspiration came from our school's sports meet."

Our school reopened last week.

[There's something wrong with our school; they moved the event to December, and it's freezing cold.]

[School sports meet, huh? Once you start working, that term seems a bit distant from your life.]

……

The canopy opened, and the people below had grown accustomed to seeing Miss Zhu speaking to them at this time.

Yesterday's school sports meet was quite interesting. Some places have sports like Cuju (ancient Chinese football) and Polo that can gather a lot of people, but there isn't a sports meet with multiple events and a large number of participants like this one.

It wasn't just martial arts enthusiasts who loved watching it; even ordinary people enjoyed it, and many literati wrote paintings or poems to praise this grand event.

Li Shimin's idea came to him suddenly. If such a sports meet were held in the army, with competitions in archery on horseback, archery on flat ground, weightlifting, wrestling, etc., wouldn't that be a disguised way to select talents?

Actually, this method only started during the reign of Empress Wu Zetian, namely the military examination.

"If we were to hold a sports meet in the military, what would you say about auxiliary equipment?" Li Shimin asked.

Changsun Wuji's eyes lit up as well. "Your Majesty's move is excellent. The imperial examinations select civil officials, so why not use the military sports meet to select military officials?"

Li Shimin actually wanted to expand even further. Since things were already like this, he might as well select people from outside who were knowledgeable in military strategy and unparalleled in martial arts to serve him. However, he also had to take into account some powerful families...

"Take it one step at a time. This military sports meet is feasible; there needs to be competition."

Li Shimin saw the benefits of this matter.

It can be used to train soldiers, foster a sense of competition, and he even thought that if there were team competitions, it could also improve the teamwork of the first battalion of soldiers.

Not only that, it can also condense one's aura.

In modern terms, it can also relieve soldiers of excess energy and time, and reduce the probability of mutiny in the military camp, etc.

"Let's take a look at the sky first," Li Shimin said.

Zhu Qinggu posted several pictures, all from their school's sports meet. "These are some of the events and competition procedures from our school's sports meet. Do school sports meets nowadays all have a relatively mature set of procedures?"

"When you get to the third year of junior high, the third year of senior high, or the third or fourth year of university, do you feel that the school sports meet is pretty much the same every year?"

"It's always the same competition events, like running, long jump, and high jump?"

"But from nothing to something, and now to the standardized process, especially for international competitions..."

Zhu Qinggu released several more videos, all showing the procedures for the Olympics, such as verifying athletes' identities, preparations, the start of the race, confirming and reviewing results, urine tests, etc., which are all standard procedures.

"We've been walking this path for many years."

"Does everyone know when the first Olympic Games in human history were held?" Zhu Qinggu gave a slightly mysterious smile.

[In Greece, I estimate over two thousand years ago?]

Of the four ancient civilizations, only we remain.

[Egypt?]

[Look at Egypt, isn't that still the case? The key is that our culture has never been interrupted. Any literate modern person could travel back to ancient times and understand the meaning of the written language.]

[Uh, I just can't understand oracle bone script and those large and small seal scripts.]

[It's only because we use simplified characters that I can understand some traditional characters. Asking me to understand those difficult-to-write characters would be overestimating me.]

As Ying Zheng looked at the sky, he increasingly felt the advantages of the simplified characters from later generations displayed on it. One advantage was that they were easy to write and remember, making it convenient to pass on these classic texts. Another advantage was that simplified characters were less prone to ink bleeding.

"Simplified Chinese characters?" Ying Zheng was already lamenting his lack of energy, yet there were still so many things to do.

"Fusu, do you think it's better to continue using seal script or simplified characters?" Ying Zheng looked at the gentle and refined young man beside him.

Fusu said, “Father, it is naturally easier to use simplified characters. Firstly, the people of the six kingdoms have not been loyal and are resistant to the use of seal script, but they will not be resistant to the characters on the sky. Secondly, simplified characters have their advantages in both writing and dissemination.”

"If we are to promote simplified Chinese characters, this matter should be done slowly rather than hastily."

Ying Zheng placed his hand on his shoulder, seemingly sighing slightly, but said nothing.

"The first Games were held in 776 BC. At that time, Qin Shi Huang's great-great-grandfather had just arrived in Shaanxi, which led to the establishment of the state called Da Qin. At that time, we were still in the Warring States period."

"With the intertwined power dynamics between nations, let us turn our attention to Greece at the same time."

"By the way, Greece is not one of the four ancient civilizations. The four ancient civilizations are China, ancient Egypt, ancient India, and ancient Babylon. These are all primary civilizations, while many other civilizations that came later are secondary civilizations."

"The Aegean civilization, to which ancient Greek civilization belongs, is not included, but we will not discuss that today."

“During the Warring States period in China, there were many powerful states and city-states in this part of Greece, and it was very chaotic.”

"It was just half or a third of the size of a country during the Warring States period. In modern terms, it would be the size of a province. There were countless countries scattered around, and everyone was fighting every day."

A map was also projected onto the sky.

You can see that in that small area, the red text indicating the country is so small it's almost invisible, yet it still overlaps with the others.