Wanyan Zongpan originally thought that the ministers in the Jin court were already capable of spouting nonsense, but after coming to the Song Dynasty, he realized he was wrong.

The ministers of the Song state, even when they're flattering someone, they quote classical texts. If you haven't read some Confucian classics, you really wouldn't understand them.

That's just a master of sycophancy and showing off!

Han Shizhong said, "Your Majesty, your sons will respectfully follow Your Majesty's teachings."

Teachings? Teach your ass!

Wanyan Zongpan wore a smile on his face, but cursed inwardly.

You bunch of weaklings, trying to fight against my knights of the Great Jin Dynasty in numbers? Aren't you just asking for death?

Where do you get your confidence from!

Zhao Huan leisurely sipped his tea.

Wanyan Zongpan smirked and pretended to drink his tea.

But immediately, he spat out the tea he had just drunk.

The first goal was scored by the Song Dynasty!

A thunderous cheer immediately erupted from the surrounding area.

Glancing at Wanyan Zongpan, who was spitting out tea, Zhao Huan asked in a deliberately cheeky tone, "Is the Jin envoy feeling unwell? Should I summon the imperial physician to examine him?"

Look at you, you bastard! Look at your whole family!

Wanyan Zongpan rubbed his eyes, thinking he had misread it.

That's impossible!

Wanyan Zongpan didn't believe it was true. You see, the men he brought were the elite of the cavalry, and they were also top-notch players in the polo world of the capital.

The Jurchens were skilled in riding and archery, and in their eyes, the Song cavalry were all trash.

But now that the Song state has scored a goal, the Jin cavalrymen on the polo field are also stimulated.

The most interesting expressions on the faces were, of course, those of the civil officials, who were both surprised and found it somewhat reasonable.

Because scoring a goal doesn't mean anything; it could very well be just luck!

Even Xu Churen thought so; it was just luck!

At this moment, the emperor suddenly asked, "Minister Xu, tell me, which side scored the second goal?"

Xu Churen was slightly taken aback. The emperor really knew how to ask questions.

As a seasoned politician, if Xu Churen couldn't even answer this easy question, he might as well give up. Although he didn't think so in his heart, his face and words showed otherwise.

There have been many actors in the Song Dynasty court for quite some time now.

"Naturally, it's our Great Song Dynasty that scores."

"Minister Xu truly deserves to be called my trusted and loyal minister."

Zhao Huan deliberately spoke loudly, while Wanyan Zongpan said coldly, "This second ball is of course from my Great Jin."

He had barely finished speaking when Song Guo scored the second goal, and his face turned ashen.

Zhao Huan then added insult to injury, deliberately saying, "Marquis Yongwu, didn't I say that we should show courtesy to the Jin envoy?"

"Your subject understands."

Han Shizhong knew, of course, that the emperor meant, "You damn well beat these Jurchen traitors to death, beat them until they shit themselves!"

Then I kept advising you to give in to them, and then I continued to beat them until they were shitting!

Wanyan Zongpan's initial confidence suddenly began to crack, and with the Song Dynasty's third goal, his confidence began to crumble.

A fine sweat began to bead on my forehead, and my heart started to tremble.

As Wanyan Sheng's most favored prince, he had fully realized the power of the Song Kingdom.

The reason why the State of Song was able to destroy the State of Xia was not because of its large numbers of people or its abundant resources, but because the State of Song truly had a powerful army!

At least the cavalry is extremely powerful; Wanyan Zongpan saw this clearly just from the competition on the field.

Right now, all he wants is to return to the Jin Kingdom as soon as possible and tell his father everything he has seen in the Song Dynasty.

The Great Jin needs to prepare in advance, and its reforms must be accelerated; otherwise, in a few years, the Great Jin will follow in the footsteps of the Xia Kingdom.

The Song emperor was an unreasonable man; compared to the simple-minded brutes of the Jurchen tribe, he was a true strongman.

But for Wanyan Zongpan, who was a political manipulator, Zhao Huan was a very dangerous person.

The entire Song Dynasty was filled with an atmosphere of danger!

The following matches were evenly matched, but Wanyan Zongpan was already somewhat dazed and confused. His experiences in the Song Dynasty had had a significant impact on his mind.

The game ended with a victory for the Song Dynasty, and cheers of victory filled the air.

The public's fervor for polo in the capital city of Tokyo was beyond Zhao Huan's expectations.

Afterwards, he took Wanyan Zongpan back to the palace and held a banquet.

Wanyan Zongpan didn't enjoy the wine at all.

After finishing his drink, he asked Zhao Huan for leave, claiming he had important business to attend to, and hurriedly left with his men.

Wanyan Zongpan had already planned it out. He would first establish the Great Jin Royal Bank, then the Great Jin Academy of Sciences, then build a cement manufacturing plant, and then nationalize some private commerce, which would be managed by a special department established by the court.

Most importantly, the government began to divide and attack the Jurchen tribes, and unified military and administrative power under the control of the imperial court.

They made two plans regarding firearms: one was to improve upon the existing firearms left by the Liao Dynasty, and the other was to steal the secret formulas from the Song Dynasty at all costs.

Wanyan Zongpan always believed that as long as you have money and power, you can accomplish anything.

As for how to persuade his father to fully implement his strategy, he had already thought it through.

From the moment he began to consolidate power, he believed that his father would absolutely approve of weakening the power of the tribal nobles in order to strengthen the imperial power.

To some extent, Wanyan Sheng was also a Han Chinese, and he longed for a system similar to that of the Han people to strengthen his power.

Wanyan Zongpan returned to his country in disgrace, but his heart was filled with ambition.

Meanwhile, Zhao Huan was sitting in the palace, thinking about how to make his rival, the Jin Kingdom, suffer a significant loss.

Wanyan Zongpan's visit to Tokyo was not a spur-of-the-moment decision. The Jin state had been paying close attention to the reforms of the Song Dynasty for the past few years, and the Song Dynasty's ability to destroy the Xia state undoubtedly provoked the Jin people.

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