Doesn’t Gao Qiu have any other advantages besides playing football?

What kind of person is Gao Qiu? Everyone knows that Gao Qiu is very good at playing football, and he was still called Cuju at that time. There is also a joke that Chinese football has completely declined after Gao Qiu's death. Did Gao Qiu only know how to play football in history? Is he really a real bad guy?

It is impossible that Gao Qiu only knows how to play football. Can he become such a big official just by playing football? In fact, Gao Qiu once studied under Su Dongpo, a famous scholar in the Song Dynasty - Su Shi. I worked as a personal servant next to Su Shi. If I had no merit, poor literary talent, and bad morals, how could I be appreciated by Su Shi? In fact, Gao Qiu's calligraphy is very good, and he also has a rich background in poetry and poetry. He was proficient in playing the flute, singing, dancing with swords and guns, and sumo wrestling, and was deeply appreciated by the emperor.

Speaking of the heinous villain, there is no record of Gao Qiu’s evil deeds in official history, and other historical materials do not tell about it. Some unofficial histories and novels were made up by literati. They may just borrow names or hearsay. This happens in many novels. For example: Cao Cao in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and Cao Mengde in the official history are not treacherous. Gao Qiu, the official historian, was still a man who knew how to repay his kindness. Later, he had a smooth career and became a high official. He did not forget Su Shi's kindness. Whenever the Su family went to Bianjing, they would make appropriate arrangements. However, he could not govern the country with his letters, and he could not bring peace to the country with his weapons. He was a dabbler. His talent was in sports, but he ended up training the Forbidden Army, which made the training of hundreds of thousands of Forbidden Army seem like child's play. The Jin army could not stop the attack. Although Gao Qiu was a good old man, his inaction harmed the country and the people, so later novels and biographies described him as a great villain.

In fact, people like Gao Qiu have real talents, such as Heshen. Heshen has high attainments in literary and political talents. Accompanying the emperor is like accompanying a tiger. Being able to please the emperor is not just a matter of words.