The news of Wu Gong's completion of the round-the-world voyage did not reach the south until March of the eighteenth year of Xuanwu, and when it came to April, this matter reached Yanjing City!

In the entire Yanjing City, almost all the teahouses are talking about the same thing!

"It's amazing how round the ground is beneath our feet!"

"How is this possible? The sage once said, "The sky is round and the earth is round!" ”

"Lord Wu Gong is the vice minister of the Ministry of Oceans, and he led the fleet all the way east and finally returned to the Great Song Dynasty, confirming that the earth is indeed a circular sphere! Moreover, have you ever been to the sea, those ships that sailed far away first disappeared from the hull below, and then with the sails above, which also proves that the earth is round! ”

"Lord Wu Gong must have made a mistake! A saint can't go wrong! ”

In a teahouse, several scholars were discussing fiercely together, and at this time, another scholar walked in.

"I just got the news that the Government Council has sent a fleet of ships again to understand the situation of the world, to see if the earth is round, whether we are on a big ball! At the same time, the Council again sent an emissary to the Papal States to request trade. The scholar said loudly.

Suddenly, everyone fell silent.

"What kind of country is the Papal States?" After a long time, a scholar asked.

"The Papal States are not a country, but a very large place! There are dozens of countries, large and small, in addition to the country, there are many grandfathers and princes, they even have territories, those kings, grandfathers, and princes are fighting with each other, but all the kings, grandfathers, and princes must listen to the Pope's instructions! There was also an emperor there, and the emperor was actually selected from many grandfathers, and the emperor also had to accept the canonization of the pope! ”

"Great rebellion! It's a big rebellion! ”

"Yes, why should an emperor or a king accept the canonization of a pope?"

In ancient China, imperial power was supreme, far exceeding the so-called divine power! Li Shimin ascended the throne as the emperor, in order to avoid secrecy, Guanyin had to remove the "world" in his name and change his name to Guanyin, which can be seen!

It is simply impossible for the Chinese to accept the current European theocracy above the monarchy.

In fact, at the end of the Qing Dynasty, Europeans also came to China to preach, but they had little effect at all, and the Chinese people even killed foreign missionaries, and in the end, foreigners relied on foreign guns and cannons to open the country's 'door', and the Qing government had to protect the safety of missionaries, so that those missionaries could preach normally.

"There are very few books there other than the Bible of the Holy See! I heard that there were some countries around the Papal States in the past, with a prosperous civilization, and they had many huge libraries, but unfortunately they were all burned down by the Papal States! ”

"Except for the lords, they are all very poor, and in fact, the lords are also very poor! Their lord may not be as rich as one of our peasants! However, there are quite a few people there, it is said that there are more than 10 million! ”

"There is a Inquisition, and anyone who says the wrong thing will be burned to death by the Inquisition, which is very barbaric and backward."

The scholars are still discussing, in fact, not only them, but also those who work in agriculture and workers are also talking about these things, including some people from the Goryeo royal family and the Dali royal family back then. But how can the saint be wrong?

Zhao Chen already plans to use this matter to tell the subjects of the world that even if he is a saint, his vision is limited by the times, and a saint has a great side, but a saint is not absolutely without mistakes! Of course, this will not be told until the people are completely sure that the earth is round.

******

In the autumn, the Council received news that the request for trade had been rejected by the Holy See!

However, there are still a lot of Great Song merchants who secretly go to Europe, and it is normal for the price of the Great Song Dynasty goods to increase by more than ten times and dozens of times after they are transported there, and sometimes they can even increase by hundreds of times.

When winter comes, news arrives from the north, along the land all the way north, and then west, to reach the Papal States! This is the result of the investigation by soldiers sent by Li Xianzhong, Liu Qi and others!

As soon as the news came, there were already merchants preparing to head north.

At the end of this year, the grain output of the Great Song Dynasty has doubled compared with the fourteenth year of Xuanwu, on the one hand, the imperial court vigorously promoted the rice planting method of two crops a year, on the other hand, the new crops in the Americas were shipped back to China, and last year it has been vigorously promoted in the country, plus the Ministry of Agriculture of the Government Council overhauled water conservancy and promoted various new sowing methods, so the Government Council completed their policy plan in agriculture ahead of schedule! The Government Council believes that with the continued promotion of crops in the Americas, there can be a leap in food production!

Food production is growing so fast enough to feed more people!

Moreover, after the establishment of the Ministry of Medicine, they began to gradually implement some of the methods of midwifery that Zhao Chen mentioned, and in many places, the survival rate of newborns has increased from 60 percent to 90 percent, and the Ministry of Medicine is ready to promote this method throughout the country.

In the nineteenth year of Xuanwu, the Government Council decided to expand the scale of the navy again!

The total strength of the navy has been raised to 300,000!

The navy is divided into three major fleets, namely the Beiyang Fleet led by Wu Jue, which mainly controls the northern 'gate' households, maintains the security of Tianjinwei, Goryeo, Dongying, Sakhalin Island and other places, and at the same time establishes ports in Siberia and North America, and those places will also be the protection scope of the Beihai Fleet in the future, and the other is the Nanyang Fleet led by Wang Gui, the Nanyang Fleet is mainly to safeguard the interests of the South China Sea, from Hangzhou, Quanzhou to the Strait of Malacca are all within the scope of the Nanyang Fleet, and finally the Western Fleet led by Wu Lan, Ensure the empire's western trade, so that both Chinese and Western trade are under their control.

During this year, more and more merchants of the Great Song Dynasty went to Europe by sea or land to trade, and factories and handicraft workshops around the country were working overtime to produce as many products as possible, and a steady stream of money was constantly sent to the Great Song Dynasty.

On December 15 of this year, Zhao Chen nominated Qin Hui as the third Prime Minister of the Government Council, and Yu Yunwen became the vice minister.

At the same time, Wang Shu was elected as the speaker by the congressman, and Wang Shu has formed a political party under the instruction of Zhao Chen! At the same time, the National Assembly was given the power to impeach the Prime Minister!

In just a few years, the country's population has increased from 80 million to 110 million, and the number of newborns is increasing.

In addition to Confucianism and practical learning, systematic patriotic education has been added to the school, and the national cohesion of the whole country is extremely strong.

On the 'spring' day of the twentieth year of Xuanwu, news came from the north that the caravan of the Great Song Dynasty was detained by the Muscovy in the far north, and all the goods were occupied by the Muscovy!

The Great Song Dynasty was indignant, and in March, more than 1,000 scholars signed a petition asking the Government Council to send troops, and the response given by the Government Council was that they were in contact with Muscovy and had sent envoys, because Muscovy was extremely far away, so it would take some time.

Muscovy was the predecessor of later Russia, but at this time, its power was still pitiful! Their capital, Moscow, had only been established for less than 30 years, and the scope of the entire state was not as large as that of a province in the Great Song Dynasty.

It was not until September that the government council returned from the north, and instead of releasing the Song merchants, Muscovy cut off the ears of the Song envoys.

This time, the scholars from all over the country did not sign a joint petition again, and it seemed that they suddenly quieted down, because they knew that there was no need to petition, and the imperial court would definitely send troops.

In November of that year, Yue Fei led 120,000 cavalry across the 'Mongolian' ancient steppe into the Kipchak steppe, all the way to the Muscovy.

The journey was long, and it wasn't until three months later that Yue Fei came to the city of Moscow!

Historically, the 'Mongolian' ancients used 20,000 soldiers and horses to conquer Europe, and the first thing they defeated was Moscow City, and now Yue Fei brought 120,000 soldiers and horses here. The strength of the Song army is not under the 'Mongolian' ancient cavalry in history, and Yue Fei's ability is not inferior to those 'Mongolian' ancient founding generals.

In three days, in just three days, Yue Fei broke through the city of Moscow, captured the Grand Duke of Moscow alive, and sent the Grand Duke of Moscow to Yanjing City to be tried by the Supreme Court of the Great Song Dynasty.

When he arrived here, Yue Fei also really saw the life of Europeans, which was indeed very backward and barren, but their top-level life was extremely luxurious, there was a lot of wealth in the Grand Duke's Mansion in Moscow, and there was also a lot of grain and grass in Moscow, which was just enough to replenish military supplies!

"Further east from here is the Northern Ice Field, the Northern Ice Sheet is the territory of my Great Song Dynasty, and the Government Council has made a decision to take Moscow for itself, and in the future this is the western border city of my Great Song Dynasty!" This time, Hu Quan came here with Yue Fei as the emperor's special envoy and the special envoy of the Government Council, standing on the wall of Moscow, Hu Quan said.

The northern ice field he was talking about was Siberia, which had long been regarded as the land of the Great Song Dynasty.

"It's not enough to just take down this place, you have to take down the surrounding small cities." Yue Fei said.

Hu Quan nodded.

The Song army rested in Moscow for ten days, carrying plenty of food and grass and continued westward, and soon conquered the whole of Muscovy.

However, not long after, they were attacked by Europeans from the west, and the Song army continued westward after blocking their attack.

In May, 100,000 Song troops fought all the way to the west around the Principality of Kuyawi, which was probably where the later 'Bo' Lanwarsaw was located.

In June, Pope Callie II declared the Han Chinese heretics and ordered the formation of a crusade!

In this era, there were very few organized armies in Europe, and when there was a real war, it was the nobles of all sizes who gathered with their knights, and the same was true of the crusaders.

Many countries throughout Europe felt the threat of the Song army, at the end of July, the number of crusaders reached 100,000, the weapons of the knights were handed down from their ancestors, all kinds, the armor they wore was also various, the whole team was 'chaotic' and coaxed, and then they went east under the leadership of the Holy Knights of the Holy See, ready to stop the Song army!

In September, the Song army easily defeated the Crusaders.

At the same time, the Western fleet of the Song Army crossed the Cape of Good Hope, entered the Atlantic Ocean, and then entered the Mediterranean Sea through the Strait of Gibraltar.

On 27 September, the 100,000-strong Song navy landed on the Mediterranean coast and stormed Rome, and Pope Carree II fled under the protection of another Templar order of the Holy See.

In November, the Holy See was forced to sign a treaty with the Great Song Dynasty, in which they recognized Moscow as a permanent territory of the Great Song Dynasty, and promised to open 18 cities on the Atlantic coast and 11 cities in the east as treaty ports, and the Holy See needed to ensure the safety of the lives and property of the Song merchants, in addition to giving war reparations of 4 million gold coins.

At this point, the Song army retreated.

******

The twenty-second year of Xuanwu has quietly arrived, and on the East China Sea, the 'waves' are turbulent, and at this moment a fleet of more than ten warships is heading forward.

The leader is a lucky boat, a middle-aged man with a resolute face standing on the bow of the boat, looking into the distance.

Two unusually delicate 'women' came out of the cabin and came to his side.

"Husband, what are you looking at?" A 'female' in a pale green dress said.

"Nothing, just look at the view of the sea! We've been in the palace all these years, and I've wanted to see the sea for a long time! This time, let's go to the New World, it's exciting to think about! The middle-aged man laughed.

This middle-aged man is none other than Zhao Chen, the Emperor Xuanwu of the Great Song Dynasty.

"Su Su and Sister Yueru are in the palace, I miss them a little." The 'female' in light green clothes was Song Qingyao, and at this moment she leaned on Zhao Chen and said.

"We're just going to the New World, and it's not like we're not coming back! I asked them to follow us to the New World, but they said that they wanted to see the children, really, the children are not young, they are still not at ease, they are too doting on the children. Zhao Chen shook his head and said.

"Sister Yueru is usually very strict with her children." Song Qingyao stuck out her tongue and said.

"Husband, I heard that some countries have been discovered in the New World, and those countries also have civilizations, I don't know what their civilization looks like?" Another white-clothed 'girl' next to him said, this white-clothed 'girl' is Qin 'Yu'.

"The civilization there is very unique, completely different from the civilization of the Central Plains and the civilization of the Holy See. We need to explore this before we can know. Zhao Chen said with a smile.

There is still a Mayan civilization on the American continent, probably in Latin America, and it was not until last year that the Government Council began to 'deal' with the Mayan civilization. The Mayan civilization has passed its heyday and is now beginning to decline. If history had not changed, the Mayan civilization would have gradually disappeared after more than a hundred years, and now it is not known where the Mayan civilization will go.

"Husband, will the Papal Council fight back against us?" Qin 'jade' is really another way.

"Yes, they'll definitely fight back against us! After this defeat, they will become more and more conservative internally, but they will increase their armament, and even then, they will not be our opponents! We've got artillery, we've got guns, and we're far superior to them in our crossbows! Our national strength is ten times greater than theirs, and we are not afraid of them at all. Zhao Chen said.

In Zhao Chen's view, the current Europe is just like the Qing Dynasty in later generations, after the first Opium War, the Qing Dynasty fought back angrily, but the result was still a failure, and the Qing Dynasty completely destroyed a few decades later, and now Europe is afraid that it will also go through several counterattacks, and then the authority of the Pope is not there, and the whole Europe is divided into countless small countries. However, these are only his predictions, and it is difficult for Zhao Chen himself to guarantee that Europe will definitely move in this direction.

"Their religion is evil." Qin 'jade' true way.

"Yes, very wicked, and whoever opposes them is heretical! All of our Han Chinese were classified as heretics by them, and thankfully we defeated them! Their religion and the religion in the area of the Great Food Country are also a challenge to us, and we also have to think of ways to deal with it, I told the master before I came, I want him to combine the Quanzhen Religion with the religion of the Khitan people in the north, in the future, each religion only believes in one god, or believes in one main god, and the rest are auxiliary gods, we also have to preach, but our religion will not 'interfere' with secular rights, we must use new religions to block their religious infiltration. Zhao Chen said.

The fleet rode the wind and the 'waves' forward, and Zhao Chen felt that the fleet was like the Great Song Dynasty, constantly riding the wind and breaking the 'waves', defeating one danger after another, and firmly standing proudly in the forest of the world's nations.

Although the current advantages of the Great Song Dynasty are extremely obvious, Zhao Chen knows that there are still crises and challenges! However, Zhao Chen has never been afraid of challenges, he likes challenges! Since he came to this world, he has constantly faced all kinds of challenges, and finally he has overcome all the challenges, taking this country from Hanzhong, Guanshan to the Central Plains, then to the whole of East Asia, and then to dominate the world, he is not afraid of greater challenges!

It has been twenty-two years since he came to this era, and so many things have happened in the past twenty-two years! When I think of the past, I am full of emotion!

He knows that there will be countless moving changes in this world, and there will be countless singing and crying stories to be staged, and he will also participate in these changes and stories, and the corners of his mouth 'show' a smile.

The boat gradually moved away, and Zhao Chen's figure gradually disappeared into the sky......

(End of book)

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