"In September of the fourth year of Chunhua, Taizong ordered Zhao Weiji, the king of Wuyue, to lead a team to the outer regions to find the remnants of China, so that the Chinese Taoist system can be connected to the Central Plains in the outer regions, so that my Chinese descendants can be reunited as soon as possible."

-- "Information Governance Guide"

No one knows what kind of agreement Zhao Weiji and Zhao Guangyi reached, only that Zhao Weiji appeared in the court with a strange person the next day.

According to Zhao Weiji, the king of Wuyue, he brought this person is the Chinese relics who went away from the territory in ancient times, and now there are a large number of Chinese relics living on the other side of the sea, as the orthodoxy of the Central Plains Dynasty, it is necessary for the Great Song Dynasty to find these Chinese relics and include them under the rule of our Great Song Dynasty to protect them, so as to highlight the orderly inheritance of Chinese Taoism and etiquette.

And the person brought by Zhao Weiji also told the legend of their family that had been passed down from generation to generation in the court's appeal, which caused an amazement among the ministers of the court.

Immediately, a clear minister stood up decisively, and Shangshu asked Zhao Guangyi to agree to King Wu Yue's request, send a fleet to the land where they lived, and include them among the people of the Great Song Dynasty.

To put it bluntly, it is to use this as an excuse to go overseas to occupy land quickly, and this is also the biggest temptation that Zhao Weiji threw to Zhao Guangyi during the negotiation between Zhao Weiji and Zhao Guangyi the night before, that is, to expand the territory.

The place over there is now a borderless land, whoever occupies it is who's own, in the Central Plains, there is nothing new for you Zhao Guangyi to get out, and if you don't lose it, you are worthy of your ancestors. But overseas is different, and now the one who has the ability to go to that place is my Da Song. As long as the territory over there is occupied, what will be written in the history books? You, Zhao Guangyi, are Emperor Qin, the emperor of the Han Wu level.

But the problem is that land is not something that can be occupied, and Chinese etiquette is the most famous teacher, so there must be a reason.

And now this scene in the court is the reason provided by Zhao Weiji for Zhao Guangyi. There are remnants of our Han people overseas, as the Central Plains Dynasty, you can't ignore it, right? How? That is, in the past, that land was assigned to the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, and it was not enough to recognize those local residents as the people of the Great Song Dynasty.

At this time, Zhao Weiji had already found a reason, and some of the ministers agreed, and everything fell into place, so Zhao Guangyi issued an edict and sent Zhao Weiji to lead the fleet there to announce the emperor's holy decree, so that they could return to the embrace of the Great Song Dynasty.

After the affairs above the court are over, Zhao Weiji will start to prepare for leaving.

Leaving the Central Plains was not as simple as imagined, although various factors were used in exchange for Zhao Guangyi's acquiescence and support in a certain sense. There are still many things to do that give Zhao Weiji a headache.

First of all, there was nothing in North America, and out of consideration for the overall situation, Zhao Weiji finally decided to locate the first city they were about to establish in North America near what would later be San Francisco. Because there are flat lands, there are inner bays, there are rivers, and most importantly, there is gold.

In fact, the Central Plains is quite lacking in precious metals, and the gold mines in San Francisco can provide Zhao Weiji with a considerable amount of gold to impact the monetary system of the Central Plains in the future, so as to achieve his goal of controlling the economy of the Central Plains.

It's good to think, but the problem is that there is nothing there now, not even the Indians. The more American Indians lived mainly in the east-central and southern regions. There are very few in the West today, after all, the United States has not yet been founded, and the Indians have not yet been driven westward.

Having nothing means that everything has to be reclaimed from scratch, reclaimed wasteland and built into cities. This will be very difficult at first. For this reason, Zhao Weiji decided to leave his mother-in-law, two wives and children in the Central Plains for the time being.

One is that I don't want them to endure the hardships of pioneering, or do I want Zhao Guangyi to feel at ease temporarily, I really went out to pioneer, my wife and son are all in the Central Plains, you can help me take care of it, there is such a meaning of leaving quality.

Because of the pioneering, the wife and children are gone, but there must be labor, although Zhao Guangyi will not stop Zhao Weiji from taking some labor, but he did not give too much support.

Zhao Guangyi said: "It's okay if you want some people to move out, but I won't use the power of the imperial court to help you." It's all up to you, and you can convince as many people as you can to go with you. ”

This time Zhao Weiji is blind, without the help of the state's coercive force, it is really difficult to fool so many laborers to go to sea with him. It is the tradition of the Chinese people to relocate to the land, and it is not easy for people to leave their hometowns and change to a state or county, let alone leave the land where they were raised to go to the unknown world on the other side of the ocean.

However, fortunately, a peasant war had just ended, and there were many people who should have been exiled, and Zhao Weiji asked Zhao Guangyi for these people.

Then adding the people displaced by the war, the sum of these two groups of people is about 20,000 people.

Zhao Weiji planned to bring 2,000 people over in advance, first to open up the wasteland, and then transport all the people over one after another, and finally form a city of a certain scale.

Now that you've got the people and the plan you've made, it's time to go.

Before leaving, Zhao Weiji made arrangements for everything he left in the Central Plains.

The Chamber of Commerce is basically on the right track, as long as Wang Bin is in charge, everything will continue to develop according to Zhao Weiji's original blueprint.

Since the property under the Wuyue Palace's government reached an agreement with Zhao Guangyi, most of the profits in the future will be turned into commercial taxes and handed over to the imperial court, and the rest of the funds left to maintain the operation will be invested in the operation of the academy and pigeons. The operation of the academy Zhao Weiji must ensure that only if the academy exists, he can continue to get the talents he needs.

The industry under the Wuyue Palace's mansion is still maintained by Chai Yu for the time being, and it will be handed over to Zhao Weiji's younger brother Zhao Weigu to take over in the future.

This kid is currently studying in the business school of the academy, and he is quite talented in business, and he is full of praise for an old businessman like Wang Bin.

The academy has also been basically perfected, and as long as there is a supply of funds, it can continue. In order to be able to preserve the academy, Zhao Weiji gave the entire kiln mouth of Fuliang County to the imperial court, which will be turned into an official kiln in the future.

The last pigeon is a huge problem, in order to be able to understand the changes in the Central Plains, the existence of the pigeon must be necessary, but who can rest assured that this is a headache for Zhao Weiji.

The most trustworthy person will either have to go with him, or he will not be able to entrust the pigeon to his own reasons. In the end, I really had no choice but to keep Zhao Xin and take over the pigeons.

After finally arranging everything, Zhao Weiji really wanted to leave the Central Plains. This time it is not just the Poseidon that sets off for the North American continent again, but a huge fleet. Zhao Weiji has accumulated ten Poseidon level ships for such a long time. Now they all need to set off and take enough supplies to the other side of the ocean.

On the pier on the day of departure.

"Is it true that you won't take us?" Chai Yu's eyes were a little red and swollen.

Zhao Weiji stroked Chai Yu's face and said: "There is nothing over there now, everything has to start from scratch, you will have countless hardships to suffer in the past, the child is still young, you stay in the Central Plains first, and wait until the construction over there is initially achieved, and then take you over." ”

Chai Yu, who originally wanted to refute Zhao Weiji and said that he was not afraid of hardship, was speechless when he saw the three children, just like Zhao Weiji said, adults can endure hardship, but what about children.

After telling Chai Yu, Zhao Weiji turned to Li Nian: "Xiao Nian, I've hurt you, not long after I got married, I have to leave again." ”

Hearing Zhao Weiji's words, Li Nian didn't say anything, but from the expression she bit her lip, it could be seen that she still had a lot of reluctance and resentment in her heart. But she knew that all this was for this family, so she didn't say a word and tried to pretend that it was okay.

Zhao Weiji knew that he was sorry for the two wives, and he could only be wrong if he said more, so he didn't say anything anymore, just hugged the two hard.

Then he squatted down, looked at his eldest daughter Zhao Ling'er and said: "Ling'er, you are the elder sister in the family, and your younger brothers and sisters are all handed over to you to take care of, listen to the words of the two mothers, Daddy will come back to pick you up soon." ”

Then he kissed his son and little daughter, and turned around and boarded the Poseidon.

In this way, Zhao Weiji officially left the Central Plains and temporarily bid farewell to the competition for the throne of the Great Song Dynasty.

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"Your Majesty, King Wu Yue has already left by boat." The day after Zhao Weiji's fleet left the Central Plains, Zhao Guangyi learned the news from the eunuch.

"Father, is this really good? Will someone say that we deliberately exile Weiji" Zhao Heng, who was playing chess with Zhao Guangyi, asked with some concern.

"You, you're just a little cowardly sometimes. Leaving the Central Plains was proposed by Weiji himself and me, and I didn't care what others said. Besides, if he stays in the Central Plains, what will you do? Hearing his son say this, Zhao Guangyi was still a little angry.

"I ......."

"Okay, don't talk about it so much, since Weiji took the initiative to withdraw, then the obstacle for you to become the prince has basically been removed. You keep a low profile during this time, and I will announce it at the court in a short time. ”

"Okay, Father Xie."

In the first month of the fifth year of Chunhua, that is, in 994 AD, Zhao Guangyi appointed his third son Zhao Heng as the crown prince. Since then, the position of the prince of the Great Song Dynasty, which has been empty for many years, has finally been decided. The Golden Kui Alliance was no longer mentioned for the time being, and the succession order of the Great Song Dynasty returned to the succession of the father and the son.

At the same time, the first group of people led by Zhao Weiji also landed in North America, even though it was in the first month, but the warm climate of the West Coast still made this journey a good start.

And without the constraints of the Song Court, Zhao Weiji can finally hang up like crazy.