Rebirth: Overthrow Song Dynasty

The news of Wu Gong's completion of the circumnavigation of the world did not spread to the south until March of the eighteenth year of Xuanwu, and in April, the news reached the city of Yanjing!

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

"It's incredible that the earth under our feet is round!"

"How is this possible? The sage once said that the sky is round!"

"Lord Wu Gong is the vice minister of the Ministry of Oceans. He led the fleet all the way east and finally returned to Song Dynasty, which proved that the earth is indeed a round sphere! And, have you ever been to the seaside? The hull below disappears, and then the sails above, which also proves that the earth is round!"

"Master Wu Gong must have made a mistake! It is impossible for a saint to make mistakes!"

In a teahouse, several scholars were discussing intensely together, at this moment another scholar came in.

"I just got the news that the Government Affairs Council once again sent a fleet to learn about the situation in the world and observe whether the earth is round and whether we are on a big sphere! At the same time, the Government Affairs Council once again sent envoys to the Pope to request trade." The scholar Said loudly.

Suddenly, everyone fell silent.

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

"The Pope's State is not a country, but a very large place! There are dozens of countries, large and small. In addition to the country, there are many princes and princes. They even have territories. Those kings and princes There are endless fights between princes and princes, but all kings, princes, and princes must obey the orders of the pope! There is also an emperor there, and the emperor is selected from many princes, and the emperor also accepts the orders of the pope Canonization!"

"Great rebellion! Great rebellion!"

"Yeah, why do emperors and kings accept the canonization of a Pope?"

In ancient China, imperial power was supreme, far exceeding the so-called divine power! When Li Shimin ascended the throne as emperor, in order to avoid the taboo, Avalokitesvara had to remove the "Shi" from his name and change his name to Avalokitesvara, which is evident!

It is impossible for the Chinese to accept that the current European theocracy is superior to the monarchy.

In fact, at the end of the Qing Dynasty, Europeans also came to China to preach, which was of little use at all. The Chinese people even killed foreign missionaries. In the end, foreigners opened the country with foreign guns and cannons. The Qing government had to protect the safety of missionaries. Only those missionaries can preach normally.

"There are very few other books there except for the Bible of the Holy See! I heard that there were some countries in the area around the Papal State, and their civilization was prosperous. They had many huge libraries, but it was a pity that they were all burned by the Papal State!"

"Except for the lord, everyone there is very poor. In fact, the lord is also very poor! Their lord may not be as rich as one of our farmers! But the population there is quite a lot, it is said to be over ten million!"

"There is an Inquisition there. Anyone who says a wrong word will be burned to death by the Inquisition. It is very barbaric and backward."

Scholars are still discussing, in fact, not only them, those who are farmers and workers are also discussing these things, including some people from the royal family of Goryeo and Dali, who are also discussing the earth is a sphere, Everyone finds it unbelievable. If this thing is true, it will prove that the saint is wrong! But the sage is supreme, how could he be wrong?

Zhao Chen has already planned to use this incident to tell the people all over the world that even a saint has his vision limited by the times. A saint has a great side, but a saint is not absolutely without mistakes! Of course, we can only tell you this when the public is completely sure that the earth is round.

*****

In the autumn, the Government Affairs Council received news that the request for trade was rejected by the Holy See!

However, there are still quite a few businessmen from the Great Song Dynasty secretly going to Europe. It is normal for the price of the goods of the Great Song Dynasty to increase by ten times or dozens of times after they are shipped there, and sometimes it can even be increased by a hundred times. Although the Holy See does not allow business, However, there are still many lords from all over Europe secretly trading with Song merchants.

When it was winter, news came from the north that they could reach the Pope's Kingdom along the land to the north and then to the west! This is the result of investigation by soldiers sent by Li Xianzhong, Liu Qi and others!

The news just came that some businessmen were already preparing to head north.

At the end of this year, the grain output of the Great Song Dynasty had doubled compared to the 14th year of Xuanwu. On the one hand, the imperial court vigorously promoted the method of planting rice twice a year, and on the other hand, new crops from America were shipped back to China. Last year, it has been vigorously promoted in the country. In addition, the Ministry of Agriculture of the Government Affairs Council has overhauled water conservancy and promoted various new sowing methods. Therefore, the Government Administration Council has completed their agricultural governance plan ahead of schedule! The Government Council believes that with the continued promotion of American crops, there will be a leap in food production!

The production of food increased so fast that it was enough to feed a larger population!

Moreover, after the establishment of the Ministry of Medicine, they began to gradually implement some delivery methods mentioned by Zhao Chen. In many places, the survival rate of newborns has increased from 60% to 90%. Promote this method nationwide.

In the 19th year of Xuanwu, the Government Affairs Council decided to expand the size of the navy again!

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

The Navy is divided into three major fleets. They are the Beiyang Fleet led by Wu Jie, which mainly controls the northern gateway, maintains the safety of Tianjin Wei, Koryo, Dongying, Sakhalin Island and other places, and at the same time establishes ports in Siberia and North America. The area is also the guardianship area of ​​the Beihai Fleet, 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, it belongs to the guardianship area of ​​the Nanyang Fleet. Finally, it is led by Wu Lin. The Western Fleet ensures the empire's Western trade, making Sino-Western trade under its own control.

During this year, more and more merchants from the Song Dynasty went to Europe by sea or land to conduct trade. Factories and handicraft workshops all over the country were working overtime to produce as many products as possible, and a steady stream of money was also continuously sent. Come to Da Song.

On December 15th of this year, Zhao Chen nominated Qin Hui as the third prime minister of the State Council, and Yu Yunwen as deputy prime minister.

At the same time, Wang Shu was elected as the speaker by members of the National Assembly, and Wang Shu has already formed a political party under Zhao Chen's instruction! At the same time, Congress 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, the school also adds systematic patriotic education, and the national cohesion of the whole country is extremely strong.

In the spring of the 20th year of Xuanwu, news came from the north that the caravan of Song Dynasty was detained by the Principality of Moscow in the far north, and all the goods were seized by the Principality of Moscow!

The whole country of the Song Dynasty was outraged. In March, more than a thousand scholars jointly signed a petition, requesting the Government Council to send troops. The response from the Government Council was that they were in contact with the Principality of Moscow and had already sent envoys. Because the Principality of Moscow was extremely far away, it would take some time.

The Principality of Moscow is the predecessor of the later Russia, but at this time, its power is still pitifully small! Their capital, Moscow City, has just been established less than 30 years ago, and the jurisdiction of the entire country is not as large as a province of the Song Dynasty.

Until September, when the season sent by the Government Council returned from the north, the Principality of Moscow not only did not release the merchants of the Song Dynasty, but they cut off the ears of the envoys of the Song Dynasty.

This time, scholars from all over the world did not jointly petition again, and seemed to calm down suddenly, because they knew that there was no need to petition, and the imperial court would definitely send troops.

In November of this year, Yue Fei led 120,000 cavalrymen across the Mongolian grassland and into the Qincha grassland, heading all the way to the Principality of Moscow.

The journey was long, and Yue Fei didn't arrive at the city of Moscow until three months later!

In history, the Mongols used 20,000 soldiers to conquer Europe. At that time, the city of Moscow was the first thing they took down. Now Yue Fei brought 120,000 soldiers and horses here. The Song army is not inferior to the Mongolian cavalry in history, and Yue Fei's ability is not inferior to those famous Mongolian founding generals.

Three days, only three days, Yue Fei broke through the city of Moscow, captured the Grand Duke of Moscow alive, and ordered the Grand Duke of Moscow to be sent to Yanjing City for trial by the Supreme Court of the Song Dynasty.

Arriving here, Yue Fei also really saw the life of Europeans. It is indeed very backward and poor, but their top-level life is extremely luxurious. There is a lot of wealth in the Moscow Grand Duke's Mansion, and there is also a lot of food and grass in Moscow City, just enough to supplement military supplies !

"Further east from here is the northern ice sheet. The northern ice sheet is the territory of our Great Song Dynasty. The Government Council has made a decision to take Moscow as its own. From now on, this will be the western border city of our Great Song Dynasty!" Hu Quan, as the emperor's special envoy this time, The special envoy of the Government Affairs Council came here with Yue Fei and stood on the wall of Moscow, Hu Quan said.

The northern ice sheet he was talking about was Siberia, which had already been regarded as a country by Song Dynasty.

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

Hu Quan nodded.

The Song army rested in Moscow for ten days, brought sufficient food and grass and continued westward, and soon conquered the entire Principality of Moscow.

But not long after, they were attacked by Western Europeans. After the Song army blocked their attack, they continued to go west.

In May, 100,000 Song troops fought all the way to the west of the Principality of Kuyawi, which is probably where Warsaw, Poland, is located in later generations.

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

In this era, there were very few organized armies in Europe. In real wars, nobles, large and small, brought their knights together, and the same was true for the Crusaders.

Many countries in Europe have felt the threat of the Song Army. At the end of July, the number of Crusaders reached 100,000. The knights' weapons were handed down from their ancestors, and they wore all kinds of armor. , the whole team was in a mess, and then they headed east under the leadership of the holy knights of the Holy See, preparing 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 September 27, 100,000 soldiers of the Song Army landed on the Mediterranean coast and broke through Rome. Pope Galli II fled in a panic under the protection of another Knights Templar of the Holy See.

In November, the Holy See was forced to sign a treaty with Song Dynasty. They recognized Moscow as the permanent territory of Song Dynasty, and promised to open eighteen cities along the Atlantic coast and eleven cities in the east as treaty ports. The Holy See needs to guarantee the lives of Song Dynasty merchants As well as property safety, the other is to give war compensation of four million gold coins.

At this point, the Song army retreated.

*****

The 22nd year of Xuanwu came quietly, and the waves on the East China Sea were rough. At this moment, a fleet of more than ten warships was heading forward.

The leader is a lucky boat, and a man with a firm face stands at the bow, looking into the distance.

Two women with unusually beautiful faces came out of the cabin and came to his side.

"Husband, what are you looking at?" A woman in light green clothes asked.

"It's nothing, just look at the scenery of the sea! We have been staying in the palace all these years, and I have long wanted to take a look at the sea! This time we will go to the New World, and I am excited to think about it!" The man laughed.

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

"Susu and Sister Yueru are in the palace, I miss them a little bit." The woman in light green clothes is Song Qingyao, leaning on Zhao Chen at this moment, said.

"We just went to the New World, and it's not like we won't come back! I asked them to go with us to the New World, but they said they wanted to take care of the children. Really, the children are not young, and they are still worried. They love the children too much." Zhao Chen shook his head.

"Sister Yueru is usually very strict with 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 civilizations are like?" Another woman in white next to her said, this woman in white is Qin Yuzhen.

"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 laughed.

There is still Mayan civilization in the American continent, probably in Latin America. It was not until last year that the Government Affairs Council began to deal with the Mayan civilization. The Mayan civilization has passed its heyday and is now beginning to decline. If history does not change, the Mayan civilization will gradually disappear in more than a hundred years, and now it is unknown where the Mayan civilization will go.

"Husband, will the Pope Congress fight back against us?" Qin Yuzhen asked again.

"Yes, they will definitely fight back against us! After this defeat, they will become more and more conservative internally, but they will increase their armed forces. Even so, they cannot be our opponents! We already have artillery , Now that we have firecrackers, our bows and crossbows are far superior to theirs! Our national strength is ten times that of theirs, so we are not afraid of them at all," Zhao Chen said.

In Zhao Chen’s view, Europe today 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. After several counterattacks, the authority of the Pope was gone, and the whole of Europe was divided into countless small countries. But these are just his predictions, and it is difficult for Zhao Chen himself to guarantee that Europe will definitely move in this direction.

"Their religion is very evil." Qin Yuzhen said.

"Yes, they are very evil. Anyone who opposes them is a heretic! All of our Han people are listed as heretics by them. Fortunately, we defeated them! Their religion and the religion in the Dashiguo area are also challenges to us. We I also need to find a way to deal with it. I told my master before I came that I want him to combine the Quanzhen religion with the northern Khitan religion. From now on, each religion will only believe in one god, or believe in one main god, and the rest It is the auxiliary god, we also want to preach, but our religion will not interfere with secular rights, we have to use a new religion to block their religious infiltration." Zhao Chen said.

The fleet braved the wind and waves to move forward, and Zhao Chen felt that the fleet was like the Great Song Dynasty, constantly riding the wind and waves, defeating obstacles one after another, firmly standing proudly among the nations of the world.

Although the current Song Dynasty has an extremely obvious advantage, Zhao Chen knows that there are still crises and challenges! But Zhao Chen has never been afraid of challenges, he likes challenges! Since he came to this world, he has been facing various challenges. In the end, he overcame all the challenges and led the country from Hanzhong, Guanshan to the Central Plains, and then to the entire 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 these twenty-two years! Thinking of the past, I am filled with emotion!

He knows that there will be countless moving changes in this world, and there will be countless epic stories on stage, and he still needs to participate in these changes and stories, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

A new world awaits him...

As the boat drifted away, Zhao Chen's figure gradually disappeared into the sky...

(End of the book)