“In September of Jiashen, the fourth year of Chunhua, Emperor Taizong ordered Wuyue King Zhao Weiji to lead a team to search for Chinese survivors in the outer regions on the grounds that there were Chinese remnants in the outer regions, so that the Chinese orthodoxy could be connected to the Central Plains in the outer regions, so that our Chinese descendants could reunite as soon as possible.

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——"Zi Zhi Tong Jian"

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

According to Wu Yue King Zhao Weiji himself, the person he brought was a Chinese remnant who traveled far away from the region in ancient times. Today, there are a large number of Chinese remnants living on the other side of the sea. As the orthodoxy of the Central Plains dynasty, it was necessary for the Song Dynasty to find these

The Chinese remnants were brought under the protection of the Song Dynasty to demonstrate the orderly inheritance of Chinese traditions and etiquette.

The man Zhao Weiji brought also told the legend passed down by his family from generation to generation before the court, which aroused the amazement of the ministers in the court.

Immediately, some understanding ministers stood up decisively, and Shangshu asked Zhao Guangyi to agree to King Wu Yue's request and send a fleet to the land where they lived to incorporate them into the people of the Song Dynasty.

To put it bluntly, they used this as an excuse to rush overseas to occupy land. This was also the biggest temptation Zhao Weiji threw to Zhao Guangyi during the negotiation between Zhao Weiji and Zhao Guangyi the night before, which was to expand territory.

The place over there is now ownerless land, and whoever occupies it belongs to whoever takes it. In this three-acre land in the Central Plains, you, Zhao Guangyi, have nothing new to produce. If you don’t lose it, you will be worthy of your ancestors. But overseas

It's different. Now I am the Song Dynasty who has the ability to go to that place. As long as we occupy the territory there, what will be written in the history books? You, Zhao Guangyi, will be the Emperor of Qin and the emperor of Hanwu level.

But the problem is that land cannot be taken by simply taking it. Chinese etiquette emphasizes that if a teacher has a reputation, there must be a reason.

And the scene in the court now is the reason Zhao Weiji provided for Zhao Guangyi. There are remnants of our Han people overseas. As the Central Plains Dynasty, you can't ignore it, right? How to manage it? That is to classify that land as the territory of the Song Dynasty in the past and recognize it.

If those local residents were citizens of the Song Dynasty, it would be over.

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

After the matters in the court were over, Zhao Weiji would start preparing to leave.

Leaving the Central Plains was not as simple as imagined. Although various factors were used to obtain Zhao Guangyi's acquiescence and support in a certain sense, there were still many things that gave Zhao Weiji a headache to do.

First of all, there was nothing in North America. Out of overall considerations, Zhao Weiji finally decided to locate the first city they were about to build in North America near what would become San Francisco. Because there was flat land, an inner bay, and a river.

What matters is that there is gold.

The Central Plains is actually quite short of precious metals, and the gold mines in San Francisco can provide Zhao Weiji with a considerable amount of gold, which he can use to impact the Central Plains' monetary system in the future, thus achieving his goal of controlling the Central Plains economy.

It's a good idea, but the problem is that there is nothing there now, not even Indians. More Indians in the Americas mainly live in the central east and south. There are very few in the west now. After all, the United States has not yet been founded, and there are no Indians.

was driven westward.

Having nothing means that everything has to be started from scratch, reclaiming wasteland and building cities. In this way, the initial stage will be very difficult. For this reason, Zhao Weiji decided to leave his mother-in-law, his two wives and children in the Central Plains for the time being.

Firstly, I don’t want them to endure the hardships of pioneering together, and it also gives Zhao Guangyi temporary peace of mind. I really went out to pioneer. My wife and son are all in the Central Plains. You can help me to see if there is such a good person.

mean.

Because of the pioneering work, I don't have to take my wife and children with me, but I have to have labor force. Although Zhao Guangyi will not stop Zhao Weiji from taking away some labor force, he doesn't give much support either.

Zhao Guangyi said: "You can move some people out if you want, but I will not use the power of the court to help you. Everything depends on you. You can take as many people as you can convince to go with you."

Zhao Weiji is blind this time. Without the coercive help of the state, it is really difficult to fool so many laborers into going to sea with him. It is a Chinese tradition to relocate people to their hometowns. It is not easy for people to leave their hometowns and change one state or one county, let alone

It was time to leave the land where I was raised and 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. Zhao Weiji asked Zhao Guangyi to get these people.

Then coupled with the people who were displaced due to the war, the total number of these two groups of people Zhao Weiji deceived was about 20,000.

Zhao Weiji planned to bring two thousand people there first to clear up wasteland, and then transport all the people there one after another, and finally form a city of a certain size.

Now that we have the people and the plan, it’s time to set off.

Before departure, 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 insists on it, everything will continue to develop according to Zhao Weiji's original blueprint.

Since the Wuyue Palace's industries have reached an agreement with Zhao Guangyi, most of the profits in the future will be turned into commercial taxes and handed over to the court, and the rest, except for the funds left to maintain operations, will be invested in the academy and pigeons.

Zhao Weiji must ensure the operation of the academy no matter what. Only when the academy exists can he continuously obtain the talents he needs.

The operations of the Wuyue Palace are currently maintained by Chai Yu, and will be taken over by Zhao Weiji's younger brother Zhao Weigu in the future.

This guy is currently studying in the business school of the academy. He is quite talented in business. Old businessmen like Wang Bin are full of praise for him when he comes here.

The academy has been basically completed and can continue as long as there is a constant supply of funds. In order to preserve the academy, Zhao Weiji gave the entire kiln entrance in Fuliang County to the imperial court, which will become an official kiln in the future.

The last pigeon is a huge problem. In order to understand the changes in the Central Plains, the existence of pigeons is definitely necessary, but who can trust it? This gives Zhao Weiji a very headache.

The person most worthy of his trust would either have to go with him, or else he would not be able to entrust the pigeon to him due to his own reasons. In the end, he had no choice but to keep Xin Zhao and take over the pigeon.

After finally arranging everything, Zhao Weiji is really leaving the Central Plains. This time he sets off to the North American continent not just one Poseidon, but a huge fleet. Zhao Weiji has accumulated ten Poseidons over a long period of time.

Large ships of the size need to set off now, carrying enough supplies to the other side of the ocean.

On the pier on the day of departure.

"Are you really not taking us with you?" Chai Yu's eyes were a little red and swollen.

Zhao Weiji touched Chai Yu's face and said: "There is nothing over there now. Everything has to be started from scratch. You will have to suffer countless hardships in the past. The children are still young. You stay in the Central Plains first and wait until you get there.

The construction has been initially completed, and I will take you over."

Chai Yu, who originally wanted to refute Zhao Weiji and say 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'm sorry for you. Not long after we got married, I have to leave again."

Hearing Zhao Weiji's words, Li Nian said nothing, but from the expression on her biting her lips, it could be seen that she still had considerable reluctance and resentment in her heart. But she knew that all this was for this family.

That's why she didn't say a word and tried her best to pretend that nothing was wrong.

Zhao Weiji knew that he was sorry for his two wives and that talking too much would only lead to more mistakes, so he said nothing more and just hugged the two of them 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. Your younger brothers and sisters have been taken care of by you. Listen to the words of the two mothers, dad will come back to pick you up soon.

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

In this way, Zhao Weiji officially left the Central Plains, temporarily bidding farewell to the struggle for the throne of the Song Dynasty.

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

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

"You, you are a bit cowardly sometimes. It was Weiji himself and I who proposed leaving the Central Plains. We don't care what others say. Besides, what will you do if he stays in the Central Plains?" Hearing his son say this,

Zhao Guangyi was still a little angry.

"I……."

"Okay, don't say so much. Since Weiji has voluntarily withdrawn, the obstacles for you to become the prince have basically been removed. You should keep a low profile during this period. I will announce it to the court before too long."

"Okay, thank you father."

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. From then on, the throne of the crown prince, which had been empty for many years in the Song Dynasty, was finally finalized. The Golden Chamber Alliance has not been mentioned again for the time being.

Now, the order of succession in the Song Dynasty has returned to the father's death and the son's succession.

At the same time, the first group of people led by Zhao Weiji also landed in North America. Even though it was the first month of the year, the warm climate on the west coast still gave this journey of pioneering a good start.

Without the constraints of Song Ting, Zhao Weiji could finally cheat like crazy.
Chapter completed!