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Ten days later, all parts of the Great Song Dynasty fell into a storm of gossip, and the people successively learned that Prime Minister Su Jin left the Great Song Dynasty and went overseas.

Zhao Zhen was extremely worried, he was afraid of falling into the chaotic situation when Su Jin left a year ago, but he was helpless, Zhao Zhen rejected the resignation of Bao Zheng and others, and invited everyone into the palace for a long talk, and finally had to bow his noble head, promised to issue an edict of guilt, admitting that he had made a big mistake in dealing with Su Jin's matter, and promised to continue Su Jin's series of policies, and sent people overseas to find Su Jin's traces, and strive to recall Su Jin and others.

Early the next morning, the Pearl Daily, which had been suspended for ten days, suddenly reprinted a special issue, with only one article on it, which was the "Letter to the People of the Great Song Dynasty" written by Su Jin before he left

“…… I am the son of a merchant Jia, born in the midst of recklessness, and like all the kings, I am an ordinary subject of the Great Song Dynasty; But the great task from heaven, the favor of Yan Xiang, and the emperor's discernment, allowed me to grow from a cloth cloth to a national minister who could serve the Great Song Dynasty, which is the will of God, and I can't shirk it. ”

"I have been a great Song Dynasty for more than 100 years, should have been a rich country in the world, but repeatedly harassed by foreign enemies, internal troubles have also occurred frequently, people of insight have already seen all kinds of drawbacks, the rise and fall of the country is the responsibility of the husband, I am a courtier of the Great Song Dynasty, self-heating to resist foreign humiliation and revitalize the Great Song Dynasty; Therefore, there have been various measures in the past ten years, and the results do not need to be discussed, and you have your own comments. ”

"The ideal country I have in mind is a country that is rich and strong, civilized, and the people's wisdom is gradually opened, and I have not been able to do this, which is my personal failure, but I believe that my subjects of the Great Song Dynasty are all wise people of the country, inheriting the style of Confucius and Mencius sages, capable people with lofty ideals should emerge endlessly, and several generations of people will work together, and the hegemony of the Great Song Dynasty is just around the corner; What I have done is just the beginning, as the saying goes, 'winter is over, spring is not far away' and everything will come true. ”

"As for my departure, don't speculate too much, as the so-called world does not have a feast that will not be dispersed, I know in my heart that all the plans of the club have been implemented, there is no regret about leaving, I am a person who is a basil, I can't be too constrained, this departure is my personal choice, and it has nothing to do with others; All policies of the NDRC will remain unchanged for 10 years; All state bonds and commercial financing will also be guaranteed by the income from the six mines, thirteen silver banks, the tax revenue of Pearl City, and more than 100 Su Ji shops left by me, and will never be written off, and the promised interest rate and profits will remain unchanged; Gentlemen, don't panic, the prosperity of the country and the strength of the people start from themselves, do all the affairs at hand, is to love the Great Song Dynasty, love the country, and not because of my own departure and irrational behavior, that will be the stain on my life that I do not want to see. ”

"Today's saint is a benevolent and righteous king, all rumors about the discord between me and the emperor are false, as for some contradictions between the monarch and the minister, it is inevitable between people, for example, fathers, sons, brothers, flesh and blood compatriots are also inevitably guilty, harmless, you should not use false rumors, let foreign enemies and people with ulterior motives take the opportunity to stir up trouble and damage the country."

"I sail out to sea today, in order to fulfill my long-cherished wish, the heavens and the earth, the world is thousands, I want to see the world, maybe one day, the wanderer is tired, I will return to the Great Song Dynasty, at that time I hope to see the prosperity of the Great Song Dynasty, the monarchs live and work in peace and contentment, the courtiers are honest and loyal, the emperor is healthy, and the time is in the drinking with the monarchs, isn't it happy!"

“……”

sprinkled with thousands of words, or looking back on the past, or looking forward to the future, or faintly looking forward to, or reluctant to give up, full of affection, every word is heartfelt, reading it can't bear to sigh, gloomy and sad; The people of the Great Song Dynasty were silent, and Su Xiang may have expected that there would be a chaotic situation, so this lagging farewell text is his last effort for the Great Song Dynasty.

After the release of the "Letter to the People of the Great Song Dynasty", tens of millions of copies were printed within three days, almost one copy per household in the people's homes, and people framed and treasured it, as a promise to Su Xiang, looking forward to the day of his return, with Zhao Zhen's "Edict of Guilt", "Edict of the World" and other holy decrees, the chaotic situation of the Great Song Dynasty was gradually reversed, and production and life tended to be normal.

According to Su Jin's suggestion before leaving, Zhao Zhen invited back the degraded Fu Bi, granted the post of prime minister, and deposed Zhang Yaozuo and other remnants of the party, and recruited Bao Zheng, Sima Guang, Wang Anshi and other well-educated people into the court to hold important positions, and within ten years followed the various policies set by Su Jin for the time to continue to develop, the Xia Kingdom, Dali Kingdom, Tubo, Uighur and other countries have returned to obedience, creating the hegemony of the world's largest power in the world.

……

A month after leaving the port of Mingzhou, on the vast sea, more than 30 large ships rode the wind and waves and went straight to the east, the offshore islands gradually disappeared, the sea water became deep blue, and it had entered the deep sea area of the Pacific Ocean.

The weather is fine, the deck of a big ship in the middle is full of people, several large platforms are lined up, on which there are items such as wine and dried fruit snacks, Yan Shu, Xia Zhu, Li Chong, Pan Jiang, Jingtai and others are seated with their families, Su Jin, Yan Biyun, Xia Siling, Yeli Duanyun, Li Ahri, Rou Niang Sisters and Xiao Sui'er Xiaoxian'er and others are also sitting under the sun umbrella, seven or eight children are chasing and playing on the deck, all of them are smiling and leisurely.

"Su Jin, it's been a month, and you still won't tell us where we're going? Are we going to spend our lives adrift at sea? Yan Shu asked with a shake of his white beard chewing on the preserved fruit.

"Yes, I have long said that I will tell everyone, and I have been selling Guanzi, husband, if you tell me where to go, the slave family will give you an unexpected surprise, how about it?" Xia Siling held Su Jin's arm and said coquettishly.

Su Jin crossed Erlang's legs and smiled in her ear: "What surprise can you give me?" I've learned all your tricks......"

Xia Siling blushed and raised his hand to fight, Su Jin waved his hand and said: "That's it, I'm almost ready, I wanted to tell you earlier, but I'm afraid that you won't feel good, so I secretly made a thing, it's time for you to open your eyes." Come on, bring it out. ”

The servants hurriedly entered the shipyard, and after a while, several people worked together to carry out a tall thing covered with a black cloth that was one person high, and placed it in the sunlight on the deck, Su Jin got up and walked over, stretched out his hand and grabbed the corner of the black cloth and shouted: "Everyone, please open your eyes!" With a shake of his hand, he pulled down the black cloth hula, and what appeared in front of everyone was a huge ball, on which strange shapes were drawn, painted with various colors, and densely written in small characters.

"What's that?" The crowd didn't know why.

"It's a globe!" Su Jin was very satisfied with everyone's expressions.

"What is Earth?" The crowd gathered around and asked.

Su Jin pointed to his feet and said with a smile: "The earth is the vast and boundless land under our feet, full of oceans, forests, mountains and lakes, yes, we all live on this ball." ”

"Nonsense, this ball is round, and we won't fall to death when we stand on it." Yan Shu Xia Zhu and the others reprimanded.

Su Jin scratched his head and said: "How to say it, I can't explain it clearly for a while, all in all, the sky is round and the place is wrong, the sky has no size and shape, the earth is round, if we keep going in one direction, we will return to our starting point; I'll explain it to you later, and now I'm going to answer your question, this globe has all the topography of the sea and the land, you see, this is the Great Song Dynasty, and our current location is on the sea thousands of miles east of the Great Song Dynasty, and there is a name here, called the 'Pacific Ocean', and we are on the Pacific Ocean. ”

"Pacific?" The crowd craned their necks and flicked the ball, taking a closer look at the graphics and handwriting on it.

"Further east, that's where we're going, where there's a wild land where no one has developed and established a kingdom so far, well, maybe in a few hundred years, a guy named Columbus will find out there...... Far away, in short, we will occupy there, there is a large area larger than the Great Song Dynasty, there are large areas of forest and mineral rich land, of course, there are herds of wild beasts and local natives, we want to take that large piece of land for ourselves, and establish a country, this is the goal of the rest of my life. Su Jin puffed out his chest, his tone was excited, and he looked at Dongfang with blazing eyes.