In the late evening, dozens of huge palace candles illuminate the dark hall. On the main hall, Zhao Lei was hanging the world map that was made overnight on the wall next to him. Around him were the latest leadership team of the court, including the eight important ministers, Zhao Yuanyan, the two prime ministers, Wang Zeng and Zhang Shixun, the deputy prime minister, Yan Shu, the new chief political affairs officer, Li Ruogu, the third envoy Ye Qingchen, the new chief envoy of the Privy Council, Chen Yaozuo, and Chen Xiliang, the deputy envoy of the Privy Council.

After Lu Yijian was demoted, there were hundreds of officials involved in the court. First, Song Su, who had close contacts with Lu Yijian and Cai Qi were demoted from the capital one after another, and then the censors who were mainly Gao Ruonne, as well as officials from the Three Provinces and Six Ministry and the Three Departments, were demoted one after another. Soon after, Zhang Shixun, the deputy minister of the General Secretary of the Longtu Pavilion, Li Ruogu, the young minister of Taichang Temple, was promoted to the Chief Minister of the General Secretary, and Chen Yaozuo, the deputy envoy of the Third Department, was promoted to the Privy Councilor's envoy, and Chen Xiliang, the imperial envoy, was appointed as the deputy envoy of the Privy Councilor. In addition to the other five important officials, they formed the new Central Secretariat leadership team of the court.

These officials in the court are not strangers to Zhao Lei. Although some people have never seen them, they are as famous as they have been heard for a long time. These people are all capable ministers and generals of the Song Dynasty. Chen Xiliang is as evil as a enemy, Chen Yaozuo is smart and capable, Li Ruogu is stubborn and conceited, and the eight important officials are of different ages. These people can be said to be the elite representatives of the three generations of the court. The purpose of the official Zhao Zhen promoted these people was of course to be able to do something big.

Just when Zhao Zhen, the official, rectified the internal power struggle and drew his sword and was about to do a big move, Zhao Lei was very clever to give Zhao Zhen a major project that could be famous throughout the ages.

"What is this?" Zhao Zhen, the official, looked at the map that Zhao Lei hung up from afar. He couldn't help but be curious and asked Zhao Lei anxiously.

"You are the official family! This is a map, a map of the whole world!" Zhao Lei decided to show off all the knowledge in his heart today. He heard the official family's inquiry and said proudly.

"World? What is the world?" King Meng Zhao Yuanyan said to Zhao Lei with a confused look on his face. It seems that the Song people did not understand the words that Zhao Lei said thousands of years later.

"Under the emperor's heaven, it is the world, this is the map of the world. Look here, this is the place of the Song Dynasty. The surrounding areas of the Song Dynasty are the Liao Kingdom, Xixia, Goryeo, Japan, Huifeng, Heihan, Dali, Tufan, Yue Li Dynasty, Liuqiu, Mayi, Boni, Tianzhu, and many small countries. These countries are countries that have contact with the Song Dynasty. In addition to these countries, there are many countries and vast areas in the whole world. These places are a hundred times larger than those of the Song Dynasty, Liao Kingdom, Tufan and other countries. These countries had contacts with the Central Plains during the prosperous Tang Dynasty. However, they lost contact because of the civil strife in the Central Plains." Zhao Lei placed the simple world map he personally drew in front of everyone, pointed to the geographical location of the Asian Song Dynasty on the map, and said loudly to the official Zhao Zhen and the eight important ministers in the palace.

"Wait! How do Lord Zhao know about these things?" Li Ruogu, a 60-year-old general, asked Zhao Lei suspiciously in a hoarse and old tone.

"The Xiaguan was born into Lumen. The Lu Master once made a big bird that could soar in the sky, and then flew around the world with a big bird, leaving behind a number of travel records. Therefore, the Xiaguan knew about these things." Zhao Lei was prepared for this and said hard to fool the elites and officials of the Song Dynasty in the palace.

"Not bad! There are records in ancient books that Master Lu once made a big bird that could fly in the sky for three days and three nights without falling down. With this powerful weapon, it is not difficult to fly all over the world!" King Meng Zhao Yuanyan pondered for a moment, nodded and said to the people around him.

"Is the world really that big?" Zhao Zhen, the official, sat on the dragon throne and asked in a trembling tone. He already understood Zhao Lei's meaning. The power and glory of the Tang Dynasty have always been the goals pursued by various emperors. How can the official, Zhao Zhen, have the opportunity to reappear the events and glory of the prosperous Tang Dynasty. How can the official, Zhao Zhen, resist this temptation that can be remembered forever?

"The world is so big, look at the surroundings of the Song Dynasty, and there are many countries, but the Song Dynasty is the center of the world, and all countries are surrounding the Song Dynasty!" Privy Councilor Chen Yaozuo looked at the simple world map drawn by Zhao Lei and said sighing.

"The Song Dynasty is not the center of the world. In fact, no country is the center of the world. The whole world is a sphere..." Zhao Lei began to conduct popular science education and told the people of the hall everything he knew.

"Impossible! The sky is a round place that the saint has already concluded. How can the world be round? Besides, as Lord Zhao said, how can we stand on this round earth?" Even the smartest Song people could not understand the knowledge accumulated over thousands of years. When they heard Zhao Lei's words, the official looked shocked, and Wang Zeng, Zhang Shixun and others had already begun to accuse Zhao Lei of making confusing the public.

Zhao Lei knew that it was not easy for these Song people to accept these previous knowledge, so he worked hard and patiently slowly instilled various popular science knowledge into the Song elites in front of him.

During the questions and questions and answers, it was easy to organize this popular science education until dawn. The popular science education for a whole night made the Northern Song elites in the hall excited. But unfortunately, after a night of thinking and learning, the elderly, Wang Zeng and Li Ruogu, had already started to shaking in the early morning and were out of control. In desperation, the official Zhao Zhen ended the popular science education in time and ordered everyone to go back and rest, and find another popular science education.

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In the backyard of Zhao's mansion, Zhao Lei was wandering back and forth between several yards with an anxious look on his face. From those yards, the screams of four pregnant women in the Zhao's mansion came from time to time. Beside Zhao Lei, Su Xun, Hou Shan and others were also waiting anxiously.

"What's wrong? Lan'er, Xinlan, Shengguo and Xiaocui actually gave birth on the same day!" Zhao Lei stood in the yard with an impatient expression, looking at the busy mother and maids inside and outside the house, and said anxiously.

"Congratulations to Brother Sanshi! This time I must have had a happy son. Brother Sanshi doesn't have to be so impatient. He is so anxious to give birth to four at a time. It's better than being anxious four times in a row!" Su Xun looked at Zhao Lei anxiously and somewhat confused, comforting him as a person who had experienced it.

Zhao Lei is now standing in Tian Lan's yard. When he heard Tian Lan's hoarse screams in the room, Zhao Lei couldn't hear Su Xun's words at all, but just walked back and forth anxiously.

At this moment, in the northwest yard, there were suddenly bursts of baby crying sounds, and Zhao Lei immediately thought in surprise that someone was alive.

"It's Mrs. Cui's yard!" Hou Shan said to Zhao Lei with a happy look on his face as if he looked happy.

As soon as Hou Shan finished speaking, Zhao Lei had already jogged out of Tian Lan's yard and met the maid who came to report the good news.

"Congratulations to Master! Congratulations to Master! Mrs. Cui successfully gave birth to a fat boy, and the mother and son are safe!" The little maid looked at Zhao Lei walking towards him and congratulated Zhao Lei obediently.

"Okay! Houshan, give me a reward. I will give you all the money I helped today!" Zhao Lei said happily to Houshan behind him when he heard the little maid's words.

Zhao Lei was overjoyed and walked to the yard where Xiao Cui lived. He took the son in his hand and looked at Xiao Cui who was already tired and drowsy, and felt full of pity.

Just as Zhao Lei was coaxing his son excitedly and happily in Xiao Cui's room, Bai Xinlan and Tian Lan gave birth to a son for Zhao Lei, and Princess Shengguo gave birth to a daughter for Zhao Lei. In just one day, Zhao Lei became the father of three sons and one daughter.

Wow! The baby's crying was born in the quiet night, which was particularly loud, and the four babies' crying one after another formed a harassing song, which made the entire Zhao Mansion go to bed all night.

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Congratulations. Congratulations! The first thing Zhao Lei said to him when he walked in the new military camp was to congratulate Zhao Lei for having three sons and one daughter.

In the military commander's tent, Zhao Lei looked at the Bianjing News today with a wry smile.

"When will I, Zhao Lei, be able to be published in the Bianjing Newspaper with my offspring? Am I already so famous? Or is there no news about Bianjing recently?" Zhao Lei pointed to the news about his happy acquisition of three sons and one daughter in the Bianjing Newspaper, and said to Ouyang Xiu beside him with a wry smile.

"There is no way. Bianjing has been too calm recently. The court has not taken any new measures. All officials are as dull as water. I can't find anything to write! Liu Yong actually went to the south for a trip. Now it's winter again, and even encountered a cold wave. In this case, the entertainment sector can't find anything to write. Just use your news to count it." Ouyang Xiu looked at Zhao Lei with a joke and said.

"Bianjing News News cannot be limited to the country. If you have time, pay more attention to foreign affairs, including the Liao Kingdom, Xixia, Tufan, and surrounding countries in the Song Dynasty, the people also hope to see it." Zhao Lei pondered for a while and said carefully to Ouyang Xiu.

"Foreign, kidding, how do we know about foreign affairs? Even if we hear from businessmen from various countries, we cannot write them in newspapers! Moreover, when it comes to foreign affairs, the officials of the Ministry of Rites are in charge. If you are not careful, you may be invited to have tea by those guys. I don't want to be charged with damaging the international situation in the Song Dynasty!" Ouyang Xiu looked at Zhao Lei in surprise and said exaggeratedly.

In fact, there is a reason for Zhao Lei's words today. After all, he is ready to open up a further market and sell various products from the Song Dynasty to Europe, Africa, and America. However, this requires the cooperation of the men and women in the Song Dynasty. If the Bianjing Newspaper could publish more foreign affairs, it might arouse the interest of those men and women, and it might be possible to fight for the front station for the court.

However! These things have to be officially put on the agenda after seeing Yuan Hao's concubine named Sophia and understanding the situation in Europe and other places. It is a bit too early to consider them now.

Sophia! What does this princess from a small European country look like? Zhao Lei is now full of curiosity.
Chapter completed!