After Su Yonglin left the front-line decision-making circle, he did not stay in Zhongdu City too much.

He wanted to leave enough space for Xin Qiji to let Xin Qiji play, and he also wanted to watch how Xin Qiji would layout his era without him.

On the other hand, Su Yonglin was preparing to go to Liaodong and the Northwest to inspect the residence of local immigrants while inspecting the local potato and corn planting.

In 2024, the Beiyang Expedition Fleet completed their major historical mission, namely, bringing back seeds from high-yield crops such as potatoes and sweet potatoes, introducing them to the Ming Dynasty, and successfully trial production in Liaodong, achieving a bumper harvest.

Since then, Su Yonglin has decided to plant corn and potatoes in relatively drought-resistant areas such as Liaodong and Northwest, which are not as hot as the Central Plains, while growing general staple food, and has designated some areas to plant potatoes and corn as a supplement to staple food.

At the same time, in the southern region, he also arranged the cultivation of sweet potatoes, using some less fertile land to grow sweet potatoes, which also serve as an auxiliary to the staple food to increase grain production and grain reserves.

This plan was implemented in many regions in Liaodong, northwest and southwest. With collective farm organizations to implement it, agricultural matters will become quite easy to promote.

The entire Ministry of Agriculture was extremely excited because of the arrival of these high-yield crops. The Minister of Agriculture personally led people to study the planting of potatoes, corn and sweet potatoes. He soaked in the experimental fields for many years, just to understand the essence of these crops as soon as possible and teach them to farmers.

They did a great job on this point.

The successful introduction of high-yield crops filled the last shortcoming for the Ming Dynasty to further upgrade its national trend. For the Ming Dynasty, the rest was to move forward step by step. Su Yonglin had already done all the shortcomings that should be filled before he left.

During the Republic of 2027 and 2028, Su Yonglin traveled all over Liaodong and the Northwest.

In 2029, Su Yonglin went to the Southwest to inspect the mining industry and agriculture in the Southwest, as well as the more developed South Road commerce. At the same time, he also observed the restriction of the Southwest due to poor traffic conditions.

So after returning to Zhongdu, Su Yonglin proposed to the Executive Committee to build the railway to the southwest.

His suggestion was to build a railway from Datong to Guanzhong, then prepare to build a railway from Guanzhong to Hanzhong, then build a railway from Hanzhong to Chengdu, and finally build a railway to Dali, and build a major railway artery that runs through the east, west, south and north.

None of the executive committee’s professionals were professionals for this suggestion, so they found professionals from the Ministry of Works’ Train Project Team to discuss this.

First of all, everyone thinks that this project is not impossible. They have also put forward this idea internally to end the history of the difficulty of Shu Road.

But now it seems that the difficulty is very high.

This is not a problem of money, but many technical and geological problems have not been solved. Starting a rashly repair is tantamount to suicide. In contrast, building the railway from it to Anxi City, which is Hu Siwu'erduo is simpler.

The Qinling Mountains' natural danger terrain is a bit easier to build, and most sections of the road are very dangerous.

Su Zeying, deputy head of the train project team, who has become an absolute technical backbone, said at the meeting that if the Guanzhong and Hanzhong Railway were to be built, the imperial court would need to provide a large number of people familiar with the landforms to go to Hanzhong for at least two years of geological exploration and formulate a complete plan.

In terms of geology, the Ming Dynasty was still in a state of development.

With the development of the train industry in recent years, many new real needs have emerged in the Ming Dynasty, and geological needs are one of them. Before that, the Ming Dynasty did not have geology.

So when this demand arises, it is the vein explorers who have been engaged in the mining industry for many years that are closest to the requirements of geology.

Later, under the concern of the court, a group of senior mining experts transferred to geology and began to open disciplines on geology in schools in the Ming Dynasty, looking for ore veins as the starting point, and specialized in geology research.

Over the past few years, with the development of railway paving work and the large demand, the development of geology in Daming has indeed been rapid, and a group of students with great research on geology have emerged.

So Su Zeying proposed that these professionals need to go to Hanzhong with them to investigate the geological conditions of Hanzhong and see how this railway should be built.

And what is more meaningful is that Su Zeying pioneered the suggestion that if there is no suitable passage, he would drill through mountains and artificial roads.

This view was quite avant-garde and dangerous at the time.

Although Su Zeying said that the mining industry has the courage to penetrate mountains and obtain minerals, proving that this road is not impossible, most people still expressed fear and fear that the landslides and earth cracks will have a huge impact. However, Su Zeying still insisted on his own view and was unshakable.

He turned to research how to ensure that the man-made caves that were chiseled did not collapse, so he personally went to the university in Zhongdu to ask science teachers for guidance and prepare to study this matter.

After Su Yonglin learned about it, he immediately felt that Su Zeying might have good attainments in mathematics and physics in the future, especially mechanics. Su Zeying might create many theories that his predecessor Mo Zi did not create.

And all this is an area that he cannot reach for.

When he watched Su Zeying perform a lot of calculations at home and when he watched Su Zeying use his smart head to list one calculation method that he could not understand very well, he clearly realized that his aging had inevitably begun.

Human aging is accompanied by difficulty in learning and accepting new things. Although it is subjectively not rejected, he does not have the ability to keep up with Su Zeying's thinking.

From theory to practice, what is needed is a large number of operations, and then the important number is obtained through calculations, and then it is implemented in reality.

Su Yonglin could no longer understand this process.

He could only watch young students read their achievements at the symposium, listen to them argue about something with words that they could not understand, watch them argue over a certain point of view and put them into calculations on the spot.

Young, really good.

And he is no longer suitable for the new era that has arrived.

The Ming Dynasty in the industrial age no longer needed an old man who had wandered from the Middle Ages, and he could no longer integrate into the new era. It was time to leave this crucial position.

At the beginning of the Republic of 2030, Su Yonglin announced the convening of a national meeting of people's representatives.

At this meeting, Su Yonglin officially announced his resignation and resignation, and officially handed over all power to Xin Qiji.

The positions of Chairman of the Revival Association and Director of the Military Department were formally handed over to Xin Qiji, and the power of veto in the Ministry of Supervision and the Executive Committee was also officially subordinated to Xin Qiji.

Later, at the suggestion of Xin Qiji, Su Yonglin was elected on the spot as one of the representatives of the next meeting of people's representatives. This was Su Yonglin's last official identity retained. Apart from that, he retained nothing.

At the final farewell dinner, Su Yonglin met with the old friends who accompanied him along the way, had dinner, and drank wine, and told them to perform their duties in the next ten years, follow the steps, and not make any extraordinary moves, so that everyone can start and end well.

At first, everyone nodded and said they would do the same. When they drank too much, some people couldn't hold back, so they started laughing and crying, and their mouths began to be irrelevant.

Especially, Su Haisheng and Su Jue, two people who have always been considered Su Yonglin [the general of this family], were always very negative when Su Yonglin resigned and retired to the second line.

Su Yonglin also drank a little too much. In the past, he was able to be calm, but on this occasion, he gave up being calm.

He walked up directly, slapped the two of them in the head, and stunned everyone in the audience.

"I established this country, but not my own! It is not our group! It is from all the people of the entire Ming Dynasty! What you are thinking about is nothing more than to make me guarantee your glory and wealth! I can't do it! I will tell you clearly! Don't think about it!

We have indeed paid a lot for the Ming Dynasty, but the Ming Dynasty is not ours! The Ming Dynasty is a country of people and a democratic country. This is my lifelong wish and my only dream now!

Why did I take you to overthrow the Jin Kingdom and eliminate the Southern Song Dynasty? I just saw too many sufferings and corpses! I watched the refugees fall down as they walked, and never got up again. I watched the two couples exchange their children's corpses with their faces!

The reason why I rebel is because I don’t want to see such a tragic situation again. I can’t persuade myself to be able to be safe and contented in such a tragic world, with three wives and four concubines, who are rich and luxurious, and I can’t do it!”

Su Yonglin smashed the wine glass in his hand to the ground, smashing the cup to pieces, and then she burst into tears.

"We are in a state of luxury, eating delicious food, drinking spicy food, and eating delicacies and dragon liver and phoenix marrow. What about those people? They are eating their own children! Do you know what I was feeling at that time? I looked at my own father, and suddenly, I felt that he would eat me too.

Do you know my fear at that time? What’s even more fear is that I don’t know why I have this kind of fear. My parents love me so much, why am I afraid? I don’t know, I can’t figure it out, so I’m so scared!

Is this world normal? We all came from such a world. I don’t believe that you have never been hungry. I don’t believe that no one of you has ever seen the scene of Yi Zi meeting! And these are all sins from the old era! Heinous sins!"

Speaking of this, Su Yonglin wiped his tears and then looked at everyone here with his red and swollen eyes fiercely.

He looked around and his tone became harsh and fierce than ever before.

"Killing a corrupt official cannot solve this problem, and changing an emperor cannot solve this problem. We have to eliminate all the entire exploiting class and kill them all! This can only be solved for a while, but not for a lifetime!

Although they are dead, the stench and poisonous gas emitted by the rotten bodies is still corroding us. Among us, new exploiters will be born, and a new master will be born! A new emperor! So, I keep making trouble, I keep killing people, and I keep rectifying the situation in order to kill all these people!

But I soon realized that these people cannot be killed, no matter what, I can only give the people power through the construction of the system and the enlightenment of various civil rights movements, so that the people can awaken and spontaneously fight against these bastards!

Only they can truly make corruption and oppression disappear forever! Only they can create miracles! And if we are greedy for power and status, if we are greedy for our current identity and status, we are their enemies! Will there be a good end if we become their enemies?!"

The whole banquet venue was quiet for a while.

Su Yonglin took a breath and sat down dejectedly on the ground.

"You often say that I am the master of this country, and I often say that I am omnipotent, but am I really omnipotent? I want to eliminate the desires in your hearts, or allow you to control your own desires like me, and be able to truly think about problems from the standpoint of the people. I cannot do this.

I want every citizen of the Ming Dynasty to quickly have enough political knowledge, so that each of them has the courage to fight exploitation and oppression, and that each of them is wise and can live well without anyone governing. I can't do this.

What else can I do? It’s just that when I can still control myself and when I can still control the situation, I will settle everything. I will retreat, and for the next ten years, you will also retreat and leave everything to the newcomers.

I want to tell you clearly that as long as I am still alive for one day, the Ming Dynasty will still be an empire, not a democratic republic. Until I close my eyes, the Ming Dynasty will still be that empire. Only when I die will the Ming Dynasty truly become a democratic republic.

I can't be a ruler forever. I have to retreat, and then supervise you, let you retreat, and finally follow me and leave here, and then the Ming Dynasty will be reborn. So, don't blame me."

Su Yonglin took a deep breath, stood up, walked to Xin Qiji, and patted his shoulder.

"The Ming Dynasty has entrusted it to you in the next ten years."

After saying that, Su Yonglin left the banquet venue step by step. On that day, the farewell banquet ended quietly.

In 2030, Su Yonglin stepped down. After his recommendation and the voting of representatives of the people, Xin Qiji officially announced his appointment as the Chairman of the Second Executive Committee of the Democratic Republic of the Ming Dynasty.

Later, based on the unanimous recommendation of Su Yonglin and Xin Qiji, the conference voted to resign from its military position for three years, Zhao Yucheng, the World Liaison Department of the Revival Association and Chairman of the Revolutionary League of International, to join the executive committee to replace the vacant seat left by Xin Qiji.

At that time, in addition to the World Liaison Department of the Revival Society, Zhao Yucheng also took the lead in organizing and establishing the formal international alliance of revolutionaries.

Among them, the six countries that had successfully overthrew the old dynasty and established a democratic republic as the dominant force, including the Ming Dynasty, Chameng, Zhenla, Sanfoqi, Bagan and Shilan, were the leading forces. The rest had not yet won the revolutionary victory but had established the Revival Society organization.

The country of Xina, Zhunian, Nanbi, and the country of Nanbi, and the country of Lin, Guer, Khwarezm and other dozens of coastal countries along the Maritime Silk Road also joined the League of Revolutionaries due to the successful establishment of the local Revival Association.

The entire international alliance does not pay attention to national attributes. The main purpose of joining is to revive members, with the main purpose of promoting the success of the revolution and does not endorse the national interests.

The establishment of this organization was supported by Su Yonglin. Therefore, Su Yonglin held a nominal position as honorary chairman in this international organization. It has no practical significance, but it has great symbolic significance.

As the actual founder of the Revival Society and the founder of a complete theoretical system, the meaning of his existence is extraordinary.

During that decade, revolutionary organizations from all over the country continued to meet Su Yonglin by sea, listened to his teachings personally, and took away a series of books such as "Hongwu Political Commentary" signed by him, as if they were treasured.

It has to be said that although the League of Revolutionaries has just been established for more than a year, in addition to joining the Revival Society organization, there are many Revival Society revolutionaries promoting the Revival Society's revolutionary theory in various countries on the Eurasian continent in various ways.

The Ming Dynasty's world revolution plan was very successful. After the completion of the study of local languages ​​and customs, revolutionary theory achieved unprecedented success and widespread dissemination on the Eurasian continent.

The Ming Dynasty's Maritime Silk Road plan also matured at this time. With the Ming Dynasty's stronghold along the Maritime Silk Road as the center, the revolutionary theory gradually spread around and spread, and began to gain a wider mass base in the local area.

Especially in countries where peasant uprisings, small handicraftsmen and merchants are in an uprising, revolutionary theory will become the guiding ideology of local rebel organizations in a more direct way.

They will follow the methods proposed by revolutionary theory, survive and grow in the ways that rulers and vested interests are most afraid of.

After Su Yonglin stepped down, during Xin Qiji's first term, Xin Qiji implemented a major construction plan internally and strongly supported Zhao Yucheng's world revolution plan externally, and provided necessary support to the Revival Association organization of countries in the Eurasian continent through the Maritime Silk Road stronghold.
To be continued...