Invincible Zhengde

Chapter 343 The Scared Chongyang Palace

"Your Highness wants to go, I will naturally follow orders." The expression on Tang Bohu's face did not change, he just bowed and said.

Zhu Houzhao nodded, then said with a smile, "Then we will set off tomorrow morning."

Early the next morning, Zhu Houzhao rushed to Zhongnan Mountain with his people.

Chongyang Palace is located in Zu'an Town, Huyi District, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, 40 kilometers away from the center of Xi'an.Zhu Houzhao and others set off from Guyuan, and it was impossible to reach them in a day even on horseback.

The group's first destination is naturally Xi'an, and there is also a Great Qin Palace in the city of Xi'an.

The first king of Qin was Zhu Xi, the second son of Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, and there is no king of Qin in this generation.

The previous king of Qin was Zhu Bingyi, who succeeded the king of Lintong in the eighth year of Hongzhi, became the king of Qin in the 13th year, and passed away in the 14th year.

Ever since Zhu Bingyi died, the imperial court has not conferred the title of King Qin, and the title of King Qin has been vacant all these years.But this Zhu Houzhao didn't matter, he didn't plan to go to Qin Palace to do anything.

The princes of the Ming Dynasty have long lost the power they had in the early years, and these princes of the Ming Dynasty are more like pigs raised by the court.

Although the Prince Qin's Mansion was not disturbed, the local officials definitely wanted to. Hearing that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was coming, the Xi'an Mansion jumped up and down for a while.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Daming has a very high reputation among the people, and the local officials are even more afraid of it.

In the case of private salt in Yangzhou, how many people were released by His Royal Highness?
Just a few days ago, how many big family members in the Northwest were arrested?All of them were sent to build the city wall, all their property was confiscated, and the officials in these people's families would definitely be implicated.

Although the imperial court has not made an explicit decree, everyone knows that this matter is a certainty. His Royal Highness has already confiscated their homes. How could these people be kept?
The magistrates in the Northwest don't say that they fear His Highness the Crown Prince like a tiger, that's almost the case.

When Zhu Houzhao arrived at the gate of Xi'an City, a team had already been drawn up here to welcome him.

All the civil and military officials were there, standing up straight, for fear of losing their manners in front of His Royal Highness Zhu Houzhao.

With the sound of horseshoes, the Black Dragon Guard approached from far away.

In the past few years, as the results of the Northwest War have spread, His Royal Highness's Black Dragon Guard has long been famous.

Looking at these majestic cavalry, the officials in the city of Xi'an became even more silent.Who doesn't know that the Black Dragon Guard of His Royal Highness is His Royal Highness's loyal lackey.

It was these people who arrested people and ransacked homes in Northwest China in the past few days. They killed people at every turn.These people kill without blinking an eye.

Among the folks in the Northwest, the Black Dragon Guard is even more rumored to be a murderous army.Now that it's out there, it's shocking a lot of people.

Zhu Houzhao rode his horse forward, and the Black Dragon Guards lined up on both sides.

Looking at the civil and military officials kneeling on both sides, Zhu Houzhao said directly: "Okay, let's all get up!"

When everyone stood up, Zhu Houzhao said: "This time I came to Xi'an just to take a look at the Chongyang Palace. I don't want to disturb the place. You should perform your duties and not disturb the people."

"I will obey your orders." Everyone hurriedly agreed, and at the same time they breathed a sigh of relief.It turned out that I wasn't looking for trouble, that's good, that's good.

That night, Zhu Houzhao and his party stayed in Xi'an City.

In the early morning of the next day, a group of people rushed to Chongyang Palace, only Xi'an prefect Yang Qi was accompanied by the officials of Xi'an Prefecture.

This is because Zhu Houzhao was afraid that the local officials in Xi'an would think too much, otherwise Zhu Houzhao would not want the local officials in Xi'an to come with him at all.

But it's good to have him follow, at least some things can be arranged clearly.

When Quanzhen Sect was flourishing, there were about 5048 palace buildings. The palace area stretched from Laoyu River to the east, Ganyu River to the west, Zhongnan Mountain to the south, and Weishui River to the north. People, the scale of the temple is the largest among the Taoist temples in the world.

It's just that after these years of suppression, it has long been dilapidated, and only a few Taoist priests are left to guard here, so it will not be abandoned.

Hearing the arrival of His Royal Highness Zhu Houzhao, the Crown Prince, Chongyang Palace was neither excited nor happy, but panicked and afraid.

Daming believes in the celestial masters of Longhu Mountain, and they are also the ones who encouraged them all these years. They don't pay attention to Quanzhen Sect at all. Suppression has become the norm, and it is even a national policy.

Now that His Highness the Crown Prince is here, what everyone in the Chongyang Palace thinks is whether His Highness the Crown Prince is here to deal the final blow?You won't demolish the Chongyang Palace, will you?
The Chongyang Palace that people in later generations saw was not the Chongyang Palace at all.

After the wars in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, Chongyang Palace "collapsed, the palaces collapsed, and the wilderness was exposed."Later, during the reign of Qianlong, "the castle was repaired by the common people".

As seen by later generations, part of it was built in the Qing Dynasty, but it was almost destroyed by modern wars, and the remaining part was newly built in modern times.

Chongyang Palace has long lost the aura of the world's ancestral court, but Zhu Houzhao can still see some of this aura when he comes here.

"Your Highness, Chong and Taoist Priest of Chongyang Palace are outside to greet His Highness the Crown Prince." Yang Qi, the prefect of Xi'an, walked beside Zhu Houzhao, and said cautiously.

Chong and Daoist?

Zhu Houzhao hadn’t heard of it. Of course, he didn’t know anything about Quanzhen Sect. His limited knowledge was through martial arts novels and TV dramas. What he knew was limited to Wang Chongyang, the Seven Sons of Quanzhen, and the Tomb of the Living Dead.

Of course, there is also a tomb of the living dead, but there is no little dragon girl living in it.

In the first year of Jin Shizong's Dading, Wang Chongyang was 49 years old. After he failed to fight against the gold, he dug a cave in Nanshi Village and built a mound several feet high. There was a plaque on it, which read "Wang Zaifeng Lingbit", and the plaque was more than ten feet deep. , lived alone in the cave for two years.Outsiders call it the "Tomb of the Living Dead".

Seven years later, Wang Chongyang walked out of the tomb of the living dead and began to realize his ideals in another way.

There are still tombs in later generations, and there are steles in front of which are engraved with the words "Tomb of the Living Dead".

Zhu Hou looked at the door of Chongyang Palace, did not answer with a gloomy face, but raised his head to look at the huge plaque on it.

Yang Qi, who was standing beside Zhu Houzhao, didn't react at first, but the next second he was shocked, his body trembled, his face was pale, and he cried out in his heart that it's over, it's over.

As for why it was over, the reason is also very simple. There is a large plaque on the mountain gate of Chongyang Palace, which says "Chongyang Longevity Palace". This is nothing, but that plaque was bestowed by the emperor of Yuan Dynasty.

Although the imperial court has suppressed the Quanzhen Sect in recent years, forbidding them to set up a head teacher, and the Quanzhen Sect has been scattered into countless shares, the Chongyang Palace has been preserved.

The huge plaque was still hanging there, and Yang Qi broke into a cold sweat when he saw Zhu Houzhao staring at the plaque.

(End of this chapter)