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Chapter 60 - The Han Palace

"Your Highness, Hanzhong City is up ahead!" Just then, Zhe Keqiu arrived in front of Zhao Chen's horse carriage and said.

Zhao Chen nodded, he had naturally already seen the Hanzhong City in the distance, and he also saw the countless officials at the city gate running towards him!

At this moment, the convoy gradually stopped. After about fifteen minutes, the officials of the Middle Han Area finally arrived in front of the Crown Prince's carriage! Very soon, the voices of people "paying their respects to the crown prince" sounded out!

Zhao Chen got down from the carriage with a smile on his face and said, "Everyone, please rise! I will have to trouble all of you to temporarily stay in the Middle Han Area from now on! "

Zhe Keqiu chuckled at the side: "What is the Crown Prince saying? They are all your subjects, and this Middle Han Area is also the territory of the Song Dynasty. Why do you have to say that you have to trouble them? They deserve to serve the crown prince! "

After he finished speaking, Zhe Keqiu pointed to a minister at the side, and said: "Your Highness, this is the Middle Han Area's Prefect, Cao Rong!"

His voice sounded somewhat hoarse. It was unknown if he was born like this or if he had become like this in the past few days!

"Middle Han Area is an important place for taxes. I had wanted to come and have a look since a long time ago!" Zhao Chen laughed.

"The reason why Middle Han Area is able to become a place with an important tax payment is also related to Master Cao's hard work!" Zhe Keqiu smiled from the side.

Zhao Chen was secretly surprised. He could tell that Zhe Keqiu had been praising this Cao Rong. One must know that Zhe Keqiu was an envoy from Shaanxi Province, he had a huge army of a hundred thousand, and his position was much higher than Cao Rong's. He had no reason to praise Cao Rong with his low attitude!

Just then, Li Gang suddenly spoke out, and said: "Master Cao, I heard you are General Crop's wife and uncle, is that true?"

Only now did Zhao Chen understand. So this Cao Rong was Zhe Keqiu's son's brother-in-law, no wonder Zhe Keqiu praised Cao Rong! After knowing their relationship, Zhao Chen no longer had any good impressions of Cao Rong! He had originally wanted to win over this Middle Han Area as a guard, but now, he didn't plan on doing so!

Zhao Chen thought that the reason Zhe Keqiu wanted to go to Middle Han Area was probably because he was related to Cao Rong becoming the Middle Han Area's Prefect!

"Let's go, let's enter the Hanzhong City!" Zhao Chen returned to the carriage, and said indifferently.

The convoy continued to move forward, and all the gates to the Hanzhong City were opened. Zhao Chen secretly observed the scene in the carriage. As an ancient city, the size of Hanzhong City was naturally not small. Just because of the arrival of the crown prince, countless of Home Breaker Soldiers had already entered the city. The entire city was under martial law, and at this moment, there were no longer any commoners on the streets!

It was only now that Zhao Chen realized that ever since he came to this era, he had almost never interacted with the common citizens of Song Dynasty!

"It seems that when I find some time, I have to submit to the visitors and take a look at the lives of ordinary people! However, with Zhe Keqiu here, it will be difficult for Weibo to make a trip! " Zhao Chen secretly thought.

"Your Highness, we are on our way to the Han Palace!" Just then, Zhe Keqiu's voice came out from outside the carriage.

"The Han Palace?" Zhao Chen was startled.

"Your Highness, this Han palace was built by Liu Bei when he was the King of Middle Han Area! After Liu Bei, there were also princes who were conferred the title of Middle Han Area in the second and third dynasties. In the Tang dynasties, there were also many sons of royal families bestowing the title of Middle Han Area. In the future, His Highness the Crown Prince will be staying in the Han Palace, and he will be ascending the throne here! " Zhe Keqiu said.

Zhao Chen nodded, he was still very interested in this so called "Han Palace"! These princes' manors from the Tang and Song dynasties had long disappeared. To be able to see such mansions now was a novel experience for him!

"How many people are there in the Hanzhong City?" Zhao Chen said.

"About four hundred thousand!" Zhe Keqiu said.

"Four hundred thousand, that's still a big city!" Zhao Chen nodded.

In the modern era, over 400,000 was just the level of a county city. The slightly bigger cities and provincial capitals only had a population of over a million. Cities with a population of over 10 million were not rare! But in the ancient times, over 400,000 people was already a very large population! Now, only China has such a populous city!

"The Middle Han Area has a large population and rich resources, making it the place where Han Gao was able to prosper. With his highness the crown prince here, there is no doubt that he can rise to the top as well!" Zhe Keqiu smiled from outside.

As he said these words, he was actually thinking to himself that this place could be used as a safe haven for a broken family! In the future, he was going to lead a small family and take control of the world here!

Looking at the surrounding Middle Han Area officials, Zhe Keqiu had a complacent smile on his face!

Many of the officials of the Middle Han Area were direct descendants of the Zhuo Family. Needless to say, Cao Rong was a relative of the Zhuo Family.

"The army is in my hands, and the officials of the Middle Han Area are in my hands. Zhao Chen, you, little prince, trying to escape from my grasp is simply a dream!" Zhe Keqiu secretly thought.

The convoy travelled slowly, and after a long while, the convoy finally stopped, and Zhe Keqiu's voice sounded again, "Your Highness, we have already arrived at the Han Palace!"

Zhao Chen nodded his head, and then, a soldier of Home Breaker opened the door, and Zhao Chen got down from the car!

He stood on the ground and sized up the "Han palace" before him!

The Han Palace took up a lot of space from afar, it was probably the largest building complex in Hanzhong City! Right now, he could only see a few buildings in front of him, all of them shaped like palaces. As for what was behind them, he wasn't sure!

After arriving here, Zhao Chen suddenly felt that he had returned to his hometown! Although this was the Han palace, not the imperial palace of Kaifeng, because they were all palaces, he actually felt an incomparable intimacy! Ever since he crossed over to this era, he stayed in the palace for the first half of the year. He had already treated the palace as his home!

"Your Highness, I have already sent someone to inform Cao Rong to tidy up the Han Palace! "Now that the Han palace has been tidied up, let's enter it now!" Zhe Keqiu said.

Zhao Chen nodded his head and said: "General Crop, with me here, is there anyone who can protect me?"

Zhe Keqiu laughed: "This humble subject has already sent over 2000 soldiers to defend the Han palace, it's more than enough to guarantee your highness' safety!"

Zhao Chen gently clenched his teeth. He thought, it was as he expected, Zhe Keqiu had sent so many soldiers to "defend" the Han Palace, it was obvious that he was going to be kept under house arrest here.

"Let's go and see what this Han Palace looks like!" Zhao Chen took large strides forward, and Zhe Keqiu anxiously followed!

They entered from the southern gate. In front of them was a grand hall! This great hall was the main hall of the Han palace, and the ancient princes were here to handle the matters of the feudal fiefdom!

"Your Highness, there are generations of princes and dukes living in this Han Palace, the name of this palace is also constantly changing. Today, my Song Dynasty's Storage King has entered this place, in the future, this place might even become the Song Dynasty's Imperial Palace. Your Highness, do you want to name this palace?" Zhe Keqiu said.

"Alright, let's call it Supreme Harmony Hall!" Zhao Chen thought about it and said.

Supreme Harmony Hall was the name of the old palace hall master for future generations, so Zhao Chen casually brought it over right now! Hearing such a name, he also felt comfortable. After all, this name gave him a familiar feeling!

They walked towards the back, and then Zhao Chen named the Temple of Harmonization "and the" Hall of Harmony ", all the way until they reached the place Zhao Chen lived at the back, where he named the place the" Dry Clear Palace ", and the rest of the imperial concubines", all the way until he named the place the "Kunning Palace"!

After all, this was only the former Duke Palace, and its territory was limited. Other than the five palaces, the rest of the buildings were similar to palaces and to attics, and Zhao Chen no longer named them after them!

"From today onwards, I, Zhao Chen will be living in the Han Palace!" Zhao Chen muttered to himself as he stood at the entrance of the Dry Clear Palace.

"Your majesty has been shaking and tired from the journey, let's rest for the time being!" This lowly general will leave first, and wait for people to arrive at the end of tomorrow before discussing the matter of His Highness ascending to the throne! " Zhe Keqiu bowed and said.

"Alright!" Zhao Chen nodded.

"Li Gang, Li Ruoshui, these two lords naturally cannot stay in the palace. This lowly general has already ordered the two lords to prepare a mansion, I hope that the two lords can head towards the mansion! As for General Wang Wang De, I have prepared a mansion for him, and General Wang, please follow me! " Zhe Keqiu said again.

Zhao Chen frowned, he was unwilling, and did not want these people to leave his side, but he knew that Zhe Keqiu's words were flawless! He was the Crown Prince, and lived in the palace. Very soon, he would ascend the throne, and the palace would become a palace. Li Gang, Li Ruoshui, Wang De and the rest would become ministers, so how could they live in the palace?

"This humble subject shall take his leave!" Li Gang, Li Ruoshui and the rest looked at each other for a moment, then knelt down.

Zhao Chen watched as they left. Right now, there were only Yue Fei, Wang Gui, and Zhang Xian who were close to him! At this moment, the three had already changed into the guards' clothes. They were going to stay in the Dry Clear Palace and protect Zhao Chen!