"Your Majesty, do you need some rest?"
Listening to Yuan Keli's words, Chongzhen didn't even turn his head, his eyes were fixed on the tower, and his brows were full of doubts.
"Yuan Aiqing, what kind of tower is that on the mountain?"
"tower?"
Yuan Keli was stunned for a moment. He thought the emperor wanted to rest, but in the end he wanted to ask the tower.
He immediately looked at the terrain, compared it with the map and immediately replied: "Your Majesty, that mountain is Jialing Mountain!"
"Jialing Mountain is the nearest mountain to Yan'an City, hundreds of feet high, because there is an octagonal brick tower from the Tang Dynasty 14 to 15 feet high on the mountain.
The people call it Lingshan Temple Pagoda, and also call this mountain Tashan. It is the crown of the mountains surrounding Yan'an City, about six or seven miles away from Yan'an City! "
"Tashan?"
"Pagoda Mountain?"
Chongzhen was suddenly shocked. He had never heard of Jialing Mountain, but Pagoda Mountain was well known in later generations.
In fact, he played an important role in the following years and completed several major historical decisions.
"Let's go and see that mountain!"
An hour later, everyone climbed to the top of the mountain and the pagoda. They had a panoramic view of Yan'an City and felt an indescribable feeling.
The hostility generated by staying in Xi'an for a long time all dissipated at this moment.
"Yuan Aiqing, can you tell me about the... geographical location of Yan'an City?"
Chongzhen suddenly said something, which not only stunned Yuan Keli, but also Hu Dawei and others behind him.
Yuan Keli shook his head and said softly: "Your Majesty, geographically speaking, Yan'an City is located in the middle reaches of the Yellow River, in the south of the Northern Shaanxi Plateau, where the three rivers meet and surround each other.
With mountains to the west and Yanhe River to the east, it is an excellent location for city construction. It is the economic and cultural center of northern Shaanxi.
Many merchants gathered here, which made it prosperous, and the city wall was connected to the mountain, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack! "
"Then the wind here..."
Chongzhen stopped mid-sentence and turned to look at everyone: "Since we are here, let's go see the cliff carvings and the forest of steles from the Song Dynasty. We should relax a bit!"
After everyone saw the cliff carvings on the mountain, they went down the mountain.
"Zhou Yuji, take Teng Xiang Youwei and Luan Jia and move on!"
"Cao Bianjiao, you take one hundred households into the city secretly, and the rest of the warrior camp stays five miles away from Yan'an City!"
"Wang Laipin, you and the Wu Jinshi will disguise themselves and enter the city with me. Let's walk around Yan'an City before setting off!"
After everyone accepted the order, they left. Chongzhen led a dozen Wu Jinshi and slowly entered Yan'an City pretending to be merchants.
Compared with Xi'an and Fengxiang Prefecture, the situation in Yan'an City is much better.
The impact of last year's catastrophe was slight, and the city was extremely prosperous, with various caravans constantly coming and going.
After walking around in a circle, everyone ordered a table of good wine and delicious food at the largest restaurant in Yan'an City!
"clang……"
When everyone was halfway through eating, a crisp gong sounded, which immediately attracted everyone's attention!
"Dear guests, I am Cao Yongchang, the storyteller of Cuiyun Restaurant. I will tell you a story today!"
"Old Cao, you are finally back. I thought you were eaten by wolves on the way when you went to collect stories this time!"
"Hurry up and tell everyone, what unofficial history have you collected this time?"
"Haha, this time I actually heard a secret about Yan'an City's Feng Shui in the countryside. I will tell you all about it today!"
"Speak quickly. If you speak well, you will be rewarded!"
The diners are full of curiosity about this kind of gossip.
Even Chongzhen and others were no exception, they all looked curious.
PS: Storytelling is not exclusive to teahouses. Restaurants also have similar distinctions, such as wine concubines, sit-downers, and catch-ups.
"Everyone, our Yan'an city has mountains to the west and water to the east.
From the perspective of the Four Gods Sand, the west side is Baihu Sand, also called Wucong Sand, and the east side is Qinglong Sand, also called Wencong Sand.
The whole city of Yan'an is higher in the west and lower in the east, and Wu Congsha is higher than Wen Congsha, so military people are often in charge.
And the west city wall is connected to Phoenix Mountain, and the martial arts sand is strengthened, so Yan'an City will have many generals, even..."
The entire restaurant fell silent instantly, and his eyes were full of shock.
What's more, I'm looking forward to seeing if my most powerful person will come from my own family!
"Old Cao, stop talking nonsense. According to what you said, our Yan'an Prefecture should produce military generals in large numbers.
Not to mention others, there are few famous generals, except Han Shizhong of the Song Dynasty, there is no one. Are you not slapping yourself in the face? "
A sudden word brought everyone back from their fantasy!
"Everyone, please look west. What do you see?"
"West?"
Everyone squeezed to the west window to look, and saw a tall tower standing on the top of the Phoenix Mountain!
"Zhenxi Building?"
"Yes, it's Zhenxi Building!"
The storyteller Lao Cao shouted: "Everyone, if the entire Yan'an City and the surrounding mountains are regarded as a person, then Phoenix Mountain must be the top of the person's head.
And the Zhenxi Tower on Fenghuang Mountain is the human Baihui Point. I heard that this Zhenxi Tower was the work of a royal Feng Shui master from the Song Dynasty, which broke the hidden dragon veins of Yan'an City, otherwise..."
Everyone was shocked and their faces were full of shock.
The implication of Lao Cao's words is that if the Song Dynasty had not broken the Qianlong Vein, then the emperor should have been born here, but now he could only produce generals.
Chongzhen's heart was suddenly shocked, and he shouted dozens of "fuck you" in his heart. It was so weird.
"Does the theory of Feng Shui really exist?"
These people don’t know, but they are from later generations and know history.
His destination was Yulin, and he would not have passed through Yan'an City, but he turned around anyway just to see what was so special about Yan'an City.
In one place, there were actually two people who succeeded in the uprising and successfully founded the country.
Li Zicheng established the Dashun regime in Xi'an, and Zhang Xianzhong established the Daxi regime in Chengdu.
It's interesting to say that these two people both followed the first king of Chuang, Gao Yingxiang, and parted ways in the middle to fight on their own.
If these two people were together, it is estimated that Ming Dynasty would be completed a few years ahead of schedule.
The funniest thing is that Li Zicheng's regime was called Dashun, and Zhang Xianzhong's Daxi Kingdom was named Dashun, as if the two had agreed upon it.
It's a pity that it's called Dashun, but nothing is smooth.
In addition to these two, there are also a lot of generals! Such as the first generation of King Chuang...
Before Chongzhen could continue thinking, he was interrupted by a rough voice.
"Old Cao, you will die sooner or later because of your bad mouth. You talk nonsense every day. Can't you tell some official history?"
Chongzhen looked up and saw a young man with a long, thin figure and a yellowish face, a half-foot-long beard, and a policeman's uniform entering the restaurant.
The young man glanced at everyone and said, "Just listen to this matter. Don't talk nonsense. If someone takes this matter to say that you are going to rebel and spread rumors, you will be wronged and beheaded!"
"Huang Hu, don't scare the old man, do you understand this is a wild history?
Don't talk about official history with the old man. Isn't history written by the victors however they want? Authenticity may not be as true as wild history! "
"Brother Zhang, what are you talking about with this stubborn old man? You're just talking words to make ends meet. Don't worry about it so much! Come and have a few drinks with the brothers before we go patrolling the streets!"
"Hey, this old man is really making things difficult for me!"
He was complaining, but his hands were not slow, he grabbed a wine bottle and drank it.
Seeing this scene, Chongzhen's expression changed and he whispered: "Go and check this person!"
