I really became a king.

Chapter 388: A storm is about to break out and three prefectures will form a stalemate?

The news that 300,000 troops were about to enter the Demon Realm Pass spread throughout the Western Frontier like the wind, causing a lot of discussion throughout the Western Frontier.

The most sensitive issue is the identity of the commander-in-chief of the 300,000-strong army. It is said that he is from the Ye family of Bailing. Many people know what this means.

"No way? What's the point of sending people from the Ye family in Bailing?" Some people didn't believe it.

"What do you mean? Of course you want to take over the Western Frontier Demon Realm Pass!"

"Yes, now our Demon Realm Pass has become a popular place. It is no longer a barren land with no birds, lack of water and food. Moreover, the geographical location is so important, how can people not be jealous..."

“After all, some people have a certain idea in their minds. They want to become the next Mu family of Northern Frontier... to split the land and be crowned king!” Someone sighed in a low voice.

The people around were all silent when they heard this. The Northern Frontier Mu family was the family with the most transcendent status in the Dali Dynasty besides the royal family.

They have been stationed in the northern border for generations, and their title of king is hereditary. They have a large army under their command and possess absolute power as a vassal.

Just because some people want to learn from the Mu family, can the Dali royal family really just sit there and watch? Watch the next separatist force emerge?
"Want to become the next Mu family? Impossible. The Dali royal family will not agree, and the current emperor will not agree either." Someone said with certainty.

"Yes, they probably won't agree to it, but the 300,000-man army is truly under the control of the Ye family in Bailing, and it has been approved by the current emperor..."

"Why would the current emperor agree?" someone suddenly asked after a moment of silence.

"Yes, why would you agree? After all, Prince Yi is the orthodox of the Dali royal family and the legitimate great-great-grandson of the current emperor. With him in charge, Western Xinjiang will always be Dali's Western Xinjiang.

But what about the Ye family in Boling? They are noble relatives with great ambitions. They have expanded rapidly in recent years. In the final analysis, they are ambitious people who want to covet the artifacts and the country. Isn't this raising a tiger to cause trouble?"

"It's not just as simple as raising a tiger to cause trouble, it's also about inviting a wolf into the house..." someone next to him suddenly interrupted.

"What do you mean by letting a wolf into the house?" someone asked in confusion.

"You haven't heard yet, right? The Ye family of Bailing controlling 300,000 troops as the general is just the first step. There are also other sects behind it."

"A secluded sect? Could it be that the secular sect is also going to move into Western Xinjiang?" someone frowned.

Throughout the secular world, most people have a natural aversion to secular sects, because the era when secular sects ruled the secular world was too brutal.

They did not regard ordinary people as human beings at all. They had the power of life and death at will. From generation to generation, they called that era the "Dark Blood Age".

Therefore, the vast majority of secular people do not want the secular sects to intervene in the secular world again.

"Will the Dali Dynasty really agree to the secular sects entering the Western Frontier?" someone said in disbelief.

"Yes, there is news coming from the capital of Dali. The sect mansion... the secular sect will establish a sect mansion in Western Xinjiang!"

Sect Mansion…After hearing these three words, many people fell silent.

After Prince Yi took control of Western Xinjiang, the entire military system of Demon Realm Pass was divided into eight divisions and three camps. At the same time, above the eight divisions and three camps were the Shen Ce and Wen Zong governments.

There are a marching yamen and a military yamen in the Shen Ce Palace. Although their powers are not clear now, it can be vaguely inferred that the marching yamen will be in charge of the eight departments and three camps in the future.

The Xingwu Yamen is involved in martial arts sects. From this point of view, their Prince Yi is extremely ambitious, but it is also understandable.

After all, Prince Yi still held the position of controlling and supervising all martial arts sects within the Dali Dynasty. After he took over Western Xinjiang, although this position was in name only, no decree had been issued to revoke it.

It is also reasonable to set up a military office under his command.

As for Wen Zong Mansion, it is a holy place for scholars all over the world. It represents the Wen Zong Avenue and has an extremely high status among scholars.

This is just the beginning. Wen Zong Avenue has just awakened. In time, it will surely shine. By then, Wen Zong Mansion will become a behemoth.

It is even a behemoth that is powerful enough to compete with secular martial arts and secular sects.

There is no doubt that Wen Zong Avenue is a big piece of fat meat, no matter it is the Dali royal family or the secular sects, they are all salivating. But the four ancestors of Wen Zong are all in Western Xinjiang, and Prince Yi is the half-master of Wen Zong in the world, with a special status.

At the beginning, this sentence was regarded as a golden rule by all scholars and laid the foundation for the world's literary masters.

As long as Prince Yi does not do anything that will dishearten the scholars of the world, Banshi's position will be as solid as a mountain.

Therefore, both the Dali Dynasty and the secular sects could no longer sit still.

There must be a force to check the rise of the Wen Zong Mansion. With the promotion of Queen Dali and the acquiescence of Emperor Dali, the secular sect was pushed to the forefront.

After the establishment of the Zongmen Mansion, Western Xinjiang became a situation of three mansions in a tripartite relationship.

But in the final analysis, this is inviting a wolf into the house.

“Alas, I really don’t know what the current emperor is thinking. The secular sects are the greatest enemies of the secular world, like jackals, tigers and leopards. The royal families of all generations have been strictly guarding against them and doing their best to prevent the secular sects from re-entering the secular world, but now…” An old man shook his head and sighed.

"Perhaps our Dali Dynasty will soon become like the Xiqi Dynasty and the other three great dynasties..."

Throughout the wild continent, the power of the secular sects has slowly infiltrated into the secular world. In the Xiqi, Donglan, and Nanzhao dynasties, the secular sects have already gotten involved in military power and have even suppressed the three major royal families.

The recent trip to Yinshan Mountain is an example. A royal family was forced to send their most outstanding disciples to the secret realm of Yinshan Mountain to die.

The Dali Dynasty is much better. It was Prince Yi himself who asked to go to Yinshan.

Compared with the other three royal families, the Dali royal family still holds absolute power of speech and firmly dominates the secular sects.

But now, the situation seems to be getting more and more delicate. Queen Ye, who represents the secular sect, is reaching out more and more, and the Ye family of Bailing is becoming more and more active.

The current Emperor of Dali remained silent on this, and even secretly condoned it.

"The three prefectures are in a three-way balance of power. The military, martial arts, literary, and secular sects... now they are all gathered together. I'm afraid our Western Frontier is about to become a vortex of right and wrong..."

The old man sighed again, and this time no one said anything else. Everyone fell into silence.

In addition to the news that 300,000 troops were stationed in Western Xinjiang and the Sect Mansion, another piece of news came out.

However, it was not about the four great dynasties such as Dali, but about the border dynasties, to be exact, the Xifan Dynasty and the Baiyue Dynasty. Half a month later, the two great dynasties would hold a horse herding meeting at the junction of the grasslands.

The so-called horse herding meeting was nominally for horse herding, but in reality it was to spur the Khorhan people.

This horse herding meeting started in ancient times. The Khorkhan people who had just fallen off their horses still had the blood of the Khorkhan cavalry in their bones. They were unruly and unwilling to be enslaved.

Therefore, several border dynasties organized horse herding competitions, and under the pretext of competing in riding skills, they were trying to spur the Khorhan people in an attempt to make them submit from the bottom of their hearts.

Over the years, this tradition has been passed down. Every ten years, the bloodiness of each generation of Korhan is lost little by little under the disguised humiliation of horse herding meetings, until they become obedient horse slaves.

The last horse herding convention was held fifty years ago. Perhaps because they felt that the Khorhan people were obedient enough, several royal families in the border areas no longer spent huge amounts of money to hold horse herding conventions.

After all, every horse herding meeting not only gathers millions of war horses, but also gathers millions of Khorhan people. In order to maintain absolute military suppression, nearly one million troops must be dispatched. The cost is extremely huge and is no less than a large-scale war.

But now, after a lapse of fifty years, the Xifan Dynasty and the Baiyue Dynasty have once again joined forces to hold a horse herding conference. It is said that although the scale is not as grand as when the four major border dynasties held it together before, there are as many as one million Khorhan people participating.

Many wealthy businessmen from all over the Wild Continent have begun to look forward to it silently. Although this is a horse herding conference, it is also a large-scale trade fair.

Millions of Khorhan people and nearly a million war horses will not come empty-handed. They will carry all kinds of goods for their masters.

When the horse herding meeting is over, the border nobles will return home with a full load.

"Isn't the timing of this horse herding meeting too coincidental?"

Some sensitive people noticed something. After all, Prince Yi Jiang Yi had just taken over the Western Frontier when the two neighboring border dynasties held a grand horse herding meeting, and the venue was in the Western Frontier Corridor outside the Demon Realm Pass.

By that time, there will be swarms of war horses and cavalry like a forest, and it will not be an exaggeration to describe it as "the enemy is at the gate."

Therefore, this should be a demonstration by the Western Regions and the Baiyue Dynasty, intending to use absolute military force to intimidate Prince Yi, the new ruler of the Western Frontier.

I don’t know if it’s a coincidence or if there’s some internal connection, but the date of the horse herding conference is the day when the 300,000 troops from the Dali Imperial Capital enter the Demon Realm Pass, and it’s also the day when the sect’s government is established.

"Hey, with a horse herding convention, 300,000 troops, and a sect mansion, the scene will probably be a bit chaotic."

A shop owner sitting at the wine table said with a smile, and did not forget to pat the table. It can be seen that he was very much looking forward to it.

"Haha, what's the matter, Manager Sun, if you're afraid of chaos, you can just not join in...it's just right so we can eat more," the manager with a mustache next to him laughed.

"Why shouldn't I join? Would it be a bargain for you, Ding Baopi?" Shopkeeper Sun laughed and scolded Shopkeeper Ding with a mustache.

Shopkeeper Ding was called Ding Baopi, but he didn't care at all and even had a smile on his face. It was obvious that he knew he couldn't afford to offend the shopkeeper Sun in front of him.

He smiled kindly on the surface, but his heart was filled with mixed feelings.

It is really true that things change over time. This is absolutely true.

A few years ago, their identities were exactly the opposite. Manager Ding was definitely a big shot in the western business world, but the manager Sun in front of him was much inferior.

But now, the situation has completely reversed. Manager Sun has become the leading figure in the western business community, while his wealth has plummeted.

The reason why this happened in just a few years was not because of his lack of ability or skills, but because he stood on the wrong side in the first place.

At that time, the Yun family in Heshuo City fell into poverty. On the birthday of Mr. Yun Shangyun, the creditors came to the door, and Mr. Yun was forced to use his ancestral home to pay off the debts on the spot.

In that special birthday banquet, he became greedy and pressed forward step by step, not giving the Heshuo Yun family any face at all.

On the contrary, the shopkeeper Sun in front of him made concessions at the birthday banquet. He did not force Mr. Yun, but instead forgave the Yun family’s debts.

Just when Manager Ding was secretly rejoicing that no one was competing with him for the Yun family's ancestral home, the Ninth Miss from Heshuo City came back, bringing with her the news that the young prince of Prince Duan's Mansion had survived a desperate situation and made a strong comeback in the Longmen Arena.

Although Mr. Yun had no intention of settling scores later, and even took the initiative to pay off all his debts, he knew that the friendship they had maintained for many years was gone.

Yun Jiu, who returned home in glory with her husband, lived up to the name "Ninth Girl of Heshuo". With just a few words, she almost made it impossible for a businessman like him to stand firm.

Over the years, the family's assets shrunk by more than half.

During this period, many relatives and friends advised him to join the Bailing Ye family and start a new life with the help of the Ye family.

But he refused, so Yun Jiu simply gave him a beating. Although it had caused some damage to his family property, he did not kill him.

But what about the Ye family of Bailing? If he really went over to the Ye family, they would eat him without leaving any bones. The best solution would be to become their money-making tool, or even worse, to be crushed to pieces.

At this time, several wealthy businessmen gathered around Manager Sun.

"Shopkeeper Sun, you visited Prince Yi's mansion some time ago. Do you know what the prince is planning?" a shopkeeper asked in a low voice.

Shopkeeper Sun smiled bitterly and said, "What are you planning? Do you think I am that prestigious? The prince did meet him, but we just had a casual chat. I don't have the guts to ask nonsense questions."

The shopkeeper who asked the question earlier laughed dryly, knowing that the question he asked was stupid.

However, Shopkeeper Sun sighed and said, "To be honest, I can't say anything in front of the prince. The prince's authority is too great, and it's hard for me to speak clearly. Maybe the prince will think I'm a natural stutterer."

"But the prince's Four Seasons Tea is really top-grade. It's a pity that the production is very small. Otherwise, this Four Seasons Tea alone can make a person who has nothing rich..." As Manager Sun spoke, his tone was slightly complacent, and he seemed to be showing off a bit.

However, the people around did not think there was anything wrong. Instead, they looked at Shopkeeper Sun with envy. It was definitely an honor to be able to step into the gate of Prince Yi's Mansion. At least, a group of businessmen like them did not have this qualification.

Of course, there were people in the distance who pouted in disdain. He was still a prince, but I didn’t know how long this prince could keep his throne. With an army of 300,000 and a man from the Ye family of Bailing as the commander-in-chief, plus the sect headquarters and the horse herding meeting at the Demon Realm Pass, this Prince Yi was surrounded by enemies on all sides!

But no one would be stupid enough to say this. After all, Prince Wei Yi is still the true lord of Western Frontier.

"Alas, I hope everything will be calm and peaceful. However, the Western Frontier can no longer afford internal friction..." Someone sighed softly, then remembered something and quickly shut up.

Royal affairs were not something that businessmen like them could discuss without permission, as they might end up bringing disaster upon themselves at any time.

However, as he has been able to rise up in the face of adversity time and time again, this Prince Yi will probably not surrender obediently. Moreover, this is his home ground, he has many generals under his command, and he controls two governments, eight departments and three battalions. He is no longer the prince of Prince Duan's Mansion who was in danger of losing his position at any time.

(End of this chapter)