I really became a king.

Chapter 623: Ordering the Secluded Sect to Seclude Its Mountain
Compared with the previous storm, no one expected that the dispute over the legitimacy of the Dali royal family would end so quickly.

As Jiang Zhenyi committed suicide, Prince Guo Jiang Huan on the city wall was heartbroken, but at the same time he felt relieved that the royal family members of Dali did not die with Jiang Zhenyi and his wife.

Prince Yi, who has officially become the legitimate heir of the Dali Dynasty, has made a promise in front of the three armies that he will not purge the royal family and will not settle scores later.

"It's not bad to have a life of wealth and honor..."

Jiang Huan murmured in a low voice. He understood that the so-called "a life of wealth and honor" might mean a lifetime of house arrest, but it was better than having the entire family executed.

"Order the army to lay down their weapons and welcome the new emperor of Dali to the imperial capital!"

Jiang Huan knew that this order of his might bring him bad reputation, but he had no choice and even felt a little relieved.

When he first went to Western Xinjiang, he greatly admired Prince Yi's great talent and strategy. Now that he has taken over the Dali Dynasty, he is sure to be a great ruler.

What does it matter if I bear some infamy? The Dali royal family will have a new life.

He issued this order to the army on the city wall. As for the city of Dali, he no longer needed to worry about it.

Ever since the Emperor of Dali, Jiang Zhenyi, issued the decree of "Returning Power to Dali" and knelt before the Eight Ancestors of Dali, Ning Donglai, one of the major military leaders who had been stripped of their military power and idle at home, and others, including Wuyao Hou Ji Shuyi, began to gather the troops in the city.

The gates of the Dali Palace were also opened and handed over to the eight tribes of Western Xinjiang.

As for the royal family members who commanded large numbers of troops, such as Prince Yi Jiang Mo, Prince Rui Jiang Li, and Prince Su's son Jiang Hai, they had all resigned their military power and returned home.

When Prince Guo Jiang Huan led a group of generals down the city wall, they happened to meet Ning Donglai, Ji Shuyi and others, and they all looked at each other in silence.

Because of an order from Jiang Yi, the fighting in the imperial capital of Dali is still going on, but it has turned into a battle between the secular world and the rest of the world.

Jiang Yi issued an order to kill all the monks from the secluded sects in the imperial capital. Although the remaining thousands of disciples from the secluded sects knew they were no match for the enemy, they would not sit there and wait to die.

But everyone knew that the secluded sects had no chance of winning. With the joining of Dong Chengyang, Huaihua Patriarch, Dali Eight Patriarchs and other eighth-level powerful people, thousands of monks from the secluded sects were all killed.

When everything was settled, the capital of Dali was shrouded in an inexplicable atmosphere of solemnity and murder, with the surrendering troops kneeling on both sides of the main road.

They are all waiting for the new master of Dali to enter the imperial capital.

However, Jiang Yi did not enter the imperial capital of Dali. He only met with Prince Guo Jiang Huan, old military leader Ning Donglai, Marquis Wuyao Ji Shuyi and others outside the city.

However, the atmosphere was a bit unnatural, and Jiang Yi did not say much. He then led his personal army camp back to Kongtong Mountain in the western border under the protection of eight thousand Youfeng cavalry.

This scene was beyond everyone's expectations. As the winner of the competition for the royal orthodoxy, shouldn't he lead his army into the Dali Palace to receive congratulations? Why did he go back to Western Xinjiang directly?
Only Jiang Huan, Ning Donglai and others seemed to be thinking deeply. If their guess was correct, the political center of the Dali Dynasty would move westward in the future.

The result of this decisive battle spread quickly to the entire wild continent, and all the prefectures of the Dali Dynasty changed their flags at the first opportunity.

Although there was a brutal battle, the handover of the throne to the Emperor of Dali was legitimate in the end, and the prefectures and states had basically no psychological burden in changing their thrones.

There are exceptions. Although the "return of power to Dali" turned into a peaceful handover at the last moment, Prince Yi Jiang Yi also promised in person at the foot of the imperial capital of Dali that there would be no liquidation or retribution.

But everyone understood that even if Prince Yi Jiang Yi would not conduct a reckoning, some people still had to die, such as the seventeenth prince Jiang Che, Ye Xinmei, and the Ye family of Bailing.

As the family of Ye Xinmei, the former queen of Dali, the Bailing Ye family has seen its power expand rapidly in recent years, and has openly thrown itself into the arms of a secular sect.

Therefore, the Ye family of Bailing must be liquidated, and it must be a thorough one.

Shortly after Jiang Yi returned to Kongtong Mountain in Western Xinjiang, the Dunhe Ye family, headed by Ye Qingling (Mrs. Ye), officially raised the banner of exterminating the Bailing Ye family.

Many people knew about Ye Qingling's past, so when she raised the banner of attacking the Ye family of Bailing, several surrounding states were immediately caught in a dilemma.

No matter what, the Dunhe Ye family has been exploited by the Bailing Ye family for so many years. Although they have now gathered a large number of martial arts forces, they are no match for Bailing.

But if we raise an army in response, would it violate the taboos of Prince Yi’s Mansion in Western Xinjiang?
However, thinking that Madam Ye had stayed in the Western Frontier for three years and might have returned with some mission, several prefectures and counties did not hesitate, raised troops to support the Dun and Ye families, and marched into Bailing.

There are also people who understand the situation in these prefectures and states. The Bailing Ye family is the sworn enemy of Prince Yi, and Prince Yi certainly does not want to let them go.

But he couldn't do it himself, otherwise he would be breaking his promise at the foot of the imperial capital of Dali.

The Dunhe and Ye families can do it, and it is justified. After all, over the years, the Dunhe and Ye families were almost wiped out by the Bailing Ye family.

Although deeply rooted, the monkeys scatter when the tree falls. The Queen of Dali, Ye Xinmei, has become history. The Ye family was surrounded by enemies and was powerless to turn the situation around. In the end, the entire family was killed.

But at this moment, Jiang Yi issued an imperial decree in Kongtong Mountain in the western border:
Order all the secluded sects in the Wild Continent to close their mountains and not set foot in the secular world!
After ten days, any hermit monks who still stay in the secular world will be killed without mercy!

As soon as this order was issued, it immediately caused an uproar.

It had been many years since the secular dynasty issued an imperial decree to the seven sects, eight schools and two holy places. What was even more special was that at this time Jiang Yi had not yet ascended the throne, and the order was issued as a prince.

The secular sects have always been unruly and regard the secular dynasty as their mortal enemy. Will they obey this decree?

Just when many people thought that the war between the secular world and the otherworldly world would break out again, the next move of the otherworldly sect shocked the entire wild continent.

First, the Miaosheng Sect, where Mo Li had once been, announced that it would close the mountain and ordered the disciples who were still in the secular world to return to the mountain within seven days. Those who exceeded the deadline would be expelled from the sect.

Next was another holy place - Piao Miao Pavilion, which was originally surrounded by heavy troops from several prefectures and states. At this time, it also announced that the mountain would be closed and its disciples were prohibited from entering the secular world.

The other seven sects and eight schools, whether or not they were located in the Dali Dynasty, all announced that they were closing their mountains.

Even the secluded sects of several major border dynasties: Floating Cloud Stream, Eagle Bone Mountain, Xueming Lake, and Dayi Sect all announced their closure to the outside world.

Until then, many people realized what a heroic act it was for Prince Yi of Xijiang to "kill nine soldiers with one sword" under the imperial capital of Dali!
The strength displayed by Prince Yi has completely shocked the secular sects.

The seven sects, eight schools, and two holy places in the Central Plains, plus the four secluded sects of the Border Dynasty, although they did not respond openly to Prince Yi's decree, were all silently carrying out this decree.

For a time, apart from the secular world, the Prince Yi’s Palace in Western Xinjiang became extremely famous!
(End of this chapter)