hrough the ranks. The more positions I held, the more funding I received. I considered refusing, but Zhao Xuanji wouldn't allow it. He even threatened me, saying whether I accepted once or a hundred t...ould inevitably fall completely to King Ning.At that time, King Ning allied with the Gansu and Shaanxi regions to cut off the imperial court's connection at Yueya Pass. Yueya Pass became an enclave, a...