Pawn Crossing the River

Although Qi Xuansu has only a hundred or so Yellow Turbans at his disposal now, it is better to have fewer than enough. These are the elite of the elite, and they are trained as officers and are the skeleton of the future Yellow Turbans. When the time comes and the team expands, these hundred people can become the backbone of the grassroots. Everyone's talent is enough to be a centurion, and a team of more than a hundred people will immediately be more than ten thousand elite soldiers.

There are several advantages to doing this.

First, it is easy to hide in peacetime to avoid attracting the attention of the court. Second, it can save money. After all, the cost of off-duty soldiers is too high, and the finances of the Taiping Sect are very tight and cannot afford to support them, so they can only build a basic framework first, and then fill the framework with manpower and weapons before the war to achieve rapid expansion.

The Taoist priests of the Taiping Sect are essentially the reserve of the civil service system. They preach in peacetime, are responsible for logistics and staff in wartime, and govern the local area after the war.

Qi Xuansu established a preliminary hierarchy of Taoist priests. Those who entered Taoism were initially called "Daomin"; those who had been in Taoism for a long time and believed in it were called "Jijiu", and they were in charge of Taoist priests; those who commanded many Taoist priests were called "Zhitou Dajiu". The highest class was called "Shijun".

It is said that the root of the dispute between Zhang and Li was the dispute over the succession. Both the Zhang family and the Li family considered themselves to be the orthodox descendants of Taoism. Needless to say, the Li family had the same surname as the Supreme Taoist Ancestor, and they always called him the Great Saint Ancestor. Why did the Zhang family claim to be orthodox? It was because the earliest major factions of Taoism were all Zhang family members.

According to the records of Confucianism: When demons and thieves arose, there was Luo Yan in Sanfu. During the Guanghe period, there was Zhang Jiao in the east and Zhang Xiu in Hanzhong. Luo Yan taught people to hide the law, Jiao was the Taiping Dao, and Xiu was the Wudoumi Dao.

In other words, while Zhang Jiao was spreading the Taiping Dao, Zhang Xiu was also spreading the Wudoumi Dao.

Some people may say that Tianshi Dao is Wudoumi Dao - because both were founded by the founder of Zu Tianshi, of course they are the same thing.

In fact, it is not the case. Zu Tianshi only founded Tianshi Dao, and Zhang Xiu founded Wudoumi Dao. In the end, Zhang Xiu was defeated and the Taoist lineage of Wudoumi Dao was taken away by Xi Tianshi and merged into Tianshi Dao.

People at that time said: It is suspected that Lu's methods were all inherited from the cultivators. Because he killed Xiu himself, he did not want to say that he inherited his way, so he falsely attributed it to his father and grandfather.

To put it bluntly, Xi Tianshi took away Zhang Xiu's Taoist lineage, and was afraid of the world's discussion, so he pretended to be his father and grandfather, saying that the successor Tianshi and Zu Tianshi opened up Wudoumi Dao, erasing Zhang Xiu's existence and confusing people.

These three Taoist lineages all have the surname Zhang, which seems to be a family relationship. Among them, Tianshi Dao and Wudoumi Dao eventually belonged to the Zhang family of Yunjin Mountain and evolved into Zhengyi Dao. The Taiping Dao had its ups and downs, and eventually belonged to the Li family. However, the Zhang family of the Taiping Dao did not perish. Today, Zhang Dazhenren of the Taiping Dao is the descendant of the legitimate Great Sage Master.

So the Zhang family is very confident. Two of the three Daos came from my Zhang family. I opened up the situation of Taoism. If my Zhang family is not orthodox, who is? Anyway, both sides refused to give in, and there has been no conclusion for so many years. The only thing that is certain is that the Yao family has no right to compete. The Yao family belongs to the royal family of the previous dynasty. It is lucky enough that they have not been liquidated. How dare they come to compete for the throne?

The system used by Qi Xuansu did not come from the Taiping Dao, but was created by the Tianshi after the Tianshi Dao merged with the Wudoumi Dao. At the same time, 24 missionary points were set up, named 24 Zhi, with "Yangping Zhi" as the center. This is the origin of the name of the "Yangping Zhidu Gongyin", the token of the leader of the Zhengyi Dao.

The people who watched the chess game were all high-level Taoists. They were all familiar with the Taoist classics and the various secret allusions of the Taoist sect. Some people have already seen it.

"The little master takes Qiongming County as the center and spreads over 23 counties around it, which is exactly the number of 24. This is the 24 jurisdictions. It's interesting."

"Although it is called Taiping Sect, it is the same as Tianshi Sect in its bones. After all, it is from Zhengyi Dao."

"Taiping Dao is the appearance, Zhengyi Dao is the bones, and both the appearance and the inside are used, taking advantage of the strengths of Zhang and Li."

"I wonder how the people of Taiping Dao would feel when they see this scene."

Qi Xuansu integrated and improved the two systems. The Great Sage and Good Teacher is the highest, and under him are divided into two systems: civil and military. The civil officials are: Master, Chief of the District, Priest, Priest, Taoist, and the military officials are: Three Dukes General, General, Ghost General, and Ghost Soldier.

In the early stage of entrepreneurship, it is best not to make the hierarchy system too complicated. The simpler the better.

Now more than a hundred Yellow Turban Army are all ghost generals, and more than a dozen Taoists are priests.

In order to deal with the White Lotus Sect this time, Qi Xuansu not only handed the "Nine-section Staff" to Lu Yunshan, but also specially allocated five priests and nineteen ghost generals to strengthen the momentum.

Lu Yunshan lived up to expectations and really subdued the White Lotus Sect's envoys.

First, it was because the Taiping Sect was not a mob at first glance, but seemed to be doing something big. Second, it was because Lu Yunshan was really capable, and his words and deeds were intimidating, and he was not comparable to ordinary people. Third, the "Nine-section Staff" in Lu Yunshan's hand could really cast spells. In this world suppressed by dragon energy, it was already comparable to a fairy.

The envoys of the White Lotus Sect were very flexible and directly changed their words to form an alliance with the Taiping Sect.

Anyway, the territories of the two sides did not conflict, and they developed and accumulated strength on their own. When the uprising came, they echoed each other and joined forces to overthrow the corrupt Wei Dynasty.

Just like the Five Pecks of Rice Sect and the Taiping Sect back then.

As for what to do after the overthrow, naturally, I won't mention it first.

Lu Yunshan agreed immediately, and the Taiping Sect and the White Lotus Sect officially became strategic partners.

Afterwards, Yin Zhengxin and Lu Yunshan secretly discussed and believed that most of the members of the White Lotus Sect were from poor families, which was similar to the members of the Taiping Sect. If there was an opportunity, they could merge with the White Lotus Sect, which would allow the Taiping Sect to take a big step forward.

After the White Lotus Sect incident, the opportunity Qi Xuansu had been waiting for came.

The Golden Horde army invaded the border in a large scale.

As the right councillor in charge of military affairs, Yin Zhengxin had to focus on national affairs. The Taiping Sect was handed over to Lu Yunshan, who organized the believers to avoid war and prevent banditry.

Xiao Yin claimed to be a veteran general and a great military strategist. Qi Xuansu did not dare to speak as much as Xiao Yin, but he was also a man who knew about military affairs. At the end of the war in the Western Regions, he was just a small soldier; during the Fenglinzhou war, he served as a painter under the account of Qingwei Zhenren; during the war between the north and the south of the New World, he and Huangfu Ji presided over the intelligence front and used a small army to achieve the goal of luring the tiger away from the mountain; when he arrived at the conflict with Da Zun, he was already one of the three highest leaders and led an army alone.

If there is a chance, Qi Xuansu may be able to take charge of the overall situation and become the commander of an army.

Therefore, Qi Xuansu handled these military affairs with ease, was relied on by the governor, and even the governor of the state had heard a lot about him.

In fact, for so many years, the Great Wei was indeed corrupt, and the Golden Horde was also in civil war. For the position of Khan, there were constant disputes. It was no longer the Golden Horde of the past. In the past, the southward movement was just because the grassland suffered a white disaster, and countless cattle and sheep were frozen to death, so they had to go south to forage for grass and grain. It is not necessary to say how strong the combat power is. As long as it is handled properly, there should be no big problem.

However, it is true that the destiny changes, the artifacts change, and they belong to the virtuous.

This world must not be handed over to the virtuous.

As for the current Emperor Yongli of the Great Wei, whether he is virtuous or not, for a group of officials in the Great Wei court, it is probably a matter of opinion.

Qi Xuansu didn't think much at first, just acted as usual, but this time the Golden Horde went south, but it was extremely fierce, far more than before, breaking into the pass from Longjing Pass, Hongshan Pass, and Da'an Pass, and directly taking Zunhua Prefecture, shaking the capital.

Under such circumstances, the Wei court had to mobilize troops from all over the country to come to Beijing to defend the king. When the troops arrived outside the city, they did not dare to open the city gates and stationed them outside the city. As a result, the troops did not get a rest and fought with the Golden Horde army, resulting in heavy casualties.

In the end, the Liaodong Iron Cavalry entered the pass to help and successfully repelled the Golden Horde army and lifted the siege of the capital.

However, the relationship between the Emperor of Wei and the Liaodong King of a different surname has always been delicate. The Qin family of Liaodong only listens to orders but not announcements. Unless it is absolutely necessary, the emperor will not ask for help from the king of a different surname. This time, the Qin family was asked to send troops, and various rewards were naturally inevitable afterwards, which made the Qin family, which was already powerful and difficult to control, even more powerful.

Li Zhixing also participated in it. Now Li Zhixing is already a military officer of the Governor's Office. This time, he also followed the Liaodong Iron Cavalry to enter the pass to defend the king, and even killed several people with his own hands, making great contributions.

The Qin family naturally wanted to commend their son-in-law - with the birth of Qin Lingge's second son, Li Zhixing had married the Qin family's noble daughter and was now a legitimate son-in-law of the Qin family.