Pawn Crossing the River

Ten years passed in a blink of an eye.

During these ten years, many things happened. Yin Zhengxin wiped out the banditry in Qiongming County, cleared up the old cases that had been piled up for many years, and even redressed several unjust cases. People at that time called him a blue sky. He also had connections in the court. He was evaluated as excellent in three years and was promoted to the sixth-rank Tongpan.

The so-called Tongpan can be understood as a deputy prefect.

The Tongpan and the prefect jointly managed the affairs of the prefecture, and were responsible for matters such as soldiers and civilians, money and grain, household registration, taxes and labor service, and prison trials. The prefect and the Tongpan must sign the official documents of each county before they can take effect. The Tongpan also has the right to supervise and recommend officials of the prefecture to the court. If the prefect is illegal, the Tongpan can report to the court. When there is a war, the Tongpan is responsible for organizing money and grain, and collecting the money and the total money.

After Yin Zhengxin was promoted to Tongpan, he encountered a Golden Horde invasion of the border. He was recommended and promoted to the right councilor for his meritorious service in the battle.

People who are not familiar with Confucian official positions probably don't quite understand what the left and right councilors and the left and right councilors are.

These are subordinate officials of the governor. The governor is in charge of the government affairs of a state, and the councilors and councilors are in charge of different roads and are in charge of grain storage, military farms, military affairs, post stations, water conservancy, and other matters. The left and right councilors are generally of the fourth rank, and the left and right councilors are of the third rank.

The prefect is also of the fourth rank. Among the many fourth-rank officials, the prefect has the greatest power. After all, he is in charge of one side, the top leader of a prefecture, and is in charge of all aspects. He is the local chief official. The councilors and councilors are assistant officials of the governor, each in charge of one aspect. Although the councilors are at the same level as the prefects, they are not as powerful as them.

Of course, the prefect can only manage the affairs of his own small area, and it is not very useful in other places. The powers of the councilors cover the entire state, and as long as it is related to the affairs under his charge, they can have a say.

Just like the assistant of the branch hall and the deputy governor of the prefecture, the ranks are the same, but one is vertical and the other is horizontal.

So this promotion is reasonable. There has never been a county magistrate who was promoted directly to prefecture magistrate. They all have to go through several circles.

And Yin Zhengxin's age is here. It is not easy to be a fourth-rank official at the age of thirty. This means that it is not a problem to be a governor in his lifetime.

Yin Zhengxin, the right councilor, is in charge of military affairs and pacification. He is still responsible for suppressing bandits, but this time it has become a state-wide suppression of bandits.

This is also thanks to Qi Xuansu's early modification of his fate. According to Yin Zhengxin's previous fate, he would have almost reached the level of Tongpan in his life. If he became a councilor again, he would be unlucky and would die of illness in a few years.

Yin Zhengxin made continuous progress, and the secret development of the Taiping Sect did not fall behind. He took the path of private associations and had more than 40,000 believers, with Qiongming County as the center and 23 surrounding counties.

There were more than a hundred Yellow Turbans, most of whom were regular soldiers. They became bandits or refugees because the garrisons were in disrepair and they could not bear the exploitation of their superiors. They were recruited by Qi Xuansu one by one.

Under Yin Zhengxin's operation, these people still had official positions or positions.

According to regulations, a prefecture had about sixty detectives and sixty quick hands, which referred to the "regular regular officers". When a regular officer went out on official business, he had to bring two deputy officers, and each deputy officer had to bring his "helper". In this way, it was actually a huge team of more than a thousand people.

Qi Xuansu hid some of the Yellow Turbans among these more than a thousand people, incorporated some of the Yellow Turbans into his camp soldiers, and the remaining few were active outside as people of the rivers and lakes.

There were also more than ten Taoists, all of whom were elite backbones. In addition to being responsible for preaching, they also knew a little about Shinto methods.

In fact, Shinto still exists in this world.

The emperor himself had no cultivation, but he could confer titles on some gods. As long as they were conferred titles by the court, they were righteous gods. If they were unconferred titles, their temples would be classified as obscene temples.

The city gods, land gods, and mountain gods were all righteous gods conferred by the court.

The Taiping Sect established by Qi Xuansu in this world was not conferred titles by the court, but it cannot be said that the Supreme Taoist Ancestor was an unrighteous god. He was the founder of the three religions and a true saint. Even the Confucianists had to recognize him. He was not comparable to the Hongjun Patriarch who was fabricated in the storybook. The Taiping Sect was a bit of a loophole. Even the Taoist sect in this world could not completely deny the Taiping Sect. After all, the doctrines were completely copied from the Taiping Dao, not compiled by Qi Xuansu himself. The only problem was that there was no official certificate and lack of official endorsement.

Without the certificate, it would be enough to make a few copies.

They dared to rebel, so what was there to be afraid of?

This made the Taiping Sect half true and half false, as if there was something wrong, but the specific problem could not be said.

The high officials in the state had heard a few words vaguely, but they didn't take it too seriously. After all, the last rebellion of the Taiping Dao can be traced back to Sun Lingxiu hundreds of years ago. The Taoists of this era mainly took an upper-level route, teaching the dignitaries the art of sex, refining elixirs, and doing some health-preserving methods, which was much better than rebellion. This lower-level route had long been abandoned.

Rather than worrying about the Taiping Rebellion, it is better to worry about the rebellion of the Qin family in Liaodong. After all, tens of thousands of family servants are visible to the naked eye.

As for why the Tianshi Religion was not established, it was because the Zhang family was still there. The Zhang family just changed the head of the family, not extinct. If the Tianshi Religion was used, the Zhang family would come to the door. On the contrary, the Taiping Religion has been extinct for a long time, so there is a distinction between the ancient Taiping Dao and the Taiping Dao. Now that Xuansheng is dead, no one has resurrected the Taiping Dao from the pile of old papers. The Li family is naturally unwilling to grab this title. In this world, the Li family and the Taiping Dao have nothing to do with each other.

Yin Zhengxin is now only a fourth-rank right councilor, but the Taiping Sect has infiltrated all aspects of various prefectures and counties, with more than 40,000 people, not counting those confidants in the officialdom. If we really talk about power, I am afraid it is much greater than the provincial governor.

However, after the Taiping Sect has expanded to this point, under the current conditions, it has almost reached its limit. If it wants to expand further without causing repression, it needs an opportunity.

This opportunity is either the collapse of the order of the court, the household registration system, the road permit system, and the baojia system are all invalid, and a large number of refugees appear. Or someone wants to use the Taiping Sect to achieve certain political goals, so he deliberately leaves the Taiping Sect alone, or even fuels the flames.

Qi Xuansu is well aware of this, so he did not expand blindly, but waited for the opportunity.

However, before the opportunity came, the backlash of Qi Xuansu's third son had arrived first.

I vaguely remember that there is a saying: Naked hatred is between peers.

Regardless of whether this statement is right or wrong, it makes some sense.

Qi Xuansu avoided the Tianshi Sect and the Zhang family, but was targeted by the White Lotus Sect.

Who is the White Lotus Sect? Needless to say, even in the Taoist world, there are still some people from the White Lotus Sect. Back then, Xu Zu used the White Lotus Sect to create the Qingyang Sect, and later Jin Gong Zushi followed suit. "Tian Ting" was originally called "Baiyang Sect", a branch of the White Lotus Sect, believing in the future Buddha. Later, it established its own sect and converted to the Baiyang First Ancestor, and merged with the remnants of the Qingyang Sect. The result became more and more outrageous, and finally the five religions were simply combined.

In the Taoist world, the decline of the White Lotus Sect is very dramatic.

The White Lotus Sect was originally based on Buddhism and supplemented by Taoism, so it was clearly separated from the orthodox Confucianism. The Confucianism was high above and did not accept surrender.

After the Taoist sect came to power, they directly started a war with Buddhism and Taoism. Xuansheng went to the front line in person, Donghuang presided over the rear, and won over the Confucian sect. At the same time, they cleared out the Buddhist forces in various places, and also swept away those who were related to Buddhism in the White Lotus Sect. Those who were related to Taoism were sad and directly joined the Taoist sect and accepted the transformation of Taoism. In the end, only two or three big cats and small cats were left, and the White Lotus Sect declined.

The White Lotus Sect in this world is quite powerful, especially in places like Jiangnan, where it has developed a lot and even repeatedly started wars.

This time, the White Lotus Sect sent envoys to contact the Taiping Sect. In name, it was an exchange between fellow Taoists. There are tens of millions of white lotus flowers, but I don’t know which one will grow?

In fact, it was to test the truth.

If it is a hard bone to chew, then form an alliance. If it is a soft persimmon to squeeze, then swallow it in one bite.

As a dignified right councilor, Yin Zhengxin certainly cannot come in person. However, in the past ten years, he also cultivated a trusted deputy, named Lu Yunshan, who was originally a teacher who failed in the exams many times. He was hired by Yin Zhengxin as an aide. Later, Yin Zhengxin founded the Taiping Sect, and Lu Yunshan also became a member of the Taiping Sect. He smashed and burned all the Buddha statues, Confucian books, and tablets of the Great Sage and the Second Sage in his home to show his determination.

During the period when Qi Xuansu was the county magistrate, he could not leave the county. Lu Yunshan left Qiongming County alone with the "Taiping Jing" and traveled to various counties to promote the Taiping Sect. In a few months, he absorbed more than 100 poor people as believers.

In the following years, Lu Yunshan used his identity as a teacher as a cover, taught during the day, and carried torches at night, crossing mountains and ridges, visiting villages and villages, promoting the Taiping Sect and developing congregations. The poor people were very convinced of him. In less than three years, he developed more than 3,000 people to join the Taiping Sect and cultivated a group of backbone members.

Of course, this was due to Lu Yunshan's ability, but also to the times. If the people were not living in poverty, how could so many people join the Taiping Sect? In essence, it was still the bottom people who kept each other warm.

All things are difficult at the beginning. With these three thousand people, it was like a snowball, rolling bigger and bigger.

Later, Yin Zhengxin was promoted to the right councilor, and Lu Yunshan met Yin Zhengxin. After the meeting, the two decided to make Qiongming County the base camp of the Taiping Sect, with Lu Yunshan in charge.

At the same time, Yin Zhengxin taught Lu Yunshan the "Taiping Essentials" and named him General Digong.

It was certainly not a coincidence that Yin Zhengxin could discover Lu Yunshan's talent. The key is that Qi Xuansu overlooked the world and had the art of looking at the qi. In this world, there is a saying about the root of fate. Lu Yunshan's root belongs to the upper and lower limits. The lower limit is just a poor teacher, and the upper limit is a counselor and civil official who stirs up the world.

In the end, it depends on how the world is. If it is a peaceful world, then heroes have no place to use their skills. But if it is a chaotic world, it is the time to show your strength.

The Wei Dynasty has been around for more than 400 years, and the accumulated problems are serious. The chaotic world is not far away.

A person like Lu Yunshan can finally turn into a dragon when he encounters a storm.

The person who came from the White Lotus Sect this time was Lu Yunshan who came forward to contact.