Yang Shiqi quickly won the trust of Elder Dong, and he began to gradually participate in the affairs of the sect, starting with the reorganization of the team and the establishment of officials.

With the successive defections of local leaders, Dong Yangao began to unify orders, and Yang Shiqi proposed to set up a generalissimo to prime minister military and political affairs. This position was specially set up for Dong Yangao. Subsequently, Yang Shiqi proposed that under the generalissimo, there should be military divisions, vanguards, general soldiers, generals, etc., all of which were appointed by Dong Yangao.

"Marshal," Yang Shiqi said earnestly this time, "The student thinks that Linqu should be captured at this time. This place is at the northern foot of Yishan Mountain, the upper reaches of the Mi River. It is adjacent to Changle and Anqiu in the east, borders Yishui and Yiyuan in the south, and borders Zibo and Qingzhou in the north, it is a strategic place since ancient times, the Qi country held this place in the Spring and Autumn Period, and resisted Lu, Ju, Yue, Chu and other countries here, but also because the pattern of this place is vast, easy to defend and difficult to attack. If the marshal can rely on this important place, he can attack and retreat, and he can defend, and he will have no worries. Linqu is enough to be the foundation of the king's tyrant, and Marshal Yu is like Jing Xiang to Liu Bei! At this time, if you can go south in one go, you can take advantage of the chaos to go south, then a great cause can be expected!"

Dong Yangao smiled awkwardly and said: "Although Mr.'s plan is good, but the old man's troops are limited, and he has already divided his troops to Liaocheng and Tai'an. ”

Yang Shiqi said: "This is exactly what the students planned for the marshal. Marshal allow the students to ask, may I ask what the Buddha Mother said in the teaching, does it work?"

Dong Yangao said: "Naturally, it is a promise and a hundred responses. ”

Yang Shiqi said: "May I ask what the marshal said, does it work?"

Dong Yangao's face was swollen red, and he said unhappily: "The old man is not as good as the Buddha's mother." ”

"The students now know a little about the situation in the church, and they know that there are many mountains in the church, and they are not satisfied with the marshal. Yang Shiqi hit the nail on the head and said: "What can maintain the sect is nothing more than the prestige of the Buddha's mother." Therefore, the first priority now is not to attack the territory, but to subdue these forces and strengthen themselves. ”

"Didn't you just say," Dong Yangao said suspiciously, "Do you want the old woman to capture Linqu?"

"The students don't want to invite the marshal's soldiers and horses to capture Linqu," Yang Shiqi smiled slightly: "But they want Bai Bai'er from Laiwu, Gao Yang'er from Yuncheng, and Zhang Yanxiang from Yanggu to attack Linqu." ”

Dong Yangao shook his head and said, "How can they be under my command and attack Linqu?"

Yang Shiqi said: "Before, the student proposed to the marshal to set up the position of the eight kings, but the marshal did not listen carefully to the students at that time, and now the student will tell you again." ”

Yang Shiqi's suggestion is to discharge the eight kings according to the gossip and replace the elders and protectors in the sect, originally there were four elders and eight protectors in the sect, but now it can be reduced to eight. These eight kings are the King of the Zhen Palace, the King of the Dui Palace, the King of the Kan Palace, etc., who manage the congregation and have a very high status.

"Promise Bai Bai'er, Gao Yang'er and others to sit in the position of the eight kings, this position is actually equivalent to the position of the elder," Yang Shiqi said: "It's just that they must capture Linqu first, and then come to Qingzhou to seal it." ”

"And then?" Dong Yangao heard in a fog.

"The Eight Kings do have a high status in the religion, just like the Buddha's mother. Yang Shiqi spread his hands and said: "But you can only manage the affairs of the sect, and other military and political powers belong to the marshal." As long as the eighth king came to Qingzhou, the marshal ordered him to hand over the roster of his subordinates, gather the army, and use it for his own use. ”

With an ethereal and no real power of the "eight kings", drive the leaders of various places to fight with the official army, and if they succeed, they will be integrated into their ranks, and if they do not succeed, they will be regarded as attrition with the official army, and sooner or later it will be a situation of weak cadres and strong branches.

"Mr. is really my Zhang Zifang!" Dong Yangao suddenly realized, the more he thought about it, the more wonderful it became, and he couldn't help but admire inexplicably: "With Mr. here, why worry about big things?"

Yang Shiqi was about to be humble for a few words, when he heard Dong Yangao say: "Mr. is strategic, clever, this position of military advisor is originally set up for Mr., and I also ask Mr. to give me advice and assist wholeheartedly." ”

Yang Shiqi excused himself for a few words, and then pretended to agree, and even changed the title to "Lord Lord": "Lord Lord, this matter of sealing the Eight Kings should be in the name of the Buddha's mother, and the time limit should be limited." If the Lord can ally with the princes and push the Buddha Mother to the nominal commanding heights - the co-owner of the Shandong White Lotus Sect, then he will be able to justifiably grasp all the people in his hands. When the student says a transgressive word, what is the Buddha Mother...... The female generation can only exert influence on religion, and if it comes to leading troops to fight, it is natural that the lord will take the lead. ”

Dong Yangao showed a strange look, but Yang Shiqi had already seen the flame of ambition in his eyes, which was an infinite desire for power.

Yang Shiqi's plan can be described as ruthless, even Zhang Zhaohua couldn't help but scold the "old fox" in front of him, and said: "You let Dong Yangao be the king of Chu Huai, when King Huai made a covenant with the generals, the first to break Qin into Xianyang Wang Zhi, the result was a Western Chu overlord, out of a Han Gaozu, he Dong Yangao also read, why don't you take it as a warning?"

"Dong Yangao wants to monopolize the power of the sect, but he has no way to get rid of the influence of the Buddha Mother now, and he has to rely on her in many ways. Yang Shiqi said: "The Buddha Mother is a very important person, and no matter who is up or down in the White Lotus Sect, she must be respected." Dong Yangao and Bin Hong, only because they were friends with the Buddha's mother's husband Lin San, they were his right-hand men, and Lin San also entrusted these two to take care of the Buddha's mother before his death, so the Buddha's mother was willing to stay in Qingzhou. ”

The land of Linqu is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but it is very important for Qingzhou. Will the other dozen or so leaders with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in their hands run long distances to Linqu, just for an illusory "Eight Kings Position", Yang Shiqi thinks that these people will not be fools.

So will any of them come—Yang Shiqi reckoned that someone would come, and that person should be the strongest among the leaders of these places, and this person would stand out in a month to two months. On the surface, he will respond to the call of the Qingzhou Helm, but in fact, he will increase his strength, and the most likely thing is to unite with other big and small leaders to form an alliance to attack Linqu and completely fight against the Helmsman.

From the current point of view, Qingzhou's chief helmsman is the strongest, which is because of the previous defeat of Qingzhou's commander Gao Feng, but Dong Yangao has no foresight, and actually raises troops to attack Liaocheng and Tai'an, and sooner or later the leaders of other places will rise, forming one or more opposing forces.

Yang Shiqi was also ready to provoke Dong Yangao and the Buddha's mother to have a weak relationship, he saw that Dong Yangao was not obedient to the Buddha's mother, and he was scornful of women's power, and he had already had the intention of replacing him. So Yang Shiqi specially proposed the method of "separation of politics and religion", so that the Buddha's mother could only manage the affairs of the church, and the military and political power was collected in Dong Yangao's hands, which naturally played into Dong Yangao's arms, so that Dong Yangao regarded him as a confidant.

If you think that this is Yang Shiqi's means, of course not, he still has a hand, ready to start meddling in the reorganization of the army with the support of Dong Yangao.

He was going to break up and reorganize the soldiers and horses in Qingzhou, imitate the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and reorganize the five battalions of soldiers and horses on the left, center, and right, and hand them over to Dong Yangao's subordinates to command, but the officers and soldiers in each battalion were divided into a battalion according to their origins, Dengzhou, Qingzhou, and the same place, but the generals who commanded the troops were not allowed to have the same place of origin, resulting in generals who did not know soldiers and soldiers.