After much careful preparation, the time has come to officially announce the founding of the church. On this day, the thirty military cadets who were carefully selected secretly came to the mansion in Xishan, these military cadets are all outstanding in all aspects, relatively mature and capable people, and these people are all people who have been carefully examined and screened, there is no problem with their background, and they admire and are loyal to Wang Qiang.

Martial law had been imposed on the perimeter of the Xishan Mansion by the military academy guards, and the thirty cadets were sitting in a hall in the inner courtyard, waiting quietly. Although they didn't know what was going on here today, they also guessed that there must be something important and confidential to announce, and everyone had a feeling of being valued and trusted, and the mystery of the matter itself was intertwined, and everyone felt a trace of excitement and nervousness.

In the nervous anticipation of the students, they saw the door curtain lifted, Shang Dayong, Li Gang, Tian Jingming, Leng Feng, Gu Yanwu, Xiaoshanzi, these core personnel around Wang Qiang walked in one after another, standing in two rows, and then the door curtain was lifted again, and Wang Qiang walked in. Wang Qiang, wearing a brocade robe, was full of energy, walked to the center of the hall, and looked around with a smile. The students looked at their principal in surprise, and the principal woke up! The headmaster is alive!

Li Gang, Leng Feng, and Gu Yanwu took the lead in kneeling down on one knee and said, "Say hello to Lord Wang!" Only then did everyone react from their astonishment, and they quickly knelt down and shouted, "Greetings to the headmaster (Lord Wang)!" ”。

Wang Qianglangsheng said: "Everyone, please get up, please take a seat." ”

Everyone got up and sat down suddenly, their eyes fixed on Wang Qiang. Wang Qiang walked slowly in the hall with his hands behind his back, and said in a deep voice: "You students may be strange, isn't the principal unconscious? When is it good? I'm not going to hurt at all! I did this because I used an obscure tactic, in order to deceive the Qing people's plots and the emperor's suspicions, because I didn't want to become the second Yuan Inspector and become a victim of Yuzhong! Ladies and gentlemen, the emperor is incompetent, suspicious and jealous, and indiscriminately kills loyal ministers; The court was greedy, corrupt officials urged food and wages, looted the people's fat and ointment, and made the people's livelihood miserable. And the Manchu Qing Dynasty is fierce outside the pass, eyeing the tiger, and is always trying to annex the territory of our Ming Dynasty! The building will fall, the national disaster is at the head, and our generation should do something, so I decided to break away from the Ming Court, save the people from fire and water, and take on the heavy responsibility of helping the world! ”

Wang Qiang confided in his decision to stand alone, and everyone was excited when they heard it.

Wang Qiang walked to the corner of the hall, held a table with his back to everyone, and said faintly: "One day, I had a dream, and the person in the dream announced to me the future trend of the world. He told me: 'In the year of Jiashen, he was born in chaos, the emperor stard down, Li Chuang was called the emperor, Chongzhen died, the Ming Dynasty fell, there were rebel generals, led the Qing Dynasty to invade the territory, drove Li Chuang away, according to my Han Township, the Central Plains chased the deer, the Manchurians became the emperor, the world was in chaos, the people suffered, the heavens descended to the gods, the righteous banner was high, the expulsion was humiliated, the country was stable, the peaceful and prosperous world, and the people were auspicious! ”

This passage was naturally carefully fabricated by Wang Qiang, catchy and conclusive. He was inspired by the words of Gonggong Jiang and said this for the sake of the letter. He is still very clear about the history of the late Ming Dynasty, especially the general situation of Li Zicheng's entry into Beijing, Chongzhen's hanging, Wu Sangui's surrender to the Qing Dynasty, and the entry of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Li Gang, Shang Dayong, Gu Yanwu, Leng Feng and other core people also heard about this for the first time, and they couldn't help but be suspicious, and secretly thought: "Is what Wang Qiang said true or false?" If it is true, it means that he is really the savior appointed by God, if it is made up, it will be very inappropriate, once the situation develops in the future, then his prestige will be greatly reduced, and it will be extremely unfavorable to the development of his career. However, with such an unpredictable chance as Wang Qiang, I am afraid that this thing is eighty percent true. ”

After all, those students were young and had always been full of admiration for Wang Qiang, but most of them believed it, and they felt that since Wang Qiang was the master of the world appointed by God, he should be determined to follow.

Wang Qiang knew that everyone would have doubts, and he was not in a hurry to explain, so he turned around and smiled and said: "Of course, this is just a dream, what is said in the dream is true or false, don't care about him, it will naturally be clear in the future." In terms of the current situation in the world, the foundation of the imperial court is rotten, and it is no longer able to recover the decline, and it is inevitable that the power of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong will become bigger; The Qing court had formed an absolute advantage over the Ming army in the northeast, and it could march south to the Central Plains at any time; In today's country, the smoke is everywhere, the displaced people are everywhere, chaos has arisen, and the trend of great chaos in the world has become inevitable. If it is true as foretold in my dream, my Ming country will be trampled by the iron hooves of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and hundreds of millions of my Li people will become slaves of the country, and will be humiliated and killed. ”

Wang Qiang walked to the center of the hall and said loudly: "Everyone, since God has warned me, in order to deal with the situation of chaos in the world, I plan to act with the heavens, establish the Taiping Sect, with the goal of creating a peaceful and prosperous world, with the purpose of resisting foreign aggression, eliminating violence and reassuring the people, helping the poor and helping the poor, and making money prosperous. When the time comes, if there is a foreign invasion, we will gather the crowd and fight against it; If there is chaos in the world, we will work together to calm it; If the heavens descend upon the gods of all peoples, we will bow down and follow them; If it is the heavens that send me a great responsibility, I will not avoid hardships and dangers, take on the heavy responsibility of helping the world, raise troops in the troubled times, and save all the people from fire and water! ”

"Everyone, God gives the Buddha to take, but suffers from it, what is the way of heaven, the heart of the people is the way of heaven, those who win the hearts of the people win the world, as long as they conform to the way of heaven, the people are naturally praised, the world is from the scenery, why worry about the great cause is not successful, and the peaceful and prosperous world will not come. I also want to tell you one thing, although Wang Qiang has the name of a eunuch, but there is no pure body, but a dignified husband, you are all cadets of the military academy, are aspiring young talents, I said on the day of the opening of our military academy, it is the responsibility of my generation to strengthen the country and enrich the people, today I would like to ask you to join hands with me to level the world, peace and prosperity, and create a peaceful and prosperous era in China! ”

Everyone looked at Wang Qiang with good eyes, only to see that he spoke eloquently, with a calm demeanor, as if he knew all the general trends in the world, and his gestures faintly revealed the demeanor of the leader. Especially when everyone heard that Wang Qiang did not purify himself, they were even more surprised.

Li Gang and Shang Dayong saw that Wang Qiang had an invitation in his words, and the two had the same mind, walked up to Wang Qiang, knelt on the ground together, and said loudly: "I am willing to follow the sect leader to the death and create a peaceful and prosperous world!" ”

Leng Feng, Gu Yanwu, Tian Jingming, and all the students also woke up, and they all knelt down one after another, and said unevenly: "I am willing to follow the sect leader to the death and create a peaceful and prosperous world together!" ”

Wang Qiang stood in front of everyone, accepted the salute peacefully, and then said: "Okay, with your help, why worry about the great cause." Everyone, please get up, come on, and serve wine! ”

As soon as the words fell, Xiao Shanzi took out a jar of wine from under the porch and put it on the table, Wang Qiang walked up, picked up a dagger from the table, cut his middle finger, and dripped blood into the wine. Wang Qiang poured the blood wine into the bowl one by one, and everyone served it, Wang Qiang raised the bowl and said, "Everyone! From now on, we are all brothers in the church, sharing weal and woe, sharing weal and woe, if we have any burden, we will be punished! ”

They swore an oath to his word, and dried the wine together.

Next, Li Gang announced the organizational structure and appointment of the Taiping Sect:

The Taiping Sect has two envoys under its leader, Li Gang is the left envoy of Taiping, and Shang Dayong is the right envoy of Taiping. There are three halls in the general rudder of the church, namely the Transmission Hall, the Law Enforcement Hall, and the Internal Governance Hall. Leng Feng served as the elder of the Chuangong Hall, responsible for the training of officers and the training of soldiers; Gu Yanwu served as the elder of the Law Enforcement Hall, responsible for the training and inspection of cadres in the sect, responsible for the propagation of the purpose of the doctrine, and dealing with members who violated the canons. Tian Jingming, the elder of the Inner Governance Hall, is responsible for the management of internal affairs of the church, and is mainly responsible for the financial management of the church.

There are seven altars under the three halls, which are named after the seven stars of the Big Dipper, which are Tianshu, Tianxuan, Tianji, Tianquan, Yuheng, Kaiyang, and Shaoguang.

Tianshu Altar, the altar master is Yan Long, and the deputy altar masters Yan Hu and Yan Leopard are responsible for forming the military guards in the general rudder to protect the safety of the sect leader and the main altar.

Tianxuan Altar, the altar master is Xiaoshanzi, responsible for the transmission of the sect leader's instructions and the information liaison of the forces in various places.

Tianji Altar, the owner of the altar is Jinsong (the bird is called that), responsible for setting up an intelligence system to collect information from various places and forces.

Tianquan Altar, the owner of the altar is Wang Jin, who is responsible for the management of the general rudder documents and the drafting and publication of the teachings.

The owner of the Yuheng Altar is Zhao Xiaoyang, who is responsible for coordinating the development of the congregation and the propagation of the teachings in various places.

The owner of the Kaiyang altar is Qi Feng (who settles accounts quickly), and Wei Fugui, the deputy altar master, who is responsible for the business and development of production in the sect, and the accumulation of food and salary.

The owner of the altar is Tian Heng, who is responsible for the deployment and supply of materials, as well as the organization of research and improvement of various weapons and equipment.

In addition to the general rudder's body, 10 rudders were set up throughout the country, and each sub-rudder had a chief and deputy helmsman, who were responsible for the development of local forces and the management of religious affairs.

Li Gang finished reading out the appointment, and Gu Yanwu read out the canons:

Article 1. All the disciples of my sect are not allowed to commit any offence or betray the sect master.

Article 2. All the disciples in my sect are not allowed to divulge the secrets of their own gang.

Article 3. All the disciples in my sect must have a humble heart and uphold the spirit of loyalty and righteousness.

Article 4. All the disciples in my sect must be chivalrous and righteous and help others.

Article 5. All the disciples in my sect are not allowed to promiscuously associate with bandits and collude with demons and evil spirits.

Article 6. All the disciples in my sect must not bully the weak and hurt the innocent.

Article 7. No disciple in my sect shall commit adultery -- lust or molestion with women.

Article 10. All the disciples in my sect must act according to orders and abide by them.

Article 11. All the disciples in my sect are not allowed to inquire into secrets and hesitate.

Article 12. All the disciples in my sect must not be arrogant and offend their fellow believers.

Article 13 All disciples of our sect who commit the grave crime of apostasy must not be forgiven, and even if they have great merits, they cannot be redeemed.

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There are 23 canons in total, so I will not repeat them here.

Next, after Shang Dayong, Tian Jingming and others spoke, Wang Qiang deployed several important tasks and precautions:

First, quickly organize the various rudders, and each rudder can build a manor in the area under its responsibility according to the situation, and immediately start recruiting and training militia groups based on the manor. At the same time, they recruited congregants in various places, preached doctrines, and gathered congregational people.

Second, make use of local estates to develop production, carry out trade, and accumulate money, grain, and materials. Zhang Xiaoping was entrusted to immediately purchase a batch of weapons and gunpowder from abroad.

Third, each person selects helpers from among the cadets of the first phase of the Tashan Military Academy, develops into a congregation, and arranges them to work in various altars, halls, or local rudders.

Wang Qiang also raised several issues that require special attention:

First, confidentiality. In other places, the establishment of religion can be propagated on a large scale, but in the capital Zhili can only be secretly developed. The identity and organizational structure of the sect leader and the main responsible personnel should be kept strictly confidential.

Second, the development of the congregation is not forced, including that those who do not want to join the sect can be arranged for them to leave on their own. The development of the congregation should be secretive, strict, and cautious.

At the same time, we must take advantage of every opportunity to help the local people, fight violence and peace and goodness, help the poor and cherish the weak, and gather the hearts of the people.

Fourth, different development strategies should be adopted in different regions. The focus of development is on the areas ruled by the government in the south and southwest. In Li Zicheng's sphere of influence, it is necessary to develop secretly, and for the time being, it is not clear to form a militia group, and it is possible to secretly develop the cult members in the peasant army. In areas ruled by the government, vigilante groups may be openly formed, attention should be paid to relations with the local government, neither humble nor arrogant, and local officials and landlords and gentry who are guilty of serious crimes may be suppressed when necessary. In places where the official army is strong, it is necessary to keep a low profile, and at the same time develop the congregation among the official and military members.

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The meeting lasted for a day, and the affairs of all parties were properly arranged, and everyone returned in batches. Li Gang was in a special position, so in order not to reveal his identity, he returned to the Northeast first. Wang Qiang returned to the mansion and pretended to be his living dead.

At the beginning of the teaching, the affairs were complicated, there were many difficulties, although Wang Qiang did not leave home, but became the busiest person in the world, every day meetings, meeting people, dealing with copywriting, always have to work until late at night, sometimes even sleepless, fortunately he and the master of the law for half a year to practice Xiao Wuxianggong, although can not practice again, but also to lay a good foundation, full of energy. Although Cai Ling'er didn't know the details of Wang Qiang's teaching, she also knew that her husband was doing big things, put away her coquettish petty, took care of Wang Qiang's life carefully and carefully, and even endured the couple's sexual affairs, for fear of hindering Wang Qiang's energy.

The three brothers of the Yan family selected 100 members of the sect from the students and the militia of the Special Administrative Region to form the Central Army Guard, and looked at Wang Qiang's mansion strictly inside and out. Shang Dayong stepped up the training of the militia regiments in the Special Administrative Region and the defenders of Tongzhou, and developed their followers among them, and at the same time guided the formation and training of the militia groups in various localities. In addition to being in charge of the work of the main hall in the church, Leng Feng and Gu Yanwu began to prepare for the second phase of the military academy.

Wang Qiang and his cronies held a meeting to analyze that once the war broke out, the most scarce materials at that time would be food, medicinal materials, refined iron, etc., so they decided to buy and hoard a large number of them, Tian Jingming took advantage of the management of the trade markets in various places, and transferred most of these materials to the control of the Tianping Sect, and he also sent a letter to the municipal departments in the coastal provinces, in the name of coordinating military supplies, so that they could import a large number of these materials from overseas, but let Zhang Xiaoping specialize in the procurement of weapons. Now Tian has the confidence to do things wisely, although he does not dare to work openly for the church, but he has become bolder, and his subordinates in various money banks and big markets have either been developed into sect members, or replaced by the cadets he selected, and the money and materials of the "embezzlement" of the imperial court are also much easier.

Jin Song had successfully domesticated a batch of carrier pigeons in accordance with Wang Qiang's instructions, and he secretly selected reliable sect members to lurk in various places to collect information, and used carrier pigeons to pass them back and forth. Xiaoshanzi also established a command transmission system in each rudder, and also used carrier pigeons to transmit messages, which greatly accelerated. Wang Qiang considered that although the speed of using carrier pigeons to transmit information is fast, but once the carrier pigeon falls into the hands of others, it is easy to expose secrets, and he thought about it and came up with an idea, he spent a few days teaching Xiaoshanzi and Jinsong Hanyu Pinyin, and then they taught this method to his subordinates, and the intelligence information transmission back and forth in the church was written in Hanyu Pinyin, so that even if others got the information in the church, they could not understand what it meant. This is probably the earliest "military code" in Chinese history.

The helmsmen of each rudder branch went to various places to carry out work one after another. After some distribution, more than 300 students in the first phase of Tashan were assigned to work in various positions, except for five who left on their own due to various reasons.