Chapter 17 I see, seventeen
In addition to the people who were planted in the yamen, the general altar has also asked the incense owners in various places to develop opposition forces to create a false impression in addition to supervising the altar owners. In fact, the opposition is also a member of the Divine Cult, and the purpose is to create chaos and make the common people lose confidence in the local yamen. It was because of this that Li Daguan began to lose faith in the Divine Cult, because in this way, the Divine Cult was no longer an organization, but an institution that opposed the imperial court. Once the Imperial Court begins to investigate, this secret will be discovered sooner or later, and the Divine Cult will become the target of the Imperial Court's attack.
Li Daguan told Qin Tai that although almost all the gods and goddesses in various places were members of the Divine Sect, not the biggest divine stick or divine woman in any place was the owner of the branch altars of the Divine Sect in various places. Some believers who joined the Divine Cult early and gained the trust of the Divine Cult General Altar may be the altar masters appointed by the Divine Cult after setting up branch altars in various places. Behind the scenes, they manage and monitor the rest of the faithful, as well as manage the finances of each of the gods. The altar owner is responsible for the personnel recruitment and financial management of his own district, and has the right to dispose of all the internal affairs of his own district, so the status of the altar owner is not high but the power is great. Li Daguan told Qin Tai that the people of the Divine Sect did not only him, the altar master, did this, but in fact, all the people did it. handed over most of the money and kept a small part for himself, giving his subordinates a little benefit, and then divided the money. In the past few years, Li Daguan himself has accumulated nearly 100,000 taels of silver in private money, and when he left, he also took a large amount of funds that he did not have time to hand over.
l Li Daguan told Qin Tai that the attitude of the Divine Cult towards its subordinates was actually divided into several stages in the process of developing and growing up. Li Daguan joined the Divine Cult relatively late, but because he had a certain channel, he knew a lot of secrets that the middle level of the Divine Cult did not know. Back in the early days of the Cult, the people of the organization were very strict about the entry of new members. Not only do you need to be recommended by people within the organization, but you also need to have more than three members of the organization to jointly guarantee you to become a believer. However, this is not considered a full member, and it takes a period of time to investigate and pass before it can be considered a full member of the organization. The people who joined the Divine Sect during this period of time are now almost all old men at the level of the altar master. Even if the nominal status is not high now, in fact, the actual status is far higher than that of the altar master who joined later. They are so loyal to the Order that they can actually sacrifice themselves for the Cult. With the need for funds and rapid growth of the organization, the review and assessment of the organization became relaxed, and almost anyone, regardless of whether they had the ability or not, as long as they were willing to join the organization, could immediately become a member of the Cult. Of course, the scale of these people joining the organization has grown rapidly, and the organization's funding has become more relaxed. However, the relative harm is not small, and a large number of altar owners and incense masters have appeared in various places, and they are all people who are not very completely obedient to the general altar. In order to empty these people and gradually improve the internal discipline of the Divine Cult, the Divine Cult has begun a large-scale purge and disposal in recent years. Some altar masters who did not obey orders were dealt with, some incapable people were demoted to ordinary believers of the Divine Religion, and some people who were old and loyal to the Divine Religion were brought to power to preside over the overall situation. And began to control the review of new members, and it was not so convenient to join the Divine Cult. A person at the level of an altar master, Li Daguan, originally had the right to recruit full members, and as long as he had the consent of Li Daguan, he could directly recruit the followers of the Divine Cult. However, a few years ago, the Divine Cult confiscated this right, and Li Daguan could only develop peripheral members, and those who wanted to become full members of the Divine Cult must pass the general altar examination.
But even if this is already the case, there are still many people who have not been cleaned up in the secret organization of the gods and cults in various places, these people have their own territory and their own cronies, and once it is not handled well, the organization will be affected. For this reason, the general altar came up with an idea, using the incense master to monitor the altar owner, and at the same time, deliberately supporting the incense owner to become a confrontation organization in various places. In the name of confrontation with the local gods and goddesses led by the altar owner, in fact, it is secretly protecting these gods and goddesses, and at the same time using the opposition to eliminate some disobedient gods and cult believers. There are rules in the general altar, and the incense master cannot casually instruct his subordinates to attack the range of the god stick and goddess on a large scale. However, all the gods and goddesses to be dealt with by the general altar, the people below must deal with them with all their might, and half of the money obtained will be handed over to the general altar, and half will be returned to the local development of cronies. The general altar clearly instructed the two factions to control the power and at the same time lead the contradictions to the local government, so that more people do not believe in the yamen.
Li Daguan said that when he joined the Divine Cult, it was the time when the discipline of the Divine Cult was the most relaxed. At that time, the followers who developed him told Li Daguan that as long as he did not betray the Divine Cult and did not do anything sorry for the Divine Cult, the Divine Cult would not interfere with Li Daguan in doing anything, and would fully support Li Daguan. When Li Daguan used the so-called supernatural powers to propagandize, some people were inciting on the side. When everyone hesitates, someone will stand up and ask Li Daguan to perform more powerfully, which is actually Li Daguan's "trust". When everyone pays money one after another, there will be people who donate a large amount of money very generously and voluntarily become Li Daguan's followers or disciples. These people are actually believers sent by the Divine Sect to assist Li Daguan, and these people have now become the backbone of Li Daguan's side, but Li Daguan does not trust these people at all. But Li Daguan did not dare to remove these people, because these people were actually people sent by the Divine Sect to monitor Li Daguan. If Li Daguan is too obvious, he is fighting against the general altar, and it will definitely not benefit Li Daguan at all.
When Li Daguan officially became the head of the Divine Sect, the upper echelons of the Divine Sect had already hinted to Li Daguan that as long as Li Daguan could grow stronger, other problems would not be a problem. In addition to asking Li Daguan to develop and grow and hand over a part of his income, the main altar of the Divine Sect actually does not have much control over Li Daguan. Li Daguan, like the same group of people who entered the Divine Cult, was developing the power of his own territory while living a carefree life that he couldn't believe in before.
However, soon after, the general altar sent down the incense master, who nominally assisted the altar owner to handle affairs, but in fact, he decentralized power and supervised the altar masters in various places. These incense masters are different from the vast majority of altar owners, not only do they not have supernatural powers and do not develop power, but they are the people of the main altar and have absolute control over the altar owners and those below the altar masters. Taking Li Daguan as an example, the Divine Sect has successively photographed three incense masters to nominally assist Li Daguan, the altar master. The first incense lord is a future star cultivated by the Divine Cult since childhood. Unexpectedly, not long after this simple-minded incense master came here, he was immediately corrupted and bought by Li Daguan. Li Daguan sent money to this old bachelor and gave it to a woman, and it only took half a year to subdue this incense master. Since then, this incense master has become Li Daguan's person, not only helping Li Daguan speak at the main altar, but also telling Li Daguan the secrets of the Divine Sect without authorization. Li Daguan not only learned the secrets of the Divine Sect from this incense master, but also contacted an elder of the Divine Sect. It was also this elder who asked Li Daguan to take good care of Ma Guilan, so Li Daguan didn't dare to snub Ma Guilan. The second incense master came here three years ago, and the previous incense master expired, and it was the turn of this incense master to spy on Li Daguan. Li Daguan still dealt with him according to the method of dealing with the last incense master, but he didn't expect this incense master to be an old fritter, not only was he not fooled, but he also wanted to replace Li Daguan as the leader here. Of course, Li Daguan was unwilling, and used his power here to create an accident to make this incense owner "disappear". The third incense master is Yi Tian, who was poisoned by Li Daguan not long ago. Not long after he first came here, Li Daguan didn't have time to deal with Yi Tian, so he learned the biggest secret of the Divine Sect from Ma Guilan. For this reason, Li Daguan decided not to deal with Yi Tian, and waited for the situation to become clear before deciding what to do next.
Because Li Daguan did not dare to completely abandon the Divine Cult, he not only took away a large amount of funds for the organization, but also did not immediately report and hand it over to the Xiang Imperial Court. He secretly observes the strength of both sides, and waits until the result is available to decide which side to side in the end. Li Daguan is not a cronie in the organization, but these people are either corrupted now, or they belong to the "******" like himself. Fortunately, Li Daguan had a friend in the same issue that year, and in order to exchange information and learn more secrets, they made an appointment to use carrier pigeons to transmit information through secret contact. Li Daguan has also helped this person many times, so this person will also pass information to Li Daguan on a regular basis. Li Daguan did not directly report the Divine Cult, so not many people in the Divine Cult knew that Li Daguan had defected. Especially at this critical time, in order not to distract everyone, the Divine Cult will deliberately hide unfavorable news. Li Daguan's friend has a low status, and he is not a member of the general altar, so he doesn't know that Li Daguan has left the organization. It still didn't pass on information once a month, which played a big role in helping Li Daguan understand the latest developments in the Divine Cult.
Li Daguan stayed in Zhumadian as a second dog, although he looked very bitter, Li Daguan didn't care. This suffering is nothing compared to whether or not you will be able to live in the future and whether you will be able to escape. Li Daguan was originally a bitter child, and he had done what Ergouzi had done before, and because Ergouzi was a disability, everyone would not deliberately pay attention to and bully Li Daguan. Li Daguan usually does what the second dog should do, and goes out every two or three days for a reason. While supplementing your nutrition, gather some intelligence and plan for your next step. Unexpectedly, Li Daguan met Ma Guilan here, that is, the prisoner that Li Daguan called "Aunt Ma".