Chapter 69

This meeting lasted for six or seven hours, and by the time it adjourned, the sky was already completely dark.

Although Yin Qi had determined the general framework, various details still needed to be discussed by everyone, especially for the sake of confidentiality; everyone needed a feasible confidentiality principle and regulations.

Even if someone defected or leaked information, it wouldn't implicate everyone.

After all, this was rebellion; one had to be cautious.

For example, in the future, everyone would use aliases, and the organization members they developed would be contacted by them individually; but when joining the Revival Society, other members would need to assist in the assessment to avoid situations of people fishing in troubled waters, and so on.

Before the official uprising, what the Revival Society needed most was confidentiality.

Better to be a bit slower than to be exposed.

Yin Qi had already handed the 500,000 silver dollar promissory note to the Finance Department.

Everyone had also received the development funds for their respective tasks and would all leave early tomorrow morning.

Chaos was about to occur in Shaoxing, and it was somewhat dangerous for them to stay here.

Midnight.

After finishing his cultivation, Yin Qi took a bath.

Just as he was about to lie down to rest, he suddenly felt a jolt in his mind, and a grand voice was transmitted:

"Promoting the historical process, national fortune added."

In an instant, Yin Qi's consciousness suddenly arrived deep in his mind.

He saw that on the vast altar, the 1.1-chi white fortune was like a lamp wick doused in gasoline; it suddenly shot up violently, growing to 1.5 meters high.

This height was far beyond the last time the *Ming Pao* was published.

"Could it be because of the Revival Society!"

Yin Qi was both shocked and happy, because the Revival Society could be said to be the first political party in the country in the true sense, with its own organizational structure, political goals, and action plan.

In a sense, this was promoting the historical process.

After a long while, Yin Qi calmed his excited mood and communicated with the altar: "How much fortune is needed to raise comprehension to the Immortal Bone level?"

"One zhang!"

In the dark, a grand voice rang out in Yin Qi's mind.

"Hiss, so much!"

Yin Qi was secretly shocked, knowing that this one zhang was 3.3 meters.

Forget it, let's save it for now.

For the time being, he didn't have any place where he needed to use fortune.

Prefecture office.

Reception Courtyard.

Michael received a letter again.

He tore open the letter and looked at it, his face revealing an excited smile.

The others hurriedly asked, "Michael, what does the letter say?"

Michael raised his head and smiled, "Chen said everything is ready, and the plan will officially start tomorrow."

"Good!"

Everyone showed an excited look.

They had all heard Michael talk about Chen Mingxuan's plan; as long as the plan succeeded, not only would they be able to catch the murderer, but they would also be able to obtain a large sum of money—becoming rich overnight was no problem.

West side of the prefecture office.

Nalan Yuanshu stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the hazy moonlight outside the window, listening to the report from his subordinates:

"My Lord, according to information from our insider, the remnants of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom will rise up simultaneously tomorrow night in all the counties under the jurisdiction of Shanyin Prefecture. They plan to control the entire Shanyin Prefecture within one day and send troops to occupy Hangzhou Prefecture, Ningbo Prefecture, and other places within three days; they have also deployed a large number of secret agents in these places."

"Good!"

Nalan Yuanshu turned around; his eyes were cold and sharp as he said coldly, "After waiting for so long, they finally couldn't help but want to make a move. Have our people all been deployed in place?"

His subordinate nodded and said, "They have all been deployed. As long as they make a move, we can arrive at each county seat in at most one hour."

To avoid alerting the enemy, although Nalan Yuanshu had mobilized troops, he hadn't deployed them in the city, but in the suburbs not too far or too close to each county seat, so they could provide timely rescue.

The remnants of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom had infiltrated Shaoxing Prefecture too deeply; even the government had their people.

Therefore, he could only do this; he didn't dare to go through the local governments at all.

Nalan Yuanshu nodded.

His subordinate hesitated for a moment and said, "My Lord, the insider also sent another message: it seems the remnants of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom have changed a leader, but he is not at the core, so we couldn't find out the specific situation."

"Changed a leader?"

Nalan Yuanshu frowned and asked in a deep voice, "Were there any other changes?"

"No!"

"The arrow is on the string, it must be fired. Regardless of whether they have changed leaders or not, our plan remains unchanged."

Nalan Yuanshu said in a deep voice.

At this point, it was too late to change the plan temporarily.

"By the way, what have that group of foreigners been doing these past two days?"

"They have been staying in the yamen, eating and drinking well; it doesn't look like they are here to investigate the case."

"Is that so!"

Nalan Yuanshu also couldn't quite understand.

But this was a small matter after all, and he soon put it behind him.

Chen Martial Arts Hall.

Chen Yucheng sat upright in the grandmaster's chair, his bearing stern, his gaze like a torch, looking like a different person from usual.

"Have the personnel all been deployed?"

Shi Zhongkui was secretly excited and said, "Your Highness, according to your instructions, everything has been deployed. We are just waiting for tomorrow night, when all eight counties of the prefecture will rise up simultaneously to control the entire Shanyin Prefecture at the fastest speed."

Chen Yucheng nodded slowly and said, "Originally, I was still thinking that capturing Hangzhou might be somewhat difficult, but I didn't expect that because of the case of the murdered foreigners, the Provincial Commander Nalan Yuanshu actually ran to Shanyin.

Tomorrow night, I will personally take action, lead people to besiege the prefecture office, and eliminate Nalan Yuanshu and the Prefect.

After you control the situation, send people to focus on attacking the Chen family."

Shi Zhongkui nodded and said, "Yes, Your Highness."

Early the next morning.

After seeing off Cai Yuanpei and the others, Yin Qi and his group returned to the city.

Yin Mansion.

Sitting in the study, Yin Qi held a fountain pen, preparing to write a book titled *On the Democratic Movement*, which would be the first theoretical work of the Revival Society.

The reason for writing this book was twofold.

First: To promote democratic thought, stimulate democratic consciousness, and provide ideological guidance for the revolutionary actions of the Revival Society.

Second: To establish his prestige and leadership within the Revival Society.

Currently, the Revival Society was still in the startup stage, with relatively few people, and their thoughts were quite unified.

But as more people joined, thoughts would become complex.

Especially since the Revival Society must develop secretly, and for the sake of confidentiality, they had to maintain single-line contact; new members joining the society would only follow the person who developed them, making it very easy to form cliques or even become independent.

If this situation were allowed to develop, it was very likely that the Revival Society would develop, but his leadership would be greatly weakened or even usurped, just like Zhang Wuji, the leader of the Ming Cult in *The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber*.

Nominally, all rebel armies were under the leadership of the leader.

But in reality, the soldiers below only recognized their respective generals and wouldn't care if you were the leader of the Ming Cult.

It was precisely because of this situation that Zhu Yuanzhang expelled Zhang Wuji and gained the world.

Yin Qi certainly wanted to avoid such things from happening, so writing this book was imminent; he needed to use this book to establish his status as the leader in the hearts of all members of the Revival Society.

When all members of the Revival Society took *On the Democratic Movement* as their ideological guidance, his status would also be unshakable.

In reality, this was a kind of alternative faith.

Just as Yin Qi was about to start writing, he suddenly saw Yin Hai running over in a hurry; he shouted with an anxious expression, "Young Master, something terrible has happened! Many government runners have come to the house and are arresting people everywhere. Run quickly!"

At the same time, Yin Qi could vaguely hear the noisy sounds of various shouts not far away:

"Quick, quick, arrest everyone."

"Don't let anyone go!"

"Speak, where is Yin Qi?"

Finally, thinking about it, he didn't dwell on it anymore and said: "By the way, Father, I heard that the foreigners came to the door twice. How did we settle them? And what's the deal with them being killed at the Yamen?"

(End of chapter)