"The plateau has already become king?"

"Returning to the king, according to our ears and eyes in Lingshou, on this day of October 25, the plateau held a ceremony to call the king, officially called the king, and established the country as Han, so it is called the king of Han."

Qin Wangzheng nodded and said, "King Han!" Unexpectedly, it was only six or seven years since Gao Yuan became the ruler of Daijun, and he had already developed to the point of being called the king of Jianguo, and he really underestimated him at the beginning, and he knew that this was the case, so he should have been destroyed first when he was young. ”

Speaking of this, Qin Wangzheng sighed slightly in his heart, in fact, when the plateau had just entered the Daijun, Qin Wangzheng did not think that after destroying the Zhao State, the plateau would be destroyed by homeopathy, but the power of the plateau at that time was too weak and inconspicuous; Second, Qin Wangzheng still remembers that after learning that the plateau fell with the flint sky, Chi Songzi made a prophecy for the plateau: although it descended to Zhao, it would eventually benefit Qin. That's why he let go of the plateau, but he didn't expect that the plateau has now grown stronger, and it is no longer something that the Qin State can destroy if he wants to.

The prophecy made by Chi Songxiao to the plateau has not been fulfilled, but Qin Wangzheng did not dare to despise Chi Songxiao's prediction, so at this time, Qin Wangzheng's heart was also quite entangled.

Fortunately, at this time, the long history Li Si said: "King, now the plateau has exhausted the land of Yan, after the battle of the Qin Dynasty, and captured Julu, Dongyang two counties, not long ago the plateau sent troops to capture Liaodong, Liaoxi two counties, completely destroyed the Yan country, now has a territory of thousands of miles, the population is not less than five million, is no longer under the former Zhao State, and now it is called Wang Jianguo, and the plateau's ability to use troops is not under Li Mu, so we can not underestimate the plateau. ”

Wang Juan also said: "Yes, and now the envoys of Qi and Chu are gathered in Lingshou, and are discussing the matter of the combination, once the formation of the alliance is successful, it will be very disadvantageous to my Qin State, although there are only three kingdoms in this combination, but the strength of the Han State is by no means under the Zhao State, and there is also the Qi State to join, although the strength of the Qi State is not strong, but the country is strong, the material is abundant, and the prestige of the plateau is still better than that of the Xinling Jun, so the strength of the joint vertical is not necessarily under the formation of the Five Kingdoms of the Xinling Jun in that year, we must not underestimate the enemy. ”

Hearing Wang Juan mention Xinlingjun, the ministers of Qin State present couldn't help but be a little angry, in the past 20 years, except for the battle of the Qin Dynasty in the previous two years, the worst defeat of Qin was the five-nation alliance organized by Xinlingjun. For a time, the Qin State could not be defeated through the Hangu Pass, and later, although the Qin State was defeated by Li Mu twice and was defeated by the plateau, they were all fighting abroad, no matter how miserable the defeat was, it did not pose any threat to the Qin State itself.

But if the three kingdoms of Han, Chu and Qi really formed a joint column this time, it would be different, and the Qin State was likely to face the biggest threat after Xinling Jun formed the Five Kingdoms to join forces and conquer Qin. Therefore, it is of course impossible to say that the Qin State is not nervous.

King Qin Zhengdao: "Regarding the negotiation and cooperation of the three kingdoms of Han, Chu and Qi, is there any detailed news that has been transmitted back to the Qin State?" ”

The expressions of the two of them, who were in charge of diplomatic and intelligence affairs, and Yao Jia, were a little embarrassed, and Yao Jia said: "Back to the king, in the past, the county had always been very strict in supervising the fine work, and it was difficult for our fine work to find out how much news, and now the plateau has just moved the capital to Lingshou, so our Qin State's fine work has not yet been arranged in Lingshou, and it is difficult to find out the detailed news." ”

Qin Wangzheng nodded, although he was a little disappointed, but it was generally expected by him, because Qin's intelligence work in Daijun has not been very smooth, one is that he can't find suitable agents like Guo Kai of Zhao State, Hou Sheng of Qi State, Zhao, Qu, and Jing of Chu State; The second is that the control power of the grassroots level of the Daijun government is relatively strong, while the local power is weak, so it is very difficult for the Qin State to arrange a large number of personnel to inquire about the news like the Qi State and the Chu State. In the past few years, Qin's intelligence system in Daijun has always been limited to a small range, and as long as the scale is expanded, it will be immediately attacked by the Daijun government and weakened.

Therefore, Qin Wangzheng said again: "Then what is the best strategy for the secretaries to prevent the formation of the Three Kingdoms this time?" ”

The ministers looked at each other, and no one answered Qin Wangzheng for a while.

After a long while, Wei Yu came out and said: "The king, according to the minister's opinion, if you want to prevent the three kingdoms from merging, the focus is on the Qi country, because the Han state can be regarded as the continuation of the Zhao state, and the Qin country has the hatred of the country, and the Chu country and my Qin state have more indissoluble hatred, but although the intention of these two countries to form a joint column is strong, there is no border, and it must pass through the Qi country to connect, so as long as the Qi country withdraws from the joint column, or opposes the joint column to send troops, then this time the joint column is difficult to form." ”

Li Si frowned, and said: "Although the words of the national captain are good, but the state of Qi advocates friendship with my Qin State after Shengji was killed by Anping Jun Tian Kezang, and Tian Kezhang has always advocated that Qi State and Chu and Han countries make friends, and urge Qi State to join the joint expedition to Qin, and now he controls the power of Qi State, this time he went to Lingshou in person to negotiate and deal with the friendship of the formation of the Three Kingdoms, it can be seen that his people will never be friendly with my Qin State, and if Qi State withdraws from this alliance?" ”

Wei Yi said unhurriedly: "Tian Kezang agrees with the alliance, Tian Kezang is not bad in holding the power of the Qi country, but Tian Kezhang can never represent the entire Qi country, the Qi country has been friendly with my Qin State for forty years, I am afraid that many people are unwilling to be the enemy of our Qin State, and Hou Sheng has been in charge of the government for more than 30 years, and he has long been deeply rooted, and there are many party henchmen, although Hou Sheng is dead, but Tian Kezhang may not be able to clear Hou Sheng's party henchmen, and my Qin State has many secret posts in Qi State, so we may not have no opportunity to make Qi State withdraw from the United States, If it is not enough to shake Tian Kezang, you might as well send assassins to kill him. As long as Tian Kezang dies, it will not be difficult to make the Qi State withdraw from the alliance. ”

Qin Wangzheng nodded, in the original plan to destroy the Six Kingdoms and unify the world, although it was mainly based on military operations, it also paid great attention to diplomatic means, bribed its wealthy ministers, and planned to mess with it, and also achieved good results, and now the Han State has strict precautions, and it is difficult to enter the water, but it can still be done from the Qi State, so Wei Yu's method is also very much approved by Qin Wangzheng.

At this time, Yao Jia hurriedly came out of the queue and said: "The king, the minister thinks that the words of the national captain are extremely true, as long as Tian Kezhang dies, he can make the Qi country withdraw from the alliance. ”

Wang Juan said: "Now that the State of Qi is negotiating with the Han and Chu countries, Yao Shangqing is not very suitable to send an envoy to the State of Qi at this time, even if Tian Kezhang does not dare to hurt the Shangqing, but if the Shangqing is detained and imprisoned in the State of Qi, it is not impossible." ”

Qin Wangzheng couldn't help but show embarrassment when he heard this, of course he knew that Yao Jia's envoy to Qi at this time was indeed a very dangerous thing, Tian Kezhang was obviously an enemy of Qin, so naturally he would not pay tribute to Yao Jia because Yao Jia was an envoy of Qin, and Yao Jia was mainly responsible for Qin's intelligence work, if he made a mistake, the blow to Qin would be quite big. But if Yao Jia does not go to Qi State, then it will be difficult to overthrow Tian Kezang, or even assassinate Tian Kezang, it will be difficult to succeed, because such an important operation naturally requires someone to sit on the scene and command the battle, unless there is an assassin like Jing Ke, so Qin Wangzheng also feels very difficult.

But Yao Jia straightened his chest and said: "Please rest assured, the minister can sneak into the Qi country secretly as an envoy and make arrangements, and it will be foolproof." I only ask the king to allow the ministers to go to him. ”

Previously, Yao Jia did pretend to be a businessman several times, sneaked into Qi State, and negotiated things privately with Hou Sheng, the prime minister of Qi State, and of course, he inevitably gave gifts to Hou Sheng. And Qin does have a large number of spies and spies in Qi State, and over the years, he has also established a lot of relationship channels, so Yao Jia is also confident that this time he will be able to sneak into Qi State safely, even if he can't complete the task of overthrowing Tian Kezang, he can also retreat with his whole body, and once he kills Tian Kezang, Yao Jia will be the next great contribution to Qin Guoguo, and now Prime Minister Wang Juan is not young, and his health is not very good, and Yao Jia will be a strong contender for the position of prime minister at that time. So Yao Jia took the initiative to ask Ying to infiltrate the Qi country.

Qin Wangzheng thought about it for a while, and finally nodded, and said: "Since Yao Qing is so confident, the widow should not stop it, but when he goes to Qi State, Qing should be extremely careful, but if there is an accident, return to Qin State immediately, and don't take risks lightly." The widow would rather not punish Tian Kezang, but also hope that Qing can be safe. ”

When Yao Jia heard this, he couldn't help but be very grateful, and said: "The king treats the ministers so kindly, and the ministers should repay the king's kindness with death." ”

At this time, Han Teng stepped out and said: "King, the minister has a word, I don't know whether to say it or not." ”

Qin Wang Zheng frowned slightly and said, "Qing has something to say, but it doesn't hurt to say it. ”

Han Teng said: "Yao Shangqing is willing to take a risk and is willing to go to Qi State in person to seek Tian Kezang, and the minister is deeply admired, but Lord Shangqing's trip to Qi Country this time is full of difficulties, but it may not be successful, so my Qin State also has to take other precautions." ”

Qin Wangzheng's eyebrows were raised, and he said, "Qing Zhiyi, how to prevent it?" ”

Han Teng said: "Yao Shangqing is going to Qi State, if he fails to kill Tian Kezang, then this time the Three Kingdoms will be combined, and Gao Yuan will become the commander of the United Column, at the latest in the second half of next year, Gao Yuan will lead the army of the United Column to attack my Qin State, and at that time my Qin State can only do its best to fight to the death with the United Column Army, so we need to be prepared now, and the whole army is ready to fight, in case of accidents." ”

Wei Yu also said: "King, what General Han said is good, be prepared and do not suffer, so my Qin State must be on guard, from now on, we should collect troops, prepare military supplies, arrange defense lines, and fight with the army." ”

Qin Wangzheng was silent for a long time, and finally nodded, although from Qin Wangzheng's heart, he still hopes to deal with the merger by dismantling and dividing, but if he can't dismantle the merger, then he can only solve it with military force, so this time Qin Wangzheng recruited all the generals stationed in the department back to Xianyang to negotiate how to deal with the three kingdoms, in fact, he also has this preparation. If you want to solve the problem by force, then you have to rely on these generals.