"Should I be called the Emperor now, or should I still be called the Emperor?"

Looking at Chun Yu Zhongxiu's somewhat ridiculous smile, Gao Yuan not only smiled bitterly, but said, "As long as I am in the Qi Kingdom, I can only be the Shangqing of Daijun."

Chunyu Zhongxiu nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, Lord Shangqing." ”

Gao Yuan looked left and right, and at this time, the two of them were no longer in the shop, but in the courtyard behind the shop, the environment was very secluded, and there was no one else nearby, so there was no need to be afraid of being heard by others, and there was not much scruple about speaking.

Gao Yuan said: "Miss Chunyu, how did you come to Qi Kingdom, and were you also invited by Qi Wangjian?" ”

Chun Yu Zhongxiu pursed his lips and said, "Our father and daughter won't care about Qi Wang Jian's invitation?" We were invited by others to come to the country of Qi, but the time happened to coincide. After a pause, Chun Yu Zhongxiu smiled again: "We were outside Linzi City yesterday, and we heard that Daijun also sent an envoy to congratulate King Qi on his birthday, and my father and I guessed that this envoy was dressed as an adult, so as soon as we entered Linzi City today, we rushed to the shop, and sure enough, the adult was here." ”

Although Gao Yuan didn't make much makeup, Chun Yu's father and daughter were able to surmise that they were impostors just by relying on some news they heard outside the city, and the intelligence of the father and daughter was really not to be underestimated, so they asked, "How did Mr. and Miss Chun Yu guess that I was here?" ”

Chunyu Zhongxiu glanced at Gao Yuan and said, "Is this hard to guess?" As soon as the adults arrived in Linzi, they fought with the ministers in the court of the Qi State, and said that the King of Qi drove Hu Daoyuan out of the Qi State, and drank and sang with the envoys of the Yan State on the street, and also made a song [Chivalrous Travel], and now the streets and alleys of the Qi State are singing Busi, 'Zhao Keman Hu Ying, Wu Hook Shuang Xueming. The silver saddle shines on the white horse, sassy like a meteor', I can't imagine that adults have some talents to be able to make such a generous and ambitious song, Zhong Xiu really admires it. Later, he openly confronted the envoys of the Qin State in the female lu, and supported the envoys of the Wei State, and as soon as he arrived in Linzi today, he knew that the adults had defeated Lu Jujian, with these things, if you can't guess who Shangqing is, then our father and daughter are too useless. Unless it's our father and daughter who have never seen an adult. But don't worry, my father and daughter won't tell us who we are. ”

Gao Yuan also smiled bitterly, looking back like this, he is indeed a little too strong in Linzi, as long as he is a person who is familiar with himself, it is indeed not difficult to guess his true identity, fortunately, in the country of Qi, there are indeed not many people who are familiar with himself. However, Chun Yu father and daughter did not reveal their identity, no matter what the reason, they should be grateful to their father and daughter. So Gao Yuan said: "Thank you." ”

Chun Yu Zhongxiu said: "There is no need to thank you for this, in fact, it is to say the identity of the adult, it is harmless, with the character of the king of Qi, it will not hurt the adult, on the contrary, it will be more polite to the adult, and to be honest, in Zhao Guo and the adult, although the adult's words at that time made Zhong Xiu really annoyed for a few days, but then Zhong Xiu thought about it carefully, the adult's words were not unreasonable, so Zhong Xiu was too reckless at that time." ”

Gao Yuan hurriedly said: "There, Miss Chunyu is too sorry, in fact, Miss Chunyu's opinion is not wrong, Qin State is indeed the most powerful country to unify the world now, and the unification of the world, in general, is better than splitting, but everyone's position is different, so what they see is different." For example, Bai Qi, the whole Qin State naturally called him a hero, but in the eyes of the people of Zhao State, Bai Qi was just a murderous butcher. ”

Chunyu Zhongxiu also nodded and said, "My lord is right." After a pause, he said: "Zhong Xiu has one more thing, I think it is an adult who does me a favor, I don't know if the adult can agree." ”

Gao Yuan said: "I don't know what is going on? ”

Chun Yu Zhongxiu said: "Actually, our father and daughter came to Qi Country this time, mainly because my father was invited by the Jixia School Palace to come to Qi Country to give a lecture, but I happen to have a little matter here, and I just happened to solve it together." ”

Gao Yuan said: "What is it?" ”

Chun Yu Zhongxiu said: "I made an appointment with others to have a polemic in the Jixia School Palace. ”

Gao Yuan was stunned for a moment and said, "Polemic? ”

Chunyu Zhongxiu nodded and said: "Yes, after my father and I left Zhao that year, we went to Wei State, and I happened to meet Jixia School Palace and also sent people to Wei State, so we had an exchange in Wei State, and I and the people of Jixia School Palace also had a debate, and the topic of our debate at that time was whether Qin State implemented tyranny or benevolent government. However, at that time, the scholars of Wei did not have a good impression of Qin, so our debate was only halfway through, and it was interrupted by the scholars of Wei, and it was over, so we agreed that we would formally conduct a debate in the Jixia School Palace of Qi in the future, although the topic was undecided, but it must be related to Qin. ”

In fact, the last time they met, Gao Yuan had already seen that Chun Yu's father and daughter admired the Qin State very much, and this view was rare in this era. The theory of "violent Qin" did not start after the Qin period, in fact, in the middle of the Warring States period, after the rise of the Qin State, because the mainstream view of this era, the Qin State was culturally backward and a barbaric country, and it has never been valued by mainstream scholars, but by Confucian scholars.

Moreover, in the early period of the Warring States Period, the Qin State was one of the weakest countries among the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period, and later gradually became stronger after the reform of the Shang Dynasty and became the head of the Seven Heroes, but the other six countries of the Central Plains were naturally psychologically difficult to accept this fact, which was also the normal mentality of the declining aristocracy, and after the Qin State became strong, the Three Jin Dynasty and the Chu State were also a big loss for many Qin States, so it was out of this sour grape mentality; Second, it was also out of hatred for the Qin State, so they deliberately degraded the Qin State and tried their best to exaggerate the brutal side of the Qin State.

In addition, the Qin State implemented the Shang Dynasty Reform Law, with Legalist thought as the foundation of governing the country, which greatly increased the prestige of Legalism, which naturally caused the dissatisfaction of Confucian scholars, so they also shouted for the "violent Qin" theory, after all, Confucianism is the most powerful one among the hundreds of children, and it is in this era that the "violent Qin" theory has also won the hearts of the people. Therefore, most of the scholars who defected to the Qin State were those who did not have too many fixed political principles, except for the Legalists, and there were few scholars such as Confucianism, Taoism, and Mohistism. For example, the era of Mencius was the era of the rise of the Qin State, but in order to realize his political proposition of governing the country with courtesy, Meng Xiao lobbied back and forth between Qi, Wei, Zhao, Han and other countries, but he just never went to the Qin State.

Only a very small number of knowledgeable and far-sighted scholars can not be affected by the theory of "violent Qin" and look at the Qin State with a fair, objective and enlightened attitude, such as Zhang Yi, Xun Xiao, Li Si and others. And it is indeed very rare for Chun Yu's father and daughter to be able to respect the Qin State like this.

Gao Yuan said: "So what can I do to help Miss Chunyu in this debate?" ”

Chun Yu Zhongxiu smiled slightly and said, "It's very simple, just participate in this polemic with me and be my assistant." ”

Gao Yuan was stunned for a moment, and lost his voice: "What? ”

Chun Yu Zhongxiu said: "The polemic is not just one person, it can also be carried out by many people, as long as the number of both sides is equal, if I propose two people to participate in the polemic together, the other side will definitely agree." ”

Gao Yuan smiled bitterly and said, "Why did Miss Chunyu choose me?" ”

Chun Yu Zhong Xiu said with a smile: "Because of the adult's eloquence, Zhong Xiu is deeply admired, when he was in Zhao State, Zhong Xiu had already been taught, and when the adult first arrived in Qi State, he showed his skills in the court's difficulties." And although the adults have an enmity with the Qin State, they also have a deep understanding of the Qin State system, as far as Zhong Xiu knows, the new laws implemented by the adults in Daijun have many similarities with the Shang Jun's change of law, which shows that the adults are actually very respectful of Legalist thoughts, so if there are adults to help, then this debate, Zhong Xiu will win the volume. ”

Gao Yuan said: "I heard that Hu Daoyuan was also born in the Jixia School Palace, and there are many younger brothers, I am talking about the difficulty, let the King of Qi expel Hu Daoyuan from the Qi Kingdom, I am afraid that I have offended the Jixia School Palace, so let me participate in the debate, will it be unfavorable to the young lady?" ”

Chunyu Zhongxiu shook his head and said: "Hu Daoyuan lost to the adults in the midst of the difficulties, and was expelled from the Qi country, which is also to blame, and the Jixia School Palace has been famous for a hundred years. Moreover, the Jixia School Palace contains hundreds of scholars from all schools, not a Confucian family, and the people who preside over the debate are all well-known scholars recognized by the world, so adults don't have to worry about the Academy Palace being unfair to us, you can rest assured. What's more, it's so difficult for adults that they don't even want to help Zhong Xiu with this little favor? After a pause, Chun Yu Zhongxiu said again: "My lord doesn't know yet, just wait for this news to be announced, I don't know how many people want to participate in this debate?" ”

Gao Yuan smiled bitterly and said, "Being able to accompany Miss Chunyu to participate in the debate is naturally something that cannot be desired. ”

Chun Yu Zhong Xiu said: "This time the adults guessed wrong, although Zhong Xiu has some thin names, and he has a little bit of a posture when he asks himself, he doesn't dare to boast." Do you know who Zhong Xiu agreed to argue with? ”

Gao Yuan said: "Who is it?" ”

Chunyu Zhongxiu said with a smile: "It is the first beauty of Qi country, Luo Mingzhu, who is known as a talented woman, she is not only knowledgeable, but also beautiful and beautiful, ten times better than Zhong Xiu, since you have arrived in Qi country, if you don't see Miss Mingzhu, wouldn't you go back to Baoshan empty?" ”

Speaking of which, of course Gao Yuan couldn't refuse, not to mention that their father and daughter didn't reveal their identities, and they owed them a favor, so they had to say: "Okay, but tomorrow is King Qi's birthday, and after the birthday is over, I will return to Daijun, and it is best to be early." I couldn't stay in Linzi for too long. ”

Chun Yu Zhongxiu nodded and said, "Don't worry, my lord, this is on Zhong Xiu's body, and I will never let my lord stay in Linzi for a long time." ”