However, the news that the plateau is going to be the king has caused a great shock in the Qi country, because the Qi country is originally a place where scholars from all over the world gather, and the official government of the Qi country has always been very open to speech and academics, and it is not taboo to speak, so all kinds of views can be published in the Qi country, and the attitude towards the plateau as the king is naturally diverse, some people oppose it, some people agree, some people scold the plateau, saying that the plateau is a great rebellion, and some people praise the plateau, thinking that the plateau can create a new era; Of course, there are also people who use the topic to play, lamenting that people's hearts are not ancient, and etiquette is broken, anyway, there are any opinions.

But in general, it is mainly divided into two categories, one agrees, the other is opposed, most of the people who oppose the plateau to claim the king, in fact, this is not surprising, because Confucianism has always been the defender of tradition and order, Gao Yuan killed Zhao Wangjia in Daijun and established himself as Wu Anjun, in the eyes of Confucian scholars, it is already a rebellious act, let alone a hasty king. Moreover, Qi was originally the birthplace of Confucianism, and the two masters of Confucianism, Confucius and Mencius, were both from the Lu country, and now the places in the Lu country have belonged to the Qi country. Therefore, the state of Qi naturally became the stronghold of Confucianism.

As soon as the news of the plateau claiming the king reached the king of Qi, Confucian scholars immediately blew up the pot, some people made speeches, some people wrote articles, and some people wrote to Qi Wang, unanimously condemning the act of claiming the king of the plateau, and asked the state of Qi to refuse to participate in the ceremony of claiming the king of the plateau, and even some people asked the king of Qi to completely stop all contacts with the county of Dai, and completely cut off diplomatic relations with the county of Dai, and some people even proposed that the state of Qi should join forces with the state of Qin to maintain the righteousness and jointly send troops to eliminate the plateau.

In contrast, although there are many people who agree with the plateau, they are much worse than the opposition because they lack the collective attitude of a university school like Confucianism.

In fact, it was the prime minister of the country who won the victory, seized this opportunity, created public opinion, attacked the plateau on the one hand, and led the spearhead to Tian Kezang, the monarch of Anping, on the other hand, because Tian Kezang is a person who advocates friendship with the plateau, and it is not right for the plateau to be called the king, and Tian Kezang is naturally not right. Therefore, Hou Sheng secretly instructed Confucian scholars, together with some ministers, to jointly write to Qi Wang Jian, asking Qi to make a clear statement against Gao Yuan's claim to be king.

In the face of Hou Sheng's step-by-step approach, Tian Kezang of course will not be restrained, and immediately launched a counterattack against Hou Sheng, although Tian Kezang's power in the court is not as strong as Hou Sheng, and there is no way to gather scholars to write to Qi Wang Jian, but Tian Kezhang also has a trump card in his hand, that is, a businessman.

The business of Qi is developed, ranking the most in all countries, the power of merchants is great, and the same is also crowned in various countries, and in recent years, the business contacts between the two countries in Qi are very close, the paper, books, furs and other commodities of Dai County are extremely popular in Qi country, they are all hot goods, merchants do not care whether the plateau is called the king or not, as long as they can continue to do business with Dai County, when the Qin State attacked Yan, the business contacts between the two countries of Dai Qi were cut off for half a year, and the merchants who had direct business relations with Dai County suffered a lot of losses. Therefore, if the Qi State really severed contact with Daijun, then it would be a big loss.

In the past few years, Tian Kezhang has always provided convenience for the business exchanges between the two countries, so he maintained a good relationship with the merchants of the Qi State. Second, it was also for the interests of the merchants themselves, so several major merchants of Qi State: Duanmu Clan, Tao Zhu Clan, Tian Clan, Guan Clan, etc., came forward together, united more than 100 merchants, and jointly wrote to King Qi Wangjian, asking Qi to recognize the plateau as king, and send envoys to Daijun to celebrate the plateau as king.

These businessmen not only have huge wealth, but also have a huge power, by their deep penetration into the people, in the Qi country is also very important, even Hou Sheng did not dare to turn his face with the businessmen, so the businessmen jointly signed the Qi Wang Jian book, and immediately turned the situation around.

At the same time, Chun Yubo and Zhang Liang were also active in the Qi State, and participated in five public debates in a row in the Jixia School Palace on the topic of whether the plateau should be called king, and argued with Confucian scholars and quoted scriptures.

Although Confucian scholars brought out the classics of Confucius and Mencius to prove that the act of the plateau being the king was wrong, Chun Yubo and Zhang Liang used historical facts as evidence, and proved from the facts that the Chu State was the king, the three families were divided into Jin, the Tian family was the Qi dynasty, and the Qin Dynasty destroyed the Zhou Dynasty. It also makes it difficult for Confucian scholars to refute.

Although the five debates failed to convince the Confucian scholars, they did deal a great blow to the momentum of the Confucian scholars, and also made some other scholars change their positions, at least no longer oppose the claim of the high plateau.

However, no matter how lively they quarreled, it was up to Qi Wangjian to make the decision in the end. And at this time, Qi Wangjian can no longer hide in the palace and pretend to be confused, after all, although the time has not yet been determined for the king of the plateau, but this year, there is only more than half a year left, and Qi Guo can't hide if he wants to.

Therefore, after hiding in the palace for more than three months, Qi Wangjian finally summoned the civil and military ministers of Qi to discuss the matter, and the edict met with Bo Yuchun and Zhang Liang, handed over the credentials of Qi to the two on the spot, and asked the two to return to Daijun to reply to the plateau. When Tian Kezhang heard this, he was naturally completely relieved, and although Hou Sheng was unwilling, Qi Wang Jian had ordered that even the letter of state could not be stopped. Fortunately, Qi Wangjian only said that he was celebrating the plateau and becoming king, and did not say that he wanted to join forces with him.

In fact, Qi Wangjian has no objection to the move of the plateau to claim the king, although the current Qi country is the base camp of Confucianism, but the royal family of Qi has never been interested in Confucianism. Because the real foundation of Confucianism is the state of Lu, it is only the state of Lu that was destroyed by the state of Qi, so it was incorporated into the state of Qi. The royal family of Qi has never regarded Confucianism as the Confucianism of Qi, and in the eyes of Confucianism, Tian's Qi State is not an orthodox Qi State, it can be said that the two sides do not like each other.

Of course, Qi Wangjian will not follow the teachings of Confucianism, and go to the plateau with the righteousness of the monarch and the minister, and then say that the Zhou family has been destroyed for more than ten years, and what is the righteousness of the monarch and the minister, just say no, now these countries are not ministers, the king of Chu said that the king has been for hundreds of years, the Qi country was taken from the Jiang family by the Tian family, and the Qin country simply destroyed the Zhou family, and the plateau was called the king again, and the crow fell on the black carbon, and no one should laugh at who is black.

Besides, having a good relationship with the plateau does not violate the national policy of the Qi State, and it is good friends with other countries, even the Qin State can't say anything, anyway, as long as there is a plateau in front of it, the Qin State will not dare to come to fight the Qi State. As for the matter of the conspiracy, Qi Wangjian pretended to be confused again.

After Chun Yubo and Zhang Liang received the order, they also bid farewell to Qi Wangjian and returned to Daijun.

After listening to the two of them, Gao Yuan realized that there were so many things that had happened, so he said: "In the past few months, the two of you have been running around, it is really hard, and you will recuperate in Daijun for a while, since Qi and Chu have promised to send envoys to Lingshou to watch the ceremony, you can put it aside for a while, I have other things to discuss with the two of you." ”

Zhang Liang said: "Lord, when we left the Qi State again, An Pingjun once told us that the matter of the Three Kingdoms Alliance, please don't worry about it, he has his own countermeasures, promote the Qi Kingdom to join the Alliance, and when we come to Lingshou to watch the ceremony, we will discuss it with the Lord in detail." ”

Gao Yuan listened to it and was noncommittal, to be honest, he was not very interested in the Three Kingdoms, because although the national strength of Qi and Chu surpassed his own, the combat effectiveness of the army did not match their national strength. Chu State is a little better, when fighting on the mainland, it can still exert strong combat effectiveness, but if it fights abroad, it can only be calculated in pairs.

And the army of Qi is not to mention, when the plateau sent an envoy to Qi State, he fought with the Qi army, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as vulnerable. Although Gao Yuan later sent a group of generals to Qi at the request of Tian Kezang to train the army of Qi, in the past few years, some achievements have been made, and in the internal training and operation of the Qi army, the army trained by the generals of the acting army is obviously much stronger than other armies, which also makes Tian Kezhang very satisfied.

However, the number of Qi troops trained by the generals of the Dai Army is not large, only more than 30,000 people, and nearly 10,000 are Tian Kezang's private troops, because this action is not an exchange between countries, but a personal exchange between the plateau and Tian Kezang, and it is impossible to train the Qi army on a large scale. In addition, no matter how well trained an army is, as long as it has not experienced the grinding of the battlefield, it cannot be regarded as a strong army.

And the Qi army also has a fatal weakness, that is, the lack of capable generals, for a lack of actual combat experience of the army, is crucial, a lion led by a sheep can defeat a lion led by a sheep, this truth of course can not be understood.

But more than 40 years of peace not only consumed the fighting spirit and vigor of the Qi army, but also made the generals of the Qi State completely become a generation that has crossed over. Tian Kezang's father, Tian Dan, can be regarded as a famous general of the previous generation, and although Tian Kezang's knowledge is good, and he serves as the great Sima of Qi State, he has never been to the battlefield in person, and naturally he is not a famous general, so now Qi Guo is not a famous general, and even a general qualified general is not available. The army of the State of Qi still has a long way to go if it wants to grow into a strong army.

In the plan of the plateau, against the Qin State, you can only rely on your own strength, Qi Chu and the two countries, and do not count on it, as long as these two countries do not make trouble behind their backs, and at the same time can support their own materials against the Qin State. Therefore, Gao Yuan's attitude towards Qi and Chu is very clear, as long as the alliance relationship is maintained, as for the formation of a joint resistance to Qin, Gao Yuan is not hopeful, to be honest, Gao Yuan is still afraid of being affected by pig teammates.