The husband nodded again and again. Wu Zixu opposed Bo Yao's point of view, he refuted: "Absolutely not! The minister heard that 'the tree is moral, and the disease is gone.' 'Back then, there was a pour (the leader of the Xia Dynasty) raised an army to kill the Xia Houxiang (that is, the Xia king who took away Uncle Weikang's sacrifice in the dream of Wei Dinggong). The queen of Xiang was already pregnant at this time, and she escaped from the capital along the drainage ditch, defected to the Youyou still clan, and later gave birth to Shaokang (the king of Zhongxing in the Xia Dynasty).

"Shaokang grew up to serve as the pastor of the Youyou family, and he resented the Youzhong clan in his heart, but he didn't show it at all on the surface. After having poured out Shaokang's true identity, he asked You's family to hand him over, but You's still family secretly let Shaokang go. Shaokang defected to Youyu's family, and there was a lot of water that thought Shaokang had become a lost dog, so he gave up the pursuit of him.

Later, Shaokang served as the head of the Youyu clan and removed a lot of disasters for the Youyu clan. Youyu Si (the leader of the Youyu clan) then married his two beloved daughters to him. Shaokang achieved a high position and extended favors to the people, and soon gathered a brigade of troops under his command. He (Wu Zixu said that he paused here, glanced at Bo Yao with his eyes), bribed the spies around Guo Dou, and assassinated Dou's son, and finally destroyed the Guo clan and restored the rule of the Xia Dynasty.

"Now the strength of the Wu State is not as good as the Guo clan, and the Yue State is greater than Shaokang; Heaven is about to make the Yue Kingdom strong, but the king allows the Yue Kingdom to sue for peace, isn't it asking for trouble? Gou Jian can be kind to the people and spread kindness, and he is on the same land with the king, but he has been at enmity with the state of Wu for generations. Our army defeated but forgave the enemy, and retained the throne of Goujian; This is not only against the will of God, but also deepens the resentment. The king will regret it eventually, but by then it will be too late! ”

Bo Yao couldn't tolerate Wu Zixu's "telling the truth" about his traitorous behavior, so he teased in a weird way: "It turns out that in Dr. Wu's heart, Gou Jian is the orthodoxy of the summer family, and my king has become a chaotic minister and thief!" ”

Wu Zixu was furious, he was about to have a seizure, but the husband stopped him stiffly (he already had an obvious aversion to Wu Zixu's language): "Master, don't say it anymore, Gou Jian has succumbed, and Linggufu is also dead." The national shame and family hatred have been avenged, and the widow can no longer risk attacking the widow. Moreover, when the widow ascends to the throne, he cannot bear the notoriety of a tyrant. Wu also has big things to do, and the Central Plains is the ultimate goal. So be it! Dr. Bo was solely responsible for the peace with the Vietnamese people. ”

Wu Zixu sighed and retreated. Bo Yao triumphantly summoned Wen Chong and announced the terms of surrender to him: "1. Tear down the city wall of Huiji; 2. The Yue State was only allowed to retain 3,000 regular troops and 30 chariots, and the rest of the chariots, armor and weapons were all handed over to the Wu State; 3. The number of vessels carrying more than 50 persons shall not exceed 80. Bo Ya also opened a long list of compensation, including hundreds of craftsmen and a large number of bronze treasures, silk, and grain, and finally ordered Gou Jian to follow Wu Jun back to China until the Yue people met all the requirements of the Wu people, and then let him go back "according to the situation".

The Vietnamese people accepted all the humiliating and unbearable harsh conditions without complaint. The more the other party behaved tame and submissive, the more Wu Zixu felt frightened and uneasy; From the Yue people, he could feel the strong aura of the strong anger of the country, the firm determination to revenge and the tenacious will to struggle.

The reason why Wu Zixu can feel this aura is because he has experienced the same experience (only not national hatred but family hatred). He said to a friend: "Gou Jian will spend ten years gathering strength and instructing the people, and then the state of Wu will be reduced to an endless swamp again, just as it was before the founding of the country." ”

In the winter of the following year, Fucha fulfilled the promise he had made to the people of Cai and moved Cai to the state.

After the battle between Wu and Vietnam, the people of Wu turned their attention to Chen.

From the previous account, it can be seen that Chen did not send troops to participate in the war between Wu and Chu. After King Wu occupied Yingdu, he invited Chen Huaigong to join the alliance of Wu, Cai, and Tang. Chen Huaigong gathered the ministers together to discuss countermeasures, but the doctors were divided into two factions and quarreled, neither faction could convince the other, and the monarch and ministers finally had to leave the decision to the people.

Chen Huaigong stood facing the south and gathered the countrymen. He asked loudly: "Wu Jun has captured Yingdu, and Wu Zi wants Chen Guo to join the anti-Chu alliance. This is a major matter related to the survival of the society, and the widows and doctors dare not be arbitrary, so please express your position: I hope to follow the Wu State to the left, and follow the Chu State to the right. ”

The people of the country feared that their land would be ravaged by war, so they sided with the country that was close to the territory—those close to Wu stood on the left, and those close to Chu stood on the right; Those who have no land stand with the clan party. The number of people on the two sides is still comparable, which can make Chen Guojunchen very troubled.

A little lord named Fenghua walked out of the crowd quickly, came to Chen Huaigong and said, "I heard that the country prospers because of blessings and dies because of disasters. Now that there is no blessing in the country of Wu and no disaster in the country of Chu, we must not abandon the state of Chu and follow the state of Wu instead! The Jin State is still the leader of the alliance, so it is better to use the Jin State as an excuse to reject the Wu State. What does the prince think? ”

Chen Huaigong asked: "The Wu division has been defeated, and the Chu army has fled, isn't this a disaster for the Chu State?" ”

Feng Hua replied, "Of course not! There have been many such events in history, and Xu Nan can return to the country, let alone the Chu State, which is a hundred times larger? The minister heard: 'The king treats the people as sons, and the nation will prosper; If you treat the people like a mustard, the country will decline. Although the king of Chu had no virtues, he never enslaved and persecuted the people. On the other hand, King Wu was reckless in his army, waging wars for many years, soldiers were brutal and wilderness, civilians fled to death and displaced, and the people of the world only saw the cruelty of Lu but did not see his virtues. Therefore, the heavens may be teaching the Chu State a lesson, and the Wu State is not far from the catastrophe! ”

These words moved Chen Huaigong and the doctors, and then Chen Guoren politely refused Wu's invitation on the grounds that he did not dare to disobey the orders of the Jin State.

Chen Guoren's stubbornness angered He Lu, and he kept this old account in mind. In the third year after the end of the war, He Lu summoned Huai Gong again and prepared to use force against Chen if necessary.

Chen Huaigong was so frightened that he had to bite the bullet and go to see him. He Lu lost a lot of temper with him, but Chen Huaigong only defended himself a few words, and He Lu detained him on the charge of "disloyalty to Wu State". Chen Huaigong was greatly psychologically devastated, and he was furious in anger, and soon died with a whimper. Chen Guoren made the prince the king, and it was for Chen Mingong.

After Chen Mingong ascended the throne, he always implemented a one-sided foreign policy towards the Chu state, so after the Fucha "conquered" the Yue state, he immediately sent his army to attack the Chen state. The Wu army was menacing, and it was like a bamboo, sweeping the three great cities of the Chen State with a thunderous force.

Chen Mingong David was terrified and immediately asked for help from the state of Chu; The reaction of the people of Chu was also very fierce, and some doctors suffered from "Wuphobia" and opposed sending teachers to save Chen. They said: "He Lu mobilized the strength of the whole country to defeat our army at Baiju, but he failed to defeat the Yue country, so that the army was defeated and died. Now his son is more fierce than his father, he not only conquered the Yue country, but also connected the three towns of the Chen country in a few days, such a brave army, we should not go to war with it. ”

Ling Yin Zixi said: "The Wu country is not in harmony, the monarch and the ministers are not harmonious, what is there to fear? When he was alive, he ate the same taste, did not live in a heavy seat, did not worship the altar in the room, did not engrave the utensils with patterns, did not decorate the vehicles and ships with leather, did not seek beauty in the office, lived a simple and close to the people, and in the army, he was the same food and clothing as the soldiers, and there was absolutely no special. After his victory, he did not covet goods, but distributed most of the spoils to the sergeants, and the families of the war dead received generous pensions. Therefore, the people of Wu are tireless, and they dare not abolish their lives even if they know that they will die. As for the husband, he completely deviated from the practice of Lu Lu, and only the luxury of King Chu Ling and King Zhou You's living and traveling could be compared with him, and the cruelty of King Zhou Li and King Shang was comparable to him. He has become the enemy of the people of Wu, he is going to defeat himself, where will he defeat us? ”

King Chu Zhao then ordered the prince to form a commander to rescue Chen, and the robbery of the Wu army was nearing the end, and the husband did not want to make trouble, so he led the army back to China.