As soon as Xiong Huai's voice fell, the Yue nobles on Huiji Mountain were in an uproar, and soon the discussion in the crowd reached Xiong Huai's ears directly.

"God, if the king can really let people participate in the assessment, this is really benevolent."

"Yes, that's true, the king treats the Yue people equally."

"It's just, will the king really rest assured that he will appoint Yue Ren?"

"Maybe!"

"There may be a conspiracy."

"Yes, there's fraud in it."

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After a buzzing sound in Xiong Huai's ears rang for a while, it wasn't until a nearby voice fell that he spoke again: "The widow knows that some people still don't believe in the widow completely, and they still have doubts in their hearts. However, the widow understands a truth, rumors not only stop at the wise, but also stop at action.

Two months later, when the results of the assessment of Huijicheng come out, everyone will understand the widow's mind. ”

As he spoke, Xiong Huai looked at Tang Yu and said, "Sima! ”

"The minister is here." Tang Wu immediately walked out of the group of ministers.

"Xianqing has been in Jiangdong for a long time, and he is familiar with the affairs of Jiangdong, and as the Sima of my Chu State, the ministers of Jiangdong are headed by Qing, and the matter of promoting virtuous people from all over Jiangdong will be handed over to Xianqing."

"The minister will not live up to the king's trust."

Xiong Huai nodded, and then commanded: "The first king of the Yue Kingdom, with Gou Jian is the most virtuous, although there is a disaster of decay, but he can be determined to regain strength, and eventually destroy Qiang Wu, and he can still make friends with neighbors and make friends in all directions." The widow thinks that the first king of the Yue country has no merit more than the king of Yue, and it is because the widow comes to Yue, and he must worship it.

Spread the edict, tomorrow the widow will go to the tomb of the king of Yue Goujian to worship. ”

When the ministers heard this, especially the nobles of Yuedi, they immediately showed excitement.

Although Dayu's status is high, but after all, he is not the first king of Yue, and the king of Chu sacrifices Dayu, although it makes the people of Yue feel excited, but it can't explain anything.

Yue Wang Goujian is not, this is indeed the first king of Yue, and it is in the hands of Yue Wang Goujian that Yue Guo can dominate the world.

Now the king of Chu is sacrificing Goujian, the king of Yue, which can indeed explain the goodwill of the king of Chu to the Yue people.

After a pause, the ministers said in unison: "The king is wise." ”

Next.

Xiong Huai led the ministers to Goujian's mausoleum, and sacrificed him in the ether prison.

After the sacrifice, Xiong Huai came to the ministers again: "The widow heard that in ancient times, the flood disaster was serious, and the sage Dayu did not solve the flood disaster of Huiji, but, two hundred years ago, after the king of Yue Gou Jian moved to the capital, he overhauled the embankment, stored the salt and blocked the salt, before and after more than 20 years, the flood around the Huiji was basically lifted, and the people were exempted from the suffering of the flood.

However, the widow also heard that the person who made this suggestion was the great virtuous Fumiko. Ordered to repair the pond, although the merit of the king of Yue is great, but the merit suggested by Wenzi is also the merit of a thousand years. Therefore, the widow admired Wenzi's wisdom and kindness, and decided to go to the bank of the Qiantang River tomorrow to worship Wenzi in recognition of Wenzi's achievements. ”

When the ministers heard this, they were stunned.

They originally thought that the King of Chu sacrificed Dayu and sacrificed the Yue King Goujian, all for the purpose of appeasing the Yue people, but they didn't want to, and now even Wenzi has not been missed.

Wenzi is not a Chu or Yue person, he has only traveled to Chu State, and he has little to do with Chu State. Similarly, although Wenzi has traveled in Yue for many years, Wenzi is not very close to Yue, and even to Goujian, the king of Yue, is not very close, and after the fall of Wu, Wenzi took the initiative to leave Yue.

However, now the king of Chu admires the virtue of Wenzi and even takes the initiative to make sacrifices.

This...

Wenzi has kindness to the Yue people, and the king of Chu regards it as kindness to himself, isn't this the king of Chu treating the Yue people as his own people?

Doesn't this mean that the king of Chu advocated the rule of virtue and ruled the country by virtue?

Also, everyone says that Chu is xenophobic, and now that the king is doing this, there doesn't seem to be much sign of xenophobia.

Then, the ministers of Yuedi looked at each other, and many people showed excitement, and then bowed in unison: "The king is benevolent." ”

At the moment of bowing, many people began to decide to really attach themselves to the Chu State, and after they returned, they recommended the outstanding children of the clan to the King of Chu.

On the same day, after Xiong Huai returned to Huiji with his ministers, with the news that the King of Chu would sacrifice Wenzi tomorrow, the people who had not left outside Huiji were in an uproar.

Whether it is Goujian, the king of Yue, who presided over the repairing of the pond, or Wenzi, who proposed the repair, the people have not forgotten it.

Unlike the nobles who could get more benefits, Wenzi's pond building strategy not only solved the problem of drinking water for the people around Huiji, but also saved the people from the pain of illness. Moreover, it has solved the problem of water use in farmland, not only improved the water and soil, but also made the people's harvest surge, such a great kindness, the people have always been grateful.

Now when the people heard that the king of Chu had sacrificed to Goujian, the king of Yue, they would sacrifice Wenzi next, and they couldn't help but run to tell each other and were moved.

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The next day, Xiong Huai took his ministers, escorted by the army, all the way west to the bank of the Qiantang River. At the same time, a large number of people spontaneously accompanied them.

After Xiong Huai finished sacrificing Wenzi with a sheep and a pig, Xiong Huai stood on the altar, looked at the surrounding soldiers, and looked at the dense crowd of people in the distance who did not seem to be less than the number of Chu troops, and then turned his head to look at the mighty river flowing towards the East China Sea more than 20 meters away, and then said to the appeasement and sacrifice activities on his side: "Xianqing, let people go to the river to get a bowl of water, the widow wants to taste the water of the Qiantang River, how salty and bitter it is, it can harm the land of Huiji for thousands of years." ”

"Yui." He replied, and then immediately stepped down to fetch water.

Soon, Qu Shu offered a bowl of river water.

Xiong Huai took the river water, licked it slightly, was stunned, and then blurted out: "This is light." ”

When Qu Wei heard this, he suddenly froze, and hurriedly arched his hand and said: "King, this is really the water that the minister just took from the river!" ”

Xiong Huai nodded, just now he saw with his own eyes that Qu Zhi had taken it from the river.

At this time, Tang Yu in the audience walked up, saluted, and said softly: "The king is new to Huiji, so he is still familiar with the hydrology of the Qiantang River. The water of the Qiantang River changes twice a day, when the tide is high, it is the seawater, and when the tide is low, it is the river. Now the river is surging eastward, and the waves have not yet arrived, so it is still the river now. ”

Xiong Huai suddenly realized, he saw from the book that the waves of the Qiantang River were non-stop day and night, and he thought that every moment was salty, and only when the flood was rising, it was fresh water, but he didn't want to, it was actually two changes a day, one salty and one light.

Thinking about it, Xiong Huai asked Tang Yu, "Does that Xianqing know when the river water will become salty?" ”

Tang Yu thought for a moment and replied, "King, according to past experience, the waves should start around noon. ”

"I see!" Xiong Huai nodded, and then remembered the tide that he was famous for but never looked at in later generations, and couldn't help but yearn: "Okay, the widow is here waiting for the waves to come and see what kind of waves can plague a place for thousands of years." ”