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Xiong Yun's father, King Wu of Chu, died, and Xiong Yun succeeded to the throne as King Wen of Chu.

After King Wen of Chu succeeded to the throne, he began to move the capital from Danyang to Yingdu. Let yourself get closer to the Central Plains from a distance. From the geographical location, although the east is not the Han River, the south is not the Manhe River. In the middle of King Wu of Chu, the state of Chu occupied the suburbs of Ying, located southeast of Danyang, as a base for the eastward expedition across the Han River. In the later period of King Wu of Chu, he destroyed the Luo State, the Lu State, the Yan State, etc., and the Yingdi, which was originally the capital of the Yan State, laid a good foundation for moving the capital. From Danyang to the west of the Han River and eastward, in fact, the goal of this tiger has long been aimed at the Central Plains. The retreat has entered the field of many subject countries of Handong, creating an insurance and multiple channels for the long-term implantation of the Central Plains.

King Wen of Chu was well educated, and under the arrangement of Xiong Tong, King Wu of Chu, he was looking for guidance from people who could learn from masters, and Wen Tao and Wu were all studied. In order to let this prince have more lofty ambitions, he designated Bao Shen, who created the Jing Corpse Formation for King Wu, as Xiong Zhen's Taifu to assist him in his growth.

Xiong Tong can be said to have carefully built the future of the prince. However, the process of growing up is not so simple. The young Xiong Yun is not so easy to train. Xiong Yun got a good dog named "Ru Huang" from Ru Yi. "Ru Huang" is humane and good at hunting wild beasts, so what Xiong Yu likes is not good. He also got sharp arrows made by Wanyi from Wanyi. The same bow power can actually penetrate deeper trees, not to mention combat and hunting, which can achieve twice the effect with half the effort. Two treasures made Xiong Yun fall in love.

The arrival of the two treasures was uncontrollable, so he took the "Ru Huang" dog, brought the sharp arrows made by Wanyi, and went to Yunmeng Mountain to hunt for more than three months, ignoring state affairs. Another time, Xiong Zhen got a beautiful woman named "Dan's Daughter" and was pampered excessively. Every day in the palace to pour the joy of fish and water, a year of ignoring the government.

Taifu Baoshen found Xiong Zhen and said, "It is an auspicious omen for the king to ask me to be a prince and divination, and now the king is going to the field, and domestic affairs are entrusted to the prince." However, the prince was greedy for beauty, ignored the government all year round, and was already guilty of the Chu State, so he asked the prince to be punished.

"The student is shocked that he is not a child, he can change his way, please exempt the master from punishment." Xiong Yun quibbled.

"The ministers are ordered by the king, and dare not disobey, if the prince refuses to be punished, it is disobeying the king's orders. A minister would rather offend the prince than disobey the king. ”

Xiong Yun saw that he couldn't quibble but was too fu, so he had no choice but to express his respect.

Xiong Yun obediently lay on the ground and waited for Taifu's whipping. According to common sense, the prince will be whipped 100 times. Bao Shen tied 50 thin rattan sticks into a bundle and made two strokes on the prince's body, which was in lieu of 100 lashes.

"Please get up, the prince is done."

Xiong Zhen rushed to Bao Shenle.

"It's a show like this, it's not painful, what's the difference between punishment and non-punishment?" Xiong asked Baoshen

"The minister thought that the gentleman was flogged as a humiliation, and the villain was whipped as a pain. Now the prince is not ashamed, and says that it hurts or not, what is the use of the old man's punishment for the prince? This is all the incompetence of the old man, the old man really can't train you, the prince. ”

After Bao Shen finished speaking, he wiped the two lines of tears from his face. He walked out of the door quickly, walked to the well, and called out on his back: "O king, please give me the capital crime, I am sorry for the state of Chu and the inability to educate the prince." ”

After saying that, Bao Shen is about to jump down. Xiong Yun saw that Taifu was about to commit suicide, so he hurriedly followed him and stopped Taifu. said that he admitted his mistake.

Xiong Zhen broke the sharp arrow in front of the Taifu, killed "Ru Huang", and sent Dan Zhiji, since then to study the art of war, take care of national affairs, when King Wu of Chu died, Xiong Yun was already familiar with national politics, and could provoke the beam to deal with state affairs. So King Wen of Chu successfully took over the state of Chu.

This can be regarded as a long-term strategy of King Chu Wu.

In fact, Bao Shen knows very well that his Taifu is riding on a tiger to make a living. As the saying goes, a companion is like a tiger, the prince will ascend the throne at any time, and if he really beats and punishes like an ordinary child, he will plant the seeds of hatred in the prince's heart. Once the power is in his hands, he will be precarious as a teacher.

There are too many such things in ancient and modern times. You want him to be good, and when he doesn't understand you, he thinks you're making things difficult. Bao Shen carefully dealt with the prince, and worked hard to enlighten his mind. Because Bao Shen skillfully broadcast the prince Xiong Yun, in the heart of the prince Xiong Yun, he has great respect and love for him.

Xiong Yun succeeded to the throne smoothly, and it stands to reason that Bao Shen should also become Ling Yin. It's just that King Wu of Chu has reigned for fifty-one years, and Xiong Zhen has already reached middle age when he ascended the throne. And Bao Shen was already dying of old age when Xiong Geng ascended the throne, and he was seriously ill, so it was difficult to support the new king's diligence.

Bao Shen is a native of Shen State, and when this Taifu was dying, King Wen of Chu personally came to appease him. Parting only asked Bao Shen what his last wishes were, Bao Shen thought of returning to his roots, hoping that he could be buried in the land of Shen Kingdom.

"The old man came from Shen State, worked for Chu State for more than 40 years, and never returned to Shen State, I really want to go back to my hometown when I was a child, and see my relatives there and the land there. When I died, I only hoped that I could be buried in my homeland and that my spiritual position could be returned to the ancestral hall. ”

Bao Shen closed his eyes after speaking, but tears overflowed from the corners of his eyes.

As for the matter of the Chu State, this Taifu didn't say anything. Do you already have confidence in King Chu Wen and believe that he can take charge of the country? Or maybe he has passed on all his skills to this prince, and he can die.

King Chu Wen sadly said goodbye to Taifu and accompanied his teacher for half his life. He ordered people to go to Shen Guo, and asked Shen Guo to send people to Chu, and the two countries jointly mourned for Bao Shen.

He wants to fulfill Baoshen's last wish and let Baoshen's soul return to his hometown. Of course, the state of Chu could also send Baoshen's body back to Shen, but King Wen of Chu did not do this but notified Shen Hou, of course, King Wen of Chu may have other intentions in his heart.

3.

When the king of Shen received a letter from the envoy of Chu, he was very conflicted. Why do you think that the monarch of Chu State came to give an order to my Shen State, if it is a consultation, I may not agree to you, the letter is obviously not a negotiation tone, it is really unreasonable. He promised that he was the prince of your Chu country, but not the prince of my Shen country. But on second thought, the state of Chu is too strong to offend. So he accepted it on the surface, and then sent someone to tell the descendants of the Baoshen family that the Baoshen family had no important ministers in the Shen dynasty, and it was not easy for the family to raise a long distance, so the matter was put on hold.

King Wen of Chu wanted to advance into the Central Plains, and this incident became an excuse for him.

The second year of Xiong Geng's succession. In the winter of that year, King Wen of Chu decided to raise troops to the north to crusade against Shen.

Among the Chu army led by him, there were also Ba soldiers who showed goodwill with the Chu State. Although Ba is located in the southwest of Chu and is far away from Chu, due to the strength of Chu, its deterrent power has long made Ba worried, lest it be attacked by Chu. Taking advantage of the fact that Chu was too busy to take care of it, the leader of Ba sent someone to show goodwill to the king of Chu and gave Chu a generous gift. For King Chu Wen, it was surrender without a fight. So King Wen of Chu ordered the soldiers of Ba to fight with him during the crusade against Shen.

This is a bit of a dilemma for Pakistan, which is far away in the southwestern corner. The small country of Pakistan has come to Yingdu from the southwest, and it has been a long way to travel mountains and rivers. and then accompanied King Wen of Chu to travel hundreds of miles to crusade against the Shen Kingdom, not to mention the consumption of people eating horses and feeding.

But for Pakistan, since it considers itself a vassal state, it thinks it is an alliance with Chu. Of course, what King Chu Wen decided was not good, and he refused immediately. As a result, Pakistan could only be exhausted and subordinate to the Chu army.

There is a Deng State between Chu and Shen. The state of Chu must pretend to be in the state of Deng. Deng and Chu were in-laws, and Deng Qihou, the monarch of Deng State at that time, was the younger brother of Deng Man, the wife of King Wu of Chu, and the uncle of King Wen of Chu. King Wen of Chu's inner world was to advance into the Central Plains, and Shen and Deng were among his plans to annex. But he didn't have anything to say about Deng Guoyi.

When King Wen of Chu led his troops past Deng, someone admonished Marquis Deng Qi and said: King Wen of Chu pretended to fight Shen, but in fact he had the intention of annexing the Deng Kingdom, so he must not be guarded against.

Deng Qihou said disappreciably: "King Chu Wen is my nephew. ”

Deng Qihou's nephew and nephew of the court's doctor bluntly persuaded: "Chu has annexed the southern Han and Eastern states as vassals, and now is the time to look at the Central Plains, Deng is the only place for Chu to face the Central Plains, and King Wen of Chu must annex Deng and go straight to the Central Plains." Uncle must be on guard. ”

Deng Qihou still shook his head. He said: "The state of Chu has been strong for many years. The surrounding princes have been annexed by countless of them, why my Deng State can be safe and sound, it is because Chu State and Deng State are married. If it is by force, the annexation of Chu and Deng is also in the palm of the hand. What is the use of prevention. If the country of the uncle and nephew does not take advantage of the road, it will not affect the relationship between the two countries. At that time, King Wen of Chu will turn his face and attack my Deng Kingdom, what will happen? ”

So Deng Guo agreed to borrow from King Wen of Chu, and also prepared how Deng Guo set up a banquet to entertain King Wen of Chu when the Chu army Lu State and Deng State.

Deng Qihou's three nephews: 骓 (zhuī) nephew, Dan nephew and adoptive nephew On this day, the three nephews asked to see Deng Qihou together.

The three of them secretly advised Marquis Deng Qi to borrow money to wait for the army of King Wen of Chu, and then act at the opportunity to kill King Wen of Chu in order to eliminate the future troubles of the Deng Kingdom.

Deng Qihou was not allowed: "You can't move this kind of evil thought, just like you, Xiong Zhen must be my nephew, and now my sister is still the queen mother of Chu, if I, who is my uncle, personally kill Xiong Zhen, Chu will inevitably be disrupted, how sad the queen mother should be." ”

The nephew said: "Uncle must not be emotional, the one who dies in Deng Guo must be this person." ”

Dan Sheng said: "When he destroys the Shen State and comes to destroy my Deng State again, the Deng State will be surrounded by the Chu State, and eating the Deng State will be like a tiger that has bitten your navel, and there will be no time to try to deal with it." If his uncle wants to kill him, he can only take advantage of this time. ”

The nephew said, "If you don't start at this time, you won't have a chance." ”

Deng Qihou was forced to be anxious, and said sharply: "You are just simple-minded. Kill Xiong Yun, how do we explain to the state of Chu? Kill Xiong Yun, and the State of Chu will spare us? ”

The three of them put their plans together: "Take advantage of King Chu Wen's drunkenness, let the master put on the military uniform of the Ba country, and pretend to be a Pakistani person, because the soldiers of the Ba country are not willing to follow the king of Chu Wen to attack the Shen country, and there are internal contradictions, why not take this opportunity to kill the king of Chu Wen and transfer the responsibility." At that time, Deng Guo can stand on the side of Chu State and destroy the soldiers of Pakistan. Pakistan can only hate Chu, and Chu can only record hatred on Pakistan. From then on, Chu and Deng were still married, and the absence of King Wen of Chu would definitely bring Deng a respite. ”

"No way!" Deng Qihou still disagreed, and for a while he didn't admit to attacking this nephew, one was fearful, worried that he would be self-defeating and put himself in trouble. "You all be honest with me, and you must not tell right and wrong in the process of the Chu army's border. Otherwise, if you get into trouble, then you can ask! ”

Marquis Deng Qi did not listen to the advice of his three nephews, received Queen Chu Wen according to regular etiquette, and sent King Chu Wen out of the city gate to continue north and attack Shen State.

4.

Shen was the largest country with a different surname in the south of the Zhou Dynasty, and was promoted to duke during the reign of King Ping of Zhou because of his meritorious service to Shen Hou. However, it is located on the border of Yiqu and the old western city of the Zhou royal family, Haojing, which is harassed by the dog Rong all the year round, and is squeezed by the rising Qin State, and the strength of the Shen State has not increased much. In the past, the Shen Kingdom also relied on the King of Zhou Ping, and there was something to save the emergency, and the King of Zhou Ping, who was pro-Shen in recent years, has passed away for three generations, and has long lost the family affection of the year, and the current Zhou royal family has been sunset.

When the monarch of the Shen State heard that the Chu State was coming to attack the Shen State, he was so anxious that the monarch turned around but had no choice, and he had no chance everywhere, so he could only wait to be killed. When the army of Chu arrived at the city gate, the generals and important ministers of Shen had already broken in all directions, and they were self-defeating.

At this time, the soldiers of Pakistan had red eyes at the dilapidated Shen Guo, and vented their fatigue and lack of food and grass all the way to the Shen people. Unbridled plundering and killing, plundering the fruits of victory everywhere. made Chu Jun look down on it. It was reported to King Chu Wen, who immediately ordered the leader of the Ba army to withdraw and behead. Let his deputy lead the team. This ostensibly suppressed the ferocity of the Pakistani army, but it planted the hatred of the Pakistani soldiers for King Chu Wen.

King Wen of Chu conquered the state of Shen, immediately turned the state of Shen into a large county of the state of Chu, sent Baoshen's body back to his hometown, and also sealed the land of Shen to Shenhou, the son of Baoshen. Considering that Shen Hou wanted to seek affairs with the Chu State, he stayed by his side and worked diligently, and since then, Shen Hou has become an important minister of King Wen of Chu. The state of Shen also became the large county of the king of Chu Wen.

However, compared with Bao Shen, Shen Hou is not enough to be upright, he is more scheming, and he is more proficient in the joys, sorrows, sorrows and sorrows of King Chu Wen, and he considers the likes of King Chu Wen everywhere, which can make King Chu Wen feel comfortable. Soon became an indispensable important minister by King Chu Wen's side.

At this time, although Deng Guo survived, it had already become the palm of King Wen of Chu, and he was already in danger.