As soon as Bo Yao heard King Wu ask him to introduce what happened, he thought that this time he had to exert some strength to give Wu Zixu a disgraced face. Then he knelt on the ground and said: "The king is gracious, the ministers take care of the state affairs for the king, and they have learned a little knowledge, which is a matter of national affairs, but there is always a priority, what is urgent, what is important, it should be handled first." ”

King Wu nodded and said, "That's right, Dazai continued." ”

Bo Yao said: "Looking at the whole world, all the vassal states have been working hard to develop themselves in recent years, and no country has used troops abroad. In recent years, it can be said that the world has been peaceful. ”

Wu Zixu said impatiently: "Bo Yao, just talk about things, what are you doing in this circle?" ”

King Wu said: "Xiangguo, if you have something to say, you will be able to say." Dazai, you go on. ”

Bo Yao said: "Looking at our Wu State again, it has not been attacked by foreign countries, and there is no plan to use troops abroad, that is to say, military is not our top priority. Under the training of Wu Xiangguo, the army of Wu was strong and strong. However, the military is not a priority. ”

Bo Yao glanced at King Wu and continued, "So what is our current priority? That is to build Gusutai. This is the first in the history of our country, but also the first station in the world, this garden will be recorded in the annals of history, flaunting the glory of the country of Wu, recording the great exploits of the king. ”

This sycophant King Wu's heart is warm and comfortable. said: "Xiangguo is right, the construction of Gusutai is indeed the first priority of our Wu State at present. ”

Bo Yao said: "King, since the construction of Gusutai is the first priority of the country, then other things should be subordinated to this important matter. The ministers are ashamed to lead the post of commander-in-chief, and for several years, they have worked hard to make the country prosperous, and the kings have seen it, especially the deputy commander Fan Li, who died nine times and lived a life, and brought the sacred wood to make Gusutai be built smoothly. After a few years of hard work, I am finally close to completion, and the world's tallest platform is about to be completed. But now the difficulties have come, and the craftsmen who built Gusutai have nothing to eat. You can't work hungry. If the food problem is not solved, the project will be stopped. ”

King Wu said: "You can requisition grain throughout the country." ”

Fan Li stepped forward and bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, after many collections of folk grain, the mountains and rivers are exhausted. If we forcibly recruit again, many people will starve to death. The construction of Gusutai was originally a great thing, but if the people were harmed because of this, it would be a bad thing to do a good thing. ”

As the monarch of a country, King Wu of course also knows the truth of loving the people, nodded and said, "This is reasonable. ”

Bo Yao kowtowed and said, "King, it's so difficult for a minister! There are 100,000 migrant workers in Gusutai, and if there is no food, these people must be dismissed, but after the dismissal, can Gusutai still be repaired? It is not easy to reassemble these 100,000 people, especially since there are thousands of high-level craftsmen here, many of them from various vassal states, once they go their separate ways, where to find them? If you want Gusutai to restart, I don't know if you have to wait until the Year of the Monkey. And that's more wasteful. ”

King Wu said, "Dazai works hard, get up and speak." ”

Bo Yao got up: "King Xie." For this matter, the minister and Dr. Fan Li planned day and night, what should I do about this matter? ”

Fan Li said: "The ministers don't want to report this to the king, that is, to report to the king, or the ministers to find a way, in vain to make the king worry and worry, so the minister thought of a bad idea, to borrow a little military food from Xiangguo, anyway, there is still more than a month before the wheat harvest, after the wheat harvest, the grain is requisitioned, and then returned to the army, anyway, it can't be wrong, that is, the country has encountered an emergency, and this bit of food can not affect the overall situation." It will not affect the army to fight. ”

Bo Yao said: "We have discussed for a long time, and we know that Lord Xiangguo has always been suspicious of the construction of Gusutai, and he may not be able to lend us grain smoothly. But I really couldn't think of any other way, so I had to go to Sangkook-sama to negotiate. The first time we looked for him, we were scolded by Xiangguo, today we once again asked Xiangguo to negotiate, but unexpectedly Xiangguo not only did not borrow food, but also shouted at the soldiers to besiege and kill us, Xiangguo was holding a sword, chasing all the way, if we didn't run fast, there would be no small life. The king calls the shots for his courtiers! ”

Bo Yao said, tears also flowed: "The minister has worked hard for many years, and there is no merit and hard work, I can't imagine being beaten and scolded by Xiangguo, and losing face, how will the minister behave in the future, how to do things for the king?" ”

Fan Li continued: "Wu Xiangguo relied on his high position and power, and held military power in his hands, acting recklessly, and speaking wildly, saying 'Even if the king comes forward, he will not want to take away a grain of military rations,' and said, 'I just pinched Fan Li'er to death, what can the king do to me?'" ’”

Wu Zixu shouted: "Hugh is talking nonsense, why did Wu say such wild words? "Turn to King Wu," the king does not listen to their nonsense. ”

Fan Li said: "I'm not talking nonsense, the facts are clear, ouch, it hurts me to death!" "I sat down on the ground and secretly used a little internal strength on my legs. Then he picked up the treasury pipe, and said with a crying voice: "Look, king, isn't this an injury? I don't know if the bone is broken, ouch, it hurts me to death! ”

King Wu looked at it, and sure enough, Fan Li's thigh was bruised. At this time, Xi Shi's concern for Fan Li appeared in front of him again, and anger couldn't help but rise from his heart. This Wu Zixu beat Fan Li and made Xi Shi sad, which is really too faceless. raised his head, looked at Wu Zixu, and said coldly: "Lord Xiangguo, do you know that Fan Li is the envoy of the widow, if you beat Fan Li, you will beat the widow!" ”

Wu Zixu knelt down with a "poof", and kowtowed again and again: "The king Rongyu, the old minister and Fan Li's envoy did it, the crime deserves death, but the old minister didn't hurt him, it was Fan Li who was fooling the king and framing the old minister!" ”

Fan Li looked at Wu Zixu's panicked appearance, not to mention how happy he was, old guy, there are times when you are afraid. He still kept screaming: "Ouch! Xiangguo is really a villain, and he still doesn't admit it when he hits someone, is this injury caused by himself? ”

King Wu knew that Wu Zixu had always been opposed to the construction of Gusutai, and he also saw through Fan Li and Bo Yao working together to rectify Wu Zixu. And over the years, Wu Zixu has always been at odds with King Wu, and nothing goes along with King Wu, and what is even more hateful is that he killed Zheng Dan by mistake, which made Xi Shi angry at every turn, which made King Wu very annoyed. But at this time, he can't do anything about Wu Zixu, and Wu Guo can't do without Wu Zixu. He also wanted to use this opportunity to suppress Wu Zixu's momentum, but he couldn't do anything to Wu Zixu. That's the bottom line.

King Wu is lustful, but not confused.

Thinking of this, King Wu said: "Since Xiangguo already knows that he is wrong, this is already very good, and in the impression of the widow, Xiangguo has not yet admitted his mistake." Dazai, Fan Qing, don't delve into this matter, okay, although Xiangguo offended the widow, the widow will not be held accountable, and you should not hold it back. ”

Fan Li lowered his head and said, "Since the king can forgive Wu Xiangguo, what else can the minister say?" ”。

King Wu raised his voice and said: "However, Xiangguo is at fault first, and he still has to apologize, otherwise it will be difficult to explain it in a reasonable way." Sangkoku-sama, are you willing to apologize? ”

Wu Zixu did something wrong, this is solid, Wu Zixu knows the stakes here, although he is guilty in his heart, but if he doesn't go down this step, it will be even more ugly. So he said: "The old minister is willing to confess his guilt to the king, and he is willing to apologize to Dazai-sama and Dr. Fan Li!" ”