Chapter Ninety-Three: The Seven Techniques of Cutting Wu
At night, there was silence in the cemetery. Here ushered in a distant guest, this is the Xiangguo language of the Yue country.
This is the first time that the king of Yue has come to visit the king of Yue since he entered Wu.
Fan Li got the news and came too. Tonight, in this quiet cemetery, the most important three-person meeting in the history of the Yue Kingdom will be held.
This meeting will determine the future direction of Vietnam's national fortunes and decide on some major policies for the restoration of the country.
Dinner was prepared by Sima Zhe, that is, rice and two side dishes. King Yue gave all the treatment of the lower doctors given to him by King Wu to Sima Zhe's dozen soldiers in exchange for their loyalty.
There were four people attending the meeting, in addition to the three kings and ministers of Yue, and the queen Yayu. Yayu sat on the side and listened to them quietly, without saying a word, but Fan Li and Wen Chong are people who have read countless people, and they know at a glance that Yayu is not happy.
Yayu has a very important position in the great cause of restoring the country. Over the years, Yayu has a good reputation in the country of Yue and is deeply loved by the Yue people. They love Dai Yayu even more than the king of Yue.
This is indispensable for cohesion. But Wen Chong and Fan Li didn't know Yayu's resentment and sorrow.
Wen Chong was wearing coarse cloth clothes, with many patches on them, and his hair was a little messy, and he even had a half-root of white hair. His bun was pinned with only a bamboo branch. His face was dark, his hands and feet were rough, and at first glance he was a complete farmer.
Wen Chong said: "After the king entered Wu, the Yue Kingdom has been completely destroyed by the Wu Kingdom. There are very few young men left in the country, supplies are extremely scarce, and most of the people in the country are hungry. What's even harder is that if you want to resume production, you don't even have seeds. ”
Later, the young uncle asked Xi Shi to sell his appearance, got a large amount of Wu coins, and sent his uncle to transport them back to China, and Wen Chong immediately organized manpower to secretly buy grain in Wu. With this batch of grain, the problem of food rations for the common people has been solved, and there are also seeds, and crops can be planted. With the harvest, Yue Guo will be able to breathe his breath. ”
Wen Chong said: "In order to recuperate and recuperate, we will restore our national strength. It was decided not to pay taxes for three years. All the officials in the country do not receive salaries for three years, they have to eat, and they grow their own crops. When the king returns, we will give him a decent Yue Kingdom. ”
King Yue said: "Zi Yu has worked hard, and he has no hostages in Wu State, and Zi Yu has not set up a new king, which is a rare thing among the vassal states." For this reason, the widow thanked all the Yue people for their support, and thanked the courtiers of the whole country such as Ziyu. If, one day, they can make a comeback, the widow will definitely live up to expectations, make the Yue Kingdom strong again, destroy Wu to take revenge, and complete the hegemony. ”
Wen Chong prostrate on the ground: "The king is serious, Wen Chong is far away in Chu State, defected to Yue State, won the trust of the king, entrusted with important tasks, it is difficult to repay the kindness of the encounter, how can he set up a new monarch to bear the king?" ”
Yayu said: "Xiangguo is invited, and the king is also moved, not to put pressure on Xiangguo. ”
King Yue pulled up the literature and said: "You and I kings and ministers work together, no matter how much hard we eat and how much we suffer, we must complete the great cause of restoring the country. ”
Fan Li said: "Let me tell you about the situation since the king entered Wu. The king entered the Eastern Wu, and there were two factions in the Wu dynasty, with Wu Zixu as the leader, the faction has never believed that the king really surrendered, and they have always advocated killing the king to prevent future troubles. Another faction led by Dazai Boyao believes that killing our king is distrusting the world. He advocated the detention of kings and not the killing of them. ”
"King Wu has been vacillating in the middle, maybe one day he will listen to Wu Zixu, and the king will be killed by them. So that period of time, is the most dangerous time. ”
"Later, we bribed Bo Ya heavily, bribed Bo Ya, and asked Bo Ya to speak for us. We also used tricks to create contradictions between Bo Yao and Wu Zixu, so that they were suspicious of each other. He also used a plan to leave the relationship between Wu Zixu and King Wu, so that King Wu lost his trust in Wu Zixu. ”
"We also helped Sima Zhe, who oversees here, to build a family and make them live a stable life, and now they are all our people, and the king's living environment has improved."
"The current situation is that the safety of the king has been guaranteed, and we dedicate to the two beauties of King Wu, Xi Shi and Zheng Dan, who have completely charmed King Wu, who is indulging in pleasure and ignoring the government. He left all the state affairs to take care of him. ”
Fan Li said: "Up to now, everything we have done is to save the king's life, and we have done this." ”
King Yue said: "Since the widow entered Wu, he is still alive today, and the young uncle is painstaking and scheming. ”
Wen Chong said: "Young uncle, what are your plans for the next step?" ”
Fan Li said: "The king is the king of the Yue country, and he can't stay in the Wu country for a long time, if he wants to revive the Yue country and destroy the Wu country, the king must return to China." ”
Wen Chong said: "Does the young uncle already have a specific plan? ”
Fan Li said: "No, I can't see that King Wu has the intention of letting the king return to China. There are still many people in the Wu Dynasty who think that the king is a fraud, and they will definitely not let the king go easily. But the goal is set, and we work towards it. I believe that in a few months, the king and queen will be able to return to the kingdom of Yue. ”
Wen Chong said: "When the young uncle said this, Wen Chong became more confident. In addition to ploughing, the minister has also done thinking. Our overall plan can be positioned in four words: destroy Wu and restore the country! As for how to destroy Wu, the minister came up with seven plans, which were to destroy Wu's seven techniques. ”
King Yue said happily: "Okay, what kind of seven techniques to destroy Wu, let's hear about it." ”
Wen Chong said: "The seven techniques of destroying Wu are: one said, donate currency to please its monarchs and ministers; is to bribe the monarchs and ministers of Wu to make them not suspicious of Yue; Second, it is said that the precious corn sac accumulates in vain; The grain and forage of Wu were purchased at a high price, so that Wu had no grain reserves, and the people were driven by interests to travel long distances to Yue to sell grain, resulting in the fatigue of the people. Three said, bequeathed beauties, in order to confuse their minds; Offering beauties, so that King Wu is obsessed with beauty and abandons the government. Fourth, the legacy of skillful work and good materials, so that the palace room to exhaust its wealth; The dedication of skilled craftsmen and precious wood made the Wu State build a large number of buildings and the national strength was empty. Fifth, the relegacies of the ministers are plotting to mess with them; Send some people who can sneak around and shoot horses, and try their best to flatter, so that King Wu is easy to be deceived. Sixth, Xinjiang and its ministers made suicide to weaken it; Anger the king with the righteous courtiers, and force them to commit suicide. Seventh, accumulate wealth and train troops to bear their drawbacks. Hoarded property, trained soldiers and horses, and waited for the exhaustion of the state of Wu, and took advantage of the weakness to enter and make it perish. ”
Wen Chong said: "This is the Seven Techniques of Cutting Wu, and some of them we are doing, such as the third and fifth articles. The others, let's do them one by one, why worry about the immortality of the Wu Kingdom. ”
King Yue applauded and laughed: "What a good thing to say! The widow listens to his words. ”
Wen Chong suddenly knelt on the ground and said: "The minister has a thing to play, the queen is not easy to suffer and suffer humiliation with the king into Wu, please treat the queen well, this can not help but be the wish of the minister, but also the wish of all the Yue people!" ”