Pengcheng was one of the three capitals of the Song Kingdom, the largest city in the eastern part of the Song Kingdom, and today, the king of Chu is stationed outside Pengcheng. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Of course, the Song State did not dare to directly let the King of Chu and the Chu army enter Pengcheng, but fortunately, the goal of the King of Chu was not the Song State, and the King of Chu did not make it difficult for the Song State because of this matter. After the king of Chu stopped, the Chu army began to officially build a military camp here.

Here the king of Chu began to gather the generals who arrived from all over the country, and then he asked, "Have the feudal lords and county dukes in the eastern part of my Chu State still arrived?" ”

The generals looked at each other, and then a young general, Tang Contempt, came out and said to the king of Chu: "Report to the king, in addition to Jiangnan Jun, a total of sixteen feudal monarchs in the eastern part of my Chu country have rushed here with nearly 80,000 soldiers. ”

Jiang Nanjun, of course the King of Chu knows who he is, he is Tian Ji, the general of Qi who fled from Qi to Chu after the Maling War.

"Does Jiang Nanjun have anything to say to the widow?" King Chu asked.

"Tell the king, Jiang Nanjun said that a gentleman should not waste his hometown with what he has done. As the feudal king of Chu, the king of Chu wants to levy him to attack other countries, and he will definitely follow; However, the king of Chu asked him to conquer his mother state, so Jiang Nanjun could not follow, and he returned the seal of the feudal monarch given by the king. And he also said, "At the end, Tang Yan looked like he was spitting out, and he seemed to be a little afraid to speak."

"What else Jiang Nanjun said, you can just say it truthfully, and the widow will not blame you." The king of Chu said magnanimously.

"Jiang Nanjun also said that although he is a fugitive from the Qi State, he is not Wu Zixu!" Tang said tremblingly.

Wu Zixu, this is definitely a taboo name in the Chu State! When King Chuping chose a wife for the crown prince, he chose Meng Ying, the princess of Qin, but after the princess of Qin came to Chu, the old pervert King Chuping saw the beauty of his daughter-in-law, so he directly accepted this daughter-in-law as his princess. Later, he was worried that Prince Jian was dissatisfied, so he intended to execute Prince Jian, and executed all of Prince Jian's henchmen Wu family, but Wu Zixu had a tenacious personality and fled abroad with Prince Jian. Later, the crown prince died in Zheng State, and Wu Zixu came to Wu State to avenge this and helped Wu Wang Lu ascend the throne of Wu, which was reused by King Wu. Wu Zixu fully assisted Wu Wang Lu, and recommended a military master like Sun Wu to train soldiers for the Wu State, so that the Wu State quickly became strong. With 30,000 elite soldiers, Wu fought with the Chu State, won five battles and five victories, and then broke through the Yingdu of the Chu State. After Wu Zixu broke through Yingdu, he dug up the corpse of King Chuping and whipped 300 lashes before he could be considered angry.

Wu Shi Po Ying caused extremely serious consequences to the Chu State, it was the first time in the history of the Chu State was invaded into the Yingdu, the first time the country was destroyed, although the Chu State quickly recovered after that, but the impact of Wu Shi Po Ying on the Chu State has continued to the present. Although Wu Zixu was a very popular minister in Wu and was loyal to Wu all his life, he was finally sent to death by Wu Wangfu. Wu Zixu was worthy of the title of loyal minister in his life, but for him to lead foreign tribes to attack his mother state, this practice made Chu State have never had a unified opinion on him, so Wu Zixu gradually became a taboo in Chu State.

The king of Chu did not embarrass him after knowing that Tian Ji was unwilling to attack Qi, although with Tian Ji's help, he would be more sure of this war against Qi State, but in this way, he would look down on Tian Ji. The king of Chu has always been a person who loves talents, and for real talents, he must not only have talent, but also have morality. There is no doubt that Tian Ji is a talented person, and he is even more of a virtuous person, which also makes the King of Chu respect Tian Ji more.

The king of Chu handed Jiang Nanjun's seal to Tang Mi and said to him: "You return this seal to Jiang Nanjun and tell him: Since Jiang Nanjun is unwilling to attack his mother state, then it is better to stay in his fiefdom." This king will not embarrass the true gentleman. ”

After sending Tang Min away, the king of Chu sighed: "This king has a gentleman like Tian Ji as a widowed courtier, why should my Chu country not be happy?" Then he asked the ministers present: "When you come to this Song country, can you inquire whether there are any real talents in this Song country?" If there is, even if it is recommended to this king, the widow should not hesitate to divide the land to hire him! ”

The ministers looked at each other, everyone had just come to the Song Kingdom, and they were not familiar with the talents of the Song Kingdom, how could there be any talents suitable for recommendation? At this time, a person walked in from outside the tent of the king of the Chu army and said to the king of Chu: "I heard from a long distance that the king of Chu wants to recruit talents, but if the king wants to seek talents in this Song country, it is impossible. In the following opinion, there are two people in the Song State who are really top talents, but it is a pity that the king of Chu can't use them. He nodded again and again.

The ministers of Chu didn't know this person, but this person just broke in directly, so some irascible generals were ready to drive this person out directly. However, as soon as he saw the arrival, the king of Chu personally walked down from the throne, walked up to the man, bowed to him, and then invited him to take a seat, saying: "It turns out that Zhan Zi has been traveling in the Song Kingdom, but he is not willing to do things for this king, and this king has always deeply regretted this matter. ”

The person who came here turned out to be Zhan He, who explained the situation in the world to Dai Yan when Dai Yan first crossed over, and Zhan He's actual identity was the guest of the King of Chu.

Zhan He said to the king of Chu: "The king should know that he is a lazy character, only suitable for the king's guest, and it is okay to occasionally do consulting, but it is not suitable for me to be an official." ”

When the king of Chu saw that Zhan He was still unwilling to do things for the official, he couldn't help but sigh secretly. Then he remembered that Zhan He had just mentioned that there were two real talents in the Song Kingdom today, so he asked curiously: "Zhan Zi said that there are two great talents in the Song Kingdom now, I don't know who these two people are?" ”

Zhan He took out a paper book of geometry, handed it to the King of Chu, and said to the King of Chu: "This first great talent is the younger brother of the current Song Junzixi, the son of the great pedestrian of the Song Kingdom. This sub-idea is unique, and he compiled a geometry related to land surveying, which is simple in thinking, but it seems to be a true description of the truth of the world. Based on this knowledge, this son successfully absorbed the Mo family and the peasant family as his wings. Thinking about it, this son's future achievements should be limitless. However, as a member of the Song family, Ziyan is naturally impossible to be used by the king. ”

After listening to Zhan He's description, the king of Chu learned about Dai Yan's situation, and also knew that it was impossible for a prince of the Song State like Dai Yan to be used by the Chu State, so he sighed, and then asked, "Who is the other virtuous person that Zhan Zi said?" How does he compare to Zhanzi? ”

"This other virtuous person is a descendant of the declining clan of the Song Kingdom, named Zhuang Zhou. When I first saw this person, I suspected that I had seen a celestial. Zhuangzi and his people are the same as in the next, studying the art of Huang Lao, but the talent in the lower is far less than Zhuangzi, if the talent of the next is compared with Zhuang Zhou, it is really to compete with the bright moon with fireflies. ”

Is there such a talent in the world? Even Zhan He can't compare to it? The King of Chu wondered in his heart. What is Zhan He's talent, he has personally experienced it. Zhan He Qiren's fishing skills are extremely superb, he can use a single strand of silk as a fishing rope, with thorns as a hook, with fine bamboo as a fishing rod, with cut rice grains as bait, in the abyss with a depth of 100 feet, the fish caught in the turbulent river can fill a car, the fishing line is still continuous, the hook is not straightened, the fishing rod is not bent. Zhan He was able to do this because he didn't think about other things in his heart, and his mind was not disturbed by external objects. And Zhan He also told him this truth, and the king of Chu began to learn the art of life like Zhan He, and since then he has handled national affairs handily, and the state of Chu has become more powerful in his hands. The King of Chu himself is very fond of Huang Lao's technique, and he can also see that Zhan He himself is a master of Huang Lao's way, if Zhan He is really willing to come out and do things, with his mirror-like mind and exquisite analysis of the situation in the world, he will definitely be able to make Chu State stronger.

It is not known where the study of the Tao of Huang Lao came from, but the Tao of Huang Lao or Taoism is a study with far-reaching political influence. In this era, the main idea of the Jixia School Palace of the State of Qi was Huang Lao Thought, and the influence of Huang Lao Thought in the Chu State was also very great. However, Huang Laozhixue had no influence in the Song Kingdom, and this Zhuang Zhou seemed to be really a strange thing, like a fish, which could survive in a place where there was no water, which couldn't help but make the King of Chu extremely interested.

Later, the king of Chu asked Zhan He for the specific address of Zhuang Zhou, although Zhan He told him that Zhuang Zhou could not be used by him, but he still decided to try it himself. So he sent two doctors, carrying the honor guard of the king of Chu, and asked the two doctors to personally invite Zhuang Zhou over.

Song Guomengyi, a middle-aged man in his thirties came out of the house of the river supervisor with a depressed face. Just now, he had no food at home, and he asked this former colleague to borrow some food, but the river supervisor was perfunctory to him, saying that he could only lend food after his land rent was collected, Zhuang Zhou was directly enraged, didn't this tease him? If the land rent of the river supervisor can be collected, it will not have to wait until August and September, when he Zhuang Zhou is still alive in this world?

So Zhuang Zhou told a vivid story to the river supervisor: Yesterday, I Zhuang Zhou was walking on the road, and on the road I heard the sound of calling for help, and I searched for it and finally found that it was a carp in the rut calling for help. I asked the carp: What is wrong with you, carp? The carp said to me, "I am a courtier of the king of the East Sea, and I have been washed up here from the East Sea." Sir, can you do it and give me a bucket of water to help me? I said to the carp, "No problem!" I will go to the south and persuade the king of Yue to bring the water of the Xijiang River to save you, so that you can swim to the south through the water of the Xijiang River. After listening to the play, the carp said to me very angrily: I have lost the environment of normal life, as long as there is a bucket of water, I can live. But you want to go to the south and bring the water of the West River to save me. If you do, I'm afraid you'd be better off going straight to the dried fish shop and looking for me!

After Zhuang Zhou finished telling this story, he directly said goodbye to the river supervisor. But if you don't borrow food, how can you live? He remembered the fishing skills taught to him by a certain traveler from the Chu State some time ago, so let's go fishing and eat, Zhuang Zhou thought.