Chapter 241: Killing Soldiers on the River
The senior doctor Wang Sun, who was standing beside Bo Yao, also saw the cold glint that flashed in his husband's eyes, and couldn't help but look at Wu Zixu with a burst of worry in his heart. When he saw Wu Zixu's tall back, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Wu Zixu is too proud, no! It should be conceited, I'm afraid I said it, Wu Zixu won't take it too seriously! The king is not the first king, the current Wu country, nor the Wu country in the era of the first king, the current Wu country has enough strength to protect itself, and the absence of the Xiangguo is certainly influential, but it will not let the Wu country die.
Although the remnant bamboo on the side did not notice the cold glint in Fucha's eyes, he also felt from Wu Zixu's words just now, and felt that Wu Guo was not known about the situation now.
"Remnant Zhu, what gift did you say Yang Zilu gave to the widow?" Seeing that the remnant bamboo was kneeling there for a long time and did not speak, the husband, who was a little impatient and waiting, frowned, and said dissatisfiedly.
"Ahh Yes, the minister will let people bring gifts! Only then did Remnant Zhu come back to his senses and hurriedly responded.
When the husband heard this, he lowered his head noncommittally and urged: "Well, hurry up!" A widow's time is precious! ”
Remnant Zhu didn't let his husband wait long, and it didn't take long for him to bring another person back into the tent. Seeing that Remnant Zhu was still bringing a person, the husband almost frowned involuntarily, and he said with some dissatisfaction: "Who is Remnant Zhu?" Why did you bring him to the widow without permission? ”
Before Remnant Zhu could speak, the man had already knelt down on one knee to his husband and said, "Monarch of the Han Kingdom, Yang Zilu kneels to see King Wu!" I wish King Wu eternal happiness and longevity! ”
When the husband heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned, he didn't expect that the person who came was actually Yang Zilu, and when he heard Yang Zilu's words, he couldn't help but show a smile, but the husband quickly restrained the smile on his face, put on a straight face, and snorted coldly: "Hmph! Yang Zilu, you are really bold! How dare you come to see the widow! ”
Yang Zilu scolded in his heart, sample, let you be arrogant! You'll cry later! However, Yang Zilu Yang Zilu had to endure the pain on her face, raised her hand to wipe her eyes, and immediately cried with tears in her eyes: "King, Yang Zilu has been wronged!" Wronged! ”
As Yang Zilu spoke, he immediately put away the ginger block in his hand, and couldn't help but cry bitterly in his heart, ah! This ginger can't be a thousand-year-old ginger, right? It's spicy!
When the husband heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned, a little at a loss, but he still said with a straight face: "Wronged? Yang Zilu, are you really good at quibbling? Sent troops to attack the country of Vietnam without authorization! also let the widow lose more than 10,000 Wu troops! That's all there is to it."
Yang Zilu continued to cry: "King, the reason why the minister sent troops is because he is too much to deceive people!" Cook a grain with a steam and come to the deceitful minister! If it weren't for the coincidence that a small official under the command of the minister discovered the mystery, I'm afraid that it would not be the Yue Kingdom that died, but the Han Kingdom? ”
Fucha sneered: "Yang Zilu, you really know how to speak!" This thing has been denied by the oath, and this evidence is not easy to produce? How could it be that you are conspiring to calculate Goujian? ”
Yang Zilu sobbed and said: "King, if the minister came up with this plan, I'm afraid this will not be the case. King, think about it, if the minister thinks of this strategy, then the minister can borrow grain from the king at the same time as borrowing grain from the Yue Kingdom. After the autumn harvest this year, the grains were steamed and sent to the state of Wu, and there was also the grain that should be returned to the country of Yue. In the second year, a food shortage broke out in both Wu and Yue, and the ministers sent troops to Yue. There was no grain king, and he could only watch his ministers annex the Yue Kingdom. And the state of Wu, which has just experienced a food shortage, is capable of crusading against the ministers? As the saying goes, one year of famine, three years of accumulation. A year's food shortage takes three years to recuperate, and after three years, the strength of the subordinate after annexing the Yue Kingdom, even if he can't defeat the king, but he is probably more than enough to protect himself! Why take such a risk? Your Majesty, do you think what the minister said is right? In fact, the minister is loyal to the king! ”
Yang Zilu secretly said in his heart: You think I didn't think of this plan! However, this strategy of cooking grain was conceived by Wen Chong, I sent the grain over, and if Wen Chong found out, he would report it to Wu State. When the husband saw that the grain I gave him had also been steamed, wasn't it stealing chickens and rice? Besides, even if I can't find out about it, I will offend Wu Guo fiercely, and because of the willingness of the food shortage, I will also offend the people of Yue State.
In this way, Wu Guo poured all the strength of the whole country to take revenge, and I have not yet recovered the hearts of the Vietnamese people, isn't it the same bad luck? Compared with the former, it's just 50 steps and 100 steps!
But Fucha didn't think about this, and couldn't help but feel that what Yang Zilu said made a lot of sense. But thinking of the casualties of the Wu army, he couldn't help but be angry in his heart, and his husband glared at him, and roared: "What about the more than 10,000 warriors of the Wu Kingdom? How dare you resist the widow! ”
When Yang Zilu heard this, she squeezed her eyes, but no tears dripped down, and she couldn't help but feel bitter in her heart, and wiped her eyes with old ginger, which stabbed Yang Zilu with tears and nose, but in the eyes of her husband, she felt that Yang Zilu was particularly aggrieved. "My lord, in fact, all this is not what the minister wants to do! The minister originally wanted the king to cross the river and negotiate with the king! But the doctors under the minister's command all said that the king listened to Gou Jian's slander and wanted to kill the minister. The minister was fascinated for a while, he was afraid of death, and his doctors were slandered, so he rebelled against the king! The minister really deserves death! ”
"Hmph, you are indeed guilty of ten thousand deaths, but seeing that you are still sincere, and you came to the widow alone to see the widow yourself, forget about this matter, you will return the land of Yue Kingdom immediately...... Well! Half of it will be given to Goujian! After all, Gou Jian was also wrong this time! The husband hesitated for a moment and spoke. He thinks that Yang Zilu is probably loyal to him, but I'm afraid that he is not sent to death because of his words, Yang Zilu's excuse for resistance, he also agrees with the boat, but Gou Jian's husband is not ready to push the boat down the river.
When Yang Zilu heard this, he cried: "King, I'm afraid the minister can't be the master!" If the minister dares to do this, I am afraid that the next day, the minister will be beheaded by his ministers! The ministers under the command of the ministers are even more powerful than the three Huan! ”
Sanhuan refers to the three powerful ministers of the Lu State, their power is greater than the Lu monarch, the history books describe the Lu monarch and the three Huan, "Sanhuan wins, Lu Ru Xiaohou is inferior to the family of the three Huan." From this paragraph, it is not difficult to see that Sanhuan's status in the Lu State actually made the king of a country "humble" to him.
My husband sent me to disbelieve, "How can this be? You are also the king of a country! ”
Yang Zilu sighed and said: "The minister was in a hurry, as long as he was attached to the minister, he was given great sovereignty, and the name of the Han State was a country, but in fact it was just a number of small countries. It's all the minister's fault! However, the minister also knew that the king was worried, and the minister came here to think of a solution! ”
"Oh?" The husband looked at Yang Zilu with a look of doubt in his eyes.
Yang Zilu responded: "The minister is willing to cut his own troops and horses!" Maintain the soldiers and horses of the Han Kingdom at 3,000 people! And ask the king to send someone to serve as the right Sima of the Han Kingdom! Believe so! The ministers under the ministers want to coerce the ministers to send troops to attack the king, and it is impossible! ”
For Yang Zilu's words, Fucha didn't fully believe it, but he felt that Yang Zilu seemed to be afraid of Wu Guo. This made Fucha quite proud, and he actually let himself send someone to monitor him openly, hoping to gain the understanding of Wu State.
The husband thought for a while, frowned, and said, "Then why did you come to see the widow so secretly? And it's only now that I'm here to see the widow! ”
Yang Zilu sighed and said: "It's all because there is annihilation by the king's side. People, if you want to stir up the relationship between the king and the minister, the minister has to do this! ”
"What annihilation. Person? What do you mean by that? Fucha asked.
"Minister, I don't know if I should say a word!" Yang Zilu said timidly.
"Say it!" Fucha frowned again and spoke.
"The minister heard that Xiangguo collected five hundred gold! Afterwards, it was said that there was still a thousand gold! And Gou Jian sent so much money to Xiang Guo, in order to hope that Xiang Guo could help Gou Jian restore the country! How dare a minister come openly? I'm afraid I haven't seen the king yet, and the minister has been cut in two by Xiangguo! Yang Zilu said with a bitter face.
When the husband heard this, his face couldn't help but change slightly. Fan Li retired successfully, and when Tao Zhugong only earned 3,000 gold, he was called a rich country. Fifteen hundred gold, that's almost as big as the treasury of a small vassal state! The husband asked with a solemn face, "Do you have evidence!" ”
When Yang Zilu heard this, he sighed and said: "Such an important matter, and Xiangguo is a scheming person, there may be evidence there!" The minister just found out that there is such a thing! But the minister thinks that if there is evidence to be observed, then the minister thinks that Xiangguo's words for Gou Jian are evidence! In the past, Xiangguo has always advocated that the king destroyed the Yue Kingdom, why did Xiangguo ask the king to send troops to help the Yue Kingdom at this time? Don't you think it's abnormal, my lord? ”
When the husband heard this, his face changed greatly, but he didn't know what his concerns were, so he shouted in a low voice: "Okay! Don't talk about this, but Yang Zilu, it seems that you also listen to the loyal! ”
"The title of a minister! Everything the minister has given to the king, and the minister is not loyal to the king! That is to be destroyed by heaven and earth! Yang Zilu said with a touched face.
When the husband heard this, he nodded with satisfaction, he felt that Yang Zilu was quite credible, and the heart of the husband was in the north, what he wanted to do was to be the hegemon, not the king and hegemony in the small barbarian country in the south! That's right, the small barbarian country in the south, even the current Han State, in Fucha's opinion, is also a small barbarian country.
The next thing is some details, Yang Zilu said that he is willing to let Gou Jian return to Huiji City to continue to pay tribute to his ancestors. However, the husband didn't seem to believe in Yang Zilu's character very much, and did not agree, so Yang Zilu's conspiracy unfortunately died.
In terms of tribute, the husband is a lion who opens his mouth and asks Yang Zilu to pay a tribute of 200,000 yuan and 30,000 stone of grain a year. When Yang Zilu heard this, she immediately felt bitter. But fortunately, the husband really thought that Yang Zilu's subordinates were under the control of the elbows, and he didn't have much money, and after bargaining, he agreed to Yang Zilu's annual tribute of 5,000 stone of grain and 50 pieces of good fur.
Yang Zilu also said that he admired the culture of Wu and hoped that the husband could send craftsmen and scholars to the Han Kingdom to teach the Han people the techniques and various academics. In fact, Yang Zilu's biggest purpose is the former, especially the shipbuilding industry. Yang Zilu is eyeing him.
However, the husband was not stupid, he just promised to send some scholars to the Han Kingdom, which made Yang Zilu quite regretful, but Yang Zilu was just a pity. In this era, the most developed shipbuilding industry was not only the state of Wu, but also the state of Chu and the state of Qi. Yang Zilu believes that in order to support himself, the State of Chu will not mind teaching the technology of the shipbuilding industry to himself, so as to subdue the State of Wu. As for the Qi State, although it is a little troublesome, it can also use the Qi internal fighting to exchange weapons for craftsmen.
In the end, after the negotiation between Yang Zilu and Fucha, the Han State was still a vassal state of the Wu State, and the Yue State was not destroyed, but in fact, his situation was no different from the extinction. Under the protection of Wu State, Yue Guo retained a small piece of land on the north bank of Zhejiang, and the city was no more than Li Yiyi, and the land was only a hundred miles away.
When Yang Zilu returned to Jiangnan, the ministers found out about Yang Zilu's disappearance, and they complained for a while that Yang Zilu made his own opinion, if the husband had murderous intentions, I am afraid that Yang Zilu would have to go to see the king of Yama. In fact, Yang Zilu also has a feeling of "rebirth" when he sets foot on the land on the south bank, but Yang Zilu still feels that his adventure is worth it.
Three days later, Yang Zilu and her husband made a bloody alliance on a small island in Zhejiang, calling it 'the soldiers on the river'. Although before the alliance, Wu Zixu suggested that Fu Cha ambush the warship upstream and capture Yang Zilu.
However, the husband, who had already been prejudiced against Wu Zixu, naturally vetoed Wu Zixu's suggestion. And in order to prevent Wu Zixu from making his own decisions, the husband also asked Bo Yao, who was not right with Wu Zixu, to take over the boat master.
Gou Jian naturally didn't want Yang Zilu to get better, and that night, Gou Jian sent Dazai Kucheng to give Bo Yao a hundred taels of gold. Although Bo Yao is greedy for money, he is not stupid, he knows that his status is because of his husband's appreciation.
In history, although Bo Ya helped Yue Guo, it was because Bo Ya did not discover the conspiracy of Yue Guo. When Bo Yao found out, the Yue State had already attacked the Wu State, and it had become a country that was a few points stronger than the Wu State. Bo Ya then took refuge in the Yue Kingdom.
And now Yue Guo is not as good as before, although Bo Yao is greedy for money, but he will not bury his husband's trust in him for so much money, so he politely refused the property sent by Gou Jian.
This made Gou Jian more and more nostalgic for Wen Chong and Fan Li by his side, during that time, Gou Jian almost didn't have to do anything, what he wanted, Wen Chong and Fan Li They had already come up with Gou Jian for him, and all Gou Jian had to do was decide.
The only thing that makes Gou Jian happy in the bitterness is that the Yue Kingdom, at least it has not perished! It's just that such a Yue country has not perished, but how much is the difference between it and perishing?
(To be continued)