At noon on the second day, Fucha and Zheng Dan lived in Gusutai leisurely. The summer sun is like fire, and through the wooden lattice windows of the dormitory, you can see the dazzling golden light outside and the noisy sound of cicadas.

At this time, Yi Wang, the chief supervisor of the palace, reported softly outside the palace: "King! Dazai had just arrived, and he was waiting in the council chamber, saying that he had something to tell the king. ”

Wu Wangfu didn't answer at first, looked at the sun outside, frowned, and muttered in a low voice: "It's really rare to have a leisure!" After a while, he raised his voice again: "The widow will go to the council hall immediately, do you know who else is coming with Dazai?" ”

"Except for Dazai's retinue, there is no one else."

The husband said goodbye to Zheng Dan, went out of the inner bed, and passed through a stone fence corridor, on both sides of the corridor, are covered by cypress trees and pines with the thickness of Dingkou, only to see the thick shade everywhere, and the mountain wind gusts.

When he arrived at the council hall, Bo Yao met King Wu, dressed in a wide robe and big sleeves, and knelt on the ground to kowtow to his husband. The husband got up and sat down in a hurry, and ordered the guards to bring the well water that was well drenched on the mountain, gave Dazai a cold compress, and gave a pot of herbal tea. ”

"The minister got the secret report of the Qi State: The Qi State took advantage of the civil strife in the Jin Dynasty and was working on it. Now that the Jin and Qi kingdoms are enemies, we can profit from them. The lord sent troops to the state of Chen this time, and Wang Sun Luo captured the three cities and returned, which greatly dealt a blow to the state of Chen and also shocked the state of Chu. The minister invites the Lord to judge the situation and take the opportunity to map the Central Plains! ”

"What about the Jin Kingdom and the Qi Kingdom?" Fucha asked.

"In June, the second secretary of the Jin State was in chaos. Qi Jinggong sent the ministers Chen Qi and Xian Shi to entangle the minister of defense Ning Knee, and divided the troops into five ways to attack the Jin State. ”

Fucha groaned: "Now the Jin Kingdom is ruled by Zhao Jianzi, and Xun Yin and Zhao Ji are enemies of Zhao Jianzi in Handan. The Jin kingdom was in the midst of civil strife. It seems that Qi wants to weaken the strength of the Jin State by aiding Xun Yin and Zhao Ji. ”

"The lord can see that although Qi Jinggong is an old man, he has always had the ambition of a prince. The State of Qi took advantage of the fire to rob, and the State of Jin not only had to pacify the civil strife, but also fought back against the coalition forces of Qi and Wei, but the State of Jin was even more difficult! ”

Fu Cha was a little puzzled: "The Jin State is our strongest opponent in the world, and now if the Qi State can defeat the Jin State." Wouldn't it be good for us to reap the benefits of the fishermen? ”

Bo Yao said: "Although the Jin State is suffering from civil strife, and the Qi State wants to take advantage of the fire to rob, the national strength of the Jin State is still not to be underestimated. The minister thought that it was difficult to shake with the Qi State, and the Qi State did not have this strength. The minister has a plan, and he has come to discuss with the king. ”

"Aiqing can be elaborated."

"Qi has always focused its strategy on the contest with Jin, but Qi has not been able to examine its own strength. Therefore, the national strength of Qi was gradually consumed. Our Wu country has been governed by the hard work of the ancestors. Beginning to rise in the southeast, why not take this opportunity to go north to Tuqi? ”

"If we all conspire, wouldn't we help Jin Guoye? The widow thought it was inappropriate. ”

"Please listen carefully: the Jin Kingdom is in the midst of civil strife, and it will not be able to recover in recent years, as long as we plan the Qi Kingdom, and then want to rule the Jin Kingdom, the ambition of the king to dominate the princes is just around the corner!"

The husband has been thinking for a long time. I wanted to order the soldiers of Xiangguo to come to Gusutai to discuss, but I thought that this old man would definitely chirp and admonish him crookedly. The idea was dismissed. Thinking about attacking Chen State was also extremely opposed by Xiang Guo, but Wang Sun Luo not only completed the task well, but also carried it to shock Chu State, which was really happy. Thinking of this, the husband couldn't help but feel a little arrogant, so he had his own idea.

"Dazai can know that Wang Sun Luo's army is returning to the dynasty, but where is it at this time?"

"The minister got a spy report the day before yesterday, saying that it was past Zhongwu."

"What if the widow lets Wang Sun Luo's army of Chen, turn around and go north, and attack the Qi State?"

"Wang Sun Luo only has 20,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, and he has suffered a lot of losses in the battles of attacking Chen and retreating Chu, Qi is a big country, and the king cannot be underestimated."

"Now that the Qi State is using troops against the Jin State, he would not have thought that we would send troops, this is called surprise! Of course, the widow will also increase the number of troops for Wang Sun Luo. ”

Bo Yao nodded and said: "The king's idea is very good, but ,—— is just to mobilize the army, do you want to inform Xiangguo?" ”

After a pause, he looked around the hall for a while, which was a building made of stone foundations and wooden pillars, and the bluestone floor leached with a hint of coolness.

Fucha sighed: "Let's discuss it with Xiangguo!" Aiqing immediately issued an edict for the widow, ordering Wang Sun Luo to lead the army to camp on the spot in Zhongwu and wait for the widow's new edict! ”

Bo Yao was ordered, but he was still worried: "Xiangguo has always opposed the king's use of troops in the north. The minister thought that if he consulted with him, he would definitely meet with his opposition. ”

Fu Cha said: "Xiangguo has no two hearts, but he has different political views from the widows." The widow also thought to himself, Xiangguo's proposal to destroy Yue first, and on the basis of continuing to suppress Chu, unite Qi to plot the Jin State, which is Xiangguo's strategy to seek hegemony. Although the strategy proposed by Xiangguo is not very desirable, it is not useless. ”

Seeing that Fu Cha said this, Bo Yao was also a little surprised in his heart: uniting the Qi State is the political opinion of the Xiangguo, and conquering the Qi State by force is the current proposition of the two monarchs and ministers, and this difference is simply the opposite of each other.

Bo Yao was speechless for a long time. The husband said: "Please Dazai tell Xiangguo, tomorrow I will ask Xiangguo to have a good trip, come to this Gusutai, and the widow has something to discuss." ”

Bo Yao took the order and left. The husband stood up, and when he saw Yi Wang waiting by his side, he ordered, "The widow should go to the study room." I heard that in this study, there are books that the former king loved, so the widow went to take a walk today and check them carefully. ”

Yi Wang led the way in front, and several palace maids surrounded King Wu and left the meeting hall, turned the stone railing corridor, but turned to the west, and there was an extremely exquisite small hall, which was the study room.

The husband ordered everyone to wait in the wing room outside, and he went into the study alone. Although I have been to this Gusutai several times, I have never been to this bookstore. He walked around the wooden lattice of the bookcase for a while, looking at the piles of bamboo slips, and was interested.

At that time, the Wu people broke their hair and claws, the people were fierce, and the country of the Central Plains had little intersection, and they still needed to be king-turned. And the husband likes to play with guns and sticks since he was a child, but he doesn't care about reading.

The husband looked through the bamboo slips, and saw that there were several articles of "Zhou Guan", so he picked them out and put them on top of a few cases, and saw that there were some relatively fresh bamboo slips, which seemed to be newly stored. The husband took it and looked at it, but it was an essay that recorded Kongqiu's speech.

And Fucha has heard of this Confucius, a great Confucian who has traveled to various countries, and is said to be the most learned person in the world, with 3,000 disciples, and now it seems that he is in the country of Cai. Fucha was deeply puzzled: since Confucius was a great sage in the world, he could not be used by a big country, but he was an official in a small country such as Lu and Weiguo, and he had never held the authority of a big country, so Fucha had some curiosity, and took a few articles of "Zhou Guan" and a few essays of Confucius and his disciples, and ordered Yiwang to take it, and then returned to the inner bed to find a time to read.

When the husband returned to the back bed, he saw Zheng Dan sitting under the window, and the husband said, "Why is Ai Ji so lonely?" ”

Zheng Dan hurriedly got up and bowed, and sighed faintly: "The concubine visited this Gusutai with the king last night, and it was difficult to sleep for half a day when she returned to the palace. But the concubine didn't know what the good luck of this dream was, so she thought about it here. ”

The palace maid came over and took off her robe and coat for her husband, wearing only a white silk shirt. The husband saw that Zheng Dan was wearing a tulle skirt and his skin was like snow, so he stepped forward and said with a smile: "Ai Ji might as well tell the widow to hear it, and the widow will explain this dream for you." ”

Zheng Dan said: "The dream of the concubine is also strange, there is a fierce dog, squatting on the side of the couch, the concubine is also lying high in the dream, when the concubine opens her eyes, this fierce dog will come up and bite the concubine, and the concubine will be awakened." ”

Fucha groaned: "Could it be that someone wants to harm Aiji? After all, Ai Ji is the beloved of the widow, who dares to harm you? Please be relieved, as long as there is a widow, Aiji is worry-free! ”

The husband comforted me with good words, and the two of them talked to me and me for a while, and they didn't mention it.

On the second day, a waiter came to report that Xiangguo was asking to see him outside the palace. (To be continued......)