Chapter 8 Mao Hengcai's Political Acumen
The method given by Fan Li is to select a group of beauties from the Yue Kingdom, secretly blend into the draft crowd of Wu State, and finally be selected by Wu Wangfu, and then blow the pillow wind, so that on the one hand, it can distract the husband's attention, and on the other hand, it can also probe some information, Gou Jian also felt that Fan Li's idea was very good, so he asked him to select a group of big beauties and send them to the palace of King Wu, including Xi Shi.
Xi Shi really deserves to be a well-known beauty, as soon as she was sent to the palace, her husband was fascinated by her, drinking and having fun with her all day long, and she didn't want to deal with government affairs, and finally didn't even go to the early court.
For a long time, Wu had no one to govern, and soon there were internal problems.
At this time, Xi Shi blew the wind in his ears again, so that Fucha felt that Gou Jian was no longer a threat, so he put the king of Yue and his queen back to the Yue kingdom together.
After Goujian, the king of Yue, returned to China, in order to spur himself on and not forget his previous shame, he slept on the straw all day long, and hung a bitter gall in his bedroom.
Later, the king of Yue led his troops to attack back, and finally defeated the king of Wu, and the state of Wu was destroyed. ”
"Ah......h
"Did you destroy the country directly......
"That's too miserable......"
"No, I think Gou Jian is miserable, and he is still very powerful!"
"But Fucha also defeated Gou Jian at the beginning......"
"I think it's all Shih Tzu's fault!"
Luan An, who had been quiet as a chicken, suddenly spoke: "If it weren't for Xi Shi confusing the husband, then the Wu Kingdom would not have destroyed the country." ”
"Makes sense"
"Yes, it's all Xi Shi's fault!"
"Ahem, okay, okay, everyone be quiet." Mao Hengcai stood up and told everyone to be quiet
"Everyone just listened to the allusion told by the little boy, what do you think in your heart, say it and listen to it."
"I ...... I don't think it's Xi Shi's fault......" the little fat man Zhao Li whispered. "Why isn't it Xi Shi's fault?"
Luan An couldn't help but be angry when he saw that the little fat man dared to oppose him.
"Luan An, don't bully your classmates" Mao Hengcai stopped Luan An's bullying behavior and encouraged Zhao Li to continue to say his thoughts, "I think that Wu destroyed the country, although there are reasons why Xi Shi confuses King Wu, but it is more because his husband is stupid, if he is not stupid, he will not be addicted to beauty and unable to extricate himself, nor will he forget his responsibilities as a king, let alone carelessly let go of it, so I don't think Xi Shi can be completely blamed." ”
The little fat man only said his opinion, and glanced at Luan An in fear, although Luan An looked very unhappy with a gloomy face, but he didn't say anything to refute it.
"Then Luan An, you just said that the destruction of the Wu Kingdom is all the fault of Xi Shi, but there is a basis?"
"Mr. Hui, I think," Luan An bit his lip, "I don't think Fucha is an incapable king, his father failed to fight Goujian, but he led the soldiers of Wu to practice for two years and then defeated, which shows that he is very good at governing the country and is not an incompetent person."
Ying Zheng also said just now that the purpose of Xi Shi's entry into King Wu's palace was to confuse King Wu, and she was the number one beauty in Yue, so it is understandable that King Wu was confused by her. ”
"Yes, does anyone else have their own opinions?" Mao Hengcai touched his mustache and smiled with relief: "What Zhao Li and Luan An said, Mao thinks there is a certain amount of truth, but ......" Mao Hengcai paused, and then continued, "But Mao, I think Zhao Li's point of view is more reasonable." ”
As soon as these words came out, Luan An, who was already not good-looking, darkened his face even more, and asked stubbornly: "Why does Mr. agree with Zhao Li, the student is puzzled, I hope Mr. can explain a thing or two." ”
"Haha, Luan An, don't be in a hurry first" Mao Hengcai chuckled twice, "The reason why Mao agrees with Zhao Li is very simple"
"The destruction of the country of Wu is ostensibly caused by the obsession of Wu Wangfucha with beauty, but have you ever paid attention to what the little prince said, in the first battle between Wu and Yue, why did the old Wu Wang Lu lose?"
"Of course, I am not good at the art of war, and my morale is insufficient." Luan An couldn't help but speak.
Yang Liang heard him say this, and had a certain thought in his heart, this Luan family should be Jiangmen, Luan An can say his own opinions on the battle, I think it must be the result of hearing and seeing it since childhood.
"Haha, what Luan An said is only one of them, the defeat of Wu State, in Mao's view, is caused by poverty and weakness, the two countries go to war, if the national strength is equal, then after the war is equal, Lu is bigger than Gou Jian, and the combat experience should be richer and more skilled than Gou Jian, but he was defeated and retreated by Gou Jian, who was much younger than himself, and finally died because of it, which can only show that the soldiers of Wu are low."
Mao Hengcai paused and asked, "What do you think is the reason for the low combat effectiveness of the soldiers?"
"Not enough to eat and not warm to wear"
"Not in good health"
"Bad treatment"
Everyone talked nonsense, and Mao Hengcai nodded approvingly.
"Yes, everyone is right, if the soldiers are well fed and warmly dressed, their bodies will naturally be strong, and their bodies will be strong, and if they can be promoted through wars, then their morale will naturally increase greatly, and their combat effectiveness will naturally increase."
"On the other hand, if a soldier can't even get enough food and clothing, his face is yellow and thin, and his military exploits can't be reasonably rewarded, then how can soldiers have morale?"
"Then why was Houfu able to defeat Gou Jian in just two years?"
Mao Hengcai laughed twice and said, "It is precisely because of these two years of training that the destruction of the Wu Kingdom has been accelerated!" Wu is already poor and weak, there are many internal problems, and the king of Wu in order to avenge his father, must be the strength of the whole country to train the army, a short period of training can indeed improve the combat effectiveness of the army, but this is undoubtedly consuming the financial and material resources within the state of Wu to support the army, in the long run, will not the people be dissatisfied? ”
Mao Hengcai paused, and said, "So Mao thinks that the destruction of the State of Wu, on the surface, is indeed caused by King Wu's favor and unintentional government, but in fact, if there is no Xi Shi, then the Qi of the State of Wu will not last long." ”
After listening to Mao Hengcai's remarks, everyone was silent for a long time, although this group of children is not yet mature, but in the end, they are cultivated by the big family, and their sensitivity to politics is only much higher than that of ordinary teenagers.
Mao Hengcai's remarks, although ostensibly inspired by Yang Liang's story and talked about the politics of Wu and Vietnam, actually reflected his concern about the current situation of Zhao.
Today's Zhao and Wu are so similar, on the surface a prosperous faction, in fact vulnerable, King Zhao is mediocre, pampering Queen Zhao, and Queen Zhao's mother is Jiang Guo, Jiang and Zhao have a feud, when they sent Queen Zhao to come and kiss, the ministers strongly objected, thinking that Jiang Guo had a bad heart, but I didn't expect King Zhao to be obsessed with his heart and insisted on accepting Jiang Ji as the queen.
Over the years, Jiang Guo has received a lot of benefits from Zhao State, from the original small country to continue to expand, and now it has faintly threatened the north of Zhao State, and people of insight in Zhao State are worried about this, Mao Hengcai is one of them.
As for how Yang Liang knew about these situations, of course, he was secretly told by the system, otherwise with his disgust with history, how could he have an understanding of these things.
The time was almost up, Mao Heng announced the end of today's lecture, and asked the servants to take this group of children away, Yang Liang wanted to leave with everyone, but Mao Hengcai stayed.
"Little boy, what I said today, let Mao be amazed" Mao Hengcai looked at Yang Liang with approving eyes and was very embarrassed, and the continuous prompt sound of the system in his mind made him even more happy, he couldn't imagine that the story he said casually made him get so many emotional value points, and let Mao Hengcai, an old stubborn man, praise him, it is simply a triple win, no, Mao Hengcai will definitely say to Zhao Yiren that he can add more emotional value at that time, this is simply a four-win-win! Yang Liang was happy in his heart, he heard Mao Hengcai's voice vaguely, looking at his absent-minded appearance, Mao Hengcai had no choice but to let him go back first.
Not long after Yang Liang returned to his mansion, sure enough, the system prompted that he had obtained the emotional value belonging to Zhao Yiren, which was as much as 10 points! After enjoying lunch, Yang Liang got up with nothing to do in the house, this ancient school is really good, only going to school for such a morning, it is like playing, and there is no after-school homework, compared with modern times, I don't know how many times the pleasure! He was lying on the chair with the grass in his mouth, when he suddenly heard Zhao Yiren's voice coming.
"Hahahaha, my good politician, you really gave me a long face today!" Zhao Yiren walked over with happy steps, he heard the story Yang Liang told from Mao Hengcai, and he was surprised and happy. The strange thing is that Ying Zheng is so young, where did he hear such a story, and the joy is naturally that Mao Hengcai praised Ying Zheng as a manufacturable material, and he will definitely have great achievements in the future.
"Your Uncle Mao told me everything about your performance in the school today."