Wu Wangfucha, who was completely relieved of the Yue Kingdom, was accompanied by Xi Shi and enjoyed the reward as a winner. Every once in a while, a group of skilled craftsmen from the Yue Kingdom will be sent as tribute to satisfy the ultimate enjoyment of material life by the husband. In Gusu, the husband sent a lot of construction, built the Spring Festival Palace, dug a big pool, set up a green dragon boat, and played in the water with Xi Shi for fun. Soon, repair the palace again, the spirit hall, and take hundreds of large vats as the base, spread good wood on it, and dance by Xi Shi wearing clogs and bells. The sound of ringing, echoing in the nine skies, the beauty of the scenery, intoxicating.

In 486 B.C., Goujian, the king of Yue, who was lying on his salary and recuperating his strength, planned to raise an army to attack Wu, and Fan Li once again dissuaded him with improper timing. In 484 B.C., the Wu army marched north and fought endlessly with the Qi state, and the monarchs and ministers of the Yue State once again rectified the gifts and treasures and paid tribute to the Wu state. At the same time, those civil and official forces of Wu State, who had received a large amount of benefits from the Yue Kingdom and had a rejection mentality towards Wu Zixu, continued to make remarks, causing a huge rift between Fucha and Wu Zixu. In the end, this outstanding military strategist did not die on the battlefield, and the horse leather shrouded his body, but fell under the suspicion of the king and the exclusion of his colleagues.

In 482 B.C., the elite of the Wu State was exhausted, and under the leadership of Fucha, they marched all the way to the northwest and began to compete for supremacy with the Jin State. The powerful Wu army, backed by force, finally gained the power to command the world, known as the "Yellow Pond Meeting" in history.

At this time, the opportunity that Yue Guo had been waiting for had finally arrived. Years of conquest and slaughter have certainly allowed Wu to gain the nominal position of alliance leader, but they have also really depleted the cornerstone of this powerful country. Years of war, even if they are often won, will produce huge casualties, not to mention that many northern princes are still in control of powerful armies despite their decline. Although the Wu army won, various strategic goals were achieved. However, this invincible and powerful Jiangnan Wu army is also tired.

Fan Li, Wen Chong and others' plans for many years have reached the time of harvest, and Yue Guo, who has endured long-term humiliation, is like a spring that has been suppressed for too long, instantly releasing a jaw-dropping powerful force. When the main force of the Wu army was far away in the north, the Yue army launched this long-planned revenge war, breaking through Gusu, the capital of Wu in one fell swoop, and the prince of Wu who stayed in the country was killed. And the main force of Wu that rushed back from the far north, in a state of exhaustion, did not have enough certainty. As a result, the two countries made peace at the end of the year.

In 479 B.C., the state of Wu, which had not yet been able to completely heal its wounds, was attacked by the Yue state again, and the forward troops of the Yue army crossed the Wuhu area, and the Chen Bing River confronted the Wu troops across the river. The following year, the Vietnamese army began a surprise attack across the river at Kaze (present-day Wujiang, Jiangsu), and the Vietnamese troops, who had been recuperating for a long time, defeated the exhausted Wu army three times in a row. For a time, Wu Jun's corpses were all over the field and were defeated. Under the desperate cover of the guards, Fucha was able to escape and led the remnants to retreat to Gusu City to defend it.

In 475 BC, most of the Vietnamese army completed the siege of Gusu City, but Fan Li ordered the siege but not the fight, consuming the vitality of the city. In 473 BC, after nearly three years of siege, the Wu army was demoralized and demoralized, and the entire state of Wu was no longer able to organize a resistance force capable of turning the tide. The Vietnamese army took the opportunity to attack on a large scale, forcing Fu Cha to commit suicide with a mask, completely destroying the administrative system of Wu and exterminating the Wu royal family. At the end of the year, the state of Wu perished.

In 486 B.C., the triumphant return of Yue King Gou Jian was full of ambition, and even promised to rule the world with Fan Li. However, Fan Li made a choice that surprised everyone: retirement. After leaving behind all the glory, he fled to the country of Qi. And, I wrote a letter to my friend:

"The birds are all gone, and the good bow is hidden; The cunning rabbit dies, and the lackeys cook. The king of Yue is a long-necked bird beak, and he can share hardships and hardships, but not joys. Why don't you go? ”

The letter was quickly sent to Wen Chong, but Wen Chong did not follow the advice of his friend Fan Li and retired, but continued to stay in Yue Guo and was a very popular minister. Enjoying endless glory and wealth has made the literature a little paralyzed. The character of Goujian, the king of Yue, was greatly influenced by Fan Li, and in the formation of Goujian's worldview, Fan Li's various guidance made him know this king very well.

In 473 B.C., the Yue army leveled Wu, crossed the Huai River in the north, and Qi, Jin and Xuzhou alliances, called the tribute Zhou Tianzi, the king of Zhou Yuan gave the king of Yue to sacrifice tribute, ordered it to be the uncle, and the prestige of the Yue country was shocked. With Huai Shangdi and Chu, Wu invaded the Song land in the Song Dynasty, and Lu Si east of a hundred miles. For a time, the Yue soldiers were rampant in the Jiang and Huaidong, and the princes were Bihe, known as the overlords.

The country is ashamed of the snow, the country is thriving, the strategists are like clouds, the fierce generals are like rain, the elite soldiers are murderous, a hegemonic atmosphere, and there is an imperial posture that sweeps the world. The humiliation and oppression endured back then, at this moment, have repaid their value a thousand times over. However, behind this prosperity, there is an undercurrent, and a letter from Fan Li to Wen Chong has struck a crack that is difficult to heal and suspicious of the monarchs and ministers on the seemingly solid and stable Yue court.

Soon after, Wen Wen, who was a little apprehensive in his heart, seemed to really feel that something was wrong, and he was a little afraid to face this king who had been suffering together in the past. Faintly, Wen Chong regretted that he did not follow the advice of his old friend Fan Li. Gou Jian, the king of Yue, no longer seems to be the humble and generous Ming Jun, and a hidden and unflinching overlord murderous aura makes Wen Chong feel colder and colder.

Sure enough, someone in the DPRK and China soon made a statement, saying that Wen Chong had bad intentions. When Gou Jian heard this, he immediately summoned Wen Chong, and gave him a sword, and after commending his merits, he ordered him to take this governing talent to go underground to "assist" the previous Yue King and defeat the previous Wu State. Wen Chong took the sword from Gou Jian, committed suicide, and was buried on the west mountain of Yuedu, which was called "Seed Mountain" (now Wolong Mountain in Shaoxing City) in later generations.

Wu was extinguished, Fan Li retreated, and sent a letter saying: "The high bird is scattered, the good bow is hidden, the cunning rabbit is exhausted, and the lackeys are cooked." "After the literature got Fan Lishu, he said that he was sick and did not come, and people or slandered the literature and made chaos. The king of Yue Nai gave the sword of the Wen species and said: "The son has the art of conspiracy and war, and the enemy takes the country." The strategy of the nine arts, now with three has broken the strong Wu, the six are still in the sub-institute, I wish to be fortunate to use the remaining art as the lonely former king to seek Wu in the underground. ”

- "Wu Yue Spring and Autumn"

It's not that Fan Li's letter turned Gou Jian and the literary monarchs and ministers against each other, which opened a precedent for the monarchs and ministers to be suspicious and guarded. Since ancient times, there has never been an obligation without rights, and there will never be a right without obligations. Right and wrong, twists and turns, will always be hidden in the thick dust of time, and what remains eternal is only interests.

It's not that Gou Jian really has a face that is difficult to enjoy together, as Fan Li said, and it is not entirely the talent and wisdom of the literary genre that makes it difficult for the king to sleep. It's just that ambitious kings will never really be satisfied with the status quo, they will only want to have more and more vast territories and larger empires. The ultimate goal of all benevolent government to recuperate and recuperate for the people is to better serve the process of realizing one's own desires. If the interests require mercy, then the benevolent state; If interests require war, then what the king's banner is going to is bound to be the place where the people will die.

If his governing philosophy can be continued to be implemented, then the future Yue Kingdom will be invincible, invincible, invincible, and dominate the world. However, Gou Jian is obviously no longer young, and he does not have enough patience to continue to accumulate strength for future generations. He only hopes that in his lifetime, he will be able to taste enough delicious power, and as for the future, then leave it to the future.

It is not that the literary style of breaking Wu Jiuce (in the Huiji local chronicle "Yue Jue Shu" called breaking Wu Shu nine, and in "Eastern Zhou Dynasty Chronicles" it is called breaking Wu Shu seven) caused Gou Jian's vigilance and suspicion, but this so-called Wu breaking technique should naturally be used to break "Wu", and Wu has perished, where should such a power plot be? And Fan Li, who formulated the literary genre of Wu Jiushu, has obviously lost the common enemy and goal with King Goujian of Yue, on the contrary, the absolute freedom that Fan Li longs for, and the hegemony pursued by the literary genre, have run counter to the king's own desires and goals.

It's just that Fan Li chose to abandon his official position and engage in business, relying on his outstanding wisdom and talent, he lived a chic life, but Wen Chong never understood that the hegemony of Gou Jian was not the hegemony of Yue Guo.

It has nothing to do with the letter that puts the contradictions between the monarch and the minister so sharply on the table, the so-called king is just a ruthless person who forgets all the rights and wrongs and only puts the pros and cons in mind. Whenever their direction changes, the courtiers who cannot adjust their goals in time will quickly become a stumbling block on the way to change the national track, or crush, or subvert. For a king who has mastered the power of the state, it is better to use the former.

It was not Fan Li's letter that led to the counter-purpose of the monarch and ministers, but that the gentleman only said that "the Tao is different and does not conspire with each other", and what the king is used to doing is, "The Tao is different and kill everything." ”