The Story of King Wu 6 The Story of King Wu 1
When Fu Chai succeeded to the throne, he received his father’s dying instructions to defeat Yue and take revenge. Therefore, he concentrated on governing the country to make Wu stronger. King Gou Jian of Yue heard that Fu Cha wanted to take revenge, so he took the initiative to attack and was defeated. Fu Cha captured the capital of Yue and besieged Gou Jian on the mountain. Gou Jian had no choice but to surrender and beg for mercy.
The ministers of the State of Wu persuaded Fu Chai not to accept Gou Jian's surrender, but Fu Chai did not listen. Gou Jian came to the State of Wu to serve Fu Chai. Three years later, Fu Chai pardoned Gou Jian and let him return home.
Fu Chai liked to fight. The king of Qi died, so he sent troops to attack Qi. At this time, the minister still warned Fu Chai to beware of Gou Jian instead of focusing on Qi in the Central Plains. Fucha didn't listen and sent troops to attack Qilu several times, hoping to dominate the Central Plains.
With such continuous campaigns, Wu’s national strength gradually became exhausted and its soldiers became exhausted.
Gou Jian brought generous gifts to Fu Chai. Fu Chai was very happy and did not guard against Gou Jian at all. At this time, only Wu Zixu was worried about Wu, thinking that if the troubles in neighboring countries were not eliminated, there would be great chaos in the future. Fu Chai was very angry and even forced Wu Zixu to kill himself.
At the same time, Gou Jian not only sent various rare treasures to Wu, but also presented the top beauty of Yue, Xi Shi, to Fu Chai. However, Fu Chai did not know that Xi Shi was a chess piece planted by Gou Jian, and she kept following Fu Chai. Charming Fu Cha also provided information to Gou Jian.
Not long after Wu Zixu’s death, Fu Chai led his troops northward to compete for the hegemony. This time, he took all his elite troops out, leaving only the prince and a small number of troops in the capital. Gou Jian took advantage of his husband's absence to capture the capital of Wu and killed the prince. Fu Cha proposed reconciliation, and Gou Jian agreed. After that, Gou Jian launched another war, Wu was defeated, and Fu Chai finally chose to commit suicide.
When Fu Chai died, he remembered Wu Zixu’s repeated advice and regretted it. Unfortunately, he woke up too late. After Fu Chai's death, the state of Wu was destroyed.
Fu Chai’s Wife
Fu Chai’s first wife is now unknown. She must have been an outstanding woman for everyone back then. Otherwise, how could she have married such a proud and arrogant Fu Chai? A man's discernment?
Don’t say anything else, just saying that she can tolerate Xi Shi’s existence is definitely not something that ordinary women can do. What a graceful woman, it is not easy for a woman to be noble, maintain her own dignity, and disdain to compete with other women for favor. No matter how deeply favored Xi Shi is, so what? Not moved or envied.
If an ordinary woman is faced with a woman who is younger, prettier than herself, has evil intentions, and turns a blind eye to her husband all day long, it is very likely that she will threaten her husband’s empire, right? She will definitely not be left behind. After all, there are so many reasons here, not to mention that it is not easy for the harem to secretly let a woman die. Although Xishi's submission to the country is a trophy, she is a queen, and she still has the power to execute a concubine. There is no need to execute him, there are so many dirty tricks in the harem, just give him a medicine, send someone, and all the problems will be solved. But the queen didn't, what a magnanimity this was.
Fu Chai’s wife respected Fu Chai, and it was this respect that also resulted in a certain degree of connivance. Before Xi Shi, I had never heard of any scandals about Fu Chai. That was because of the good wife in the family. Fu Chai's wife must be capable, there is no doubt about it. But it was precisely this level of indulgence that made her watch the man she loved fall from his supreme position. Perhaps only she knew how painful it was in her heart.
Legend has it that after the Kingdom of Wu was destroyed, the queen killed Xi Shi.
King Wu Fu Chai and Xi Shi
Fu Chai was a womanizer and had numerous beauties. Xishi was born into a peasant family, and lived as a Huansha girl in the countryside of Yue State, living aloof from the world. However, it was precisely because of Xi Shi's beauty that she came to the palace of the capital and got involved in the vortex of power struggle.
Xi Tzu is naturally beautiful. Since she is a stunning beauty, how can a man not be attracted to her when he sees her? Legend has it that Fan Li fell in love with her at first sight when he saw her. However, because he was easily fascinated by Xi Shi, Fan Li thought of using Xi Shi as a weapon to give to Fu Chai. Xi Shi was first introduced to Gou Jian. In the capital of Yue State, Xi Shi received more training in ritual, music and dance skills. Gou Jian and Fan Li sincerely requested Xi Shi to serve the country. How could Xi Shi refuse to agree?
From the moment Xi Shi set foot in the Kingdom of Wu, Xi Shi was destined to make Fu Chai fascinated by her. A naturally beautiful girl is endowed with the hatred of her country and her family. Her temperament is unique, and her beauty is also poisonous. After Fu Cha got Xi Tzu, he fell deeply in love with her. All his love as a man was aroused, and he gave his best favor to his beloved woman. Xi Shi is weak, charming and wise, and has a mysterious and melancholic aura about her. Every smile and every anger erodes Fu Cha like poison. Once a man is infatuated with a woman, he will gradually lose his judgment, let alone a lustful man. Fu Chai only cares about having fun with beautiful women, and gradually stops focusing on government affairs, alienates his ministers, and neglects to govern the country.
The state of Wu gradually became weak, and Fu Chai was finally defeated by Gou Jian. Fu Chai finally committed suicide, and Xi Shi also completed her mission and returned to the country of Yue.
Although Xi Shi went to Wu to work for Gou Jian out of patriotism, she was not recognized by Gou Jian after returning home. Instead, she was afraid that Xi Shi was too beautiful and was afraid of being deceived like Fu Chai, so she eventually executed Xi Shi. The Story of King Wu 2
King Wu’s Guards
During the Spring and Autumn Period, King Wu wanted to send troops to attack Chu. Some ministers tried to dissuade him by saying, "The Kingdom of Chu is in a period of great strength, and we cannot go to war with it now. I hope the king will think twice."
The King of Wu wanted to dominate, but he could not listen to advice at this time. Then he pulled out his gleaming sword and said sternly: "I have decided to attack Chu. If anyone dares to dissuade him again, I will cut him into pieces!" The ministers were so frightened that they did not dare to speak anymore.
There was a young guard in the palace who believed that this dispatch was not a just war and would definitely fail, but he did not dare to tell the King of Wu. He thought for several days and finally came up with a solution. That day, he walked into the back garden of the palace early in the morning. Holding a slingshot in his hand, he turned east and west, not even caring if his clothes got wet with dew. In this way, he stayed there for three days.
When King Wu saw it, he felt very strange, so he called the guard to him and asked, "Why are you always walking around in the garden and getting your clothes wet?"
The guard said respectfully: "Report to the king, I am observing something very interesting - there is a tree in the garden, and there is a cicada on the tree. It is drinking dew and being proud of it at the height of the tree. The ground was chirping, but it had no idea that there was a praying mantis hiding behind it, bending down and raising its front paws, ready to pounce on it; but the praying mantis also didn't expect at all that there was a mantis behind it. The oriole was quietly stretching its neck to peck it; the oriole didn't even know that I was holding a slingshot and aiming at it!"
King Wu said with a smile: "It's really interesting. "
The guard continued: "Dear King, the cicada, the mantis, and the oriole only think about their immediate interests, but they don't consider the dangers hidden behind them! "
Wu The king was silent for a while, and suddenly realized that the guards were using fables to persuade him to stop attacking Chu. He smiled and said, "What you said makes sense." So he canceled his plan to attack Chu.
The story of the fish stabbing the King of Wu
During the Spring and Autumn Period, Ji Guang, the prince of Wu State, intended to kill King Liao of Wu and inherit the throne, so he had to help him.
Zhuan Zhu was ordered by Ji Guang, the prince of Wu State, to design the assassination of King Liao of Wu. Zhuanzhu made careful preparations for this. He collected various information about King Wu's whereabouts, living habits, hobbies and other aspects. From this information, he learned that King Wu had a habit of eating grilled fish. In order to realize his plan to assassinate King Liao of Wu, Zhuan Zhu went to Taihu Lake to learn the cooking techniques of grilled fish from a famous local master. After a few months, Zhuan Zhu learned a good technique. Everyone tasted the grilled fish he made and said it was delicious. After returning home, after careful consideration and preparation, Zhuanzhu personally made a grilled fish with a unique shape and delicious taste, and hid a sharp dagger in the belly of the fish. The name of this dagger is "Fish Hidden Sword".
Zhuan Zhu stood up from the ground, bent down and approached King Wu with his tray. Then he grabbed Liao's shirt with one hand, took out a strange-looking dagger with a cold light from the carp's belly with the other hand, and thrust it forward quickly, until it penetrated King Wu Liao's lower abdomen!
Wu Wangliao's guards reacted and slashed with their swords. Zhuanzhu was immediately chopped into pieces. But only to hear Ji Guang shout: "Kill them all!" In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen palace guards rushed out from behind the screen and killed Liao's soldiers with swords!
Ji Guang stepped forward with his sword and approached King Wu... King Wu died. The Story of King Wu 3
King Helu of Wu was one of the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period. There are very different opinions on him in history. People who like King Helu of Wu think that he is a hero created by the times. Those who like him think that he is a conspiracy to usurp the throne. King Helu of Wu was finally able to become the overlord of the Spring and Autumn Period and achieve his great achievements. In addition to seizing the opportunities of the times, Wu Zixu's help was the key to his success.
He first appointed virtuous envoys, showed kindness and benefit, and was known to the princes for his benevolence and righteousness. After Guang usurped the throne, he was called Helu. King Liao was killed when he saw it, and the thieves were sent to Zhuan Zhu. In just a few words and one or two sentences in the history books, the character of King Wu Helu was sketched out. King Helu of Wu is also called Helu. His surname is Ji and his given name is Guang. The son of King Zhufan of Wu is also called Gongzi Guang. At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, the king of Wu State was famous for his ability to assassinate the king's officials. He was a politician and military strategist during the Spring and Autumn Period and was one of the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period.
He is most famous for two things. The first thing is that King Helu of Wu raised an army to attack Chu, and the second thing is that the assassin Zhuan Zhu assassinated King Liao of Wu. Before we understand the first story, we first need to understand the background at that time. The king of Wu at that time was King Liao of Wu. There is no problem for King Liao of Wu to ascend the throne. When Zhufan died, his uncle was supposed to inherit the throne. However, because his uncle was unwilling to be the king of Wu, the throne was logically inherited by Gongzi Guang. But I don’t know why. He became King Liao of Wu.
Young Master Guang was unbalanced in his heart. Although he was obedient to King Wu on the surface, secretly he would secretly support his retainers, accumulate strength, and prepare to replace King Wu at any time. As King Liao of Wu's right-hand man, Gongzi Guang fought for King Liao of Wu in both north and south, and led his army to attack Chu. The first battle failed, but Gongzi Guang, who was afraid of being punished, saved the situation in the end.
In the following years, he met Wu Zixu. At this time, Gongzi Guang was still on the front line against Chu. In the eighth year of King Wu's reign, Prince Guang defeated the armies of Chen and Cai. Prince Guang's hard work did not arouse Wu Wangliao's suspicion at all.
All that was needed was the east wind, and Wu Zixu was that east wind, which came at the right time. Wu Zixu fled to Chu State entirely due to the pressure of King Ping of Chu. Because of his father, Wu Zixu had to run to the state of Wu. Because at the critical moment of life and death, he was worried about how to escape from Chu State, and his hair would grow old overnight. Finally, when he was escaping from the Kingdom of Wu, he met King Helu of Wu again, and King Helu of Wu started the second and most important thing in his life. That is the famous Zhuan Zhu in history who assassinated King Liao.
Wu Zixu and Wu Wang Helu came together for their own purposes. Some said they were like-minded, while others commented that they were in cahoots. No matter which way it was, in short, Wu Wang Helu finally achieved his final goal. purpose. Wu Zixu knew about Gongzi Guang's ambition, and because of King Helu's kindness to him, Wu Zixu found an assassin for King Helu of Wu. This assassin was called Zhuan Zhu, who was famous for his bravery. After years of training, his only purpose was to kill King Liao of Wu.
At Wu King Liao’s celebration banquet, the young master pretended to go to change the dressing, but in fact he had been quietly observing everything outside the curtain in the dark. Zhuan Zhu carefully presented the fish he had carefully cooked to Wu Wang Liao. At the moment when Wu Wang Liao raised his chopsticks and put the fish meat into his mouth, Zhuan Zhu seized the opportunity and stabbed Wu Wang Liao with his dagger. Wu Wang Liao was killed by Zhuan Zhu. He was assassinated. Before he died, he didn't even know why this man named Zhuan Zhu wanted to kill him. Zhuan Zhu was later chopped into pieces by Wu Wang Liao's guards.
At this time, Gongzi Guang slowly lowered the curtain, and everything came to an end for the time being, because the world had changed hands. After King Wu’s gang members were completely eliminated, in 514 BC, Gongzi Guang officially ascended the throne. He became the new monarch of the Kingdom of Wu, King Wu Helu. King Helu of Wu reigned from 514 B.C. to 496 B.C. In 496 B.C., King Helu of Wu was seriously injured when his toes were chopped off by Linggu Fushu, the great concubine of Yue, during the battle between Yue and Li. And die. The Story of King Wu 4
The tomb of Wu Hanyue, the concubine of Qian Yuan, the second king of Wuyue Kingdom, is located in a residential area in Hangzhou. It is currently the only Qian family tomb that has not been backfilled.
According to Zhu Xiaodong, director of Lin'an Municipal Cultural Relics Museum in Zhejiang Province, this tomb was discovered by villagers in 1958 when they were collecting soil. Judging from the comparison and examination of data, this tomb is consistent with historical data. It is the tomb of Wu Hanyue, the concubine of Qian's seventh son Qian Yuan.
In the tomb of the concubine of Wuyue King, all that can be seen today are the surrounding stone reliefs. These carvings have smooth and vivid lines. Although the color has long faded, they still have high artistic value.
The shape and size of other Qian's tombs are roughly the same as this tomb, and the tomb space is not large. The most peculiar thing in the entire tomb is the astronomical star diagrams on the top of the tomb.
Interpretation of star charts
In the forest of steles at the Hangzhou Municipal Cultural Relics Management Office, we finally saw the real astronomical star charts of the Qian family more than 1,000 years ago.
Due to the passage of time, the original complete stone slab has been cracked and the gold foil attached to the surface has fallen off, but the engraved lines are still clearly visible.
Based on historical materials and photos, scholars have reconstructed five astrological maps of the tombs of the Qian family, namely the astrological map on the top of the tomb of Qian Kuan, Qian’s father, the astrological map on the top of Qian’s mother Shui Qiu’s tomb, and the astrological map on the top of Qian’s mother Qian Kuan’s tomb. The astrological chart of the tomb of Qian Yuan, the second king of the son, the astrological chart of the tomb of Queen Ma, and the astrological chart of the tomb of Wu Hanyue. In addition, scholars speculate that the well-preserved tomb of King Qian of the Wuyue Kingdom located in the Taimiao Mountain in Lin'an City must also contain astrological charts.
All members of a family have astronomical star charts on the top of their tombs, which is unique in China’s thousands of years of funeral history. The astrological images on the top of the tombs of the Qian family constitute an ancient and strange landscape in history. Faced with such a profound astronomical map, when we count the famous descendants of this family one by one, we can't help but have endless associations. There were many wealthy and distinguished families in ancient China, but their prosperity was often short-lived between three and five generations. Ancient sayings such as "A gentleman's fortune will be cut off after five generations", "A man can only be rich for three generations" etc. have long concluded this phenomenon. The Qian family has been handed down from the Wuyue Kingdom for thirty-six or seven generations, and celebrities have appeared in almost every dynasty. Is this miracle that has endured for thousands of years related to these unique tomb star maps? What kind of unknown mysteries and mysteries do these star maps contain?
According to astronomer Professor Du Shengyun, the ancient tradition of drawing star maps in tombs can be traced back to the Neolithic Age. For example, the ancient tomb in Puyang, Henan, uses clam shells to create a dragon and a tiger. There are seven stars in the middle, all made of bones. The star map accompanies the deceased.
It turns out that ancient funerals emphasized the importance of death as life. Death is the beginning of life in another world, so everything during burial must be taken underground. Over the years, archaeologists have discovered many star maps during the excavation of ancient tombs. However, when experts compared those star maps that were similar to those from the Wuyue Kingdom era, they found that there were big differences between them.
Du Shengyun said: The other star maps are all clicked on randomly, which is different from the real starry sky. They are just telling you symbolically that this is a starry sky, but we can’t tell which star it is. . Rather than saying it is a star map, it is actually more like an ideographic decorative painting. Drawing a golden, black and jade rabbit represents the sun and moon, and drawing a circle represents the stars. It cannot reflect the real starry sky at all. Although the several astronomical star charts in the family tomb of King Wuyue are different, they basically belong to the same version. They are scientific and realistic twenty-eight star charts. Especially the star map of Qian Yuan's tomb, there are three paths on it, namely, the Zhonglu, the Inner and the Outer. The inner circle represents the stars that will never fall below the horizon; the middle circle represents the celestial equator; and the outer circle represents the stars that will never rise above the horizon. This picture is more complete.
The Twenty-Eight Constellations Star Chart is the crystallization of ancient Chinese traditional wisdom. During long-term stargazing activities, the ancients regarded the sky above their heads as the same place as the human world according to their own imagination, and divided it into three walls: Purple Weiyuan - the palace where the Emperor of Heaven lives; Taiweiyuan - the place where ministers handle political affairs; Tianshiyuan - the place where people live and trade. Then the celestial sphere was divided into four pieces, each piece containing seven groups of stars, called the Twenty-Eight Constellations. It is coupled with four guardian beasts: Qinglong, White Tiger, Suzaku, and Xuanwu, which are distributed in the east, west, north, and south. This forms a twenty-eight starry sky visible to the naked eye.
The star charts on the top of the tombs of the Qian family are exactly the twenty-eight star charts that can correspond one-to-one with the real starry sky, especially the star charts in the tombs of King Qian Yuan and Queen Qian, which have become the basis for today’s astronomical researchers. An important basis for understanding the celestial phenomena at that time.
The legend of the Qian family
Does being able to have such an accurate star map mean that the Qian family had a high level of astronomical knowledge during the Wuyue Kingdom? Can these star charts reveal this information for us?
Qian was born into an ordinary family in Lin'an, Zhejiang Province. A vegetable field on the outskirts of Lin'an is Qian's former residence. According to historical records, when Qian was born, he was ugly and had an unusually high voice. His father, Qian Kuan, thought this was an ominous sign and threw him into a well next to his residence. Fortunately, an old lady neighbor rescued him and saved his life. Later, the well was called "Poliu Well". At the age of 16, due to his poor family, he began to sell rice and salt to support his parents. At the age of 21, according to the old Tang Dynasty system of "serving soldiers at twenty and exempting them at sixty", money was sent to the barracks to invest in the army. With his martial arts skills, he was immediately recommended as a partial general and began a long military career. In the troubled times of the late Tang Dynasty, when vassal towns were separated and famines arose one after another, Qian focused on defending his hometown, with clear rewards and punishments, and experienced hundreds of battles. He finally unified the two Zhejiang provinces, achieved hegemony in the southeast, and established his capital in Hangzhou.
After pacifying the southeast, Qian built water conservancy projects internally and planted mulberry trees. Externally, he developed maritime transportation, expanded trade, and implemented the national policy of "protecting the territory and the people." Today, many tourists walking around Sudi and boating on the West Lake in Hangzhou may not know that the existence of all these is closely related to money.
Tao Fuxian, vice president of the Qian Research Association in Lin'an City, Zhejiang Province, said: At that time, Qian wanted to rebuild the palace, but a warlock said that if you build it on the original site, your country will only last for a hundred years. If you fill up the West Lake, you can increase it tenfold, and it will increase tenfold in one hundred years, which is one thousand years. King Qian said: West Lake is the main water source for people's life and irrigation in Hangzhou. Without water, there will be no people. I have never heard of a dynasty that remains unchanged for thousands of years. A hundred years is enough for me.
It is conceivable that with Qian’s absolute power in Hangzhou at that time, it would be easy to adopt the sorcerer’s suggestion and fill up the West Lake. If it weren't for his wise and open-minded choice, today's West Lake would have long ceased to exist. "Only one lake water is left to spend the famine years with you", "The West Lake is left with green waves", etc., are all used by grateful future generations. Poems in praise of money.
Qian died at the age of 81 and had been in power for more than 40 years. Under the careful governance of him and his descendants for three generations and five kings, Wu and Yue became the most prosperous country in the world. It became the longest-lasting and most economically prosperous country in the Five Dynasties period. This was also the reason why Jiangsu and Zhejiang were later known as "There is heaven above and Suzhou and Hangzhou below." "The foundation was laid.
In the late period of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, the world was in turmoil. Zhao Kuangyin, Taizu of the Song Dynasty, used force to annex eight vassal states and unified the Central Plains. At this time, the wealthy and powerful Wuyue Kingdom became Zhao Kuangyin's worry, and he intended to send his troops south to destroy Wuyue. In order to prevent the people of Jiangnan from falling into the pain of war, Qian Hong, the then-ruling King of Wuyue, followed the instructions of his ancestors, endured humiliation, and took the initiative to cancel the throne. He led his family of 3,000 people, old and young, to Kaifeng, Kyoto, to surrender and surrender, so that the Song Dynasty could not move a single blow. , peacefully unified China. This is the famous event in history known as "returning soil to the Song Dynasty". It is precisely because of this special contribution that the Qian surname was ranked second only to the emperor in "Hundred Family Surnames". .
The wise choice of returning to the Song Dynasty preserved the integrity of the Qian clan. In the late Northern Song Dynasty, as the Song Dynasty moved south, most of the Qian princes' heirs returned safely to Jiangnan. However, the more important significance of accepting the land and returning it to the Song Dynasty is that it protected the people of the country and won rare peace among the disputes among the countries.
The origin of the astrology chart
After learning about the past of Wuyue Kingdom and King Qian, we finally found a more reasonable explanation for the various questions about the astrology chart in Qian's tomb. Because the Wuyue Kingdom at that time was a small country in the southeast, it followed the unified calendar of the central government and did not set up its own independent astronomical observation institution.
However, the lack of an astronomical institution does not mean that King Qian did not pay attention to astronomy, an imperial science. In ancient times, people advocated the unity of heaven and man, and were in awe of the sun, moon and stars in the sky. Kings even linked their destiny to the stars in the sky. The so-called heavenly stars descend to the earth, purple stars shine, kingship is divinely authorized, kingship is divinely authorized, etc. This is also the reason why most of the discovered tombs with star maps belong to royal families, and King Qian is no exception. They also use the star maps in their tombs as a symbol of their royal family. But the difference is that while they revere the sun, moon and stars, they are more rigorous and scientific, and they also act according to the laws of heaven, and pass them down from generation to generation. Story of King Wu 5
One day, King Wu was very happy and took a boat trip on the Yangtze River. He saw a monkey mountain and went ashore. When many monkeys saw King Wu, they ran away in fear and ran into the thorn bushes. There was only one monkey, jumping up and down on the tree calmly, showing off its dexterity in front of King Wu and his party. King Wu picked up his bow and arrow and shot it, and it could quickly catch the arrow. King Wu was very angry and ordered his followers to shoot all at once. As a result, the monkey was shot to death.
The King of Wu said to his friend Yan Buyi: "This monkey, thinking that it is smart and agile, came to show contempt for me and went to the end of its own path. You are asking for it." You must remember not to show pride to others." After Yan Buyi returned from his trip with King Wu, he immediately went to consult the sage Dong Wu to change his look and temperament, stay away from sensuality, and refuse to be proud. Three years later, It won widespread praise from people in the capital.
Being arrogant will lead to death, and showing off will lead to death. Smart, wise, and nurturing people will always be humble no matter what. The Story of King Wu 6
Once upon a time, the ancient city of Yangzhou belonged to the Kingdom of Wu. It was very desolate, overgrown with weeds and swarmed with mosquitoes. But now, this place is a treasure land with red flowers, green willows and abundant rice production. Why is this? It turns out there is a very interesting story circulating here.
That was in ancient times, when China was divided into dozens of large and small countries. They were constantly at war with each other for years. The people were ruined, their families were separated, and they could not live in peace. If you encounter a famine, it will be even more difficult! Like other countries, Wu State often sent troops to attack neighboring countries.
One autumn, the state of Wu was hit by a flood. All the autumn grains in my hands were submerged, and even the grain seeds were not received.
The people were hungry all day long. King Wu Fu Chai was very anxious when he saw this scene. He discussed with the ministers and decided to personally lead troops to attack the Qi State in the north to grab some food and come back to spend the famine years. . One evening, he led his men and horses to a ravine and lost their way. He immediately sent a few soldiers to find a guide nearby to lead the way. He sat on the horse and waited. After a while, the soldiers came back and reported that not even a single person was seen around. Seeing the sun setting, Fu Cha simply ordered the troops to set up camp and wait until the next day to find people.
He was about to dismount and rest when he suddenly saw a person in the distance walking towards him from the grass. He felt very strange, so he moved forward to greet him with his sword in hand. When I got closer, I saw that she was a young girl. She was very beautiful, with black hair draped over her shoulders, a round face like a red apple, and two eyes that twinkled like stars in the sky. Before Fu Chai could speak, the girl bowed in front of his horse and asked, "Your Majesty, where are you going?" Fu Chai looked at her and replied, "The lonely king is going to Qi State to raise food!" The girl asked again: "Then, why don't you leave?" Fu Chai told her about getting lost and asked her to lead the way. After hearing what Fu Chai said, the girl agreed wholeheartedly. She smiled at Fu Cha and said, "However, before I lead you, please tell me a few things."
Fu Cha was very happy to hear that she agreed to lead the way, so he said, "Okay, you "Tell me."
The girl pointed to the sky and asked, "Your Majesty, do you think there is any sun in the sky?" This is what he saw, so he laughed and said: "Yes!"
The girl asked again: "My lord, do you think rice grows on the ground?"
Fu Chai said: "It does. Ah! "
The girl then asked: "Then why did you go to Qi to grab food? "
Fu Chai was stunned by the girl's question, so he had to collect food from the flood. He told her everything about spending the lean years. After hearing what Fu Chai said, the girl knelt down and kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty, we are all the children of the Yellow Emperor. We are scattered in all directions. The people in the world are all one family. How can a family hate each other?" Fu Chai did not expect this young man. The girl dared to question him face to face. She was about to get angry and raised her sword to cut her down. But then she thought about how she had to lead the way, so she had to endure it and shouted loudly: "If you don't go to fight, what will I give to the people?" Want to eat? "
The girl said calmly: "Your Majesty, as long as you make the people healthy, I will help you! "
Fu Chai was dubious. I thought to myself, my tone is not small, what can you do to help me at such a young age? When the girl saw Fu Chai's suspicious look, she turned around and raised her hand to scratch the ground. Strangely enough, a long and large hole opened in the ground, filled with glittering gold.
Fu Chai quickly jumped off his horse and took a look. The mouth was full of rice, which could feed Wu for several years. He was so surprised that he asked the girl who she was. Where did these rice come from? The girl smiled slightly: "Your Majesty, I am a subject under your feet. I pick up this rice from the fields and store it here after harvest every year. I will give it to you now!"
The girl said Then he turned into a clam model and jumped away. Fu Cha suddenly understood and was so moved that he bowed in the direction where the toad was crawling. He gave up the idea of ??attacking Qi State and ordered the soldiers to move out the rice. Except for leaving some for seed, all of it was given to the people to tide over the famine.
The King of Wu and his soldiers settled down where they were, reclaiming wasteland and sowing farmland. Within a few years, the state of Wu became prosperous and powerful.