I am a nobleman in Spring and Autumn

Chapter 377
If Wu State hadn't suffered heavy losses in "Ai Ling", and hadn't lost to Zhi Clan again later, how could Fu Chai hold back from going north after he found that Qi State was completely ineffective?
After the "Ai Ling" battle, [-] to [-] troops were lost, and another [-] Wu troops were buried in the hands of Zhiyao, which means that nearly [-] Wu troops were buried in the hands of Zhiyao alone, which made Fu Chai clearly see the state of Wu. Insufficient, will inevitably have a great fear of Zhishi.

To a certain extent, the previous smooth sailing caused Fu Chai to inflate too much, until he first won a big victory against the Qi army in "Ai Ling", but suffered a big defeat before he could be happy. .

If it is said that the Zhi family's defeat of Wu Jun in "Ai Ling" was a coincidence, then it must not be the battle in the upper reaches of Jishui later, right?

At that time, the Zhi family also dispatched more than 1 troops, and wiped out [-] Wu troops with less fighting. Wouldn't it be self-deceiving to make excuses.

The first disastrous defeat in "Ai Ling" sounded the alarm in Fu Chai's heart, and the subsequent major defeat was to renew the fighting spirit of Fu Chai who recognized the shortcomings of Wu Guo.

Fu Chai, who has regained the posture of a Mingjun, is on the one hand sorting out Wu's internal affairs, and on the other hand is preparing to go north again. Isn't he doing something to weaken the surrounding neighbors?

What weakening method?Forty to fifty thousand laborers were mobilized to participate in the excavation of the canal in the country of Yue alone, not to mention the exploitation of related supplies such as grain and fodder.

Fu Chai didn't continue to do similar things until seven or eight years later, otherwise, in view of Gou Jian's obedience, Fu Chai not only did not continue to suppress Yue, but even took care of him to some extent.

"What?" Fu Chai's eyes widened, as if he was brewing anger.

Just now, the prince friend gave a report about the fact that the Tian family is running the island wantonly, and some Wu people found that the Tian family seemed to be transporting people and materials to farther seas.

Of course, they didn't think that the Tian family would migrate across the sea to the Korean peninsula. The thinking was probably that the Tian family used the island as a retreat, and there was a sign that the Tian family would run away at any time.

This is related to the fact that Wu State does not know that there is a route to the Korean Peninsula for the time being.

In fact, even if Wu Guo knew that Penglai could easily reach the Korean Peninsula along the ocean currents, he probably would not have imagined that Tian's determination would be so great, and even have the courage to migrate his family across the sea.

Wu Guo supported Tian's [-] to [-] shi of grain within half a year, and it was hard-earned grain from the grain depot needed for the canal project. The fact that Tian's would run away at any time was enough to make Fu Chai angry.

Why did Fu Chai support Tian?Isn't it just hope that there will be a reliable ally in the north?

As for what a reliable ally is, Wu State has learned a lot from Chu State, and has mastered the game of turning a vassal state into a puppet state.

The king and ministers of the state of Wu already had a clear idea. Before they could do that to the state of Chen, who had not yet successfully restored the country, or some other name, the Tian family, who had received help from the state of Wu, wanted to run away?

Don't mention uncles and aunts, anyway, Fucha can't stand it at all!

Prince friend knew what kind of person Fu Chai was, and he could think that Fu Chai was already planning to send troops northward, and it was very likely that he would go in and attack the Tian family by sea and land.

"Father, if Dazai (Bo Tong) wants to see Zhiyao, he will show off what he has learned along the way. Maybe Zhishi will do something?" Prince friend said very quickly, and after finishing speaking, he glanced at the man who was watching his nose, nose and heart. language.

In other words, why is the language type on Wu's side?He is the ruler of Goujian.

This will refer to Goujian's new measures recently, that is, Fu Chai has restrained himself from being a womanizer. In order to complete the revenge plan, he persuaded Wen Zhong to go to Wu to work for Fu Chai.

So Goujian started to play new tricks besides trying to cheat on his salary, and following Fan Li's suggestion to play sex with Fu Chai to mislead the country.

Just judging from those routines, Goujian can still play. In terms of contemporary times, it is really a high-end game.

Fucha, who was full of anger, saw Prince You's actions, and moved his eyes to Wen Zhong, but thought in his heart with great annoyance: "I really shouldn't just sit back and watch Wu Zixu be forced to death. I really regret it!"

The sudden quiet scene made Wen Zhong subconsciously look at Fu Chai, and found that the other party was looking at him full of anger, showing a dazed and then suddenly enlightened expression appropriately.

"My lord, will Mr. Zhi not allow Mrs. Tian to escape?" Although Wen Zhong used a questioning tone, his expression was very determined.

As for what Bo Tong likes to show off?Wen Zhong knew very well that his position in Fu Chai's heart was much lower than that of Bo Tong, so he would not easily give Bo Tong eye drops.

More importantly, Bo Tong had helped Wen Zhong gain a firm foothold in the Wu Kingdom, but he needed to spend money again and again, especially if he wanted Bo Tong to support a certain measure.

The importance of Bo Tong to the Yue State is more than that. His existence is directly related to whether Gou Jian's great cause of revenge can be carried out.

Therefore, the value that the monarchs and ministers of the Yue Kingdom place on Bo Tong is real, there is absolutely no falsehood, and it seems that there are needs in all aspects. How can Wen Zhong be allowed to speak bad things about Bo Tong?

Fu Chai took a few deep breaths to calm down, raised his brows, and asked, "If the Zhi family sends troops to Donglai, won't it ruin our diplomatic relations?"

Wen Zhong said: "There is no sign of the Zhi family annexing the Jiang surname in a short time. If the Jiang surname is like this, why does it have the intention to annex Dongnai?"

As for what the Zhi family was doing, Wu Guo did not deliberately investigate in the past, but after being defeated by the Zhi family twice in a row, Wu Guo had to pay attention to Zhi's movements all the time.

Therefore, Wu Guo actually knew that Zhi Shi had also started a big project.

Because Wu Guo himself is involved in a large-scale project, how can he not know how much consumption will be incurred once a project of any scale is started?

It is precisely because of the understanding that the monarch and ministers of the state of Wu can understand the restraint shown by the Zhi family, and they themselves have been made quite uncomfortable, especially the group of belligerent nobles who are about to suffer from illness.

Wen Zhong continued: "What is needed now is to inform the Tian family that there is no safety concern. When the Zhi family shows any signs of sending troops in the future, the king will take action immediately to increase Tian's peace of mind."

Fucha understood.

According to the meaning of the language, not only can't put pressure on Tian Shi at present, but also comfort Tian Shi with nice words.

Wen Zhong said again: "Although I don't know why, Mrs. Zhi would like to see Mrs. Tian restore the country. Is this what I need? Maybe the king can use one or two?"

There are some things that Fu Chai will not tell Wen Zhong. For example, although he will go north to challenge the hegemony of the Jin State in the future, Bo Tong's mission this time is to ease the relationship with the Jin State.

Now if you want to influence the national policy of the Jin State, no matter how you look at it, you can't leave the Zhi family, and even the Zhi family should be contacted the most.

The fact is that as long as it can affect the Zhi family, it will not only affect the formulation of the national policy of the Jin State, but the direct manifestation is that even if the situation in the game of Qi State does not get better, it will not slide to a worse trend anyway.

How should the state of Wu affect Zhishi?The first thing they thought of was the greed of the noble family of the Jin Dynasty, and then they thought about a direction that would not benefit the Zhi family too much, but also allow the Zhi family to be seduced.

This time, Bo Tong was on a mission to seek Zhiyao, and what he would mention was the cloth trade between Wu and Jin, and then he planned to negotiate a deal to seek benefits from Song.

What?The Wei family formed an alliance with the Song State on behalf of the Jin State. How could the Wu State invite the Zhi family to deal with the Song State?
For the noble families of Jin, they are far more wary of each other than of foreign countries. It is all because there has never been a noble family destroyed by external forces in Jin. Failed in infighting.

History has repeatedly proved that as long as the interests are large enough, there is nothing that the Jin family can't do.

Fu Chai didn't respond to Wen Zhong immediately, but looked at Gongsun Sheng.

This man named Gongsun Sheng escaped death last time because of the Zhi family.

What is the reason?The main reason is that Gongsun Sheng objected to Fu Chai's sending troops to the Qi State. Among them, it was mentioned that the Zhi family had long been eyeing the Qi country. Once the Wu army went north, even if the Wu army defeated the Qi army, the Zhi family would definitely send troops to attack the Wu army.

Fu Chai, who was very angry at the time, originally wanted to kill Gongsun Sheng, but perhaps he felt that the execution of Gongsun Sheng was not enough to relieve his anger, and planned to laugh at Gongsun Sheng after the army that went to the north returned victoriously.

What happened later proved that Gongsun Sheng was right.

Maybe Fu Chai realized that it is not so easy to compete with Jin for hegemony?

Maybe it was because Fu Chai realized that he had become a little smug, and realized that he couldn't be surrounded by courtiers who could only speak well?Gongsun Sheng escaped death, and has been playing the role of admonisher ever since.

Gongsun Sheng saw Fu Chai's gaze shifted over, and immediately asked, "Who does Your Majesty think Zhiyao is?"

To be honest, no one really asked Fu Chai this question.

What kind of person is Zhiyao?

Fu Chai didn't know what other people would answer, and he couldn't say anything for a while.

"Yao, the second son of the Zhi family, was favored by his grandfather and father since he was a child. I heard that he took part in housework when he was the general secretary. He led the army to defeat the princes for the first time at the age of 12, led the army to defeat the princes for the first time at the age of 14, and led the army to defeat the princes again at the age of [-]. After that, he was invincible Why does the king think that the state of Qi is like this?" Gongsun Sheng said.

Prince friend looked at Gongsun Sheng with a bit of depression, thinking that what he said earlier was good, why did he ask such a question later, there is a possibility that he was taken out and chopped up.

Fu Chai will not answer Gongsun Sheng's question just now. If he answers, he can't open his eyes and talk nonsense, saying that Wu State caused the current situation of Qi State, and that Zhiyao's layout will make him appear incompetent.

The rest of the people also looked at Gongsun Sheng with various expressions.

Among so many people, Wen Zhong seemed to have a solemn expression, but he was thinking in his heart: "If Gongsun Sheng is not dead, the great king (Gou Jian)'s great cause of revenge will be hindered. We should find a way to get rid of it!"

Gongsun Sheng paused for a while, and looked around at the crowd during the period. When his eyes fell on Fu Chai again, he said, "If there is Yao in Yuanyuan, how can there be Jin?"

In other words, Zhiyao can not only be a person who can turn the tide, but also a minister who can make the country extremely prosperous. If Zhiyao was born in the original country before it was annexed by Jin, it is unknown who would annex whom.

Fu Chai could understand what Gongsun Sheng meant, and he wanted to get rid of Gongsun Sheng more and more without delay, while thinking: "It is precisely because Zhiyao is strong and smart, maybe... it is possible to cooperate in dealing with Tian's? "

(End of this chapter)