A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 145
After Huaizhuang Xianggong passed away, the surrounding states and Zhou countries also breathed a sigh of relief.Although this Lord Huai did not fight many battles, he won a big victory every time he made a move, and destroyed Yue and Xu successively.

These two Fang countries are not those small countries of Quer, and they can be regarded as powerful countries with a radius of two to three hundred miles among the Bangzhou countries.

As for Duke Huai, who just ascended the throne, everyone was more impressed by the beauty of his wife. They felt that Duke Huai would be obsessed with beauty, so they all breathed a sigh of relief.

The same is true for Chu State. King Zhuang of Chu united with Qin State to defeat Jin State, dominated the princes, and aspired to the world. As a result, he conquered Song State and was defeated by Huai State in World War I. Even King Chuzhuang died of illness.

King Zhuang passed away, and his son Kang came to the throne.

When this Xiong Kang came to the throne, the state of Chu was at a low point, and he was very worried about the attack of the Huai state. Stop making peace, and then start to stabilize the kingship and start to deal with internal problems.

At that time, Zinan, the uncle of the king of Chu in the state of Chu, took advantage of the death of King Zhuang to grow up and became the magistrate of the state of Chu.Xiong Kang had to look at his face at that time, which made Xiong Kang, the king of Chu, very unhappy, so after the external environment stabilized, he began to deal with him.

King Xiong Kang of Chu ambushed soldiers on both sides of the main hall while he was going to court. When Zinan came to court, the soldiers rushed up, caught him, killed him, and swept away his henchmen. And empty.

Therefore, King Xiong Kang of Chu completely controlled the power of Chu State.

The king of Chu, Xiong Kang, did not relax because of this. He continued to form an alliance with the Qin State, and at the same time conquered the small Yi people in the south to seize the population and restore national strength.With the efforts of Xiong Kang, Chu State quickly recovered.

At the same time, Xiong Kang's improved taxation has made the taxation more effective, reduced the burden on the people, and reformed the military system. After more than ten years of development, the Chu State has once again prospered.

This Xiong Kang is also a rare Mingjun, but it is a pity that most Mingjun do not live long.

In the 15th year of King Lie of Chu, King Lie died.

Serving the people with meritorious deeds is called fierceness, honoring virtue and obeying industry is called fierceness, and light with great merit is called fierceness.

King Lie passed away, and his son ascended the throne.Just like the vast majority of wise kings do not live long, many sons of wise kings are also mostly rebellious, and they are not very old, so they are less suspicious of the country.

Originally, the hidden guards of Huai State planned to do something secretly to cause turmoil in Chu State, but before the hidden guards could take action, Xiong Ju, the younger brother of King Lie, couldn't bear it anymore, killed his nephew, and then made himself king.

This action was extremely quick, and before many people could react, the king of Chu had already changed.

The son of Lie Wang was killed by Xiong Ju and seized the throne. This coup did not cause much shock.Although King Lie was a wise king, his reforms moved the interests of the nobles and nobles, and he did not appease him afterwards. Therefore, Xiong Bei, the son of King Lie, was killed, and the nobles quickly recognized Xiong Ju.

After all, this kind of royal turmoil has occurred many times in the history of Chu State.

After Xiong Ju came to the throne, most people recognized his status, but only Wu She was very dissatisfied.Wu She is the minister of Lie Wang Tuogu, the Prime Minister of Chu State, and Xiong Ju deliberately dismissed him before he made a move. When Wu She got the news and hurried back, Xiong Ju had already ascended the throne and inherited the throne.

Seeing that Xiong Bei was killed, Wu She angrily cursed on the main hall: "Zhuzi, you kill the king with your ministers, you are like a beast, you kill your nephew with your uncle, you are also punished for your crime!"

Xiong Ju was furious. At this time, he had already controlled the power of Chu State, and directly ordered the guards to arrest Wu She.

"I respect you as a veteran of the three dynasties, and you have made many contributions to the state of Chu. This is why I will give you a chance. As long as you admit your mistakes and surrender to the widow, the widow will forgive your sins!" Xiong Ju said.

Wu She was furious: "I am the minister of the powerful king Tuogu, how can I submit to you, a regicide, I only regret that I failed to fulfill the previous king's entrustment to take care of the later king, if I want to kill, I will kill it, don't want me to submit!"

Xiong Ju immediately imprisoned Wu She and sent someone to kill Wu's family.Fortunately, someone notified him in advance, and when Wu She's son Wu Zixu learned about it, he fled overnight and came to Huai country.

Xiong Ju didn't catch Wu Zixu, so he killed all the rest of Wu's family.After Wu Zixu fled to Huai State, he learned that the Wu clan had been exterminated by Xiong Ju, and immediately vowed to take revenge.

Wu Zixu fled to the country of Huai because he knew that Huai country was the only country in the world capable of helping him take revenge.After escaping to Huai State, Wu Zixu immediately wanted to serve Huai State, but he had no acquaintances in Huai State, and there was no way to recommend him, so he could not enter Huai State as an official, let alone meet the king.

Fortunately, Wu Zixu found that there was no recommendation in Huai State, and he had no background and wanted to become an official. The best way was to go through the school, so Wu Zixu went to the school to study.

The Huaiguo Academy conducts assessments every year, and all disciples of the Academy can participate. As long as they pass the assessment, they will be recommended to Lord Huai, and finally they can become officials after being approved by Huaigong.

This is also the passage for those who are underappreciated and have no background and identity to reach the sky in one step.Of course, there are not many people who can really walk this way.

Wu Zixu was determined to take revenge, so naturally he would not be stumped by this difficulty, so he pawned the sword and a jade pendant he had brought with him when he ran away from home for daily use, and then went to Huaiguo Academy.

"Your Majesty, this is the roster of those who passed the examination in the academy this year." A clerk handed over the bamboo slips with both hands.

Wang Qi reached out to take the bamboo slips, and asked casually, "Are there any outstanding candidates in this assessment?"

"There is a native of Chu State, Wu Zixu is outstanding in talent and ranks first, and the others are far behind." The clerk said respectfully.

Wang Qi suddenly became interested: "Chu people? Why did Chu people come to our Huai country?"

You must know that Chu State and Huai State fought several times, resulting in heavy casualties. Chu State’s officials and nobles were very hostile to Huai State. Basically, few people came to Huai State to study in the palace, let alone serve in Huai State.

"I heard that his family was destroyed by the King of Chu, but I don't know if it's true or not."

"Okay, go down!" Wang Qi waved his hand to make everyone retreat, and then a hidden guard came out from the corner.

"Have you ever investigated this Wu Zixu? Is he a spy of Chu State?" Wang Qi asked and answered while reading the letter.

"Your Majesty, I have already checked. Wu Zixu is the second son of Wu She. Wu She was exterminated by Xiongju because he scolded Xiongju for killing his nephew and usurping the throne. Only Wu Zixu escaped. Chu."

"Unless he can really disregard the hatred of destroying his family and become a spy of Chu State!"

"Wu She is also a loyal minister, a loyal man, what a pity." Wang Qi shook his head, not caring too much.

"The state of Chu has made Yin's succession law start again!"

"Send someone to invite Wu Zixu here, I just want to test the school in person."

(End of this chapter)