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Chapter 65 The Biography of Wu Zixu

Wu Zixu is a native of Chu, a famous official.The member's father is Wu She.Brother Yuan said Wu Shang.He was first named Wu Ju, and he served the king of Zhuang of Chu with his direct admonition. He was prominent, so his later generations were famous in Chu.

King Ping of Chu had a prince named Jian, who made Wu She the Grand Tutor and Fei Wuji the Young Tutor.Wuji was not loyal to Prince Jian.King Ping asked Wuji to take a wife for the prince from Qin, and the daughter of Qin was so kind, Wuji rushed back to King Ping and said: "The daughter of Qin is so beautiful, the king can take it for himself, and the prince will take his wife." King Ping then took the daughter of Qin himself and died. Love and luck, give birth to Zi Zhen.Even the prince took his wife.

Wuji flattered King Ping with the daughter of Qin, and served King Ping because of leaving the prince.Fearing that once the king of Ping died and the prince was established, he would kill himself because he slandered the prince.Jian's mother, Cai's daughter, was not favored by King Ping.King Ping slightly benefited from the construction, so that the father of the city was guarded and the frontier soldiers were prepared.

In a short time, Wuji said day and night that the prince is inferior to the king, saying: "The prince cannot be without complaints because of the daughter of Qin. I hope the king will be prepared for himself. Since the prince lives in the city father, he will serve as a general and diplomat to the princes, and if he wants to enter, he will cause chaos. " King Ping called his Tai Fu Wu She to question him.Wu Shezhi Wuji slandered the prince Yu Pingwang, because he said: "Why does Wang Dunai slander the thief, the little minister, who is close to the flesh and blood?" Wuji said: "If the king doesn't control it now, it will be done. The king will see the birds." So Ping Wang was angry and imprisoned Wu She, so he sent Sima Fenyang, the father of the city, to kill the prince.Before the trip arrived, Fen Yang sent someone to tell the prince first: "The prince is in a hurry, or he will be executed." The prince died and went to Song Dynasty.

Wuji said to King Ping, "Wu She has two sons, both of whom are virtuous. If they are not punished, they will be a worry to Chu. They can be summoned by their father, otherwise they will be troubled by Chu." The two sons will live, and if they can't, they will die." Wu She said: "If you are a benevolent person, you will come if you call. If you are a man who is strong and ruthless, he can accomplish great things. If he sees that he is like a bird, he will definitely not come." The king refused to listen and sent Someone called the two sons and said: "Come, I will give birth to your father; if you don't come, I will kill you now." Wu Shang wanted to go, but the officer said: "Chu called my brother, not because he wanted to give birth to my father, for fear that he who escaped will be born later. Therefore, he used his father as a hostage to summon his two sons. When the second son arrives, both father and son will die. Why should the death of his father be reported? It is better to go to another country and take advantage of his father’s shame. "Wu Shang said: "I know that I can't fulfill my father's life in the end. However, I hate my father for calling me to survive and refuse to go. I can't avenge my shame in the future, and I will be laughed at by the world." Said the member: "You can go! If you can report to kill My father's son, I will return to my death." After Shang insisted, the envoys arrested Wu Xu.Wu Xu pointed his bow and arrow at the envoy, but the envoy dared not enter, and Wu Xu died.I heard that the prince built it in the Song Dynasty, so I went to follow it.Hearing of Zixu's death, She said: "The king and ministers of the Chu state are suffering from hardships." Wu Shang went to Chu, and Chu killed She and Shangye.

Since Wu Xu arrived in the Song Dynasty, there was a rebellion in the Hua family in the Song Dynasty, so he ran to Zheng with Prince Jian.Zheng people are very good at it.The crown prince was built and suitable for the Jin Dynasty. Duke Qing of Jin said: "The crown prince is good at Zheng, and Zheng believes in the crown prince. The crown prince can respond to me internally, but if I attack him outside, he will surely destroy Zheng. If Zheng is destroyed, the crown prince will be crowned." The crown prince returns Zheng.If the matter is not met, he will be selfish and want to kill his followers. The followers know his plan and tell Zheng.Zheng Dinggong and Zichan killed Prince Jian.There are sub-scenic spots built.Wu Xu was afraid, so he ran to Wu with the victory.When he arrived at Zhaoguan, Zhaoguan wanted to hold him.Wu Xu then walked with Sheng alone, and could hardly get away.The pursuer is behind.When he reached the river, there was a fisherman on the river who took a boat. Knowing Wu Xu's urgency, he crossed Wu Xu.After Wu Xu crossed, he untied his sword and said: "This sword is worth a hundred gold, so I can give it to my father." The father said: "The law of Chu State, whoever wins Wu Xu will give fifty thousand stones of millet, and the noble will hold the jade. "No.Before Wu Xu arrived in Wu, he fell ill and stayed on the middle road, begging for food.As for Wu, King Liao of Wu used his affairs, and Prince Guang was the general.Wu Xu asked to see the King of Wu because of his son's glory.

For a long time, King Ping of Chu was furious because Zhongli in his border town and Beiliang clan in Wu border town had both silkworms. The two women fought for mulberry and attacked each other.Wu sent Prince Guang to attack Chu, pull out his Zhongli, and return from his nest.Wu Zixu said that King Liao of Wu said: "Chu can be destroyed. I would like to send you son Guang back." Gongzi Guang said to King Wu and said: "The father and brother of Wu Xu who persuaded the king to attack Chu in order to kill Chu, wanted to reward themselves. It is not possible to defeat Chu." Wu Xu knew that Prince Guang had an inner ambition, wanted to kill the king and stand on his own, and he could not talk about external affairs, but advanced and dedicated to Prince Guang, and retreated to work with Prince Jian's son Sheng to farm in the wild.

Five years later, King Ping of Chu died.In the early days, the crown prince captured by King Ping Jianqin had a son, Zhen, and King Ping died, but Zhen became the queen, and became King Zhao.Because of Chu's mourning, King Liao of Wu ordered the second son's general to attack Chu.After Chu sent troops to wipe out Wu's troops, they were not allowed to return.Wu was empty in the country, but Prince Guang Nai ordered Zhuanzhu to attack and assassinate King Liao of Wu to stand on his own, and he became King Helu of Wu.Now that Helu had established himself and achieved his ambitions, he summoned Wu Yuan as pedestrians to seek state affairs.

Chu punished his ministers Quewan, Bozhouli, and Bozhouli's grandson, Bopi, who fled to Wu, and Wu also regarded Pi as a doctor.The two princes sent by the former King Liao to attack Chu will never return.Later, when he heard that Helu had killed the king and Liao to stand on his own, he sent his soldiers to Chu, and Chu feuded to Shu.Three years after Helu was established, Nai Xing Shi, Wu Xu, and Bo Pi defeated Chu, Ba Shu, and Sui Qin became the second general of Wu Fan.Because he wanted to go to Ying, General Sun Wu said: "The people are not allowed to work, but let's wait."

In the fourth year, Wu defeated Chu and took Liu and Qi.In five years, he cut down on Vietnam and lost it.In the sixth year, King Chu Zhao sent his son Nang Wa to attack Wu.Wu sent Wu Yuan to attack, defeated the Chu army in Yuzhang, and took Chu's nest.

In the ninth year, Wu Wang Helu said to Zixu and Sun Wu: "The first son said that Ying could not enter, what is the result now?" The two sons said to each other: "Chu generals are greedy, but Tang and Cai are both resentful. The king must want To make a big attack, you must first win Tang and Cai Naike." Helu heard this, and learned that Xingshi and Tang and Cai defeated Chu, and Chu joined Hanshui to Chen.The younger brother of the King of Wu, General Hugai, invited soldiers to join him, but the king refused to listen, so he attacked Chu General Zichang with 5000 of his subordinates.Zichang was defeated and ran to Zheng.So Wu took advantage of the victory and went forward. After five battles, he reached Ying.At Jimao, King Zhao of Chu fled.Gengchen, King Wu entered Ying.

King Zhao flees and enters Yunmeng; steals and attacks the king, and the king flees Yun.Yun Gong's younger brother Huai said: "King Ping killed my father, and I killed his son. It's okay!" Yun Gong was afraid that his younger brother would kill the king, so he ran with the king.Wu soldiers surrounded Sui, saying that Suiren said: "If the descendants of Zhou are in Hanchuan, Chu will completely destroy them." Suiren wanted to kill the king, and the prince Qi Ni was king, and he himself was the king.It is not auspicious to follow the people to divination with the king in Wu, but to thank Wu for not being with the king.

The members of Shiwu and Shen Baoxu were friends, and when the members died, they said that Bao Xu said: "I will overthrow Chu." Bao Xu said: "I will save it." When Wu soldiers entered Ying, Wu Zixu asked King Zhao.If it is not possible, dig the tomb of King Ping of Chu, take out his corpse, and give him three hundred lashes, and then it is over.Shen Baoxu died in the mountains, and people said that Zixu said: "The son's retribution is so great! I heard that the people who are many can win the sky, and the gods can also break the people. Today, the son is a minister of King Ping. To do things in the north, but now to kill people, how can this be inhumane?" Wu Zixu said, "Thank Shen Baoxu for me, saying, "My day is not far away, so I will do it the wrong way." So Shen said Bao Xu went to Qin for help and asked Qin for help.Qin doesn't allow it.Bao Xu stood in the Qin court, crying day and night, seven days and seven nights without a break.Qin Aigong felt sorry for him and said: "Although Chu has no way, if there are ministers, there is nothing left!" He sent a chariot of five hundred to rescue Chu and attack Wu.In the sixth month, defeated Wu soldiers in Ji.King Huiwu stayed in Chu for a long time to seek King Zhao, but Helu's brother-in-law, Gai, died and returned, and made himself king.When Helu heard about it, he released Chu and returned, attacking his brother Fugai.Fugai was defeated and fled to Chu.King Chu Zhao saw that there was civil strife in Wu, so he returned to Ying.Feng Fugai was named Tangxi in Tangxi.Chu Fu fought against Wu, defeated Wu, and the king of Wu returned home.

In the next two years, Helu sent the crown prince Fucha to attack Chu and take Fan.Fearing Wu Fu's coming, Chu went to Ying and moved to Pang.At that time, Wu used Wu Zixu and Sun Wu's plan to defeat Chu in the west, strengthen Qi and Jin in the north, and subdue the Yue people in the south.

For the next four years, Confucius met with Lu.

In the next five years, he will conquer Vietnam.Goujian, the king of Yue, met the attack and defeated Wu in Gusu, injured Helu's finger, and the army retreated.When Helu was about to die from a wound, he said to Prince Fucha, "Have you forgotten that Goujian killed your father?" Fucha replied, "I dare not forget." That evening, Helu died.Fu Chai was established as king, and he made Bo Pi the Grand Administrator, and practiced war and archery.Two years later, he attacked Yue and was defeated by Fuqiu.Goujian, king of Yue, lived in Kuaiji with 5000 remaining soldiers, and asked the doctor to plant thick coins and leave Wu Dazai Pi to ask for peace, and asked Weiguo to be his concubine.The king of Wu will promise it.Wu Zixu remonstrated and said: "The king of Yue is a man who can work hard. If the king is not destroyed today, he will regret it later." The king of Wu refused to listen, and used the Taizai trick to make peace with Yue.

In the next five years, when the king of Wu heard that King Jing of Qi had died and his ministers were vying for favor, and the new king was weak, he launched a northern expedition against Qi.Wu Zixu remonstrated and said: "Gou Jian doesn't care about food, hangs him to ask about diseases, and wants to use it. If this person is not dead, he must be troubled by Wu. Today Wu has Yue, just like people have abdominal and heart diseases. But the king doesn't It’s absurd to first go over and then work toward Qi!” The king of Wu refused to listen, and attacked Qi, defeating Qi’s division at Ai Ling, and returned with the King of Zou Lu.Yi Shu Zixu's plot.

In the following four years, King Wu led an expedition to Qi in the north, and King Goujian of Yue used Zigong's strategy to lead his people to help Wu, and he dedicated his precious treasures to Taizai Pi.Since Dazai Pi received many bribes from Yue, his love and trust became more and more special, and he spoke to the King of Wu day and night.The king of Wu believed in the trick.Wu Zixu remonstrated and said: "Husband Yue has a heart disease, and now he believes in his false words and lies and is greedy for Qi. Breaking Qi is like a stone field, and it is useless. And Pan Geng's edict said: "There is a disrespectful and disrespectful person. Exterminate it, so that there will be no legacy, and no one will be able to plant it in Ziyi.' The reason why this business is prosperous. May the king release Qi and go over first; .When Zixu was leaving, he said to his son, "I remonstrated with the king, but the king didn't use it. Now I see Wu's death. It is useless for you and Wu to perish." It belonged to his son Yu Baomu of Qi, and he returned to Wu.

Since Wu Taizai Pi had a rift with Zixu, because of slander, he said: "Zixu is violent, ungrateful, and guessing at thieves. His resentment and hope may be a disaster. The day before yesterday, the king wanted to attack Qi, but Zixu thought it was impossible, so the king's soldiers attacked him." But he has made great achievements. Zixu was ashamed of his schemes and used them, but turned against his resentment. Now the king is attacking Qi again. Use force to attack Qi, but Zixu doesn't use it to remonstrate, because he stopped thanking him, and he couldn't explain the disease. The king must not be unprepared, and it is not difficult to cause disasters. Moreover, he made people wait for him, and his envoy to Qi also belonged to his son Yu Qi The Bao family. The husband is a minister, unhappy inside, relying on the princes outside, and thinks that the king's counselor is useless today, and the constant martingale complains. I hope the king will figure it out soon." The king of Wu said: "What Wei Zi said, I also agree Doubt." But the envoy gave Wu Zixu the sword of the Lou, and said: "I will die with this." Wu Zixu looked up to the sky and sighed: "What a shame! The slanderous ministers are in chaos, and the king will punish me. I will make my father bully If you have not established yourself, the princes will fight for the establishment, and I will fight to the death with the previous king, and I will hardly be able to establish it. If I have established it, I would like to divide the country of Wu to me, I would not dare to hope. But now, if you listen to the words of the flattery, you will kill the elders. " But he told his family: "I must plant a catalpa on my tomb, so that it can be used as a weapon; and put it on the Wudong Gate in Wuyan County, so as to watch the Yue bandits enter and destroy Wu." He died by himself.King Wu was furious when he heard this, so he took Zixu's corpse, filled it with barbarian leather, and floated it in the river.The people of Wu took pity on it, so they set up a shrine on the river, and named it Xushan by order.

The king of Wu punished Wu Zixu and then attacked Qi.Qi Bao's family killed his lord and mourned the public and established Yang Sheng.The king of Wu wanted to punish his thieves, but he went away invincible.In the next two years, the king of Wu summoned Lugao of the Junhui of Luwei.Next year, because the princes of the North Conference will be in Huangchi to order the Zhou Dynasty.King Goujian of Yue attacked and killed Prince Wu and defeated Wu soldiers.The king of Wu heard of it and returned home, making thick coins equal to Yue.In the next nine years, King Goujian of Yue destroyed Wu and killed King Fucha; he also punished Taizai Pi for disloyalty to his king, and received heavy bribes from outsiders to compare himself with Zhou.

Wu Zixu died at the beginning, and the son of the late Prince Jian of Chu, the winner, lies in Wu.At the time of Wu Wang Fu Chai, Chu Hui Wang wanted to summon the victory and return to Chu.Ye Gong remonstrated and said: "Sheng is so brave and secretly seeks the dead, it's almost selfish!" King Hui refused to listen.Then he called for victory, and made Yan Yan, who lived on the border of Chu, named Bai Gong.Bai Gong returned to Chu for three years and Wu killed Zixu.

Since Bai Gongsheng returned to Chu, he blamed Zheng Zhi for killing his father, so he asked for Zheng's revenge.After returning to Chu for five years, please attack Zheng, and Chu ordered Yin Zixi to promise him.Before the troops were dispatched, Jin attacked Zheng, and Zheng asked to be rescued from Chu.The Chu envoy went to the west to rescue him, and returned with the alliance.Bai Gongsheng said angrily: "It is not Zheng's enmity, but Zixi." Sheng sharpened his sword, and people asked, "What do you think?" Like an egg ear, what can you do?"

Four years later, Bai Gongsheng and Shi Qi attacked and killed Chu Ling Yin Zixi and Sima Zi Qi Yuchao.Shi Qi said: "If you don't kill the king, you can't."Qu Gu, a follower of stone beggars, took charge of King Hui of Chu and fled to Mrs. Zhao's palace.Ye Gong heard that Bai Gong was in chaos, and led his people to attack Bai Gong.Bai Gong's disciples were defeated, fled to the mountains, and committed suicide.And the captive stone begged, and asked where Bai Gong's corpse was, without saying that he would be prosperous.Shi Qi said: "If you become a minister, if you don't succeed, you will prosper, and you will secure your position." In the end, he refused to report his corpse.Suiheng Shi begged, and begged King Hui to restore him.

Tai Shigong said: "Resentment and poison are very serious for people!"The king can't do it to his subjects, the situation is the same!Xiang Ling and Wu Zixu died from extravagance, what a difference from ants.Abandoning Xiaoyi is a great shame, and the name will be passed down to future generations. Be sad for your husband!Fang Zixu was embarrassed on the river and begged for food. How could he forget Ying Xie for a moment?Therefore, if forbearance is for fame, how can a non-violent husband achieve this?If Bai Gong does not establish himself as a king, his exploits are also invincible!

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