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Gou Jian, the king of Yue, sat on the meeting and ordered the three armies to say, "I know the politics of Yue, and all my brothers, Kundi and Guo Zi can help me retreat from Wu." The doctor planted it, saying, "Jia people heard about it. In summer, skin was used as money, in winter, boats were used as money, in drought, cars were used as money, and water was used as money to wait for famine.

Although the husband has no worries in all aspects, the advisers and minions still have to raise and choose. For example, when it rains, be sure to ask. Today, the king lives on the record, and then he asks for a consultant. What is the future? "Gou Jian said," What would happen if you listened to the doctor? "Hold their hands and seek with them.

Therefore, he made him walk in Wu, saying, "My widowed gentleman Gou Jian has nothing to do, so he made him obey, and he dared not hear what the king said. In private, the deacon said, "My apprentice is not enough to humiliate you; I am willing to treat your shame with jade and children. Please let Gou Jian be the king, the doctor be the doctor, and the scholar be the scholar. The treasure of Yue has never been delayed! A widowed gentleman is handsome, and those who go abroad follow his mentor.

Only you can control it. If the sin of Yue State is unforgivable, the ancestral temple will be burned down and Shen Jinyu will be in the river. Five thousand people with armor will die, but occasionally there will be men. So if you don't have armor, you will hurt the king's love. It is better to get this country than to kill people, which is better? "

Fu Cha will listen to it and enter it. Zi Xu remonstrated and said, "No! Fu Wuzhi and Ye Yue, the enemy fighting; Surrounded by three rivers, the people did not move. If there is force, there is no more, and if there is more, there is no force. Will not be changed!

Members heard that: land lives on land, water lives on water, and husband goes to the party and country. I won by attacking, so I can't live in my place or take my car. When my husband crossed the country, I attacked and won. I can live on his land and take his boat. This has its advantages and must not be lost. You must destroy it! If you lose this benefit, you will regret it, but you will have it together.

Dressed as eight beauties, the Vietnamese said cruelly, "I forgive the crime of crossing the country, and those who have beautiful women enter." Taizai protested: "I have heard of ancient conquerors, but I just believe;" Now that I have served, what can I ask for? " Fu rubbed it and left.

Gou Jian said to his countrymen, "I don't know my strength, but I bear a grudge against a big country and it is my sin to expose the bones of the people in the Central Plains." Please be careful. "So he buried the dead, ask the injured and health; If you worry, you will be happy; Sender, usher; Eliminate the evil of the people and make up for their shortcomings. Then Fu Cha humble, there are three hundred officials in Wu, relatives are Fu Cha's former horse.

Goujian's land has no sentence in the south, no danger in the north, Yin in the east and a hundred miles in the west. His parents, Kun Di, swore, "I heard that the ancient sages returned to it, and if the water returned to it, it would also descend." I can't do it today, but I will be a handsome couple. "

Make strong men not take old women, and make old people not take strong wives; If a woman doesn't get married at the age of seventeen, her parents are guilty; If the husband refuses to take twenty, his parents are guilty. Exemptions will be prosecuted and doctors will be ordered to keep them.

Give birth to a husband, two pots of wine and a dog; Give birth to a girl, two pots of wine and a dolphin; Give birth to three people, a man and a woman; Give birth to two sons and marry them. When the prisoner dies, he will be released from his management within three years; Zhi Zi died and released his government in March; I will cry and be buried like my son. Lonely widow, disease rash, poor patient, that Huan's son.

Its big stone, clean its home, beautiful its clothes, full its food, diligent in righteousness. People from all directions will come to the temple with courtesy. Gou Jian took rice and fat with him on the boat. All the wanderers of the obedient children of the country are fed (some are fed by Kun), and all of them are: they must ask their names. Don't eat what you don't plant, and don't wear what you don't weave. If you don't get it from the state for ten years, everyone will have food for three years.

Father of the country and brother of the country please say, "Fu Cha used to be ashamed of being a vassal of my king's country, but now he has gone to Yue. Please report." Gou Jian said: "The past wars were not the sins of two or three sons, but also my sins. If I am a person, how can I be safe and ashamed? Please don't fight. " Father and brother asked again, "within four letters, I want to kiss my father and brother."

A son wants to get back at his parents, and a minister wants to get back at your father. How dare he not try his best? Please fight again! Gou Jian agreed, but swore an oath to his own people. He said, "What I suffer is not the shortcomings of his people, but the shame of his ambition." Today, 30 million people in Fucha are the best in clothes, water and rhinoceros. They are not ashamed of their lack of ambition, but suffer from their own shortcomings.

Today, I will help heaven destroy it. I don't want a person to be brave, but I hope he can handle it with ease. Think about rewards when you enter, and think about punishment when you leave; In this way, there will often be returns. If you don't have a job, you will be shameless if you retire; In this way, there will be regular punishment. "

If it works, the Chinese will persuade it. A father encourages his son, a brother encourages his brother, and a woman encourages her husband, saying, "Who is a gentleman and not dead?" Because of this, Wu was defeated, defeated by nothing, and defeated by the suburbs.

Fu Chahang entered, saying; "My master and apprentice are not enough to humiliate you. Please insult you with gold jade and children! " Gou Jian said to him, "In the past, the State of Yue gave it to the State of Wu, but the State of Wu did not obey orders; Today, with Wu, you can listen to your orders more than your fate! I invite Wang Yong and Zhu Dong, you and me! "

Focha said to him, "I'll have a meal first. If you don't forget the room, it will be my wish. If you say: I will destroy your country and your ancestral temple. If I die, how should I look at the world? Yue Jun is second! " Destroy Wu.

Translation:

Gou Jian, the king of Yue, retreated to Huiji Mountain and ordered the three armies to say, "As long as any of my parents, brothers and people help me make suggestions and defeat Wu, I will jointly manage the political affairs of Yue with him." The doctor replied, "I heard that businessmen prepare leather goods in summer and delicate gingerbread in winter."

Prepare boats in times of drought, prepare vehicles in times of flood, and come in handy when you plan to lack these things. Even if they are not harassed by their neighbors, they must choose advisers and soldiers to support them. Just like Li, it has rained, so we must look around.

Now, your majesty, you will retreat to Kuaiji Mountain, and then you will go to the minister who advises you. I'm afraid it is too late. Gou Jian said, "If I can listen to your opinion, what night is it?" So I took Wen Zi's hand and discussed with him. Finally, he was sent to Wu for peace talks.

Later, the King of Yue sent Wen Zi to Wu for peace. Wen Zi said to the king of Wu, "We can't send talented people from Yue, so we sent incompetent officials like me. I dare not tell your king directly. I told your officials in private that our army in the state of Yue did not deserve to humiliate the king and come back to crusade. The state of Yue was willing to give him his treasure and children as a reward for his humiliation.

Please allow the daughter of the King of Yue to marry you as a concubine, the daughter of the doctor to marry Dr. Wu as a concubine, and the daughter of the scholar to marry Wu as a concubine, and bring all the treasures of Yue. King Yue will lead the whole country into Wang Jun, and everything will be under his command.

If you think the fault of King Yue is intolerable, then we will burn down the ancestral temple, tie up our wife and children, throw them into the river with Jinyu, and then lead the remaining 5,000 people to fight to the death with Wu. At that time, one person can certainly use two, which is equivalent to taking an army of 10 thousand people against your king. In this way, the people and property of Yue will inevitably suffer losses, and will it not affect the kindness and compassion of Yue Wang to Ai Yue?

Would you rather kill all the people who crossed the country, or don't spend any effort to get it? Please judge, which is better "

Fu Cha wants to listen to Wen Zi's suggestion and make peace with Yue. Wu Zixu, the doctor of Wu, remonstrated and said, "No! Wuyue is a country that hates each other, is hostile to each other and fights with each other. Surrounded by three rivers, people have nowhere to go. There is no State of Yue if there is the State of Wu, and there is no State of Wu if there is the State of Yue. This situation will not change. "

It is said that people who live on land are used to living on land, and people who live by the water are used to living by the water. In the Central Plains countries, even if we take the initiative to attack and defeat them, we can't live there for a long time and are not used to taking their cars; While crossing the river, we took the initiative to attack and beat them, so that we could live there for a long time and take their boat.

This is a favorable opportunity to destroy the state of Yue, and we can't miss it. Your Majesty, you must destroy Yue State! If we lose this favorable opportunity, it will be too late to regret it later.

The Vietnamese dressed up eight beautiful women and gave them to Taizai of Wu. They said to him, "If you can get the King of Wu to forgive us for crossing the country, there will be more beautiful women for you." Taizai remonstrated with Fu Cha, the king of Wu, and said, "I heard that in ancient times, when you crusaded against a country, the other party gave up." Now that Yue has given up, what do you want? Fu Cha, the king of Wu, made a covenant with Yue and let him go.

Gou Jian said to his countrymen, "I didn't know that I was not strong enough, but I made enemies with the powerful State of Wu, which led to the displacement of the people and the killing of vilen. This is my sin. I ask you to allow me to change the policy of governing the country. "

So bury the dead, sympathize with the wounded and support the living; Whoever has something on his mind will go to condolence, and whoever has a happy event will go to congratulate; Say goodbye to those who are far away and welcome those who go home; Get rid of what people hate and supplement what people lack. Then, he served Fu Cha humbly and sent 300 people as the servants of the king of Wu. Gou Jian himself acted as Fuxi's minion.

Gou Jian's territory starts from Wuzi in the south, ends at Yu Er in the north, ends at Yin in the east, ends at Fiona Fang Baili in the west. He also gathered his father's brother and his younger brother to swear: "I heard that ancient wise monarchs and people from all directions came to him, just like water flowing downwards." Now I am incompetent, and I will lead you and your wife to thrive. "

So he ordered: young and middle-aged people are not allowed to marry old women, and old people are not allowed to marry young and middle-aged wives; The girl is still unmarried at the age of seventeen, and her parents are guilty; A man is twenty years old and has no wife or children. His parents are equally guilty. People who are about to give birth should report, and the government should send doctors to guard them.

When a boy is born, the government rewards two pots of wine and a dog; After giving birth to a girl, the government rewarded two pots of wine and a pig; When triplets are born, the government will provide wet nurses; Give birth to twins, and the government will give them food.

If the eldest son dies, the tax exemption shall be reduced for three years; If an illegitimate child (a concubine's child) dies, the tax will be reduced for three months: you must cry when you are buried, just like your own son (dead). It also ordered orphans, widows, the sick, the poor and the seriously ill to subsidize and educate their children at public expense.

Those wise men clean the house, dress up beautifully, feed them and sharpen their sense of justice. Those who come to the four places will hold a banquet in the temple to show their respect. Gou Jian personally brought rice and meat by boat.

No young man travels abroad without food or drink: be sure to ask his name. Don't eat what you haven't cultivated, and don't wear the cloth woven by his wife. In this way, for ten consecutive years, the state did not collect taxes, and the people had enough to eat for three years.

The elders of Yue pleaded: "In the past, Fu Cha, the king of Wu, humiliated our monarch in front of the vassal States; Now that Yue has returned to normal, please allow us to avenge you. "

Gou Jian declined, saying, "The previous defeat was not your fault, but mine. How can a person like me know what shame is? Please don't fight for the time being. " The elder brothers asked again, "Yue loves Jun as parents. The son wants to avenge his parents, and the servant wants to avenge your father. Does anyone dare not try their best? Ask for another battle! "

Gou Jian agreed, so he invited everyone to take an oath and said, "I heard that the wise monarch in ancient times was not worried about his lack of manpower, but worried that he had no sense of shame." At present, there are 103,000 infantry in Fucha wearing rhinoceros skin armor. They are not worried that they are shameless, but that his soldiers are not enough. Now I will help heaven destroy him.

I don't approve of personal bravado. I hope everyone will advance and retreat together. Thinking forward will be rewarded and thinking backward will be punished; Only in this way can there be rewards that meet the requirements of the state. Do not obey orders when advancing, and have no shame when retreating; In this way, you will be punished according to state regulations. "

The action of cutting Wu started decisively, and the Vietnamese encouraged each other. Father encourages his son, brother encourages his brother, and woman encourages her husband to say, "Why can't such a kind king die for him?" So we defeated Wu again in Mei (an ancient place name near Suzhou) and in the suburbs of Wu. So the State of Yue destroyed the State of Wu.

Fu Xi made peace, saying, "Our army is not worthy to humiliate your eastward expedition. Please allow me to offer you treasures and beautiful women to comfort your humiliation. " Gou Jian replied: "In the past, God gave the state of Yue to Wu, but Wu didn't want it; Since God gave the kingdom of Wu to Yue, can Yue obey your instructions instead of your fate? Please allow me to send you to the east of Yongjiang sentence, and we will still be like two monarchs in the future. "

Fu Cha replied, "Out of courtesy, I did a little kindness to Yue. If you don't forget, give us a small piece of Wu's foothold, which is exactly what I hope. If you say,' I want to destroy your country and your ancestral temple,' I just want to die. How should I face the world? Yue Jun, go and live in Wu. " The State of Yue destroyed the State of Wu.