Wu Kingdom is a vassal state that has existed for a long time but has a short sense of existence, but has left a strong color on the historical stage.
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Wu, although it is also a branch of the Ji surname, was in a barbarian place from the beginning and had no exchanges with the Central Plains culture until a person full of hatred and strong ability came to Wu. He rose very quickly, but he died very quickly.
Wu and Zhou have a common ancestor. At that time, Taigu's father, the descendant of Houji, made his fortune in Feng, and moved to Xiqi because he avoided the Xirong . There, he began to abandon the open farming development model and Rongdi customs, began to build city walls and build houses, formulate an official system, and had the ambition of long-term development.
Taigu’s father gave birth to three sons. According to the records of "Records of the Grand Historian Zhou Family", Ji Bochang, the son of the third son, Ji Li, appeared auspiciously when he was born. Taigu’s father murmured, "Is the prosperity of my clan a grandson Chang?" The eldest and second son heard what his father said, and knew that his father wanted to pass the throne to the third son, so they took the initiative to run to the barbarian land, disheveled their hair and got tattoos, and lived according to the customs of the Rong people in , and expressed that they gave up their inheritance rights.
The eldest and second brothers did not simply become invisible people when they arrived in Rongdi. After they arrived in Rongdi, they gave themselves the title of Wu De, which means they occupied land and became king in the barbarian land.
Wait until Zhou King Wu defeated Zhou and destroyed Shang, he found the descendants of his grandfather and second grandfather and re-enforced to . In the barbarian land, Wu was still entrusted to Wu, and another entrusted to Zhongyuan was Yu.
Wu's branch has been incompatible with the Central Plains for a long time, and has a slow development and a relatively backward culture. It has never had any sense of existence in the long history. Until , the clan son of Chu State completely offended a doctor Qu Wu.
Qu Wu fell in love with a woman whom Chu Zhuang and Zi Fan fell in love with Xia Ji , and quoted the scriptures and persuaded Zi Fan to give up marrying Xia Ji with King Zhuang, but he took Xia Ji out of Chu State, and then ran to marry Xia Ji under the name of a business trip. Zifan and Zi Chong were annoyed and left him in Chu State to kill all the tribesmen. Qu Wu changed his name to Shen Gong Wu Chen and vowed to let Zi Fan and Zi Chong die on the road of repeated rushing.
So Wuchen found the State of Chu, which was urgently needed to seek development at that time but was very backward from people's livelihood to tactics, to support it. He taught Chu the advanced tactics of Chu, helped Wu become stronger, and instigated Wu to attack Chu. The State of Wu became famous among the princes. Zizhong and Zifan were the main force in Chu State. The war between Wu and Chu ran seven times within a year. Zifan finally died on the way back. Wu Chen did what he said, and he polished the dusty blade of Wu State and slashed his enemies with one knife.
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Viewing the life of Wu Kingdom, it has indeed left a brilliant mark in the history of China, but the entire rise of Wu Kingdom is actually lacking precipitation and full of hostility.
The rise of Wu was entirely due to the persecution of loyal ministers by Chu State, which led to Chu Cai and Wu Yong. These so-called Chu Cai were all in a state of resentment and were determined to use Wu State as a knife, but they had no plans for the long-term future of Wu State.
The first one to bring opportunities to Wu State was Wu Chen, but Wu Chen only treated Wu State as a knife. He taught Wu State the culture of invasion, which led to the later Wu State not having time to settle down and was only thinking about entering the Central Plains.
What brings a second chance to Wu Guo is Wu Zixu .Everyone must be very clear about Wu Zixu. Wu Zixu is also a loyal minister, but at first he was also very resentful. His father and brother were killed by King Ping of Chu. Wu Zixu was determined to take revenge. The first thing he did when he ran to Wu was to persuade King Liao of Wu to attack Chu, but was rejected by Gongzi Guang, Helu. He found that Gongzi Guang had greater ambitions, so he recommended a killer to Gongzi Guang and was also waiting for the day when Gongzi Guang got his job.
Later, Helu assassinated King Liao of Wu successfully proclaimed himself king and reused Wu Zixu. Wu Zixu and Sun Wu helped Helu grow stronger step by step. At this time, he met the loyal minister who also escaped from Chu because of his father's persecution. Bo Zhu was also full of resentment at this time, and he wanted to destroy Chu and avenge him. He hit it off with Wu Zixu.
Helu, Wu Zixu and Bo Zhui killed Ying, the capital of Chu State. King Ping of Chu, who killed their father and brother, had already lost his anger. The two of them had not yet subsided. How could they have endured for decades without any revenge? They had nowhere to vent their anger, so they dug out the body of King Ping of Chu and whipped it for a total of three hundred whips before they could relieve their anger.
Wu Zixu and Bo Jing took revenge and were less hostile. According to Wu Zixu's loyal minister, he should be able to assist Helu in achieving great achievements. However, it seems that the sky doesn't want Wu to have a chance to become stronger. Helu and the powerful Chu state had no problems fighting, but was shot into the toe by a small country next to him, and died of trauma.
A toe took a person's life. It can be imagined how bad the medical level of Wu State was at that time. You should know that King Huan of Zhou was shot in an eye when he was shot in , Zheng Zhuanggong , and he still lived for more than 20 years.
In the end, Helu could only entrust his orphan to Wu Zixu. At this time, Wu Zixu seemed to be looking for long-term development for the Wu Kingdom. He began to help Wu Kingdom build city walls and develop people's livelihood. It’s a pity that everything is too late, because he assisted a very wrong version of Fuchai who should not be kind but has the kindness of a woman.
Fuchai is another monarch who has weak ears and wants to be face-saving, likes to listen to good words, but does not like to listen to straightforward words. After Bo Jing lost all his anger, he became a slanderous villain, but the villain was liked by Fuchai.
So, Wu was formed by Chu Chen and finally destroyed by Chu Chen, and his short and glorious life was like a dream.
If you study the history of Wu in detail, you will find that it is actually because the foundation of Wu is unstable. In those years, it was like an ordinary person who obtained a martial arts secret book and quickly practiced to become a martial arts master. However, because he did not lay a good foundation, he challenged the martial arts master. As a result, he defeated the enemy with one move and was full of ambition. He didn't think about consolidating the foundation, but only thought about the vanity and satisfaction brought by continuous victory. So he ran to the ring, but after a protracted battle, his body was extremely deficient. In the end, he was easily poked by an inconspicuous person, and the land collapsed and the ground broke.
Wu Kingdom is such a country.
Every time the Wu Kingdom is dispatched, the old nest becomes empty and vulnerable. When Helu was there, the Wu Kingdom experienced a sneak attack on his old nest in Yue Kingdom. When Fuchai was there, he repeatedly experienced a sneak attack on his old nest in Yue Kingdom. Every time I can successfully attack.
This is why the national strength of Wu itself is not suitable for going to war. If the Wu Kingdom had developed for the first time, it would not have always thought about the eastern and western wars to expand its territory, but to improve its comprehensive national strength, it might not have died so quickly. It is really important to lay the foundation in
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In fact, Wu itself is a country with less hostility.
Their ancestors were the eldest son and second son of Taigu’s father. In order to allow his younger brother to inherit the throne smoothly, they hid in a barbarian land like Wu, abandoning their Central Plains customs to show that they would not pose a threat to their younger brother and let their younger brother develop smoothly.
When Shou Meng's generation arrived, he gave birth to four sons, the largest one was Zhufan , and the youngest one was Jizha . Shou Meng did not want to pass the throne to his eldest son, but to Ji Zha, who looked a little scholarly.
Although Shou Meng developed with Wu Chen, he should have seen the differences between the cultures of Wu and the Central Plains. He did not want to expand so quickly. His youngest son Ji Zha is the most familiar with Central Plains culture, and even some prophets mean it.
During the period when he traveled abroad, he reminded a minister in Qi to hand over his fiefdom and official position, avoiding the subsequent party struggles. When he arrived at Zheng , he saw that the ruling power of Zheng would fall into Zichan's hands and persuade Zichan to exercise benevolent politics. When he arrived at Jin , he saw that Jin would be divided up by the three families of Han, Zhao and Wei. He was like a prophet, and he could succeed in prophecy wherever he went. How could Shou Meng not see such a powerful son?
Shou Meng may think that Ji Zha would let Wu Kingdom settle down, so she decided to pass the throne to his youngest son Ji Zha, but Ji Zha said that he would not inherit the throne. Shou Meng had no choice but to pass the throne to his eldest son. In order to give way to his younger brother, the eldest son refused to pass the throne to his son, but instead passed the throne to his second brother. What he thought was that it was natural for him to pass it to his second brother, second brother to his third brother, and third brother to his fourth brother.
But when it was passed to Ji Zha, he ran away directly. In the end, the third son could only sit on the throne, and the eldest son could not sit on it. He felt that the purpose of his brother's passing on his younger brother was to pass the throne to the fourth uncle, but the fourth uncle refused to take the position, so the throne should be his eldest son. So he took the throne. He is King Helu of Wu.
In the short term, King Helu of Wu expanded the territory of Wu, but in the long run, it was not unreasonable for Shou Meng to choose Ji Zha, the youngest son who was the least angry, to ascend the throne.
It’s a pity that Ji Zha paid too much attention to his reputation and refused to consider the future of the country and refused to inherit the throne. This made the Wu Kingdom quickly die after a wave of rejuvenation.
So, don’t believe in what can be achieved quickly, and don’t rely on your own ability. If you have a hot mind, help others stand up. When you don’t have absolute strength, laying a solid foundation is more important than anything else.
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