Fourth, be a man and leave a line.
The force value of King Chuzhuang was quite high, and he almost subdued the princes of the entire Central Plains. However, although he is very strong, he is not a ruthless person, and believes in being a man and leaving a line, so that he can meet in the future.
When King Chuzhuang attacked Zheng State, he besieged the city for three months before it was conquered. Zheng Guojun came bare-chested with a sheep to plead guilty, hoping to keep his country. All the ministers thought that it was okay to directly merge Zheng Guo, but King Chu Zhuang thought that Zheng Guojun could be so groveling and won the hearts of the people, so it was not appropriate to destroy the country.
Chen Guo's Xia Zheng Shu killed the king, which led to great chaos in the country. The king of Chuzhuang attacked the state of Chen, killed Xia Zhengshu, and prepared to annex the state of Chen. Someone told a story to the king of Chuzhuang, a cow trampled on someone else's cultivated field, and the owner of the cultivated field detained the cow as compensation, and the value of the cow was far greater than the damaged cultivated field, is this owner too much? King Chuzhuang nodded in agreement. The man continued, that Xia Zhengshu of the Chen State made a mistake, and it was good for you to kill him to uphold justice, but you annexed the Chen State, isn't this coveting other people's land? How can such a hypocritical and greedy person be worthy of commanding the masses? As soon as King Chuzhuang heard the reason, he restored the state of Chen.
The king of Chuzhuang attacked the Song State and besieged the city for five months, forcing the city to change his son and eat. Hua Yuan of the Song State told the truth and hoped that the Chu State would be able to open up. King Chu Cheng exclaimed: "This person is really a sincere gentleman, and he doesn't hide the true situation at all", so he retreated.
Fifth, the feast of the stubble.
What do you do when your men tease your woman? I believe you must think that brothers are like siblings, women are like clothes, whoever wears my clothes, I chop off his siblings! But guess what King Chu Zhuang did? King Chuzhuang was in a particularly good mood once, and invited all the confidants and ministers, and everyone enjoyed the beautiful songs and dances while tasting the wine and food, and they were not completely happy until the evening. So the king of Chuzhuang came up and ordered people to light candles in the palace and continue to drink. It didn't take long for Xu Ji, the favorite of King Chuzhuang, to personally pour wine for the ministers, when suddenly a gust of wind blew up, the candles were blown out, and a black light blinded the flames.
At this time, a person actually took advantage of the chaos to eat Xu Ji's tofu, Xu Ji struggled to get out, and ripped off the tassel on the person's hat. Xu Ji cried and complained to the king of Chuzhuang, and asked him to quickly light a candle and catch the womanizer. When King Chu Zhuang heard this, he did not get angry, but asked his attendants not to light candles for the time being, and then ordered all the ministers to take off the tassels from their hats. After the ministers complied with the implementation, the king of Chuzhuang asked people to light candles, and as if nothing had happened, he continued to drink heartily, and the guests and hosts were happy. After the banquet, Xu Ji was sullen, and King Chu Zhuang explained that it was normal to have some gaffes after drinking, and if that person was severely punished, it would be easy to chill the ministers, so sometimes you have to pretend to be confused.
After three years, the Chu State and the Jin State fought a war, and the Jin army was strong, and the Chu army was a little unable to hold on. At the critical moment, a general rushed into the army of ten thousand without hesitation, breaking up the camp of the Jin army, and the Chu army took the opportunity to turn defeat into victory. The king of Chu Zhuang was very happy, and when he was about to reward him, the general said that he would not reward him, and confessed that the person who was rude three years ago was himself, and this time it was purely to repay the king of Chu Zhuang for not pursuing his kindness.
Sixth, the historian said.
I remember a little story about a man who bought a garden with many seeds of flowers just planted in it, but also seeds of many weeds. He didn't rush to remove the weeds, but patiently began to wait, after waiting for more than half a year, the flowers and weeds have grown one after another, and the situation is clear at this time, and he can easily remove the weeds.
Isn't the same true for King Chuzhuang? When I first took over state affairs, I believe that he was more flustered, and he didn't know who to trust or who to suspect? He didn't know who the flowers were and who the weeds weeds weed, so he waited patiently and watched coldly. After a long three years, King Chuzhuang has already made up his mind, and he has also tested the loyalty of Wu Ju and Su Cong's two courtiers, so he is even more confident. So King Chuzhuang immediately launched a vigorous and resolute action, and it was easy to eliminate dissidents and appoint meritocracy, so as to make a blockbuster.
And the feast of the absolute tassel is the stroke of the genius of King Chuzhuang, he casually planted a seed in the back garden, but he did not expect to harvest the whole spring.
Therefore, sometimes when the situation is unclear, we might as well learn from the King of Chuzhuang, calm down, and be patient!