Suzhou was the capital of Wu in the ancient Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. At that time, the princes dominated and the war lasted for years. Wu built a solid wall to stop the enemy attack.
On this day, the king of Wu gave a banquet to celebrate. During the dinner, the ministers indulged in drinking and having fun, thinking that with a strong city, they could rest easy. See these, China's prime minister Wu Zixu is very worried. He called his entourage and told them, "The civil and military officials in the Qing Dynasty now think that high walls can keep the peace of Wu." . Although the city wall can resist enemy soldiers, the people inside will be equally restrained if they want to go out.
If the enemy does not fight around, isn't Wu trapped in a cocoon? If you get carried away, you will be in trouble. If anything happens to me, Wu is trapped and food and grass are scarce, you can go to Xiangmen City to dig three feet to get food. "
The entourage thought that Wu Zixu was drunk, but he didn't take it seriously. Soon, the King of Qi died, and Fu Cha succeeded to the throne. He listened to greed and committed suicide for Wu Zixu. Gou Jian, the King of Yue, sent troops to attack the State of Wu and surrounded the capital of the State of Wu. These wax powders saved the whole city.
Since then, every household has made a "city brick" of glutinous rice flour as a sacrifice to Wu Zixu during the Chinese New Year. Over time, it is called rice cake.
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character introduction
Wu Zixu (559 BC-484 BC), a famous minister (Zuo Yun), was born in the State of Chu (now Huang Xie Town, Jianli County, Hubei Province), and was a doctor and strategist of Wu at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period. To seal in Shen, also known as.
Wu Zixu's father, Wu She, was the teacher of Wang Zijian, the king of Chu Ping. Because of Fei Wuji's slander, he was killed by the king of Chu Ping together with his eldest son, Wu Shang. Wu Zixu fled from Chu to Wu, and became an important minister of He Lv, the king of Wu. He was the builder of Suzhou City, where there was Xumen.
In 506 BC, Wu Zixu cooperated with Sun Wu to invade the capital of Chu, and Wu Zixu dug the tomb of King Chu Ping and whipped his body for 300 times to avenge his father and brother. Relying on the strategies of Wu Zixu and others, Wu defeated Xu, Lu and Qi in the west and became a tyrant.
Wu Zixu tried many times to persuade Fu Cha, the prince of Wu, to kill Gou Jian, but Fu Cha wouldn't listen. Fu Cha, eager to enter the Central Plains, led an army to attack Qi. Wu Zixu once again advised Fu Cha not to attack Qi for the time being, and to destroy Yue first, but was rejected. Fu Cha listened to the slanderers of Taizai's uncle, saying that Wu Zixu was plotting against Wu and sent someone to send a sword to Wu Zixu to commit suicide.
Before committing suicide, Wu Zixu said to the crowd, "Please gouge out my eyes and put them on the east gate. I want to watch the death of Wu. " Nine years after Wu Zixu's death, Wu was destroyed by the sneak attack of Yue.
In 506 BC, He Lv, king of Wu, said to Wu Zixu and Sun Wu, "You said Ying Du could not enter. What now? " The two men replied, "General Chu is greedy for money, and both Tang and Cai hate it. If the king wants to attack on a large scale, he must first get help from Tang and Cai. "
Hearing this, He Lv mobilized all his forces, attacked Chu with Tang and Cai, and fought the Chu army on both sides of the Hanshui River. The younger brother of the prince of Wu, Fu almost, led the troops to ask to follow him. The king of Wu didn't listen, so he took his 5,000 men to attack the general of Chu. Zi Chang was defeated and fled to Zheng. So the prince of Wu pushed forward, and after five wars with the Chu army, he entered the capital of Ying. ?
King Zhao Chu escaped that day. The next day, the prince of Wu was stationed in Du Ying. King Chu Zhao fled to YUNDI. Brother Yun Huai said: Kill my father, can I kill my son? "Xi Gong was worried that his brother would kill him, so he went anywhere with him.
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