Yue Wang Gou Jian and Queen Yayu experienced humiliation together in the Kingdom of Wu, why did Yayu commit suicide after the restoration?
In the history of our country, there are many stories of emperors and queens who have worked hard to start a business that has been sung by posterity, such as Liu Bang and his wife Lü Lu, in the Chu-Han War, Lü Yan was almost killed by Xiang Yu, during which Liu Bang had a unique favorite lady, after the establishment of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bang still did not hesitate to seal Lü Yan as queen, and family affairs and state affairs listened to Lü Yan's advice. For example, Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma are also a pair of exemplary representatives of hard work and entrepreneurship, as well as Emperor Wen of Sui and Lonely Garo, who are also a very loving couple of emperors, who have experienced hardships together, and can be bitter and sweet, and stay together for a lifetime. There are many such examples in the history of our country.
However, there are also some emperors and couples, who cannot be like these emperors I just said, all the way hand in hand, and always become a loving and righteous couple. But they can only share happiness, not suffering together, and when the day of bitterness and sweetness comes, it is the moment when they part ways or their wives and daughters are separated.
Yue Wang Gou Jian is such a person, after his defeat in the army and his wife Yayu together to Wu Guo as a slave, after a hard salary and reward, Gou Jian successfully restored the country, it is reasonable to say that after the unbearable life of Wu Guo, the feelings of the husband and wife will be more sincere. But no one thought that in the face of the husband who became the king of Yue again, Yayu chose a path of suicide.
Yue Wang Gou Jian and Queen Yayu experienced humiliation together in the Kingdom of Wu, so why did Queen Yayu choose to commit suicide after the restoration?
First of all, let's see what kind of a woman Yayu is as the queen of the hook?
In the war against the State of Wu in The Kingdom of Yue, Gou Jian, as king, led a group of his brothers and troops to fight on the front line. And queen Yayu, like those famous queens in history, did not stay in the harem and weep vigorously, worried that her glory and wealth would disappear with the destruction of the country. She bravely walked out and ordered the soldiers and servants guarding the city, while preparing logistical support for the soldiers on the front line, and at the same time asking the soldiers to prepare torches, in case the city was destroyed, they planned to burn themselves to suicide and keep their honor. We can see that this woman is still relatively calm and assertive before the great enemy comes.
After the defeat of the Yue Kingdom, she continued to choose to follow her husband to the State of Wu as a slave, from a respected queen to a slave who worked as a slave, Yayu succumbed to the arrangement of fate, and did not abandon herself because of the gap in identity. During this period, he also repeatedly suggested that Gou Jian should cheer up, not give up on himself, and think more for the people of Wu Kingdom. Yayu understands the righteousness, although she is a weak woman, her integrity and heart are still very admirable.
In the days of Wu Guo, it was the lowest point in the life of the husband and wife, and it was also a difficult time to test their feelings. In order to survive, Gou Jian pretended to be crazy and stupid, and suffered humiliation, he heard that Wu Wangfu was sick, and personally tasted FuChai's feces to treat Wu Wang's illness. Gou Jian was cordial in front of Wu Wang Fu cha, and gradually lived up to the trust of Wu Wang, and Fu Cha gradually relaxed his vigilance against Wu Jian.
After the return of Yue Wang Gou Jian and Queen Yayu, the two people embraced the dream of restoring the country and began the most famous period of life in history, in order to make himself not forget the humiliation of the fall of the country, but also to remind himself of his hard work, he hung a bitter gall in the house where the husband and wife lived, and every day when they ate, they had to taste the taste of bitter bile, so as not to let themselves forget the humiliating days in the Wu Kingdom. Dressed in coarse cloth, he ate and sowed seeds with the people.
Queen Yayu wore coarse cloth, cooked and washed, and accompanied her husband like a village woman. Lead women to raise silkworms and weave fabrics and develop production.
Seeing that their kings and wives were so thrifty and thrifty, hard-working and hardworking, the people of Yueguo also saw hope, stimulated their fighting spirit, and inspired the whole country to work together to work hard and eliminate Wu Xueyi at an early date.
After 10 years of hard work, when the strength of the country was restored little by little, Gou Jian began his own restoration action. First, he adopted the advice of the chancellor and bribed the king of Wu to paralyze the other party; second, he bought grain from the state of Wu, leaving the grain depot of the state of Wu empty; the third was to give wood to the state of Wu and spend the manpower and material resources of the state of Wu to build a palace; the fourth was to spread rumors, alienate the emperor of the state of Wu, and kill Wu Zixu; the fifth was to use a beauty plan to give Xi Shi and Zheng Dan to consume the energy and physical strength of the husband, so that he did not care about political affairs.
It can be said that the Gou Jian in this period was also a very good Yue king, and through the implementation of some revitalization plans, the Yue Kingdom chose an optimal time point and soon beat the Wu State down.
Eliminated Wu Guo, washed away their shame, and once again ushered in the highest moment of life, bitter and sweet, their husband and wife's feelings should be better. Soon after, however, Queen Yayu chose to commit suicide. This inspirational story of lying down and rewarding is a scar that can never be erased.
Secondly, let's analyze the reasons for Yayu's suicide and look for some clues to this thousand-year-old legend. I personally feel there are several reasons for this.
First, Fan Li was originally the co-founder of Gou Jian and made a lot of constructive suggestions for Gou Jian to destroy Wu, and could be an active participant and promoter of the action of Gou Jian wu, whether it was strategy or merit, Fan Li was the first major contributor to the restoration of the country. But Fan Li was a very wise person, and after he successfully restored the country, he chose to resign and traveled the world with the beautiful woman Xi Shi. Why did Fan Li resign? Because he knows very well the nature of Gou Jian, that is to say, Gou Jian is a person who can only suffer and cannot be rich and noble. Fan Li's departure may be a bad omen for Yayu.
Second, if Fan Li's death caused an ominous premonition for Yayu, then Wenzu's death made Queen Yayu even more desperate. Wen Zhong was also a hero who assisted Gou To destroy Wu, and Fan Li repeatedly persuaded Wen Shu to resign with him, but Wen Chuan was not moved and always insisted on assisting Gou Jian. However, the re-election of the Yue King began to act arbitrarily, and he could not listen to Wen's suggestions at all, and finally listened to rumors, believing that Wenzu wanted to rebel, so he sent people to arrest Wenzong and kill him.
Third, when he was in the State of Wu, in order to test Gou Jian's loyalty to King Wu, Wu Zixu once arranged for Yayu to serve in front of Gou Jian's face to send an envoy to the Jin State of Wu, although Gou Jian happily accepted this matter at that time, but as a man, watching his wife make peace with other men, this humiliation may make Gou Jian's heart never be quiet, so he began to alienate and even insult his queen in words and deeds, and Ya Yu could only choose to commit suicide in this case.
Fourth, after the success of Gou Jian's restoration, Yayu has aged and decayed, people are old and yellow, and Gou Jian has looked down on Yayu.
Fifth, Gou Jian's humiliating experience in the early years in the Wu Kingdom is unforgettable, although Fu Cha is dead, but Wen Chuan and Ya Yu are still alive, seeing them, Gou Jian remembered those humiliating things, in order to make these things have fewer insiders, so he first forced Wen Zi, and then forced his queen Ya Yu to commit suicide, Ya Yu knew that his historical mission was completed, Gou Jian had a murderous heart for her, so he committed suicide in advance with his full name.
The above five points should be the reason for Yayu's suicide, but for the third point, many people also have different views, thinking that in our Spring and Autumn Warring States period, the affairs of men and women were very open, much more open than now, and the matter of Yayu's attendant sleeping with the emissaries of the Jin Dynasty should not be the reason for forcing her to commit suicide, nor should it be the direct cause of Yayu's suicide.
In the Spring and Autumn Period, marriage was normal, adultery was a common thing, and people did not think that these things were embarrassing, and the affairs of men and women were far less serious than those of later generations.
For example, Empress Xuan of Qin married three men successively, married once in the Chu kingdom, had two children, and later married King Huiwen of Qin and gave birth to a son. Later, he had an affair with king Yiqu and also had two children. Although everyone expressed disgust at this matter, they could basically accept it.
For example, the daughter of Duke Mu of Qin married the uncles and nephews of Duke Wen of Jin and the Duke of Jin Huai successively; Li Ji of the State of Jin was even more adulterous and did not cause trouble; the King of Chuping of the State of Chu took his daughter-in-law, princess of Qin State, as his own, but people did not grumble about these men and women, but accepted these things with a tolerant attitude.
Therefore, the death of Queen Yayu will never be her servant who has been to the Jin envoy, but her husband who wants to kill her!