The story of Yue Wang Goujian lying down and trying to kill Wu is widely known, but everyone only knows the protagonist of this story, Yue Wang Goujian, but does not know the supporting role Fan Li, who is the key figure in this story.
It can be said that Fan Li's life is not only full of legend, but also allows us to read human nature.
I think that back then, after the Battle of Huiji Mountain, King Goujian of Yue was defeated by the Kingdom of Wu. There are only two paths in front of him, one is to organize the last attack and break through the encirclement with the strength of the whole country, but the possibility of success is very small.
The second is to surrender to the state of Wu and bow down, but the king of Yue will lose face and be spurned and ridiculed. Yue King Goujian initially thought of making one last attack, but it was a big deal to die.
However, Fan Li, who was an auxiliary minister, stopped him and expressed his thoughts: to have a long-term vision, surrender for the time being, become a slave to the Wu Kingdom, and then seize the time to prepare for war, and then take revenge when the time is ripe.
Yue Wang Goujian listened to Fan Li's words, thought for a moment, and nodded silently. Soon, he took the military generals of Wen Chen to the Kingdom of Wu to surrender, and was willing to serve as a slave to the prince of the State of Wu at that time.
Since then, Yue King Goujian, Fan Li and others have suffered humiliation, allowing Wu Guo to slaughter and envoy, which can be described as having no dignity at all.
Fan Li endured humiliation and torture during this time, but his heart was always full of hope, and encouraged King Goujian of Yue to also learn to endure, and exchange his sincerity and sincerity for King Wu's trust, so that King Wu could relax his vigilance.
Of course, there were times when Yue Wang Goujian couldn't bear it, and every time he was insulted by the Wu Kingdom's monarchs, he wanted to end his life under impulse.
However, Fan Li would always enlighten him not to be brave for a moment, but to endure humiliation and bear heavy burdens in preparation for war. Therefore, with Fan Li's encouragement, Yue Wang Goujian could even do the matter of giving King Wu a dung test.
Of course, Fan Li was also trying to prepare for the restoration of the country, he trained the beautiful Xi Shi, let her use beauty to seduce King Wu, and used money to win over the favored courtiers around King Wu, so that everyone in the Kingdom of Wu believed that the State of Yue had become a veritable vassal state.
And King Wu also became completely convinced of King Yue and no longer wary of King Yue. All this shows that Fan Li's judgment is correct, when a person is in a weak state, he must endure humiliation and burden, must find a way to survive first, and he also needs to be full of hope in his heart, only in this way will he have the opportunity to rewrite his destiny in the future.
And Yue King Goujian did this, ten years of lying down to taste the courage, Yue Kingdom prepared for ten years, and finally when the time was ripe, defeated the Wu State in one fell swoop, and Yixue would be humiliated before the Great Battle of Ji Mountain.
King Wu saw that the general trend had passed, and hoped that King Yue could also take him in as a slave, and King Yue had revenge and was very happy, so he wanted to nod and agree, but unexpectedly, Fan Li vetoed and insisted on getting rid of King Wu.
King Yue asked the reason, only to see Fan Liyi replied solemnly: If King Wu had the hope of revenge in his heart, wouldn't he learn to seek revenge after King Yue lay down and tasted his courage?
After that, he planned to reward Fan Li heavily, but unexpectedly, Fan Li smiled and said: he wanted to go out for sightseeing, take his maid Xi Shi, and play everywhere, and did not want to ask about political affairs anymore.
Although King Yue was extremely reluctant, he finally agreed to Fan Li's request. When the bamboo raft was slowly parading on the river, Xi Shi asked Fan Li why he didn't stay with King Yue to enjoy all the glory and wealth, only to hear Fan Li say calmly: "The birds are exhausted, the good bow is hidden, the rabbit dies, and the good dog cooks."
The king of Yue can only share suffering, and must not share happiness. If you stay by his side, sooner or later you will be killed by him.
Since then, Fan Li has devoted himself to business, no longer thinking about political affairs, and he knows very well the truth that only by giving wealth can he get rich, so he became rich three times and scattered his family wealth three times.
I have to say that Fan Li's grasp of human nature is too high!