Duke Xuan of Qi, surnamed Jiang, Lü, Mingji, son of Duke Ping of Qi, and the penultimate monarch of the State of Qi of the Lü clan of Jiang.
Due to the cowardice and incompetence of his father, Duke Ping of Qi, all the power of the State of Qi fell into the hands of the Tian clan. By the time Qi Xuangong succeeded to the throne, he had no possibility of reversing the situation.
Qi Ping Gong Lü Xiao
Tian Xiangzipan, Tian Zhuangzibai, Qi Taigonghe, three generations of Tian clan leaders successively served as Qi Xiang during the Qi Xuangong period. Under their control, although Qi Xuangong had the name of Qi Jun, he did not have the slightest right to match it. He was a pawn in Tian's hand, like a puppet, completely obeying Tian's command.
Tian Xiangzipan assigned the Tian clan to various regions of the State of Qi, and the Tian clan was already the de facto owner of the State of Qi.
When Tian Zhuangzibai was in phase, he spent decades consolidating the situation established by Tian Xiangzipan, recuperating and recovering his strength.
In the forty-third year of The Duke of Qi Xuangong, taking advantage of the great opportunity of the six secretaries of state within the Jin Dynasty to compete, Tian Zhuangzi attacked Jin with white hair, destroyed Huangcheng, and besieged Yanghu; the following year, he sent troops to attack Lu, Ge, and Anling; the next year, he attacked Lu again and took one of his cities.
After Tian Zhuangzibai's death, his son Taigong Qi and Duke Xuan of Qi attacked the State of Lu in the forty-eighth year of the reign of Duke Xuan of Qi, and the following year, he sent troops to capture the Wei state's Yiqiu.
Qi Taigong Tian He
Judging from the results alone, the reign of Duke Xuan of Qi was a rare period of strength and prosperity in the late Spring and Autumn Period of the State of Qi. The State of Qi won successive victories in foreign wars and expanded its territory.
At first glance, these achievements do not seem to have anything to do with Qi Xuangong, but it is precisely because of Qi Xuangong's everywhere cooperation and the slightest desire to oppose the Tian clan that the State of Qi can have a period of stability for nearly fifty years, and can there be some victories in foreign wars after that.
For the Lü clan surnamed Jiang, Qi Xuangongji and his father Qi Ping Gongxiao were sinners throughout the ages, because they were the main responsible persons for causing the death of the Lü clan surnamed Jiang. But for the State of Qi, for the ordinary people of the State of Qi, they are actually not as bad as they seem. To some extent, it still plays a certain positive role.