After King Ping moved east, the status of the Eastern Zhou royal family in the eyes of the princes of the world plummeted, and they could only settle in a corner, barely maintaining the rule of the Zhou Dynasty, and no longer had dignity to speak of.
Similar to the fate of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, many princely states could not get rid of the fate of being replaced, the three families were divided into Jin, the Tian clan generation of Jiang, so that the Zhou Li no longer existed, the world from the Spring and Autumn Period to the Warring States Period, began the era of mutual attack, and like the three families of the Jin Dynasty, the Tian Family Generation Jiang also became one of the "masterpieces" to subvert the Zhou Rites.
The whole process of Tian's generation of Jiang has gone through eight generations of the Tian clan, from Tian Wan to Tian He, the Tian clan people boiled frogs in warm water, first Tao Guang raised obscurity, Ming Zhe protected himself, and then gradually replaced the nobles of the State of Qi, installed their own henchmen, and when the time was ripe, they decisively intervened and replaced the State of Qi. After the Qi Dynasty, the nobles surnamed Jiang still maintained a decent life, and the lives of the people of the State of Qi were also enriched, and the State of Qi completed the transformation of the monarch.
Tian Quan was originally a native of Chen Guo, and in order to avoid political turmoil, he went to the State of Qi to take refuge, and Qi Huangong saw that he was a talent, so he wanted to give him a high-ranking official to do it, but Tian Guan, who was well aware of Taoguang's way of raising obscurity, only accepted a position in charge of hundreds of workers after resigning in every way.
Later, in order to gain a firm foothold, Chen Quan chose to marry one of the Tian clans of the Qi state, changing his surname to tian, and then the descendants of the Tian clan fought silently to control the power, and finally completed the Dai Qi and achieved the Tian clan Qi state. So, how did the Tian clan gradually gain the right to rule the State of Qi? How is the development of Tian's Qi state?
First, win trust
1. Asylum and marriage
Chen Quan was originally a prince of Chen Guo, in order to escape domestic political turmoil, fled to the State of Qi to avoid chaos, Qi Huangong was very appreciative of this prince, so he wanted to give him a high-ranking official Houlu, but Chen Quan was well aware of Taoguang's way of raising obscurity, and only accepted a gongzheng official position. During his tenure, Chen completed his diligent work, was humble and low-key, and was deeply loved by Qi Huangong and the surrounding ministers.
At that time, yi Zhongxiang, the grand master of the State of Qi, fell in love with Chen Guan, wanted to recruit him as a son-in-law, and also specially found someone to divinate, and the result was Ji Xiang, so he recruited Chen Wan, who had completed the marriage, changed his name to Tian Quan, and began to gain a firm foothold in the State of Qi. Later, Tian Wen and Tian Huan both rose up in the qi state, participated in the crusade of Bao, Gao, and Luan against the Qing clan, and joined hands with the Bao clan to eliminate the two major clans of Gao and Luan, and increased their influence.
2. The will of the people
In the later period of the Duke of Qi Jing, the monarch was absurd and extravagant, and he especially liked to repair the palace, impose heavy taxes on the people, increase labor, and the people's lives were miserable. At this time, the head of the Tian clan, Tian Qi, began to carry out economic reforms.
First of all, starting from grain, changing the quartetary system to the fifth system, reducing the people's grain burden, and then encouraging farming, adjusting the tax rate, and caring for the people's lives, the people of the State of Qi supported the Tian clan one after another, and even Yan Bao privately told the doctors of the Jin State that the Tian clan would eventually become the lord of the State of Qi.
Second, power is glued
1. Binding power
As Tian's influence in the State of Qi grew, this aroused the jealousy of Qi Jinggong, the ruler of the State of Qi, who sought a solution from Yan Bao. Yan Bao's idea was to get everything back on track, the people performing their duties, and each clan and nobleman in charge of their own territory, so as to strictly limit the Tian clan's sphere of influence, which was equivalent to ruling without doing anything. Qi Jinggong adopted this proposal, but this practice only temporarily curbed the pace of Tian's expansion and did not solve the fundamental problem.
2. The battle for successors
In his later years, Duke Jinggong of Qi established the Left and Right Xiangguo to support his favorite son to inherit the throne, which caused dissatisfaction among the Tian clan. Tian Qi, the head of the Tian clan, wanted to support Li Yangsheng as king, but instead of directly confronting the left and right Xiangguo, he first arranged for him to take refuge in the State of Lu, and then carried out divisive measures to provoke the relationship between Xiangguo and Dafu, killing each other, and the newly established king also became a refugee, under Tian Qi's planning, Yangsheng returned to the State of Qi as a monarch, in order to mourn the Duke of Qi.
3, Mr. Tada ginger
1. Tian Chang took power
After Qi Mourning served as a puppet for four years, the doctors supported the establishment of Qi Jian Gong on the throne, and Qi Jian Gong was not willing to become a puppet in the hands of the Tian clan, so the two sides fought for a period of time, and a fire occurred.
After several generations of accumulation, the Tian clan was so powerful in the state of Qi that Tian Chang chose to take the initiative this time, while Duke Qi Jian hesitated at a critical moment, and as a result, he was killed by Tian Chang's subordinates, and Tian Chang did not stop doing two things, and directly launched a great purge in the country, eradicating dissidents and monopolizing the power of the state of Qi.
2. Mr. Tadashi Ginger
After Duke Jian of Qi was killed, Tian Chang became the de facto head of the State of Qi, but until his grandson Tian He came to power, the Tian family did not substantially replace the Jiang surname and take over the State of Qi, but continued to accumulate their own strength.
In Tian He's generation, the monarch of the State of Qi was the Duke of Qi Kang, Tian He let him go to live by the sea, and he asked Zhou Tianzi to make himself the King of Qi, at this time the Zhou royal family had already existed in name only, in order to protect himself, Zhou Tianzi agreed to Tian He's request, and the Tian clan officially completed on behalf of Jiang. Like the Three Branches of the Jin Dynasty, the Tian Dynasty Also marked the collapse of the Zhou Dynasty and the advent of a new Warring States era.
Summary: The Tian clan began with a political turmoil, the Duke of Chen Guo took refuge in the State of Qi, was accepted by the Duke of Qi Huan, and after arriving in the State of Qi, the Tian clan has been steadily fighting and expanding its power. Later, due to the absurdity of the monarch of the State of Qi, the increase in the taxation of labor and servitude, and gradually lost the hearts of the people, the Tian clan embarked on economic reforms, reduced the burden on the people, won the support of the people, and gradually gained a foothold in the State of Qi.
After accumulating a certain amount of strength, the Tian clan began to intervene in the abolition of the Monarch of the State of Qi, and secretly contacted the forces, and finally completed the control of the Monarch of the State of Qi, becoming the actual controller of the State of Qi, on this basis, the Tian Clan did not rush to replace the Jiang Clan, but continued to consolidate its own power, and by the Tian He period, finally took the position of the King of the State of Qi into the pocket and completed the Tian Clan as Jiang.