To say that in ancient times, the most heirs should be the emperor, as the saying goes: "harem beauties three thousand people", for the emperor to open up the harem concubines, it is countless. As long as the emperor himself is healthy and often goes to the harem, there will naturally be many heirs.
But in the Spring and Autumn Period of ancient times, a minister actually had more than 70 sons, plus his daughters at least over a hundred. Why is it that his method of giving birth to a child is dirty and unacceptable? That has to start with the grandfather of the minister.
This minister, who had more than 70 children, was an important ruler of the State of Qi during the Spring and Autumn Period: Tian Chang. Tian Chang, whose real name was Heng, was changed to Heng because he avoided the Heng character of Emperor Liu Heng of the Han Dynasty. Tian Chang's ancestors were not surnamed Tian, but surnamed Chen.
During the Spring and Autumn Period, Tian Chang's ancestors were originally chen people, when Chen was in turmoil, Tian Chang's ancestors defected to the state of Qi, and were sealed in the field by the duke of Qi Huan at that time, and the Chen clan changed its name to Tian Shi, and began to establish a foothold in the state of Qi.
However, this Duke Huan of Qi could not have imagined that one day, the family power of this abandoned Chen and Qi would become more and more powerful, and even threaten his own Jiangshan. The Tian clan has always had close ties with the government of the State of Qi, and the Tian family of the previous generations has been loyal and loyal to the State of Qi. When it came to the seventh generation of the Tian family, Tian Beg, that is, Tian Chang's father, the Tian clan began to be restless and self-guarding.
Tian Beg was the doctor of the State of Qi at that time, according to the "Records of History", when he was ordered to collect taxes from the people, he used the strategy of "small bucket to collect in, big bucket to release grain" to buy the people's hearts, and Qi Jinggong did not stop it, so he let the people of the people concentrate on the Tian family, which made Tian Beg grow a lot of power.
After the death of Duke Jing of Qi, Tian Qi wanted to monopolize power, and when the bones of Duke Qi Jing were not cold, Tian Beg joined forces with the chancellor Bao Mu and others to replace the throne that he should inherit from Yan's widow with Jiang Yangsheng, who had no power to bind chickens, that is, the historical Duke of Qi, and Tian Beg became the prime minister of the State of Qi.
Four years later, Tian Qi died, and his son Tian Chang succeeded to his father's throne, and Bao Mu was killed because of his entanglement with the Duke of Qi, and the Son of Qi Mourning was put on the new throne, that is, the Duke of Qijian.
At that time, tian chang assisted Qi Jian Gong with Jian Zhi, and because The Supervisor was more deeply trusted by Qi Jian Gong, Tian Chang's heart became jealous.
For Tian Chang, rights are his greatest guarantee, the so-called father must have his son, Tian Chang's ambition can be greater than his father Tian Beg's ambition, so Tian Chang implemented his father's "small bucket to collect, big bucket to release grain" strategy, so that the people of the state of Qi have praised Tian Chang's "virtue".
Qi Jiangong was pressured by Tian Chang, but he did not think so, and even wanted to clean up Tian Chang, but was finally killed by Tian Chang. Tian Chang assisted Duke Jian of Qi's younger brother to ascend the throne, the Duke of Qiping. After the chaos and stability of the State of Qi, Tian Chang enjoyed the power even more exclusively and became the largest ruler of the State of Qi.
Tian Chang killed all the people who were threatening him, and for the desire for power, Tian Chang's position as prime minister could not satisfy himself, so he demanded that most of the land of the State of Qi be sealed to himself, and Qi Pinggong naturally did not dare to oppose it, so he did so.
So so much land in their own hands, let others manage the cities and pools of all parties, Tian Chang of course is not at ease, so Tian Changqi let his close relatives who are related to himself to manage, so that the cities and pools of all parties are twisted into a bundle of ropes. But the problem is that Tian Chang doesn't have so many heirs. Tian Chang came up with an unacceptable dirty method.
That is to set up harem concubines, but also must be more than seven feet tall Qi women, these selected concubines, Tian Chang himself did not personally come to the luck, but let the guest attendants enter and leave the harem at will, so that they not only added a son to themselves, but also gave birth to their own energy.
Tian Chang was very proud of this method, and until Tian Chang's death, concubines gave birth to more than 70 sons. Although this method is efficient, it is too dirty for ordinary people to accept.