Guan Zhong, the "first phase of China", is generally unknown to few people, but everyone has heard of his name, he was a politician and military figure in ancient China, and the first person in Chinese history to order the opening of the Qinglou. His ancestors were descendants of the Ji surname, so they belonged to the same clan as the Zhou royal family. His father, Guan Zhuang, was the doctor of the State of Qi, and later the family declined, and by the time guan Zhong's generation came, he was already very poor. Therefore, in order to make a living, Guan Zhong worked as a businessman who was considered to be a lowly businessman at that time. He has been to many places and has come into contact with many different people, seen many worlds, and thus accumulated rich social experience.
In 674 BC, Duke Qi died and left behind three sons, Prince Zhu'er, Gongzi Gui, and Xiao Bai. After the departure of Duke Qi, the crown princes took the throne and were named Duke Xiang of Qi. Although the crown princes were the largest and ascended to the throne, their moral character was not good, and the future of the State of Qi was deeply worried by the old ministers in the country. At that time, Guan Zhong and Bao Shuya assisted Gongzi Gui and Gongzi Xiaobai respectively. A pair of friends, it is really beautiful to be a master for two sons. However, Bao Shuya was very dissatisfied with the order of the Duke of Qi to assist his assistant Gongzi Xiaobai, and often lied that he was ill and did not go. Duke Qi knew that Xiao Bai had no hope of inheriting the throne in the future, and thought that he had no talent, so he asked him to assist Xiao Bai. However, Guan Zhong did not think so, and when he understood the inside story, he persuaded Bao Shuya to say: "People in China hate Gongzi Gui's mother, so much so that they do not like Gongzi Gui himself, but sympathize with Xiao Bai for not having a mother." Those who will rule the State of Qi in the future will either be corrected or white. Although Gongzi Xiaobai is not as smart as Gongzi, and he is also very impatient, he has far-sighted considerations. It's not me who manages Zhong, no one understands Gongzi Xiaobai. Even if Gongzi Gui deposed his brother and established a monarch in the future, he would achieve nothing. Then it's not you Bao Shuya who will come to stabilize the country, who else?" In this way, Bao Shuya listened to Guan Zhong's advice, came out to accept the appointment, and served Xiao Bai wholeheartedly.
Soon after, Qi Xianggong secretly had an affair with his sister Wen Jiang and drunkenly killed Wen Jiang's husband, Lu Huangong. In this regard, both Guan Zhong and Bao Shuya, who had political foresight, had a premonition that great chaos would occur in the State of Qi. So they all found a way out for their own monarchs. Gongzi Gui's mother was Lu Jun's daughter, so Guan Zhong and Zhao Kuo protected Gongzi Gui and fled to the State of Lu to hide. Gongzi Xiaobai's mother was the daughter of Wei Jun, and Wei guo was too far away from the state of Qi, so Bao Shuya and Gongzi Xiaobai ran to the southern neighbor of the state of Qi, Juguo, to take refuge. Although the place where Gongzi Gui and Gongzi Xiaobai went was one south and one west, their plans were all one, and they all waited to see the development of the situation and wait for the opportunity to move.
In 686 BC, civil unrest finally broke out in Qi. Duke Xianggong of Qi's uncle and brother Gongsun Ignorance was angered by the fact that after Duke Xianggong of Qi ascended the throne, Duke Xianggong of Qi abolished the special rights that Gongsun Xianggong originally enjoyed, colluded with the doctor to break into the palace, killed Duke Xiang of Qi, and established himself as the monarch. Gongsun Ignorance reigned for only one year, and the nobles of the State of Qi killed Gongsun Ignorance, and for a time the State of Qi had no monarch and was in chaos. The two fugitive sons, seeing that the time was ripe, wanted to hurry back to their homeland in order to seize the throne of the monarch.
After Gongsun Gongsun was killed in ignorance, the State of Qi was the most powerful of the various factions that discussed the establishment of a new monarch, and he and His Son Xiaobai had been on good terms since childhood. Gao Xi also colluded with another grand master, Guoshi, and secretly sent people to Juguo to ask Gongzi Xiaobai to return to China to succeed him. After receiving the letter, Gongzi Xiaobai and Bao Shuya carefully analyzed the domestic situation, and then borrowed a military vehicle from Juguo and returned to China day and night. After Duke Lu Zhuang knew that the State of Qi had no monarch, he was also extremely anxious and immediately sent troops to escort Gongzi back to China. Later, it was found that Gongzi Xiaobai had already set off to return to China first.
Guan Zhong then decided to ask for the first step, personally leading the army to intercept Gongzi Xiaobai on the road from Juguo to the State of Qi, and later happened to meet Gongzi Xiaobai's brigade. Guan Zhong was very calm, and when Gongzi Xiaobai approached, he took up an arrow to aim and shoot, only to hear a whistle, and an arrow hit Gongzi Xiaobai and fell down. Guan Zhong saw that Gongzi Xiaobai had been shot to death, so he led his men and horses back. However, Gongzi Xiaobai did not die, Guan Zhong shot an arrow at his copper belt hook, and Gongzi Xiaobai pretended to die in a hurry. After this shock, Gongzi Xiaobai and Bao Shuya became more vigilant and quickly advanced towards the State of Qi. When they came to Linzi, bao Shuya advanced into the city to persuade that both the Qi state and the Guo clan agreed to protect Gongzi Xiaobai as the monarch, so Gongzi Xiaobai entered the city and smoothly ascended the throne, which was the famous Duke of Qi Huan in later history.