In the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty, the Zhou Dynasty implemented sub-sealing, of which Taigongwang was sealed in Qidi, speaking of Taigongwang may not be familiar to everyone, and he also has a well-known name - Jiang Ziya. Taigong Wang, surnamed Jiang, Lü Shi, Ming Shang, Yi Wang, Zi Ya, alias Flying Bear, also known as Lü Shang.
Since the date of his canonization, and since the Western Zhou and Spring and Autumn periods, the State of Qi has been a descendant of Lü Shang, surnamed Lü Shi, as the monarch of the state, known as Jiang Qi. However, in the Warring States period, the State of Qi changed, and the Surname of Jiang was replaced by the Lü clan. Why was the Qi state power seized? It all started with a small country.
Chen Guo, a weak prince of the Western Zhou Dynasty, was always bullied by the surrounding powers, but this was the case, and this small country was still quite troublesome.
In 707 BC, Duke Huan of Chen became seriously ill, and his half-brother Gongzi Tuo launched a coup d'état, killed The Crown Prince, and after the death of his brother, established himself as the Prince of Chen, in order to depose Duke Chen.
Chen Gonggong liked to hunt for sexual immorality and wandered around, only to be killed by Duke Huan's second son Gongzi Yue, who took the throne for Chen Ligong.
The following year, Chen Ligong gave birth to a son, just as Zhou Taishi passed through Chen Guo, Chen Ligong asked Zhou Taishi to use "Zhou Yi" to calculate a gua for his son, and the gua xiang he got was guan gua or not, and Zhou Taishi shen shen said a bunch of things, to the effect that the children and grandchildren of this child would seize the power of a country surnamed Jiang, but after the fall of Chen Guo.
I don't know if I believed in Zhou Taishi's divination, Chen Ligong named his son, was he hoping that Chen Guo would finish playing as soon as possible? As a result, Chen Guo was not finished, and Chen Ligong was finished. In 699 BC, Chen Ligong's younger brother Gongzi Lin launched a coup d'état, killed Chen Ligong, and established himself as a prince for Chen Zhuanggong.
Gongzi suddenly changed from the son of the monarch to the nephew of the monarch, and his status plummeted, and he only became a doctor.
A few years later, Duke Zhuang of Chen died, and his younger brother Gongzi Qiwu took over the throne as Duke Xuan of Chen. Chen Xuangong lived a long life and was a monarch for more than forty years, but the older he got, the more confused he became, and he even wanted to abolish Chang Li and be young.
In 672 BC, Chen Xuangong made Gongzi Qian, the son of his favorite concubine, crown prince, crown prince, but he saw that the deposed crown prince Yukou had completed his friendship with the prince, thinking that they were plotting against him, so he killed the crown prince Yukou. As soon as the prince Yukou died, the prince's heart was cold and cold, the legend said that the tiger poison does not eat children, his uncle is more poisonous than the tiger, I still hurry to run.
Gongzi dragged his family and ran to the embodiment of justice at that time, the State of Qi under the rule of Duke Huan of Qi, to seek political asylum. Qi Huangong accepted him graciously, anyway, in his eyes, Chen Guo was a small grasshopper, and he couldn't make any waves.
Duke Qi Huan saw Gongzi Quan's talent, so he wanted to make him a secretary, and when Gongzi first arrived, even if he dared to accept it, he politely resigned, but he was still appointed as the Gongzheng who managed hundreds of workers, after all, Qi Huan Gong wanted to show his hegemonic generosity in front of the nations.
Gongzi stayed in the State of Qi like this, and soon bumped into Peach Blossom Luck, because Qi Yizhong, a doctor of the State of Qi, took a fancy to him and wanted to marry his daughter to him. During the Spring and Autumn Period, the marriage was a major matter, and God had the final say, so Qi Yizhong gave the Gongzi a complete calculation, and the result was that the descendants of the Gongzi could be juxtaposed with Zhengqing after five generations, and after eight generations, the status was unmatched. Qi Yizhong was very happy, so he married his daughter to Gongzi.
The prince finished his wife and worked, lived a beautiful life, and changed his clan. The pre-Qin period was different from now, people at that time had surnames and surnames, men called surnames without surnames, women called surnames without surnames, for example, the Chen Guo Gongfu was a concubine (guī) surnamed Chen, and the prince was finished chen, not concubine.
The surname is generally not changed, and the surname can be changed by moving a house, Chen Quan is estimated to feel that his life in the country of Qi is obviously different from before, in order to yearn for a new life, he changed his own clan. However, I don't know if it is to remember the past, he changed the word without changing the pronunciation, and the newly changed clan is homophonous with Chen in the ancient sound, and this clan is Tian. Since then, Chen Quan has become Tian Quan.
After his death, his son hereditary gongzheng was unknown, but when Tian Quan's grandson Tian Su Wu was in the ascendant, the Tian clan made a great rise, and Tian Su Wu served the Duke of Qi Hou Zhuang and was deeply appreciated and favored by the Duke of Qi Hou Zhuang, which brought great political opportunities to the Tian clan.
After Tian Suwu's death, his son Tian Wuyu succeeded him and entered politics by the grace of his father. Later, Tian Wuyuli defied the public opinion and persuaded Qi Houzhuang to resolutely send troops to fight the guards and Jin, and won the victory. Tian Wuyu was favored for his merits, and Duke Zhuang of Qi also married his daughter Meng Jiang to Tian Wuyu. Since then, the Tian clan and the Lü clan have married, their status has risen rapidly, and the State of Qi has successfully attracted wolves.
The era in which Tian Wuyu lived coincided with the most chaotic era in the history of the State of Qi, with frequent civil unrest, first with the powerful minister Cui Zhu killing the Duke zhuang of Qi, and then another powerful minister, Qingfeng, who killed Cui Zhu and took over the power. Behind these coups, accompanied by the decline in the power of the monarch of the State of Qi, the power of the Qing family continued to expand.
After years of operation, Tian Wuyu has become the Qing Dafu of the State of Qi, as a new force, he needs to kill the old forces to redistribute the territory and obtain enough land, so he first joined forces with the three major families of Luan, Gao, and Bao to get rid of the Qing clan of Qingfeng, and then joined forces with the Bao clan to force away the Luan and Gao clans and completely control the Qi state regime.
However, the Lü family tree had deep roots, and could not shake its roots in such a short period of time, and the shrewd Tian Wuyu heeded Yanzi's advice, retreated bravely, and returned the ruling power to Qi Jinggong. This move seems stupid, but in fact it is very clever, because as the qing doctor, he retreated into the background, and his power has not been sharply reduced, only a little, but it is this that has bought him great political prestige, and Tian Wuyu, who took the initiative to give up power to show that he was looking forward to peace, was supported and loved by the people of the State of Qi, who were already tired of the struggle between power and ministers.
After tasting this sweetness, Tian Wuyu understood the phrase "those who win the hearts of the people win the world", he gave the front desk to Qi Jinggong to perform, and he silently bought people's hearts. The method taken by Tian Wuyu is similar to the means used by today's companies to spend money to buy traffic, all of which are loss-making, although they lose money, but they have won a good reputation for the family, in fact, they have gained greater benefits.
After Tian Wuyu's death, he was nicknamed Huanzi (桓子), so he was called Tian Huanzi (田桓子), and when he was alive, the Tian clan was already very powerful, administratively winning the hearts of the people, militaryly using force, and completely looking like a rebellious posture. After Tian Huanzi's death, his son Tian Huanzi continued to benefit the people, such as using Dadou to lend grain to the people and using Xiaodou to recover it, and in the context of the high taxes of the Qi government, the people's hearts and minds were annexed.
At this time in the State of Qi, there were three forces in the Jiang surname: the Lü clan of the state, the Qing Dafu Guo clan and the Gao clan, all three of which were descendants of the Taigong Lü Wang, so the struggle with the ambitious Tian clan was fierce, but with the people's will, the balance had already fallen to the Tian clan. After the death of Qi Jinggong, Tian Gongzi played a big drama of abolishing the establishment of the State of Qi, and finally grasped the real power of the State of Qi and became the Minister of State of Qi.
After Tian Gongzi's death, his son Tian Heng (田恒) was Tian Chengzi (田成子), and because he avoided the name of Emperor Wen of Han, Liu Heng, he was also known as Tian Chang. Although Tian Heng was the minister of state, there was also a right minister who divided power with him, so Tian Heng first took the initiative to be strong, killed the supervisor, and killed Qi Jiangong, embarking on the road of dictatorship.
But for the usurpation, this was not enough, Tian Heng did three more measures, one is to make good friends with various princes and Qing Dafu, of course, in the name of the State of Qi, to give him the good of the Tian clan, such as the Fan clan and the Zhonghang clan that rescued the Jin state; the second is to expand the fiefdom, Tian Heng weakened other Qing masters at the same time, expanded his fiefdom many times, even larger than the monarch's food; the third is to expand the family, Tian Heng selected and selected women of more than seven feet of the State of Qi to enter the harem, and did not prohibit the guests from entering and leaving the harem, so by the time of his death, Tian Heng had more than seventy sons.
After Tian Chang's death, his son Tian Pan (tian Xiangzi) succeeded him as chancellor, and then sent many brothers to various parts of the State of Qi to serve as the masters of the city, at the same time, the three families of the Jin state of Han, Zhao, and Wei divided the territory of the Zhi clan, and Tian Pan and the three families exchanged envoys, at this time, the three families almost divided the Jin state, and the Tian clan almost owned the state of Qi.
Then, the three families of Han Zhao and Wei were divided into Jin, and the change of the heavens of the State of Qi was only a matter of time.
After Tian Xiangzi's death, Tian Zhuangzi and Tian Mourning Zi successively served as Qi Xiang, and during these decades, their main purpose was only one, to active in the nations, to seek the title of marquis, and to take the Lü clan and replace them.
After the death of Tian Mozi, his son Tian He succeeded him, the monarch at this time was the Duke of Qi Kang, facing the calamity of the subjugation of the country, he had no way, indulged in wine all day long, ignoring the government, and finally Tian He was sent by Tian He to the seashore, only to make food for a city, and the right to pay for the sacrifice of his ancestors. Since then, the lü monarch has lived a life facing the sea and the spring is not open, while Tian He is still running for the marquis, and he is constantly seeking the help of the successful forerunner Wei Guo (at this time Wei Guo is the strongest of the nations).
In 387 BC, Tian He and Marquis Wu of Wei met at Hunze, and Tian He asked Marquis Wu of Wei to tell Zhou Tianzi to be listed as a prince. Marquis Wu of Wei did so, sending envoys to report to Zhou Tianzi and asking Li Tianhe to be a prince, and Zhou Tianzi approved it, so the following year, Tian He officially became the Marquis of Qi and was listed in the Zhou Dynasty royal family, so that the Lü regime of the State of Qi was completely replaced by the Tian clan.
From the time of Tian QuanBenqi, the Tian clan finally controlled the State of Qi after 286 years of efforts, and the State of Chen had completely perished in 478 BC, and Zhou Taishi's Gua was really correct.