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In the last issue, we said that the Duke of Qi Huan became a generation of Spring and Autumn overlords because of the assistance of Guan Zhong and Bao Shuya, and achieved the hegemony of the Qi state for thousands of years. However, history is always full of drama, and the late years of Qi Huangong after the extreme brilliance are also extremely miserable, so what happened to Qi Huangong in his later years? Why is that? Let's take a look.
Duke Huan of Qi
It is said that the Duke of Qi Huan, with the assistance of Guan Bao and a series of other famous courtiers, became rich and strong, and successively held several alliances of princely states and was elected as the leader of the alliance. In 655 BC, the fifth Zhou Tianzi of Eastern Zhou, King Hui of Zhou, deposed the crown prince in his later years, causing internal turmoil in the Zhou dynasty, and the Duke of Qi Huan summoned various princely states to establish prince Zheng as the new Zhou Tianzi, who was the king of Zhou Xiang. King Xiang of Zhou, Zhi'en Tu, recognized the hegemonic status of the State of Qi and commanded the princes on his behalf, so that the Duke of Qi Huan truly reached the peak of hegemony.
King Xiang of Zhou
After the world was decided, Qi Huan was proud and ambitious, began to covet personal pleasures, and as he slowly entered his old age, he became more and more faint. He reused three traitorous courtiers: Yi Ya, Kai Fang, and Shu Diao, and began his journey to death.
First of all, Yi Ya, Qi Huangong su loves food, and Yi Ya is best at reconciling the five tastes, his cooking skills can be called the master of Lu cuisine, with a good cooking skill, he is deeply loved by Qi Huangong. Once, when serving the Duke of Qi Huan, Qi Huangong sighed that he had tasted all the delicacies of the world, but he had never tasted the taste of people, Yi Ya took this matter to heart, and after returning home, he actually killed his own son with his own hands and made a dish to give to Qi Huangong, Qi Huangong was very touched, and from then on he loved Yi Ya even more.
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Another favorite, Kaifang, was originally the prince of Weiguo, and after the Qi Huan Gong Zhao Ling Would be a hegemonic alliance, he claimed to admire the prestige of Qi Huan, far away from the country's relatives to come to the State of Qi to serve the Duke of Qi Huan, and stayed for decades without returning home. He knew that Qi Huangong was lustful, so he often looked for all kinds of beautiful women for Qi Huangong, and all kinds of actions intensified social contradictions, but Qi Huan was recognized as loyal to him.
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As for Shu Diao, it was really a cruel man, originally he did not have the opportunity to stay by the side of Qi Huangong, but in order to stay, he did not hesitate to wield his sword from the palace, and he was called the grandfather of the eunuch, and he himself was extremely capable of flattery, and was made an exception by Qi Huangong, and was deeply favored. Greedy for money, he repeatedly accepted bribes to sell the military operations of the State of Qi to enemy countries, including even the great enemy of the State of Qi at that time, the State of Chu.
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Although these three people coaxed Qi Huangong to turn around, how did their little tricks hide guan Zhong's eyes, so Guan Zhong told Qi Huangong that the tiger poison did not eat children, but Yi Ya killed the children with his own hands and cooked them, and did not cherish his young son; filial piety is the common sentiment of people, and he left home for decades and abandoned his family, and he did not cherish his family; his parents, who were physically hairy, could be so cruel to themselves, and they did not cherish themselves. These three villains cannot be loyal to the king and patriotic, and they will be a disaster in the long run! He urged Qi Huangong to depose the three men.
Duke Huan of Qi fainted in his later years
However, with the death of Guan Zhongbao Shuya and other famous courtiers one after another, Qi Huangong felt lonely, and he reactivated these three people and continued to spoil them. As guan Zhong expected, in 643 BC, Duke Huan of Qi was seriously ill, and Yi Ya, Kaifang, and Shu Diao each supported several sons of Duke Huan of Qi to fight for power and seize the throne, and the State of Qi fell into great chaos. They imprisoned Qi Huangong and did not care whether he lived or died. So in the winter of 643 BC, the seriously ill Duke Huan of Qi was frozen and starved to death, and what was even more excessive was that the body was found and buried only after 67 days, along with him, as well as the hegemony of the State of Qi.
The seriously ill Duke Of Qi Huan was imprisoned and starved to death
Duke Huan of Qi reigned for 42 years, died at the age of 73, and in his early years, he worked hard to govern, and he was extremely brilliant, the princes of Jiuhe, and the whole world, but in the end he ended up in such a fate, which made people sigh.
Qingchen believes that pro-virtuous subjects and far lesser people are the fundamental places of a country's long-term prosperity, and on the contrary, even a powerful country will decline rapidly, not only the state of Qi, but also any other country.
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