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As the saying goes, "a gentleman takes revenge, ten years is not too late", the "ten years" here is not really ten years, but refers to a long time, that is to say, sometimes want to avenge snow hatred often requires long-term preparation, and finally succeed in one fell swoop.
The State of Qi in the Spring and Autumn Period obviously understood this truth, because in order to take revenge, they had been preparing for hundreds of years, and after 9 generations of monarchs, they had finally completed the revenge in their minds.
01 Qi Gong was killed
In 876 BC, the king of the state of Qi was killed by the king of Zhou Yi, and it is said that when the king of the state of Zhou killed the king of the state of Qi, he found a mouthful of the big ding, threw the king of the state of Qi into the ding, and then put firewood around it, and lit a fierce fire, and the poor king of the state of Qi was cooked alive in the ding, and he did not know why he was killed until he died.
King Yi of Zhou cooked and killed the Duke of Qi
The monarch of the State of Qi, who died tragically, was the Duke of Qi, and when the news reached the country of Qi, the people of the State of Qi were filled with grief and indignation, and vowed to avenge the monarch.
At that time, although the Zhou royal family had already declined, it was also the nominal co-lord of the world. The Qi people did not dare to blame Zhou Tianzi, but instead began to investigate the relevant personnel involved in the murder of Qi Aigong.
It just so happened that Ji Guo appeared at an inopportune moment. This Ji state was a small state in the eastern part of the State of Qi, and due to its weak national strength, their monarch was only given the title of Ji Hou, which was one rank worse than the Duke of Qi' who was also the monarch.
The people of the State of Qi heard that the reason why King Yi of Zhou killed the Duke of Qi was because Ofe Ji hou obstructed him and gave rumors. It pays off! Even a small country with a projectile dares to oppose my country of Qi, so let you see how my country of Qi takes revenge. From then on, the State of Qi and the State of Ji formed a deep enmity.
02 Royal Conspiracy
If King Zhou Yi knew everything that happened later, he would definitely smile and recall his "masterpiece".
King Yi of Zhou's thoughts returned to the three years of King Zhou Yi, who had just taken the throne and was preparing to make a bold career and restore the former glory of the Zhou royal family.
However, the Duke of Qi, believing that the State of Qi was a big country, had sufficient food and grain, and was far away from the royal court, always did not pay attention to the newly succeeded King Yi of Zhou.
Qi Wai Gong
According to the rules, originally all the princely states should pay tribute to the Zhou royal family every year, but the Duke of Qi Ai was so willful that he ignored the King of Zhou Yi for two consecutive years, and did not even pay tribute to a single penny.
This was simply intolerable for King Yi of Zhou, who was preparing for the royal family's ZTE. King Zhou Yi's killing heart against the Duke of Ai was cultivated little by little.
The State of Qi could ignore King Yi of Zhou, but the State of Ji did not dare. At this time, Ji Hou had already seen that King Yi of Zhou had written on his face that "He wanted to kill the Duke of Qi'ai", so In order to pat the leader on the back, Ji Guojun took the initiative to report to the King of Zhou Yi that the Duke of Qi'ai wanted to rebel.
In fact, Ji Guo's report was false when he heard it, and the State of Qi and the Zhou royal family were thousands of miles apart, and they had enough to support before they worked the expedition. Moreover, there is an equally powerful State of Lu next to the State of Qi, and the State of Qi has put such an enemy close at hand not to deal with it, but instead runs to fight Zhou Tianzi, which is not afraid that the State of Lu does not want to encroach on its own land and take the initiative to provide reasons and opportunities to attack itself!
King Zhou Yi was not stupid, and of course knew that this was fake news. However, sometimes the authenticity of the news is not important, it is important to be able to use it.
Then, the scene at the beginning of this article where King Yi of Zhou cooked and killed the Duke of Qi.
But the Zhou royal family did not do anything authentic, and after killing the Duke of Qi, he turned around and sold Ji Guo. This strategy of removing disasters from Jiangdong not only whitewashed the Zhou royal family, but also allowed the Qi and Ji states to fight each other to reduce the threat of the princely states to the royal family, which was really a double victory.
03 Will be counted
King Zhou Yi's abacus was loud, but Qi Guo was not a fool.
However, Ji Guo was right under the eyes of the State of Qi, and for the State of Qi, which already had ambitions to dominate the Central Plains, the thing that hindered the affairs of the State of Ji would have to be removed sooner or later.
During the Spring and Autumn Period, attacking other countries must be famous, and if the State of Qi wants to attack the State of Ji, it must prove that it is the party of justice, then, the statement given by King Yi of Zhou is exactly what the State of Qi needs.
Situation map of the Spring and Autumn Period
Avenge the monarch! What a good reason, what a just choice!
The State of Qi pretended not to see the zhou yi king's plan, and put the plan under the banner of "revenge" and began to prepare for the war in an all-round way to prepare for domination of the Central Plains.
Who knows this preparation, it has been prepared for hundreds of years. In 690 BC, the qi state emperor Qi Xianggong sent troops to cut down the ji, and the state of Qi at this time was more powerful than the qi era, and already had the strength to dominate the Central Plains. Ji Guo was not an opponent of the State of Qi at all, and was eventually attacked by the State of Qi and destroyed the country.
The Qi people finally repaid the "great revenge" of the Duke of Qi, and because the revenge was completed after 9 generations of monarchs, it was called "the vengeance of the Ninth Dynasty".
Poor Ji Guo thus became a victim, and after the destruction of the country, the Ji people were scattered in all directions, and they could only take Ji as their surname and quietly miss their homeland in the middle of the night when no one was there.