Qi Huangong was one of the Spring and Autumn Five, and was the first Spring and Autumn Five. During the reign of Duke Huan of Qi, the State of Qi of the Jiang clan was unprecedentedly powerful, but the Duke of Qi Huan did not have a good ending. This article introduces the records of the Duke of Qi Huan in the "Records of History". (This article is the fourth article in the Family of Qi Taigong.) ）
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > the situation before Duke Huan of Qi succeeded to the throne</h1>
Duke Huan of Qi was the 15th monarch of the State of Qi of the Jiang clan, and before Duke Huan of Qi succeeded to the throne, the State of Qi was in the midst of a third civil strife. Qi Huangong's brother Qi Xianggong and his sister Wen Jiang had a private affair, Wen Jiang was the wife of Duke Lu Huan, when Lu Huangong and his wife came to the State of Qi, Qi Xianggong and his sister Wen Jiang got better again, and Lu Huan Was very angry after he knew it. As a result, Duke Xiang of Qi asked hercules Peng Sheng to kill Duke Huan of Lu, and seeing that he was about to cause trouble, Qi Xianggong's brothers fled the State of Qi.
Shortly thereafter, Duke Xiang of Qi was killed by his cousin Gongsun Ignorance, who established himself as monarch. Later, Gongsun Ignorance was also killed. At this time, in the country of Qi, the princes and sons all ran abroad, and the state of Qi fell into an embarrassing situation where there was no monarch to stand. This was the background before Duke Huan of Qi succeeded to the throne.
Genealogy of the Jiang clan of Qi
< h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > second, the succession process of the Duke of Qi Huan</h1>
Although there was no monarch in the State of Qi, not all the princes who had successfully returned to the State of Qi could succeed to the throne. Naturally, we also need the internal assistance of the State of Qi. After the news of the vacant throne of the State of Qi reached the ears of all the princes who were abroad, everyone wanted to go back and seize the throne of the monarch. However, the gongzi who has power and internal support is actually gongzi gui and gongzi xiaobai.
At first, the elder brother Qi Xianggong committed adultery with women and deceived the ministers, and the younger brothers left the State of Qi. Gongzi Xiaobai, who was assisted by Uncle Bao, ran to Juguo, and Gongzi Xiaobai's mother was the daughter of the Weiguo Clan and was very favored by Gongzi Xiaobai and his father Qi Gonggong, which was an advantage for Gongzi Xiaobai. Another advantage of Gongzi Xiaobai is that Gongzi Xiaobai has had a good relationship with gao dai of the Noble Gao clan of the Qi state since he was a child.
After Gongsun was killed in ignorance, when the ministers of the State of Qi were deliberating on who to appoint as the new monarch, the two major families of the Gao clan and the Guo clan were the first to secretly send someone to inform xiao Bai, the prince of juguo, to let him return to China quickly.
Another of Qi Xianggong's younger brothers, Gongzi Gui, came to the State of Lu because Gongzi Gui's mother was the daughter of Emperor Lu Guozong, and he was assisted by Guan Zhong and Zhao Kuo. Although Gongzi Gui did not have strong internal support, he had reliable foreign aid. After hearing the news that Gongsun had been killed in ignorance, the State of Lu quickly sent troops to escort his grandson Gongzi back to the State of Qi. With the help of the army, the escort army of the State of Lu was divided into two branches, one specially escorted Gongzi Gui, and the other led by Guan Zhong, who went to intercept Gongzi Xiaobai who had gone from ju to the State of Qi.
Gongzi Xiaobai and Gongzi returned to China
In ancient times, there were only a few roads, and besides, Gongzi Xiaobai didn't know that someone would block him. Guan Zhong and his army just blocked Gongzi Xiaobai on the main road from Juguo to Qi. Gongzi Xiaobai is naturally not alone, he must have his own team, the two sides began to fight, Gongzi Xiaobai was shot by Guan Zhong in the belt hook on the belt. The quick-reacting Gongzi Xiaobai immediately pretended to be dead, and Guan Zhong ordered the army to retreat, and also sent people to report the news that Gongzi Xiaobai was shot to death to Gongzi Gui.
When Gongzi Gui heard the news that Gongzi Xiaobai had been killed, he began to be paralyzed, and he and the Lu army escorting him walked very slowly, walking for six days before reaching the State of Qi. However, what greeted Gongzi was the attack of the Qi army. Because, after Gongzi Xiaobai pretended to be dead and deceived Guan Zhong, he hid in a car and rushed back to the State of Qi, and with the help of his good friend Gao Dai, he succeeded to the throne as the new monarch, and he was the Duke of Qi Huan.
Qi Huangong stills
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > third, the State of Qi after the Succession of The Duke of Qi Huan</h1>
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" >1. Reuse Guan Zhong and other sages</h1>
As soon as Duke Huan of Qi succeeded to the throne, he immediately ordered the Qi army to attack, just in time to encounter the Lu army escorting Gongzi Gui into the State of Qi, and the two sides launched a major battle, the Lu army was defeated and fled, but was cut off by the Qi army. However, the State of Qi did not wipe out all the Lu troops.
At this time, Duke Huan of Qi wrote a letter to the King of the State of Lu, saying that Gongzi Gui was my brother, and I could not bear to kill him, so I asked Lu Guo to help kill him, zhao Ku and Guan Zhong were my enemies, and asked him to send them all to the State of Qi, and I would chop them into meat sauce. If I dare to say a word, I will send troops to attack the country of Lu.
Lu Guo was very frightened, so he killed Gongzi Gui, and when he heard about it, he committed suicide. Only Guan Zhong was willingly arrested and given to Qi Huangong. Why would Guan Zhong be willing to be arrested? Because he knew he might not die. The evidence comes from the Records of History and the Family of Taigong qi.
The "Family of The Prince of Qi" records that as soon as Duke Huan of Qi succeeded to the throne, he wanted to send an army to attack the state of Lu with the purpose of killing Guan Zhong. This happened before the above-mentioned Duke Huan of Qi wrote a letter to the King of Lu. Bao Shuya, the assistant minister of the Duke of Qi Huan, advised the Duke of Qi Huan that the subject had the honor of following the monarch of the country, and you also became the monarch smoothly, but I am a person, I can no longer bring you more contributions than the monarch, if the monarch wants to govern the country well, then it is enough to appoint Gao Dai and I Bao Shuya. If you want to dominate the princes, then you must not lose talents like Guan Zhong.
Duke Huan of Qi heeded Bao Shuya's advice, so he pretended to write the above letter in order to get Guan Zhong back to the State of Qi. I don't know what the reason is, Guan Zhong knew that Bao Shuya recommended him and Qi Huangong agreed, I guess it may be a good friend Bao Shuya sent someone to send him a letter. The original words of the "Records of History" are written like this: "Guan Zhongzhi knows it, so please go." "Guan Zhong and Bao Shuya, good friends and good brothers, know each other, leaving a good story about Guan Bao's friendship.
Guan Bao's friendship
After Guan Zhong was escorted to the State of Qi, Bao Shuya personally went to greet him, and ordered all of Guan Zhong's shackles to be removed at the place of Tangfu, and after letting Guan Zhong take a bath and worship for a while, he took him to see The Duke of Qi Huan. Duke Huan of Qi did not mention Guan Zhong's shooting of him with an arrow, but treated him with kindness and appointed Guan Zhong as a doctor to handle the state affairs of the State of Qi.
Guan Zhongbai Xiang
Among the ministers appointed by Duke Huan of Qi, in addition to Guan Zhong, Bao Shuya, and Gao Dai, there was also a man named Kui Peng, all of whom were very virtuous ministers, who helped Duke Qi Huan rectify the state administration of the State of Qi and implemented the military service system with five as the basic units (in peacetime, five families were on the same track, and a track chief was set up; in wartime, each family sent troops, five people were one, and the track chief concurrently served as the chief of the army), and clearly defined the policies of currency minting and the development of the fish and salt industry, alleviating the poor, and appointing sages. Qi Guo Dazhi.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" >2.The event before Qi Huan's hegemony - Cao Mo held Qi Huan hostage</h1>
In the fifth year of the Duke of Qi Huan, there was a war between the two countries of Qi and Lu, and regarding the causes and consequences of cao Mo's abduction of the Duke of Qi Huan caused by this war, there are three records in the "History", namely "The Family of the Prince of Qi", "The Family of the Duke of Lu Zhou", and "The Biography of the Assassins". There are slight differences in these three records, of which the "Lu Zhou Gong ShiJia" is only a brief mention and is not written in detail, so this article only introduces the "Qi Taigong Shijia" and the "Assassin Biography" records.
Difference one: about the causes and consequences of war
According to the "Family of the Prince of Qi", when the State of Qi attacked the State of Lu and the army of the State of Lu was about to be defeated, the Duke of Lu Zhuang, the ruler of the State of Lu, requested that the place of Suiyi be dedicated to the State of Qi in exchange for peace between the two countries, and the Duke of Qi Huan agreed.
The "Assassin Biography" records that Cao Mo served the Duke of Luzhuang with courage, and the Duke of Luzhuang appointed Cao Mo as a general to fight against the State of Qi, but after three battles failed, the Duke of Luzhuang was frightened and requested that the place of Suiyi be dedicated to the State of Qi and talk about peace and strike.
Although there are differences in the above two records, the result is the same, that is, the state of Lu is defeated and the land must be divided to seek peace. The two sides of Qilu decided to make an alliance with the king of the State of Lu at a place called Ke, and by the way, the sovereignty of Suiyi was handed over.
Difference two: What Cao Mo said when he was holding Qi Huan gong hostage
Just when the Duke of Qi Huan and the Duke of Lu zhuang were about to sign a covenant, Cao Mo held the Duke of Qi Huan hostage with a dagger, and according to the Records of the Family of the Prince of Qi, Cao Mo threatened the Duke of Qi Huan and said, "Immediately return the land that the State of Qi has encroached upon the State of Lu." And the "Assassin Biography" records that cao Mo said after holding Qi Huan hostage: "Qi is strong and Weak, and the Qi state has invaded the land of the Lu state a bit too much, and if the city of the Lu state collapses now, these fallen cities will definitely crush the border of the state of Qi, please consider this problem carefully." Then, Duke Huan of Qi said that he would return all the lands that the State of Qi had encroached upon and occupied the State of Lu to the State of Lu. The next records are all consistent, that is, Cao Mo put away the dagger after listening to it and returned to the position where the courtier was.
After this incident occurred, the Duke of Qi Huan wanted to repent, and Guan Zhong said that what he had already said could not be taken back, and that he should not be greedy and cheap and lose faith in the princes, so the Duke of Qi Huan returned all the lands that the State of Qi had encroached upon the State of Lu to the State of Lu.
Cao Mo held Qi Huan hostage
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" >3. The main event after Qi Huangong began to dominate</h1>
In fact, the road to hegemony of the Duke of Qi Huan began with the cao mo hostage incident, and after Qi Huan publicly said that there was a letter to return the land invaded by the State of Lu, the princes of all countries praised the State of Qi for keeping its promises and being willing to submit to the State of Qi, that is, the original text of the "Records of History" wrote: "When the princes heard about it, they all believed in Qi and wanted to be attached." After this, two years later, that is, the seventh year of the reign of Duke Huan of Qi, the princes and the Duke of Qi Huan met in zhen, and the duke of Qi Huan began to dominate (sic: the princes would be Huan Gong Yu Zhen, and Huan Gong would then begin to dominate Yan). After Qi Huangong began to dominate, several important events occurred, which are introduced here.
Incident 1: The ancestor of the Tian Dynasty, Prince Chen Guo, came to the State of Qi
Duke Guo of Chen was the ancestor of the State of Qi of the Tian clan, and Gongzi Quan's father was Chen Ligong, the ruler of the State of Chen. However, before Chen Ligong became the monarch, he was the reign of his elder brother Chen Huan, and later Chen Ligong relied on Cai Guoren to kill his brother Chen Huangong and Chen Huangong's crown prince, and established himself as the prince of Chen Guojun. Duke Huan's younger son, Gongzi Lin, resented Chen Ligong and took the opportunity to kill Chen Ligong, and Gongzi Lin established himself as the monarch of the state, that is, the Duke of Chen Zhuang, so Chen Ligong's son Gongzi Quan did not inherit the throne of the state, but Gongzi Quan was appointed as the grand master of Chen Guo.
Later, after the death of Duke Zhuang of Chen, his younger brother Chen Xuangong succeeded to the throne, but during the reign of Chen Xuangong, he killed his own crown prince Yukou, who happened to have a particularly good relationship with Gongzi Quan, who fled the State of Chen and came to the powerful State of Qi after fearing that disaster would fall on him.
In the fourteenth year of the Duke of Qi Huan, Gongzi Quan came to the State of Qi, and Duke Huan of Qi wanted to appoint Gongzi Quan as the Grand Master of the State of Qi, and Gongzi Quan was very low-key, he knew that he was a fugitive Prince, so he did not dare to accept the appointment, so the Duke of Qi Huan appointed Gongzi Quan as the official gongzheng. This prince was the ancestor of Tian Chengzi Tian Chang, who later monopolized the power of the State of Qi. That is, in the fourteenth year of the Duke of Qi Huan, he took in an ancestor who would destroy the Jiang clan and the Qi people in the future.
Incident 2: Rescue the Yan kingdom and give the Yan princes convincing
In the twenty-third year of the Duke of Qi Huan, the Shanrong tribe in the north attacked the State of Yan, and the State of Yan asked the State of Qi for help, and the Duke of Qi Huan sent troops to rescue the State of Yan. The Qi army defeated the Shanrong army, and also drove the Shanrong army to the place of Lone Bamboo before withdrawing.
The monarch of the State of Yan at that time was the Duke of Yanzhuang, and the Duke of Yanzhuang was very grateful to the State of Qi, so he personally sent off the Duke of Qi Huan, but this send-off was not meant to be on the line, and the Duke of Yanzhuang, in order to show his gratitude, had been sent from the State of Yan to the territory of the State of Qi.
Qi Jun
At this time, Duke Huan of Qi said that according to the rules of the Zhou Dynasty, only Zhou Tianzi could leave the border of the fiefdom to send off the princes, and non-Tianzi princes could not leave the country to send each other, and I could not come without following the rules of the Zhou Dynasty, and I could not be disrespectful to the Yan Kingdom. Therefore, the Duke of Qi Huan sent the land of the State of Qi that the Duke of Yanzhuang had sent to the State of Yan. He also asked the Duke of Yanzhuang to do a good job, reproduce the weather of Yan Zhaogong, the founding king of the Yan Kingdom, and pay tribute to Zhou Tianzi well, just like during the years of King Zhou Cheng and King Kang of Zhou. (The reigns of King Cheng of Zhou and King Kang of Zhou were the subversion of the Zhou Dynasty and the first prosperous era in history, the reign of Cheng Kang, as I introduced in a previous article, "The First Prosperous Era in History: The Pinnacle of the Zhou Dynasty: The Reign of Cheng Kang.") ）
After hearing about the cession of land by the State of Qi to the State of Yan, the princes of various countries were willing to obey the State of Qi. The original text of the "History": The princes heard about it, and they all followed Qi.
Incident Three: Dayi Annihilation of Relatives - Recall and kill the sister of the adulterous Lu Guo, Wai Jiang
Children have no mother, it is a long story. If you want to be clear here, it may take a little more time. The events here are recorded very briefly in the "Qi Taigong Family", but in order to clarify the causes and consequences, we still start from the "Lu Zhou Gong Family".
The aforementioned Duke of Luzhuang married Emperor Qi's chambermaid, Wai Jiang, as his wife, and also married Wai Jiang's sister Shu Jiang, who was both the younger sister of Duke Qi Huan. Wai Jiang has no children, and his sister Uncle Jiang gave birth to Gongzi Kai. Duke Lu zhuang also had a son named Gongzi Ban, and Duke Lu Zhuang wanted to establish Gongzi Ban as his heir.
Just when Lu Zhuanggong was critically ill, Lu Zhuanggong's three younger brothers came on the field. The three younger brothers of Duke Lu Zhuang were named Qingfu, Shuya, and JiYou. Because Duke Lu zhuang did not have the eldest son, he never made a prince. After Lu Zhuanggong was critically ill, he first asked his younger brother Shuya who should be appointed as the heir, and Shuya said that it is the custom of the Lu state to pass on the father to the son or the brother to the brother, and there is a second brother Qing father, and you don't have to worry about the monarch.
After hearing this, Duke Lu Zhuang was naturally unhappy, and he found another younger brother, Ji You, and told him about the heir. Ji You said, I swear to die and make Gongzi Ban the monarch. Therefore, Ji You killed his brother Shuya with poisoned wine in the name of Duke Lu Zhuang. After the death of Duke Luzhuang, Ji Youli made Gongzi Ban the monarch.
The protagonist of this incident is Wai Jiang, and the woman who has been having an affair with his uncle Qing Father has been having an affair, so Qing Father wants to let The son of Wai Jiang's sister Uncle Jiang become the monarch. Therefore, Qingfu sent the enemies of the new monarch Gongzi Ban to kill Gongzi Ban and establish Gongzi Kai as the monarch of the country, and Gongzi Kai was the Duke of Lu, at which time Ji You fled to the Chen Kingdom.
Mourn ginger
In the second year of Lu Tang's father, uncle Qing's father and great aunt Wai Jiang had more and more frequent adultery, and the great aunt Wai Jiang actually came up with an idea, wanting to kill his nephew Lu Tang and make his lover Qing Father the monarch. Father Qing sent someone to kill Duke Lu Tang, and when his brother Ji You, who had fled abroad, heard about it, he took Duke Lu's younger brother Gongzi Shen with him to the state of Lu nearby, and wanted Lu to welcome Gongzi Shen as the new monarch, who was the youngest son of Duke Lu Zhuang.
At this time, Lu Guo already hated Qing Father very much and wanted to kill Qing Father, but Qing Father was scared and fled to Ju Guo. In this way, Ji You rushed back to the state of Lu with Gongzi Shen and made Gongzi Shen the monarch of the country, and Gongzi Shen was the Duke of Lu.
At this time, there was another person who was very afraid, that is, Wai Jiang, who was so frightened that he fled to the country of Yi. After Wai Jiang escaped, Ji You gave Ju Guo a generous gift and begged them to send Qing Father back to Lu Guo, and eventually killed Qing Father. There is a famous saying called: "Qing Father is not dead, it is difficult to die", which refers to the above events.
After talking about it for half a day, I finally introduced the background. When the Duke of Qi Huan heard about it, he sent someone to summon The Sorrowful Ginger back to the Qi State's mother's house, killed the Sorrowful Ginger, and sent the body of the Mourning Ginger back to the State of Lu for public display.
Incident 4: Duke Huan of Qi angrily attacked cai ji and then attacked the state of Chu
In the twenty-ninth year of Qi Huangong, Qi Huangong and his wife Cai Ji rowed together, Cai Ji was accustomed to water, so he shook the hull of the ship vigorously, Qi Huangong was afraid, let Cai Ji stop shaking, but Cai Ji did not listen. Qi Huangong was very angry after getting off the ship, so he sent Cai Ji back to his mother's house, but did not break off the marital relationship with Cai Ji. Cai Guojun was also angry, and married Cai Ji directly to someone else, Qi Huangong listened, the green hat was put on, very angry, and sent troops to attack Cai Guo.
A year later, Cai Guo was defeated. The Qi army took advantage of the victory and wanted to attack the State of Chu, and the king of the State of Chu at the time, King Cheng of Chu, sent troops to meet the Qi army and asked the State of Qi why it attacked the State of Chu. Guan Zhong said that when Zhao Kanggong once conveyed to the State of Qi the royal orders of King Zhou Cheng of Zhou Tianzi, saying that if any of the princes of the world disobeyed Zhou Tianzi, the State of Qi could crusade against them. The State of Chu had not paid tribute to Zhou Tianzi and had established itself as king, so it came to ask for guilt.
King Chu Cheng said, We will pay tribute in the future. However, the Qi army did not retreat, and the Chu state sent the general Qu Quan to lead the army to resist the Qi army, and the Qi army retreated to Zhaoling. Duke Huan of Qi took the opportunity to show off his strength against the Chu general. Qu Quan said that if the behavior of the State of Qi is in line with morality, it can succeed, otherwise, if the State of Chu uses mountains as walls and the Yangtze River and the Han River as moats, the State of Qi will not succeed. Duke Huan of Qi knew that his troops were unknown, so he made an alliance with Qu and withdrew.
Huimeng
Incident Five: Qi Huangong's hegemony reached its peak and began to decline
In the summer of the thirty-fifth year of the Duke of Qi Huan, the Duke of Qi Huan and the princes of various countries met in Kuiqiu. At that time, King Xiang of Zhou sent Zaikong to give the Zhou Tianzi the meat sacrificed to King Wen of Zhou and King Wu of Zhou to the Duke of Qi Huan, and also gave the Duke of Qi Huan a bow and arrow in red and the carriage that the emperor rode, and allowed the Duke of Qi Huan not to kneel down to thank him.
This was the first case since the establishment of the Zhou Dynasty, and no prince had ever had this treatment and respect before. Qi Huan Gongyi was happy and wanted to agree, but Guan Zhong said no. Therefore, Qi Huangong still knelt down and accepted the reward.
In the autumn of that year, the Duke of Qi Huan and the princes met at Kuiqiu, and the Duke of Qi Huan began to become arrogant and rude, and the princes were somewhat unconvinced. It just so happened that the king of the Jin state at that time, Jin Xiangong, arrived late due to illness, and on the way met Zaikong, an envoy of Zhou Tianzi, who said that Duke Huan of Qi was arrogant and did not go. Jin Xiangong did not go to huimeng.
Later, when Duke Xiangong of Jin died and there was civil unrest in Jin, Duke Huan of Qi sent His Companion to attack the State of Jin, and when the Qi army arrived at the place of Sorghum, it learned that Duke Mu of Qin had sent his son Yiwu (that is, Duke Hui of Jin) back to china to succeed him, so he withdrew his army and returned to China.
The "Records of History" records that at that time, only the four princely states of Qi Chu, Qin, and Jin were powerful, and when the Duke of Qi Huan first met with the alliance, the Jin Xiangong participated, and the later alliance Jin State did not participate. Because of its remoteness, the State of Qin has always participated in the alliance of princes. King Cheng of Chu in the south was annexing the land of Jingman at that time, and did not come to the alliance, so only the Qi state was dominant, and the Duke of Qi Huan could show the heart of benevolence, so all the princes at that time obeyed the state of Qi.
But at this time, Qi Huan Gong was floating, he said that he had made outstanding achievements, was there any difference between Xia Yu, Shang Tang, King Wen of Zhou and me? I want to go to Mount Tai and Mount Liang to seal Zen. Guan Zhong strongly advised Qi Huangong, but Qi Huangong did not listen. However, Guan Zhong thought of a way, saying that it was no problem to seal Zen, and it was necessary to gather all kinds of rare treasures from afar before he could go to feng Zen sacrifice, and Qi Huangong gave up sealing Zen.
At this point, Qi Huangong's hegemony was basically over. Soon after, there was a civil unrest in the Zhou royal family, and the State of Qi sent Guan Zhong to help quell the civil unrest, and a year later, the culprit of the zhou royal family's internal strife, Gongzi, defected to the State of Qi, and the State of Qi actually sent someone to intercede with the King of Zhou Xiang on behalf of the Prince, and the King of Zhou Xiang was angry and refused to listen to the request of the State of Qi. That is to say, Zhou Tianzi no longer liked the State of Qi.
< h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > iv, the ending of Qi Huangong</h1>
The ending of the Duke of Qi Huan was actually described in detail in my previous article "There have been eight civil unrests in the State of Qi, two of which were related to the Duke of Qi Huan", and for the sake of the integrity of this article, I will mention it again.
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In the forty-first year of the reign of Duke Huan of Qi, both Guan Zhong and Kui Peng died. But before Guan Zhong's death, Qi Huangong asked Guan Zhong who could be a chancellor after guan Zhong's death? And ask how easy teeth, opening and vertical cutting are. Guan Zhong said that Yi Ya killed his own children to serve the monarch, which was not humane and could not be used. (Legend has it that Qi Huangong was tired of eating all kinds of food, and Yi Ya killed his own children to make a dish for Qi Huan Gong to eat and was appreciated.) The opening party turns its back on relatives, which is not in line with human feelings and cannot be used. (Legend has it that Kaifang was originally the eldest son of Wei Guo and could have inherited the monarch, but Kaifang ran to the State of Qi to serve the Duke of Qi Huan, and served for 15 years, and did not look back when his father died.) Serving the monarch from the palace is not humane and cannot be used.
Easy tooth sacrifice
After the above dialogue, Guan Zhong died, but unfortunately, Qi Huangong reused three people, and soon after, these three people almost monopolized the power of the State of Qi.
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Duke Qi Huan favored many concubines, but six of these concubines were treated like ladies, and these six concubines gave birth to six princes, see the picture below, almost all of these princes participated in the civil unrest after Qi Huan's death.
Princess And son of Duke Huan of Qi
When Duke Huan of Qi was still alive, he had already created Crown Prince Zhao and entrusted Prince Zhao to Song Xianggong. But later, Yongwu (some people think that Yongwu is Yiya, Yongwu character Yiya) and Changwei Ji had a very good relationship, and he and Shu Diao together, offered valuable tribute to Qi Huan Gongjin, and were favored by Qi Huan Gong, so Qi Huan Gong promised Yong Wu and Shu Diao to make the prince born of Chang Wei Ji wu wu as the heir. Soon after, Guan Zhong died, and all five princes sought to become princes, so they all formed gangs and factions of various tree henchmen, and when Qi Huangong was critically ill, the struggle was even more intense. Qi Huangong had just died, and the princes who were fighting for each other attacked each other, making the palace empty, and no one dared to collect the body of Qi Huangong, and Qi Huangong's body was left on the bed for 67 days, and the maggots on the corpse crawled outside the door.
Later, the forces of Yi Ya and Shu Diao killed a large number of ministers who opposed Yi Ya and supported Gongzi Wuwei as the new monarch, so that the body of Duke Qi Huan was collected and funerals were held, but they were not buried. At the same time, Crown Prince Zhao fled to the Song Kingdom. Song Xianggong united several princes to escort Prince Zhao back to China to succeed to the throne, and just as Song Xianggong's escort team was on the way to the State of Qi, the people of Qi were frightened, and they killed the monarch who had reigned for only three months, and wanted to welcome Prince Zhao as the monarch and welcome Prince Zhao into the capital.
Song Xianggong
At this time, the forces of the other four princes attacked Prince Zhao, and Prince Zhao fled to the Song Kingdom. After that, the State of Song sent an army to engage the army of the Four Princes of the State of Qi, and as a result, the Song army defeated the army of the Four Princes of Qi and successfully established Prince Zhao as the monarch of the country, and Prince Zhao was the 16th prince of the State of Qi, Duke Xiaogong of Qi. Because after the death of Duke Qi Huan, the political situation has been turbulent, so it was not until After Duke Xiao of Qi succeeded to the throne that the Duke of Qi Huan was buried, at this time it had been five months since the Duke of Qi Huan was put into a coffin.
Poor Qi Huan Gong's generation of overlords, after death, ended up like this.
Well, Qi Huangong's life is introduced here. I am midnight ink, also called scorching double-edged, thanks for reading.