Jiang Qi period
1. Qi Taigong to Qi Xiangong
11th century BC: Taigong Wang Lü Shang, a man from the East China Sea. His distant ancestors served as officials in charge of the princes, helped Dayu Ping to control the water and soil, and established a lot of merit. During the reigns of Yu Shun and Xia Yu, his ancestors were enfeoffed to Lü Di (present-day Nanyang, Henan Province), and some were enfeoffed to ShenDi (present-day Nanyang, Henan Province) with the surname Jiang. Xia and Shang generations, Shen and Lü were given to the collateral descendants of the Jiang surname, some of the descendants became commoners, Lü Shang was their descendants, originally surnamed Jiang, and also used his ancestral fief as his surname, so he was called Lü Shang.
Lü Shang was once very poor and old, and took advantage of the opportunity of fishing to ask for Zhou Xibo Jichang (King Wen of Zhou). Siber was about to go out hunting and divination, but he said, "The hunt is not a dragon or a mantis, nor a tiger or a cat, but a courtier who will achieve the great cause of overlordship." So Zhou Xibo went out hunting, and sure enough, he met Taigong WangLu Shang on the north bank of the Weishui River, and after talking with him, he greatly appreciated it, saying: "From the time of our ancestor Taigong, we said that there will be a saint who will come to the Zhou Kingdom, and the Zhou Kingdom will rely on him to prosper and develop." Are you the saint? We have been waiting for you for a long time!" Siber asked him to return with the car and become a military master, so he called him "Taigong Wang".
Zhou Xibo Jichang returned from prison in Present-day Tangyin County, Henan Province), and conspired with Lü Shang to implement a moral government to win the hearts and minds of the people in order to overthrow the Shang Dynasty, and most of those things belonged to military skills and strange strategies, so later generations talked about the art of war and the Zhou Dynasty's schemes and recognized Taigong as the mastermind. After Zhou Xibo was politically enlightened, judging the dispute between Yu (姬; pinyin: 姬; southeast of present-day Pinglu County, Shanxi Province) and Rui (姬; in present-day Dali County, Shaanxi Province), the world praised Xi Bo as accepting the Mandate of Heaven as King Wen. Later, the Zhou dynasty rebelled against Chongguo (in present-day eastern HuXian County, Shaanxi Province), Mishu (gu surname, southwest of present-day Lingtai County, Gansu Province), and Inu rong (a minority in the north, known as Ghost Fang and Kunyi during the Shang Zhou Dynasty, and Hu after the Warring States period). Xiongnu), the large-scale construction of Fengyi (the capital of the Western Zhou Dynasty with Hojing, southwest of present-day Chang'an County, Shaanxi Province), two-thirds of the world belonged to the Zhou Kingdom, and so on, most of which were planned by Taigong wang.
After the death of King Wen of Zhou, King Wu of Zhou succeeded to the throne, and King Wu of Zhou honored Lü Shang as his father. Fengshi Shang's father was the National Master, and Zhou Gongdan was his deputy. King Wu of Zhou wanted to accomplish the great cause that King Wen had started, and prepared to march east to see if all the princes came to meet the master. In the ninth year of King Wu of Zhou, when the army set out, Shi Shangfu ordered the whole army to say: "Command your subordinates, prepare your boats, and behead those who are late and mistaken!" So it reached Mengjin (ancient Yellow River Jindu name, northeast of present-day Mengjin County, Henan Province, southwest of Meng County). Without being summoned, there were eight hundred princes who came to meet the master. The princes all said, "It's time to fight against the King!" King Wu of Zhou said, "Not yet." So they withdrew their troops and returned home.
After two years, the King of Shang killed prince Bigan and imprisoned Jizi. King Wu of Zhou prepared to cut the silk and carry out divination, the omen shown by the turtle bone was unlucky, and there was a storm that suddenly came, and the courtiers were terrified, only Shi Shang's father resolutely advised King Wu of Zhou to leave the division, so King Wu of Zhou decided to go east. King Wu of Zhou led three hundred chariots, three thousand brave elite soldiers, and forty-five thousand heavily armed warriors, to the east to attack the King of Shang. Zhou Wuwang. On the first day of the eleventh month, at Makino (in present-day southwest of Qi County, Henan Province), the army of the princes who rebelled against the King of Shang had 4,000 chariots. The King of Shang sent an army of 700,000 men to defend against King Wu of Zhou. King Wu of Zhou sent Shi Shangfu to lead a hundred soldiers to challenge, and then a large group of soldiers and horses rushed towards the army of King Shang. Although the Army of the King of Shang was numerous, he had no intention of fighting, expecting King Wu of Zhou's army to invade the capital of the Shang Dynasty. The armies of the King of Shang rebelled one after another, opening the way for the army of King Wu of Zhou, and the army of the King of Shang completely collapsed. The King of Shang fled back to the capital and set himself on fire on Lutai. King Wu of Zhou pursued the King of Shang to Lutai and beheaded him. The next day, King Wu of Zhou stood in front of the altar of the gods of the society, the courtiers held clean water, Wei Kang's uncle Ji Feng spread out the colored table, Shi Shang's father led the cattle and sheep used for sacrifice, and Shi You recited the prayer and reported to the gods of heaven and earth the success of the crime of the king of Shang. Distribute lutai money, distribute grain hidden in the giant bridge, and help the poor people. Rebuild the Bikan Mausoleum and release Miko from prison. Removed Yu Zhu's Jiuding, straightened out the government of the Zhou Dynasty, and created a new Taiping situation with the people of the world. Most of this is the plot of Shi Shang's father.
King Wu of Zhou divided the princes into princes, with the descendants of the Shennong clan going to Jiaodi (in present-day Shaanxi County, Henan Province), the descendants of the Yellow Emperor to Zhudi (in present-day Laiwu, Shandong), the descendants of Emperor Fengyao to Jidi (in present-day Daxing County, Beijing), the descendants of Emperor Fengshun to Chendi (in present-day Zhunyang County, Henan Province), and the descendants of Feng Dayu to Qidi (in present-day Qixian County, Henan Province). He was also given the title of Meritorious Counselor, the first of which was the military master Shangfu, whose name was Qi, Duyingqiu (present-day Linzi District, Zibo City, Shandong Province); Younger brother Zhou Gongdan was enfeoffed to Lu, the capital of Qufu (present-day Qufu, Shandong); Zhao Gongyi was enfeoffed to Yan (in present-day southwest of Beijing); Younger brother Xianfeng Yuguan (in present-day Zhengzhou, Henan); His younger brother Shudu was enfeoffed to Cai (蔡, in modern Shangcai County, Henan Province). The rest of those who have meritorious service are also divided according to the grade.
Lü Shang was enfeoffed in the State of Qi and honored as the Prince of Qi, also known as the Duke of Jiang. Prince Qi marched towards his feudal kingdom, and the road was very slow. The owner of the inn said to him: "I have heard that time is rare and easy to pass. I see that you slept peacefully, not like you were rushing to your own kingdom. When Prince Qi heard this, he put on his clothes at night and hurried to the country of Qi, and rushed to the state of Qi at dawn. At this time, the leader of the Lai people led troops to attack Qi Taigong and compete for the camp hill. Yingqiu bordered the State of Lai (present-day Longkou City, Shandong Province, southeast of Laizi City, or Gulai State). The Lai people belonged to the Dongyi tribe, and at that time, after the fall of the Shang Dynasty, the Zhou Dynasty had just conquered the world, and there was still time to stabilize the remote lands, so they came to compete with The Prince of Qi for the place. Taigong defeated the Lai people.
The qi country is bordered by the sea to the east, the land is salty and poor, lacks grain, and is sparsely populated. Qi Taigong cultivated politics, respected local customs, simplified etiquette, developed industry and commerce, developed the benefits of fish and salt, and the people came to submit to the State of Qi, and Qi became a powerful princely state. Merchants of various princely states were willing to bring materials to the State of Qi to trade, and the vehicles and horses rushing to the Qi capital Linzi were endless, so the State of Qi was rich in the world.
Qi Taigong and Zhou Gongdan were very friendly. Together, they talk about what it takes to govern the country. Qi Taigong said: "Respect the wise and revere meritorious deeds." Zhou Gongdan said: "Be close to your relatives and advocate kindness." Qi Taigong said, "In this way, the State of Lu will be weakened from now on." Zhou Gongdan said: "Although the State of Lu will weaken, it will certainly not be the Lü clan that will occupy the State of Qi in later generations."
King Wu of Zhou died, and Crown Prince Ji Ji succeeded to the throne as King Cheng of Zhou. King Cheng of Zhou was young, and the Duke of Zhou feared that the princes would betray the Zhou Dynasty, so he managed the affairs of the state on behalf of the king. Duke Zhou's younger brother Guan Shu (管叔), Uncle Cai suspected that Duke Zhou was going to usurp the throne, so he and Wu Geng joined forces with Dongyi to launch a rebellion, and Zhou Gong sent troops to conquest, and it took three years to completely pacify.
In order to stabilize the east, King Cheng of Zhou sent Kang Gong to the State of Qi to align with Taigong and ordered: "East to the seashore, west to the Yellow River, south to Muling (south of present-day Linqu County, Shandong Province), north to Wudi (in present-day Wudi County, Shandong Province), fifth-class princes, governors of Jiuzhou, you have the right to requisition them." From then on, the State of Qi had the privilege of conquering other princes and became a great power.
The Yi people in the Huai River valley also betrayed the Zhou Dynasty, and King Cheng of Zhou, with zhao gong as taibao and zhou gong as taishi, personally led an army to the east to fight, defeated the state of Xiang (嬴), east of present-day Qufu City, Shandong Province, and moved the monarch of the state of Xiang to Bogu (the name of the state of Qi, northeast of present-day Boxing County, Shandong Province).
When Prince Qi died, he was more than a hundred years old and was buried next to the tomb of King Wen of Bidi Zhou.
Duke Taigong of Qi died, and his son Jiang Ling (江伋) took the throne as Duke Of Qiding.
Duke Ding of Qi died, and his son Jiang De took the throne as Duke Yi of Qi.
Duke Yi of Qi died, and his son Jiang Cimu took the throne as Duke Of Qi.
Duke Qi died, and his son Jiang Buchen took the throne as the Duke of Qi.
Both the Dukes of Qi and the Dukes of Qi were buried in Bidi.
Ji Hou said bad things about the Duke of Qi in front of the King of Zhou, the King of Zhou cooked the Duke of Qi, and Jiang Jing, the younger brother of the Duke of Qi, was made a prince for the Duke of Qihu. The Duke of Qi hu moved the capital to Bogu, which was during the reign of King Yi of Zhou.
Jiang Shan, the younger brother of Duke Qi's half-sister, resented The Duke of Qihu and led the yingqiu disciples to attack and kill the Duke of Qihu and establish himself as a prince for the sake of the Duke of Qi. In the year of Qi Xian's reign, he drove out all the sons of the Duke of QiHu and moved the capital to Linzi (the site is in linzi district of present-day Zibo City, Shandong Province).
In the ninth year of The Duke of Qi (851 BC), Duke Xiangong of Qi died, and his son Jiang Shou took the throne as Duke Wu of Qi, who was the fifth grandson of Duke Taigong of Qi.