The birth of Jiang Qi
In 1046 BC, after Jiang Ziya assisted King Wu of Zhou in destroying the Shang, he was divided into seals in Yingqiu and feudalized the state of Jianguo, and since then the state of Qi has begun to appear on the historical stage.
Before Taigong reached Yingqiu, Lai Guo, a vassal state of the original King of Shang, came to him to seize territory and was beaten back, and then Jiang Ziya ruled the country by law, calmed the people's minds according to local customs, simplified etiquette, repaired the government, developed industry and commerce, and took advantage of the local fish and salt to greatly increase the population of the State of Qi into a big country. He then returned to Wangcheng with his son Lü Ling to assist the Zhou royal family.
For about thirty years thereafter, it was the third son, Qiu Mugong, who was in town to guard the State of Qi. Jiang Ziya's father and son successively assisted three generations of monarchs of the Zhou Dynasty, the State of Qi resisted the Yi clan in the east, and Jiang Ziya himself was the master and father-in-law of King Wu of Zhou, and the grandfather of King Cheng of Zhou. And with the power of conquest, in the Western Zhou Dynasty, it can be described as a big country with no two limelight.
After the death of the second monarch, Duke Qi Ding, because the first three sons died early, it should have been the elder Lü Ji, but Lü Ji had no intention of taking the throne, and left Yingqiu with his descendants, taking Cui as his surname and ceding the seat to his younger brother Lü De. Lü De then passed the throne to his son Duke Qi, and then to Duke Ai of Qi.
The Duke of Qi was also unlucky, framed by Ji Hou's rumors, and cooked by King Yi of Zhou. Then his younger brother Duke Qi Hu was made monarch. Because the authority of tianzi was still very large at that time, the Duke of Qihu did not make any contribution to the death of his brother, so the younger brother Gongzi Shanji hated the Duke of Qihu, so he killed the Duke of Qihu and established himself as the Duke of Qi, and expanded the Qiu camp and changed his name to Linzi.
During the reign of Duke Xiangong of Qi, the interior of the State of Qi was stabilized, and it was from here that the Zhou royal family began to decline. After The death of Duke Xian of Qi, his son Duke Wu of Qi succeeded to the throne. In order to ease relations with the Zhou royal family, Duke Wu of Qi married his daughter Jiang Hou to King Xuan of Zhou. Later, Duke Qi Ligong succeeded to the throne, and Qi Ligong was a dimwitted and tyrannical person, and was soon killed by the sons of Duke Qi Hu and his disgruntled people. The sons of The Duke of Qi Hu also all died in this turmoil, so the qi people were helpless and established the son of the Duke of Qi, Chi, to succeed him, that is, the Duke of Qi Wen.
Duke Wen of Qi absorbed his father's lessons, so that the political situation of the State of Qi gradually stabilized, and he married the daughter to the grandfather of Marquis Mu of Jin, who was the Marquis of Jin wenhou and the Duke of Quwohuan. After his death, his son Duke Cheng of Qi succeeded to the throne. Duke Cheng of Qi reigned for nine years, and was succeeded by his son Duke Zhuang of Qi. Duke Zhuang of Qi reigned for 64 years and achieved ztex for the State of Qi. It laid the foundation for the hegemony of future generations. In his later years, the State of Qi was already in the position of small hegemony, and after the Duke of Qi succeeded to the throne, he presided over the alliance many times, calmed down the affairs of various countries, established the status of small hegemony, and during his reign, he also especially favored his nephew Gongsun Ignorance, making Gongsun Ignorant's status comparable to that of the crown prince. It also indirectly led to the chaos that followed. It is worth mentioning that the ancestor of the Tian clan, Chen Guan, the prince of Chen Guo, defected to the State of Qi during the Qi Dynasty.
After Duke Xiang of Qi succeeded to the throne, he destroyed the State of Ji, avenged the murder of Duke Ai of Qi, helped his nephew Duke Hui of Wei to return to the throne, and made a difference politically, but killed his brother-in-law Duke Lu Huan, and did not believe in the minister, angering Gongsun Ignorance and the Minister, and gongsun ignorantly killed the king to stand on his own. After the escape of Duke Huan of Qi and the ignorance of Gongsun was clicked by the chancellor, duke Huan of Qi preemptively returned to the State of Qi to inherit the throne and reuse Guan Zhong to govern the State of Qi. This made the State of Qi the first hegemon in the Spring and Autumn Period.
It was only guan Zhong's death that he fainted in his later years, resulting in his own starvation, and the state of Qi fell into civil strife, the state of Qi lost its position as overlord for a time, and the salary was supported by the three traitors, because it was unpopular, it was killed by the minister of the state of Qi, and then Song Xianggong escorted Prince Zhao back to the state of Qi to succeed to the throne. It is Qi Xiaogong. This action was quite powerful, eliminating the opposition forces of the State of Qi, and this great turmoil was also the beginning of the decline of the State of Qi.
After the death of Duke Xiao of Qi, the fourth brother Son-in-law Pan seized the throne and became the Duke of Qi Zhao. After the death of Duke Zhao of Qi, the throne was passed to his son Lü She, and only five months later, Duke Zhao's younger brother Gong Jun established himself as Duke Yi of Qi, and Duke Yi of Qi was absurd and lustful, and was clicked by the chancellor, and supported The second son of Duke Huan of Qi. Since then, the sons of Duke Huan of Qi have taken turns to sit on the throne of the country.
Later, Duke Hui of Qi's son Duke Qi succeeded to the throne, and during the reign of Duke Qi, he was quite popular with the people, but at this time it was already the period of the jin dynasty's century of hegemony, and he could not do anything outstanding. After his death, his son Duke Qi Ling succeeded to the throne, and in the early stage, he honored Jin as the overlord, obeyed the orders of the Jin State, and after destroying the Lai State, he fought five times, and it just so happened that the Jin monarch Jin Mourning Duke had just ascended the throne, so he wanted to establish his own portal, but who was the Duke of Jin? The result was naturally a great defeat of the State of Qi, which also aroused the vigilance of the State of Jin, and it was impossible to fight and fight, so naturally it was dare not speak out in anger.
After his death, his son Duke Qi Zhuang succeeded to the throne, the Duke of Qi Zhuang was also ill-fated, in the early years, the Duke of Qi Ling wanted to abolish him in order to make Gongzi Ya the prince and wanted to get rid of him, five times Valu was caused by him, and later the chancellor killed Gongzi Ya's mother and son, qi Linggong angrily vomited blood and died, and only then did he have the opportunity to return to the country to succeed to the throne. After ascending the throne, he made peace with the Jin state, but did not do much during his reign, and was clicked for cheating with the minister's wife, and his younger brother Qi Jinggong was supported.
Qi Jinggong reigned for fifty-eight years in the country, in the early stage encountered the dictatorship of the ministers, like a puppet, in the later period, personally experienced the government, and tried to restore hegemony, but Qi Jinggong himself was a man who coexisted with angels and demons, both in an act of exerting himself and coveting pleasure. Under his rule, the State of Qi was relatively stable, but because there was no concubine, after his death, the State of Qi launched a fierce struggle, and also opened the journey of the Tian Dynasty Qi.
The Tian clan led the palace coup d'état to get rid of the rival Lü Di, and Li Qi mourned the duke as the king. From then on, the Tian clan began to grasp the power of the State of Qi, and then the Tian clan again rubbed the Duke of Qi, the Duke of Qi, and then the Tian clan eliminated the Duke of Qi because of the favor of his opponent, and the younger brother of the Duke of Qi Ping was made king, and then went through the Duke of Qi Xuan and the Duke of Qi Kang.
Not long after the three families were divided into Jin, the Tian clan no longer hid it, and in 391 BC, Tian He established himself as a king, and Jiang Qi ended. The State of Qi of the Tian clan also heralded the advent of the Warring States Era.