Power has been the dirtiest thing since ancient times, because behind it is often full of betrayal, fornication, intrigue and killing!
Qi Linggong
About 2586 years ago, around 565 BC, Jiang Huan (Duke of QiLing), the 24th monarch of the State of Qi, reigned. He had previously married the daughter of the King of Lu, but had not given birth to a son; her dowry maid bore the Duke of Qi Ling a son, named Jiang Guang (later duke of Qi Zhuang).
Jiang Guang was made crown prince by Qi Ling and prepared to inherit the throne. But within a few years, Qi Linggong spoiled a pair of beautiful sister flowers, and sister Rongzi did not have a son, but sister Zhongzi gave birth to a son named Jiang Ya, and sister Rongzi hugged and raised herself. In addition, Qi Linggong and other little wives gave birth to a son named Jiang Jiuusu.
Sister Rongzi spoiled her with Qi Ling's justice and insisted that Qi Linggong change Jiang Ya to be crown prince, and her sister Zhongzi felt deeply inappropriate, and advised her sister Rong Zi that Jiang Guang had been deeply rooted and full of wings for many years as a prince, and if he suddenly changed to a prince, he was afraid that people would not be convinced, and it would make us regret it. Qi Linggong listened to the two eyes and said, Joke! I have great power, I want to be the prince, whoever I want to be the prince, the service must also be obeyed, and the disobedience must also be obeyed!
This is probably the strange fault of kings since ancient times: when they are obsessed with a beautiful concubine, they can't wait to make her son a prince, and when they are hooked up with another beautiful concubine after a while, they can't wait to make the daughter of this concubine a prince. But there is only one prince, so it will only induce a palace coup!
Qi Linggong said that he would do it, and immediately sent the crown prince Jiang Guang to guard Jimo, and as soon as Jiang Guang arrived in Jimo, Qi Linggong immediately ordered his depose and set up Jiang Ya as the crown prince. Jiang Guang's uncle, Duke Xiang of Lu, the ruler of the State of Lu, was very annoyed when he got the news, and sent envoys to ask Qi Linggong what was wrong with his nephew?
Qi Linggong opened his mouth and could not say a grandiose reason. After the envoys of the State of Lu left, Qi Linggong muttered in his heart, thinking that the State of Lu would definitely help Jiang Guang seize power, it was better to preemptively attack, simply send troops to defeat the State of Lu, and then kill Jiang Guang! Look, this is the dirtiness of power, this is the conspiracy and killing caused by power! Before, when he loved him to death, Jiang Guang was made the prince, but now he was eager to kill this son immediately!
Duke Zhuang of Qi
As a result, the Duke of Qi Ling attacked the State of Lu twice in succession in 557 BC and 556 BC, and in 555 BC, the ally of the Jin State led a coalition of 11 other fief states to attack the capital of the State of Qi, Linzi, on the grounds of "the rebellion of the State of Qi against Jin and Lu", although it failed to capture, it had already seriously damaged the Qi State. The following year, Duke Ling of Qi fell ill, and the Qi grand master Cui Zhu and Qingfeng sent envoys to secretly welcome Jiang Guang back to the State of Qi from Jimo.
Dafu Qingfeng led his personal guards to kill Gao Hou's family, the favored Rongzi of Qi Ling, and Jiang Guang then broke into the palace with his dafu Cui Zhu and Qingfeng's personal guards and launched a bloody massacre, and Rong Zi and Jiang Ya, who were glad to have succeeded in capturing the concubine, all died under the knife. Bedridden Qi Linggong heard the news and vomited blood in anger and died.
As a result, Jiang Guang ascended the throne and became the 25th Duke of Qi Zhuang of the State of Qi. Duke Qi Zhuang hated Rong Zi to the bone and ordered her to be dragged to the street and publicly displayed for three days. By this time, this enchanting and beautiful woman was already covered in flesh and blood, and she was no longer human. Cui Zhu and Qingfeng, who contributed the most to the ascension of Duke Zhuang to the throne, were both given the title of Xiang. Since this time, Qi Zhuanggong often went to their house to drink and have fun, and his pleasure was harmonious.
It is said that Cui Zhu's ex-wife gave birth to two sons, Cui Cheng and Cui Jiang, died, Dong Guo Yan's sister Dong Guo Jiang died of her husband, leaving only a son named Tang Wu Gui, Cui Zhu went to mourn by Tang Jiang, a beautiful little widow of the world, after some operation, finally got his wish and married Dong Guo Jiang home as a step-room, and soon gave birth to a son named Cui Ming. Cui Zhu loved Wu and Wu, and simply appointed Dong Guo Jiang's brother Dong Guo Yan and her ex-husband's son Tang WuChao as the head of the Cui family, and also swore to Dong Guo Jiang that when his son Cui Ming grew up, he would let him inherit his official titles and family property.
Once, Qi ZhuangGong was drinking and having fun at Cui Zhu's house, and was drinking happily, Cui Zhu asked the stepmother Dongguo Jiang to come out to toast Qi Zhuanggong, Jiang Guang took a look at it, felt that his soul had fallen, and after returning to the palace, he did not think about the tea and dinner, and only thought about the beautiful Dongguo Jiang. Therefore, he brought Tang Jiang's brother Dong Guo Yan to him, and under some coercion and inducement, he asked Dong Guo Yan to help, and the Duke of Qi Zhuang was at Dong Guo Yan's house to welcome Dong Guo Jiang.
Soon, as soon as the hair was out of reach, the Duke of Qi Zhuang, who was full of color and gall, simply had sexual immorality with Dong Guo Jiang at Cui Zhu's house. Cui Zhu naturally couldn't tolerate it, and asked Dong Guo Jiang in a loud voice, and after Dong Guo Jiang Zhiwu shirked it, she had to admit that there was such a thing, but she couldn't do it, she didn't dare to refuse, who called people the monarch?
Cui Zhu
Since then, Cui Zhu has been itching his teeth with hatred against Duke Zhuang, and his heart said, Jiang Guang, you bastard! If I hadn't risked my life to launch a coup d'état and take you back from Jimo back to Linzi, would you still want to be the monarch? I'm afraid your little life is long gone! Now you have raped my wife to repay me, you bastard, see how I kill you!"
Once, when the king of the State of Ju came to visit the State of Qi, the Duke of Qi Zhuang set up a banquet to entertain him, and Cui Zhu falsely claimed that he was sick in bed and could not come to the state banquet, and he expected that after the banquet was dispersed, the Duke of Qi Zhuang would definitely come to Dongguo Jiang for sexual immorality, and he had already ambushed hundreds of warriors in the inner chamber. After the banquet was over, Qi Zhuanggong did indeed come to Cui's mansion to visit Cui Zhu's condition, but in fact he only wanted to find Dongguo Jiang for adultery, but this time there was an accident, he did not succeed in fornication, and was killed by the samurai who had already ambushed him.
Zuo Xiang Qingfeng and Cui Zhu were "close comrades-in-arms", Cui Zhu killed Jiang Guang, the Duke of Qizhuang, and Qingfeng killed all of Jiang Guang's henchmen. Then, Cui Zhu and Qingfeng Yongli Jiang Guang's younger brother Jiang Jiuusu became the monarch, that is, Qi Jinggong, and Cui Zhu and Qingfeng were still left and right.
Unexpectedly, infighting broke out in Cui Zhu's family, whose power was in the ascendant, and cui cheng and Cui Jiang, sons of their ex-wives, had infighting with Cui Ming, the son of his second wife Dong Guoyan. Cui Cheng' eldest son, Cui Cheng, was wounded in the arm during the battle to kill Jiang Guang, and could not bear to make his youngest son Cui Ming an heir, but Cui Cheng saw his father's intentions and said that he was willing to give his heir to his younger brother Cui Ming, and he only needed to go to the Cui family to fengyi for the elderly. However, Dong Guo Yan and Tang Wu Wei disagreed, and Cui Zhu said that he could not do anything about it.
Cui Cheng and his younger brother Cui Jiang discussed, and the younger brother Cui Jiang said that the old father was here, Dong Guo Yan and Tang Wu were so arrogant, the old father died, but I was afraid that we would die without a place to bury. Therefore, Cui Cheng said, or we should go to Qingfeng for help! After Qingfeng heard about it, his heart suddenly arose ambition to dominate the State of Qi, so a killing full of intrigue and deceit quietly approached the Cui family.
Qingfeng first sent strong warriors to stab Dong Guo Yan and Tang Wu to death in the name of helping Cui Cheng and Cui Jiang. Cui Zhu went to Qingfeng's house to cry and ask for help, and Qingfeng pretended to be surprised. Cui Zhu asks Qingfeng to help kill Cui Cheng and Cui Jiang, two contrarian sons, and Qingfeng expresses his willingness to serve. Soon, Qingfeng sent people to the Cui family to booby-trap Cui Cheng and Cui Jiang, and also looted the Cui family. Dongguo Jiang was horrified and hanged himself, only Cui Ming was outside and survived.
Celebrating
When Cui Zhu returned home and saw that his home had been looted, Dongguo Jiang hanged himself and could not find Cui Ming. So, crying bitterly, I was played by Qingfeng, and now that my home is gone, what does it mean that I am alive? Then he hanged himself. This is the filth of power: betrayal, fornication, intrigue and killing!