"Duke Qi has three sons, the eldest son is called Zhu'er, the second son is called Jiao, also called Gongzi Jiao, and the younger son is Gongzi Xiaobai, that is, Xiaobai. According to the previous principle of establishing the elder but not the young, after the death of Duke Qi, Zhu'er inherited the position of the monarch of Qi and was the Duke of Qi. It's just that Qi Xianggong is relatively mediocre and incompetent, and during his time as the crown prince, he had an affair with his half-sister "Wen Jiang". Wen Jiang later married Lu Huan Gong, and once, Lu Huan Gong came to Qi with Wen Jiang again. At this time, Qi Xianggong had an affair with Wen Jiang again, but unfortunately this matter was known to Lu Huan. Lu Huangong blamed Wen Jiang, but because the Qi State was very strong at that time, Lu Huangong did not dare to do anything to Qi Xianggong. However, Qi Xianggong was afraid that Duke Lu Huan would tell the world about this, so he sent his son "Peng Sheng" to kill Duke Lu Heng. In order to appease the anger of the Lu State, Qi Xianggong killed his son Peng Sheng.

In the same year, the Duke of Qi Xianggong held a princes' meeting in Weiguo, and Zheng Ziqing, the monarch of Weiguo, did not want to go, but he was afraid of the strength of Qi, so he went to Weiguo to participate in the alliance. Seeing Zheng Ziqian coming, Qi Xianggong was very happy. Because Zheng Ziqing had a fight with Qi Xianggong before, Qi Xianggong did not apologize to him for Zheng Ziqing's previous incident, so he secretly sent a soldier to kill Zheng Ziqing. ”

"After the governance of the monarchs of the Qi State before, the Qi State is already very strong by this time. Therefore, despite Qi Xianggong's arrogance, all countries did not dare to do anything to Qi Xiang. It's just that other countries don't dare to provoke Qi Xiangguo, but many forces in Qi are very dissatisfied with Qi Xianggong's behavior. Qi Xianggong had a cousin called Gongzi Wuzhi, so he united with other ministers, and after Qi Xianggong was injured while playing, Gongzi Wuzhi sent people to surround Qi Xianggong's residence, so he killed Qi Xianggong and established himself as the king of Qi. ”

Court battles have always been bloody and cruel.

This is not only the case for future generations, but also during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

Or rather, it has been like this for thousands of years.

"It's just that in the end, the position of the ignorant monarch of Gongzi is not orthodox, and after he ascended the throne, the doctor of Qi and other ministers killed Gongzi ignorance. At this time, there was no monarch in the Qi country, and there were two other sons, namely Gongzi Jiao and Gongzi Xiaobai, who were ready to return to China to inherit the throne of the monarch of Qi. And Gongzi Jie has a doctor named Guan Zhong who is very powerful, and he told Gongzi that if the two of you return to Qi Kingdom, there will definitely be chaos again. Although Gongzi is bigger than Xiaobai, if something happens, it is impossible for Gongzi to take the throne. The only way now is to kill Gongzi Xiaobai before he returns to the Qi Kingdom.

So, Guan Zhong sent people to intercept Gongzi Xiaobai halfway, Guan Zhong saw Xiaobai, and shot an arrow to Xiaobai's chest. But it happened to be blocked by the hook on Xiaobai's chest. Xiaobai bit his tongue and vomited blood, pretending to be dead. Although Guan Zhong was suspicious, he wanted to let Gongzi return to Qi to inherit the throne first. But as a result, Gongzi was very happy when he heard that Guan Zhong's arrow hit Xiaobai, and he felt that Xiaobai would never be able to compete with him for the throne again. On the way back to Qi, Gongzi Jiao traveled all the way to the mountains and rivers, and it took 6 days to return to Qi. But on the other side, Xiaobai knew that this trip was very dangerous, and the sooner he returned to Qi State, the better. In order not to be discovered, Xiaobai hid in the tent and did not come out for a moment. It only took three days for Xiaobai to return to the Qi Kingdom. And when Xiaobai returned to Qi, he was supported by a group of doctors and other ministers of Qi, and in the end, Xiaobai inherited the throne of Qi as the king of Qi and was the Duke of Qi Huan. ”

I have to say that Xiaobai's inheritance of the throne of Qi has an element of luck, which also proves that Xiaobai is very smart and witty.

Clearing his throat, Chen Fan continued: "When Gongzi returned to Qi State, he inquired and found that his younger brother Xiaobai had become the monarch, and then he knew that he had no chance, so he fled to Lu State. And after Xiaobai inherited the throne of the monarch of Qi State, he also knew that his position would be threatened by his brother. So they sent people to threaten the monarch of the Lu State, and the monarch of the Lu State was afraid that the Qi State would attack them, so he killed Gongzi Jiao. Originally, Xiaobai also wanted to kill Guan Zhong, who was the Guan Zhong who almost shot him with an arrow. It's just that Bao Shuya, the doctor who has been following him, said that if the monarch wants to govern the Qi country, then it is enough to have me Bao Shuya and the ministers of the Qi country. However, if the king wants to achieve hegemony in the world, then he must be in charge. Guan Zhong is the most talented minister in the world, and whichever country he goes to, which country will be strong. Although Qi Huan Gong was almost killed by Guan Zhong with an arrow before, he was very broad-minded. Subsequently, he sent someone to invite Guan Zhong back to Qi State, and then talked to Guan Zhong about the art of overlord in the world. Xiaobai was very excited after listening to it, and then worshiped him as a doctor, and finally appointed Guan Zhong as the prime minister. ”

This story is similar to Li Shimin's reuse of Wei Zheng during the Tang Dynasty.

Both stories take place in the struggle between brothers for the throne.

It's all the elder brother who is the crown prince who failed.

But in the end, both of them were broad-minded, and instead of killing their brother's most important ministers, they reused them.

is also because of their open-mindedness, whether it is Qi Huan Gong or Li Shiming, they are all famous in history.

"Here, when talking about Qi Henggong, I want to tell you about Guan Zhong and Uncle Bao."

To say that Qi Huan Gong became the first tyrant of the Spring and Autumn Period, it is absolutely inseparable from these two people.

"Uncle Bao and Guan Zhong have been good friends since they were teenagers, and they are both children of the Qi family. It was only later that Guan Zhong's family fell into the middle of the road, and in order to make a living, Guan Zhong partnered with Bao Shuya to do business. However, when he made money in business, Guan Zhong always gave more to himself and less to Uncle Bao. And Uncle Bao never bothered with Guan Zhong about this. After Bao Shuya found out, he explained for Guan Zhong, saying that Guan Zhong did not talk about friendship, but only greedy for money, and he did this because his family was poor, and I was willing to give him more money.

Guan Zhong participated in the battle three times, but all three times he escaped from the battle. Therefore, people ridiculed him, saying that Guan Zhong was greedy for life and afraid of death, and did not have the spirit of brave sacrifice, after Bao Shuya heard the ridicule, he knew that this was not in line with Guan Zhong's actual situation, so he explained to people that Guan Zhong was not afraid of death, because his family had an elderly mother, and he relied on him to support him alone, so he had to do that.

Guan Zhong's friendship with Uncle Bao is very sincere, and he has also tried to do some good things for Uncle Bao many times, but it has not been done; Not only did it not be done, but it caused a lot of new difficulties for Uncle Bao, so it is better not to do it well. Therefore, people think that Guan Zhong has no ability, but Uncle Bao doesn't see it that way, he understands in his heart that his friend Guan Zhong is a very capable person. It didn't work out because the opportunity wasn't ripe. In the long-term relationship, the two of them have formed a deep friendship, Guan Zhong has told people many times: It is my parents who gave birth to me, and it is Uncle Bao who knows me. Some descendants commented on the friendship between the two and called it Guan Bao's friendship. ”

This story made a group of students listen to it with relish.

Although there are many outrageous things in ancient times, there are also many friendships that are admired by future generations.

Here's another story.

At that time, Bao Pinya liked to eat a delicacy called shield fish, because of Bao Shuya's fame, people later called shield fish abalone.

Right.

It's the abalone that people like to eat.

Guan Zhong later defected to the prince of Qi State, but Bao Shuya looked down on the political affairs of Qi State, and some did not want to be officials. At this time, Guan Zhong persuaded Uncle Bao. He said, although now it seems that Qi Xianggong is in power. But now the domestic political environment is not good, and Qi Xianggong is not very good. Once Qi Xianggong has an accident, then the position behind will fall into the hands of Gongzi Jiao and Gongzi Xiaobai. I'm going to Gongzi now, and you can fully support Gongzi Xiaobai. In this way, no matter which of the two inherits the throne of the monarch at that time, we will have a care. It was precisely because of Guan Zhong's suggestion that Bao Shuya later recommended Guan Zhong after his son Xiaobai inherited the throne of the monarch. ”

It is precisely because Qi Huan Gong has Guan Zhong and Bao Shuya that Qi Huan can dominate later.

With these two ministers, everyone also has a clearer understanding of Qi Huan Gong and Qi Guo.

"It seems that the Duke of Qi Huan of Qi is about to achieve hegemony."

"Well, the monarch is virtuous and generous-minded, and with such an excellent minister, he must achieve hegemony."

While listening to Chen Fan's explanation, everyone chatted on the public frequency.

Chen Fan continued: "At that time, it was in the Spring and Autumn Period, and the vassal states of the Spring and Autumn Period fought against each other, at this time, the Duke of Qi Huan asked Guan Zhong, how did they Qi State dominate in the Spring and Autumn Period? Guan Zhong said that although Zhou Tianzi's strength has fallen a lot now, and it is even inferior to a slightly larger vassal state, Zhou Tianzi is still the honorary ruler of the Zhou Dynasty, and he still has a certain amount of influence. If the Qi State wants to achieve hegemony, it can use the strategy of respecting the king and conquering the country, as long as such a banner is played, as the head of the princes, the Son of Heaven is disrespectful. ”

This story was used more perfectly by Cao Cao in the later Three Kingdoms.

Xiaobai adopted Guan Zhong's strategy, and then began to prepare. However, although the national strength of Qi was strong at that time, it was not so terrifying. At that time, there was a man called Hengshan Kingdom, and Xiaobai wanted to destroy him. However, although the Qi State has the strength to destroy the Hengshan Kingdom, it will also suffer some damage. Guan Zhong said to Xiaobai, Hengshan Kingdom is a small country, and the king is relatively mediocre, and he doesn't have too long-term ideas, so we can buy their weapons at a high price. Under the acquisition of Qi State, the weapons of Hengshan Kingdom sold very well, and some other countries also came to buy them. The king of Hengshan Kingdom felt that it was profitable, so he raised the price to 20 times the original price. As a result, the people of Hengshan suddenly gave up agriculture and switched to iron.

When Guan Zhong acquired the weapons of Hengshan Kingdom, Qi sent troops to attack Hengshan Kingdom. Originally, Hengshan was a small country, and it was impossible to compete with Qi at all. In addition, he sold out all his weapons a year ago, and all of a sudden, in the face of the attack of Qi State, Hengshan Country did not have any spare strength to resist. Within a year, the Hengshan Kingdom surrendered to the Qi State. ”

This strategy was met with applause.

Through such a strategy, it can be said that Hengshan Kingdom surrendered at once, which can be described as very clever.

"In the end, Hengshan is a small country, and in the Spring and Autumn Period, there were also some countries that were relatively strong, such as Chu State. At that time, the state of Chu was very strong, and its strength was only a little weaker than that of the state of Qi. The State of Qi wanted to dominate the Spring and Autumn Period, but the State of Chu did not agree. At this time, Guan Zhong had another idea to Xiaobai, he said, there is a very rare deer in Chu State. If we buy deer from Chu at a high price, then we can drain Chu's national strength. ”

This strategy is a little confusing.

"Teacher Chen Fan, buy a deer from the Chu State at a high price, how can this consume the national strength of the Chu State?"

A student asked.

It is understandable to buy weapons from Hengshan State.

If the weapons are bought out, then the Hengshan Kingdom will naturally have no combat effectiveness.

Moreover, the production conditions were so low at that time that the weapons were sold out, and it was impossible to produce them all at once.

Chen Fan replied with a smile: "Don't worry, listen to my explanation slowly." Originally, the deer of Chu State was 80,000 yuan a head, but after Qi State bought the deer at a high price, the price of the deer suddenly increased tenfold. At that time, this matter attracted the attention of the king of Chu, but the king of Chu did not feel that there was anything in it. They felt that the deer was just an animal, not a weapon, and that it was not of much value. But money still works, and you can buy a lot of things.

As a result, the king of Chu allowed the merchants of Qi to come to Chu everywhere to buy deer, but the king of Chu did not know. Because the value of deer has risen so high, many people do not farm when they are busy. They felt that instead of farming, it was better to catch deer, and the price of catching a deer was much more cost-effective than farming. At this time, Guan Zhong sent people to Chu to secretly purchase a series of grains. In the second year, when the grain stocks of the Chu State were almost consumed, Guan Zhong said to Xiaobai that he could now attack the Chu State. As a result, because of the lack of food, the state of Chu soon suffered a lot of defeats militarily. The king of Chu was very anxious, and they took the money and went to other countries to collect grain. But the State of Qi had long been prepared and sent troops to block the way of the State of Chu. In this way, in just three years, the vitality of the Chu State was greatly damaged. Eventually, the state of Chu gave in to the state of Qi. ”

I have to say that Guan Zhongzhi's talent was indeed unparalleled in the world at that time.

With Guan Zhong, Qi can achieve hegemony in the world.

"And at this time, the national strength of Qi is already quite strong. However, if the Qi State wanted to achieve hegemony, it was impossible to attack all the countries in the Spring and Autumn Period. At this time, Guan Zhong proposed that some other vassal states come to Qi to form an alliance. And Duke Qi Huan presided over this alliance as the leader of the alliance. Through the alliance, the Qi State really began to implement the [Respect the King] strategy proposed by Guan Zhong before. And in the following years, it was proposed to let a group of princes form an alliance. There were some vassal states that disagreed, such as the Song state. At that time, the Song State rejected the Qi State, and the Qi State joined forces with the Chen State and the Cai State to send troops to the Song State. The Song State was originally unable to defeat the Qi State, but at this time, he saw the three countries attacking him together, so he attached himself to the Qi State. ”

This strategy can be said to be very clever.

Under Guan Zhong's suggestion, Xiaobai used it more and more coolly, and the more refreshing it was, the more he used it.

He felt that this method of directly sending troops under the banner of others could achieve his own hegemony, and he would not waste a single soldier, and in the next few years, Xiaobai continued to act as the leader of the alliance of the princely states in the Spring and Autumn Period to deal with the affairs between countries.

"In 651 BC, there was an internal problem with the son of Zhou, and the Duke of Qi Huan supported King Xiang of Zhou on the succession of the Son of Heaven, and finally with the support of Xiaobai, the Duke of Qi Huan, King Xiang of Zhou succeeded to the throne. In this year, the state of Qi once again summoned a group of vassal states to meet in Kwai Qiu. King Xiang of Zhou, because Duke Qi Huan took the lead in supporting him, sent Zai Kong to give Duke Qi Huan the meat used in the sacrificial temple, the bow and arrow, and the carriage and horse of the Son of Heaven, which was the highest reward of the Son of Zhou for the vassal states. This move also marked that Duke Qi Huan was recognized by Zhou Tianzi and officially dominated the ...... during the Spring and Autumn Period."

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