In this way, after a bloody coup d'état, Qi Jinggong became the nominal ruler of the state of Qi. Although all forces do not necessarily take him seriously, at least the respect and awe on the table are still well maintained. Above the court, although there was a strange atmosphere, there was a rare delicate balance. The state of Qi did not fall into a protracted and devastating civil war again because of the assassination of Duke Zhuang of Qi, and after the death of Duke Huan of Qi that year, the melee of imperial power of the five sons was not staged again.

It's not that the ministers with wolf ambitions only broke out in the era of Duke Qi Huan, nor did Cui Shu and others keep to themselves, let alone Yan Ying's side outwitting Guan Bao. It's just because Yan Ying and others have the same goal as Cui Zhu and others at this stage. A temporarily stable and safe Qi country is the stage of competition recognized by both sides. In the needs of their own interests, both sides are brewing, planning, looking at, and waiting for another assassination battle that is more violent and bloody than the murder of the king.

At the beginning of Jinggong's ascension to the throne, Cui Shu and Qingfeng, another powerful force in Qi's country, relied on the force in their hands to run rampant. The king is young, there are fanatics in the court, and the political arena of Qi is full of miasma. Yan Ying and the others also seemed to have disappeared, silently waiting and watching, allowing this chaotic situation to continue. And when both sides find that they seem to have no opponent other than the puppet on the throne and the other party, a fight inevitably begins. Because, whether it is Cui Zhu or Qingfeng, they don't want to completely overthrow Qi Jinggong and then bear the heavy burden of a country.

What Cui Zhu didn't expect was that his two sons were fighting more and more fiercely for power, and before he could officially wrestle with Qingfeng's forces, his heir had already fought in the dark. Although the taste of power is enough to turn the brothers against each other, among them, Qingfeng's active operation and discord have also played a considerable role in promoting. Only a year after Jing Gong ascended the throne, the battle between Cui Zhu's two sons, Cui Cheng and Cui Qiang, was almost out of control. Cui Shu was helpless and asked Qingfeng to assist in rectification. However, what Cui Shu didn't expect was that Qingfeng quickly dispatched troops to kill Cui Zhu's two sons and family members.

Lost to his family, Cui Shu was disheartened and devastated that soon after, the fierce madman who dared to stretch out his butcher's knife to the king of a country committed suicide.

Qingfeng was in charge of the Chaogang alone, and Yan Ying and the others were still silent. Qingfeng, who lost his only opponent, was arrogant and lascivious, and even began to have an affair with the wife of his subordinates. At this point, Qingfeng indulged in the gentle township, drunk and dreamed of death. Soon after, he lost all authority to his son Keisha. Keisha, who effortlessly gained the power of a country, did not learn the cunning and rigor of his father, who struggled out of the bloody political struggle, but inherited his father's extravagant and lascivious hedonistic style. In 546 B.C., Qingfeng went out on patrol, Gongsun Zao and Gongsun Yu cooperated with Chen Wuyu (concubine surnamed Tian) to attack and kill Qingshe, Qingfeng heard the news, hurried back, and was unable to return to the sky. The generation of power leaning towards the government and the opposition was in exile in the state of Wu.

At this point, the political arena of Qi gradually began to return to the right track, and the arrogant, lascivious, and domineering fierce fanatics disappeared one after another. With the assistance of loyal ministers from all sides, Qi Jinggong finally began to gradually take over government affairs, and the Qi State, which was plagued by civil strife, gradually got a precious respite. However, loyalty does not necessarily follow loyalty to the courtier. In 539 BC and 534 BC, Gongsun Zao and Gongsun Yu died one after another. Gongsun Zao's son Luan Shi and Gongsun Yu's son Gao Qiang ruled together, and the court once again appeared in a dangerous situation where the ministers were strong and the lords were weak. In 532 BC, when Chen Wuyu took Luan Shi and Gao Qiang to get drunk, he united with Bao Lian and led his troops to crusade, Luan Shi and Gao Qiang were in a hurry, and planned to hold Qi Jinggong hostage to win opportunities, but the failure failed, Luan and Gao fled, and Tianyi was divided by Tian and Bao. At this time, Yan Ying, who had been watching coldly, suddenly came forward and persuaded Chen Wuyu to hand over the seized property and Tianyi to Jinggong. Since then, the power of the Lu clan of the imperial family of Qi has increased slightly, and the pro-government power of the Duke of Qi has also been materially guaranteed.

The 16-year-long civil strife, although the ill-intentioned forces of all parties in the country were eliminated and pacified, but also greatly damaged the vitality of the Qi State. With the help of Yan Ying and others who purged the court step by step, Qi Jinggong gradually grew his wings, and finally walked out of the haze of the minister's dictatorship and personally managed the government.

It's not that the rebellious ministers and thieves of the Qi State are endless, and it's not that Yan Ying and other loyal people stand by and watch and protect themselves. It's just because Qi, as the first overlord in the Spring and Autumn Period, has accumulated too much wealth and interests. The princes of all walks of life are by no means saints, and a strong Qi state is obviously not in the interests of all parties. Therefore, behind the civil strife in the Qi State, there is the shadow of the princes of all parties fueling the trouble. The chaotic State of Qi has lost the power to protect wealth, and Yan Ying, as a veteran of the Three Dynasties, is under internal and external troubles, and as a minister, it is difficult to resist the swords of all parties. So under his choice, acquiescence and use, the chaotic forces in Qi also became the inner ghost who carved up the brilliant achievements of the year.

However, Yan Ying is still loyal to the Qi State, and he understands that if he wants to rectify and coordinate the overall situation, it is far from enough to rely on his own strength. He must promote and use the forces of all parties, so that they can fight each other and consume each other in the already devastated land of Qi, so as to gradually consolidate the imperial power and achieve their goals.

Years of chaos have consumed the wealth accumulated by the Qi State, and the new Qi State has gradually shed its glorious and heavy past. No prince would be interested in a dilapidated and impoverished Qi state, but they didn't know that a once powerful Qi state, if it could solve all the problems left over from the history of the Duke of Qi Huan and then complete the integration, it could still recover in a very short time and become a strong contender for hegemony again.

Since the chaotic farce of the five sons of Duke Qi Huan seizing the heir, to the later generations of kings who have been deaf and the courtiers are in turmoil, it is actually closely related to the statecraft of emphasizing "rule by man" and lacking "system" in the Guan Bao period. Yan Ying is powerless to change and deny the political philosophy of a generation of nominal ministers, so she can only gradually adjust and pull the direction of the state apparatus back to a track that is more applicable to the situation at hand.

At this point, the Qi country was undergoing a difficult and painful transformation, and this catastrophe finally came to an end slowly. Now, a recovering Qi country needs space and time to lick its wounds.

The strength of the country is naturally inseparable from the brave samurai. Under Jing Gong, there are three brave and proud generals, but in many cases, Confucianism is chaotic with literature, and chivalry is forbidden with martial arts. Seeing that the situation of the strong minister and the weak lord will sprout again, Yan Ying immediately designed and asked the king of Qi to take out two peaches and reward them to the three, cleverly hinting at the concept of "the one with the worst merit ability has no peach" to the three people. How could the three warriors who crisscrossed the battlefield and were stubborn and stubborn see through Yan Ying's plan, under the impulse of righteous indignation, the three of them resented each other, but what Yan Ying and King Qi didn't expect was that although these three people were rude and impulsive, they had their own righteousness. After one committed suicide, two committed suicide one after another. Although the state of Qi stabilized the situation, it also lost three brave and warlike generals. It is known as "two peaches kill three soldiers" in history.

In 531 BC, Yan Ying sent an envoy to the state of Chu. The king of Chu had the intention of humiliating and suppressing the Qi State, so he specially sent someone to open a low dog hole by the city gate, and asked Yan Ying to enter the city from here. Yan Ying came to the low city gate that looked like a dog hole, but instead replaced the concept of "dog hole" with "dog cave only when he went to the dog country". In the face of Yan Ying's counterattack, the monarchs and ministers of Chu State were speechless for a while, so they had to ask Yan Ying to enter through the main entrance. Later, during the banquet, the king of Chu sent someone to bring the prisoner of Qi State, saying that he was guilty, but Yan Ying used orange as an example to put forward the concept of the impact of the environment on the character of the people, which once again made the monarchs and ministers of Chu speechless. There is a legend in the history that "orange is born in Huainan, and orange is orange in Huaibei".

Since both sides are testing and have not torn their faces and fought a bloody battle, Yan Ying's sharp diplomatic rhetoric has been brought into full play. Through the art of clever and sophistication, Yan Ying won a relatively stable period of development for the Qi State. The princes who still had ideas about the Qi country from all walks of life found a diplomatic envoy who was not leaky and sharp-tongued, and no one could defeat the Confucianism in their own court, and on the one hand, they were impressed by Yan Ying's wisdom, and on the other hand, the details of the Qi country became more and more unclear. At the same time, during this precious time, Yan Ying assisted Qi Jinggong to implement benevolent governance, benefit the people, and appoint virtuous people. did his best to let the country of Qi gradually get rid of the heavy shackles brought about by the perennial civil strife, and once again had a bit of the atmosphere of a great power that competed for hegemony in the world.

It's not that Yan Ying's words have resisted the world's heroes, it's just that everyone habitually thinks that a country that does not have enough confidence and strength to support its envoys will never dare to compete too much. However, what Yan Ying has done most successfully is not countless classic and sharp diplomatic rhetoric, but knowing that his country is not strong enough, he still maintains the majesty and courage of the envoys of the great powers, and then makes all countries always maintain restraint against the country.