Qi Jinggong

Qi Jinggong

Qi Jinggong? He was the son of Duke Ling of Qi, the younger brother of Duke Zhuang of Qi, and the monarch of Qi in the spring and Autumn period. Among his ministers, Cui Zhuqing was the prime minister in the early period, followed by Yan Ying, Sima ranju and Liang Qiuju.

Qi Jinggong not only had the strong mind of governing the country, but also was greedy for pleasure. As a monarch, he did not want to give up any of them. Correspondingly, there must be two different groups of Ministers around him. One was the Minister of governing the country, and the other was the Minister of happy life. Qi Jinggong, like many monarchs in history, used such a way of governing the country and employing people. During his 58 years in office, Qi Jinggong had a relatively stable domestic security. However, due to the absence of his own son, there was a fierce struggle for the throne.

Personage introduction

Qi Jinggong was not the eldest son of Qi linggong. He was able to ascend the throne and become the monarch of Qi, but also benefited from his elder brother, Qi zhuanggong, who wore a green hat for his subjects.

Cui Wuzi, Cui Zhu, was a minister of Qi state. He had many achievements in politics and war. He won the trust of Qi linggong and often participated in diplomatic affairs with Prince Guang. In 552 B.C., Duke linggong of Qi died, and Cui Zhuyong established the eldest son of Duke linggong as Duke Zhuang of Qi.

In order to protect his family, Cui Zhu made Chujiu, the younger brother of Duke Qizhuang, the king of the country. Fortunately, Qi Jinggong succeeded Jiang and became the Marquis of Qi.

Life of the characters

Ascend the throne in childhood

After Zhuang Gong ascended the throne, he relied heavily on Cui Zhu, and the relationship between the monarch and his ministers was extraordinary. Zhuang Gong often went to Cui Zhu's house, but soon fell in love with his wife Tang Jiang and had an affair with him. Later, Cui Zhu learned that he was hooded by the monarch. Out of self-protection, in 548 BC, he united with Qingfeng to kill zhuanggong in revenge.

Pacify the unrest

Although Qi Jinggong was lucky to inherit his elder brother's throne when he was young, he had no ability to control the overall situation. In the face of the growing number of ministers, he seemed helpless.

After Cui Zhu killed his monarch, because he was in power, he was in power with Qingfeng. King was like a puppet, trembling and obedient.

Only one year after King Jing ascended the throne, there was a fire in Cui's family. Qingfeng is not a gentleman, so-called "sleeping on the side of the couch, how can others snore?" So he alienated Cui Zhu's two sons, Cui Cheng and Cui Jiang. Cui Zhu couldn't help his son and sincerely invited Qingfeng to help him. Qingfeng is ambitious. In the name of suppressing rebellion, he sent his trusted man Lu puga to kill them. He killed Cui Zhu's wife, children, children and family members, burned his house, and told Cui Zhu, "I have killed them.". For a moment, Cui Zhu was homeless and frustrated, and soon chose to commit suicide.

Qingfeng was able to control the government by himself, which was probably too high and cold. Soon, Qingfeng was unwilling to deal with the affairs of the court, so he simply entrusted the government to his son Qingshe. Qingfeng is wasteful and licentious, the upper beam is not right, and the lower beam is crooked. His son Qingshe is also a kind of licentiousness, which makes the government corrupt. At this time, a force of Lu family is quietly brewing a counter attack.

In 546 B.C., Qingfeng went out once. Gongsunzao and gongsunyou cooperated with Chen Wuyu (Tian's surname is GUI, the ancestor of Tian Qi) to attack Qingshe. When Qingfeng heard the news, he rushed back. It was too late and wandered around the state of Wu. The Qing family withdrew from the politics of Qi. Gongsunzao and gongsunyou were in power together. Both of them were able ministers who were loyal to the country and cooperated closely to maintain the Lu regime.

In 539 BC and 534 BC, gongsunzao and gongsunyou died one after another. Luan Shi, the son of Gongsun Zao, and Gao Qiang, the son of Gongsun Yao, were in power together. Tian hengzi, Chen Wuyu, peeps that his family can't reach the top level all the time, so he starts to sow dissension between Luan Shi and Gao Qiang. As a result, Chen Wuyu was greatly disappointed. He was a social friend and was not tempted.

In 532 B.C., when Chen Wuyu was drunk by Luan Shi and Gao Qiang, he united with Bao Qian to launch an attack. Luan Shi and Gao Qiang wanted to hold Qi Jinggong in a hurry. The plot came to light, Luan and Gao fled, and Tianyi was carved up by Tian and Bao. At this time, Yan Ying advised Chen Wuyu to hand over his property and farmland to King Gong. Since it was the meaning of Dr. Yan, the Duke of Qi Jing naturally accepted it. Since then, the power of the Lu family has been slightly strengthened, and the power of the Duke of Qi Jing has been guaranteed.

After 16 years of conflagration, the civil strife of Qi finally came to an end. At this time, Qi was in power by Shiqing, and Qi Jinggong was basically mature, with increasingly rich political experience. With the help of loyal ministers such as Guoqiang and Yan Ying, Qi Jinggong finally got out of the haze of minister's dictatorship and managed the government personally.

Peace between Jin and Chu

At this time, the feudal lords in the world still maintained the normal pattern of Jin and Chu striving for supremacy. Jin and Chu are old powerful countries with strong national strength and high prestige. In 558 B.C., Jin mourning Gong died of illness, and Jin's revival and hegemony withered. Later, his Zhengqing zhongxingyan defeated Chu and Qi one after another, but he could not recover the losses caused by Jin mourning Gong's death. In 550 years ago, civil strife broke out in Luan family of Jin State, and Qi State made a lot of profits from it.

In view of the fact that King Kang of Chu had too strong power in the public family and too strong impact on the state of Wu; at the same time, Duke Ping of Jin was too young to be peaceful, and the six ministers were too big to leave, so the government went out of private door, and the authority of the monarch was once again lost. Since each of the two countries had chronic diseases, the two sides once again sought the opportunity to make peace. In 548 BC, fan xuanzi Shizhe, the Prime Minister of the state of Jin, died, and Zhao Wenzi and Zhao Wu took power. In the same year, the state of Chu ordered Yin Juezi Feng to die, and Qu Dang (Zi mu) became his successor. Zhao Wu of Jin State and Zi mu of Chu state realized the peaceful elimination of troops, the war for hegemony which had been competing for hundreds of years basically ended, and the diplomatic relations between the two countries became normal.

The people of Jin stopped fighting because of the internal strife among the six ministers, and the people of Chu stopped fighting because they wanted to fight with the state of Wu. The state of Qi didn't seem to have a very dangerous place to die. In this way, with the help of Yan Ying, the Duke of Qi enriched the country and strengthened the army.

Trying to regain hegemony

Qi Jinggong always dreams of regaining his hegemony. He is very interested in the story of his ancestors' hegemony. It is precisely because of this political ambition that King Gong was very diligent, good at receiving remonstrations and caring for his subjects. With Yan Ying as the prime minister, the state of Qi gradually recovered.

In his contacts with the vassal states, Jing Gong also paid attention to being neither humble nor arrogant, especially when he treated Jin, his rival for hegemony, and maintained Qi's status as a great power with reason and integrity.

Qi Jin pot

In 530 BC, Duke Jing of Qi personally went to the state of Jin to congratulate Duke Zhao of Jin who had just ascended the throne. During the banquet, the two kings of Jin and Qi played the game of throwing pot. Duke Jing asked Duke Zhao to vote first. Wu of the Bank of China of Jin wished on behalf of Duke Zhao: "we have as much wine as the water of Huaihe River, and we have as much meat as the Highlands in the water. If the king of Jin wins, Jin can be the commander in chief." The Duke of Zhao of Jin suddenly hit, and the ministers of the state of Jin cheered. This pot was originally a game, but the state of Jin used it as a bargaining chip to fight for hegemony. It's a joke to try to suppress the state of Qi. He took the arrow and wished: "I have as much wine as mianshui, and I have as much meat as mountains. I threw this arrow to replace Jin Jun and become powerful." Finish saying, throw to, also hit. Qi Jinggong was not willing to surrender to Jin in the symbolic contest, which was the embodiment of his political ambition.

As the saying goes, "a weak country has no diplomacy." The reason why Duke Jing of Qi dared to challenge Duke Zhao of Jin so blatantly is the increasingly powerful state of Qi. The wise Duke Zhao of Jin realized that the state of Qi was gradually competing with Jin for hegemony. The strength of Qi was one aspect, but the internal struggle of the six ministers of Jin was the key.

Pingqiu meeting

In 529 B.C., King Ling of Chu was killed and King Ping of Chu ascended the throne. The state of Chu was still repairing the wounds left by the age of King Ling and was unable to go north. Jin Zhao recognized that this was the best time for Jin to establish its hegemony again. In this year, Zhao Gong of Jin led the five Qing officials (Han xuanzi, Han Qi, Zhao Jingzi, Zhao Cheng, Wei Xianzi, Wei Shu, fan Xianzi, Shi Yang, and Zhi Wenzi, Xun Xun) in the middle of the Sixth Central Committee to garrison the Wei state with a total of 4000 troops, and told the princes to join the alliance again. Zhao Gong sent his uncle to see King Jing of Zhou to get the emperor's support, so that he could command the princes with the emperor's order. After the king of Zhou agreed, Duke Zhao of Jin sent his uncle to see Duke Jing of Qi. Shu explained the rules and significance of the alliance to Yili, and made it clear that Qi must participate in the alliance. Jing Gong thought that Qi could not confront Jin directly, so he said, "I just want to remind your country. Whether it is necessary to join the alliance or not is up to your big powers. Now that it has been decided, how dare the state of Qi disobey the order? I will attend respectfully then. " When Shuxiang realized the seriousness of the problem, he suggested that the Duke of Jin Zhao and the princes watch the military chariot together and inspect the troops three times in a row. The princes were shocked. However, from the results of the alliance, he saw that a certain number of princes had been ambivalent about the state of Jin. What we are afraid of is the United State of Jin.

Through this alliance, Qi Jinggong deeply felt that the state of Jin was not decadent to the point of vulnerability, and there was a big gap between Qi and Jin at least in military. If the people of Jin were forced to be too tight at the wrong time, the six ministers would unite and unite with each other. At the Pingqiu meeting, the princes were deeply impressed by the earnest instruction of the state of Jin, and their memories are still fresh.

Attack Xu Ju

Three years later, after active preparation and careful planning, Qi Jinggong finally chose the state of Xu as the target of attack in 526 BC to show off his strength. The result of this attack made Qi Jinggong overjoyed and wanted to win the horse. As soon as the Qi army arrived at putunnel (now Sixian County, Anhui Province), before it entered the territory of Xu, Xu sent envoys to seek peace. Gao and Ju, who were closer to the state of Xu, were afraid that the state of Xu would surrender. Qi's soldiers would turn to attack themselves and quickly sent envoys to show their surrender. The heads of Qi, Xu, tan and Ju made an alliance at Puzhou tunnel. This time, there was no response from the state of Jin. Qi Jing

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