Chapter 27 Chapter Twenty Six

The rebellion of the Zhou royal family subsided, and Duke Huan of Qi did not help much. Zheng Guo contributed the most.After Zheng Ligong finished the last major event in his life, he passed away before he could reproduce his father's martial arts and martial arts. King Zhou Hui quit. Although he returned to the country and killed the rebels, he still couldn't swallow the anger in his heart. He still wanted to use Zheng Ligong to clean up the Wei country that helped make trouble.Duke Zheng Li is dead, who will take care of Weiguo? Zheng Wengong, who succeeded Zheng Ligong, thought about his own strength, and decided not to be big, and honestly recognized Qi's hegemony.Zhou Tianzi wants to teach Weiguo a lesson, I'm sorry, you can ask the overlord for help, our Zheng Guoguo is small and weak, we can't control this matter.

King Zhou Hui also wanted to ask Duke Huan of Qi for help, but Duke Huan of Qi was busy, and the overlord would take care of any troubles in the princes of the Central Plains.In 672 BC, the monarch of Chen State killed his own prince, which was not a big deal in the Spring and Autumn Period.After the monarch has another new love, he sees that the son born to his first wife is not pleasing to the eye, so of course he killed it.The tree fell and the monkeys scattered. The prince's brother, the son Wan, was afraid of harming himself, so he packed his bags and ran to Qi to seek refuge. Duke Huan of Qi was open-minded and sincere in recruiting talents from all over the world.Although it is Chen Guo's internal affairs to decide who the prince should be, and it is not easy for Qi Huan to interfere, but it doesn't matter to take care of the exiled son.Therefore, it is also a warm hospitality for Chen Guo's young master.

Gongzi Wan, styled Jingzhong, is a man of virtue and humility.Duke Huan of Qi wanted to make him Shangqing, but he didn't accept, so Duke Huan of Qi changed him to be a doctor.This Chen Wan came from his own country, and probably felt that his original country name was a bit unlucky, so he changed himself from the Chen family to the Tian family.Some people say that this is because the ancient sounds of the two characters "Chen" and "Tian" are similar, while others say that it is because the son was entrusted to Tiandi. As for which statement is correct, it is an unsolved historical case.Here we can't say that Chen Wan changed his surname, we can only say that he changed his surname.The difference between surname and surname, we have already talked about it before.In short, from then on, Chen Wan became Tian Wan and took root in Qi State.This incident seems to be just a small episode in Qi Huangong's hegemony, but it has left a huge hidden danger for Qi Huangong's descendants.

Duke Huan of Qi would never have imagined how miserably this descendant of Tian Wan would bully his descendants.Tian Wan's descendants finally took the power of the Qi State into their own hands, turning the Qi State with the Jiang surname into the Qi State with the Tian family name. Of course, during the heyday of Duke Huan of Qi, Tian Wan was dependent on others and did not dare to do anything.It will take another 200 years for the Tian family to finally replace the Jiang family name.We can just remember this matter, and at the same time, we must pay attention to the so-called "Tian Shi Dai Qi" incident, which is also a landmark event of the division of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States.This is all for later.

In addition to managing the affairs of the princes' families, Duke Huan of Qi was also busy cleaning up some small tribes of barbarians.As we said earlier, the invasion of the Central Plains by the surrounding ethnic minorities was already quite serious at that time. This year the Rong people came to attack the State of Lu, and the next year the Di people came to attack the State of Zheng.The princes were bullied, of course they wanted to find the overlord to help vent their anger, so Duke Huan of Qi often ran around to help the princes clean up these small barbarian tribes. It wasn't until 667 BC that the envoy of King Hui of Zhou had the time to meet Duke Huan of Qi. First, he said a lot of good things, promoted Duke Huan of Qi to rank, and then told his intentions to help Duke Huan of Qi teach the emperor a lesson. country.

Duke Huan of Qi fully agreed that this happened to be a good opportunity for him to serve the royal family and increase his influence. In the spring of the second year, Duke Huan of Qi led a large army to crusade against the state of Wei.Wei Huigong, who sent troops to help the prince, has been dead for three years, and Wei Yigong is now in power in Weiguo.Duke Wei Yi has just been a monarch for a few years, and his mind is relatively simple. He didn't ask why the overlord came to attack you, so he sent troops to resist without knowing how deep. The State of Wei was no longer a first-class power, but Duke Huan of Qi was on the rise in his career. The soldiers of the State of Qi were brave and good at fighting. After a beating, the army of the State of Wei fled back to the capital.

The army of the State of Qi approached the city, and Duke Huan of Qi loudly read the edict of the emperor's punishment to Duke Wei Yi on the tower. Only then did Duke Yi understand that his father had offended the emperor back then, and now the overlord has come to avenge the emperor. Duke Yi of Wei hurriedly apologized: "These are all disasters caused by the ignorance of the first emperor. The widow has not been on the throne for a short time. Where have I done anything disrespectful to the emperor? Please forgive the overlord and withdraw the troops for the time being. Weiguo From now on, I will listen to your words honestly, respect the king and fight against the barbarians, and dare not neglect."

When Duke Huan of Qi heard this, he wanted me to retreat. How could it be so cheap? If you don’t let some blood come out, let alone Zhou Tianzi’s disapproval, you can’t justify me.So he said to Wei Yigong: "Since you know your mistake, you must take practical actions. The emperor hates your Wei country now. If you don't express it, the widow will just go back, and the emperor will not be there. Promise. Otherwise, how about you go to Luoyi with me and plead guilty to the emperor?" Duke Yi of Wei shook his head like a rattle, going to Luoyi, wouldn't that be death?Back then, his father Wei Huigong almost killed King Zhou Hui. After King Zhou Hui was restored, whenever he mentioned this matter, his teeth itch with hatred.If you go to Luoyi at this time and fall into the hands of the emperor, will there be any good fruit to eat?Duke Huan of Qi said what was inside and outside, and Duke Wei Yi also understood what it meant.So he sent his prince to prescribe a prescription, and brought gold, silk, beautiful jade and beauties to apologize to Duke Huan of Qi.

Kaifang arrived at the military camp of Duke Huan of Qi and presented the gift, expressing Weihou's apology to the emperor.Duke Huan of Qi also treated Kaifang with courtesy, and asked him to go back and tell Marquis Wei that he must respect the royal family in the future, pay tribute on time, and do not neglect, otherwise the overlord will not let you go.The prescribing is of course a promise. After Kaifang finished his affairs, he sent his entourage back to the country to report the situation to the monarch, while he himself stayed in Qi Huangong's barracks.The next day, Duke Huan of Qi took a look, hey, why are you still wandering around in the barracks?I'm not keeping you as a hostage, so go back quickly.

Kaifang said, I don't want to go back anymore, I just want to hang out with you, the overlord. Duke Huan of Qi was puzzled, and asked him: "You are the prince of Wei, and you will succeed to the throne in the future. If you become the king, you will be on an equal footing with me. That's great. Why do you insist on running around with me?" ?” Kai Fang respectfully said: "Wei is a small country, and it is meaningless to be a king there. I was impressed by your magnanimity after I came to your barracks. The overlord of the Central Plains is really magnificent. I think, follow the overlord You go to witness a great cause, this is the pursuit of my life."

What Kaifang said was reasonable, and he really flattered Duke Huan of Qi. Duke Huan of Qi felt very comfortable listening to it.He smiled and said: "Okay, young man has ambition, then you can follow me. Your father Wei Hou will understand you." In this way, Kaifang followed Duke Huan of Qi, resigned from the job of the prince, and fired his father.Since Kaifang was able to give up the chance of being a monarch and was willing to follow Duke Huan of Qi, Duke Huan of Qi instinctively trusted Kaifang a little more.In addition, Kaifang is very good at using his brain, always pondering some interesting things, and teaching them to Duke Huan of Qi, which made him quickly become the favorite minister of Duke Huan of Qi. Kai Fang mixed with Yi Ya and Shu Diao, the other two favorites of Duke Huan of Qi, forming an "iron triangle".The three of them scrambled to accompany Duke Huan of Qi in his idle work.Tell Duke Huan today where the scenery is good and you can go for a tour; tell Duke Huan tomorrow where you saw a beautiful girl again, etc., so that Duke Huan of Qi was confused. Bao Shuya hates evil and doesn't rub the sand in his eyes. He looks down on these three lucky villains.Guan Zhong also hated them, but Guan Zhong knew that as the prime minister of a country, he had to be tolerant.Although Duke Huan of Qi is a king, he is also a human being after all, and a human being has his own preferences.Duke Huan of Qi just likes to play with these three villains. If you insist on twisting him to make him unhappy, wouldn't it be worse if he becomes psychotic and does something stupid?Therefore, it is the truth that the prime minister should be able to pull a boat in his stomach. Bao Shuya also knew that his being too principled was not entirely a good thing.He himself said that Guan Zhong could be a prime minister, but he himself could not.But Bao Shuya is still unavoidable to be a king, and at the same time he is also worried about the country.Guan Zhong persuaded him, anyway, with the two of us here, these three villains will not be able to go to heaven.After all, the monarch is still a sensible person, and he knows what is important, so let him have some hobbies of his own.Bad habits have to be corrected slowly, not overnight. Guan Zhong's analysis is good, these three villains really can't cause substantial damage to Duke Huan of Qi's flourishing hegemony.But behind the aura of Duke Huan of Qi's hegemony, the seeds of hidden dangers have been planted. The "three nobles" forces represented by Kai Fang, and the foreign son Tian Wan are taking advantage of the favorable opportunity of the continuous growth of Duke Huan of Qi's hegemony to accumulate their own strength.In time, they will set off a huge wave in Qi.