Just as the people of Jin, who had been hegemonic for many years, were losing their hearts, and the Chu State, a powerful country in the south, was almost destroyed, the Qi State, which had been dormant for many years, quietly revived. The accession of a heroic lord made the people of Qi see the dawn of hegemony again.

, however, the British Lord’s accession to the throne was an accident caused by civil strife.

Duke Tang of Qi and Dong Guo Yan were related. Duke Tang’s wife was Dong Guo Yan’s sister, and Dong Guo Yan was Cui Zhu’s retainer. Cui Zhu was an important minister of Qi with outstanding political achievements and great military exploits in foreign campaigns. He won the favor of Duke Lin of Qi.

Cui Zhu often accompanied Prince Guang to visit other vassal states. After the death of Duke Linggong of Qi, Prince Guang ascended the throne and was known as Duke Zhuang of Qi in history.

Duke Zhuang of Qi loved Cui Zhu as much as his father, and the relationship between the king and his ministers was extraordinary.

Let's talk about the death of Duke Tang. Dong Guo Yan and Cui Zhu went to express their condolences. After seeing Duke Tang's beautiful wife, Cui Zhu was moved, so he hinted to Dong Guo Yan that he wanted to marry his sister. Dong Guo Yan was a smart man, and he was very fond of his sister.

The Book of Changes has a lot of research on divination, so he said to Cui Zhu: "When a man is married and a woman is married, not only must the family match, but also the surname must be identified, and the name must match before you can marry. I am a descendant of Duke Huan, and you are a descendant of Duke Ding. You must not marry."

We are related. If you don’t believe it, you can use divination to see good or bad luck.”

After Cui Zhu returned, he divined and found that the hexagram "Kun" turned into "Da Guo". Many Taishi believed that this was a good omen. Only Song Wenzi looked worried and said to Cui Zhu: "My husband is like a gust of wind.

If your wife is blown away, you will not be able to marry. The line of this hexagram says: 'Trapped by stones, stuck in the thorns, you can't see your wife when you walk into the house.' This is a sign of bad omen. Being trapped by stones

Being sleepy means that if you go there, you will definitely fail. Staying in the thorns means that the things you rely on will be in people's hands. Walking into the house and not seeing your wife is a bad omen, which means that you will not be able to

Home can be returned.”

Cui Zhu was already obsessed with Tang's wife at this time. He completely ignored what Song Wenzi said and refuted him: "Tang's wife is a widow. Her dead husband has fulfilled her bad omen. What's the harm in me marrying her again?"

So not long after, Cui Zhu held a wine banquet to marry Tang Gong's wife Tang Jiang.

Unexpectedly, what Song Wenzi said was true. Since Cui Zhu was an important minister of Duke Zhuang of Qi, Duke Zhuang of Qi often went to Cui Mansion to meet with him. When he saw Cui Zhu's beautiful wife, Duke Zhuang of Qi was salivating. He came and went with Tang.

Jiang has a problem with being stubborn.

Every time Duke Zhuang of Qi went to Cui's house to have an affair with Tang Jiang, he would give one of Cui Zhu's hats to others. His servants thought that Duke Zhuang did this inappropriately and advised him not to humiliate Cui Zhu like this. But Duke Zhuang did not

He was proud of this and still went his own way. When Cui Zhu learned about this, although he dared not say anything in front of him, he hated Duke Zhuang deeply in his heart and wanted to find an opportunity to kill him.

At this time, there was an internal turmoil in the Jin State. Duke Zhuang of Qi wanted to take the opportunity to destroy the State of Jin, so he sent troops to attack the capital of the State of Jin. Cui Zhu secretly thought that he could kill Duke Zhuang of Qi to please the State of Jin, but he never had a good idea.

Opportunity. Finally one day, Cui Zhu found an attendant named Jia Ju. Jia Ju had just been whipped by Duke Qi Zhuang, so he had a grudge against him, so he colluded with Cui Zhu to discuss killing Duke Zhuang of Qi.

plan.

In a blink of an eye, it was May. On this day, Duke Zhuang of Qi hosted a banquet in Beicheng to entertain Ju Zi, who came to see him. Cui Zhu said he was ill and did not come. The next day, Duke Zhuang of Qi came to Cui Mansion to visit the sick Cui Zhu. The name was actually a visit.

He took the opportunity to have an affair with Tang Jiang. Tang Jiang entered the room, Cui Zhu walked out gloomily, and Duke Zhuang of Qi was so happy that he patted the pillar and sang.

At this time, Jia Ju asked Duke Qi Zhuang's entourage to retreat outside the door. He walked into the room with several soldiers and closed the door. When Jia Ju and the soldiers entered the room, they saw Duke Qi Zhuang having fun and took out his horse.

Seeing that something was wrong, Duke Zhuang of Qi quickly jumped onto the high platform and begged Jia Ju to spare him from death, but no one agreed. Duke Zhuang of Qi also requested to commit suicide in the Ancestral Temple, but he still refused, saying: "Master Cui Zhu is very ill now.

We can't do what you asked. We were ordered to patrol the night to search for promiscuous people. No other orders are known." Seeing that there was no hope of survival and no hope of death, Qizhuang Gong jumped over the wall to escape. At this time, someone

The arrow hit his thigh, and Duke Zhuang of Qi fell into the wall. Everyone rushed up and killed him.

Cui Zhu did not bury the body of Duke Zhuang of Qi in the north of the city, but buried it in the Scholars and Suns. The burial objects included four long-handled fans, no weapons or armor, and only seven dilapidated cars were used as burial objects.

After the death of Duke Zhuang of Qi, Cui Zhu launched a "purge". Jia Ju, Zhou Chuo, Bing Shi, Gongsun Ao, Feng Ju, Duofu, Xiang Yi, and Xiu were all killed. Zhu Tuo's father, who rushed to recover, returned

He was killed in Cui Zhu's home without taking off his official hat. As an official in charge of fisheries, Shen Kuai said to his head retainer: "You quickly take my wife and children and run away. I am prepared to die." But the head retainer said:

"I can't just leave you, it would be too immoral." So Shen Kuai and the chief retainer both committed suicide.

Taishi clearly recorded in his record of this incident that it was Cui Zhu who killed Duke Zhuang of Qi. So Cui Zhu killed Taishi. Later, Taishi's younger brother followed in his elder brother's footsteps, and both brothers died at the feet of Cui Zhu.

Later, another brother of Taishi also recorded that Cui Zhu killed

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Cui Zhu let go and did not investigate the incident of Duke Qi Zhuang this time. Nanshi had previously heard that the Taishi brothers had been killed by Cui Zhu, so he angrily took the bamboo slips he had written and went to seek justice, but he heard that in the end

After recording it according to the true situation, Nan Shi returned happily.

Lu Qiuying wanted to escape, so he wrapped his wife in a car curtain and put her in the car, and then fled in a hurry with Shen Xianyu. On the way, Shen Xianyu threw Lu Qiuying's wife out of the car.

, and then said: "The monarch is stupid and ignorant, and we cannot correct his mistakes. When the monarch is in danger, we cannot rescue him. When the monarch is killed, we cannot die for the country. Now he is running away in embarrassment, but he only knows how to use his wife in a car."

Wrap it up, no matter where we end up fleeing to, who is willing to accept us?"

The two carriages arrived at the narrow road in Yanzhong and were ready to rest for the night. Lu Qiuying said: "Cui Zhu, Qingfeng may come to hunt us down!" Shen Xianyu said without fear: "If it is the two of them who come,

We have the same number, so why should we be afraid?" So the two of them stayed. After eating and feeding the horses, they fell asleep with their heads resting on the reins. When they woke up, they continued on their way. When they arrived in Yanzhong, Shen Xianyu said: "We want to

Speed ​​up, Cui Zhu, if Qingfeng sends people, we will not be their opponent." The two drove the carriage to the state of Lu.

Yanzi stood outside the door of Cui Zhu's house. The attendant said: "Are you ready to die to thank the country for its kindness?" Yanzi said: "The monarch is not my own monarch, why should I die?" The attendant said: "Are you ready to run away?" Yanzi said:

"I am not guilty, why should I run away?" The attendant asked again: "Are you going back?" Yanzi said: "The monarch is gone, where can we go back? Since the monarch is called a monarch, is it just to order the people? Comply.

Public opinion and managing the government are the main tasks. As a minister, is it just to get a salary? Assisting the monarch to make the country prosperous and strong is what a minister should do. If the monarch dies for the country and flees for the country, then we

It is worth dying for him and fleeing. If the monarch dies because of himself, then except those whom he loves very much, who dares to bear this responsibility? If others kill because of the new monarch

If I killed him, then why should I die for him? Run away for him? Where can I return?"

The door of Cui Zhu's house opened. Yan Zi went in and cried loudly, leaning his head on the leg of the corpse. Cui Zhu's men suggested that he kill Yan Zi, but Cui Zhu said: "He is a person supported by the people. If I kill him

, wouldn’t it mean that we have lost the support of the people?”

After the death of Duke Zhuang, Cui Zhu supported Duke Jing to inherit the throne, and he became the prime minister, while Qing was appointed the left prime minister. They made an appointment with the people in the country to form an alliance in Taigong's ancestral temple. Cui Zhu and Qing consolidated their power in the court. At this time, Yanzi

I can only look up to the sky and sigh: "If the baby does not adhere to the people who are loyal to the emperor and benefit the country, God will bear witness!"

Qi Jinggong was originally the youngest son of Qi Linggong and was not qualified to inherit the throne. However, he was able to ascend the throne because of this civil strife. It was a blessing in disguise and he picked up a pie that fell from the sky. However, at this time, the state of Qi was still in the hands of powerful ministers.

To truly gain power, Qi Jinggong still has a long way to go.

After Qi Jinggong came to the throne, because he was still young, the power of the court fell into the hands of Cui Zhu. Cui Zhu was dictatorial and persecuted dissidents. Qingfeng wanted to bring down this biggest political enemy in the court, so he tried every means to kill Cui Zhu to replace him.

s position.

At this time, there was civil strife in Cui Zhu's family. Qingfeng thought this was a good opportunity to get rid of Cui Zhu. He secretly colluded with the Cui family's children, financed Cui Zhu's legitimate son Cui Cheng and Cui Qiang, and killed Cui's retainers.

Tang Wujiu and Dongguo Yan. After hearing this, Cui Zhu felt angry and very sad. He informed Qingfeng of the tragedy at home. Qingfeng knew nothing about it and said to Cui Zhu: "These two

The traitors dare to do the following, I am willing to help you teach them a lesson!" Cui Zhu believed Qingfeng naively and said: "If you can help me get rid of these two traitors, I am willing to let my son Cui Ming recognize you as my son.

Foster father."

After receiving Cui Zhu's permission, Qingfeng immediately summoned the soldiers at home and asked his retainer Lu Pu'ao to lead a group of troops to kill Cui Zhu's wife, concubines, and family. He took all the chariots, horses, and weapons for himself, and set fire to Cui Zhu's house.

The next day, Qingfeng came to Cui Zhu with the heads of Cui Cheng and Cui Qiang. Cui Zhu burst into tears when he saw the heads of his two sons. At this time, he regretted letting Qingfeng do this, but because of the previous

I had already promised Qingfeng, so I suppressed my grief and thanked Qingfeng.

On the way home, Cui Zhu was overly sad and finally realized that this was Qing Feng's plan, but it was too late and he hanged himself in the car.

After Cui Zhu's death, Qingfeng took control of the country, but Qingfeng was not very interested in government affairs. He drank and had fun all day long, rode horses and hunted, and left all the affairs of the country to Qingshe. Later, Qingfeng came to Qingshe with his wives and concubines.

Lu Pu'a's family enjoyed themselves for many days. If there was any important matter in the court that Qing She could not decide, officials would go to Lu Pu'a's home to pay a visit.

At this time, Qingfeng issued an order saying that anyone who was on the run and knew the news about Cui Zhu's party could return to the country to report and be exempted from previous charges.

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Lu Pugui then returned to the state of Qi and became a retainer in Qingshe's family. Lu Pugui was very capable and was highly regarded by Qingshe. Later, Qingshe married his daughter to Lu Pugui.

At this time, other retainers in Qingshe's family asked Lu Pugui: "Marriages are often avoided within the same clan, and intermarriage between people with the same surname is taboo, but why don't you care about this?" Lu Pugui said: "Since even the clan does not avoid me,

, what should I avoid? This is like writing poetry, sometimes we will take it out of context. Now I just need to do what I should do. I don’t have the heart to care so much about things of the same sect or different sects." Later,

Lu Pugui recommended Wang He to Qingshe, saying that he asked him to return to the country. Later, both of them were reused by Qingshe and became personal guards.

When Doctor Qing dines at the imperial office, he should have two chickens every day, but people often secretly replace them with two ducks in the kitchen, and take out all the meat, and only give Doctor Qing soup. Qing

Doctor Ziya and Ziwei were very angry when they found out the truth.

Qingfeng told Lu Pu'a about this, and Lu Pu'a said: "Compare them to animals. Today I will sleep on their fur." ​​So Lu Pu'a conveyed the matter to Xi Gui's father.

, and asked him to tell Yan Pingzhong: "We can't be used by others yet. Even if we say that we are very talented, we don't have any good ideas. But we swear we will not reveal a word of these secrets." Xi Gui's father said: "Now that the words have been said,

For this reason, I absolutely believe in your character."

Later, Lu Pu'ao informed Beiguo Ziche about this, and Ziche said: "Everyone has a different way of serving the king. This is what I can do."

All these situations made Chen Wenzi very worried. He said to Chen Wuyu: "I'm afraid a national disaster is about to happen. What can we get?" Chen Wuyu said: "We got a hundred carts of wood from the Qingfeng family on the street.

Chen Wenzi said: "You can just keep it cautiously."

In fact, Lu Pugui and Wang He were not of the same mind as Qingshe. Lu Pugui wanted to avenge Qizhuang Gong. He recommended Wang He to Qingshe in order to have a helper to eliminate Qing's influence in the court.

On this day, Lu Pugui and Wang He performed divination in order to get rid of Qingshe. They showed the divination to Qingshe and said that it was a divination performed by someone for revenge. One day, Qingfeng came to the vegetable field to hunt, and only Chen Wuyu was there.

Follow. At this time, Chen Wenzi called Chen Wuyu back. Chen Wuyu asked Qingfeng for leave and said: "My mother is sick and I hope to go back to visit." Qingfeng then gave Chen Wuyu's mother a divination, and the result was a death divination, and Qingfeng also

He felt very sad, so he asked him to go back. When Qingsi heard that Chen Wuyu was not with Qingfeng, he felt deeply that something bad had happened. He quickly informed Qingfeng and asked him to go back, otherwise a big disaster would definitely happen during the Autumn Festival.

If we go back at this time, the disaster can still be avoided.

But Qingfeng didn't listen to Qingsi's words at all. Qingsi said helplessly: "I have to escape. If I can escape to Wu State and Chu State, my fate will be great." After Chen Wuyu crossed the river, he moved the bridge and boat

All destroyed.

Lu Pujiang said to Lu Pugui: "If you want things to succeed, you must tell me everything." Lu Pugui then told Lu Pujiang the matter. Lu Pujiang said: "My father is a character.

For a stubborn person, others will not persuade him, so let me give it a try."
To be continued...