A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 165 The kingdoms are in chaos, and the three families are divided into Jin Dynasty

The Duke of Qi suddenly took action against the nobles and nobles in the country, and wiped out the strongest among them, the Tian family.The Qi State Office, which had been declining day by day, immediately became famous.

Moreover, the demise of the Tian family deterred other nobles and nobles in Qi, which made the nobles who were also eroding the power of the public office dare not invade again.

Although the Qingmiao Loan did not help the people reduce their burdens, it also filled the treasury of Qi State. With the help of Yanzi, Qi State gradually became stronger after experiencing civil strife.

The turmoil in Qi State had a great impact. After 400 years of enforcing the world under state and Zhou, the offices of many vassal states have declined, and the nobles in the state are in control of the power.There are also some vassal states where the struggle between the monarchs and the nobles has become increasingly fierce.

But it was the first time for people like Qi Hou to act first and uproot the Qingshi family.This incident quickly spread among the countries of Bangzhou, and many of them were affected.

You must know that Qi has this kind of problem, is it true that other countries are gone?The state of Jin and the state of Lu have something to say.

After the news that Marquis Qi killed the Tian family and destroyed his entire family, the Qing family in the Jin state was very panicked. They remembered that when Jin Jinggong sent troops to kill the Zhao family. I'm afraid they will be wiped out.But even so, Zhao has only one child left.

The last time Han Jue helped, Jin Jinggong was soft-hearted and left Zhao's blood, but what about next time?This made the officials of the state of Jin shudder.

Ji Huan, one of the prime ministers of the state of Lu, called all the leaders of the three Huan together to discuss and said: "Qihou killed the Tian family, exterminated his family, exterminated his descendants, and took all his land. What did the Tian family do? He wants to buy people's hearts and steal some office rights, but is what he did as serious as us?"

"You must know that we were the Duke of Hezhao and expelled him from the state of Lu. We joined forces to govern. Later, although our strength was lost due to the Yanghu Rebellion, we had to return some of our rights, but will the monarch let us go? ?”

"If the king strikes first, what will happen if we are defeated?" Everyone was silent for a while.

"Look at the end of the Tian family. All the children are dead and the bloodline is severed. If we also lose, the end will only be worse than that of the Tian family."

Everyone felt chills when they heard this. What they did in Lu State was worse than Tian's. If Duke Lu came to power, they would definitely die without a place to bury them.

Thinking of this, everyone has made up their minds, and then the Prime Minister Ji Huan said coldly: "The monarch is not in good health. I heard that Duke Huai has a famous doctor. It will be Duke Huai's birthday in a few days. Take the monarch to pay tribute to the country of Huai. By the way, Duke Huai will send a doctor. Diagnose and treat, this is what our loyal ministers should do."

After Qi Houzhu killed the Tian family, more than a month later, on the birthday of Duke Huai, Duke Lu went to Huai State with the Prime Minister. Duke Lu took a boat from Surabaya, crossed the Huai River, passed Hangou, and entered the Yangtze River.

After entering the Yangtze River, it seems that Lu's shipbuilding technology was not good enough, and the boats could not withstand the wind and waves in the river. Duke Lu's boat was overturned by the wind and waves, and Duke Lu drowned in the river.

Duke Huan of Lu was drowned, and Ji Huan was so sad that he could only go to Huai State instead of the king. After congratulating Duke Huai, Ji Huan led the people back to Lu State, and then supported the two-year-old son to ascend the throne of Duke Lu.

Because of Duke Lu's accidental drowning, the nobles of the State of Lu confessed their guilt, resigned from their official posts one after another, and returned to their respective fiefs without going out.Instead, let his son inherit the throne.

Apart from Lu, Jin's reaction was somewhat intriguing.

The Jin State’s Six Ministers System has made the strength of the Jin State’s Six Ministers skyrocket. Although the strength of the Qing family was weakened after Jin Jinggong’s attack, after Jin Ligong, the strength of the Jin State’s Six Ministers has grown rapidly, and now it is too big to lose.

Now the area under the jurisdiction of the Marquis of Jin is only the area of ​​tens of miles around the two cities of Quwo and Jiangcheng.As for the rest of the land, it was controlled by the Six Ministers of Jin, not the Four Ministers of Jin.

As for the original Six Ministers, they have been defeated in the struggle for power and profit over the years and have been annexed by the other Four Ministers.

After seeing the great changes in Qi State, the Four Ministers of Jin State also had different thoughts in their hearts. By this time, their four families had developed to the limit, and it can be said that if they do not advance, they will retreat.

After seeing this situation, the Zhi family, the most powerful of the four ministers of Jin, called the other three ministers of Han, Zhao and Wei to discuss.

"The state of Jin is in decline. Decades ago, the state of Jin was also the overlord of the world. Why is it happening now? I think it is because of the weakness of the Marquis of Jin."

"I advocate that every family should give up a hundred miles of land and household registration to the Marquis of Jin, so that the country will be strong."

Of course, the other three families did not believe what the Zhi family said. Now the Zhi family is the strongest, holding the power of the Jin country, ceding the land to the public office, saying that it is for Jin Gong to control, but in reality?Jin Gong has no rights at all, and these lands are ultimately controlled by the Zhi family.

To put it bluntly, the strength of the Zhi family has increased, while the strength of the other three has weakened.Originally, the Zhi family was the strongest family. If they agreed, the Zhi family would be even stronger.

The three families were worried that their strength would decline after losing the land, and they were unwilling to give up their fiefdoms. However, the three families were not in one mind, and the Han family had already ceded the land and household registration to Duke Jin.

The Wei family was also afraid of the power of the Zhi family, so they could only recognize it by nose, and ceded the land and household registration to the government.

When they arrived at the Zhao Clan, the patriarch of the Zhao Clan felt that if the compromise continued, the Zhao Clan would eventually be destroyed by the Zhi Clan.So it was rejected directly.

This happened to fall into Zhishi's calculations. After seeing Qihou destroying Tianshi, Zhishi knew that it was time for Zhishi to make a choice. If he couldn't go further, he would be replaced by others.So I came up with this strategy and annexed several other companies.

If the other three families donate their land, the Zhi family's strength will continue to increase, and it will not be difficult to attack other families at that time. If they refuse, then they will attract the other two families to attack the other family, and then the three families will divide it up.At that time, Zhishi will still be the strongest, and can continue to annex the remaining two.

The Zhi family immediately summoned the Han family and the Wei family to send troops to attack the Zhao family. Because of Jinggong's destruction of Zhao, the Zhao family built the place where the family lived was very strong.The three coalition forces were unable to break through the Zhao family for a while.

After a stalemate between the two sides for a period of time, the Zhao family secretly sent someone to contact the Han family and the Wei family.

"Han Gong and Wei Gong, today the Zhi family is strong and our three families are weak. If my Zhao family perishes and the Zhi family is even stronger, then how can the Han and Wei families be the opponents of the Zhi family?"

"I'm afraid that after the Zhao family is destroyed, the Han family and the Wei family will be next."

The Patriarchs of the Han and Wei Clans were unwilling to attack. After hearing what the Patriarch of the Zhao Clan said, they immediately felt that it made sense, and immediately decided to join forces with the Zhao Clan and attack the Zhi Clan.

(End of this chapter)