A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 91

Since Marquis Qi lost his aggressiveness and was greedy for pleasure, although Qi's strength has not declined, its threat has been greatly reduced.It's just that under Guan Zhong's governance, Qi State is still prosperous and prosperous.

For this situation, Wang Yong was not at ease.Because of the solid foundation of Qi State, and Guan Zhong's 40 years of painstaking governance, Qi State's strength can be said to surpass other countries by a large margin, and the only country that can surpass Qi State is Huai State.

However, in Bangzhou, Huaiguo can be said to be enemies on all sides. It's okay to win, but the consequences will be very serious if you lose.Although Qi State has lost its aggressiveness, as long as Qi Hou regroups, it will soon recover.

Therefore, Huai State did not relax its vigilance against Qi State. According to Wang Yong's idea, it was to let Qi State continue to slip into the quagmire.

Wang Yong then ordered Huai State's intelligence network to put eye drops on the five princes of Qi State, blow the wind, push the boat along the way, and let the five princes fight hard.

Qi State, Linzi.

It has been more than two hundred years since the first Marquis of Qi established the country here, and the mottled city walls tell the glorious history of the city.

This is a rare long-lived man of the Qihou family, and he is also assisted by the famous prime minister Guan Zhong, and the national power of Qi State is at its peak.But now Linzi looks like the mountains and rains are about to come and the wind is full of wind.

Marquis Qi is critically ill, the palace gates are closed, and there are five sons who are eligible to succeed him.

Originally, the eldest son Wukui was the most likely to inherit the position of Marquis of Qi, and Qihou also promised at the beginning that the son Wukui would be the crown prince, and the mother of the eldest son Wukui was the daughter of the Duke of Wei. No official edict was issued.

But the people of Qihou are old-hearted. Zheng Ji, son Zhao's mother, is young and beautiful, and she is also understanding. Qihou who serves her is very comfortable.

When people get old, they will become more and more confused, and their ears will become soft, so after being happy again, Zheng Ji flatters Qi Hou with soft words, and Qi Hou really likes son Zhao more.So he was persuaded by Zheng Ji to make son Zhao the crown prince.

Since then, Young Master Wu Kui is naturally unwilling, and Huai Country's spies are naturally clear, and Young Master Wu Kui is also fond of extravagance and forgets righteousness when he sees profit. It was beneficial, so he asked the spies to assist him, and suggested to him to make friends with Yi Ya and Shu Diao.

Both Yi Ya and Shu Diao are greedy for profit, with the help of Huai country spies, Young Master Wu Kui quickly made friends with them, and promised that they will be reused in the future.As for the other favorite minister of Marquis Qi, Wei Kaifang supported Prince Zhao because he hated Weiguo.

And the other young masters are also not easy-going lamps, and each of them has their own party members and officials to support them.Unwilling to give up the position of Marquis of Qi.

Originally, according to the normal procedure, Qihou was seriously ill, so it was natural to inform the inside and outside, so that Prince Zhao was ready to take the throne, but Yi Ya and Shu Diao, as Qihou's close attendants, had been bought by the prince without loss. Inside and outside, send someone to inform the young master that there is no loss.

Young Master Wu Kui had an internal response, so he took the first shot to gain the advantage and preemptive strikes.But the other young masters also reacted quickly, and immediately sent people to snatch it, and the whole Linzi became a battlefield.

Young Master Wu Kui announced that the Marquis of Qi had promised him to be the crown prince, and since he was the eldest son, he should inherit the position of Marquis of Qi.But the others were not convinced, saying that Marquis Qi was just joking at the beginning, without the edict, you are just talking nonsense.

Bang Zhou is indeed the eldest son inheritance system, and Qihou has no eldest son, so it is the eldest son inheritance.In this case, there are really many officials of the State of Qi who support him.

The whole Qi State fell into war, and no one cared about the sick Qihou in the palace.In order to obtain the position of Marquis of Qi, the son Wukui rewarded the nobles who supported him.

After receiving the promise from Young Master Wu Kui, these aristocrats supported Young Master Wu Kui one after another.Young Master Wu Kui's strength improved rapidly, and he defeated all four of his younger brothers in a row.The last four younger brothers could only escape from Linzi with the help of Huaiguo intelligence personnel and fled to other vassal states.

Young Master Wu Kui won the victory, and it was at this time that everyone remembered Qihou in the palace, but Qihou was already cold at this time, and even his body was already rotten.

Young Master Wu Kui had people restrain the bones of Marquis Qi, and he couldn't wait to ascend the throne of Marquis Qi.It was only after he became the Marquis of Qi that he discovered that in order to gain the support of the nobles, Young Master Wu Kui made wanton promises and gave those nobles too many benefits and rights.

If they all agree, he, Qihou, is almost a puppet.

Thinking of this, Young Master Wu Kui is not willing. He is now the Marquis of Qi, not a Young Master, so why should he bow his head to those nobles? Then the position of Marquis of Qi is not for nothing?
But at this time, Huai State, who had advised him at the beginning, remonstrated secretly: "Your Majesty is the Marquis of Qi, and your kindness comes from your superiors. How can you force your majesty to confer upon you?"

Immediately, Qihou Wukui found all kinds of excuses to directly deny the benefits and rights he had promised. Now, those nobles and officials were very angry.

Well, we spent money and energy to help you drive away your brothers and help you ascend to the position of Marquis of Qi. Now it’s all right, you’ve turned your face and don’t recognize anyone, right? Just wait for us!

Young Master Wu Kui didn't care about those nobles and officials, he still favored Yi Ya and Shu Diao, wantonly exploited the people of the country, and enjoyed extravagantly.

On the other side, Gongzi Zhao ran to Song State with the help of Huai State spies.When Qihou was still alive, he felt that Gong Zizhao was young and his elder brothers were not easy to save fuel, so he invited Song Gong to protect Gong Zizhao and help him ascend the throne. In addition, his mother was the daughter of Zheng Guogong's family. , So Gongzi Zhao sent someone to contact the mother clan Zheng Guo.

Song Gong immediately agreed. After years of development, the Song State was becoming more and more powerful. He immediately agreed to help Gong Zizhao regain the position of Marquis of Qi.So Duke Qi contacted Zheng Guo, Cao Guo, and Zhu Guo to escort Prince Zhao back home.

When the nobles of Qi State heard that Song Gong joined forces with Zheng State, Cao State, and Zhu State to attack Qi State, they were immediately happy.Don't you think that if you succeed Qihou, you won't be able to keep your word?This will let you know how great it is!
Young Master Wu Kui was furious when he learned that the coalition forces of the Song State and other countries were attacking, and directly conscripted a large army to fight against the Song State.As a result, since he came to the throne, he has favored Yi Ya and Shu Diao, and these two people took bribes wantonly, exploited the people, and provoked anger and resentment.

As a result, the morale of the army was low, while the morale of the Song State and other countries was high, and the nobles secretly supported it. As a result, the army of the Qi State was defeated. Killed for nothing.

Prince Zhao came to the throne with the help of Song Guo, Zheng Guo, Zhu Guo, and Cao Guo.Although the nobles of the Qi State turned against each other, but what these nobles did back then, Young Master Zhao did not forget.

Gong Zizhao is not a magnanimous person, not to mention these nobles betrayed him first, and then betrayed Gong Ziwu, how dare Gong Zizhao trust them.

So Gong Zizhao used the power of Song State, Zheng State and other countries to clean the court of Qi State, and then he was firmly seated as Marquis of Qi.

In the winter of Duke Huan's 43rd year, Duke Huan fell ill, and his close attendants Yi Ya and Shu Diao separated the palace gates. The five princes of Qi fought for the throne. Duke Huan starved to death. On the 67th day, the son ascended the throne without loss and buried Duke Huan.

In March, Song, Zheng, Cao, Zhu and other countries escorted Prince Zhao back to Song Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)