The Duke of Qi suddenly took action against the nobles and nobles of the country, and wiped out the Tian family, the strongest among them. The Qi State Office, which was already in decline, immediately became famous.
Moreover, the demise of the Tian family shocked other ministers and nobles in Qi State, which made the ministers who were also encroaching on the rights of the official family afraid to invade again.
Although Qingmiao Loan did not help the people reduce their burden, it also filled the treasury of Qi State. Coupled with the help of Yanzi, Qi State began to gradually become stronger and stronger after experiencing civil strife.
The turmoil in Qi State had a great impact. After four hundred years of state and Zhou enfeoffing the world, the offices of many vassal states have declined, and the officials in the country have great power. There are also some vassal states where the battles between the kings and the nobles have become increasingly fierce.
But this was the first time that someone like Qi Hou had taken the initiative and uprooted the Qingshi family. This incident spread quickly among the states of Zhou and Zhou, and many of them were affected.
You know that Qi has this kind of problem, does it mean that other countries don’t have it? Jin and Lu had something to say.
After the news that the Marquis of Qi had killed the Tian family and wiped out their entire family, the Qing clan of Jin State was very frightened. They recalled the time when Jin Jinggong sent troops to kill the Zhao family. If Han Jue hadn't asked for it, the Zhao family would have been killed. I'm just afraid that my family will be wiped out. But even so, Zhao only had one child left.
Last time, Han Jue helped, but Jin Jinggong was soft-hearted and retained a Zhao family bloodline, but what about next time? This made the Jin officials shudder.
Ji Huan, one of the Three Huans of the State of Lu, summoned all the leaders of the Three Huans to discuss: "The Marquis of Qi killed the Tian family, destroyed their family, exterminated their descendants, and took away all their land. What did the Tian family do?" He wants to buy people's hearts and steal some office rights, but is what he does as serious as us?"
"You must know that we fought against Duke Zhao and expelled him from the State of Lu. We joined forces to govern. Later, although we lost strength due to the Yanghu Rebellion and had to hand back some of our rights, will the monarch let us go? ?」
"If the monarch strikes first and takes advantage of us, what will happen if we are defeated?" Everyone was silent for a while.
"Look at Tian's fate. All his heirs are dead and their bloodline is cut off. If we also lose, our fate will be worse than Tian's."
Everyone felt chills in their hearts after hearing this. The things they did in Lu State were worse than the Tian family. If Lu Gong came to power, they would definitely die without a burial place.
Thinking of this, everyone made up their minds. Immediately, the Prime Minister Ji Huan said coldly: "The king is not in good health. I heard that Huaigong has a famous doctor. It will be Huaigong's birthday in a few days. I will take the king to Huaiguo to pay tribute. By the way, I will ask Huaigong to send a doctor." Diagnosis and treatment is what our loyal ministers should do."
After the Marquis of Qi executed the Tian family, more than a month later, on Huai Gong's birthday, Lu Gong and the Prime Minister went to Huai State together. Lu Gong took a boat down the Si River, crossed the Huai River, passed through Hangou, and entered the Yangtze River.
After entering the Yangtze River, it seems that Lu's shipbuilding technology was not good enough. The ships could not withstand the wind and waves in the river. Lu Gong's boat was overturned by the wind and waves, and Lu Gong drowned in the river.
When Lu Gong drowned, Ji Huan was so sad that he had no choice but to go to Huai State on behalf of the monarch. After congratulating Huai Gong, Ji Huan led his people back to Lu State, and then supported the two-year-old son to ascend to the position of Lu Gong.
Because Lu Gong accidentally drowned, the officials of Lu State blamed themselves, resigned from their official positions, returned to their respective fiefdoms, and never left their homes again. Instead, he let his son inherit the throne.
In addition to Lu, Jin's reaction was somewhat intriguing.
The Six Ministers system of the Jin State has made the Six Ministers of the Jin State soar in strength. Although the strength of the Qing clan has weakened after Jin Jinggong's attack, after Duke Li of Jin, the strength of the Six Ministers of the Jin State has grown rapidly, and now they are no longer strong.
Nowadays, the only area under the jurisdiction of the Marquis of Jin is the area dozens 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 the Jin State, not the four ministers of the Jin State.
As for the original Six Ministers, they have been defeated in the struggle for power over the years and have been annexed by the other Four Ministers.
After seeing the great changes in Qi, the four ministers of Jin also had other thoughts in mind. By this time, their four families had developed to the limit. It can be said that if they don't advance, they will retreat.
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When this happened, Zhi, the most powerful of the four ministers of Jin, summoned the other three ministers of Han, Zhao, and Wei for discussion.
"The decline of the Jin State. Decades ago, the Jin State was also the hegemon in the world. Why has it become like this now? I think it is because of the decline of the Jin Marquis."
"I advocate that every family should give a hundred miles of land and households to the Marquis of Jin. This will make the country strong."
Of course, the other three families did not believe what the Zhi family said. Now the Zhi family was the strongest and held the power of the Jin State. They ceded the land to the public office, saying that it would be controlled by the Duke of Jin, but in reality? Duke Jin had no rights at all, and these lands were ultimately controlled by the Zhi family.
To put it bluntly, the Zhi family's strength has increased, while the strength of the other three families has weakened. Originally, the Zhi family was the strongest family. If they agreed, the Zhi family would become even stronger.
The three families were all worried that their strength would decline after losing their land, and they were unwilling to give up their fiefdoms. However, the three families were not united, and the Han family had already ceded the land and household registration to the Duke of Jin.
The Wei family was also afraid of the Zhi family's power, so they could only recognize it through their noses and cede their land and household registration to the public office.
When the Zhao family arrived, the head of the Zhao family felt that if the compromise continued, the Zhao family would eventually be destroyed by the Zhi family. So I refused directly.
This happened to fall into Zhishi's calculation. After seeing the Marquis of Qi destroy the Tian family, Zhishi knew that it was time for Zhishi to make a choice. If he could not go further, he would be replaced by someone else. So he came up with this strategy to annex 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 the other families. If they refuse, then they can recruit the other two families to attack the other family, and then the three families will divide it. At that time, the Zhi family will still be the strongest and can continue to annex the remaining two families.
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 very strong. The three coalition forces attacked and were unable to defeat the Zhao family for a while.
After the two sides were in a stalemate for a period of time, the Zhao family secretly sent people to contact the Han family and the Wei family.
"Han Gong and Wei Gong, today the Zhi family is strong but our three families are weak. If our Zhao family perishes and the Zhi family is even stronger, how can the Han family and the Wei family be Zhi family's rivals then?"
"I'm afraid that after the Zhao family is destroyed, the Han family and the Wei family will be next."
The heads of the Han family and the Wei family were unwilling to attack. After hearing what the Zhao family said, they immediately felt that it made sense, and immediately decided to join forces with the Zhao family and sneak attack on the Zhi family.
