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Guan Zhong's proposal to respect the king. But the landlord's statement is not quite right. Guan Zhong was a politician, and Guan Zhong's real political intention was not to seek the hegemony of the Qi State, but to "respect the king" and consolidate the Zhou royal family.

At that time, the strength of the surrounding ethnic minorities was actually not strong, and the general vassal states could cope with it.

Respect the king. Respect the king", respect: respect. Resist, repel, resist. The original meaning of this allusion was to honor the king of Zhou as the lord of the Central Plains and defend against the northern nomads. Later, it became synonymous with forming a national united front in the face of foreign invasion.

Qi Huan Gong and Guan Zhong.

Since the Duke of Qi Huan came to power, with the assistance of Guan Zhong, he has undergone many reforms in internal affairs, economy and military, and has a strong material foundation and military strength.

"Respect the king", that is, to respect the power of the king of Zhou and maintain the patriarchal system of the Zhou dynasty. In 655 BC, King Hui of Zhou had the intention of appointing another crown prince. The Qi Huan Guild gathered the princes and monarchs at the head and allied with Zhou Tianzi to determine the legitimacy of the crown prince.

In the following year, Duke Huan of Qi led a coalition army to attack Zheng Guo because of the arrest of Duke Zheng Wen. A few years later, Duke Huan of Qi led many monarchs to make alliances with the doctors sent by King Xiang of Zhou, and established the throne of King Xiang of Zhou. In 651 BC, the Duke of Qi Huan summoned the kings of Lu, Song, Cao and the king of Zhou, Zaikong, to meet in Kuiqiu.

On behalf of the king of Zhou, Zhou Gongzai officially crowned the Duke of Qi Huan as the chief of the princes. In the autumn of the same year, Duke Huan of Qi presided over the Alliance of Kwai Hill as the overlord. After that, when there was an infringement on the authority of the Zhou royal family, the Duke of Qi Huan would inquire and stop it.

"Conquer Yi", that is, to resist the invasion of the princes of the Central Plains by the nomadic Rong and Di and the southern Chu state outside the Great Wall. In 664 BC, the mountain Rong felled Yan, and the Qi army rescued Yan. In 661 B.C., the Di people attacked Xing, and the suggestion of the Duke of Qi Huan to "please save Xing" repelled the Di soldiers who destroyed the capital of Xing, and established a new capital for the Xing State in Yiyi.

The following year, Di people attacked and defended, and Wei Yigong was killed. Duke Huan of Qi led the vassal states to build a new capital in Chuqiu for the Wei State. After years of hard work, the Duke of Qi Huan made a powerful counterattack to the repeated northern invasions of the Chu State, and in 655 BC, the allied army attacked Chu, forcing the Chu State to agree to pay tribute to the Zhou royal family, and the Chu State also expressed its willingness to join the alliance headed by the Duke of Qi Huan and obey the command of the Qi State, which is the Zhaoling Alliance.

The battle of Chu suppressed the northern invasion of Chu and protected the Central Plains.

The policy of "respecting the king and conquering the king" implemented by the Duke of Qi Huan made his hegemony more legitimate and reasonable, and at the same time protected the economic and cultural development of the Central Plains. It has made great contributions to the survival of Chinese civilization.

The three vassal states that were eliminated during the reign of Duke Huan of Qi during the reign of the Central Plains were the Tan State, the Sui State, and the Yan State. Among them, the geographical location of Tan State is roughly Zhangqiu District, Jinan, Shandong, Suiguo is about to be in the area of Ningyang and Feicheng in Shandong, and Yan Guo is probably in the area of Dongping County, Tai'an, Shandong. <>

Duke Huan of Qi was forced to flee the state of Qi due to civil strife in his early years, and in the course of this escape, he went to the state of Tan. But at that time, the monarch of Tan Guoguo didn't care much about him because he saw that Qi Huan Gong was in a depressed situation, so Qi Huan Gong did not stay in Tan Guo for a long time. Later, Duke Huan of Qi successfully inherited the throne of Qi, and also governed the Qi State better and better with the assistance of Guan Zhong.

At this time, Duke Huan of Qi recalled what Tan had done to him, so he launched an attack on Tan in 684 BC. The weak Tan State did not last long before it was wiped out by the Qi State, and the monarch of the Tan State was forced to flee to the Ju State. <>

The Sui Kingdom was destroyed by the Qi State in 681 BC. In the spring of this year, Duke Qi Huan believed that the strength of Qi had increased greatly, so he took the lead in initiating an alliance, known as the "Beixing Alliance" in history. At that time, most of the vassal states invited to participate in this alliance were small countries, and Suiguo was one of the invitees.

However, Sui Guo did not attend the meeting. Seeing this, Qi Huan Gong was naturally quite dissatisfied, so after the end of this alliance, he ordered troops to attack Suiguo. It didn't take long for the Sui State to be wiped out by the Qi State.

The vassal state of Yan actually has a lot of roots with the Qi State. The history of the Yan Kingdom can be traced back to the 11th century BC, and it was later incorporated as a dependency of the Qi State during the reign of the Emperor of Qi. After that, the place was divided among the grandsons of the Duke of Qiding.

This man's name was Jiang Hu, and he established the state of Yan here after he was enthroned. In this way, the state of Yan and the state of Qi are regarded as the same clan and clan. However, when the reign of the Yan State passed to the reign of the Duke of Hu, the Duke of Qi Huan ruthlessly wiped out the Yan State, specifically in 664 BC.

The demise of the Tan State, the Sui State and the Yan State was undoubtedly a stepping stone on the way to the hegemony of the Central Plains by the Duke of Qi Huan, and the Duke of Qi Huan did develop the State of Qi into the overlord of the Central Plains as he wished.

Tan State, Sui State, and Yan State, throughout the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, continued to expand their territory, and in terms of strength, he was also stronger than other surrounding countries, so his advantage in war was very obvious.

Qi Huan made great efforts to govern the country, appointed Guan Zhong as the prime minister, and implemented changes to promote the gradual strengthening of the Qi State. On this basis, the Duke of Qi Huan played the banner of "respecting the king and destroying the country", the princes of Jiuhe, pacified the civil strife in the Song Dynasty, attacked Shanrong in the north, and attacked the Chu State in the south. In the early Spring and Autumn Period, in the process of dominating the Central Plains, the Duke of Qi Huan also easily eliminated three vassal states, namely Tan State, Sui State, and Yan State, however, compared with the Jin State, Chu State, Qin State and other large countries, the Qi State where the Duke of Qi Huan was located, the number of vassal states eliminated was not large.

The state of Tan, as well as the state of Yan, and the state of Sui, after expanding the territory of the state of Qi, these three countries were small in size and relatively weak in strength.

China in the Song Dynasty before the due to the soldiers and horses were raised by the local self!

As a result, the soldiers and horses only adopted his people and did not recognize the emperor!

This is what you can see before the Song Dynasty palace coups were very frequent! For example, Wang Mang usurped the throne, such as Dong Zhuo's chaotic government! The Tang Dynasty was even more so!

The reason is that 1, but some people jumped out to oppose the imperial court, and the local government is actually not very interfering! And after the Song Dynasty, there was almost no such thing, because it was pointless to just control **, and the local troops were all the emperor's people!

Except for a few periods, such as when Liu Bang was alive or during the reform of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty!

Most of the time, the control of the place is limited rather than absolute!

As for the Zhou Dynasty, it was because King Zhou Youwang lost to Inu Velvet, and after that, the prestige of the Son of Heaven was greatly lost, and it slowly declined!

But in fact, before Zhou Tianzi didn't have the ability to command the countries!

The vassal states fought against each other, resulting in one side being too powerful.

A landmark event in which Zhou Tianzi lost control.

In the Western Weekend Year, King Zhou Youwang Fenghuo played the princes, lost his credibility, and the capital of Haojing was broken, and King Zhou Ping had no choice but to move the capital to Luoyang and rely on Zheng Guo.

Zheng Guo and the Zhou Dynasty sent each other sons, and the contradictions began to deepen at this time.

Zheng Zhuang Gong was dissatisfied with Zhou Tianzi, harvested wheat in the territory of the Zhou Dynasty, King Zhou Heng sent troops to defeat and failed, and was shot in the shoulder Qi Huan Gong convened the princes to join the alliance, and Zhou Tianzi also participated.

King Chuzhuang asked the weight of Jiuding.

1. The state of Qi is a big country in the east of the mountain, rich in fishing salt, rich in economy, and rich in the east. (The economy is the foundation).

2. After Qi Huan Gong ascended the throne, Guan Zhong was appointed as the prime minister. Third, Guan Zhong actively reformed internal affairs, developed production, reformed the military system, formed a standing army of 30,000 people, and strengthened training. In a few years, Zheng Wang, a wealthy soldier of Qi State, was strong. (Reform and opening up, development is the last word).

Fourth, Qi Huan Gong shouted that Sun relied on his strong strength, used Guan Zhong's strategy, and called for "respecting the king and destroying the country" to develop the power of Qi State. (Correct strategy, peace and development are the trend of the world).

The relationship between the princes and the emperor of Zhou during the Spring and Autumn Period was.

The princes no longer obeyed the commands of the Son of Heaven.

Instead, the Son of Heaven was attached to powerful princes.

The princes are in their own way, and the strong are the hegemons.