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In the twenty-second year of the reign of Lu Zhuang Gong (BC762), Lu Zhuang Gong's mother Wen Jiang died at the age of about fifty.

After the death of Qi Xianggong, Wen Jiang has been lingering among Qilu, and she occasionally goes to Linzi to visit Qi Huangong. There were a few times when Wen Jiang was dressed up particularly enchanting and glamorous, planning to use the means of seducing Qi Xianggong to deal with Qi Huangong. Although Duke Qi Huan's harem also had a few sisters from his own family, he stayed away from this dissolute and notorious sister, lest he have anything to do with her. This is because Qi Huangong thought she was an ominous person, and the people who were close to her before (Lu Huan Gong, Qi Xianggong) all died.

Duke Qi Huan gave her a lot of property, and kindly told her that if she needed anything, she just had to send someone to call for it, and she didn't have to work hard to come to Linzi in person.

Later, by chance, Wen Jiang got acquainted with a rather handsome court doctor in Juguo, and the two soon hooked up together, and the number of times she went to Juguo gradually increased.

In terms of Lu Guo, Lu Zhuanggong is very concerned about his mother; But he didn't dare to inquire about her, because everything Wen Jiang did made his face feel hot. Lu Zhuanggong also didn't know: whether his mother was abroad or at home, and could do less debauchery.

Now that Wen Jiang has finally died, Lu Zhuanggong breathes a sigh of relief with tears in his eyes; He ordered a general amnesty for sinners so that his mother's coffin could be brought back to China for burial.

This year, Lu Zhuanggong was ready to marry Qi Xianggong's daughter Ai Jiang. The family affair was settled when Qi Xianggong was alive, and at that time, Mourning Jiang was still wrenching his toes and spitting bubbles in the cradle, and now it is finally the year of Jilu.

Lu Zhuanggong began to prepare for marrying Wai Jiang, and the relationship between Qi and Lu warmed up sharply. During that time, Duke Lu Zhuanggong often visited the Qi Kingdom, and by the way, he visited his future wife. Mourning Jiang is an extremely beautiful and intelligent girl, she looks at her future husband with tenderness in her eyes, but physically she is far away.

Lu Zhuanggong was fascinated by her and couldn't wait to have something to do with her; But Duke Qi Huan did not allow the two to get along alone, and he especially liked to see Lu Zhuanggong's impatient and helpless appearance. Qi Huangong also praised the two of them for their unique husband and wife appearance and special similarity, but Lu Zhuanggong heard another meaning from it.

In the twenty-third year of the reign of Duke Lu Zhuang (BC671), Duke Huan of Qi invited Duke Lu Zhuang to the Kingdom of Qi to watch the sacrificial ceremony. However, Cao Di said that Guanshe is not something that a monarch should do, and the reason is the same as that of Zang Xibo's admonition to Lu Yingong and Tang Guanyu. And Lu Zhuanggong was as stubborn as his uncle, saying that the ceremony was an invitation made by Qi Huan Gong and a part of the political and metallurgical cultural exchanges between the two countries, and he must not refuse the good intentions of the great powers.

The sacrificial ceremony is solemn and solemn, but the large-scale temple fair activities after the ceremony are the focus. There were a lot of interesting performances at the event; You can also see all kinds of people from all over the world, and you can buy strange things from all over the world. It is also a place where young men and women meet and mingle, and people can choose their favorite objects to spend the night with; Of course, Lu Zhuanggong is interested in the last point. Immediately after the ceremony, he changed into the clothes of an ordinary scholar and disappeared into the crowd.

After dark, the entire city of Linzi becomes a boiling ocean, with the sound of silk and bamboo drums everywhere, and the wine shops and shops are overcrowded; The streets and alleys are full of lanterns; People are opening their doors, and even strangers passing by can casually walk into a house and have a few drinks.

At noon the next day, Lu Zhuanggong finally covered his waist and dragged his heavy steps back to the pavilion.

After Lu Zhuanggong returned to China, people found that he had learned a lot of bad things from the people of Qi. You must know that the Lu State Office has always been known for advocating "Zhou Li" and advocating frugality, while the Qi State Office has always advocated simple etiquette and doing what you want; The people of Lu pursue to eat well, while the people of Qi pay attention to drinking well; This is because Lu is a large agricultural country, while Qi is a commercial country.

The extravagance of the Qi people is closely related to the economic policies implemented by Guan Zhong. It turned out that the Qi State had earned a huge amount of money through international trade, and this money had been piled up in the treasury, and Guan Zhong thought that if the money was not circulated, it would be better to destroy it.

Some of this money was used to make friends with the powerful ministers of various countries, but most of the money was still used at home. The problems that had previously occurred with the vassal states that could only be solved by force were now resolved by using a part of the trade surplus; The office vigorously built infrastructure and developed armaments, and promoted extravagant consumption. In the end, it was so extravagant that you had to paint the shell before boiling the eggs, and you had to carve patterns on the wood before burning the wood. The purpose of this is to make money circulate.

Lu Zhuanggong was constantly amazed at the way of life of the Qi people. He felt that he was simply an old hat compared to Qi Huangong. As a result, his whole person has changed, and he has also begun to wear gorgeous court clothes and use exquisite tableware, in his eyes, the doctors of Qi are the real nobles, and the doctors of Lu are all scum.

Later, Lu Zhuang Gong painted the pillars of the Huan Gong Temple with red lacquer. You must know that the pillars of the royal temple are only blue-gray! Painting solemn buildings in joyful and festive colors was a ridiculous thing that only the unrestrained Qi people could do at that time.

This is not the end, Lu Zhuanggong next ordered someone to engrave the rafters of Huangong Temple with patterns. You must know that in order to promote frugality, the Zhou people stipulated that the rafters of the princes' Taimiao were not allowed to be polished, let alone finely carved.

The doctor Yusun said: "Frugality is a great virtue, and extravagance is a great evil." The first monarch of the Lu State had great virtues, but the prince showed great evil, I'm afraid it can't. ”

In the autumn of this year, Duke Lu Zhuang finally married Wai Jiang back to Lu State. In order to show his attention to the newlyweds, Lu Zhuanggong summoned all the wives of the doctor with the same surname to meet her, and the gifts exchanged between these women were jade silks when they met.

The royal grandson also said: "Gifts among men, precious jade silk, ordinary birds and birds; Between women, all they do are hazelnuts, chestnuts, dates, and dried meat. Nowadays, men and women give the same thing, that is, there is no difference between men and women! The distinction between men and women is a major festival of the country; Now that there is chaos because of Mrs. Jun, I'm afraid it's not good, right? ”

Lu Zhuanggong kept doing things that were not in line with Zhou etiquette in the following time. On the first day of June in the 25th year of the reign of Lu Zhuang Gong (May 27 in 669 BC), there was an annular solar eclipse, and Lu Zhuang Gong ordered people to beat drums at the shrine, slaughter animals, and sacrifice to the shrine god. This style of play is estimated to have been learned from the Qi people. Because the "Zhou Li" stipulates that drums should be beaten in the middle of the court, and jade silk should be used to worship in the shrine.

In the autumn of that year, the country of Lu suffered a rare flood, and Lu Zhuang Gong used some strange ways to make sacrifices. The people of Lu even had a hallucination, thinking that the guy who behaved strangely was not a descendant of Zhou Gong, but a Dongyi man wearing a Lu costume.

There are more and more such violations of "Zhou Li" committed by Lu Zhuanggong: the instigator abroad is Qi Huangong, and the domestic one is mourning Jiang. Later, it was widely believed that leading Lu Zhuang Gong to depravity was one of a series of means used by the Qi people to weaken the Lu State.

Although the people of Qi did not easily resort to force against the princes, they would never allow other countries to compete with them. Qi generally uses economic means to weaken the national strength of other countries, and those means are concealed and extremely damaging, making his national defense invincible.

Lu is the main soft target of Qi, so let's take a more typical incident as an example.

A kind of exquisite silk fabric called "Lu Min" produced in Lu State is particularly loved by the world, and Guan Zhong ordered people to buy Lu Min at a high price in Lu State. The Lu people tasted the sweetness, and they were going to love the Qi people to death for a while.

The whole people of Lu immediately threw themselves into the vigorous production movement, so thousands of households started looms day and night, and the people of Qi sold silk and looms to Lu country. Because the Lu people abandoned their business, the fields of the Lu country were later full of weeds; The walls were destroyed and no one repaired them; The weapons and armor were neglected, and many of them were rusty and moldy; People don't want to do other work, they just want to get rich overnight.

Seeing that the goal had been achieved, Guan Zhong suddenly announced that he would immediately stop the acquisition. The result is that the Lu people spent a huge amount of manpower and material resources to produce the Lu people piled up but no one cared about it, and all other industries were abandoned. The people of Lu want to cry without tears; The Qi people were also very "aggrieved", they complained: Lu people only pursue quantity and do not pursue quality, resulting in excessive production of Lu Min; Lu Min has become synonymous with inferior quality and high price.

There are many similar things, as long as they find an opportunity, the people of Qi will spare no effort to harm the Lu country.

The two countries of Qi and Lu intermarried for several generations, but they were in a state of hostility for a long time; And most of the gentlemen and ladies who married into the Lu country did not have a good ending.

Lu Huan's Duchess Wen Jiang has died in a foreign land; Duchess Lu Zhuang mourned Jiang and was executed for participating in the murder of Lu Mingong; Duchess Lu Wen mourned Jiang because her two sons were murdered by the Gong clan and returned to Qi and died in grief and loneliness; Lu Xuan's wife Jiang was placed under house arrest by Duke Cheng to death because of her son Lu Chenggong's rebellion. Therefore, there is no such thing as "the good of Qilu" in the world, and the establishment of these marriage relationships seems to be to make it easier to harm each other.

This year, Jin Xiangong killed the sons of the group.