When Gao Zhuangzi's cronies asked him how to end the rebellion of the Five Princes, he said: "Internal strife needs external treatment. ”

There was a reason why Duke Qi Huan chose Song Xianggong as the foreign aid of Prince Zhao. In the fourteenth year of the reign of Duke Lu Zhuang (BC680), Duke Huan of Song was severely taught a lesson by the princes led by Duke Huan of Qi for "vainly trying to restore Yin Shang"; The Song State was forced to submit, so there was the Ju Alliance. When Song Huan Gong attended the alliance meeting, he deliberately brought the underage prince Zi's father.

His father was shocked by the momentum and demeanor of the Qi people, and from then on he was determined to become a monarch like the Duke of Qi Huan. After that, he moved closer to the Qi country in an all-round way, he married the princess of the Qi country, and his life was basically Qi country.

Duke Qi Huan found many ancient virtues in Song Xianggong, he was humble and diligent, liked to help others, and kept his promises; These virtues are hard to find in today's monarchs, even crown princes. Duke Qi Huan also took into account the traditional alliance between the two countries and the strong strength of the Song State, and finally decided to hand over the fate of the crown prince to Song Xianggong.

Song Xianggong did not regard this entrustment as a burden, but as a glorious mission; He was so excited about the arrival of Prince Zhao that some people thought he was gloating.

Song Xianggong thought that there would be no chance of winning the war with the strength of the Song State alone, so he decided to bring in a few more friends to support him; By the way, the leader is in the limelight. He sent envoys to Cao, Yi and Wei, and asked the three kingdoms to send troops to appease and fight together.

Song Xianggong and Gao Zhuangzi's messengers secretly traveled between the two countries. In the blink of an eye, the five princes were still confronting each other, and they had no intention of reconciling. Gao and Guo decided to end this scandal that was ridiculed by the world as soon as possible. The two and the officials changed into mourning clothes and carried a huge coffin to the palace in a car. None of the five princes who were on guard around the palace dared to stop them, and the team entered the palace gate and parked the coffin car in the middle of the square.

Gao and Guo gathered the five princes in the center of the square, and they saw that these people were scarlet-eyed, unkempt, and in a trance, and they were exhausted by long-term tension and fatigue.

Gao Zhuangzi said: "Whoever among the sons finally becomes the monarch, he should think about the country, right?" Just when the sons are fighting for power and profit, people all over the world are watching you make a fool of yourself and see the jokes of the country! I have heard rumors that it must be the worst of you who will take the throne in the end, because that person can win a struggle worse than anyone else!

"Oh my God! This is the world's evaluation of the new monarch of Qi Kingdom! Don't talk about the hegemony of Qi and the support of the princes, just talk about the love of the people and the recognition of the officials, can you get those?

"So, put an end to all this before we completely lose the hearts and minds of the people, and before the Qi country is occupied! The bones of the ancestors are still rotting in the dormitory, and the ghosts are still roaming the sky. Even the ancestors were not buried, who would dare to call themselves the heirs? ”

The sons are indeed powerless to stalemate any longer, and the strength that has supported them to survive until now is not so much faith and will, but more machinery and numbness. They fell to the ground, their eyes glazed over, as if they had lost their souls. Gongzi Yuan was the first to shed tears, and the brothers and doctors couldn't help but start crying, and the soldiers threw down their weapons one after another, and everyone was immersed in an atmosphere of grief.

The sons' sanity is finally back to normal. Kai Fang invited the two secretaries aside to discuss for a while, then turned around and announced that he was the king. The fourth prince acquiesced to this result, and the son led the hearse to the dormitory without loss.

This day was December 14, a full sixty-seven days after the death of Duke Qi Huan. People can smell the gagging stench of corpses from a long distance; When I came to the door, I found that a large number of corpse insects crawled out of the cracks in the door and died in front of the door; After people walked into the dormitory, they saw that Qi Huangong's body had rotted into a puddle of mud, and corpse insects were crawling all over his body; But the face of the palace maid is lifelike, lonely and attentive to guarding the body of the monarch.

After the small burial ceremony, the people suspended the follow-up ceremony and prepared to face the Song army instead. The sons showed their magic powers, and invited rescuers from Lu and Di respectively from the country.

It wasn't until the body was collected for Duke Qi Huan that Gongzi figured out that the prince was originally let go by Gao Zhuangzi. This news shocked him into a cold sweat, and he decided to get rid of Gao Zhuangzi before the enemy army arrived.

As mentioned earlier, Kaifang has no loss in pro-Gongzi on the surface, but actually belongs to Gongzi Pan's party; Although he is not the same as Gao Zhuangzi, he believes that Gao Zhuangzi is the main force against the lossless and cannot be easily killed; Therefore, Kaifang leaked this secret to Gao Zhuangzi, hoping that the two forces would fight.

"If acts of righteousness and courage can be condemned to death, then the judge himself should go to hell." Gao Zhuangzi was furious, he decided to strike first, and the United Nations returned to his father to kill him without loss.

However, Guogui's father thought that this matter was not suitable for brute force, and he said that there were too many enemies without loss, and the prince also had his own power; It is better to stir up the innocent enemies to do what they want.

The two secretly contacted the Cui clan and other anti-Wuqi forces, providing them with weapons and information, and Wuwu's attention was on Song Jun and Gao Zhuangzi, and they had no time to spy on the others; As a result, he encountered a plot and died during a certain inspection of defense.

The death of no loss caused the Qi country to fall into a state of ownerlessness again. However, at the current critical juncture of the great enemy, the four princes abandoned their previous suspicions, closely united, respected Gongzi Yuan as the leader, and jointly fought against the invading enemy.

On the other hand, the death of no loss made the confidence of Prince Zhao's henchmen in the country double, and these people were so incompetent that they wanted to expel the fourth prince. They also united some forces against Wugong, and incited the countrymen to attack the fourth prince, but few responded; The armed forces of the fourth prince annihilated those people with a single charge.

The sons learned the ins and outs of being killed without loss from the captives, and then they knew that Gao and Guo had always been loyal to Prince Zhao. The four sons were greatly panicked, but considering their own character and the reputation of the other party, they never dared to attack the two.

The fourth prince later relieved the second secretary of military power, and obtained the eldest son of the two as a hostage, so he put his mind at ease and went all out to fight against the invaders.

In the spring of the eighteenth year of the reign of Duke Lu (BC642), the four kingdoms of Song, Wei, Cao, and Di jointly attacked Qi, and Duke Lu sent troops to aid Qi at the request of the four princes. The Four-Nation Coalition met at Juan and then stationed there. The Lu army had already set off at this time under the leadership of Gongsun Ao. The Qi people found that Judi was on the route of the Lu army, and if the Lu army was blocked, it would inevitably fail; The fourth prince then led his division to rush over, preparing to meet the Lu army at Juan and start a decisive battle with the coalition army.

In the summer of May, the Qi division arrived in Juandi, while the Lu army was still on the way. Song Xianggong decided not to give the Qi division a chance to breathe, and the Song army launched a surprise attack while the enemy army was not firmly established; The Qi division was unstable and defenseless, and suddenly collapsed like a tide. Gongsun Ao did not dare to move forward when he received the news of the defeat of the Qi division, and immediately turned around and returned to China.

The location of the battle was painstakingly chosen by Song Xianggong. Because just thirty-eight years ago, the Song State was forced to sign the "Humiliation Alliance" in Juandi, officially respecting the Qi State as the leader of the Chinese Alliance; Today, however, he has humiliated the defeat of his former allies, which is of extraordinary historical and political significance. As the person who was ready to take over the overlord of Duke Qi Huan, Song Xianggong's heart was full of small pride.

The remnants of the Qi State were about to flee into Linzi, but they found that the Gao clan and the Guo clan had taken over the state power, and the fourth prince did not dare to enter the city, so he chose to go into exile. The sons released the eldest son of the detained Gao and the country; In return, the second secretary pledged to protect the safety of the exiles' relatives who remained in the country.

Gao Zhuangzi led an army to bring back Prince Zhao from the coalition forces. Song Xianggong still wanted to move on, but the Qi people reminded him that the mission of the Song army had been completed, and the army would be regarded as an aggressor if it did not withdraw from the Qi state immediately. Song Xianggong muttered: "What are the people in the chaotic state? If there are no widows, your son will destroy his country. ”

At the end of May, the crown prince was established for the filial piety of Qi.

"Filial piety" is human nature, which should be advocated but not worth showing off. After calling him a filial father, maybe because the other sons are not filial, and he is only this to boast about compared to his brothers, right?

The early years of Qi Xiaogong's reign were accompanied by fierce bloody winds. The person who gave up his dignity to escape death, once he has mastered the supreme power, will inevitably use his blood to wash away the shame he suffered before.

The members of the opposition were almost slaughtered, and the mothers of Wuyi and Gongziyuan were also tragically killed, and many innocent people were also implicated. However, because of their keen sense of smell and flexible legs, the three thieves of Kaifang have long escaped without a trace.

At the beginning of July, Qi Xiaogong personally led the army to encircle and suppress the four brothers, and Beidi sent troops to rescue him; The two sides engaged in a fierce battle, and the Qi division returned defeated. Gao Zhuangzi took the opportunity to persuade Qi Xiao to strengthen the people, take maintaining hegemony as the primary task, and stop getting entangled in the grievances and grievances between brothers. In this way, the great turmoil caused by the change of regime was quelled.