After Ji Wenzi expelled Gongsun Guisheng (Gongzi Sui's son), Sanhuan gradually became the de facto ruler, and Ji became the leader of Sanhuan. Later, at the instigation of Ji Wuzi, Sanhuan "divided the office", and the state of Lu officially transitioned from the monarch to the oligarchs: Sanhuan divided the country's land and army, and in order to maintain the decent life of Luhou, Sanhuan paid a certain amount of taxes to the office. As for the subsequent "four-division office", it was just a redistribution of power among the three Huan, and it had nothing to do with the monarch's half a dime.

But Sanhuan's attitude towards the office is not the same, and the relationship between them is not monolithic. The Ji family has always tried to monopolize power, wanting to change the Lu State to the "Ji State", so it both squeezed out the Mengsun clan and suppressed the Shusun clan; The uncle and grandson still belong to the "royalist faction" in their bones, and the reason why the uncle and grandson leopard participated in the three-branch office was out of necessity (otherwise they would not be able to safeguard the interests of the monarch); The Mengsun clan is the weakest and can only go with the flow.

The monarchs and ministers of the Lu State held four ancestor worship ceremonies every year, the monarch held the ceremony in the first month of each quarter (Mengyue), and the princes and doctors held the ceremony in the second month (Zhongyue). During the ceremony, a dance team was required to perform the "Ten Thousand Dances", and the performers of the Son of Heaven at that time were eight hundred (eight or two people each), six hundred princes, four hundred princes, and two scholars.

In the first month of the spring of the twenty-fifth year of Lu Zhaogong (BC518), Lu Zhaogong was going to sacrifice his father Lu Xianggong. After the ceremony began, Lu Zhaogong ordered the performance of "Ten Thousand Dances" to begin. As a result, when the actor came on stage, he couldn't believe his eyes - the number of people present was only two.

Lu Zhaogong was furious and immediately ordered the rest of the people to be arrested. Leguan prostrate on the ground and explained: "The Ji family also worships their ancestors today; The rest of the team members did not despise the monarchy, but were borrowed by the Ji family! ”

Lu Zhaogong said angrily: "The Ji family borrowed four hundreds, wouldn't that become eight hundreds?" Ji's not only wants to be Lu Hou, but also wants to be the son of heaven! ”

Zang Zhaobo said: "The Ji family made the prince unable to sacrifice to the ancestors, and he should be held responsible!" ”

But Lu Zhaogong didn't dare to offend Ji after all, so he had to wait for Ji Pingzi to return to the band before starting to perform. This incident became the fuse of the conflict between the monarch and the minister, and Lu Zhaogong began to brew a plan with the doctors to get rid of Ji Pingzi.

Ji Pingzi has two uncles, namely Ji Gonghai and Ji Gongniao. Ji Gongniao married Ji Ji, the daughter of Qi Dafu Bao Guo, and after Ji Gongniao's death, Ji Gonghai, Gong Sizhan and Shen Yegu jointly assisted Ji Gongniao's son in managing the family.

Ji Ji lost her husband in the prime of life, and she was in full bloom, and soon hooked up with the retainer who was in charge of the diet.

The scandal gradually reached Ji Gonghai's ears, and although he had no direct evidence in his hands, he believed that this kind of thing was destined to happen to the widow. Ji Gonghai told her in private that if she continued to commit adultery with others, he would kick her out of the house and make her mistress have to live in bed for the rest of his life.

Ji Gonghai is a notoriously conservative and rigid old aristocrat, Ji Ji was frightened, she thought about it, and decided to give it a go and get rid of Ji Gonghai and his henchmen.

At that time, Qin Ji, the wife of Dr. Lu, was Ji Pingzi's younger sister, and Ji Ji and Qin Ji had a very close relationship, and the two were good sisters who talked about everything (except for adultery).

Ji Ji then ordered her personal maid to whip herself with a rattan stick, tore her clothes, smeared her makeup, and made her look hurt to see Qin Ji again. With tears in her eyes, she said, "Hai actually wants to occupy me, and if I don't agree, I will be beaten like this!" I don't dare go home! And he knows that if I come here, he will kill me! ”

Qin Ji was angry and immediately took her to her brother's house to complain. Ji Pingzi was not there at the time, and his other uncle Ji Gongruo happened to be in the mansion, so Ji complained to Ji Gongruo again, framing Gong Sizhan and Shen Yegu for helping Ji Gonghai rape him.

Ji Gongruo was furious, his temper and temperament were exactly the same as Ji Gonghai, and he couldn't bear such a scandal in his family, so he also became an accuser. As a result, without any direct evidence to prove it, the crimes of Ji Gonghai and the three were confirmed.

Ji Pingzi arrested Gong Sizhan and Shen Yegu and detained them separately. Only then did Ji Gonghai know that he had become a suspect in the "rape" attempted case for no apparent reason, so he went to Ji Pingzi's house to defend himself, and asked Ji Pingzi to listen to the statements of Gong Sizhan and Shen Yegu. Ji Pingzi asked his uncle to return home first, saying that he would personally interrogate the two.

But this was just Ji Pingzi's delaying tactic, he had actually interrogated the two, and both of them firmly denied the accusations and exposed Ji Ji's adultery with his retainers. Ji Pingzi couldn't help but regret his reckless behavior, but he would never admit that he had made a mistake, let alone offend the Bao family of Qi State because of it.

But Ji Gongruo, who learned the truth, ran over and insisted that Ji Pingzi immediately correct his mistakes, he said: "The Holy King can't guarantee that he won't make mistakes, let alone the master!" If the master knows his mistakes and corrects them, he will be praised and supported by the people of the doctor's country; Otherwise, the Lu people will be deceived up and down, and the text will be exaggerated. It will be difficult for the Master to get the truth in the future, and it will be impossible to correct it when the time comes! ”

Ji Pingzi had made up his mind, and he even coaxed and persuaded Ji Gongruo away. "But who let Ji Ji sue first! Uncle is wronged! Ji Pingzi thought so, so he ordered to kill the witnesses and kill them.

Ji Gonghai heard the wind and hurried to see Ji Pingzi, but Ji Pingzi's retainers blocked him from the door. Ji Gonghai knelt in front of the door and cried: "The master killed two people, just like killing me!" "But there is no power that can stop Ji Pingzi from killing. After the two innocents were killed, Ji Gonghai and Ji Gongruo both hated Ji Pingzi to death.

Ji Pingzi's other enemy was Yu Zhaobo.

At that time, the country of Lu, the court and the opposition were particularly popular cockfighting games, the noble doctors hired people to raise and train cockfighting, there were also many gamblers who made a living from cockfighting, there were several cockfighting arenas built in the capital, and the fighting cocks with excellent records could be fried to the price of several cows. Before the start of the game, everyone from the secretary to the pawn can place bets, the winner is happy, and the loser is angry.

On this day, Ji Pingzi and Yu Zhaobo agreed to hold a cockfighting competition with unlimited rules, and the bets on both sides were somewhere in their own courtyard. The tournament was held in the largest cockfighting ring in the capital. Ji Pingzi specially made a delicate leather armor for the cockfight for this game (which shows that he is not shameless); Yu Zhaobo secretly put a copper toenail sleeve on the fighting. The toe sleeve is short and sharp, and it is impossible to see it without looking closely.

The game began, with two fighting cocks flapping their wings, blowing up their feathers, cooing, jumping up and down. After more than a dozen rounds, Ji Pingzi found that the situation was not right, although the opponent's cockfight could not hurt the position protected by leather armor, but the copper toenail had seriously injured the opponent's eyes and cut the carotid artery.

Ji Pingzi hated defeat like this. But he vaguely saw the flash of light on the toes of the opponent's fighting, so he grabbed the chicken and checked it, and as a result, Yu Zhaobo's little trick was debunked. Ji Pingzi was furious, carrying the cockfight with his neck broken to show the audience, and the scene suddenly boiled, and the losers and winners were all facing various sundries such as the husk of Yu Zhaobo. He had to flee the scene in disgrace under the protection of his retainers. Ji Pingzi announced on the spot that Yu Zhaobo had cheated, disqualified him, and took away the courtyard that the other party took out as a bet.