Bao Shuya was a famous minister of Qi State during the Spring and Autumn Period. In his early years, he had a good relationship with Guan Zhong, and was praised as "Guan Bao's friend". Later, he and Guan Zhong assisted Qi Huangong, making Qi State become the "Spring and Autumn Period" The first of the "Five Hegemons".
In 723 BC, Bao Shuya was born in Qi State. His father was Bao Jingshu, a doctor of Qi State. He had been good friends with Guan Zhong since childhood. Guan Zhong's family was poor, and Bao Shuya often helped him. Later, Bao Shuya was unwilling to become an official. It was under Guan Zhong's persuasion that he embarked on an official career and chose to assist Xiaobai, the third son of Duke Xi of Qi. Guan Zhong and Zhaohu helped the second son of Duke Xi of Qi to correct the problem.
After the death of Duke Xi of Qi, his eldest son Duke Xianggang of Qi came to the throne. Duke Xianggang of Qi was immoral and immoral. He had an affair with his own sister Wen Jiang and killed people at will. Everyone was in danger and fled abroad to escape. . Prince Jiu was assisted by Guan Zhong and Zhao Hu and fled to the state of Lu, while Prince Xiaobai was assisted by Bao Shuya and fled to the state of Ju.
In 686 BC, Prince Wu Wu sent his son Peng Sheng to kill his sister's husband Duke Huan of Lu because he had an affair with his own sister. He then killed Duke Xiang of Qi and killed Peng Sheng in order to apologize. He became the king of Qi. Soon, because Wuzhi had abused Yong Lin, the official of Qi State, Wuzhi was also killed by Yong Lin. Therefore, Qi State has no king.
After hearing the news, Prince Jiu and Prince Xiaobai, who were both in exile abroad, wanted to return home and become the king of Qi. Bao Shuya was very anxious, so he persuaded Xiaobai to return home quickly and drove Xiaobai himself, driving to Qi State day and night. Guan Zhong also heard the news about Xiaobai's return to China, and personally led more than 30 military chariots to intercept Xiaobai halfway.
When Xiaobai's chariot and horse arrived more than 30 miles north of Jimo, Guan Zhong led his men to fight out. Guan Zhong stretched his bow and arrow, and shot Xiaobai with an arrow. Xiaobai fell to the ground in response. Guan Zhong thought that Xiaobai had been shot to death, so he led his men back.
Guan Zhong, Gongzi Jiu and his party thought that Gongzi Xiaobai was dead and there was no competition, so they hurried on their way without any hurry. It took them six days to reach Qi State. Unexpectedly, Qi State had already established a king, and the new king was Gongzi. noob.
It turns out that the young master Xiaobai was not shot to death by Guan Zhong. Guan Zhong shot an arrow on the hook of his clothes. He was so anxious that he bit his tongue and pretended to be dead and fell down, thus deceiving Guan Zhong. After this, Prince Xiaobai and Bao Shuya became even more vigilant and quickly marched towards Qi State.
When they arrived at Linzi, the capital of Qi State, Bao Shuya went to the city to persuade them. Qi State's Zhengqing Gao Xi and Guo Shi both agreed to support Xiaobai as the king. So the young master Xiaobai entered the capital and successfully ascended the throne as Duke Huan of Qi.
After Lu learned that Qi had a new king, he was furious and immediately sent troops to attack Qi. Duke Huan of Qi personally led his army to fight, and defeated the Lu army at Qianshi (Linzi, Zibo, Shandong), and took the opportunity to capture Wenyang of Lu (Wenyang, Feicheng, Tai'an, Shandong).
Bao Shuya wrote a letter to the State of Lu, saying: "Young Master Jiu is the brother of the Lord of Qi. He cannot bear to kill him. Please kill him yourself. Zhao Hu and Guan Zhong are the enemies of the Lord of Qi. Please kill them." They were imprisoned and given to the state of Qi, and the king of Qi wanted to kill them himself. Otherwise, the state of Qi would send troops to attack the state of Lu again. "
The state of Lu was afraid of defeat, so he killed the prince Jiu and summoned Hu to serve as his minister. Li committed suicide and died. The State of Lu knew that Guan Zhong was a great talent, and if he was reused by the State of Qi, he would become a serious trouble to the State of Lu, so he wanted to kill Guan Zhong as well. However, Bao Shuya emphasized in his letter that the king of Qi hated Guan Zhong deeply and wanted to kill him personally. Zhaohu had already committed suicide. The state of Lu was not easy to explain to Qi, so he imprisoned Guan Zhong and sent him to Qi.
Duke Huan of Qi wanted to kill Guan Zhong, but Bao Shuya persuaded him: "If you just want to govern Qi well, then Gao Xi and I are enough. If you want to dominate the world, then you must have Guan Zhong." Duke Huan of Qi obeyed. On Bao Shuya's suggestion, he released Guan Zhong from the prison car regardless of the previous suspicion, and worshiped Guan Zhong as his prime minister, calling Guan Zhong "Father Zhong", and appointed Bao Shuya as his great admonisher.
Guan Zhong also recommended five outstanding talents to Duke Huan of Qi: Gongsun Xipeng, Ning Qi, Prince Chengfu, Bin Xuwu, Dongguo Ya. At this point, with the help of Duke Huan of Qi, Guan Zhong, Bao Shuya and others, the state of Qi became increasingly powerful.
After that, Duke Huan of Qi used the banner of "respecting the king and repelling the barbarians", and successively attacked and destroyed Tan, Sui, Zhang and other countries, and held the Beixing Alliance; he also defeated the Lu State and formed an alliance with the Lu State; and quelled the civil strife in the Song Dynasty. They formed an alliance in Juandi; they also formed an alliance in Youdi, and established Qi's position as the first overlord of the Central Plains; they rescued the Yan State, defeated the Shanrong, and defeated the Di people, and reestablished the two kingdoms of Xing and Wei. country; he also raised troops to attack Cai, and formed an alliance at Yanggu; he attacked Chu to rescue Zheng, and established an alliance at Zhaoling; he also established an alliance at Tao, and established an alliance at Emperor Zhou; and he formed an alliance at Kuiqiu. , being rewarded by the Emperor of Zhou, Duke Huan of Qi's hegemony reached its peak.
Duke Huan of Qi asked again: "How about Shu Diao ?" Guan Zhong said: "He castrates himself to please the monarch. "What about the witch?" Guan Zhong replied: "Life and death are inevitable, and diseases are caused by human body disorders. If the monarch does not let nature take its course and protect the foundation, but must rely entirely on the witch, then he will do anything to the monarch. ”
Duke Huan of Qi wanted to pass the prime ministership to Bao Shuya, but Guan Zhong thought that Bao Shuya’s upright character would easily offend the monarch, so he made Gongsun Xipeng the prime minister. A month later, Xi Peng passed away, and Duke Huan of Qi insisted on making Bao Shuya the prime minister. Bao Shuya said that you can be the prime minister, but you must resign Yi Ya, Kai Fang, and Shu Diao. Duke Huan of Qi did so, but after a while, Duke Huan of Qi thought of the benefits of the three of them and recalled them.
Not long ago, in 644 BC, Bao Shuya died of depression because of this incident.
Only one year later, in 643 BC, Duke Huan of Qi was critically ill. His five sons all wanted to succeed to the throne, and the concubines in the harem also helped their sons seize the throne. Three treacherous officials, Yi Ya, Kai Fang, and Shu Diao, joined forces with the harem to imprison Duke Huan of Qi in the palace, and ignored him. , Duke Huan of Qi starved to death. After two months, the deposed Duke of Qi won without any loss and became the king of Qi.
At this time, Duke Huan of Qi had been dead for more than two months. He had been lying on the bed for sixty-seven days. His body had already rotted, and the ground was covered with maggots. The maggots even crawled out of the window. The scene was in a mess and too miserable to be seen. Qi Jun had no idea. Fortunately, the body of Duke Huan of Qi was hastily collected.
It is true that "Xiao He succeeds and Xiao He fails." With the assistance of Bao Shuya and Guan Zhong, Duke Huan of Qi gradually became the overlord of the Spring and Autumn Period. Later, Duke Huan of Qi refused to listen to the advice of Bao Shuya and Guan Zhong, so he died miserably. Without Bao Shuya, Duke Huan of Qi would not have become the overlord of the Spring and Autumn Period.
