There are ways to speak and speak skills

Chapter 22 How to Deal with Unconventional Things→The Law of Empathy (3)
In fact, there are many such examples in history, and the most famous one is the incident during the reign of Emperor Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty.

Yingzong personally conquered Oirat and was captured by Oirat in Tumu. This is the famous "Civil Change". The leader of Oirat also hijacked Yingzong first and approached Beijing. The situation was urgent.Yu Qian said to the envoy: "Depending on the blessing of the gods of the country, we have a new emperor."

The envoy saw that the Ming Dynasty had established a new king and was ready to stick to the capital, so he had no choice but to return it to Yingzong.

During the struggle for hegemony between Chu and Han, Xiang Yu captured Liu Bang's father and wanted to threaten Liu Bang, so he threatened to cook Liu Bang's father.Liu Bang said: "We were sworn brothers, and my father is your father. If you must cook your father, share a cup of broth with me!"

It is precisely because of Liu Bang's apparent indifference that his father was able to return safely, which can be regarded as a desperate attempt.

Psychological tips:

It can be seen from this that if Yu Qian, Liu Bang and others do not follow the trend and confuse the other party's way of doing things, but simply confront each other, the final result may be death, or even simple failure.

The character and psychology of the other party is the best breakthrough for us to do things.No matter who we are dealing with, we should first find out the other person's temperament and psychology at that time. Based on this, we can follow the trend and prescribe the right medicine, so that it will be easy to "cure the disease with the medicine" and succeed in doing things.

There is a way to advance and retreat by pretending to be crazy
There is a folk saying that "a good man does not suffer immediate losses". If you want to achieve a career and make meritorious service, you must recognize the current affairs, change according to the situation, and move according to the camera. , and ultimately nothing will happen.

During the Warring States period, the famous military strategist Sun Bin even used the contingency skills in the difficult situation to the peak. At the critical moment when the evil forces wanted to kill him, he simply pretended to be crazy and acted stupidly.

According to legend, Sun Bin is a descendant of Sun Wu.When he was a teenager, he was extremely clever and had a good mind. Later, he studied literature and martial arts with famous teachers, and was very popular with his teachers.He has a classmate named Pang Juan, who is cunning and cunning.He knew that he was not as talented as Sun Bin, and tried to persecute Sun Bin, but he pretended to be friends with Sun Bin on the surface.Sun Bin was honest, kind and pure, and he didn't perceive any danger. He regarded Pang Juan as his best friend, and often discussed strategy with him, discussed the current situation, and gave advice.Pang Juan became more and more jealous of Sun Bin's talent.

Later, Pang Juan left the army and was called to be a son-in-law in the state of Wei, which won the heavy responsibility of the king of Wei.He knew that Sun Bin's existence would pose a threat to him sooner or later, so he wrote to invite Sun Bin to work together in Wei.When Sun Bin came to the state of Wei, he used his power to persecute Sun Bin and framed Sun Bin in front of the king of Wei.King Wei believed it was true and ordered Sun Bin to be executed.Pang Juan pleaded for Sun Bin in front of King Wei again, suggesting that the beheading be changed to "bin punishment", that is, the kneecaps of both legs should be cut off.On the surface, he saved Sun Bin, but in essence, he "killed two birds with one stone". It not only persecuted Sun Bin, but also kept him by his side, controlled his personal freedom, and used it for him.He took the crippled Sun Bin into his mansion, pretended to take care of him attentively, and asked Sun Bin to write what he had learned in his life into a military book.

Faced with the painful bloody lesson, Sun Bin finally recognized Pang Juan's true face.He knew very well that the day when his book of war was written was the day when his head was removed.He is very scheming, knowing that he is now in the hands of Pang Juan, if he resists, he will suffer deeper persecution, so he decides to hide his hatred and wait for the opportunity. In order not to write a book for Pang Juan, he pretends to be crazy and crawls around the streets all day long At night, they sleep in latrines, cowpens, pigpens, etc.Although Pang Juan didn't see that Sun Bin was pretending to be crazy, he still sent people to spy on Sun Bin secretly. Once he found a flaw, he would send people to assassinate Sun Bin.Sun Bin had to sleep on the street all day and all night, enduring all kinds of hardships.

Tian Ji, a general of the state of Qi, was sent to the state of Wei. When he saw Sun Bin, he sympathized with him very much, so he secretly brought him to the state of Qi to be his counselor. avenge.

Psychological tips:

In this story, Sun Bin cleverly used the strategy of pretending to be crazy and acting stupid, which not only protected himself, but also eliminated the enemy, killing two birds with one stone, which is an appropriate emergency move.

"Pretending to be insane" and "pretending to be crazy and acting stupid" are contingency tactics for hiding one's edge and keeping a low profile in times of crisis.The measure of using this tactic is that "pretend" must "come true", "pretend to be crazy" must be "really stupid", and it must be seamless, so that it can truly deceive and confuse the other party's psychology while protecting oneself.

Mingxiu plank road secretly crosses Chencang
Sudden incidents instantly put you in a thrilling and dangerous situation.No one can predict when it will come, so no one can prepare for the contingency in advance.

For the savvy in a thrilling situation, it only takes an ingenuity to save the day, and in the end, there is no danger and nothing happens.Being able to respond flexibly to changes in the object at any time, and make unexpected reactions, is often considered to be decisive and superhuman.

During the Northern Song Dynasty, Li Yun served as the governor of Xiongzhou. During this time, he has been frowning.At that time, the Liao people were staring at the outside of the city, and the city was in disrepair for a long time, especially the original Wengcheng, which now looks very narrow.If it is not repaired, once a war occurs in the future, the consequences will be disastrous; if it is repaired, the Liao people will think that the Song army is preparing for war.Originally, the imperial court had just made peace with the Liao people, and the peace was not easy to come by. The Liao people would seize this point, take the opportunity to provoke trouble, and even restart the war.

On this day, he went out for a walk alone, chatted with the people on the street, and got to know some people's conditions."How are you doing these days?" he asked the locals.

Seeing the governor's question, someone replied: "It's okay. Now that there is no war, you can make a living with peace of mind."

"Is there anything wrong?" the governor asked.

"No. It's just that there are more thieves in the north of the city. Last time..."

Li Yun suddenly thought of a way. He returned to the government office and ordered to build a large incense burner and other offerings in the Dongyue Temple outside the North City Gate.

On the day it was finished, Li Yun said again: "Now is a peaceful and prosperous age, so we need to make it more lively."

So, the government hired some trumpeters to make a big show in the city, and people crowded on both sides of the road to watch the excitement.The pilgrims are also busy offering gold, silver, cloth and silk to the temple.The subordinates asked the governor: "My lord, there are many people and things are complicated, do you want to strengthen the manpower and guard against thieves?"

But Li Yun said: "No need, I know for myself."

The next day, there was a report that the newly made utensils in Dongyue Temple were stolen by thieves.

This is not bad!Li Yun then ordered the posters to be posted everywhere to arrest the thieves, deliberately making the city full of wind and rain.The common people all said that the governor's work this time was full of thunder and little rain.Half a month passed, and there was not even a shadow of a thief.

Why can't the thief be caught?Li Yun explained: The thief came from the north, stole something, and of course ran away.The most important thing now is not to catch thieves, but to prevent thieves.He ordered another wall to be built in the north of the city to guard against thieves.

When the Liao people first saw that the Song people were building the city wall, they panicked. After careful inquiry, it turned out that it was to prevent thieves.

That way, they don't care anymore.

The city wall was repaired, the moat was dredged, and a moon embankment was built.On the third day of the third lunar month, Governor Li called everyone to hold a rowing competition on the Jiehe River, and invited the Liao people from the north to watch the ceremony.The Liao people watched it interestingly, but they didn't know that Lord Li used it to practice water warfare.There used to be many horse traps in the north of the state, and there was a sentry tower under the city, which could be seen ten miles away.Li Yun said: "The Liao Kingdom has made peace with us, so what's the use of keeping it?"

So they asked people to tear down the sentry tower, fill up the horse pit, and turn it into a vegetable garden for soldiers.He also ordered people to repair wells, open ditches, reclaim vegetable fields, and build short walls across them.Thorns were also planted to make the place even more impassable.Then the streets and alleys were rehabilitated, and the pagoda was built to the north. People in the state climbed the pagoda in the morning and evening, and they could see thirty miles away.Li Yun also ordered that all vacant land should be planted with elm trees.Over time, the elm trees grew full of plugs.

The subordinate said: "My lord, now that the house is built, the people don't have to worry about wood."

Li Yun smiled and said: "This is to make this place suitable for infantry combat, not conducive to cavalry combat. Why is it just to have more wood for building houses?"

Li Yun used a strategy of deceiving the sky and crossing the sea.Li Yun was very far-sighted, and his foresight was that he realized that the war between Song and Khitan was inevitable.Therefore, it is imperative to strengthen the border defense ability of the city.Only when your defensive ability continues to strengthen, will you eliminate the opponent's idea of ​​attacking.But Li Yun also realized that in this situation, both sides are extremely sensitive, and a little excessive action will reignite the flames of war, which is counterproductive.

Therefore, it is necessary to strengthen defenses without making the opponent suspicious, so Li Yun used legitimate excuses such as anti-theft and boat racing to build walls and train troops. Kenglai means that there is no defense against the Liao side, but the pagoda moved to the north can be seen much farther than the watchtower.Things like planting trees were also done to make it difficult for the cavalry to move.Unknowingly, the Song Army's defense capability has been strengthened.

There is another very similar example.

He Chengju guarded Chanzhou, and Waqiao Pass was adjacent to Liao State. He Chengju was worried that without the barrier of Guan River, the enemy would be able to drive straight in if they attacked.He planned to use water as a fortress near the water lake.But he didn't want to alarm the enemy, so he built a viewing platform with lotus flowers in the water, where he went boating and drinking every day, chanting and painting lotus flowers.Gradually, there are more ponds, and there are natural water barriers everywhere.People thought he was arty, but they didn't know that he had set up a natural barrier for Song.

Psychological tips:

Ming repaired the plank road, crossed the Chencang secretly, cleverly used their activities to achieve military goals, and carefully maintained the fragile peace between the two sides. Li Yunze and He Chengju really took great pains.

Sometimes, if you want to accomplish something and do it blatantly, it is easy to attract excessive attention from others, and even obstruct or even openly oppose it.At this time, it is necessary to use other excuses to cover up, so as not to make others suspicious and cause trouble.

(End of this chapter)