Chapter 83 how to convince your opponent

To sum up the great victory of the Qing Empire in opposing Li Taitai and Aspen’s infringement of our sovereignty, an important reason is that Li Taitai and Aspen, these two living treasures, are too kind, and they have no Selfishness. If Li Taitai and Aspen have a little bit of selfishness and want to make a fortune in China, then they will choose to cooperate with power very wisely, and they will definitely make a lot of money, and everyone is happy.But these two only considered the honor and dignity of the soldiers, worried that the Chinese emperor would give them cruel orders, and refused to cooperate with the power of the empire from the very beginning, which caused them to lose the opportunity to make a fortune.

Since then, there have been many accusations against the Aspen fleet in the Chinese historian circles. One of the reasons that can be put on the table is that this fleet does not obey the command of the Chinese emperor. If there is a war between China and Britain, then China will be at a loss. old? When it comes to war, Britain is a commercial country, seeking to find a consumer market to sell goods, not coming to China for war.But this reason has also been refuted most forcefully by the people: If you British people stay at home honestly and don’t come to China and run around, why would China shoot you?Therefore, you deserve to be hit, and if you dare to fight back, it is shameless.

When it comes to whether the British have the right to run around, it starts with whether the Chinese people have the right to trade with the British. Everyone in this world is born free.Anyone has the right to trade with anyone.Your emperor has three thousand beauties in the harem and doesn't want to do business with the British. That's your business. You have no right to deprive the people of their right to trade.Of course, there are also some Chinese who support the emperor's old man's resolution and oppose trade with the British. These people can cut their own egg sacks and enter the palace as eunuchs.But whether you cut off your egg sac or not, you have no right to deprive other Chinese citizens of their foreign trade rights.

The truth is clear, just one sentence: A country with a backward economy may not necessarily be beaten, but if you do not abide by the rules, no matter whether it is a weak country or a strong country, you will inevitably be beaten. These truths are now so simple and clear that even elementary school students can understand them.But if the Qing Empire in the late Qing Dynasty understood it, it would be difficult.Li Taitai and A Siben wanted to tell the Qing Empire this truth, so they came back disgraced and humiliated. Compared with the silly Li Taitai and Aspen, another imperialist is very shrewd.This imperialist was called Ma Geli, and he was actually the guy who interfered the most in China's internal affairs. However, because he was too Chinese, he was ignored by most historians.

Magery was only a military doctor in the British army who invaded China, but he very much agrees with China's special national conditions.He has a lustful and shameless dream, longing to be like the Chinese princes and nobles, living in a state of drunkenness, dreaming and debauchery, surrounded by countless beauties.Since he set foot on the territory of China, Ma Geli has been bound by this shameless dream in his heart, and how to realize his dream has become his main life topic in China. At that time, after Li Hongzhang arrived in Shanghai, he had many meetings with British Navy Commander Ho Bo. Ho Bo suggested that Li Hongzhang adopt a modern military system and hire European military officers as instructors.Li Hongzhang was overjoyed after hearing this suggestion, and immediately wrote a memorial to the court. The memorial said: Be vigilant, officials of the Qing Dynasty, must be vigilant, imperialism will never die, you must ring the alarm in your heart, You must not listen to the instigation of some people and hire too many foreign instructors.I think that each battalion of foreign instructors can only hire two at most, just two, and if there are more, we must be careful of imperialist interference...

This is the brilliance of Li Hongzhang.If he made it clear in the memorial that he required two foreign instructors for each battalion, it would immediately cause an uproar in the court, and the big hat of the traitor would be snapped on his head, making him never want to lift it for the rest of his life. start. But Li Hongzhang was superior. He first shouted loudly to ring the alarm bell, and then secretly inserted a premise in the article, as if someone asked for more foreign instructors.Then he took this fictitious premise as a target, fired violently and attacked strongly, and reached a compromise after the criticism, demanding that the number of foreign instructors be reduced as much as possible, with only two for each battalion.

With Li Hongzhang's actions, the conservatives in the court were fooled all at once.Everyone worked together to oppose the fallacy of Duoduo's deployment of foreign instructors, but they forgot that this goal did not exist at all. As a result, the motion to equip each battalion of the Huai Army with two foreign instructors was passed, allowing Li Hongzhang to pass the test in a muddle. This is Li Hongzhang's persuasion tactics. If you want to convince a person, putting your point of view outright won't do it.The other party will pick and choose, weigh two things, and negotiate with you and ask you to make concessions.The best way to persuade is to equip your plan with an extreme plan that is absolutely unacceptable to the other party, and then put these two plans in front of the other party for the other party to choose.Under normal circumstances, people are difficult to be persuaded, not because your plan is unreasonable, but because he has no choice.No matter how perfect the plan is, if there is no choice, it will be unacceptable; no matter how bad the plan is, it will become less unacceptable if it is compared with an even worse plan.

Li Hongzhang followed the same path as Prince Gong, cursing foreigners in front of the courtiers, but actually agreeing with them in private. To scold foreigners in front of courtiers is to say stupid things in front of fools, in exchange for their approval and support, so as not to let fools spoil their own affairs.In private, they recognize foreigners because they are indeed reasonable. At least European business civilization is obviously more advanced than China's power culture. This is an indisputable fact. But he said that Li Hongzhang settled the courtiers with ease, and added two foreign instructors to each battalion of his Huai army.Ma Geli, a military doctor who was dreaming of a shameless and shameless dream, became an instructor in Zhang Yuchun's battalion of the Huai Army.

But this Ma Geli is too eager to live and dream, and the salary of a mere foreign instructor is far from enough to realize his shameless dream.So what can you do to make your shameless dreams come true? Military doctor Magery thought for a while, and finally came up with a fundamental solution: stupid people wait for opportunities, and smart people create opportunities.He Magri, in order to make his shameless dream come true, he must act now and create opportunities for himself. What kind of action? It was very simple, he bypassed the commander Zhang Yuchun and went directly to Li Hongzhang.

If you have a good suggestion, go to the big boss directly, and the big boss is worth 10,000 sentences.If you have a good idea and don't go to the big boss, but only to the superior supervisor, you will either be rejected by the supervisor, or the supervisor will take the credit for the idea. This kind of thing is not uncommon in the workplace and officialdom.But Margery was able to avoid the supervisor's trap, which shows that this person has some ideas.