Chapter 121 Tell lies to save lives
After the country thief Yuan Shikai stole the power of the interim president of the Republic of China, he dreamed of being an emperor every day.One day, Yuan Shikai was taking a nap, and a maid brought ginseng soup on time, preparing for Yuan Shikai tonic after waking up.Who would have thought that the maid accidentally knocked over the precious suet jade bowl in her hand when she entered the door.The sound of the jade bowl breaking woke up Yuan Shikai. When he saw his beloved mutton fat jade bowl being smashed to pieces, his face turned purple with anger, and he shouted loudly: "Today I must kill you!"
At this moment of life and death, the servant girl hurriedly knelt down and cried: "This is not the fault of the servant girl. The servant girl dare not go up if she feels inferior."
Yuan Shikai cursed: "Say it quickly, let's see what nonsense you are going to make up when you are about to die."
The servant girl cried and replied: "The villain came in with ginseng soup and saw that the person lying on the bed was not the President."
"You bastard," Yuan Shikai became even more furious, "It's not me on the bed, what could it be?"
"The villain dare not say it, it's scary!" The servant girl cried even louder.
Yuan Shikai stood up suddenly in anger, gritted his teeth and said, "If you don't say anything, I won't kill you!"
"I said, I said. On the bed... there was a big five-clawed golden dragon lying on the bed! When the servant saw it, she fell to the ground in fright..."
When Yuan Shikai heard this, he couldn't help but burst into ecstasy, thinking that he was the reincarnation of a real dragon, and he was really about to ascend the coveted throne of emperor.Yuan Shikai's anger disappeared, and he couldn't help taking out a thick wad of banknotes to scare the maidservant.
The servant girl served Yuan Shikai all day long, and of course she understood his psychology of dreaming of becoming an emperor.When the treasure bowl was shattered and life and death were at stake, the maid was so anxious that she made up a story of "the five-clawed golden dragon startled and fell into the jade bowl".This story just "confirmed" Yuan Shikai's sweet dream—the reincarnation of the real dragon, which satisfied his psychological needs and turned Yuan Shikai's anger into ecstasy.Not only did the maid get her life back, but she also received the "gift from the emperor".
In extreme cases, making up a lie can save the day.Then, when encountering suspicion, making up a lie can also make the suspect clear up the suspicion and get rid of the suspicion.
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, when King Xuan of Chu was in power, the state of Chu was so powerful that none of its neighbors dared to oppose it.King Xuan of Chu heard that all the vassal states in the Central Plains were afraid of the general Zhao Xixie. He felt uncomfortable, so he asked all the ministers: "The princes are so afraid of Zhao Xixie, what is he really like?" All the officials were silent after hearing this. Voice, I don't know how to answer.
At this time, a minister named Jiang Yi stood up and said: "Let me tell a story: A hungry tiger came out to find food and caught a fox. The fox said to the tiger: 'You can't eat me, the emperor of heaven sent me to be a hundred King of Beasts, if you eat me, you will violate the will of the Emperor of Heaven. If you don’t believe me, I can walk in front of you and you follow me. See if all the beasts are afraid of me.’ Tiger believed it As for the fox, just follow it, and sure enough, the wild beasts ran away in fright when they saw them approaching. The tiger didn't know that the wild beasts ran away because they were afraid of him, but thought they were afraid of the fox!"
After Jiang Yi finished telling the story, he went on to say: "Now the king has millions of troops, and he has given the military power to Zhao Xixie, so all the princes are afraid of him. In fact, they are afraid of the king's army, just like all animals are afraid of tigers. the same."
When King Xuan of Chu heard that it was Zhao Xixie, not himself, that the princes were afraid of, he was naturally unhappy.The king is jealous of his ministers, and the ministers will inevitably worry about their lives.Jiang Yi stood up and used the story as a metaphor, pointing out that Zhao Xixie was just a fox pretending to be a tiger, borrowing the majesty of the king, so that King Xuan of Chu was relieved.
British humanist Ashem said: "It is much better to tell a proper lie in the proper place than the truth that hurts people." Zhao Xixie's life.