Chapter 34 Chapter 5 Being an official is a skill and knowledge

"Continued Zizhi Tongjian" records that after Zhao Kuangyin ascended the throne, one day he asked Zhao Pu, since the end of the Tang Dynasty, the emperor has changed one after another, wars are frequent, and the people are devastated. Why is this?I want to stop the world's soldiers and plan for the country for a long time, what should I do?Facing Zhao Kuangyin's question about the general situation of the world, Zhao Pu answered simply and practically. The reason for today's situation is nothing more than the fact that the power of the feudal town is too strong and the power of the central government is too weak.Now the only way to control their money and food, and to collect their elite soldiers, is for the world to be at peace.Zhao Kuangyin thought so, so he summoned Shi Shouxin, Gao Huaide, Wang Shenqi, Zhao Yanhui and other senior generals for dinner.When the wine was half drunk, Zhao Kuangyin and others recalled their glorious military career.Just when everyone was in high spirits, Zhao Kuangyin suddenly looked sad.Everyone asked why, Zhao Kuangyin sighed and said, I can't be the emperor without your support.But since he became the emperor, he has been worrying day and night, and he has never slept soundly.Shi Shouxin and the others turned pale with shock, today's fate has been decided, who would dare to disagree, why did Your Majesty make such a statement?Zhao Kuangyin continued, I believe that the brothers have no dissent, but who can guarantee that your subordinates will not be greedy for wealth?One day they will add yellow robes to you, and then you will be out of control.Shi Shouxin and the others panicked and wept. Old Zhao's words were too frightening, so they hurriedly asked him to point out the way.When Zhao Kuangyin saw that the time was right, he said that life is as short as a white horse passing by. It is better to accumulate more money, buy some real estate, and pass it on to future generations. okay?Shi Shouxin and other generals agreed.The next day, the generals resigned due to illness, and Zhao Kuangyin approved them one by one, and they were relieved of their military power.This is the famous "a cup of wine releases the power of soldiers" in Chinese history.In this story, regardless of the positive impact on the long-term stability of the newly established Song Empire, Zhao Kuangyin's performance throughout the process is remarkable, and his acting skills are not inferior to the actor's. and other acting skills, and can achieve the perfect combination of the character's inner activities and external performance.There are similarities between officials and actors, but there are also acting skills in officialdom, such as double-decker, attacking others, opportunistic, wise and wise, self-defense, cunning rabbits and three caves, foxes pretending to be tigers, seeking fame by stealth, etc.The hype planned by many people in order to enter the official career, and the various shows that officials put on for promotion are unavoidable.At a higher level, it is called "leadership art". To put it bluntly, it is a necessary quality for officials.

Especially the leader, he sits on the commanding heights of the interests of all parties. Every word and deed of him needs to consider the entanglements of multiple interests. It is not easy to deal with incidents every time. All aspects of the relationship need to be weighed.When some hard skills can't solve the problem, acting skills are very precious. On the one hand, in order to solve the substantive problems, and on the other hand, in order to establish the image, even if it is just pretending, it also requires superb acting skills, a good attitude, and a vision to control the overall situation.Among the emperors of the Song Dynasty, the best acting skills were nothing more than the two brothers Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin and Song Taizong Zhao Guangyi. Other emperors also had the potential to be actors, but the frequency and effect of using them were not as good as the two leaders who founded the country.

Zhao Kuangyin's main acting skills are intimidation and intimidation. He often uses this trick, and every time it is vivid, it seems like the real thing, and it often gets unexpected results.When Zhao Kuangyin led the army to attack Jingnan, in order to exchange the minimum investment for the maximum capital, he directed and staged a human feast by himself.Zhao Kuangyin ordered general Li Chugeng to select dozens of captives with big arms and round waists to be executed. They cut up their flesh and served them with wine.These captives who escaped death ran back to the camp, embellishing the bloody process of the Song army's human meat feast.When the Song army attacked the city, the Jingnan soldiers dispersed in a hurry. The Song army took the opportunity to drive straight in, stabbed into the city, and swept Jingnan.A good or bad director of a film is the key. Whether one can use limited resources to achieve a shocking effect and gain benefits is an extremely test of the director's level.In the story, Zhao Kuangyin is the director, and all the actors in this scene are real, including killing people and eating meat.Director Zhao is well aware of the psychological activities of "capturing the audience", so he made a scene in front of them.He is more aware that captive audiences who have escaped from the dead can play a role in promoting and disseminating the "film", just like when we watch a good movie, we always have to share it with our friends, and even persuade them to watch the movie.This is the purpose of director Zhao. He came to a barbecued pork buns with human flesh. Pay the bill.

Zhao Kuangyin adopted Zhao Pu's strategic policy of "first south and then north", successively eliminated many local regimes entrenched in China's headquarters, and captured their monarchs such as Liu, the queen of the Southern Han Dynasty, and Li Yu, the queen of the Southern Tang Dynasty.Zhao Kuangyin treated subjugated monarchs and ministers well and adopted a gentle political strategy towards them, but this does not mean that they will always live well.Li Yu's "Yu Meiren" has already written about the miserable situation of the subjugated slaves who "ask the king how much sorrow he can have, just like a river of spring water flowing eastward".Although Zhao Kuangyin gave preferential treatment to high-ranking political prisoners, he beat them from time to time.For example, Liu, the queen master of the Southern Han Dynasty, liked to give poisoned wine to kill ministers. After the Song Dynasty, one day he was talking about Zhao Kuangyin giving wine to him in Wuchi. Liu Deng was frightened and cried.Liu didn't expect that he liked the trick of giving poisoned wine, and Lao Zhao also liked to play.Zhao Kuangyin looked at him for a full minute, then picked up the wine glass and drank it down, saying, "I'm confiding in others, how could I kill you by poison."After speaking, he ordered someone to pour another glass, and Liu drank it with peace of mind.

Acting is like a killer move, and there is an invisible bloody wind behind it.Zhao Kuangyin once again used intimidation and intimidation. The last time he was behind the scenes, this time he was in front of the stage, and the effect was surprisingly good.In this scene, Zhao Kuangyin's performance is penetrating, without formality at all, and an amazing deterrent force erupts in the silence.Obviously, Zhao Kuangyin's purpose was to warn Liu that if you like poisoning ministers, I will do it too, playing more excitingly than you.Let Liu never forget that you are now a subjugated slave, and your life is completely in my hands with this glass of wine.Then there was a sudden change, a move of heart-to-heart confession, a stick to give a sweet date, I am a very good person, as long as you calm down, I guarantee you a long life.Such a series of performances revealed a very fierce murderous intent invisibly. Liu Tianran was shocked, afraid and convinced. He might have had some thoughts, but was instantly extinguished by Zhao Kuangyin's glass of wine. The effect he received was far better than killing him directly. .

The above is Zhao Kuangyin's acting skills in marching and fighting against enemy chieftains. He also used this trick on his civil and military officials, and the effect was quite good. "Song History" records that Zhao Kuangyin once defected to Fengxiang Jiedu envoy Wang Yanchao when he was wandering in despair.Wang Yanchao and Zhao Kuangyin's father, Zhao Hongyin, were comrades-in-arms, and they were not too close. They also ate donkey meat in a pot, so Wang Yanchao gave Zhao Hongyin some face and sent Zhao Kuangyin some money as if he was begging for food. Zhao Kuangyin was on the way He gambled with the money given by Uncle Wang, lost everything, and was beaten up.After proclaiming himself emperor, Zhao Kuangyin hosted a banquet for his ministers, among whom Wang Yanchao was naturally indispensable.

The banquet was very calm at the beginning, a group of big bosses drank and drank too much, and began to compete for credit. What did I do for His Majesty back then, and my neck was thick red, but Wang Yanchao remained silent, and the atmosphere was very awkward.Don't look at Zhao Kuangyin smiling like a flower now, he will definitely ask about the past in a while.Sure enough, Zhao Kuangyin pretended to be drunk, and asked him with a hidden smile, why didn't Uncle Wang keep me back then?Wang Yanchao, a veteran in the officialdom, had prepared for it long ago. Fortunately, he asked, which showed that there was something to be done. If Zhao Kuangyin remained silent, it would be Wang Yanchao who felt the most terrible.Wang Yanchao will also act, and with a turn of his eyes, he said, it is difficult to raise dragons in shallow water, if he stayed at that time, how would His Majesty be today?I am willing to give up the position of Jiedushi and be willing to be a bodyguard to serve His Majesty.It has to be said that Wang Yanchao is very proficient in his acting skills in turning dangers into fortunes. First, he resolved the "misunderstanding" of the year with one sentence, and cleared up the grievances in Zhao Kuangyin's heart for many years, and then put forward his own ideas and waited for the leadership's instructions.Zhao Kuangyin chuckled, that's all right, all right!Go back and continue to be your Jiedushi!Not pursued.Zhao Kuangyin has considered this trivial matter. If Wang Yanchao is dealt with, the big boss will have an image of "revenge for revenge" in the hearts of civil and military officials, which will have a bad influence on his politics.If you don't deal with Wang Yanchao, you will end up in a magnanimous and refined attitude. The superior's choice of interests is the most basic ability.From the perspective of human feelings, Zhao Kuangyin wouldn't be so fussy, there's no need for that.When you were down and down, you had to endure anyone who would sarcasm you. There was no way, who put you in that stage of life.In the future, if you make a fortune, do you want to go back and take revenge?Then the people of the whole country will unanimously doubt your character, and the leader will not be so idiotic.

Another time, when Zhao Kuangyin was inspecting the situation of the people, the masses sued him.The person who sued was Li Hanchao, the appeasement envoy of Jinglue, whose jurisdiction is roughly in today's Tianjin City, and places south of Rongcheng, Hebei Province.Li Hanchao felt that he was born and died on the battlefield and made many military exploits, and then he took credit for it. He put on a posture of being a soldier to grab people's food, borrowed money and refused to repay it, and forced civilian women to be concubines, which made the common people annoy him.Zhao Kuangyin told the common people that General Li had meritorious service. Think about it, the Khitan people burned, killed and looted you deeply. Now that General Li is here, peace will come.General Li borrowed money for the front line, and he didn't say he wouldn't return it to you.Although Zhao Kuangyin pretended to enforce the law impartially, in fact he was protecting his subordinates, just showing off to the common people.He also said, the one who sued General Li for robbing your daughter, who did your daughter marry?The old man said they were all peasants from the village.Zhao Kuangyin said that this is the end!General Li is a general who is valued by the imperial court. It is better for your daughter to marry him than to marry a farmer, right?The common people felt that what the emperor said was reasonable, so they calmed down and dispersed.The subordinates make mistakes, and the leader sometimes has to wipe their butts for them. Who made you the leader? Everyone depends on you to cover them!Zhao Kuangyin acted kindly to the ordinary people who filed the petition, and then called Li Hanchao urgently. Suddenly, Long Yan was furious. Just now, a group of ordinary people sued you for borrowing money and not repaying it. If you are short of money, ask me for it!How much money can they have if they borrow any money from them?Quickly return the money to the people.Li Hanchao turned pale with fright, thinking in his heart that the emperor might not know how to deal with him.Zhao Kuangyin scolded him severely, dropped hundreds of taels of silver and left.Li Hanchao was overwhelmed with surprises. He took the money given by the emperor and paid off all the debts overnight.

Coincidentally, Liu Kai, a writer during Song Zhenzong's time, also did similar things.Liu Kai is the fifth grandson of Liu Gongquan, a famous calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty. He admired Han Yu's ancient prose movement in literature and is famous for his articles.When Liu Kai knew Liangzhe Road Runzhou (now Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province), his father was about to go on a pilgrimage to Beijing, and a local gentry of the Qian family wanted to ask Liu's father to bring some local products to the emperor.Liu Kai went to Qian's mansion to fetch things, saw a portrait of a beautiful woman in the study, and asked who this woman was, Qian Xiangshen said it was my sister.Liu Kai smiled and said that's good!How about this, it happened that my widow was overdue, so I married her as my successor.Qian said that this might not be right, at least I have to talk to my father first, and I can't make the decision on my sister's side.Liu Kai said that there is no need, but with my talent and learning, I will definitely not insult Qian.So the marriage was forced, and the speed was very fast, and the wedding was over in a few days.Mr. Qian was so angry that he ran to the capital to sue. Song Zhenzong Zhao Heng said, do you know Liu Kai?That's a real hero, you should be happy to have such a son-in-law!How about this, I will be your matchmaker, do you like it?Father Qian did not dare to speak, thanked him and left.

In these two short stories, the roles played by Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Heng are roughly equivalent.Zhao Kuangyin played two roles by himself, and the contrast between the characters before and after is huge, and it must be so for different purposes.In front of the common people, he acted as a good emperor who enforced the law impartially and had clear interests and benefits, and in front of Li Hanchao, he acted as a good leader who showed both kindness and power.Zhao Kuangyin often plays the role of smiling tiger, while his third brother Zhao Guangyi likes to pretend to be confused.In terms of acting skills, it is difficult to distinguish between the two, but the purpose and effect are the same, either to kill others, or to make the subordinates bow their heads and obey orders.