Chapter 15 The first plan is to cheat

If you prepare for the week, you will be lazy, but if you are common, you will not doubt it.Yin is within yang, not opposite to yang, sun, yin. When one thinks that the military defense is extremely thorough, one's fighting spirit tends to slacken, and one becomes paralyzed and underestimates the enemy; one who is used to one's eyes usually is less likely to arouse suspicion, and dark plots and public forms are not mutually exclusive, on the contrary, they are often hidden deep in publicity exposed behavior.This is the principle of yin and yang interaction in Yili. If a conspiracy wants to achieve great results, it cannot be used in dark and remote places. Stealing things in the middle of the night and killing people in secluded alleys are not what a strategist should do.For example, in the ninth year of the founding of the Sui Dynasty, the Sui aggressively attacked Chen.Before the battle, General He Ruobi of the Sui Dynasty ordered that all the garrison troops along the river should be concentrated in Liyang every time they were deployed, planted many flags, and set up many tents in the wild.Chen Guo thought that the Sui army was about to invade, so he immediately assembled all the troops in the country to defend. Afterwards, he realized that it was the garrison of the Sui army, so he transferred the troops back. up.When He Ruobi led the army across the Yangtze River, before Chen Guoren even noticed, the Sui army successfully attacked and occupied southern Xuzhou.

In Chinese characters, some words have a lot of ambiguity. For example, the "heaven" and "sea" in this plan are deceiving the sky and crossing the sea. Naturally, they are deceiving the eyes of the world to achieve a grand goal, but the original intention was to deceive the emperor. Make it safe to cross the sea, the emperor can also be called the son of heaven. The allusion to Jiji in this book comes from the Tang Dynasty. Taizong Yuhe personally marched, commanded 300,000 troops, wanted to take Korea, and when he went to the seaside, he saw the flood.Looking at Koryo from a distance, thousands of miles across the sea, how will the 300,000 troops cross the ocean?At this time, Emperor Taizong regretted that he did not follow the counselors' advice and should not start this war. He immediately summoned the generals from all walks of life to discuss the strategy of crossing the sea. go.

Back in the village, Zhang Shigui sent someone to ask Xue Rengui to discuss the matter. After thinking for a while, Xue Rengui said: "The emperor is only worried that the sea will block it, and it will be difficult to conquer Korea. I will use a plan to keep it for thousands of miles. There will be no traces in the future, so that Taizong and the emperor What do you think of the soldiers crossing the sea safely like walking on level ground?" Zhang Shigui was very pleasantly surprised when he heard that. A few days later, an old man asked to see the emperor and wanted to provide rations for the army. Taizong was overjoyed and told him to see him.Taizong followed the old man to the beach and entered a house. The interior was gorgeous and elegant, with beautiful tents. Taizong was in a good mood. He was drinking wine with all the officials. , People opened the curtains, only to see the surging waves outside, boundless, Taizong was shocked, Zhang Shigui replied: "Your Majesty and an army of 300,000 are sailing across the sea and heading for Korea."

This is the source of the trick.It comes from "Yongle Encyclopedia·Xue Rengui's Conquest of Liao Story". In the wars and political power tactics throughout the ages, deception is the most used strategy.Because, in order to defeat the opponent, the opposing sides always try to conceal their true intentions as much as possible, and expose the false image to the other party to attract the other party's attention.In ancient wars, such examples can be said to be numerous.When Chu and Han were fighting for hegemony, Han Xin's actions of building plank roads and crossing Chencang secretly; from Hanzhong to the Central Plains suddenly, Xiang Yu's army was defenseless and suffered consecutive defeats, and thus was able to start the great cause of the Han Dynasty for more than 300 years.In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the general steals books and Pang Tong skillfully presents comic strips.As a result, Cao Cao's 830,000 troops were completely destroyed by the Chibi fire.In modern warfare, this strategy is more widely used: during World War II, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, which severely damaged the US Pacific Fleet, allowing Japan to basically control the sea power in Asia within a summer.The German armored army led by Hitler suddenly attacked the Soviet Union, which is a typical case of deception.It should be noted that the Soviet-German friendship treaty had not been terminated at that time, and Stalin never expected that Hitler would attack the Soviet Union recklessly when he could not attack the British Isles for a long time.

Political examples are even more common. In order to realize his ambition of usurping the party's supreme leadership, Lin Biao never left his mouth.The quotations never left his hand, and he pretended to be Mao Zedong's closest comrade-in-arms, the most devout admirer, and the most loyal defender. He not only deceived Mao Zedong, but also deceived the trust of hundreds of millions of people, and was written into the party constitution, becoming To make up for the successor recognized by the law, once the conditions are ripe, he actually wants to use planes and tanks to assassinate the supreme leader. Although his plot failed, he finally fled in a hurry and fell to the shameful end of Undur Khan in Mongolia. But this incident also sounded the alarm for us. Without full democracy within the party, without a sound system, and without strict supervision, it would be difficult to see through the plots of some individual careerists.

These military and political instances are known to most readers, and therefore I wish here only to give some suggestive account of the practicality of this stratagem in everyday life. On a stormy night in 1834, Garibaldi, the leader of the rebel army who opposed the French dictatorship, escaped from the prison where he was held, escaped the sentries and patrols, and ran into a nearby tavern. Just as he was devouring the dishes in front of him, the owner of the restaurant recognized him: the young man sitting at the table eating was a political prisoner ordered by the king.The boss's fat face glowed red with excitement, grab him, and you can make a fortune right away.

In order to find out the identity of this important political prisoner, the boss went to Garibaldi's table, filled himself a glass of wine, and chatted up a conversation: "Brother, where are you from?" Garibaldi said calmly: "I'm a foreigner and I'm here looking for a job. Boss, can you help me?" The boss chattered and said with a strange smile: "Okay, don't play around with me. You are Garibaldi, the leader of the rebel army. You must have escaped from prison, right? When I talk to you, I can tell that you are from the south. Accent, how about it, come with me! I promise to send you back to prison safely."

Garibaldi asked: "Send me back to prison. Will you get anything?" "Of course, I'll get a big bounty, and they'll give me medals for sure? You know? You're a great big man." Garibaldi wiped his mouth with a napkin, stood up calmly, and said, "Mr. Boss, I never thought that I would bring you so much good luck. Well, I'll go with you." The boss said complacently: "That's right, you're smart, you know, it's pointless to resist, look, my waiters are all as good as cattle, you are definitely not their opponent." Garibaldi had just taken two steps before stopping again.

The boss asked sarcastically, "Why, do you regret it?" "No." Garibaldi said regretfully, "If you leave like this, I won't pay you for the meal anymore. I'll eat your two dishes for nothing. You won't feel bad, will you?" The boss said generously, "What's the matter, the government's bounty will be much more than the meal money." Garibaldi said solemnly: "I don't think so. After all, you can get the meal right away, and the bounty land will wait until you send me to prison and confirm that I am indeed Garibaldi. Then you may get it. Why don't you take You can grab the money and put it in your pocket first, but you are waiting for the reward that may fail? Besides, if you have money, you are not afraid of a lot. If you can collect a little more, why not collect it?"

The boss looked at Garibaldi suspiciously, and asked puzzledly: "I send you to prison, will you really pay for my meal?" "Of course, I ordered three dishes earlier, and I have already served two. Please allow me to finish the third dish." The boss pondered for a while, then looked at Garibaldi's serious and sincere face, nodded and said, "Well, since you will be guillotined soon, I will allow you to finish the third course .” The hotel was already full of people, some were singing and others were applauding. The Zhongli Group, who was thinking of a way out, went to the front and said calmly, "Everyone, let me sing a song for you." There was applause. In the song, he sang the masterpiece "God Merciful" by the famous poet Peronjo.

The moving lyrics are already intoxicating, and the beautiful singing voice is even more fascinating. The guests in the small hotel are fascinated by listening to it, and even the hotel owner has fallen into the artistic conception of singing in a daze. When the boss woke up from the cheers of the crowd, he found that the young man who was offered a reward by the government had disappeared without a trace. "Catch him, quickly catch that young man who sang just now, he is Garibaldi..." However, the tavern was full of singing and people's voices, and the boss's voice was too weak. "Catch him quickly, whoever can catch him, I will give him half of the bounty..." When the boss shouted out this promise in distress, Garibaldi had already walked away. Use cover-ups or methods to divert people's attention to hide the real intention. This is the magic of deception. Ibsen is a famous playwright who has written dozens of well-known works, but little is known about his participation in the work movement when he was young. When he was in his 20s, he participated in the labor movement led by the socialist Kustrin. He was completely influenced by the ideal of socialism, and he often went to the streets to give speeches and expose the dark reality.He also participated in many important meetings and drafted many secret documents.These activities aroused the fear and uneasiness of the reactionary government. One day, the reactionary government suddenly dispatched military police to arrest the labor leader Kustern and some progressive youths. The police also surrounded Ibsen's house and conducted a large-scale search. At that time, Ibsen was writing at home. It was impossible to escape, and it was too late to burn the secret documents hidden in his home. These documents directly related to the lives of many revolutionaries. What should we do? Horrible sirens sounded, the police had already arrived at the door, and the footsteps were getting closer and closer. Ibsen was quick to act wisely, and took a bold and deceitful action. He opened the safe containing the secret documents, and moved the important documents Come out, throw them randomly on the bed, on the table, some crumpled into an egg, throw it into the wastebasket, and lock those irrelevant documents into the safe. When the police broke in, Ibsen had left the file cabinet and was sitting at his desk, taking up his pen and writing his article with feigned composure. The police captain walked up to Ibsen and said threateningly: "We have obtained reliable information. There are secret reactionary documents hidden in your home. I hope you can hand them over." Ibsen replied calmly: "Sorry, I have never seen any secret documents. I am a script writer. Look, I am full of lines and scripts here. If you are interested in these, you can enjoy them casually." The captain sneered and said: "I know you are a playwright. If you can cooperate with us, I can consider giving you a lighter punishment. If you keep adopting this hostile attitude, don't blame me for being rude." Ibsen shook his head and continued his work without paying attention. "Search!" The police captain issued a search order. The savage police rummaged here, moved there, and looked back to observe Ibsen's expression from time to time. Ibsen did not care about everything outside, but only looked at him with frightened and worried eyes from time to time. Looking at the safe, it seems to say: "Don't search here." The stupid police immediately showed Ibsen's uneasy look, and they rushed towards the safe triumphantly. Ibsen wanted to stop him with his body, but it was too late. The captain smugly pointed at the documents in the safe, and said viciously, "What are these?" Ibsen's face was tense and solemn, and he said nothing. Captain: "Listen to my order, these documents must be checked carefully." The police took out all the things in the safe, and then checked them one by one, page by page, but after looking through them for a long time, they were disappointed. These things were really worthless. The police captain looked through the documents in disbelief. These things really didn't explain anything. "Sir, I really don't understand why you put these waste papers in the safe?" Ibsen deliberately pretended to be timid and said, "A good friend asked me to keep these things carefully. I don't know what they are." "Oh, and where is your friend now?" "He's gone away and may not be back for some months," Ibsen replied calmly. The police left in disgrace. They didn't even look at the pieces of paper scattered on the bed, on the desk, or on the corner of the wall. The things hidden deep in the safe were not important. Would the things thrown outside be useful? It is this ingenious trick that Ibsen uses to evade the police and protect his documents and friends, although he does not know that this trick is what we call cheating. For a period of time, the U.S. Customs stipulated that importing French women's gloves had to pay high taxes.In order to resist the impact of French gloves on the domestic market, but in this way, the price of French gloves in the market will be astonishingly expensive. Obviously, whoever can escape the strict and high taxes will earn money from this kind of business. big money. The cunning salesman Taylor racked his brains and finally came up with a solution, but this method has a fatal flaw. Once discovered, not only will all previous efforts be wasted, but he will also be fined heavily. , Taylor decided to take the risk. He first purchased 10,000 sets of leather gloves with fine workmanship and high quality in France, then carefully divided a pair of gloves into two, packed 10,000 gloves together, and sent them to the United States. After the 10,000 left-handed leather gloves arrived at the US customs, Taylor did not go to pick up the goods, but hid aside and waited quietly. According to customs practice, if the goods are still unclaimed after the retention period, the customs has the right to conduct an auction, so Stoll, the customs commercial office, presided over the opening auction. Since the leather gloves are all left-handed, these 10,000 gloves are almost equal to waste products, so they were bought by a businessman named Taylor at a very low price. Stoll felt that there must be some trick in it, so he notified the relevant customs officers to strictly examine the leather gloves coming from France, especially the large right gloves. France's right-hand glove will make him pay taxes and double the fine. The strange thing is that after that, the customs found that the gloves received by Taylor were all in pairs, with a total of 5,000 pairs, but they never found out that he had received any right gloves, nor did he find that he bought or customized right gloves. What's going on?Stoll has had this knot in his heart for a long time and has not untied it. A year later, Stoll went to the shoe store to buy shoes. He chose the style, paid for it, and when he was about to put on new shoes, he found that both shoes were right feet. He was very angry and told the owner of the shoe store After throwing a tantrum, on the way home, he suddenly woke up and finally understood how Taylor evaded the glove tax. Did you guess it, dear reader? Stoll was inspired by buying shoes himself, and finally realized that the 5,000 pairs of gloves that Taylor received in the box must be right-handed. If a careful person at the customs takes out the gloves and puts them on, he will immediately expose this fact. The deceit, the Achilles heel that Taylor was so worried about at the beginning, was precisely this. Unfortunately, Taylor's bet was right and he won. His success lies in the fact that when people see two gloves together, they will always be used to thinking that they are one for each hand, and the customs officer just into this misunderstanding.Let Taylor evade customs duties reasonably and legally under his nose.