Chapter 36 Jin Yong Conference Science: The importance of a meeting is inversely proportional to the number of people

Meetings should be a thing in our secular world.The knights in the Jin Yong Jianghu are generally a group of rough people, who fight a lot and seldom reason. They usually decide things with their fists. They should not like meetings very much. We often see this kind of plot: a group of knights encounter disputes, even if they discuss politely for a long time, in the end they still rely on fighting to solve the problem. See the real chapter!" But the amazing thing is that even the grassy rivers and lakes, where the meeting culture is so immature and the meeting form is so rough, actually follow an iron law of meeting-the importance of the meeting is inversely proportional to the number of people.In other words, the more people in a meeting, the less important the meeting is.

Let’s take a look at the few meetings in Jin Yong’s novels that really shook the world and turned the world around. Ming, almost without exception, has become a cutscene or even a farce. For example, what was the most important meeting?Undoubtedly, it was a small meeting held by five masters, Xiao Feng and his son, Murong Bo and his son, and Jiumozhi in the Sutra Pavilion of Shaolin Temple, plus a sweeping monk who was present to observe, the total number of participants was no more than six people. Meetings are small enough, but what are their topics?It was the five families of Liao, Tubo, Xixia, Dali, and Dayan who divided up the Song Dynasty.It can be said that the great events of the rise and fall of the world and the turning point of history are all in the thought of a few big names in the rivers and lakes.

In this small meeting, if it hadn't been for Xiao Feng's sole dissent, and the sweeping monk who was watching had made an important speech in time, overwhelming the guests and supporting Xiao Feng, so that the "Munich Conspiracy" to carve up the Great Song Dynasty failed, and the world might not be far behind. It's a war between several countries, the smoke of war is everywhere, and the people are dying. Another example is that in a meeting that played a key turning role, the eight leaders of Mingjiao supported Zhang Wuji as the leader.This is also a standard small meeting - the meeting place is in Zhang Wuji's ward, all the participants plus Zhang Wuji, there are only nine people, and Xiao Zhao who brings tea and water is only ten people.

The process of the meeting was also very simple: Yang Xiao gave a briefing first, Peng Yingyu made a formal proposal, Zhang Wuji gave in according to the etiquette, and the leaders tried their best to persuade them to come in. In the end, everyone applauded and passed, and the time was less than half an hour. However, the meaning of this "small meeting in the ward" can't be overstated in the book - Zhang Wuji became the leader, the situation of martial arts in the world has changed greatly since then, the Mingjiao has been revived since then, and later the army has been exterminated, and the world will eventually be ruled. From this small meeting.

Looking back at those seemingly lively "martial arts conferences" and "hero conferences", you will find that they are actually far less important than they seem. During Zhang Wuji's tenure as the leader of the Mingjiao, the Mingjiao held two meetings; one was the previous "small meeting in the ward", and the other was the "Bright Summit Conference" a few days later.In terms of form, Zhang Wuji's status as leader should be finally officially confirmed at the next Guangmingding meeting. A raging fire was burning on the top", "the congregation roared with joy", "slaughtered cattle and sheep, and made an alliance with everyone".

But I believe that no one will feel that the conference is more important than the small conference.When the meeting was held, Zhang Wuji's status as the leader had already been finalized.He has even fulfilled the duties of the leader and actually commanded a battle.The substantive significance of the Guangmingding Conference is far less important than it seems. The so-called "three chapters of the agreement" are nothing more than a ceremony for the new leader to promulgate policies and demonstrate chivalrous benevolence. There are even some vigorous conferences in the rivers and lakes, but they have no beginning and no end, and they don't know what to say.For example, Guo Jing and Huang Rong contributed to the Dashengguan Heroes Conference in Li, saying that it was to elect the leader of the martial arts alliance and lead the heroes to resist Meng Yuan.The host invites heroes from all over the world, which is a grand event.

But what was the meeting like?We only remember the mountains of meat and wine in Lujiazhuang, the violent chaos of various forces, Yang Guo's gags, and Daerba's chaotic stupidity.In the end, in a daze, a little dragon girl was chosen as the leader, in name only, and nothing happened. Another example is the Juxian Village Conference and the Shaolin Temple Conference in Li, all of which have been reduced to incomprehensible stupid battles.At the Shaolin Temple Conference, the heroes in front of the Shaoshi Mountain Gate were elated, calling friends and commenting on the heroes. They thought they had participated in a great martial arts event, especially watching many masters fight with their own eyes. It is really an eye-opener to put all our efforts together, and this trip to Shaoshishan is worthwhile."

However, do they know that while the fighting outside is going on, the really important little meeting is being secretly staged in the scripture storage pavilion?Do you know that your own destiny has already been shaped like a weight, being fiddled with by Xiao Shi, Murong Shi and other masters on the balance? In Jin Yong's novels, the most meetings are held, and the characteristics of "small meetings for big things, big meetings for nothing" are most obvious.Elimination of Oboi, withdrawal of the San Francisco, peace of border troubles, these major events were all decided at the small meeting held by Xiao Xuanzi and Xiao Guizi.When it was finally sent to the courtiers for discussion, it seemed to be in full swing, but in fact, everyone was just endorsing the script written by Kangxi and Wei Xiaobao.

Of course, there are rules in the world of martial arts, and the conference naturally has its meaning, and some necessary forms are still needed.Like the discussion meeting on the withdrawal of feudal vassals hosted by Kangxi, it really had to be held.I'm afraid that the meeting will end up being a farce and a joke, which will delay the big event. The most boring meeting in the Jinyong Jianghu is the so-called "Killing Turtle Meeting" - the heroes who opposed the Qing Dynasty and restored the Ming Dynasty gathered in Hejian Mansion to discuss the plan to kill Wu Sangui. The scale of the meeting was very grand, "the crowd was full of people", from the imperial family of the Ming Dynasty to the Mu family of Yunnan, the Zheng family of Taiwan, and the martial arts tycoons gathered. .The conference affairs work is also quite in place, "the price of beef, noodle cakes, drinks, and running water will be sent up, and the crowd cheers loudly, eating and drinking."

But what was the result of such an important conference?There are two main achievements: one is to publish a book "The Collection of Plans for Killing Wu Sangui", which contains various contents. Some say that they want to insult Wu Sangui's N-generation ancestors, directly replace his family genes, and let him die before he was born; They killed Wu Sangui's whole family, left him to live alone, and made him die lonely and sad; some said they would capture Chen Yuanyuan and send him to a kiln, so that Wu Sangui could really be a tortoise, and he would die of depression and depression.I am really not afraid of not being able to do it, but of not being able to imagine it.

The second is to create a "List of Members of the Killing Wu Sangui Team", set up 18 "Killing Turtle Alliances", and elect 18 "Leaders" including Zheng Keshuang and two "General Military Advisors" such as Chen Jinnan. a strong guarantee. and then?Then there is no more. We read the entire book, and in the twenty-three chapters and millions of words, none of these turtle-killing plans were implemented, and these organizations did not play a role at all.In the end, the "Leader" Zheng Keshuang killed the "Chief Military Adviser" Chen Jinnan with a single knife, and we realized: what a nonsensical "Turtle Killing Conference". Some people may ask: Is the "Turtle Killing Conference" useless?That's not the case, there are still advantages, that is, the organizers of the "Turtle Killing Conference" did not force everyone to participate and express their opinions.According to the original book, "seventy or eighty people stood sparsely" in one corner of the venue, and they "neither want to be the leader of the alliance, nor do they want to obey orders."As the organizers, Gu Tinglin and Feng Nandi also "understood the temperament and habits of these martial arts masters, and they didn't force it." Thanks to this one "not too hard".If the organizer of the meeting, Mr. Feng Nandi, drew out a knife and said: "Anyone who does not express his opinion at today's "Turtle Killing Conference" is a coward, and we will kill him first, how terrible it would be!"