Chapter 64 Chapter 64 The Realm of "Jing" Success

During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the founding emperor of the Northern Qi Dynasty was a typical mentally ill patient.The name of this mentally ill emperor is Gao Yang, and he likes to run naked on the beams of the house.Someone advised him to pay attention to safety, Gao Yang immediately killed the person who advised him with a single knife.He also has a beautiful concubine whom he loves very much. One day, Gao Yang summoned all his ministers to drink.While drinking, he suddenly took out a bloody human head from his bosom and threw it on the wine table. It turned out to be the head of his favorite concubine, which scared all the officials out of their wits.

Then Gao Yang solemnly buried his concubine. With loose hair and bare feet, he followed behind the coffin, playing musical instruments and singing sad songs as he walked.Gao Yang's mother, Empress Dowager Lou, was very angry when she saw her son's nervousness, so Gao Yang got under his mother's bed, lifted the bed up, and threw the old queen mother off the bed, half dead.After the incident happened, Gao Yang deeply blamed himself and felt that he had sinned deeply, so he decided to set himself on fire to thank the world.He piled firewood and jumped into the fire, frightening the officials to grab him desperately, until finally the queen mother was forced to come over and say she forgave him, and he didn't give up.

The emperor was actually a mentally ill patient, which made it difficult for the officials.Persuade him, he is not mentally normal, killing you is nothing.Don't persuade him, the more angry he is, the more serious the consequences will be.So the ministers gathered together to discuss, came up with many tricks to save their lives, and began to admonish the mentally ill emperor. First, a Kaifu joined the army and wrote a letter against the emperor, and then lost his nerve.Gao Yang was very annoyed when he saw it, so he asked the ministers around him: "What does this person mean?" All the ministers said: "He has no other intentions, he just wants you to kill him, so that he will live forever." Gao Yang said angrily : "I just don't want to kill him, what can I think he can do?"

Another censor, Li Ji, also wrote a letter scolding Gao Yang very fiercely.Gao Yang ordered someone to tie up Li Ji, throw him into the water, drag him out after a long time, and asked, "Should I still scold him?" Li Ji replied, "As long as I live, I will never stop admonishing him."Gao Yang said: "Forget it, forget it, I've convinced you, I won't kill you today, let's go." Li Ji refused to leave, insisted on admonishing Gao Yang, and finally annoyed Gao Yang, saying: "You forced me to kill you." Me, don't blame me." He ordered Li Ji to be cut in half.

All in all, in front of this mentally abnormal emperor, the officials were helpless, and there was nothing they could do about him. But there was a man named Zhao Daode who had the best way to deal with the mad emperor, and his method was also amazing. Whenever Gao Yang fell ill, he would beat him hard, causing the emperor to run around all over the place.So, how did Zhao Daode restrain this mad emperor? At the beginning, Zhao Daode had no privileges in front of the emperor, and he could be killed by Gao Yang anytime and anywhere.But Zhao Daode is a little different from other ministers. The difference is that Zhao Daode has a very simple mind and is not as complicated as other ministers.

When other ministers were considering issues, they always thought twice before they acted, thinking that by doing so, the emperor might go crazy and kill himself; if he did that, his life might be saved.But no matter what they did, they couldn't get around Gao Yang's mind, because Gao Yang's mental state was abnormal and he was moody.If you use the thinking of a normal person to judge him, no matter how you do it, it will not hit the right path. However, Zhao Daode had a pure heart and no distracting thoughts. He didn't consider the emperor's madness, and he didn't consider his personal interests. He said and acted when he saw something wrong. People who can listen.

Once, Gao Yang had a banquet with all the ministers, while they were drinking wine, he suddenly burst into tears and said: "I am the emperor, wise and powerful, but there is another country called Western Wei who refuses to obey my wise leadership. What do you think I am alive?" Hearing this, a governor named Liu Taozhi jumped out, patted his chest and shouted: "Your Majesty, don't be afraid, give me three thousand cavalry, and let me conquer the Western Wei Dynasty. After hearing this, Gao Yang was overjoyed, and immediately rewarded Liu Taozhi with a thousand bolts of silk.When the officials saw this situation, no one dared to say a word, for fear that the mad emperor would notice him and kill you.Only Zhao Daode got angry, stood up and said: "Liu Taozhi is talking nonsense. Marching and fighting are the most dangerous things. Who would believe such a big talk that three thousand cavalry conquered the Western Wei Dynasty?" , Said: "Zhao Daode is right. The thousand pieces of silk will not be given to Liu Taozhi, but to Zhao Daode."If I had known that the emperor would not kill people today, I might as well have said this sentence first, now it's great... Alas!

However, the ministers didn't know that no matter who said these words, the emperor would get angry and kill people. Only when Zhao Daode said it, the emperor would not get angry, because Zhao Daode had no distracting thoughts in his mind, and he couldn't arouse the murderous intent in Gao Yang's heart. After this incident, Gao Yang went crazy again. He rode a horse and wanted to jump into the river from a very high steep bank. None of the ministers dared to stop him, and he would kill anyone who stopped him.At this time, Zhao Daode rushed out, stepped forward and pulled the horse's rein forcefully, and pulled Gao Yang back.Gao Yang was furious and said, "If you don't make me happy, I will kill you today." He ordered his men to take Zhao Daode down.Zhao Daode replied: "If I want to kill you, I can kill you. I will see your father when I go underground and see if your father is angry."

Hearing Zhao Daode's words, Gao Yang lowered his head sadly, and ordered people to let Zhao Daode go, saying: "I'm a little too indulgent. How about this, if I drink and make trouble again in the future, you will beat me hard. Don't be polite." Zhao Daode agreed: "Okay!" He rushed forward, swung the big ear scraper, and slapped the emperor's face. Gao Yang saw that he was playing for real, so he turned around and ran away in fright. Zhao Daode refused. Rao Di chased after him, yelling while chasing, "What kind of bastard are you, to harm the world like this." Since then, Gao Yang's madness has really subsided a lot, and he also respects Zhao Daode and obeys his words.

In this story, the risk that Zhao Daode faced was the highest in the officialdom. He would lose his head if he didn't agree with each other. The probability of such a thing happening was extremely low.But Zhao Daode's wisdom in this matter is beyond the reach of the old-fashioned fellow in the officialdom. In the officialdom, anyone who holds power is the same as Gao Yang. Because of his high position, he will feel strong pressure when making decisions. Once a decision is made, no one will be responsible for it except themselves.Gao Yang's performance is the combination of strong external pressure and inner extreme indulgence, which led to the collapse of his personality.In history, almost all tyrants behaved perversely because of their personality breakdown.In this case, they urgently need to rebuild their self-personality. When dealing with people in this state, if you do not take this factor into account, then you will fail.

In front of Gao Yang, there was also Li Ji, the censor who persuaded him, but he failed in the process and lost his head, but Zhao Daode did not.The difference between these two people is that Li Ji's remonstrance is purely aimless, while Zhao Daode's remonstrance just hit the pulse of the mad emperor. Immediately had a strong psychological dependence on him. When a scheming minister advises, the first thing to consider is his own head. If he can't keep his head, he can exchange his head for a clean name.The starting point for this kind of ministers to consider issues is purely from their own self, and ignores the psychological needs of the mad emperor Gao Yang.In this case, the persuasion, what he said, what he said, was nothing more than forcing Gao Yang to be a wise king, but if Gao Yang could do this job, would he go crazy?It is precisely because Gao Yang is unable to face the complicated political situation and cannot resolve the huge psychological pressure that he needs the help of the ministers, but these ministers open their mouths and shut up, and have no constructive opinions at all, which can only make Gao Yang feel a greater sense of responsibility. Psychological pressure, even more crazy. And Zhao Daode just mentioned Gao Yang's father, which made Gao Yang quickly grasp a life-saving straw in desperation.Deep in his heart, how much he wished that his father was still alive so that he could give him advice and help him relieve his psychological pressure.It is precisely because of this secret psychological need that deep down in his heart, he immediately equates Zhao Daode with his father, which gives Zhao Daode the power to teach him a lesson—a son whose father beats him is justified. matter.Even though Gao Yang was a mad emperor, under such circumstances, he would at most just run away, and he would never dare to have the thought of rebellion. In this way we have uncovered the mystery of the success of a pure-hearted young man in officialdom.The secret is that such a young man is most likely to arouse the paternal love of the elders in the officialdom, treat him like a nephew, and love him very much.For example, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Shi Kefa went to Beijing to take the exam. After arriving in the capital, he slept in a ruined temple. It happened that the scholar-bureaucrat Zuo Guangdou passed by here. On the examination room, with a flick of a pen, Shi Kefa ascended to the officialdom of the dragon.Afterwards, a decisive battle was waged between the court officials and eunuch eunuchs, but Zuo Guangdou and the court's well-known scholars were all imprisoned because of Ming Xizong's stupidity.Shi Kefa didn't dare to face the eunuch as an enemy, so he disguised himself as a beggar and went to visit his mentor in prison, but was expelled by Zuo Guangdou.The reason why Zuo Guangdou scolded Shi Kefa was because he regarded this young man as his own son in his heart and worried that he would be implicated by him.It is precisely because of the support and protection of these well-known scholars and bureaucrats that Shi Kefa became famous all over the world. Shi Kefa in the Ming Dynasty was the same as Zhao Daode in the Northern Qi Dynasty in terms of success. The only difference is that Zhao Daode took the role of Gaoyang’s father in the Northern Qi Dynasty, while Shi Kefa took the role of the nephew of Zuo Guangdou, a scholar-bureaucrat in the Qing Dynasty.There is only one reason for the success of these two mental paths, that is, Zhao Daode and Shi Kefa's hearts are pure, if there is even the slightest impurity, they will not be able to gain the approval of the other party.