Chapter 80 Chapter 80 Application of "Fear"

During the time of Emperor An of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a vacancy in the post of Shangshu, so the emperor ordered that all officials with a salary of more than 600 shi could take the exam, and the first place in the exam was selected to be the Shangshu.After the imperial decree was promulgated, the monarchs and ministers were eager to try their luck.Regardless of luck, in terms of strength alone, there are two officials in the court, one is the servant Zhai Feng, and the other is Taishi Ling Sun Yi.When it comes to strategic skills, the two are evenly matched, so they have become the favorites to win the championship.

So the waiter Zhai Feng thought: "This is not good. With an opponent like Sun Yi, if the performance is not good on the spot, such a good minister will belong to him. No, no, this is not possible. But, there is still What can I do?" Suddenly, he had a flash of inspiration, and he came up with a brilliant idea.He locked himself in the room, forged an ancient book of prophecy, and then took this book to meet Sun Yi.After the two met, Zhai Feng stared at Sun Yi's face without blinking, and suddenly burst into tears.Sun Yi was startled, and asked, "What's wrong with you, why are you crying all of a sudden?" Zhai Feng said, "Look at the book in my hand, I don't believe it, but we are friends, if I know It would be too dishonest not to tell you about this." Sun Yi was full of doubts, wondering why the book was so mysterious?Taking it over and looking at it, his face suddenly changed.

It turned out that the book was written under the guise of an ancient sage, and it was prophesied that in this year, there would be an official named Sun Yi, who was extremely talented and intelligent, but because of the jealousy of his courtiers, he would harm him. .Seeing this, Sun Yi suddenly became frightened in his heart, thinking that this is not about me, how can we avoid this disaster?With that, I will hide first, and if I don’t take this exam, I won’t find a chance if others want to harm me.So Sun Yi hid, and when the day of the exam came, Zhai Feng had no opponents, so he easily won the first place and snatched the official position of Shangshu.

In this story, the treacherous Zhai Zhen took advantage of the superstitious weakness of officials, and accurately hit the opponent's weakness.But this intimidation tactic is extremely rough and can be easily seen through.But you must know that the story took place during the Eastern Han Dynasty, before Buddhism entered China, and Taoism had not established its sects. If we go back a few hundred years, Zhai Zhen would probably spend money to hire a monk or an experienced Taoist as a helper.But then again, after a few hundred years, people's wisdom and knowledge have also increased a lot, and it is not so easy to intimidate others with this.

However, each era has its own trend, and each era has its own fashion.When it came to the era of the Tang Empire, the legend of the swordsman suddenly spread.There is a book called "Legends of the Tang and Song Dynasties". In this book, the protagonists in the legends of the Tang Dynasty are mostly chivalrous knights who come and go without a trace.After all, the reason why these swordsman legends have spread far and wide is that in the late Tang Dynasty, the feudal towns were chaotic and separatist. In order to eliminate opponents, they secretly trained assassins and killers. There were more assassins and killers, and a unique assassin culture was formed.

Therefore, in response to the development of this assassin culture, the art of intimidation has presented a new and colorful situation.At that time, there was a Jiedu envoy Gao Pian, who used to rule the world when he was young, and his sword energy was constantly screaming, but in his later years, he unfortunately fell victim to the swordsman culture. One of Gao Pian's favorite generals, named Lu Yongzhi, has a very bad heart. He found that his boss was more interested in the widely circulated swordsman legend, so he claimed that he was a legendary swordsman. A well-known swordsman in the world flew over the eaves and walls to call him brother and brother, which aroused Gao Pian's keen interest.

One day, Lu Yongzhi hurried to find Gao Pian and told him the bad news that someone had hired a swordsman to come here late at night and take off Gao Pian's head.Gao Pian was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly asked Master Lu for help.Daxia Lu hesitated for a long time, and finally said: He decided to ask his senior brother Zhang Shouyi to come to help him. Zhang Shouyi was abducted by the world-renowned female swordsman Nie Yinniang when he was a child, and thrown into a dry well, forcing him to practice flying sword skills hard. It took ten years to complete, and the well broke out, and now there is no rival in the world.

Although the senior brother Zhang Shouyi is powerful, the opponent is not easy to deal with, so just to be on the safe side, Lu Yongzhi suggested that Gao Pian should find a safe place to hide. So Gao Pian obeyed Lu Yongzhi's advice, and when night came, he put on women's clothes and hid under the concubine's bed, trembling with extreme fear. In the middle of the night, Lu Yongzhi and his friend Zhang Shouyi came out of the house after they were full of wine and food. First, they took a piece of copper and dragged it on the ground. Flying away, it still makes the sound of swords colliding from time to time.After a lot of tossing, the two of them spilled pig's blood on the ground again, and went back to their rooms to sleep.When he got up the next morning, he heard Gao Pian wailing loudly, kneeling beside the bed of the two of them, thanking him for saving his life last night.

From then on, Gao Pian obeyed Lu Yongzhi and Zhang Shou's words.So someone came to ask for an official without hesitation, and the one who came first was Xiao Sheng.Lu Yongzhi asked him, "What kind of official do you want to be?" Xiao Sheng replied, "I want to be a county supervisor in Yancheng." Lu Yongzhi agreed, wrote a letter of appointment, and took it for Gao Pian to sign.Unexpectedly, although Gao Pian was muddle-headed, when it came to administrative affairs, he was more sober than ever, and replied: "When promoting a cadre, the first thing to look at is political performance. This Xiao Sheng has never been an official, and I am afraid that he will not be able to do it. "

When Lu Yongzhi heard this, he immediately became angry, and threatened: "The promotion of Xiao Sheng as Yancheng County Superintendent is also for the sake of the common people in the world. You must know that there is a poisonous dragon under the salt well in Yancheng. Coming out at night and devouring the living beings, no hero Xiao Sheng is enough to surrender." What?So Xiao Sheng is also a swordsman?Gao Pian was frightened and confused again, and immediately signed, appointing Xiao Sheng as the governor of Yancheng.After Xiao Sheng took office, he robbed men and women and ate Haisai. After that, he went to the street to buy an old dagger, put it in a box, and sent it to Lu Yongzhi.Lu Yongzhi took the dagger and said to Gao Pian: "Xiao Sheng has subdued the poisonous dragon. He jumped down the salt well alone, grabbed the tail of the poisonous dragon and swung it vigorously, but it was a mischief. It turned out that the poisonous dragon turned out to be an ancient dagger. So Hua. According to the investigation, this dagger is extraordinary. It is a treasure worn by the Northern Black Emperor Zhi Guangji, one of the five ancient emperors. Now you have it. As long as you wear it on your body, the swords of the world will never hurt again you."

Gao Pian was overjoyed when he heard that, so he decorated the rotten dagger with jewels and put it next to his pillow when he slept.But not long after, another of Gao Pian's subordinates, Bi Shiduo, rebelled and drove his troops in, besieging Gao Pian. Gao Pian still had to seek help from the swordsman Lu Yongzhi, but Daxia Lu was so good at light work that he had already escaped. Pian was killed by Bi Shiduo, and before he died, he was expecting the flying swordsman to rescue him. If we carefully search the history and establish a "history of intimidation", we will find that the art of intimidation is advancing with the times. In the Han Dynasty, there was the theory of immortals and gods. In the Tang Dynasty, it was the legend of swordsmen. In the Song Dynasty, there was the Neo Confucianism of the Song Dynasty. Ming and Qing have the characteristics of Ming and Qing retribution philosophy.In contemporary society, a strong color of power has been applied, but in any case, the war of intimidation is not only a psychological warfare, but also a contest of personality and personality, and it is also an information warfare.Stronger personality strength than the opponent, and more sufficient information reserves than the opponent, the only two are the inevitable elements for winning in the officialdom.