My Wife of the Three Kingdoms is Wu Sheng

Chapter 57 Soft, Hard, and Hard

However, Chen Deng arrived at Xiapi after traveling from Yangzhou for ten days. He had no time to rest his overall strength, so he was busy pursuing Zhang Yang, and his physical strength and spirit were at a very weak stage.In addition, now that he fell heavily from a high place, his heavy cotton coat became heavier after being soaked in water, and was stuck in the ice cave. Chen Deng lost his strength after tossing for a long time.

Fortunately, the White Wolf Creek is shallow in winter, so it can only reach Chen Gao's armpit, so it won't be destroyed, but even so, Chen Gao still can't climb up.

Chen Gao soaked in the cold stream of the ice cave, and his consciousness gradually became blurred.Chen Deng's last thought was a wry smile: "If you die of thirst, you will not drink the water from the stolen spring, and if you die, you will not fall into the White Wolf Creek... But I, Chen Deng, will die in this White Wolf Creek and be ridiculed by the people of the world... The Chen family I will also be looked down upon because of me... Chen Deng, if you drown, you should change the river..."

Then Chen Deng lost consciousness, but at this moment, the sound of a wheelbarrow was heard along the White Wolf Creek not far away, and then he saw an old man in his 60s leading a young man, who seemed to be his son and grandson, Come quickly with four wheelbarrows.

The old man said happily: "Lucky today, a military master wants to eat fresh fish dug out of the ice cave by name. It's a big deal, [-] yuan! It's enough for our family to eat and drink for two years! Get rich, get rich... You boy, hurry up! If you make the military master wait, they will kill people when they get angry!"

Just behind the old man, a strong man in his 30s said indifferently: "Father, what's the hurry! I think the senior military man is very kind, even if we go back later, it will be fine..."

The old man immediately turned his head and glared at his son, and said angrily, "Boy, everyone has a three-point temper, let alone a general with a heavy army in his hand? Don't look at him being polite now, once you accidentally offend him , hum, then wait for the whole family to accompany you to die..."

Hearing his father's reprimand, the man patted his head in shame, and laughed along with him: "What father said is... except that no one can die in Bailangxi, there is nothing else to say. The water quality is good, and it is sweeter than well water. Just Even the fish in the stream are more delicious than those in other places, especially there is a deep pond under the arch bridge. Even in the severe drought four years ago, this pond has not dried up, and the fish, shrimp, turtles and turtles inside are even more delicious. There's so much to say...Hey, look, the ice in the stream has cracked...Huh? What's that?"

The man pointed at the place where Chen Gao fell into the water and shouted.

The old man squinted his hazy eyes, looked at it, and jumped up excitedly: "That's a big fish weighing at least 100 catties! It must be that this fish can't stand loneliness and wants to break through the ice to breathe, but it's caught I'm stuck in the ice cave... Boys, take this guy to catch fish!"

Zhang Yang and Wu Na stationed the army along the White Wolf Creek. There was a small village less than two miles away from the south bank. Wu Na wanted to bring a group of high-level officials to the village to spend the night, but was stopped by Zhang Yang.

Wu Na glared at him angrily and said, "What's the matter, sleeping in a warm bed, wouldn't it be better to sleep in a tent with air leaking from all sides?"

Zhang Yang smiled lightly, waved his hands and said, "Who doesn't know how to enjoy the blessings? It's just that no matter how good this village is, we won't be able to enter it for the sake of our Wujiabao's future."

Wu Na, Qian Ning and other high-level executives were all surprised, and Lao Hei stared at Zhang Yang and said: "Whether you can enter the village or not, there are so many things to pay attention to?"

Zhang Yang nodded, and couldn't help thinking of Liu Bei. He stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the Bailang River like a jade belt, and soldiers who were lighting fires by the stream to keep warm, chatting and laughing, and said slowly: "There was such a time. , It’s about a great dynasty that came to an end, eunuchs and relatives were fighting to the death, the country collapsed, and the people were devastated. Then a well-organized and massive religious riot swept across, and the unprepared dynasty almost collapsed, but some A few very powerful generals, like the mainstay, turned the tide and brought back the defeat alive. However, at this time, the emperor died of illness, and the group of foreign relatives tried to eradicate the eunuch group and monopolize Chaogang, and lost the most important survival of the emperor, the eunuchs And began to feel uneasy, because their end was at hand."

Zhang Yang glanced at the group of people who were listening carefully, and then said: "But the leader of the foreign relatives is a brainless person. Their strength is enough to destroy the eunuch group a hundred times, but he is hesitant and too unconfident. A secret trick was sent to the local warlord stationed hundreds of miles away from the imperial city to send troops into the city to help. The matter was revealed, the leader of the foreign relatives was assassinated, and the group of foreign relatives collapsed instantly, but the local warlord entered smoothly under the slogan of avenging the leader of the foreign relatives. The local warlord was an ambitious man, and he was defeated again and again in the crusade against the rebels. However, the court did not pursue his fault and instead promoted him to an official position. However, after he entered the city, he went on a killing spree and took the opportunity to recruit his relatives The army of the emperor took control of the emperor's officials and abolished them on their own, and a generation of lords and national thieves was born. And so the troubled times began."

As long as Qian Ning and the others were knowledgeable, they would immediately realize how similar the dynasty Zhang Yang was talking about was to the current Han dynasty!Is Zhang Yang predicting the future of the big man? !

Qian Ning immediately looked at Zhang Yang one by one, feeling a little surprised.But Zhang Yang didn't see it, and continued: "When the religious uprising broke out back then, the imperial court could have used the central army to suppress the uprising, but it was still not confident, and appointed various governors and princes as shepherds. , the money and food armed forces in charge of a state are very similar to the various princes who were entrusted by Jifa of the Great Zhou Dynasty. They recruited troops and trained on the spot to fight against rebels. There were repeated coups, but within three days, the imperial city had changed three emperors, and the empress dowagers were also changing constantly. They are about to be defeated, although there is still an emperor in the world, but no one is willing to obey orders, each governs independently, draws the land as the king, attacks and fights each other, robs the land, and the unprecedented tragic fight begins."

When Zhang Yang said that the princes of that place said that the princes of that place would soon be defeated, everyone was shocked, and immediately thought that Zhang Yang was saying that Dong Zhuo's fall was not far away!

Zhang Yang continued: "Troubled times are here. All kinds of characters, careerists, conspirator, official fans, money fans, murderers, all appear on the stage one after another. I will take the stage after you sing. But the world has its own justice. It's not that you have ambition, you I think that if you can do it, you can make things happen. Later, dozens of forces in the world were defeated and reorganized one after another, and the world was divided into three parts, and three kingdoms appeared. Among them, the most powerful one is after the eunuch, and the status is also very embarrassing. In addition to meritocracy, regardless of a person's status, status and virtue, as long as he is talented, he can be employed, so he succeeded. The second way is to stand on the ground and with the support of a group of old and new officials, he inherited his father and grandparents. Great cause. He knows people well, although his talent is not as good as the first one, but he has also united most of the courtiers and subordinates, and he has also succeeded. Then, the third way, which is what I want to talk about today, is also what we should learn from."

Hearing what Zhang Yang said, everyone was full of energy, surrounded by the raging bonfire, their eyes were shining with the same brilliance, and they looked at Zhang Yang intently.

Zhang Yang took a sip of the warm wine, and continued: "That person started to own everything, and he didn't show anything. He was defeated again and again in wars, hiding in Tibet all day long, relying on this one today, and another tomorrow. But he knows that in troubled times To achieve great things, soldiers, horses, money and food are hard power, which is very important, but reputation, influence and evaluation in the hearts of thousands of people are soft power. Most other princes have very hard hard power, so they are blindly confident and do not cultivate benevolence. In the end, he ended up with the desolate end of betraying relatives and dying. And his hard power is too soft, so let his soft power be hardened!"

"Soft...hard..." Wu Na listened in a daze, but still understood. Old Hei's eyes were darkened, but when he looked at the thing under her, he immediately lost his mind, and murmured: "Let the soft It's easy to harden the place..."

Then I heard Zhang Yang continue: "From the very beginning, that man paid great attention to the reputation of his subordinates, restrained his troops, and rectified military discipline, so that no matter whether the princes can fight or cannot fight, the military discipline will be corrupted. Scholars of the gentry are very disgusted. Although he is weak, but the long-term glorious image of benevolence and virtue is there, and it has attracted a large number of high-ranking officials to follow."

"In addition, that person likes to show off and join in the fun. He is a big banner of morality all day long. Where there is something going on, no matter whether others go or not, he will definitely show up. So the appearance rate is high, and he has no ability at all. But it has also achieved the goal of 'no one in the world knows you'. You want people to follow you, how can you do it if they don't know you?"

After Zhang Yang finished speaking, he took a deep breath, looked at the people who were paying attention, and began to conclude: "How similar is our Wujiabao to the third person now? We are weak now, and everyone knows it. Hard power is not strong enough. We can let him Slowly get hard, but that process is quite long. And soft power makes it harden, which is even more protracted. Our hard power is inherently insufficient, so we must focus on soft power. Soft power is strong, let you know Well, if the soft power is well managed, the hard power will also be hardened! - that is to say, we will build up the reputation of our Wujiabao and recast the reputation of our Wujiabao. We will show the limelight everywhere, fight against bullies, and support Justice, at the same time supporting the weak, benevolent to the common people. Uniting the big clan, knowing people to do their jobs well... When our good reputation spreads, our power grows, and more and more people are willing to follow us, our good days will come— —So, we froze to death and didn’t enter the village and didn’t bother the villagers. This is Xiande. I personally went to the village and paid [-] yuan for people to fish. Good words, thank you for your kindness at this time. Next, we will pilot along the way to help the people do more good things...Of course, this is not just for fame, I also really want to help these poor people...We helped them, and they helped the people. It is not a shameful thing for us to promote our reputation and mutual benefit. At least, we are still willing to do this, and there are not many people in the world who are willing to be so hypocritical..."

"Of course, if every regime and force wants to succeed and last for a long time, they must hold two knives in their hands. One is the knife of benevolence that I often say, and the other is the butcher's knife!" Zhang Yang After a final pause, he said in a deep voice.

After hearing this, Qian Ning nodded in agreement, but Wu Na and the others were somewhat puzzled. Wu Na said, "Why isn't this contradictory?"

Zhang Yang said with a smile: "You should understand this. You always hold the butcher's knife high, and you never blink when you kill. Killing people can make people fearful, can make people disgusted, and separate people's hearts. But if you don't know how to kill, and don't know how to handle many things with iron blood That's no way to shock people into submitting, and the defeat will be faster. —— Well, how about this, from now on I will hold the knife of benevolence and virtue, and you will hold the knife of killing and butchering, how about we each perform our duties?"

Wu Na heard Zhang Yang's teasing tone, and snorted, "My family seems to be a good person. At that time, a certain person will be full of benevolence and morality, but his stomach will be full of scheming ideas. I will be the good guy, and you will be better than the bad guy." suitable!"

Everyone couldn't help laughing when they heard this, only Long Yang stared at Zhang Yang coldly, feeling that he was teasing Wu Na, he felt very uncomfortable in his heart, but this was not the place where the attack occurred, so he kept silent and glared.

At this moment, I heard the creaking sound of a wheelbarrow in the distance, and then I heard a loud voice from an old man outside: "General, this old fish is brought to you!"