In the past, to say that a person is "honest" is to say that this person is thick and has no bad thoughts, but now to say that a person is "honest" often contains the meaning of the other party's stupidity and good bullying. Learn this trick and be generous and do things smoothly from now on.
In history, there are many honest people who have been disappointed, like Han Xin who helped Liu Bang single-handedly lay down the Jiangshan, Han Xin was a general talent, Xiang Yu once sent a strategist Wu Shi to persuade Han Xin, Wu Shi said to Han Xin: "Now that the two kings of Chu and Han are fighting, you play a decisive role, and if King Xiang is destroyed, the King of Han will want to deal with you, you have old friends with King Xiang, why not oppose Han and Chu Lianhe, and divide the world into three parts?" ”
However, Han Xin rejected Wu Shi's suggestion, believing that Liu Bang would fulfill his original promise, and he was so talented, Liu Bang would certainly not be willing to kill himself. If Xiang Yu's advisers did not have much convincing power to persuade Han Xin, then Han Xin's own adviser Kuǎi's words were very convincing.
Han Xin was able to take down all 72 cities in the State of Qi, which was also the attention of Qu Tong, who spoke very skillfully, and he said to Han Xin: "I once learned the art of face-to-face, and observing your face, at most, I was only named a marquis, but I was always in danger; and looking at your back shape, it is very honorable and difficult to say." ”
This aroused Han Xin's curiosity, so he asked what it meant, and Qu Tong said that the heavenly opportunity could not be leaked, and Han Xin separated the others, leaving Ku Tong alone, and Qu Tong analyzed the situation of Liu Bang, Xiang Yu, and Han Xin in detail for Han Xin, and he proposed like Han Xin: "It is better to let them both sides (Liu Bang and Xiang Yu) get benefits, coexist, divide the world, and stand on their own feet, and no one will dare to attack first." ”
At that time, Han Xin was in a very advantageous situation, and Qu Tong also explained to Han Xin the situation in which Han Xin claimed to be the queen, but Han Xin and Liu Bang's kindness thought that he could not be ungrateful, and Qu Tong told the story of the cannibalism after the death of the mountain king Zhang Er and Cheng An Jun Chen Yu, and he told Han Xin: "Suffering arises from too much desire and unpredictable people's hearts, as the saying goes: 'When wild birds are caught, the hunting dogs will be cooked; when the enemy country is broken, the conspirators will die.'" ’”
Han Xin thought about it for a night, and When Han Xin saw Han Xin hesitate and continued to lobby, but in the end Han Xin politely declined Qu Tong's suggestion, and when Han Xin saw this, he was very scared in his heart, and then he had to pretend to be crazy and become a wizard, and after Han Xin helped Liu Bang to stabilize the world, Liu Bang took action against Han Xin, and was not only demoted to the Marquis of Huaiyin, but also executed for plotting rebellion.
Han Xin is a typical honest person, unwilling to betray Liu Bang, and eventually betrayed by Liu Bang, ghost Guzi told everyone not to be too honest, to keep a heart and eyes, to be generous and smooth to do things, is the upper way.