Zheng Gui of the Chu State, the favorite concubine of the King of Chu Huai during the Warring States period, was beautiful and intelligent, but she was jealous and scheming, interfering in the affairs of the dynasty... It can be seen that he is a figure who has a lot of criticism in history.
According to Zhang Yi's record: "The King of Chu is fortunate to have Zheng Gui, and the sleeve does not obey what he says", and the King of Chu Huai is not easy to fool no matter how faint. So why just obey Zheng's words?
Anyone has his shining point, and the contest between Zheng Gui and Empress Chu Wei has lifted Mi Yue out of danger, and perhaps she can find a place worth learning from.
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Mi Yue searched for herbs to treat Kui Gu, and Huang Xie suggested going to Zheng Gui's garden. Because king Huai of Chu rewarded many rare flowers and plants in order to repair Lan Guitai for Zheng Guitai. Unexpectedly, when looking for herbs in Lan Guitai, he was discovered by Zheng Gui's pet dog Baoguan, who recruited a bodyguard and was arrested.
It was the time when Empress Dowager Chu Wei and Nan Hou, who had come to Lan Guitai to look for stubble, were in full swing, and there was also the King of Chu Huai, who had hurriedly arrived...
Mi Yue and Huang Xie are arguing with each other about each other's affairs.
Empress Dowager Chu Wei: "Well, I have a number in mind, Huang Gongzi is a well-known humble gentleman, and he will take care of this wasteful flower and grass beating the dog, and I will not believe anything." Mi Yue has always been rude and unreasonable, which is like her style. ”
King Huai of Chu: "Since someone has already confessed to this matter, it can also be regarded as having an eyebrow, as for how to deal with it..."
Empress Dowager Chu Wei: "Mi Yue is the culprit, and it only took her time to return to the palace from the cemetery, so she stirred up the harem, and the great king wanted to kill a hundred people and severely punish them, so as not to bring the princes and princesses of the harem with him." As for that Huang Xie was seduced by others and did not understand the etiquette, he should also be taught a lesson. ”
King Huai of Chu: "What the Empress Dowager said is extremely true..."
Zheng Gui: "Dare to ask the Great King, whose palace is this Lan Guitai?" ”
King Huai of Chu: "Princess Ai, are you joking?" This Lan Guitai is naturally the palace of the concubine! ”
Zheng Gui: "Then The Great King, why don't you ask your concubines what to do with the people who break into your own palace?" ”
King Huai of Chu: "Well, then I would like to ask, how do you want to punish this person who intruded into your palace?"
Zheng Gui got up and did not hurry, walked to Mi Yue's side and said: "Sister Yue, you are also too naughty, I bet with you, can you unknowingly break into my back garden to pick my flowers and plants, I said I don't believe you not only moved the real character, but also found Huang Gongzi as a helper." You have run into such a big disaster, see how I punish you? ”
Mi Yue: "Mi Yue is willful and does not understand things, and allows Nanhou's sister to scold." ”
Zheng Gui: "Look at your sister, delicate like a flower, why would I beat her and scold her?" ”
King Huai of Chu: "You, you..."
Zheng Gui: "Why can't you get up?" Are you really going to kneel here for the night? ”
Empress Dowager Chu Wei: "This matter cannot be understood like this, will there be any rules and regulations in the harem in the future?" ”
Zheng Gui: "These are all from their own families, aren't these rules and kings all the words of the great king?" Great King, you have to be the master of the concubines, I want Mi Yue and Huang Gongzi, to compensate my treasure officials! ”
King Huai of Chu: "Good, good... That Mi Yue Huang rested for a while to compensate Bao Guan. ”
Empress Dowager Chuwei: "Great King..."
Zheng Gui: "The garden of the Great King is the garden of ai concubines, and the treasure official is also the treasure official of ai concubines, what do you say is going on with this?" ”
King Huai of Chu: "This garden is the garden of Aifei, and the treasure official is also the treasure official of Aifei, and this matter is naturally what Aifei said, then what is wrong." ”......
Derived from the lines of "The Legend of Mi Yue"
01 Asking questions changes the direction of thinking
Empress Chu Wei saw that Mi Yue had run into trouble, how could such a good opportunity be missed, the enemy was extremely red when they met, and it was said that Empress Chu Wei was in her heart at this moment. Urging her son King Huai of Chu to quickly cure Mi Yue's sins, the confrontation between Zheng Gui and Empress Dowager Chu Wei was not over, so how could she allow others to take people away from her Lan Guitai?
Zheng Gui first asked, "Dare to ask the Great King, whose palace is this Lan Guitai?" ”
Zheng Gui's question instantly changed the direction of King Chu Huai's thinking, from the idea of punishing Mi Yue to being guided to whose territory this matter occurred?
Zheng Gui asked the second time, "Then the Great King, why don't you ask your concubines what to do with the people who break into your own palace?" ”
Zheng Gui's question reminded the King of Chu Huai that the place where Mi Yue broke into trouble was Lan Guitai, and who was the owner of Lan Guitai? Not Empress Wei but her Zheng Sleeve. Although Empress Dowager Chu Wei was second only to King Huai of Chu in the harem, the person who had the most say in this matter should be the master of Lan Guitai.
These two questions, asked by the King of Chu Huai also became curious.
At this time, Zheng Mi won the initiative and voice of the whole thing through only two questions.
Now that the initiative is in your own hands, what should you do next?
02 Redefine, big things become small
Friends who have seen "The Legend of Mi Yue" know that Empress Chu Wei and Mi Yue's mother Xiang Shi and Ju Ji have a hatred for each other, plus Empress Chu Wei is jealous of the rumors of Mi Yue's birth and is eager to get rid of it quickly.
So Empress Chu Wei put a big hat on this matter, violating the rules of the harem. If Zheng Gui wanted to oppose nature, he had to do the opposite, recharacterizing the matter as a small matter of bets and mischievousness between the two women in the harem.
Zheng Gui got up and walked unhurriedly to Mi Yue and helped her up and said, "Sister Yue, you are also too naughty, I bet you, can you unknowingly break into my back garden to pick my flowers and plants, I said I don't believe you not only moved the real thing, but also found Huang Gongzi as a helper." You have run into such a big disaster, see how I punish you? ”
After the big things became small, but Empress Chu Wei's situation of not being unforgiving, as long as there was a fault, she had to be punished. So how can we not be punished?
03 Again, small things
Zheng Guixianla often reminded the king that Mi Yue is your wang sister is a family. Since it is a family, there is no need to pull any royal law, and further remind who is the head of the family? Nature is the king of you. In ancient times, a woman did not marry her father, married her husband, and died from her son.
Zheng Gui, relying on his fox charm, asked the king to order the parties to pay compensation to her pet dog BaoGuan'er!
Immersed in beauty, King Huai of Chu naturally gladly agreed.
You see that things have evolved into a farce of apologizing to pet dogs, what else are you tangled up with by Empress Chu Wei? Is it a loss of dignity?
04 Ask again to confirm the answer
Zheng Gui was clever, knowing that Chu Wei was not willing to give up, in order to make him die, it must be determined by the King of Chu Huai once again, this matter should be decided by her, so the guided question came.
Zheng Gui asked the third question: "The garden of the Great King is the garden of ai concubines, and the treasure official is also the treasure official of ai concubines. ”
King Huai of Chu naturally promised Zheng Gui, and Empress Dowager Chu Wei sent out a fire and left in a huff.
Zheng Gui solved this matter by three problems and two definitions, five sentences easily saved Mi Yue and Huang Xie, and at the same time gave the noble empress dowager a breath away, which can be described as four or two strokes.
The cleverness of Zheng Gui lies in not giving the King of Chu Huai facts and reasoning, but using questions to stimulate his ability to think actively, and guiding the development direction of this matter to the goal he wants.
Moreover, who had the final say in this matter was decided by King Chu Huai himself, not imposed on him by others by laying out the facts and reasoning, which more and more stimulated the inner driving force and sense of competence of King Chu Huai. In line with Chu Wei's last sentence, the aggressive momentum made King Chu Huai feel like a puppet many times better.
It can be seen from this that it is much easier to ask questions than to lay out the facts and reason, and asking questions is far more popular than persuasion.
Whether it's communication in the workplace or negotiating with others.
Asking questions is more influential to others.
The picture in this article is derived from the TV series "The Legend of Mi Yue"