Conspiracy refers to secret planning, so that the enemy will fall into his own trap unconsciously, which can be said to be invincible. Yang Mou, on the other hand, directly puts the trap in front of him, but the other party must jump down willingly. So, which is more terrifying?
We say that "reading history makes people wise", Chinese history is a typical history of wisdom, there are three famous conspiracies in the history of our country, which are still amazing and no one can understand.
Emperor Wu of Han's edict of tutelage
Since ancient times, the princes and princes of the clan have been the emperor's troubles, they occupy one side of the power, and even continue to expand, threatening the central government at any time, but it is difficult to remove, and if you are not careful, it will cause turmoil.
The Han Jing Emperor slashed the domain and caused the Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms, the Ming Dynasty Zhu Yunjiao cut the domain and triggered the Battle of Jingnan, which was seized by Zhu Di, and the Qing Dynasty Kangxi Slashing Domain broke out the San Francisco Rebellion, all of which were a big move. And there was one person who achieved the goal of cutting the domain without spending a single soldier, and he was Liu Che, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty.
Although the Han Jing Emperor quelled the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms during the reign of Emperor Jing of Han, he did not eliminate the king of the domain, and the power of the kings of the clan could be described as "the wildfire burned endlessly, and the spring wind blew and grew again", and Emperor Wu of Han was also very troubled by this.
Although he intended to strengthen the centralization of power, but with the lesson of the "Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms" ahead, Liu Che did not dare to act rashly, and it was not a wise move to tear the faces of the kings of the clan. At this moment, the proposal of the courtier's father helped Liu Che solve the problem.
He suggested that the princes should be given the titles of princes, that is, in addition to the eldest son, the other sons of the princes could also be given land, of course, all of which were divided into their father's land. If the princely states are compared to cakes, the whole cake used to be the eldest son of the concubine, and now it is for other branches to share together, which is the order of tuien.
As soon as this order came out, some people were happy and some people were sad, all the sons were naturally happy to blossom, originally they did not get anything, and now they also have the opportunity to share the land and titles, and they are naturally grateful to Emperor Wu of Han.
In this way, the power of the princes will be further divided, weakened by each generation, until it finally disintegrates, and it is still disintegrated by itself. The princes knew this, but they could not help but obey.
On the one hand, there is nothing wrong with this decree, its essence is still a gift, on the other hand, other sons except the eldest son are very supportive of this decree, and if the princes do not agree, the first thing to face is the internal strife of the family.
In fact, the power of an ordinary clan king is not afraid, what is afraid is that one family and many people join forces, and the more dispersed the power of the princes, the more stable the central rule.
Emperor Wu of Han greatly reduced the power of the king of the clan in the form of grace, and the means could be described as clever, not only did not attract hatred, but also left a good name. This also makes people have to lament the power of "Wen", good strategy is better than thousands of forces.
Two peaches kill three soldiers
The second Yang plot occurred in the Spring and Autumn Period, during which the country was divided, wars were continuous, and every country wanted to annex other countries, and was afraid of being annexed by other countries, so excellent warriors were the needs of the country. However, once the merit is high, excellence becomes a sin, because it threatens the king's rule, and the snake is afraid of being bitten by the snake.
During the reign of Duke Jing of Qi, he had three warriors under his command, namely Gongsun Jie, Tian Kaijiang, and Gu Yezi, whose bravery was famous all over the world, but they had no one in sight and did not talk about junchen Gangchang. At that time, Xiangguo Yanzi saw this clearly, so he suggested that Qi Jinggong get rid of them as soon as possible. But these three people are very strong, and if they fight hard, they have no chance of winning.
Yan Zi knew that these three people did not talk about the elder and young, and they were all proud of their achievements, so they proposed a plan to let Qi Jinggong reward them with two peaches, and then suggested that the three of them eat peaches according to the size of their merits.
Gongsun then first said: I have defeated wild boars, killed tigers, and am entitled to eat a peach alone. So he picked up a peach.
Tian Kaijiang then said: I have defeated the enemy army twice, and I have the merit of opening up the frontier, so I am naturally qualified to eat a peach. So he also picked up a peach.
Seeing that the two peaches had been taken out, Gu Yezi was not happy, he said: Once the monarch crossed the Yellow River, the horse on the left was bitten by the big turtle, I dived under the water to find the big turtle, killed him, like my credit can also eat a peach alone, why don't you give me the peach?
Gu Yezi's words made Gongsun Jie and Tian Kaijiang ashamed and embarrassed, feeling that their merits were inferior to Gu Yezi's, but they did not humble themselves to compete for peaches, which was greedy and shameless, so both of them handed over the peaches, and then drew their swords to kill themselves.
Seeing the two commit suicide, Gu Yezi was very remorseful, thinking that he had only forced them to the end of the road by fighting for merit, and he really had no face to live in the world, so he also committed suicide.
Yan Zi skillfully used contradictions to solve the three fierce generals effortlessly, and also picked himself clean.
The success of this plan also benefits from Yanzi's grasp of human nature and the personality of the three, no peach means no credit, so the formation of a competition between the three, and as long as one person participates, even if it is known that the others have to fall into it.
Wei Wei rescued Zhao
The first two are both Yang Conspiracies above the Court, and the third Yang Scheme is from the war.
Sun Bing was a famous military figure in the Warring States period, and was once the same window as Pang Juan. Pang Juan knew that his talent was inferior to Sun Zhen's, so he pretended to invite him to Wei Guo, and then designed to cut off his feet and tattoo him in the face, so that he could not see anyone.
Later, Sun Bing was fortunately rescued by the emissaries of the State of Qi, fled the State of Wei, and has served the State of Qi ever since. Sun Bing skillfully used strategy to help the State of Qi win in many wars, laying the foundation for the hegemony of the State of Qi, the most famous of which was the siege of Wei to save Zhao.
In 354 BC, the King of Wei sent Pang Juan to attack the State of Zhao, and the State of Zhao hurriedly asked the State of Qi for help, promising to give Zhongshan to the State of Qi after the event was completed, and the King of Qi agreed to lend a helping hand and sent Tian Ji and Sun Zhi. Considering that the State of Wei sent elite troops to attack the State of Zhao, its own troops were bound to be empty, so Sun Bin gave up going to the State of Zhao and the Wei army to fight hard, but directly chose to attack the State of Wei.
In fact, attacking the State of Wei was not Sun Zhen's purpose, he knew that once the news reached Pang Juan's ears, Pang Juan would inevitably choose to come back to protect the State of Wei, so Sun Zhen set up an ambush on the road, and finally the Wei army was defeated.
This trick was very clever, he did not have it at all, and there was no need to hide his purpose, Pang Juan knew that this was a bureau but had to jump down, he could not always pick up sesame seeds and lose watermelon, attack Zhao Guo and lose Wei Guo.
Not only war, wei wei to save Zhao also has an important guiding significance for people's lives, some things need to adopt a reverse thinking method, bypass the surface to the essence, in order to play a miraculous effect of winning a move.
brief summary:
These three yang conspiracies make people have to lament the wisdom of the ancients, they show the power of planning and the importance of thinking with vivid historical facts, and paint a strong stroke of Chinese history.