Throughout history, every successful person has been indispensable to the assistance of a think tank.
However, success and failure are often just a matter of words.
In many cases, it is likely that someone else will offer a "bad idea".
In history, there are seven extremely typical "bad ideas".
Each of these seven bad ideas is more ridiculous than the other, and each one is self-defeating.
So, what are these seven bad ideas?
Those who practice justice and law cannot escape the responsibility of the cycle of heavenly principles
During the Ming Dynasty, Yingzong personally led the army to conquer the Warat Department, but the case of a fiasco became a typical lesson of "those who practice justice and law cannot escape the responsibility of the cycle of heavenly principles".
Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty listened to the words of the great eunuch Wang Zhen and insisted on leading the army to conquer the Wara Department in person to show his majesty.
However, his decisions were driven by selfish desires and vanity, rather than genuine consideration of national interests and the military situation.
During the expedition, Yingzong ignored the dissuasion of his ministers, coveted fame, and wanted to show off his authority on the battlefield.
As a result, his army was attacked by the Warat at Tumubao, and the morale of the army was weakened, which eventually led to the crushing defeat of Youngjong's capture.
Attract Hu people, chaotic Chinese traitors
During the Western Jin Dynasty, the population of the Central Plains region decreased sharply, and the social order was turbulent.
In order to increase the population and strength, the imperial court decided to appease the Hu people and move into the Central Plains.
However, this decision has led to a situation of chaos in China.
A large number of Hu people moved into the Central Plains one after another, retaining their own culture and customs, and gradually forming a Hu community.
In the past 100 years, the number of Hu people has increased dramatically, surpassing the Han population.
The Hu people began to establish their own political power in the Central Plains, which led to political chaos and a difficult life for the common people in the Central Plains.
The establishment of the Hu regime not only brought political turmoil to the Central Plains, but also had a serious impact on the economy, culture and other aspects.
In the Central Plains under the rule of the Hu regime, the common people lived in difficulty, the social order was chaotic, the economic development was hindered, and the cultural inheritance was greatly affected.
In the process, the Han people suffered and could not get rid of the oppression and exploitation of the Hu regime.
Therefore, the policy of the Western Jin Dynasty to appease the Hu people eventually led to the situation of Wuhu chaos, which plunged the Central Plains into long-term turmoil and brought heavy suffering and disasters to the Han people.
Prevention is self-defeating
During the Southern Dynasties, the killing of the loyal minister Tan Daoji by Liu Yilong, the Emperor of the Liu Song Dynasty, became a typical case of "self-defeating and self-defeating", which eventually led to the collapse of the regime.
Tan Daoji was an important general in the Liu and Song dynasties, and he made outstanding contributions to the country, and was trusted and respected by Emperor Liu Yilong.
However, Liu Yilong was worried that his younger brother Liu Yifu would collude with Tan Daoji for the throne after his death, so he listened to the slander of the traitor and ordered Tan Daoji to be killed.
Tan Daoji's death not only deprived Liu Song of a loyal and good general, but more importantly, lost a general who played an important role in guarding the frontier and resisting foreign invasions.
After Liu Yilong's death, Liu Yifu really betrayed the royal family and colluded with the Northern Dynasty, which eventually led to the fall of the regime.
Tampering with the edict will cause stupidity
In Chinese history, the case of Prime Minister Li Si's tampering with the edict after the death of Qin Shi Huang is a typical case of "tampering with the edict and causing stupidity", which caused a serious political crisis.
After the death of Qin Shi Huang, the edict clearly stipulated that the crown prince Fusu would succeed him.
However, in order to maintain his position of power, Prime Minister Li Si disregarded the provisions of the edict and tampered with the edict and established Hu Hai, the youngest son of Qin Shi Huang, as the emperor.
Li Si's tampering with the edict undermined the normal political order, violated the law, and triggered a serious political crisis.
His actions led to the intensification of internal power struggles, political instability, and even the rapid decline and demise of the Qin dynasty.
Iron chain chain, but suffer from it
Cao Cao led a large army south to conquer Eastern Wu, but he fell into trouble because he was not good at water warfare.
In order to enhance the army's operational capabilities, Pang Tong proposed to use thick iron chains to tie dozens of warships together, and erect planks between the ships so that soldiers could walk and shuttle as if they were on land.
Cao Cao listened to this suggestion, thought it was a brilliant plan, and immediately ordered someone to implement it.
However, this seemingly clever approach became Cao Jun's Achilles' heel.
Zhou Yu saw Cao Cao's weakness of conceiting and underestimating the enemy, and proposed the tactics of fire attack.
Use cloth bags to fill oil and grass, and take advantage of the wind to burn Cao Jun's warship.
The Soochow army pretended to retreat, lured Cao's army deeper, and then ignited bags of oil and grass and drove towards the enemy.
And because the Cao army's warships were firmly fixed in chains, they could not dodge the fire attack, and soon the entire warship group was reduced to ashes.
Cao's army suffered heavy casualties in the fire and finally had to retreat south.
Closed off and reduced to a semi-colony
During the Qing Dynasty, the case of the ruler's refusal to learn from the advanced technology of the West was a classic lesson of "self-isolation and semi-colony".
In the face of the gradual rise of Western colonial powers, the rulers of the Qing Dynasty chose to refuse to learn advanced navigation technology and military equipment from the West, and adopted a policy of seclusion and self-defense.
They are superstitious about their traditional culture and military might, believing that China is self-sufficient and does not need to borrow from outsiders.
However, this policy of self-isolation has led to China's technological backwardness and economic decline.
In a series of wars such as the Opium War, the Qing Dynasty army was almost defenseless in the face of attacks by advanced Western weapons, which eventually led to the tragedy of China becoming a semi-colony.
The plan to cut off the marrow, the Mongol army was destroyed
In the last years of the Yuan Dynasty, Kublai Khan made a series of erroneous decisions in response to the Southern Song rebellion, including a misguided military strategy known as the "Broken Essence Strategy".
In the face of stubborn resistance from the Southern Song Dynasty, Kublai Khan adopted the strategy of cutting off the water source of the Southern Song capital, Lin'an (present-day Hangzhou), in order to force the Southern Song Dynasty to surrender.
He ordered the construction of large-scale water conservancy projects, which cut off the water sources of canals and lakes, depleting the water sources in Lin'an City and making life difficult for the people and troops in the city.
However, this military strategy ultimately led to irreparable consequences.
The soldiers and civilians of the Southern Song Dynasty were cornered, and they launched a stubborn resistance in anger, and with the support of foreign aid, the Southern Song Dynasty finally successfully resisted the attack of the Yuan army.
The plan did not achieve the desired effect, but provoked more stubborn resistance and hastened the decline and fall of the Yuan Dynasty.
epilogue
One right decision can change fate, and one wrong suggestion can ruin a lifetime.
Therefore, when encountering various suggestions in life, you must maintain independent thinking, carefully analyze the pros and cons, and not be easily confused by other people's claims.
Only by being rational at all times can we avoid the reef of "bad ideas" and sail to the other side of success.