Fishing requires bait, and it will only be hooked if the fish has a little sweetness. Seventeen of the thirty-six plans are for throwing bricks and attracting jade. In the brick-throwing strategy, the "brick" is the bait, and the "jade" is the fish. And the wise man can always find a better choice between "brick" and "jade". In "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", such cases abound, let's pick a few to take a look.
The first is Dong Zhuoshema Delu Bu. In the third episode of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Dong Zhuo and Ding Yuan fell out. Dong Zhuo wanted to kill chickens and make an example of monkeys, but unexpectedly saw a person standing behind Ding Yuan, holding Fang Tian's halberd, glaring angrily at Dong Zhuo. When I inquired, it turned out to be Lu Bu. The next day, Ding Yuan led Lu Bu to attack and defeated Dong Zhuo. When Dong Zhuo was worried, Li Su, Lu Bu's fellow villager, offered advice to Dong Zhuo and volunteered to persuade Lu Bu. And persuaded Dong Zhuo to be willing to throw bricks, sacrifice the red rabbit horse, and said: If you want to take the world, why not cherish a horse? Dong Zhuo happily went with it, and even with a thousand taels of gold, dozens of pearls, and a jade belt. Seeing that Lu Bu forgot his righteousness, he actually killed Ding Yuan and defected to Dong Zhuo. Dong Zhuo threw bricks and won jade, and this deal was very cost-effective. However, when Lu Bu wanted to get Diao Chan again, Dong Zhuo was reluctant. Under Situ Wang Yun's beauty plan, Dong Zhuo's life came to an end. This also shows that in Dong Zhuo's heart, Diao Chan is obviously not a "brick" that leads to "jade", but a "jade" in his heart.
The second is that Ding Fei Shema rescued Cao Cao. In the fifty-eighth chapter of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", after Cao Cao killed Ma Teng in Xiliang, Ma Teng's son Ma Chaoxing hated Cao Cao and captured Tongguan. Cao Cao led his troops to Tongguan to confront Ma Chao. Ma Chao adopted Han Sui's suggestion and launched an attack when Cao Cao crossed the river, so that Cao Cao was defeated and fled lifelessly. At that time, Ding Fei, the commander of Weinan County, was on the top of Nanshan, and he saw that Ma Chao's pursuit made Cao Cao feel at risk of life at all times, so he opened the gate of the village and drove all the cattle and horses out. For a time, the mountains were full of cattle and horses. Seeing this, the Xiliang soldiers all turned around and fought for cattle and horses, and had no intention of chasing Cao Cao, who fled wildly. Cao Cao also saved the day. After Cao Cao went ashore, he heard that Ding Fei saved him with the clever trick of "riding cattle and horses to lure the enemy", and immediately promoted Ding Fei to the rank of military captain. Ding Fei's strategy of luring the enemy is actually a strategy to lure people with profit, interests will change people's goals, and the desire for profit will make many people lose their way.
The third is that Kong Ming Shema lured Zhongda. Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, the biggest constraint was grain and grass. During the Sixth Northern Expedition, Wei Shu fought against each other in Qishan. The grain and grass of Shu are in the Sword Pavilion, and it is difficult to transport. Zhuge Liang used wooden oxen and flowing horses to start transporting grain. Soon Sima Yi got the news: the Shu army used wooden oxen and horses to transport grain and grass, and it didn't take much effort, and the cattle and horses didn't need to be fed. So he sent people to rob three or five horses back, imitated more than 2,000, and began to transport grain. Kong Ming was overjoyed and ordered Wang Ping to intercept and kill the Wei army's grain transport team, and confessed: If there are pursuing soldiers, twist the tongue of the wooden ox and horse, and the cow and horse will not be able to move. Sure enough, Wang Ping drove more than 2,000 wooden oxen and horses according to Zhuge Liang's method, robbed the Wei army's grain back, and almost ambushed and killed Sima Yi. In the strategy, the first time the Shu soldiers were robbed of a few wooden oxen and horses and the grain and grass in the stomach were the bait, which was the "brick" thrown by Zhuge Liang, and the thousands of wooden oxen and horses imitated by Sima Yi and the grain and grass in the stomach were "jade". Zhuge Liang only paid a small amount of grain and a few wooden oxen and horses, and he got Sima Yi's thousands of wooden oxen and horses and grain.
In fact, the purpose of the trick is to confuse and deceive the opponent more effectively, and to take the initiative to give the enemy some small favors and small favors, so that he can taste a certain amount of sweetness and relax his vigilance, so as to further lure him into taking the bait. In this way, although you pay a smaller price, you can get a greater benefit. It's a give-it-you-go strategy. In life, as ordinary people, they are susceptible to suggestion and herd mentality, which is the psychological basis for the implementation of the brick-throwing strategy. Therefore, if we want to guard against being fooled by others, we must have our own opinions when encountering problems, and others cannot stop what we think should be done, and we cannot persuade others to do what we think should not be done. Don't be fooled, and prevent others from using bricks to lure away our jade.