Chapter 57: Soft and hard, there is a great way

However, Chen Deng was busy pursuing Zhang Yangyang because he had been traveling from Yangzhou for ten days before he arrived in Xia Pi. He had no time to stop his overall strength and was busy pursuing Zhang Yang. His physical strength and spirit were in a very weak period. In addition, he fell heavily from the heights, and his thick cotton coat became heavier after being trapped in the ice cave. Chen Deng had not been struggling for a long time and had no strength.

Fortunately, the water in Bailang Creek is shallow in winter and can only pass through Chen Gao's armpits and not be overwhelmed. But even if Chen Gao does this, he will not be able to climb up.

Chen Gao was soaked in the cold ice cave stream, and his consciousness gradually became blurred. Chen Deng's last thought was a bitter smile: "I will never drink the water of the thief spring when I die of thirst, and I will never fall into the stream of the White Wolf... But I, Chen Deng, are going to die in this White Wolf stream, and are ridiculed by the people of the world... The Chen family will also be looked down upon by others because of me... Chen Deng, I should change the river even if I drown..."

Then Chen Deng lost consciousness, but at this time, the sound of a wheelbarrow came from not far away along Bailang Creek. Then he saw an old man in his sixties leading a young man, who seemed to be his son and grandson, walking quickly with four wheelbarrows.

The old man said happily: "I'm lucky today. Some Jun Ye wanted to name the name to eat fresh fish digged from the ice cave. He was so generous, ten thousand yuan! It's enough for our family to eat delicious food and drink for two years! I'll get rich and become rich... You kid, hurry up! If Jun Ye is anxious, they will kill people when they get angry!"

I heard a strong man in his thirties behind the old man say unconcernedly: "Dad, why are you anxious? I see that the military master who is in charge is very angry. Even if we go back later, it will be fine..."

The old man suddenly turned around and glared at his son, and said unhappily: "You guy, you all have a three-point temper, let alone a general with heavy troops? Don't look at him being polite now. Once you accidentally provoke him, hum, then wait for the whole family to die with you..."

After hearing the father's reprimand, the man touched his head in shame and smiled: "What Dad said is... Except for the fact that no one can die, there is nothing else to say. The water quality is good and sweeter than well water. Even the fish in the stream are more delicious than the fish elsewhere, especially the deep water pool under the arch bridge. Even the drought four years ago, the pool was not dry, and there were even more fish, shrimps, turtles and tortoises inside... Hey, look, the ice surface in the stream has cracked... Huh? What is that?"

The man pointed at Chen Gao's place where he fell into the water and shouted.

The old man narrowed his hazy eyes, looked at it, and jumped up excitedly: "That is a big fish with at least more than 100 kilograms! This fish must be unable to withstand loneliness and wanted to break through the ice surface and get some breath, but was stuck in the ice cave... Boys, take the fish with guys!"

Zhang Yang and Wu Na stationed their army along Bailang Creek. There was a large village less than two miles on the south bank. Wu Na originally wanted to take a group of senior executives to the village to stay, but Zhang Yang stopped her.

Wu Na glared at him angrily and said, "So what's wrong? Sleeping in a warm bed, isn't it better to sleep in a tent with air leakage on all sides?"

Zhang Yang smiled softly and waved his hand and said, "Who doesn't know how to enjoy the blessing? But no matter how good this village is, we can't make it for the future of our Wujiabao."

Wu Na and Qianning and his team of senior executives were all strange. Lao Hei stared at Zhang Yang and said, "Where are there so many things to pay attention to if you enter the village?"

Zhang Yang nodded and couldn't help but think of Liu Bei. He stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the Bailang River that was like a jade belt, and the soldiers who were making fires by the stream to keep warm and laughing, slowly said: "There is an era that is about a great dynasty coming to an end. The eunuchs and relatives fought to the death, the country collapsed, and the people were suffering. Then a strong and powerful religious riot swept over, and the prepared dynasty was almost destroyed. However, a few powerful generals turned the tide like the mainstay and fought back the defeat. However, at this time, the emperor died of illness. The foreign relatives tried to eradicate the eunuch group and monopolized the stadium, but lost the emperor who relied on the most. The eunuchs also began to be anxious because their doomsday was coming."

Zhang Yang glanced at the group who listened carefully and continued, "But the leader of the foreign relatives was a brainless person. Originally, their strength was enough to destroy the eunuch group a hundred times, but he was hesitant and too unconfident. Instead, he used a secret move to ask the local warlords stationed hundreds of miles away from the imperial city to send troops into the city to help. The matter was exposed. The leader of the foreign relatives was assassinated, and the foreign relatives collapsed instantly. However, the local warlord successfully entered the city with the slogan of avenging the foreign relatives. The local warlord was a wolf-like ambitious man, defeated the rebellion again and again, but the court did not pursue his fault, but instead promoted his official position. But after entering the city, he started a large-scale killing, took the opportunity to recruit the army of the foreign relatives, controlled the emperor and all officials, and deposed himself. A generation of traitors in the country were born. So the troubled times began."

As long as Qian Ning and others had some knowledge, they immediately realized the truth. The dynasty Zhang Yang talked about was so similar to the current Han Dynasty! Is Zhang Yang predicting the future of the Han Dynasty?!

Qian Ning immediately looked at Zhang Yang and was a little surprised. However, Zhang Yang did not see it and continued: "When the religious uprising broke out, the court could have suppressed the uprising with the central army, but it was still unconfident. He appointed various governors and princes as pastors and guards, and was in charge of the money and grain arming of the state. It was very similar to the royal princes and princes who were granted by the Great Zhou Jifa. They recruited and trained on the spot to fight against rebellion. However, the court was too high and estimated

With the loyalty of the pastors and guards to the court, and the repeated coups of the court, in just three days, the imperial city was replaced by three emperors. The empress and the empress dowager were also changing, and the majesty of the court disappeared. In addition, although the warlords in that place controlled the imperial city, they were fighting with the people of the world and were soon defeated. Although there was an emperor in the world, no one was willing to obey the orders. They acted independently, made kings, attacked and fought each other, and seized the interests of the territory. The unprecedented fierce battle began."

When Zhang Yang said that the princes in that place said that the princes in that place were soon defeated, everyone was shocked and immediately thought that Zhang Yang was saying that Dong Zhuo's defeat was not far away!

Zhang Yang continued: "The troubled times have come, and all kinds of people, ambitious people, conspirators, officials, financial mistresses, and murderers all appear one after another. After you sing, I will go on stage. But the world has its own justice, and it is not that you have ambition, you think you can accomplish things. Later, dozens of forces in the world have been defeated and reorganized one after another, and three vassal states appeared. Among them, the most powerful one was the eunuch, and his identity was also very awkward, but he was also a big clan in the court. In addition, only talent is to take charge of a person's identity, status and virtue, as long as he has talent, he can be appointed, so he succeeded. The second way is to stand in a good position and inherit the great cause of his father and grandparents with the support of a group of new and old ministers. He knew people and was good at responsibilities. Although his talents were not as good as the first one, he also united most of his ministers and subordinates, and he also succeeded. Then, the third way, which is what I want to say today, is also what we should learn from."

When everyone heard Zhang Yang say this, they were full of energy and surrounded the blazing bonfire. Their eyes were shining with the same brilliance, and they looked at Zhang Yang intently.

Zhang Yang took a sip of warm wine and continued: "That person started with everything, nothing was revealed, and he was defeated again and again when fighting. He hid in Tibet all day, surrendered to this one today, and surrendered to that tomorrow. But he knew that to achieve great things in troubled times, soldiers, horses, money and food were hard power, which was very important, but reputation, the influence and evaluation of thousands of people, was soft power. Most of the other princes had very hard power, so they blindly had confidence and did not cultivate benevolence, and ended up being desolate as if they were betrayed by their relatives and died. And his hard power was too soft, so let the soft power hard!"

"Soft...hard..." Wu Na was confused, but she still understood. Lao Hei's eyes were completely distorted, but when he looked at the thing below him, he immediately thought about it and murmured: "It's easy to make the soft place hard..."

Zhang Yang continued: "The man paid great attention to the reputation of his troops from the beginning, restrained his troops and rectified military discipline, and made the princes unable to fight, all of them were corrupt, and both the people and scholars were disgusted. Although he was weak, his long-term glorious image of benevolence and virtue also attracted a large number of senior officials and clans to follow him."

"In addition, that person likes to show off and join in the fun. He is under the banner of morality all day long. No matter whether others go or not, he will definitely appear. So the appearance rate is high, and he has no ability at all, but he has also achieved the goal of "Who in the world doesn't know you". If you want people to rely on and follow you, how can you not know you?"

After Zhang Yang finished speaking, he took a deep breath, looked at the people who were watching and listening, and began to summarize: "How similar is our Wujiabao now? Now we are weak and people know that. The hard power is not strong enough. We can make him hard slowly, but that process is quite long. And the soft power makes it hard, which is even more protracted. Our hard power is inherently insufficient, so we must focus on starting from the soft power. If the soft power is strong, you will know that if the soft power is well managed, the hard power will be harder! - In other words, we must make the reputation of our Wujiabao and rebuild our Wujiabao's reputation. We must show off everywhere, fight bullies, support justice, and support the weak and benevolent people. Unite the great clan and know

People are good at responsibilities... When our good reputation spreads, our power increases, and more and more people are willing to follow us, our good days will come - so, we will freeze to death and not enter the village or disturb the villagers. This is a virtue. I personally went to the village to pay 10,000 yuan to fish. The fisherman got great benefits and would naturally say good things for me and give me kindness. Next, we will pilot along the way and help the people do more good deeds... Of course, this is not only to seek fame, but also to really want to help these poor people... We helped them, and they promoted their reputation for me and others, and mutual benefit is not a shame. At least, we are still willing to do this, and there are not many people in the world who are willing to be so hypocritical..."

"Of course, if every regime and every force want to succeed, if you want to last for a long time, you must hold two knives in your hands, one is the sword of benevolence I often call, and the other is the butcher's knife!" Zhang Yang paused for a last moment and said in a deep voice.

After hearing this, Qian Ning nodded in agreement, but Wu Na and others were a little confused. Wu Na: "Why isn't this a contradiction?"

Zhang Yang smiled and said, "You should understand this. You often hold the butcher's knife high, and you will never blink. Killing people can make people fear, be disgusted by capable people, and people's hearts are separated. But if you don't know how to kill people and do many things with iron-blooded wrists, then the method will shock and surrender, and the defeat will be faster. - Well, it's better to do this. In the future, I will hold the sword of benevolence and virtue, and you will hold the butcher's knife to kill, how can we do our own duties?"

When Wu Na heard Zhang Yang's teasing tone, she snorted: "I look like a kind person. At that time, someone is full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, but her belly is full of tricks to plot against others. I will be the best person for good people, but you are more suitable for bad people!"

Everyone couldn't help laughing when they heard this. Only Long Yang stared at Zhang Yang coldly, feeling that he was teasing Wu Na, and he felt very awkward, but it was not the place where the attack was happening, so he had to say nothing and glared.
Chapter completed!