Everyone knows that " Zizhi Tongjian " is called "the art of power conspiracy". In fact, it is true. If you want to learn conspiracy and power conspiracy, then you will definitely gain great results when reading "Zizhi Tongjian". Today I will introduce to you the first article of "Zizhi Tongjian" to let everyone know what is the real conspiracy and power conspiracy.
The beginning of "Zizhi Tongjian" tells a story, that is, the famous " Three Family Divisions of Jin ", Han, Zhao and Wei divided Jin , marking that Spring and Autumn Period officially entered Warring States Period .
At that time, the royal family of Jin was in decline. The Zhi Family, Han Family, Zhao Family, Han Family, Zhong Family, and Fan Family were the strongest, and the Zhao Family among the six families was the strongest. The military and political affairs of the entire Jin State were controlled by the Zhao family.
In "Zizhi Tongjian", when Zhixuanzi, the sixth-generation head of the Zhi family, was about to choose Zhiyao as his heir, his younger brother told him that Zhiyao is good everywhere, but there is a little bad, he is not kind enough, and he is not kind enough. If he chooses to be the new generation head of the Zhi family, the entire Zhi family will perish, but Zhixuanzi did not listen to him, and still chose Zhiyao as his heir, so Zhiguo directly changed his surname and established a new ancestral temple.
In 475 AD, the head of the Zhao family Zhao Yang died, Zhiyao seized the opportunity to lead the Zhi family to become the strongest family in Jin State , directly controlling the military and political affairs of Jin State. At the same time, they joined forces with the three families of Han, Zhao and Wei to divide the two other families, and the 6 big family has thus become 4 big families.
If you were Zhiyao, what would you do? I believe most friends will have the same idea, which is to continue to annex other families and strengthen the power of the wise family.
In fact, Zhiyao did the same. he decided to split the Zhao family, the once strongest family and the family that currently poses the greatest threat to the smart family.
At this point, in fact, "Zizhi Tongjian" asked us a question at the beginning of the article, , that is, in the game of 4 parties, how should the strongest party choose?
Zhiyao's choice is to join forces with the weakest Han and Wei families to attack the second-strong Zhao family . His judgment is like this. Among the three families, the Zhao family poses the greatest threat to him. If the Zhao family is given time to develop power, then the future will be the confrontation between Zhi and Zhao families. Not only will they not be able to do anything to each other, but they will also give Han and Wei more opportunities to "mount a fence", so he must first attack the Zhao family.
The reason why Zhiyao wanted to unite the Han and Wei families was because he was worried that he would be attacked from both sides and to deal with the Zhao family and the Han-Wei alliance . So Zhiyao agreed to divide the Zhao family with Han and Wei, so as to form an alliance between Zhi, Wei and Han, and jointly fight against the Zhao family.
In "Zizhi Tongjian", the three families of Zhi, Wei and Han surrounded the Zhao family's city, but could not be captured for a long time. Zhiyao came up with a plan to flood the city. saw that the city was about to be destroyed and the Zhao family was divided up, and an accident happened.
The Han and Wei families suddenly turned against each other and joined forces with the Zhao family to defeat the Zhi family army, kill Zhiyao, and at the same time, killing all the Zhi family members, dividing the Zhi family and even the entire Jin State. Zhiguo's advice became a reality.
Judging from the results, Zhiyao made a mistake in the 4-party game. If we insist on re-deduction, Zhiyao actually has many choices to avoid the tragedy , but in fact, Zhiguo explained the essence of the problem from the beginning, that is, Zhiyao is unkind.
The Tao Te Ching says, "Only if you don't fight, no one in the world can fight with it." Once you step into a chess game, it will be difficult to turn back. As the saying goes, one wrong step is wrong, and one wrong step will never be restored. Therefore, the best way is to not enter the game , which is to use benevolence instead of struggle. In modern terms, is "despicable development". Although fighting can gain something, it will be huge, but if you fail, it will be costly.
This is the great truth and great power scheme that the beginning of "Zizhi Tongjian" tells us. Looking at the past and present, "despicable development" is the kingly way. In fact, the Zhi family is not unaware of this truth. Therefore, the two brothers Zhiguo and Zhixuanzi separated. Through modification, the Zhiguo people were preserved. After Qin destroyed the Six Kingdoms, the Zhiguo people changed back to intelligence and continued the Zhi family's bloodline.
So when the Zhi Family chose the successor, he was also choosing his future route. The line led by Zhi Yao was the line of struggle, and the line led by Zhiguo was the line of inconvenience. It is precisely with this complete preparation that the blood of the Zhi Family has been able to continue to this day.
