People who believe in people are not necessarily sincere, but they must be sincere; People who doubt others may not all cheat, but they all cheat first. People who can trust others are not necessarily trustworthy, but at least honest and trustworthy; People who are full of doubts about others are not necessarily very cunning, but they are already very cunning.
At the end of Qin Dynasty, after the uprising of Chen Sheng and Guangwu, the situation of unifying the whole country began. At this time, a large number of outstanding talents headed by Liu Bang and Xiang Yu emerged, including many famous counselors and ministers, and Chen Ping was one of them.
Chen Ping, a native of Huju, Wu Yang County, was smart and eager to learn since childhood, and had great ambitions. Since the Chen Sheng Uprising, the world has been in chaos. He thought the opportunity had come, so he went to Wang Wei to blame him and was appointed as a servant to manage Yu He for Wang Wei. He wanted to make some achievements in Wei, but many suggestions were not adopted by Wei and were often vilified. He finally realized that Wei was not a man who could achieve great things, so he left overnight and went to Xiang Yu. Under Xiang Yu's hand, his talent was fully revealed. He took part in the famous Battle of Julu, followed Xiang Yu into Guanzhong, defeated Qin Jun, and made great contributions. Xiang Yu gave him a first-class title. However, Chen Ping knows that these are all nominal, because there is no actual power at all.
When the Chu-Han War broke out, Sima Yin, the king of Yin, surrendered to the Han Dynasty. In a rage, Xiang Yu worshipped Chen Ping as a letter to Wu Jun, and led an army to attack Yin Wang and collect Sima Yin. Live up to expectations, and soon recovered Yin and Sima Yi. Xiang Yu was overjoyed, named Chen Ping as a surname and gave him a gold contract.
But before long, Liu Bang led his troops to capture Yin Di, and Sima Yi was forced to surrender again. Xiang Yu became angry from embarrassment and transferred all his anger to Sima Yin, threatening to behead all the soldiers involved in recovering Yin. Chen Pingyi was afraid of being killed. On the other hand, he also saw that Xiang Yu lacked the mind to succeed. So he sent someone to return the gold and official seal given by Xiang Yu. Immediately, he took a simple bag and ran away.
When crossing the Yellow River, the ferryman saw Chen Ping's unusual appearance and loneliness. He suspected that he was an escaped general. Thinking that he must have some money on him, he planned to kill him for money. How clever Chen Ping is, how can he not see the well-meaning of the ferryman? After thinking, he has a plan. He took off all his clothes and showed his whole body, pretending to help the ferryman to punt. In this way, even a stupid person can see that he is penniless, so Chen Ping dodged a bullet.
After Chen Ping went ashore, he went straight to Liu Bang's garrison. Through Wei's introduction, I met Liu Bang. Liu Bang had long heard about Chen Ping's military strategy and achievements, so he asked Chen Ping, "What official position do you hold in the Chu army?" "Dewey." Chen Ping replied. Liu Bang said, "Well, now I also want you to be a captain, my staff, and be responsible for supervising and contacting various ministries." Chen Ping is very grateful.
However, as soon as this incident came out, Liu Bang's generals talked about it in succession: "It is unfair for your majesty to reuse a deserter and ride with him to let him supervise us veterans." Who knows, after listening to these words, Liu Bang not only did not alienate Chen Ping, but became closer to Chen Ping and joined him in the crusade to Wang Xiang. As a result, the generals became increasingly unconvinced.
Therefore, people recommended Zhou Bo and Guan Ying to meet Liu Bang and said, "Everyone has heard about Chen Ping's achievements, but who knows the truth? Moreover, we heard that when he was at home, he was morally corrupt, committed adultery with his sister-in-law, and acted willfully, so he could not take refuge in Wei and the king of Chu. Surrender to the king of Chu still won't work. Now he has come to the king. Seeing that you value him, he took advantage of his power and boldly accepted bribes from the generals. Why does the king value such a person? "
As the saying goes, everyone is happy. How can Liu Bang not be affected by these rumors? So he began to have doubts, so he called the referee Wei to reprimand him. Wei said to Liu Bang on the basis of his own understanding of Liu Bang: "I recommended talented people to you, and your majesty asked about things related to character." The world depends on talent, so I recommend you a very original person. "
Liu Bang himself is very generous and eager for wisdom. What Wei heard was very reasonable, so he gave him wine and food, and let him go back to rest when he was full.
When Liu Bang was ready to have a rest, Chen Ping came to see him and said, "Your Majesty, I have something important to tell you. This matter cannot last until today. " When Liu Bang heard him say this, he asked him to sit down. Chen Ping didn't tell his plan directly, but talked with Liu Bang about world affairs. They had a good talk. Chen said to them, "There are some courtiers who dare to speak, such as Fan Zeng, Long Qie and so on. If the king is willing to spend tens of thousands of gold, he will alienate these people with double agents. Wang Xiang is suspicious by nature and is easy to listen to slanders. In this way, it will definitely lead to infighting and the disintegration of the army. We will take this opportunity to attack. " After listening to Chen Ping's analysis, Liu Bang nodded in agreement and gave Chen Ping 40,000 Jin of gold that night, asking him to arrange the matter well.
The next day, Chen Ping began to make arrangements. On the one hand, he sent spies to Chu, and on the other hand, he paid a lot of money to buy Chu soldiers in Chu, and let them spread rumors everywhere: "Fan Zeng and others have made outstanding achievements, but they have not cracked the soil to seal the king, so they intend to form an alliance with the Han army, destroy the king, and divide Chu into kings."
Xiang Yu was really upset after hearing such rumors, and immediately sent messengers to spy on the Han army. Chen Ping immediately asked the waiter to prepare first-class good wine and food and took it himself. When he saw it, he was surprised and said, "I thought it was the messenger of Yapu (Fan Zeng)!" After that, he left with a table. After a while, he asked the waiter to serve a badly cooked food. Chu was very angry and immediately went back to report the situation truthfully to Xiang Yu. The facts are before him. How could Xiang Yu not believe it? So he began to doubt Fan Zeng. So, when Fan Zeng suggested that Xiang Yu quickly capture Xingyang City, he just didn't agree to do so. Fan Zeng said angrily, "Your Majesty, since the world affairs are generally a foregone conclusion now, do it yourself in the future! Please give me this old bones and go home! " Who knows, Xiang Yu agreed to Fan Zeng's request without hesitation. On the way home, Fan Zeng suddenly died of illness.
After losing Fan Zeng and other ministers, Xiang Yu's strength was greatly reduced, and finally he was completely defeated by Liu Bang in the next battle, and finally he committed suicide in Wujiang River.
During the period of Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty, Xiongnu often invaded, and the social order in the northern frontier of Han Dynasty was extremely chaotic. Emperor Wen of Han was worried every day, lamenting the lack of good soldiers in border defense.
One day, Wendi drove past the official office where Feng Tang worked. Seeing that Feng Tang was still a Langguan at such a big age, he asked, "Why is the old man still a Langguan? Where is home? " Feng Tang said he was a soldier. Emperor Wendi once acted as the king, and immediately became interested. Then he said, "When I was in Daixian, I often heard people talk about the talent of General Zhao Richie and the story of his fighting under Dalucheng. Now every time I eat, I always think of Ricky in the Battle of the Giant Deer. Does the old man know this man? " Feng Tang replied, "Ricky is not as talented as Lian Po and Li Mu." Wendi said, "That's natural. Unfortunately, I don't have such talents as Lian Po and Li Mu. If there is such a general, am I still afraid of the Huns? " Feng Tang said, "I don't think even if your majesty gets Lian Po and Li Mu, he will not use them again." Hearing this, Wendi was very unhappy and turned away. When I returned to the palace, the more I thought about it, the more angry I became. I summoned Feng Tang and scolded him and said, "Why did you insult me in public?" Feng Tang apologized and said, "I don't know how to avoid being inferior."
Seeing that he was old, Emperor Wendi said something without blaming him and asked, "How do you know that I can't appoint Lian Po and Li Mu?" Feng Tang replied, "Once upon a time, the monarch sent a general to war. He knelt down and pushed the wheel hub and said, I am in charge of domestic affairs, and the general is in charge of foreign affairs. All rewards and punishments in the army are decided by the general outside and reported to the court when he comes back. This is not an exaggeration. My grandfather said that when Li Mu commanded the army on the border of Zhao, he used the tax collected to reward his subordinates. This is why Li Mu can give full play to its talents, expelling Khan in the north, destroying East Lake and Lianlin, containing Qiang Qin in the west and supporting Han Wei in the south. At this time, Zhao almost became the overlord. Later, Zhao Wang moved to the throne. He listened to Guo Kai's slanderers and killed Li Mu. As a result, Zhao was finally destroyed by Qin. Now I hear that Shang Wei is the chief of Yunzhong County. He used the tax money from the border area to reward soldiers, and took out his personal money to kill cattle every five days, and invited military attache to be close to him. Therefore, the fighting capacity of Shang Wei's army is greatly enhanced, and the Huns dare not approach. Those soldiers are children of ordinary people. They came from mountain villages and fields to join the army and didn't know the laws of the imperial court at all. They have worked hard all day, so we should treat them well. Shang Wei only misreported the death toll and overstated it by six people. His Majesty handed him over to the judge, stripped him of his title and sentenced him. From this point of view, even if your majesty gets Lian Po and Li Mu, it can't be reused. "
Wendi was ashamed to hear that. On the same day, Feng Tang was sent to pardon Shang Wei with the symbol of the emperor's festival, and was appointed as the chief of Yunzhong. Feng Tang was appointed as the captain of chariots and horses, in charge of the mid-team leader and chariot warriors in various counties and countries.
A person with entrepreneurial ambition must do: "Don't use suspicious people, but don't use suspicious people", because everything is suspicious and full of doubts about others, so it is difficult to get sincere help from others. "If you don't get sincere support from others, you will never achieve great things."