Chapter 56 The ninth technique: self-justification is the magic weapon to find a ladder to get off stage

As the saying goes: The winner is the king, and the loser is the bandit.The victor, no matter how vulgar, is considered a hero.And losers, no matter how talented they are, are still regarded as idiots, so there is a defeated general in the dictionary, which cannot be said to be brave.That is to say, for failure, all you have to do is acquiesce. However, in a society where competition has always been fierce, if those at a disadvantage blindly or silently think they are unlucky, the development of the situation will become more and more unfavorable.Therefore, people who can speak well, even if they fail, stand up to argue without compromise.

A few years ago, a new type of beer produced by Asahi Brewery Company took a large part of the market away from Glima Enterprises, the famous Japanese beer manufacturer of Kirin brand.Glimmer was in a great panic. However, Hideo Motoyama, the president of the company at that time, also made a wonderful remark that even a defeated opponent would speak bravely. He said: Because we have always insisted on the flavor of orthodox beer, we have not caught up with the trend without knowing it. The president uses the orthodox beer flavor as a shield. Although he admits the failure of not catching up with the trend, he also uses the orthodoxy as an excuse. Doesn’t it mean that a defeated general can speak loudly?

"Zuo Zhuan" also recorded such a story: At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, the mighty state of Chu defeated Wu. Of course, Wu was not an opponent.The king of Wu deliberately sent his younger brother, Jiyou, to reward the Chu army, meaning that he would not be regarded as an intruder, but only as an uninvited guest, and treated with courtesy, so as to find out what the king was doing, and then make countermeasures. The mighty king of Chu immediately ordered people to arrest him and said: Jieyou is the younger brother of King Wu, so he happened to kill him and use his blood to smear our war drums!

Immediately, he sent his courtiers to question him before he died. Chu Chen asked: Can't think of it?You come to die yourself, ask for divination beforehand! The answer is: Yes. Chu Chen asked: Kyrgyzstan? The answer is: lucky. Chu Chen was startled, then laughed: Hahaha, Ji, why?Your head is about to fall, and our king will use your blood to provoke us!Your tortoise is not working.After a while, I will kill your country of Wu! Ji You was clearly in danger, he knew in his heart that if he wanted to keep his mouth shut at this moment and admit that he was going to die, his own head would fall to the ground, maybe the people of Wu Kingdom would really be bleeding like rivers.There is only self-defense and overwhelming the opponent with the courage of a weak country.So he argued:

We heard that your country is going to bloodbath our country.So he used the tortoise who defended the country to ask for divination, and the divination said that we should go to your country to work in the army.Just look at the attitude of the king of Chu to know the outcome.That is to say, if your country treats its envoys with courtesy, our country will relax its guard and the country will perish; if your country kills its envoys, our country will be prepared; It can make your country retreat in the face of difficulties.Isn't this good luck? Now, it was Chu Chen's turn to be stunned: This statement really makes sense, why didn't we think of it first?

He continued to argue eloquently: Moreover, what we want to predict is the safety of the country, not the life or death of the envoy alone.The envoy was killed, so the whole country was on guard, and the country and the country could be preserved. Isn't this the greatest function of tortoise divination?Besides, one good and one bad, who can determine it on a certain thing!Remember that when your country and the Jin army fought against Chengpu, wasn't it good fortune predicted in advance?How do you know that the result was terrible and he was defeated by the Jin army.It was only later that your country was determined to take revenge, and the city of Bi fought again, and won a big victory.So, is the divination in your country spiritual or ineffective?In the same way, the tortoise divination in our country of Wu does not necessarily have to be effective here, right?

Chu Chen felt that what Jiyou said was right, wouldn't killing him increase Wu's fighting spirit?Even if they win this time, is it impossible to guarantee that Wu will not take revenge in the future and will be undefeated in their hands? Seeing that Chuchen was beginning to succumb to his eloquence, Keyou struck again while the iron was hot and added: By the way, if a person dies, he dies, what can he do?So what is the use of provoking the drum with the blood of a man who has done nothing?If I am really spiritual after death, I will definitely linger, and if there is a real war, I will stop your drums from beating!

Chu Chen was even more shocked, thinking: If the drum doesn't beat, it's very unlucky.Or tell the king of Chu to let him go! This story can prove that when Xiang Yu fell into such a dangerous situation, if he did not have a superb self-justification ability, he would definitely lose his head.It can be seen that self-justification is an important magic weapon to find a ladder to step down in a difficult situation.