When all the people in the tent had gone out, Shibi Khan said to the silent Cheng Yanjin, "Your Excellency, Envoy, please take a seat, now that everyone is gone, Your Excellency can speak now!" What did you risk dying to see Ben Khan for? ”

Cheng Yanjin sat on the stool and raised his head, looked at Shibi Khan, and said word by word: "I am here for the comfort of the Great Khan and for the future of the Turks!" ”

Shibi Khan suddenly smiled dumbly: "Ben Khan's safety? The future of the Turks? It's funny, tell Ben Khan what is so serious about it that can make you so alarmist! ”

"Great Khan Mingjian, this very serious matter is naturally the current battle of Yanmen. Without waiting for Shibi Khan to speak, Cheng Yanjin continued, "I dare to ask the Great Khan, the Great Khan's army besieged this Yanmen Pass, presumably for the sake of Yang Guang, the current son of Middle-earth, right?" So may I ask the Great Khan, I don't know what the Great Khan plans to do with Yang Guang? ”

"What to do with what Ben Khan has in his heart, how? Are you here to find out Ben Khan's confidential information? ”

Looking at Shibi Khan's unkind eyes, Cheng Yanjin smiled slightly, "The Great Khan's words are bad, and there are no more than two ways to deal with the Great Khan today." Capture it alive or kill it! I just don't know if the Great Khan has carefully considered it, no matter which of these two methods is harmful to the Great Khan! ”

"Oh? Is it? Can you tell me how to do it harmlessly? Ben Khan wants to listen to your Excellency! Shibi Khan asked with some surprise.

"Since the Great Khan was able to surround Dangzi here with lightning speed, it shows that the Great Khan knows everything about the Central Plains, so let's assume that the Great Khan's army attacked Yanmen Pass and was lucky to be alive.

The Great Khan must also know in his heart what Yang Guang's reputation is among the people of Middle-earth! If the Great Khan thought that if he captured Yang Guang alive, he would be able to follow the story of Cao Mengde during the Three Kingdoms and coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes? The Great Khan was very wrong.

In the Central Plains, from the hundreds of officials of the imperial court to the peddlers and pawns, they all wanted to let this tyrant die early. It's just that this person still has the world's soldiers and horses in his hands, so there is nothing he can do. If the Great Khan captures this Yang Guangsheng, then within two days, the Great Khan will be able to hear the news that the imperial court has set up another emperor.

When today's son went out on patrol, he ordered Yang Tong, the king of Yue, to stay in Luoyang, the eastern capital, and Yang Yu, the acting king, was in Xijing, and Yang Yun, the king of Qi, was stationed in nearby Lao County. It's just a mouthful of eating!

Could it be that the imperial court would let the Great Khan do whatever he wanted for the sake of this tyrant and wantonly trample on the imperial power? Of course, the tyrant will not be able to harm the people from now on, maybe the people of the world will be happy with the Great Khan's righteous deeds, and will set up an immortal tablet for the Great Khan at home to worship every day! ”

Listening to Cheng Biting Jin's soft and prickly words, Shibi Khan frowned, "According to Your Excellency, if this Yang Guang has three long and two short here, it will be cheaper for you Central Plains people?" But even so, what does this have to do with my Turks? Will it even affect the future of your own people? ”

Cheng bit Jin stood up confidently, "The Central Plains of the Great Khan is so fluent, it is obvious that he has worked hard. So I don't know if the Great Khan has ever heard the story of King Chu Huai of the previous dynasty? ”

"I want to hear about it!"

"During the Warring States Period of the previous dynasty, King Qin Zhao of the Qin Dynasty deceived King Chu Huai into house arrest in Qin State, and as a result, the tortured King Chu Huai died of illness in a foreign country, and the news spread to Chu State, Chu people hated it, and there was a saying that 'although Chu has three households, the death of Qin will be Chu', and later Great Qin was really destroyed by three Chu people - Chen Sheng, Xiang Yu, and Liu Bang.

If the Great Khan kills Yang Guang, who is the son of Middle-earth, today, can the entire people of Middle-earth not hold a grudge against the Great Khan? At that time, if the Central Plains people rise up and attack it, then even if the Great Khan, the Eastern Turk, can kill all the Central Plains people in the end, how many of the Great Khan's clansmen can survive? ”

"Listen to Your Excellency, it turns out that you are here to persuade Ben Khan to withdraw from the army?" Shibi Khan sneered.

"Exactly! The Great Khan is now surrounding Yanmen Pass, which can be said to be doing a meaningless thing, then Yang Guang is not a piece of fat for the Great Khan, but a hot potato, no matter whether the Great Khan kills or captures Yang Guang, what benefits can it do to the Great Khan and the entire Eastern Turks?

On the contrary, if Yang Guang was manipulated by the Great Khan to live and die, then the Turks and the Central Plains would inherit the undying hatred, and then the two tribes would fight each other and fight each other, and it would be the innocent people of the two countries who would suffer, as well as the countless orphans and widows.

As the head of a clan and the king of a country, the Great Khan should think of his subjects, have the common people in his heart, and have a heart of compassion and compassion, and take advantage of the fact that the matter can be reversed, and leave with his troops as soon as possible, so as not to cause immeasurable consequences, and then regret it too late! ”

After Cheng Yanjin finished speaking, Shibi Khan immediately sneered: "Since Your Excellency said that Yang Guang was angry and resentful in the Central Plains, then Ben Khan killed him for the sake of heaven, so how could the people of the Central Plains fight with Ben Khan endlessly?" ”

"The Great Khan is wrong! That Yang Guang is the son of heaven who is brutal but is the Central Plains after all, this person can be killed by the people of the world, but only the Great Khan can't be killed. If an important figure of the Turkic tribe is killed by our Central Plains people, what will the Great Khan do? ”

Listening to Cheng Bitingjin's extremely disrespectful words, Shibi Khan frowned, but he didn't get angry, he knew in his heart that the 'important person' in Cheng Bitingjin's mouth was alluding to himself, after all, only the Turkic Great Khan could be equivalent to the identity of the Son of Heaven in the Central Plains.

And Shibi Khan also knew in his heart that if he was really killed by the people of the Central Plains, then the first order of the successor Great Khan was to lead all the men and horses into the Central Plains to avenge himself. After all, it is a great shame for the leader of his clan to be killed by a foreigner, and only by killing all the murderers can this shame be washed away.

The implication of Cheng Biting Jin's words is that Shibi Khan is naturally very clear that since the Turks can do that, then the Central Plains people are the same. The Turks and Middle Earth are both behemoths, if they control the life and death of Yang Guang, then the two sides will really have an undying hatred, and only one side of the clan will be willing to give up. When the time comes, I'm afraid it will be the result of losing both.

Seeing Shibi Khan bowing his head there and pondering, Cheng Biting Jin's heart couldn't help but pound, whether the Turks can withdraw or not is the one in front of him, if he can move him, even if he doesn't withdraw immediately, as long as he is a little moved, there is always a chance.

After pondering there for a long time, Shibi Khan raised his head and said something else to Cheng Yanjin, who was full of hope, "Ben Khan thought that there was no longer a Zongheng family in the Central Plains, but he didn't expect to see one here, I don't know who your teacher's teacher is?" ”

As soon as his words came out, Cheng Yanjin was suddenly confused, "Zonghengjia? What's that? ”

Shibi Khan, who had always had an indifferent expression, heard Cheng Yanjin's question, and could no longer maintain a calm mind, he asked Cheng Yanjin in surprise, "Your Excellency doesn't even know about the Zongheng family?" How is this possible? I see that what Your Excellency just said is deep in it, is it just Ben Khan's self-righteousness? Seeing that Cheng Yanjin still looked like I didn't understand anything, Shibi Khan had no choice but to explain the origin of this Zongheng family to him.

Through the solution of Shibi Khan, Cheng Yanjin realized that the original Zongheng family was one of the hundred schools of thought in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and according to legend, its founder was Guiguzi, and the outstanding representatives of the disciples were: Su Dai, Yao Jia, Su Qin, Zhang Yi, Gongsun Yan and others.

"Hanshu Art and Literature Chronicles" listed this column as one of the "nine streams". From the Warring States period to the Qin and Han dynasties, those who were good at diplomatic justification used the conspiracy used by them are collectively referred to as the art of vertical and horizontal. These rulers usually use the method of arguing and stating their interests and lobbying the monarch to display their talents and realize their ambitions.

This vertical and horizontal technique is a theory that studies the interrelationship between interests from the perspective of seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages. The probability of success in the use of vertical and horizontal techniques depends on the strength of the psychology of the interests to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. When the vertical and horizontal technique is frustrated, on the one hand, it is necessary to focus on improving its own strategy, and on the other hand, it is necessary to focus on changing the subjective and objective factors that affect the psychology of the other party to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages.

The reason why these columnists who mainly sold their eloquence appeared in history was because at that time, the royal power could not be firmly unified, and it was necessary to use alliance, exclusion, coercion, inducement or supplemented by the method of war on the basis of national strength and wealth to win without a fight, or to obtain the maximum benefit with fewer losses.

Most of the characters of the Zongheng family were born in poverty, and under the most arduous speculation, it was a kind of extraordinary liberation, creation and play of human wisdom.

As a method, there is no such thing as good or bad, just like a knife, which can both kill and save people. However, its reputation has not been very good, mainly due to the unscrupulous means of a small group of columnists. Therefore, since the Han Dynasty, this vertical and horizontal art has rarely been cared for and almost lost.

The people of the vertical and horizontal are both intelligent, and there are many benevolent and righteous people. Because in the process of lobbying, we should first observe their reactions, act at the opportunity, and observe their relationship with themselves, whether they are the same or wrong, if they are the same, they will continue, if not, they should make up for the mistakes, and then use the technique of flying hoops or lure with profits, or use harm to find out the truth, so it is required that the strategists must know the overall situation, be good at figuring out, be able to argue, be able to change, be wise and brave, have a long strategy, and be able to make decisions.

Shibi Khan asked because Cheng Bitingjin's performance was quite similar to the Zongheng family recorded in the history books, but he didn't expect Cheng Biting Jin to not even know what Zonghengjia was. It is really doubtful that he can say a big truth without such knowledge.

Originally, Shibi Khan saw that Cheng Yanjin was so eloquent, so he thought about leaving him to serve himself. Unexpectedly, this question disappointed Shibi Khan. His expression suddenly turned cold: "Although what Your Excellency said just now has some truth, it is impossible for Ben Khan to be frightened by Your Excellency to retreat because of these words. If it weren't for the two countries, if you don't kill them, Ben Khan would have broken you into thousands of pieces. Your Excellency, please go back! The next day, we met on the battlefield, and Ben Khan showed no mercy! ”

Listening to his words, there was no room for turn, Cheng Yanjin had no choice but to smile bitterly and said, "Then I will leave here!" So saying, he turned and walked out of the tent. Along the way, Cheng Yanjin couldn't figure it out, that Shibi Khan was clearly a little moved by what he said, why did he change his attitude at the last moment? What's going on here? Was your trip a success or a failure?

Riding a horse, Cheng Biting Jin walked out of the camp of the Turkic tent, looking at the Turkic cavalry around him, Cheng Biting Jin laughed, no matter what he did so much, the soldiers would block, and the water would cover the earth, if this group of Turkic barbarians refused to retreat, then they would continue to kill until these Turks retreated.

Glancing back at the Turkic soldier standing next to him with an unkind gaze, Cheng Yanjin smiled and shouted, "You are all a bunch of mongrels, you know? The confused stupidity of those Turkic cavalry made Cheng Yanjin feel comfortable, and in the midst of this laughter, he rode his horse and galloped away into the distance.