Chapter 160: Second-in-command
What Huang Youhuan is facing today is almost the same as the scene he faced in the police academy more than 20 years ago, except that the female classmates were replaced by other urban women, the instructors were replaced by reporters, and the male classmates were all old and timid, and no one dared to stand up for him.
Huang Youhuan is really unwilling. He and Shiya were preparing to make a big move, but they didn't expect that with such a small gutter, their Royal Thai Police aircraft carrier was about to capsize.
After the incident, he went to find Yu Xian, but Director Yu avoided it, and it was still the female secretary who blocked Hanse, and the words and tone remained the same, and the rejection made people want to cry without tears.
Huang Youhuan should have thought a long time ago that he is now rising, and the person who feels the strongest threat is Yu Xian. It's called "within reach".
For example, "Water Margin", a classic Chinese novel, is also very popular in Thailand, and many people are familiar with the stories in it. If Huang Youhuan had studied a few years earlier, he would probably not have suffered this loss.
For example, among the heroes of Liangshan, the first to establish the Liangshan regime was Wang Lun, a white-clothed Xiushi. Wang Lun can be described as the first generation of leaders of the Liangshan regime. However, Wang Lun was narrow-minded and was replaced by the second-in-command Chao Gai. Later, Song Jiang became the second-in-command, and his prestige was skyrocketing, and he became the core figure of Liangshan. Chao Gai, the number one who replaced others, naturally couldn't tolerate Song Jiang's big sitting. Whenever he saw Song Jiang return victorious, he felt very uncomfortable in his heart. It is the outstanding performance of the second-in-command Song Jiang, who is like sitting on pins and needles. After the Battle of Mangdang Mountain, Song Jiang returned victorious, and the number one Chao Gai was forced to the point of madness.
When Song Jiang proposed to attack Zengtou City, Chao Gai decided to personally make contributions and take command of the expedition. Chao Gai decided to "pro-conscript", and Song Jiang persuaded Chao Gai to "not move lightly". Unexpectedly, the more the second-in-command Song Jiang advised, the more the first-in-command Chao Gai couldn't do it. Under the madness, Chao Gai ordered 5,000 men and horses and led 20 leaders down the mountain. Fortunately, Shi Wengong shot Chao Gai to death with an arrow, otherwise, how much "madness" would Chao Gai have to do.
Under the system, the number one is the absolute authority. The number one is not only the center of power, but also the center of truth, and any challenge to the number one is extremely risky.
A certain unit has transferred a capable second-in-command. As soon as the second-in-command took office, he wanted to empty the first-in-command. When the first leader found that the problem was serious, he immediately announced that "the good horse is kept for himself", and let the second in command step aside.
Historically, where the deputy has the ability, the life of the first leader is the hardest. For capable "second-in-command", fortification is more important than anything else. Where the second-in-command has ability, the first-in-command will either solve the second-in-command problem, or the second-in-command will solve the first-in-command problem. Other than that, it's hard to find a third way. In many cases, due to historical or power constraints, the first and second leaders need to solve each other's problems, and it is necessary to have a balance of timing and strength. Since they can't solve the problem with each other for a while, the competition in the dark has never stopped.
In political struggles, because the second-in-command is in the stage of lying on his back and trying his courage, he can generally adopt a line that will win the hearts of the people. It is the second-in-command line that has won the hearts of the people, which makes the mistakes of the first-in-command more obvious. In order to recover the lost position, the top leaders often do not hesitate to point fingers at the deer and carry out the mistakes to the end frantically.
After Chao Gai, Song Jiang is the natural successor. However, because the first leader was not satisfied with the second in command, Chao Gai made a will to prevent Song Jiang from taking over. For this reason, Song Jiang had no intention of managing Liangshan's affairs. Lin Chong asked why Song Jiang didn't take on the responsibility of being the number one? Song Jiang said: "King Chao's will, if someone catches Shi Wengong, he will be the lord of Liangshan." Everybody knows that. The implication is that the number one does not want to take over.
Since ancient times, power struggles have always been one of life and death, or life and death. Whether the number one is tolerant or the first is cruel, it will not hinder the power struggle between the first and second leaders. Under the system, whether it is a conflict of interests or a struggle of orthodoxy, the struggle must eventually appear in the form of a line struggle. Selfishness and exclusivity are the hallmarks of political struggles between people, and attacks of deception, dumping or revenge, even if they have the same interests, can kill each other.
Under the system, it is a terrible thing for the deputy to have ability, and once the ability of the deputy is durable to buy people's hearts, the main position will be pushed down to a dangerous situation. Wherever the deputy position is inflated or the merit is high, it is not only not a blessing for the state and society, but also a source of chaos. In the era when the second-in-command is the only one, unless the first-in-command is a child or a mediocre or extremely generous person, the struggle of the line will inevitably lead to the bloodshed of the court to the death. Where the second-in-command has ability, the first-in-command is often the most irrational. In order to compete with the second-in-command, the first-in-command often does not hesitate to resort to more frantic means to achieve absolute control of power. After the number one line mistake, the capable and ambitious second in command always waits for the first leader to make a mistake and liquidate or limit the first leader. The later lord Liu Chan and Zhuge Liang have worked together for a long time and can be peaceful, which is also an exception in the world's feudal history.
An important factor in the political turmoil in the late Eastern Han Dynasty in China was that the second-in-command was too capable. Dong Zhuo is the second-in-command, and he doesn't take the first-in-command in his eyes at all. The young emperor shed tears and recited poems to vent his dissatisfaction. After the second-in-command Dong Zhuo found out, he immediately killed the first-in-command. When the emperor was dedicated, the second-in-command Cao Cao "coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes." Emperor Xian knew that he was not the opponent of the second-in-command, but he still conspired with the emperor's uncle Liu Bei, the country's uncle Dong Cheng and others to solve the second-in-command problem. The plan leaked, and the number one was imprisoned for life. After Cao Cao, the second-generation leader Cao Pi simply let the number one "Zen concession" to himself. Sima Yi inherited Cao Cao's second-in-command politics. Sima Zhao simply killed the leader and replaced him himself.
It was precisely by accepting the lessons of the second-in-command line struggle, relying on the subordinates to support Zhao Kuangyin, who wore a yellow robe, to implement civilian politics and let literati who could not fight as second-in-command, and the Song Dynasty did not have the problem of the second-in-command being too big to fall off. In the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang simply canceled the prime minister system, so that the second-in-command could not play a role at all.
In feudal society, the greatest social progress comes from the reform forces within the system. Under the system, the easiest force to change the dynasty is the challenge of the second-in-command. In feudal society as a whole, the line struggle between the first and second leaders of the court became the greatest force in the system to promote political change. Liangshan's business, because it continued to encounter the challenge of two capable second-in-command, Liangshan's business flourished. In the entire rising stage of feudal society, political clarity and vitality also mainly came from the challenge of the second-in-command. Although the challenge of the second-in-command can easily lead to social chaos, the replacement of the first-in-command by the second-in-command is often a major social advance. The peaceful evolution of the ruling class is more conducive to the development and progress of society than the peasant uprising.
Political struggles under dictatorial rules are characterized by a lack of humanity. Comrades-in-arms in the same trench, once the core is two sides and the government is out of the two, the result of this situation will inevitably be a coup d'état or political madness. When the people's hearts are tilted by the second-in-command, the first-in-command is also set on the stove. Where the second-in-command has competence, it is often the most terrible thing.
In Wagang Village, the first leader Zhai Rang did not listen to the advice of the second-in-command to guard against it, and as a result, he was killed by the second-in-command Li Mi, and all the clansmen were killed. In the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the second-in-command Yang Xiuqing pointed fingers at the first-in-command Hong Xiuquan, forcing Hong Xiuquan to the point where there was no way out. Hong recruited Wei Changhui to solve the second-in-command problem, causing the Tianjing Incident, and the second-in-command Yang Xiuqing and thousands of followers were killed.
Power drives people crazy. For the sake of power, the number one leader will often destroy human nature, and capable and wise people will often be calculated by the number one. In many cases, when you are a deputy, it is better to "Xu Shu enters Cao Ying - without saying a word", and would rather watch the leader go crazy than accuse the leader of the wrong line. Otherwise, you may drive the number one person crazy. In a small circle such as the Thai police circle, which lacks democratic consultation, any progress of the second-in-command will be met with suspicion and jealousy from the first-in-command. In a Thai police force that relies on executive orders, any big progress can trigger nerves, suspicion, jealousy, and even mad self-abuse and abuse among vested interests.
This is the root cause of Huang Youhuan's crisis, in fact, Chen Xin is just a catalyst, and the core problem comes from Director Xian Yu.