Imagine if you were born in ancient times, as a general, you led troops to fight, and a group of subordinates who were eager for wealth and nobility forcibly draped a yellow robe representing imperial power on you, what would you do at this time?Different options will of course have different results. Zhao Kuangyin, a general with absolute military power in the Later Zhou Dynasty, chose to half-push and half-push, and took advantage of the situation to ascend to the throne and establish the Song Dynasty. But the choice of Zhang Yong, another famous minister of the Northern Song Dynasty, is even more admirable.
During the Song Dynasty, the famous rebellion of Wang Xiaobo and Li Shun broke out in Sichuan, and the famous minister Zhang Yong was ordered to defend Chengdu. However, Zhang Yong commanded well and was deeply loved by his subordinates.
One day when a military parade was held, as soon as Zhang Yonggang appeared in front of the battalion, the sergeants immediately shouted loudly and kept shouting long live to his mountain. At that time, the situation was indeed extremely dangerous, and there was no time for people to think about it carefully, and ordinary people might be stupid directly when they encountered this situation - in response to the soldiers, then they offended the emperor, and it was simply certain that they would be surrounded and suppressed, and it was really hard to say whether this throne could sit firmly, and it would be difficult to connect the nine clans;If you directly refuse everyone, then you have to hold the person responsible, otherwise the emperor will not be able to explain, which will offend the soldiers around him, which will cause the soldiers to take risks, and there may be a bloody disaster immediately.
But Zhang Yong immediately dismounted, faced the direction of Kaifeng Mansion in the northeast without changing his face, and knelt on the ground and shouted three times: "Long live the emperor"!He got on his horse as if nothing had happened, and continued to inspect the troops. When the sergeants saw this, they did not dare to make any more noise. A mutiny like the collapse of the sky was eliminated by Zhang Yong.
Maybe Zhang Yong was also sweating through his clothes at that time!As long as he showed a little flustered look and aroused the suspicion of the mutinous soldiers, this farce probably could not end. Only calmly and calmly, as if nothing happened, pretending to be confused - kneeling on the ground and shouting "long live" by taking advantage of the situation, not only took care of the emperor's face, but also showed his loyalty;He also appeased the mutinous soldiers, conveyed an attitude that they would not be held accountable, and let them get off the donkey down the slope, so that it would not be difficult to ride a tiger - as long as the atmosphere was slightly embarrassing, and the soldiers were ready to send arrows and had to be attacked, then the direction of the situation was really unpredictable.
Many years later, when the famous prime minister Han Qi read this section, he couldn't help but feel frightened, and he was silent for a long time, and sincerely admired: "If I suddenly encounter this kind of thing, I don't know what to do."