Chapter 87 Spiritual Training and Viability
Under Yao Guangxiao's repeated persuasion, King Yan Zhu Di gradually plucked up the courage to raise troops to overthrow his nephew Emperor Jianwen, bringing the Ming Dynasty into his hands. It can be said that without Yao Guangxiao, there would be no Zhu Di's rebellion.
If Zhu Di rebels, Zhu Di will not be the emperor. Then, the legacy of the Ming Dynasty will naturally be passed on to the descendants of Emperor Jianwen. If that is the case, the legacy of the Ming Dynasty will be much longer.
But because Zhu Yuanzhang's grandfather did not successfully put the bones of the Liu family's ancestors into the mouth of the stone rhinoceros, Master Liu was destined to find ways to take revenge on the Zhu family. Although Zhu Yuanzhang became the emperor, it was already fixed and could not be changed, but the Liu family still used various methods to
Subtly damaging the descendants of the Zhu family and the Zhu family on the river.
After listening to the old monk's words, Emperor Jianwen suddenly realized that there were such complicated and unbelievable reasons behind the irreversible disaster he suffered. It was really incredible.
Unknowingly, it was almost midnight, and the faint sound of drums could be heard in the distance. The monks were very particular about "not eating after noon," so the two of them stopped eating dinner after finishing their lunch meal. Although Emperor Jianwen
He was not a real monk, but just used his identity as a monk to cover his escape. However, he also tried to practice the commandment of "not eating after noon" in the past two years.
Although there was no dinner, the two of them felt more refreshed and lighter. Although it was already late at night, the two of them were still chatting enthusiastically without feeling tired at all.
Although the old monk talked so much, Emperor Jianwen still didn't understand the old monk's life experience and origin. So he still stubbornly asked: "Master, although you have talked so much, you still haven't told me, what exactly do you do?"
What’s the origin?”
The old monk did not beat around the bush this time, but answered categorically: "I am no one else, but Yao Guangxiao's junior brother."
After hearing these words, Emperor Jianwen almost fell off his chair - Yao Guangxiao, it was this person who made his uncle decide to rebel. This monk was the culprit of all these tragedies, and this person who had a deep hatred against him
My junior brother turned out to be this old monk!
But no matter how he looked at it, Emperor Jianwen didn't find that the old monk had any ill intentions towards him. The old monk also saw Emperor Jianwen's worried look, so he smiled and said: "Your Majesty, please don't worry, although we are brothers in the same discipline
, but we have always been at odds with each other. I particularly dislike him for his worldly pursuit of fame and wealth. When we were studying in the same school, we both had our own strengths. He was proficient in strategy and the emperor's art of arranging troops, while I
He is good at escaping and surviving in danger. It was precisely because of our different talents that the master taught us these different skills according to our aptitude."
"How to escape, how to survive in danger? What kind of methods are these? I hope the master can teach me."
The old monk smiled slightly and explained: "There are many dangers in the world. How can we turn dangers into dangers, protect ourselves from dangers, and escape unscathed? This is a big question, and it is also the most important way to achieve anything. Just imagine, if you can't resolve it,
If you risk yourself and die early, all your ambitions and ambitions will be impossible to realize."
Emperor Jianwen listened and nodded thoughtfully.
The old monk continued: "Since ancient times, there are only two people who can truly become emperor from a common people. One is Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty, and the other is the emperor Taizu of this dynasty. And Liu Bang has fields at home, and he also has
He had been a minor official, so he was the only one who could truly transform from a humble civilian to a world-ruling emperor in just a few decades, Emperor Taizu of this dynasty.
Why was the great ancestor of this dynasty able to rise from the lowest level, go through countless personal fights, and go through countless hardships, and not only did he not lose his life, but he was able to become the emperor? Of course it can be said to be fate, but fate is not water without a source or an end without a foundation.
, Grandfather Taizu must be extraordinary in his ability to escape and survive, so that he could have such a fate.
I once heard a veteran soldier who had fought against Taizu say that at that time, Taizu was just like him, just an ordinary soldier, but he was very different from other soldiers in many details.
Same: For example, when resting between marches or battles, no matter how tired he was, Taizu would always rest with his back against a low wall or stone wall, and would never expose his back. It was precisely because of this detail that he
Survived many sneak attacks.
There are other details, for example, he always holds the handle of the belt knife tightly with his right hand. He keeps his hand on the handle of the knife almost even when eating and sleeping. Whenever he has nothing to do, he will repeatedly practice how to pull out the belt knife as quickly as possible.
, to defend themselves and fight back against the enemy. Once, Taizu was still a small leader. One day he and three other small leaders came to a military camp. Unexpectedly, the soldiers in this military camp had already rebelled. They were just waiting for Taizu.
As soon as the four of them appeared at the gate of the camp, seven or eight rebels suddenly drew their swords and stabbed them. Although the three little leaders were not inferior to Taizu in martial arts, before they could draw their swords, they had already been pierced by the rebel swords.
Only Grandfather Taizu, because of his good habits, pulled out his sword with his right hand at an astonishing speed, defended against the sword thrust, and then quickly chopped down the two men, got on his horse and escaped successfully.
Later, when I wrote an email to tell Yang Hui this very interesting detail as I had done several times before, he still wrote quickly and wrote a paper-like article to discuss habit formation and mental mobilization.
It plays a huge role in survival. The full text of the email is as follows:
Skills practiced repeatedly can save lives at critical moments
Let me first talk about a real case. This case comes from a book called "Onbat", which is the authoritative work on the combat psychology of American soldiers (or other law enforcement personnel):
The author's father is a policeman. This father never leaves his side with a gun. Moreover, every time the policeman father takes a walk with his wife, he has a habit that most people don't understand - he always keeps his wife on his left side. He often talks to his wife.
His wife practices that if he encounters an emergency, he will ask her to pull his left arm, and then he will quickly pull out his gun. These habits are really strange.
One day, the father and his wife were visiting the supermarket as usual. Suddenly, the wife noticed a man standing not far from them, looking at them with a fierce look in his eyes, and seemed to be pulling out a weapon, so she subconsciously
He pulled the husband's left arm, and the husband was accustomed to using his right hand to quickly pull out the gun. It turned out that the person who was about to attack them was a criminal that the father had arrested in his early years. After he was released from prison, he came back specifically to take revenge.
Because of the policeman's father's daily training, he was able to take out his gun and fight back in time. This habit saved his life.
When people are in a dangerous state, to be precise, they do not react with their brains, but with long-term habits and instincts. Because there is no time to think. And when facing huge dangers, the human body will be in an extreme state under high pressure.
A state of tension. In this state, many actions of the human body are simply beyond the control of reason.
There is such a case, which also happened in the United States:
An American police officer was playing with his gun alone at home one day, but accidentally discharged it and hit himself in the leg. He was bleeding profusely. If the bleeding was not stopped in time, he might have died. Due to physical and psychological factors such as fear, tension, and pain,
Next, something unexpected happened - he wanted to dial 911 for help, but he dialed 411 every time! Why? Because he usually dialed 411 but never dialed 911. In this extreme situation, his body
The movements no longer follow the instructions of the brain. They only react according to the habits accumulated in daily life. In the end, the police officer had to say to the 411 operator, "I am a police officer and accidentally shot myself with a gun. Please help me contact 911."
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Therefore, when a child is alone at home and encounters an urgent and dangerous situation - let's say a person is trying to break in - if he has not practiced dialing 911 in advance, it will be difficult for him to respond in this situation.
, to complete this seemingly simple action that cannot be simpler.
An American soldier who participated in the Vietnam War once described his combat experience this way:
On the battlefield, when faced with various dangers, I can always react correctly, which even surprises me. These reactions on the battlefield seem to be completely instinctive, without thinking about what to do.
Looking back afterwards, all of this was the result of my long-term training.
Only by practicing in advance can you perform at critical moments. An American veteran said it best: Don't expect yourself to complete actions you have never practiced on the battlefield. What we often say "sweat more in peacetime and bleed less in war" is also true.
This means. But the movements in daily training must consider actual combat. If training does not consider actual combat enough, the consequences will be "serious."
The FBI in the United States once had a popular training: after firing two shots in a row, quickly insert the gun into the holster on your waist, then take it out and shoot again, and so on. At first, no one thought there was a problem with this kind of training - both
After training in shooting, I also trained in the action of drawing a gun. It's great to kill two birds with one stone.
But soon, the consequences of this training method appeared: an FBI police officer who received this kind of shooting training was shot in a confrontation with a criminal. After he fired two shots, he did not shoot continuously, but unconsciously but very quickly.
Chapter completed!