Wei Xiaobao is the hero of Jin Yong's novels and a new martial arts novelist. Duke Lushan reveals the national inferiority, and Wei Xiaobao, the protagonist in the book, is also an ancient version of Ah Q. This book reveals the shortcomings of China people.
Life in Wei Xiaobao
Wei Chunhua, a native of Yangzhou, Wei Xiaobao, is a prostitute. Because of an accident, Mao was taken to Beijing, occasionally entered the palace, got to know Emperor Kangxi, captured him, entered the Heaven and Earth Society, and worshiped the general helmsman of the Heaven and Earth Society as a teacher to rescue Mu Wangfu and Wu and others. I went to Wutai Mountain to meet the emperor shunzhi, became a monk in Shaolin Temple (of course, I didn't learn any martial arts) and became the abbot of Liang Qing Temple. Later, I went to Yunnan as a marriage ambassador. Ping Shenlong Island and help Princess Sophia seize power. Emperor Kangxi was found to have escaped because of his status as the Lord of heaven and earth. Spent several years on take-all island. Later, he won a great victory in the battle of jaxa and signed the treaty of Nichu. Finally retired.
Wei Xiaobao's personality: cunning, lively, active, competitive, lazy and loyal.
Wei Xiaobao officialdom trick:
1, medium concealment.
Please look at Wei Xiaobao's way of dealing with Lu Yifeng's pain: There is a saying in officialdom,' Don't hide it from the top, as long as you cover up the big events, no one will deliberately take the responsibility on themselves. Look at the way Wu Sangui taught Wei Xiaobao to hide: "Brother Wei, the key to being an official is to report good news instead of bad news." Sure enough, Wei Xiaobao knew all about it. When attacking Shenlong Island, he heard the battle report and thought, "You lied about your military situation, too. There are no more than eight or nine hundred young followers of the dragon. How can there be more than 3 thousand? Fortunately, the more you kill the enemy, the greater the credit. Even if you offer him four or five thousand dollars, what's the harm? "
2. Keep in mind the relationship between fellow villagers.
Please read a passage when Wei Xiaobao first met Wu Sangui: Wei Xiaobao was a little happy to hear him speak with Yangzhou accent. He said to himself, "Hot mom, you and I are fellow villagers." Said: "This is not worthy, how dare you climb?" There is also a bit of Yangzhou accent in the words. Wu Sangui said with a smile, "Is Lord Wei from Yangzhou?" Wei Xiaobao said, "Exactly." Wu Sangui smiled and said, "That's better. Xiao Wang was born in Liaodong and his ancestral home is Gaoyou, Yangzhou. We are really a family. "
3. Have some money.
Wei Xiaobao first raised 654.38 million taels of silver in the name of "begging for living expenses" and took Shi Lang to Beijing for management. So he went to court and said to the officials, "General Shi returned to Beijing last night and still owed more than one million yuan for living expenses. For the benefit of all the people in Taiwan Province, the two brothers had to hoard their jewelry and seven pieces of women's jewelry for many years and put together one million and two hundred pieces of silver for General Shi. Alas, it is not easy to be an official in Taiwan Province Province. My brother only acted as an agent temporarily, and he lost 1 million on the first day. I lost everything. I am exhausted.
Magistrate Taiwan Province bowed down and said, "Adults care for the people and serve their parents. It is really a Buddha. In addition to more than 600,000 yuan advanced from the state treasury, one hundred and twenty pieces of silver from Wei Zhu were naturally returned to the people of Taiwan Province.
Wei Xiaobao nodded: "Every one of you also gave money, and you didn't take bribes or anything. It's not that I don't know this. Your officials paid 22,000 yuan, and your officials paid thousands and hundreds of dollars. All of us, Qi Xin, are working together for all of us. Naturally, these advance payments must be returned to the local area. As parents, we can't calculate interest from the people. Eat some losses, get the capital back, and you can forget it. This is called loving the people like a son.
All the officials were overjoyed and they all praised him. They all think that this adult Wei is considerate, considerate and rich is a good boss.
Wei Xiaobao scraped a million taels of silver on his first day as an official. Since then, he has money, so there is no need to count them one by one. Look at Wei Xiaobao's way of asking for bribes: first, turn to the rumor that Wu Sangui is going to rebel, then use the luxury here to infer that there is no need to rebel, and finally say, "If you are a sovereign and don't make money, what are you going to do?" If you think there is too much gold and silver and you are worried that you can't spend it all at once, why don't you let me help you? Ha ha! "In addition, Wei Xiaobao knew that he wanted to pay more bribes. The first is to ask the other person for something, and the second is to make the other person jealous. Therefore, after the announcement was completed, Wei Xiaobao said, "Ladies and gentlemen, when my brothers left Beijing, the emperor ordered Jiangsu Province to generate rich wealth, but in recent years, the bureaucrats have been slack and the soldiers are not prepared to sort it out. I ordered my brothers to check and correct it. The emperor loves Yangzhou people so much that we officials should do our best to repay them. "In a word, it is very clever to point out the fact that the place is rich and suppress it in the name of rectification.
4. You might as well crush the person wearing the big hat.
In order to welcome the son who assassinated Wu Sangui, Wei Xiaobao carried out the emperor: Wei Xiaobao's face fell and said, "Your Majesty was stabbed and was seriously injured. If something happens, no one can escape. Back in Beijing, the emperor naturally asked me carefully, who is the assassin? Who ordered it? If I didn't see it clearly with my own eyes, the emperor asked, how can I get up? Do you want me to talk nonsense? I can't afford this crime of deceiving the monarch. Summer, hey hey, I'm afraid you can't afford it either! "
5, often inconsistent, duplicity.
Don't say anything to anyone, Wei Xiaobao. "Let's see how you treat your host," said Chen Jinnan. "Here it is. If you didn't mean to do something wrong to everyone, I'll spare you first. "Master," said Wei Xiaobao, "don't worry." Heart way: "put down one hundred and nineteen hearts! I am a little uneasy myself. "
6. Clever use of desire to aggravate crime.
After Wei Xiaobao saw Shi Lang's pride, he first found the mark of Taiwan Province Province on his warship, and then found fault in Zheng Chenggong's eulogy in Shi Lang, comparing Shi Lang with Wu Zixu's curse of national subjugation and asking questions. Because he didn't understand the meaning of "saving a bird, hiding it", he managed to make Shi Lang obey.
7. Be sure to find the right method.
In order to avenge the attack on Taiwan Province, Shi Lang tried to find a way. Just look at what Mr. Tu Tu said about him: "You have learned everything, knowing that Lord Wei was the first red official before the emperor drove. It's better to beg for ten princes and ministers. " This is the only way of doing things in officialdom, and even Shi Lang slowly understood this in honesty.
8. A lot of flattery.
Wei Xiaobao is a master of flattery. When others flatter him, his feeling is: "I don't take flattery seriously, but I am happy to hear it." Another example is Wei Xiaobao's hearing of Shi Lang's candid camera shooting and thinking, "You have mastered the method of being an official in Beijing for three years. I want to fuck you, but I can't bear to see you behave so well. I heard the title of' Man Han's First Warrior' for the first time today, but you can think about it. " It can be seen that flattery means that anyone will be effective.
9. Cleverly pass the buck.
For example, in response to Wei Xiaobao's request that Shi Lang attack Taiwan Province Province, Soto said: "Your Majesty is wise and prudent, SHEN WOO, and he has no choice. As slaves, we just do what the emperor tells us. " Wei Xiaobao thought, "You are so cunning that you refuse to take responsibility. It can be seen that shirking responsibility is actually a long-term way for official transportation.
10, don't be arrogant.
You see: "Hundreds of officials greet the imperial envoys, or they are respectful and full of flattery; Or flattery, just right, but the bearded military attache is very arrogant, salute is also very perfunctory, muddy Wei Xiaobao see in the eye. Wei Xiaobao is furious and will attack immediately. " Therefore, people in officialdom have to wear masks, otherwise, they will inadvertently make enemies. Look at Wei Xiaobao. He is easy-going, talking and laughing with his subordinates, and everyone is willing to play. Instead, he put on airs, put on airs, and deliberately created a mystery. Master Hong was finally obeyed.
1 1. Use capable but frustrated people.
Wei Xiaobao knows that anyone who can do anything refuses to kiss up, and people who like to kiss up are just like him. So he helped Shi Lang in the water war, but it was also because Shi Lang found his own way. What's more, in order to go to sea, he found a bearded officer who disrespected him. Later, he learned that Zhao Liangdong helped him wipe out the bandits in Wuwangshan, and later rebelled against Wu Sangui and saved Wei Xiaobao's life. It can be seen that you can't do it yourself, but you can choose people, and that can be done.
12, forgive others and forgive others.
Wei Xiaobao was ordered to Yangzhou to excavate thousands of peonies in front of Zen Temple. After listening to the Chief Secretary's indirect speech, he understood that people are interested in saving thousands of peonies in front of Zen Temple. So according to the trick of being an official, everyone can get by first. This is called "sedan chair people carry people". "Since you flatter me, I can't go my own way and ask the officials in Tongcheng, Yangzhou to pull their faces down." Wei Xiaobao really has a profound understanding of the rules of officialdom.
13, no cost benefit.
In order to promise Shuang'er to kill Wu Zhirong, the dog officer, see how Wei Xiaobao does human feelings: "I feel embarrassed, and she will see my feelings greatly." Another example is that Sang Jie and Grdan were obviously captured by the Dragon Sect. Fortunately, Wei Xiaobao released Mrs. Hong and brought them back. But in Wei Xiaobao, they seem to have defeated the enemy. Sang Jie was ashamed and secretly grateful. On the other hand, Gedan is very happy and proud in front of his sweetheart. This is a verbal favor, and it is even worse.
14, to avoid taking credit.
Every time Wei Xiaobao makes meritorious service, he doesn't pretend to be himself. He said that everyone helped him and rewarded his brothers and men. He praised the emperor's great happiness and his intelligence. This kind of sobriety is not something that ordinary people can do. Then how did he teach Shi Lang: "Yes, you have made great contributions to this platform. How many gifts did you send to the DPRK minister? " Shi Lang was shocked and said, "It is precisely because of the son of heaven Wade that the soldiers fought bloody battles, and Taiwan Province was razed, while the DPRK ministers did nothing." Wei Xiaobao shook his head and said, "Old Stone, once you are proud, your old habits will break out again. When you tied Taiwan Province Province, everyone said you had Jinshan Yinshan, and you made a fortune yourself. Who is the official of the imperial court? Which one is not jealous? " Shi Lang said urgently, "My Lord, if Shi Lang takes a silver or two from Taiwan Province Province privately and teaches me to go to Beijing this time and give the chess pieces to the emperor, Ling Chi will be executed." Wei Xiaobao said, "You want to be an honest official yourself, but you can't let everyone follow you as an honest official. The cleaner you are, the easier it is for people to speak ill of you, saying that you bought people's hearts in Taiwan Province Province and have ulterior motives. So, when you go to Beijing this time, you will be empty-handed and bring no gifts? " Shi Lang said: "The native products of Taiwan Province Province are like wood carvings, bamboo baskets, straw mats and suitcases. I brought some.
Wei Xiaobao laughed, at first just to make Shi Lang blush, and then suddenly realized that he was finally determined to make amends. At this moment, he bowed deeply to Wei Xiaobao and said, "Thank you for your advice. Beizhi almost ran into another big disaster this time. " I advise you not to be complacent and bring about your own destruction.
Wei Xiaobao's virtue record:
1, Cherish Life Wei Xiaobao will definitely win the first prize of Cherish Life in the next five thousand years. It is not the truth that supports him, but the most essential thing in life.
2. Generous Wei Xiaobao probably knows that money is just a tool, and another kind of "inferiority complex" of China people is not shown in it.
3. Self-knowledge Perhaps no one is more ignorant than Wei Xiaobao, but no one is more self-aware and never proud of his success. Therefore, we can continue to make further progress.
4. Perseverance Maybe Bao Xiao's perseverance is not very strong, but after reading the paragraph about Aco, I'm afraid no one will doubt its tenacity.
5. cherish friendship. Maybe Bao Xiao is always lying, but he has never hurt anyone who is kind to him. He can always stand up for his friends, no matter he is a heavy color or a heavy friend. Another shortcoming of the traditional "bite the hand that feeds you" has also been avoided.
6. Understanding Human Nature If Bao Xiao lives in modern times, he must be a master of psychology, and his understanding of human nature is also the most essential and thorough. So we can always grasp each other's psychology and say the corresponding words. If everyone understands this truth, there will be fewer disputes.
7. Although he is unlearned, he is absolutely opinionated, and his courage to do things is beyond others' reach. Don't you always fight with a smile every time you are in danger? This kind of masculinity is rare. Despite this advantage, it is more perfect never to be a hero.
8, leave room for Bao Xiao's philosophy of doing things is better, is definitely to keep people. Knowing that performance is nothing, knowing that convergence is superior.
Wei Xiaobao's seven wives: Mu Jianbing, Fang Yi, Princess Channing, Su Quan, Ceng Rou, Shuang'er and Ake.
Jin Yong on Wei Xiaobao's Virtue (Interview with Yang Lan)
Yang Lan: Mr. Cha, your martial arts novels have a remarkable feature, that is, good guys and bad guys are not just good guys and bad guys. Even the top ten villains in Dragon have their sympathetic side. Even so, we sometimes wonder why Wei Xiaobao in your last work Duke of Lushan seems to be an anti-hero, a rogue and a liar, but in the end you gave him seven beautiful wives and treasures and finally lived a carefree life on an isolated island. Why are you so kind to him?
Jin Yong: I was inspired by Lu Xun when I wrote the character Wei Xiaobao. The Ah Q he wrote was typical of China people at that time. On the one hand, he wrote about his spiritual victory, on the other hand, he described the ignorance and blindness of most China people, who lived in a muddled way and were oppressed, and finally beheaded, which looked very pitiful. Ah Q was from an earlier era, and now people are certainly different from Ah Q. Now that the country has been liberated, Ah Q's spirit is less. You can't see Ah Q in the countryside in China now. You talk to them about world affairs, talk about Clinton, they all know, and talk about Britain. It's different from people like ah q.
Yang Lan: There are newspapers, TV and radio!
Jin Yong: Many people have read Wei Xiaobao I wrote overseas. I think, Ah Q used to be a typical China person, but now the typical China person is not Ah Q. ..
Yang Lan: Is that Wei Xiaobao? (Laughter)
Jin Yong: Yes, it's Wei Xiaobao, not Chinese mainland, but overseas and Hongkong. There is a group of China people, because there are many overseas Chinese. In order to survive, they have some bad morals and personalities in China tradition. Some typical China people, like Wei Xiaobao, can do whatever it takes to get promoted and get rich, lying, embezzling and corrupting. This kind of thing is very common in Kangxi, and it may not be completely eliminated now.
Yang Lan: I'm afraid this is a problem that exists in all mankind. But such a person has a good life, and you finally let him have a happy family and …
Jin Yong: In a reasonable society, such people will be punished in the future, if it is a place that emphasizes the rule of law and law. People like Wei Xiaobao who don't abide by the rule of law and laws do everything, such as murder, arson and kidnapping. In an unreasonable society, such people can be very good, with more than one wife and seven wives. Someone asked why seven wives were written. I said that at that time, seven was not enough, but more.
Yang Lan: Wives and concubines are in groups!
Jin Yong: At that time, people who were big officials didn't know how many wives they had. This is the case in history, not about the present, but about Kangxi.
Yang Lan: So it's different from your past martial arts novels. It's written in the opposite direction, and you use an anti-hero role to express your social ideal.
Jin Yong: Not an ideal, but a social reality at that time. In a very undemocratic, lawless and autocratic era, people like Wei Xiaobao will prosper, and good people will be bullied and persecuted. Therefore, writing about Wei Xiaobao is also a total denial of that feudal and corrupt society.