Hong Chengchou's Dialogue on Managing Chaos First and Mind First in the Ups and Downs of Jiangshan.

In February of the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, Songshan and Hong Chengchou were defeated and captured by the Qing army. In order to conquer Hong Chengchou, Emperor Taizong of Qing Dynasty tried to escort Hong Chengchou to Beijing with courtesy. At the same time, he killed the captured satrap Qiu and others, which was intentional. He wanted to scare Hong Chengchou. Hong Chengchou was not intimidated. When I arrived in Shengjing, I stayed in a hotel, but I was embarrassed to call names-this was also intentional, trying to test the attitude of Emperor Taizong. Fan Wencheng came to surrender, Hong Chengchou roared, and Fan Wencheng endured. When I arrived in Fan Wencheng, I was able to talk about ancient and modern chaos. A piece of swallow mud fell from the beam and landed on Hong Chengchou's clothes. When Hong Chengchou saw the opportunity, he spoke, carefully brushing the mud on his body, again and again, for fear of soiling his clothes. Fan Wencheng saw it in his eyes and remembered it in his heart, echoing the words of Emperor Taizong: "Hong Chengchou will never die. He still cherishes his clothes so much, not to mention his own life? " In fact, Hong Chengchou had long wanted to surrender, but he just couldn't say it. He took this opportunity to show his true intention. That's why I said later, "Don't you catch a cold, sir?" Chengchou looked at it for a long time and sighed,' The Lord of the world is really destined!' It's just a farce of kowtowing for surrender.

Hong Chengchou is good at gambling. But from the perspective of political theft, the talent of gambling is not enough to become a big shot. You're talking about grades, not hooligans who crack dates. It is particularly important to have a thorough understanding and grasp of the nature of intrigue while being upright, that is, the so-called principle can only be used by me, but not controlled by it. It is said that many great people often use this to identify potential opponents or successors. With Hong Chengchou's superb means and skillful skills, especially at the critical moment, he boldly abandoned the principle, of course, he was a master. Hong was a talented minister in the Ming Dynasty, with a high position and a good reputation. He relied on the emperor and was respected and loved by his colleagues and subordinates. When Songshan was defeated and an earthquake hit the DPRK, everyone thought that Hong Chengchou would die. The emperor offered sixteen altars, one for seven days. When he reached the ninth altar, there was news that Hong Chengchou had surrendered. Judging from his performance before the Qing Dynasty, it is obvious that Hong did not intend to defend the righteous cause with his life.