[Kings and mountains can be lost, but those who know Gao must die]
There is also a classic case: Cao Cao killed Wang Wei. When Cao Cao attacked Yuan Shu, the army was short of food. Cao Cao secretly ordered the grain officer Wang He to seize the army's food and use it as inferior goods to temporarily tide over the difficulties. As a result, the soldiers mutinied. Cao Cao, who was selfless and loved his soldiers like his own son, "heard that" Later, he was so angry that he ordered Wang Jie to be beheaded to show the public, and the morale of the army was at ease.
When doing management and leading a team, we manage and lead people, not machines. How can we strictly follow a pre-written program code (rules and regulations)? People are complex, living individuals with emotions, tempers, and personalities.
Looking at plum blossoms to quench thirst, cutting one's hair to replace one's head, killing chickens to scare monkeys, driving tigers to drive away wolves, killing three soldiers with two peaches, laughing three times and crying (Huarong Tao), catching seven times...these are the skills that managers should really learn, rather than holding a book of rules and regulations. , with a set of behavioral norms to strictly implement.
Many people study Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Sun Quan in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" as three successful entrepreneurial groups, and refine various management ideas as a guide to corporate management and team building. Which of these three is selfless? Which one follows the rules and abides by the rules?
So what methods did Xu Zhixun use to enhance his reputation in the Huainan Group?
The method adopted by Xu Zhixun is very simple. It can be summed up in one sentence: improve yourself by belittling others.
He bullied and insulted the civil and military ministers in every possible way, so that they would know who was the big boss with the power of life and death; towards Yang Wei, the titular ruler of Huainan, he showed no courtesy to the emperor and ministers, constantly provoking the Yang family's majesty, so that he could let them know who the boss was. Everyone knows that Yang is just a puppet of Xu.
Xu Zhixun tried his best to convey to the outside world the information Xu Wen wanted to hide most: Yang Wei was Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, and the Xu family and his son were Cao Cao.
One time, Yang Wei hosted a banquet for his ministers to drink and have fun. During the banquet, actors and musicians performed songs, dances and operas to cheer up the wine. Xu Zhixun suddenly proposed to watch a play with Yang Wei. Xu Zhixun would play the role of the general and the protagonist, and Yang Wei would play the role of the general's domestic slave. So, Xu Zhixun walked majestically in front, wearing fresh clothes and an angry horse. Yang Wei, wearing rags and a broken straw hat in his hand, followed Xu Zhixun in a low manner. Xu Zhixun used the excuse that "the script required it" to scold and humiliate Yang Wei in public, yelled at him, and then laughed "haha".
Another time, Yang Wei and hundreds of officials went to the Zenzhi Temple in the east of Yangzhou City to enjoy the flowers. During the dinner, Xu Zhixun deliberately acted like a drunkard and directly insulted Yang Wei, using vulgar and vulgar words. He even issued a death threat to Yang Wei, which frightened him. Yang Wei burst into tears on the spot. All the civil and military officials present were trembling and bowed their heads in silence. No one dared to speak.
When returning from Chanzhi Temple, the attendants took advantage of Xu Zhixun's lack of attention and hurriedly carried Yang Wei onto a small boat to escape as soon as possible. After Xu Zhixun found out, he immediately boarded a boat, ordered a hot pursuit, and raced against Yang Wei. As a result, Xu Zhixun failed to catch up, so he became furious and killed one of Yang Wei's attendants with a headshot on the spot with a sledgehammer.
Another time, Xu Zhixun and Yang Wei were on the same boat. As soon as Yang Wei landed, Xu Zhixun took out a slingshot from his arms with a smirk and said, "Let's go -" A projectile hit Yang Wei hard on the back. Xu Zhixun laughed "haha".
There is poetry to prove it:
"The dragon around the pillar is dreaming of Pan, who teaches the blue falcon to come on stage and watch.
When Zhuohe returned to Sanlang, he was drunk and tried a projectile on the king. "
Humiliating Yang Wei in public was Xu Zhixun's daily task. He wanted to repeatedly prove to the civil and military officials the strength of the Xu family and the weakness and incompetence of the Yang family. "Xu Wen is Zhu Wen and Cao Cao." This is a fact that must be told every day, every month, and every year.
In addition to showing no courtesy to Yang Wei, Xu Zhixun was even more mean and ungrateful towards the civil and military officials. He often showed his cannibalistic fangs to the officials, making them fear his own power and making them succumb to power.
Li Decheng, a veteran of the Huainan Group, had dozens of singers at home, and Xu Zhixun asked him for it. Li Decheng sent someone to send him a letter of apology, which basically said, "These singers in my family are all very old. Some of them have already given birth to children. They are all at the level of aunts. How can they be qualified to serve noble people? Wait until I have time." I’m looking for some young and beautiful ladies for you.”
Xu Zhixun was furious. He didn't really covet these old singers, but he wanted this unambiguous "rule": Look, even the meritorious veteran Li Decheng is afraid of me. He will give me whatever I say I want.
Therefore, Li Decheng's polite refusal made Xu Zhixun furious, and he immediately threatened Li Decheng's envoys: "Look, one day I will kill Li Decheng and even bring his first wife!"
Not only Li Decheng, Xu Zhixun also killed his godbrother Xu Zhigao.
Xu Zhixun was very afraid of his godbrother and considered him to be the biggest threat to his inheritance of the family business. Xu Wen liked his adopted son very much. Xu Zhixun was worried that his father would suffer a brain cramp one day and pass the family business to Xu Zhigao, so he became more and more displeased with his godbrother. The following article will detail the subtle relationship between Xu Wen and his adopted son Xu Zhigao.
It is a common practice for a biological son to want to kill his godson who is better and older than him. However, the reason why Xu Zhixun really became murderous towards Xu Zhigao was because Xu Zhigao was absent from his banquet.
One time, Xu Zhixun called all the brothers to drink. Xu Zhigao was unable to attend the banquet for some reason. Xu Zhixun was furious and said, "This stinky beggar doesn't want to drink. Does he want to eat a sword?" He looked down upon him and thought Xu Zhigao was like a stray cat or dog picked up by his father, so he often called him "beggar".
Only Xu Wen's fourth son, Xu Zhijian, was honest and honest. He regarded Xu Zhigao as his brother and treated him respectfully.
Not long after, Xu Zhixun held a Hongmen Banquet, ambushed the swordsman in advance, agreed on a secret code, invited Xu Zhigao to the banquet, and decided to take action during the banquet. After Xu Zhigao came to the table, the loyal Xu Zhijian secretly stepped on Xu Zhigao's foot hard.
Xu Zhigao understood immediately, so he said he had to go to the bathroom. After going out, he galloped away from the place of right and wrong.
After learning that Xu Zhigao had escaped, Xu Zhixun handed his sword to his trusted general Diao Yanneng and asked him to chase Xu Zhigao quickly. Once he caught up, he would kill him without mercy!
Diao Yanneng was ordered to run with his sword, and he caught up with Xu Zhigao. Just when Xu Zhigao was horrified, Diao Yanneng just raised his sword at Xu Zhigao from a distance and gestured to let him see clearly whose sword it was. Neither of them spoke, and everything was in silence.
Later, Diao Yanneng returned empty-handed and told Xu Zhixun that he had not caught up.
Another time, it was the Hongmen Banquet, and Diao Yanneng was responsible for pouring wine for the guests. While pouring wine for Xu Zhigao, Diao Yanneng secretly "spoke to Liezu (Xu Zhigao) with his claws, Liezu is enlightened, and he is eager to get up."
Historical records record that Xu Zhixun tried to kill Xu Zhigao many times, and Xu Zhijian, Diao Yanneng and others also played prime supporting roles many times, giving Xu Zhixun hints at the most critical moments each time to help Xu Zhigao escape.
