Extraordinary people should do extraordinary things. What is an extraordinary move? In the eyes of many people, attacking cities and conquering territories and killing people on the battlefield are extraordinary actions. Or in domestic affairs, it is an extraordinary move to stand up to all opinions and adhere to the correct approach, and finally win. But in fact, extraordinary things happen in the little things every day.
Those who are good at fighting have no great achievements. This does not mean that those who are good at fighting do not fight, but through every little thing such as daily management and training, sufficient conditions for victory have been prepared. The enemy either dares not to fight, or fails quickly, like a seven-foot strong man against a child.
Many people don't pay attention to small things. If you think you are a person who does big things and care about trivial matters, wouldn’t it be that you are overqualifying your talents?
Not really. Those in power can ignore trivial matters, but they cannot ignore right and wrong. Many things around us may seem small, but they are not unimportant. Those who aspire to big things should start with small things and eventually build a system.
Wang Xiaolie and three other people were talking about Shen Zun here, and even thought he was defective. In fact, this is far from the case in the eyes of the world. Some people will indeed regret the death of Yu Niang, but few will blame Shen Zun. There are even many people who believe that Shen Zun decisively gave up Yu Niang to ensure the success of Xiancheng, and he had the style of a general. After presenting the city, Shen Zun was very organized and relied on Wei Yang, making him even more enviable.
After taking a sip of wine, Wang Xiaolie said: "Actually, I don't like people like Shen Zun very much. In order to achieve things, he can easily sacrifice others. Maybe in the eyes of some people, this is a woman's kindness. Although I don't like it , but I will still reuse Shen Zun, and I will not underestimate him. If I put myself in his shoes, under the circumstances at that time, if Shen Zun wanted to dedicate the city, he would definitely not tell Yu Niang the news. Even if Yu Niang guessed it, in person If you ask him, it's impossible to admit it to his face. But if I think about it, Shen Zuncong shouldn't have asked Yu Niang to sing in the first place. Without Yu Niang, wouldn't Wei Yang be able to enter the city? "
Wang Ruohai said: "Judging from the official documents sent to Guozhou, it was General Jin who asked Yuniang to come up and sing. Shen Zun could not refuse."
Wang Xiaolie said: "If you can't refuse, you can hide Yu Niang, or open the city and send people out. There are many ways. In short, Shen Zun has many reasons for this matter, but these reasons cannot convince me. I think, more or less Years later, I can't convince future generations. So using Shen Zun, to me, is just about appointing talents, not selecting talents. In my eyes, this is not a sage."
Wang Ruohai sighed and said no more.
Li Yanxian said: "The people who command our troops have all kinds of temperaments as our generals. If we don't have the capacity to accommodate others, how can we lead troops?"
"Jing Lue is right!" Wang Xiaolie nodded heavily. "Those who lead troops and take power must be tolerant of others. There are people under our command who we like, some we don't like, and some we even hate. Likes and dislikes are our personal emotions and are unavoidable. But we cannot let them. One's own emotions affect official affairs. As far as official affairs are concerned, those who should be promoted will be promoted and those who should be demoted will be demoted. If you act according to your own emotions, wouldn't you become a traitor in history? So I say that there is a matter of selecting and appointing talents. Ability. When there are sufficient talents, select talents first, and then select those with talents among these talents and let them go. If there is a lack of talents, selecting talents is selecting talents, and appointing talents is appointing talents. The two cannot be mixed. For talents The officials employed must have a strict supervision system. Without supervision, if you blindly employ people, you will suffer in the end."
Speaking of this, Wang Xiaolie said with some emotion: "In my opinion, being an official should be very simple. There is nothing difficult about doing things well according to the rules, trying to understand the intentions of your superiors, and strictly supervising your subordinates. But in fact, Being an official is very complicated. Because most of the things you do involve power, and power involves interests and even human lives. No matter how clear the rules are, there are always people who want to tamper with them. With this in mind, being an official becomes extremely complicated. . Coupled with the support of relatives and friends, the support of the same party, and the consideration of future generations, I don’t know how many twists and turns there are.”
Wang Ruohai said: "This is inevitable. If it were simple, talents would not be so rare."
Wang Xiaolie said: "We don't want to make it so complicated, we should try to be as simple as possible. There are many things that officials should not do, so we try our best to prevent them. For example, the avoidance law is sometimes strict and sometimes loose. We must be as strict as possible. Officials should take the initiative to avoid If you don't avoid it, you will be punished. I can't do it here if you don't avoid relatives when you promote talents. The power of officials must be isolated from relatives and friends. If money is involved, it must have nothing to do with officials. No matter what channel, no Allow the money spent by officials to return to their own hands. All kinds of things must be strictly managed."
Li Yanxian smiled and said: "Zhen Fu, this will lose people's hearts."
Wang Xiaolie shook his head: "If you do this, you will lose people's hearts. Don't care about such people. Alas, this kind of thing is easy to say and makes sense, but it is very difficult to actually implement it. But then again, it is difficult. Only when we accomplish things can we be considered capable.”
Li Yanxian and Wang Ruohai didn't speak.
Wang Xiaolie understood that if he wanted to truly achieve this kind of thing, he must start from himself. Only when you do it yourself can you ask your subordinates, and others will have nothing to say. Just start with yourself. It's easier said than done.
For a person to be in power, he must have one or several groups that firmly support him. How to maintain the loyalty of this group? You can promote them, make them rich, give them privileges, and even marry them to form a small group. These methods have been used by people, sometimes they work, sometimes they don't.
None of these cliques can escape a pattern. In just one or two generations, or within a few decades, their descendants will feel that they are superior and different from birth. They either call themselves nobles or form small groups to make great changes. And it is inevitable that those who are a little smarter and more capable among these people will think that they are so talented that no one can compare with them. It doesn't take long for them to get used to the fact that their privileges are natural and unchangeable. The rest of the people are just ants in their eyes. Inevitably, they will fight among themselves. The internal strife quickly spread to the whole world, and the people buried them in the chaos.
Is there any other way? Some rely on ideals to unite people. Historically, the closest group to this kind of group was the Liu Bei Group during the Three Kingdoms period. Naturally, there are interests involved, power struggles, and various struggles within the Liu Bei Group. But among the core group of people, the light of ideals is always shining. The Taoyuan Three Brothers may not have existed in history, but the brotherly love between Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei is not fake. When Guan Yu and Zhang Fei left, Liu Bei immediately led an overwhelming army to take revenge, and finally defeated Yiling. After visiting the thatched cottage three times to invite Zhuge Liang, Liu Bei said that he wanted to re-establish the Han Dynasty and believe in righteousness in the world. Basically, Liu Bei never broke his oath throughout his life. Zhuge Liang devoted himself to death and lived up to Liu Bei's fate.
There are always smart people who interpret the behavior of this group differently. It is said that Liu Bei is evil, Zhuge Liang is as loyal as a traitor, and there is simply no good person in the group. This statement does not need to be taken seriously, it just reflects the social consciousness of a period of time, and the death of idealism will never be extinguished.
When New China was founded, the party was united largely by its ideals and ultimately won.
Ideals are fragile and require careful maintenance. But it is easy to destroy. In just ten or twenty years, ideals will be like bubbles, shattered by a light touch. The ideals of the past were so wonderful that even those who came later would be afraid to mention them.
Wang Xiaolie did not dare to believe that he could establish an idealistic group, but he only left such hope. At least start with yourself, do not do things that undermine your ideals, and do not establish power groups that rely on interests to maintain your authority.
What will happen in the end? Only God knows. Wang Xiaolie didn't know either.
