Chapter 61 Post-episode Practical Viewpoints When the Stormy Season Comes

During the formation period of each group, Mao Bo, who suffered from poor communication and a system that was not fully recognized by the outside, managed to maintain the harmony of the group, but the inner anxiety and mutual jealousy continued to increase. Without real communication, if this phenomenon continues, it will eventually lead to mutual hatred and collapse. But often leaders are afraid of real communication, preferring to maintain only a superficial harmony.For real communication, members of the factions have to express real opinions, opinions so frank and strong that leaders often can't stand them.

Therefore, general leaders are unwilling to allow group members in the formative period to enter into real communication. However, whether the leader wants to let the members communicate or not, the members will still break through the suppression to express their different opinions, so the sub-group will enter the stormy period. During the stormy period of fighting and not fighting, group members may attack each other, even utter bad words, and curse at each other, but as long as they do not resort to violence, or there is a result after short-term chaos, the group can re-establish new norms, And strive to adapt to it, so that the group continues to grow and develop to become more mature.

However, a mature group will develop faster, gather more strength and members, and bring the group into a new growth period. However, if the attacks on each other are too violent during the stormy period, and even mortal hatred arises, and the fight to the point of life and death, the group may also tend to disintegrate. Therefore, when the group is facing a stormy period, the attitude and direction of the leader are very important. Leaders who are broad-minded and tolerant can weather this stormy period more easily. Liu Bang in his early years was better than Xiang Yu in this respect.The reason why Liu Bang's group became more and more prosperous and Xiang Yu's group tended to collapse was that Liu Bang could accept everyone's opinions so that the group would not collapse due to disputes.

However, after the establishment of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bang immediately faced a relatively rigid group. He seemed unable to adapt to such an identity, and he seemed clumsy and blunt in communication. In the end, the princes with different surnames rebelled one by one. Although some people think that Liu Bang's effective suppression of princes with different surnames should be the most successful stage in Liu Bang's life. In fact, Liu Bang was not happy during the few years he was emperor. He was even more exhausted than when he started his business, and he was still full of anxiety and helplessness before he died.

This sequelae extended to the Empress Lu's era. The poor communication between the groups caused Empress Lu to fall into serious anxiety. She was more reluctant than Liu Bang to let go. Facing the stormy period of the group, she became anxious and nervous. Fortunately, Xiao He and Cao Shen were at the helm in the early days, and they used generous policies to prevent the factions among the groups from fighting. But after Cao Shen's death, Wang Ling and Chen Ping couldn't control the situation, which finally made Empress Lu take everything to the extreme. So she founded the Lu's Party to challenge the Liu's Party and the Meritorious Party respectively.

Although in the early days, due to Empress Lu's legal leadership, the Lu's Party had the upper hand on the surface.But in essence, Empress Lu's anxiety and frustration worsened when she was unable to communicate effectively with the other two parties. Before she died, she seemed to be more anxious and helpless than Liu Bang. After the death of Empress Lu, the Lu's party was immediately attacked by the Liu's party and the hero's party, and finally perished. However, in the fire and storm of the group this time, Liu's party and the hero's party achieved complete communication and understanding, so that the Han Dynasty quickly entered a new period of regulation. In the era of Emperor Wu Liu Che, due to the power generated by the maturity of the group, it smoothly moved towards internationalization and established an unprecedented Han Empire, which also made "Han people the most common code name for the Chinese nation for thousands of years."

Chronicle of Liu Bang (Calendar of the Qin and Han Dynasties, with winter and October as the beginning of the year)