Chapter 45 3. Job hopping of talents

People are alive and have thoughts.Talent is more subjective.They will look for a boss they can trust and rely on, and a stage where they can show and give full play to their talents.If these are all right, they will flex their muscles and make a lot of difference.On the contrary, if they are always suppressed and feel that they have no future, they will choose to leave without hesitation and find another job.This is job hopping. Today's leaders always like to say two words: to retain people by treatment, and to retain people by charm.On the one hand, this reflects the quality of the leadership itself, and it is necessary to be good at discovering and infecting talents; on the other hand, it reflects the leadership methods, so that those talents can see benefits and get benefits, so as to prevent the loss of talents.

When Chu and Han confronted each other, the phenomenon of talent switching was very prominent, which is worth thinking about and learning from.The most typical ones are Han Xin and Chen Ping. Han Xin initially served as a lieutenant-general under Xiang Yu's tent, and gave Xiang Yu several suggestions, but Xiang Yu didn't accept them.Han Xin felt very humiliated, and later heard that Liu Bang was going to take a post in Bashu, so he went to join Liu Bang.In the end, Liu Bang was not as good as Xiang Yu. With Xiang Yu, he was at least a lieutenant general, and he belonged to the secretary level. In Liu Bang, he was only a small official of Lian Ao, in charge of warehouse food and salary, and even dealing with people. Power is gone.

It was such a small position that Han Xin didn't last long.Later, for unknown reasons, Han Xin was implicated and sentenced to death.Just when the knife and ax hand was about to execute, Han Xin saw Duke Teng, who was a servant and the driver of Liu Bang's cart, so he shouted: "If you don't want to go up, you will be in the world? What do you mean by beheading a strong man!" Didn't Liu Bang just want to win the world?Then why kill the Warriors?Duke Teng felt that he was an outstanding exporter, so he let him go and recommended him to Liu Bang. Liu Bang named Han Xin the captain of Zhisu. pointing fingers.That's all.

Han Xin was not valued, or did not meet his ideal requirements, of course he was unwilling, so he approached Prime Minister Xiao He and asked Xiao He to recommend him again.Xiao He admired Han Xin very much, and planned to find an opportunity to recommend it to Liu Bang, but the matter might have been delayed because he was too busy with work.Han Xin felt that there was nothing to do, and he had no energy to do, so he wanted to slap his ass and leave, so there was an allusion of "Xiao Heyue chasing Han Xin under the moon".Later, it was because of Xiao He's strong recommendation that Han Xin finally stood out.

Chen Ping has taken refuge in three lords in total: Wei Wangjiu, Xiang Yu and Liu Bang.In Wei Wangjiu's house, Chen Ping's position was a servant, the same position as Teng Gong mentioned above, in charge of horses and carriages.There are two reasons for Chen Ping to leave King Jiu of Wei: one is "said King Wei would not listen" and he was ignored when he advised King Jiu of Wei;Someone said bad things about him, so he slapped his ass and left.Then Chen Ping defected to Xiang Yu, followed Xiang Yu into the customs, and was awarded the title of Ping Jueqing by Xiang Yu.Sima Mao, king of Yin, rebelled against Chu, and Xiang Yu named Chen Ping Lord Xinwu and asked him to suppress the rebellion.As a result, Chen Ping did not fight, but relied on some rhetoric to recruit King Yin.Xiang Yu was very happy that the soldiers were bloodless, "Worship Ping as the captain, and give him twenty overflowing gold", he was promoted and rewarded with silver.Later, Liu Bang captured the land of Yin, and the king of Yin surrendered to Liu Bang. This obviously shows that Chen Ping's work was not done solidly at that time, so Xiang Yu was very angry, "the one who will punish Yin will be the official", and planned to execute Chen Ping and others.Seeing that the situation was not good, Chen Ping slapped his butt and left again, and later voted for Liu Bang.

So, why did Xiang Yu lose these two talents? First of all, these two are not the same as Xiang Yu.Although Xiang Yu didn't study hard when he was a student, he also received an orthodox education.And because of the scenery of the ancestors, the glory of the family, and the edification of the family, Xiang Yu is very traditional in thinking.But Han Xin and Chen Ping are different. When Han Xin was an ordinary citizen, he was "poor and unable to do anything, so he could not be selected as an official". He was poor and unpopular, which was far worse than Liu Bang, so he was not even eligible to be recommended as a small official.Han Xin's "can't manage businessmen", this point is in line with Liu Bang's "doesn't care about the family's production and homework", they are all idle masters.And Han Xin also has a bad habit, which is "often sending food and drink from others", and likes to eat and drink everywhere, so that "people hate it", and whoever sees it is annoying.

As for Chen Ping, his virtues are not flattering either.When Chen Ping reached the age of marrying a daughter-in-law, "the rich are unwilling to give it to the poor, and the poor are ashamed of it."The poor look down on him, and the rich look down on him. It is typical to dislike the poor and love the rich.In the end, Chen Ping fell in love with a rich girl who had been married five times. With the dowry accompanied by her natal family, Chen Ping "used money to benefit the people and travel widely", and suddenly became an uncle. Secondly, Xiang Yu did not consider things carefully.For example, treat Chen Ping.Even if Chen Ping was unfavorable in his affairs and made a mistake, he couldn't be beaten to death with a single stick.What's more, Xiang Yu still agreed with this matter at the time, and he was promoted and rewarded.King Yin repeated, but Chen Ping did not expect that his original intention was to do things well.Xiang Yu can criticize and educate Chen Ping, or downgrade him to use, or simply beat him with dozens of army sticks, so that he can have a long memory.But he was about to be beheaded in one fell swoop, could Chen Ping not run away!

Third, Xiang Yu didn't know the pulse of the two of them.These two are actually very personal people.Han Xin was from Huaiyin. There was a young and Dangerous pig butcher who saw Han Xin wandering around with a broken sword all day long. He didn't like him, so he said to people, "If you grow up, you like to carry a sword, but your heart is timid." Don't look at this kid who is tall and big, and still uses a sword to bluff people all day long, but he is actually very timid in his heart.Then he said to Han Xin in front of everyone: "If you can die, stab me; if you can't, get out of my hakama." If you dare to kill me, kill me with a sword; past.Han Xin chose the latter.So Han Xin was willing to suffer the humiliation of his crotch, which has become a beautiful story through the ages.Han Xin's choice itself is very individual. It's not that Han Xin is afraid of this rascal, but that he looks down on him from the bottom of his heart, and it's not worth talking to him.

Chen Ping also had his own personality. Once he offered sacrifices to his fellow villagers, he divided up the meat, and Chen Ping took the lead. "The meat was divided evenly," and the meat was divided fairly.Complacent, Chen Ping said: "If Ping dominates the world, he is just like meat!" If I were allowed to govern the world, I would be fair and just like dividing meat.The words are bold and powerful, not inferior to Chen Sheng's "The sparrow knows the ambition of the swan", and it has the momentum of who else can I.On the one hand, it shows that Chen Ping has ambitions and is not willing to be mediocre; on the other hand, he can also see his high-spirited personality.

People with personality are very proud, and they all want to stand out in front of others, make others look up to them, and take themselves seriously, so that they can feel at ease.Coincidentally, Xiang Yu is also a person with personality and very proud, so naturally he will not accommodate them. Fourth, these two people didn't know Xiang Yu's veins.Han Xin "counted to kill Xiang Yu", but Xiang Yu did not use it.This sentence is very chewy. Tai Shigong did not say that Han Xin offered advice to Xiang Yu, but said "dry", interfering, or interfering, no matter what kind of explanation, it is very abnormal.Interference, you, Han Xin, is a lieutenant general and has the right to make suggestions, but interference is a bit too much.If you feel that you are right, you can point fingers. This is not good, you have to pay attention to your identity.Interference is the feeling of Xiang Yu's side. Han Xin's suggestion has reached the point of interfering with Xiang Yu's decision-making, which shows that his suggestion is obviously not in Xiang Yu's mind.

Chen Ping didn't know Xiang Yu's veins either.When King Yin rebelled, Xiang Yu himself was very annoyed, and later he backed out, so the anger must not be in one place.Therefore, "the one who will punish the Yin will generalize the officials" may be just a moment of Xiang Yu's anger, and he may not be able to do that in the end.It's like two people quarreling and scolding each other. One party says to the other party, I must kill you, it's all angry words.Furthermore, Xiang Yu has always been kind to Chen Ping, and promoted him several times, first as Pingjueqing, then as Lord Xinwu, and finally as a captain, which shows that Xiang Yu still attaches great importance to Chen Ping.How can it be said that death is death?As a result, Chen Ping was afraid, so he put oil on his feet and slipped away. Fifth, Xiang Yu doesn't think these two are talents.This is very important. If Xiang Yu thinks that they are talents that can be used and can be made, he will definitely try to keep them. Han Xin gave Xiang Yu advice, but none of them fit Xiang Yu's mind, and it was a bit confusing. Xiang Yu didn't feel that he was different.So when he left, Xiang Yu naturally wouldn't stop him. For Chen Ping, Xiang Yu trusted him at first, but Chen Ping did not do well in the matter of King Yin.Xiang Yu originally asked Chen Ping to deal with King Yin by force, so he could kill the chicken to show the monkey, so that the other princes would be more honest.As a result, Chen Ping made his own claim and persuaded the king of Yin to surrender, and the king of Yin himself was a fool, and anyone who came would surrender. In this way, Chen Ping's credit was greatly reduced.In fact, Xiang Yu also saw Chen Ping through this matter. He neither acted according to the leader's intention, but also messed up the matter. Can he be called a talent!So just go, no regrets. Many talents are buried like this.Are there any talents like Han Xin and Chen Ping in Xiang Yu's subordinates?There must be, but different leaders have different degrees of talent discovery.Han Xin and Chen Ping are by no means the only ones, they are just accidental phenomena, they are just special. Xiang Yu has such an attitude towards the two, so what is Liu Bang's attitude when they arrive at Liu Bang's place? As I said before, Han Xin went to Liu Bang's place at first, but he was not reused, and he was embarrassed to return to Xiang Yu's place, so he wanted to go to the end of the world with his sword, and planned to be a lone ranger. It can be said that he was basically desperate for his official career. up.It is certain that if it was not for Xiao He's strong recommendation later, Han Xin's talent would never have the opportunity to show off.The humiliation he suffered back then will not become synonymous with forbearance and generosity, but an attributive of uselessness. Liu Bang didn't see anything special about Han Xin at first, which shows that talent is not easy to find.Xiang Yu didn't reuse Han Xin at the beginning, so it can't be judged that Xiang Yu doesn't know people.As a general, he has to lead troops and fight wars. He has a lot of affairs every day. When he is in charge of work, he cannot fully take into account personnel issues. The difference is that Liu Bang finally approved of Han Xin because of Xiao He's recommendation.But Liu Bang didn't intend to reuse Han Xin, but wanted to give him a general to do it.As a result, Xiao He said that Han Xin would not be able to keep Han Xin if he only gave him the position of general.Liu Bang's curiosity also came up, who is this sacred, so he said, how about giving it to a general?Xiao He said that for the general, there must be a condition, that is, a grand worship ceremony must be held for Han Xin, and it is necessary to "choose a good day, fast, set up a mandala, and give ceremonies, which is good."Liu Bang was completely tempted this time, and felt that Xiao He didn't seem to be joking, so he readily agreed. The king of Han paid so much attention to himself, and even bowed to himself in front of everyone, so majestic, so different, this has never happened before.At this time, Han Xin's self-esteem was completely satisfied, and his enthusiasm was completely stimulated. Naturally, he would be willing and determined to be Liu Bang's pawn.Later, Han Xin was always loyal to Liu Bang, and the impact of setting up an altar to worship the general was quite great. The recognition of Han Xin is because Liu Bang trusts Xiao He and has no doubts about employing people. This is also one of Liu Bang's advantages.He likes to use talents, and these talents used will help him discover other talents, thus creating a good environment for talents to stand out.And Liu Bang, without fully understanding Han Xin, agreed to Xiao He to set up an altar to worship generals. Such condescension to accommodate talents shows his broad-mindedness, and it also shows that his attitude towards talents is that he would rather believe in them than never easily missed. The same is true for Chen Ping. When he was with Liu Bang, his treatment was not much better than that of Xiang Yu. However, when Liu Bang was employing people, he saw that Chen Ping was very eloquent, so he made him a captain, which was the same as that of Xiang Yu.But not long after, Chen Ping was slandered by Jiang Hou, Guan Ying and others. They said to Liu Bang: "Although Ping is a beautiful husband, he may not have one of them. I heard that when Ping was at home, he stole his sister-in-law; If things are not tolerated by Wei, they will return to Chu; if they return to Chu, they will return to Han. Today, the king honors his officials and orders him to protect the army. I heard that Ping received all the gold from the generals. Those who have more gold will get good, and those who have less gold will get evil. , Repeatedly chaotic ministers, the original (willing) Wang Chazhi.” It roughly stated Chen Ping’s four major crimes: 1. Flashy and untrue.Although the appearance is beautiful, there may not be something in the belly; two, the morals are corrupt.Having an affair with his sister-in-law; three, being unfaithful as a minister.First vote for Wei, then Chu, and then Han; four, bad conduct.Accepting bribes from subordinates.In short, there is something wrong with Chen Ping's character.In a nutshell: Chen Ping is a corrupt official who acts according to the wind, is selfish, flashy, and a mother if he has milk. Jiang Hou and Guan Ying disliked Chen Ping's appearance because they hated him, which is understandable.The other three points are not superficial.Whether he had an affair with his sister-in-law, although there is no record in the history books, but his sister-in-law was divorced by his brother because of him.Being unfaithful as a minister, changing his master three times, this is an unchangeable fact.The most terrible thing is to take bribes.Chen Ping himself admitted the matter of accepting bribes. When Liu Bang asked him, Chen Ping was plausible and said: "I come here naked, and I don't get money for money." How to entertain.This sentence is a bit familiar, and it is exactly the same as what those corrupt officials say today, what do you get to manage your boss if you don’t take bribes.If you have no money, can you accept bribes if you become an official?Didn't Liu Bang give you a salary?Therefore, Liu Bang "doubted it" and was also skeptical of him. In fact, the advice of Jiang Hou and Guan Ying once again proved that Chen Ping was a controversial figure.At the place of King Jiu of Wei, Chen Ping was also slandered by others. There is no clear record of the specific reason, but there is always something wrong, or someone offended, at least it shows one point: Chen Ping failed to establish a good relationship with his colleagues. . The only place where Chen Ping's character was not questioned was at Xiang Yu's place.According to the probability that Chen Ping changed three places but was questioned in two places, Chen Ping may not have been questioned by Xiang Yu.There are two possibilities: one is that Xiang Yu didn't listen; the other is that no one dared to tell Xiang Yu (because Xiang Yu doesn't like to listen to slander). There are two reasons why Chen Ping was able to stabilize with Liu Bang. One is that Chen Ping changed his master three times, and it is meaningless to change again.The so-called three things, too many job-hopping, will also be questioned.If you can't stay anywhere, it's not someone else's problem but your own problem.Moreover, Liu Bang's power is second only to Xiang Yu, and his prestige is high. When he is employing people, he is also the first choice.If you can't get along here, it may not be feasible to go elsewhere. The second is Liu Bang's employment standards.Liu Bang is an informal person, so he can forgive Chen Ping's bad conduct, because he himself is not much better.Also, Liu Bang likes people with problems.People with flaws and selfish desires are easy to control.Chen Ping was originally recommended by Wei Wuzhi (look at the name). Liu Bang questioned Chen Ping. Wei Wuzhi said to Liu Bang: "Whatever you say, you can; , The person who helps you do things is not asking you to choose a model worker.This idea is also in line with Liu Bang's thinking. Chen Ping's character is not very good, and he also showed it after Liu Bang's death.Empress Lu had exclusive power and wanted to be named Marquis of Lu, but Liu Bang had a last word before his death: "The king is not the Liu family, and the world will attack him." So Empress Lu asked for the opinions of his courtiers, and Chen Ping said: "The Emperor Gao decides the world, and the younger brother of the prince, today The Empress Dowager is in charge, and Wang Kun’s younger brothers, Lu, can do anything.” When Liu Bang was in power, he was named king with the surname of Liu. Now that you are the Queen Mother Lu, you will naturally be named king with the surname of Lu. It is normal for one emperor and one courtier.Chen Ping once again showed no doubt that if she has milk, she is a mother. Chen Ping was quick-witted and quick-responsive, which was a good thing to say.From another perspective, this is actually a capricious person, a person who has no moral standards in his heart, and is good at making insidious tricks and taking evil paths.And this is exactly in line with the political philosophy of Liu Bang, the grass-headed king, so Chen Ping will be taken seriously.Liu Bang and Xiang Yu competed for the world, what they wanted was the result, not the process.Necessity is truth, and Chen Ping's ability is naturally revealed. It's the same now. Some subordinates tell lies and make political achievements in order to complete a certain work target. Everyone knows it is fake, but the leader likes it.Because these achievements are helpful for the future promotion of leaders. From the job-hopping incidents of Han Xin and Chen Ping, we can also see that their basic starting point is to show themselves.They like to pick a leader, rather than wait for the leader to pick themselves. When they feel that they can't get what they need from this leader, they will choose to leave without hesitation.Liu Bang was able to accept Han Xin and Chen Ping, and the similarity in personality and experience was also a reason.Judging from what happened when they were young, these three are not easy-going, they have similar absurdities, so it is easy to have a common language.In a word: Liu Bang can give Han Xin and Chen Ping what they can't get from Xiang Yu.