Chapter 127 Pretend to be stupid to avoid misfortune and be gentle

It is said that before Shun ascended the throne, his half-brother Xiang tried to murder him several times in order to seize the family property.The bewildered father and stepmother are always eccentric and conniving. Once, his father and stepmother came to Shun and said that the roof of the barn was broken and asked him to climb up to repair it.As soon as Shun reached the top of the barn, his parents and younger brother pulled out the ladder and set a fire to burn him to death.Fortunately, he propped up his big bamboo hat and jumped down in a gust of wind, so he escaped from danger. Another time, his father and stepmother asked Shun to dig a well.The well was very deep, and as soon as Shun was hoisted to the bottom, the people above pulled up the rope, pushed down several piles of soil and left, thinking that this time Shun was doomed.Xiang was very happy. Unexpectedly, when he came to Shun's bedroom, he saw Shun sitting on the bed and playing the piano.What's going on?It turned out that there was another exit at the bottom of the well, and Shun escaped from there.This time, Xiang was stunned, remorseful and ashamed, and stepped forward to apologize to his brother.As for Shun, he looked as if nothing had happened, he smiled slightly and said, "I don't care about it."

During the Warring States period, Wan Zhang once talked with Mencius about Shun in this story. Wan Zhang believed that Shun was either confused or hypocritical, one or the other.Mencius disagreed with this view. Wan Zhang said, "What's wrong? In the two incidents, it shows that Shun didn't know that Xiang wanted to harm him. Isn't that stupid?" Mencius said: "Why don't you know! It's just that Shun was more generous and kind to his younger brother." Wan Zhang said: "In your opinion, Shun was worried, but acted as if nothing happened. Isn't this a forced smile and sheer hypocrisy?"

Mencius shook his head: "No, how can this be called hypocrisy? Since Xiang has admitted his mistakes and intends to repent, how can Shun be unhappy? This is not called hypocrisy, but magnanimity." Shun pretended to be stupid, pretending not to know that his younger brother had harmed him, and finally influenced his younger brother with his generosity.maintain the relationship between each other. Not only can you use pretending to be stupid to deal with problems in life, but in the workplace, pretending to be stupid can also save yourself from being framed by villains and protect yourself.

During Emperor Wuzong's southern tour in the Ming Dynasty, Jiang Yao, the magistrate of Yangzhou, had to receive the holy driver, but Jiang Yao was honest and upright, and refused to curry favor with the villains around the emperor through excessive taxation, so he offended them. Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty was a fishing fanatic. He happened to catch a big carp that day and wanted to sell it to someone.But how can ordinary people afford Yudiao fish?As soon as the villains saw the opportunity, they told the emperor that it was most suitable to sell this fish to the magistrate of Yangzhou.After Ming Wuzong heard this, he really called Jiang Yao and asked him to buy the carp.

Jiang Yao went home and brought his wife and daughter's jewelry and some better clothes, knelt on the ground and offered them to the emperor, saying: "Your Majesty, this fish is a priceless treasure. I only have some jewelry and clothes of my wife and daughter here. I will die for you." capital offense." Firstly, Jiang Yao couldn't afford money, secondly, even if she could afford money, it would be difficult to do business with the emperor, and thirdly, she couldn't compete with the emperor's wits and offended Long Yan, which just fulfilled the wishes of the villains.Therefore, when Jiang Yao had nowhere to go, she simply pretended to be stupid, as if doing business with an ordinary fisherman, and exchanged things from his wife and daughter.In doing so, it is at best a fool.Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty saw that Jiang Yao couldn't afford any more money, so he had to give him the carp.

Coincidentally, an employee with outstanding ability and popularity is accidentally envied by the villain in the company. The villain does not cooperate with him everywhere and deliberately trips him up everywhere.As a result, his work was not smooth.When he was making a choice between staying or staying, he happened to have a chance to go on a business trip to a branch in a remote area, and the villain recommended him to the leader.He happily agreed to the matter in front of the leader, and expressed his gratitude to the leader for giving him the opportunity to exercise.Afterwards, he specially invited the villain to have a meal to express his gratitude: "It's fortunate that you spoke well in front of the leader!" The villain secretly rejoiced: "I knew, he is such a fool, it is too unworthy for me to care about him! A discerning person You can tell at a glance that going to that place is a distribution, and he considers it a good thing." After the employee left, he came to a new environment and was kind to others, which quickly won the respect of everyone.With the concerted efforts of everyone, the thorny problem that would have taken three months to solve was solved in two months after he arrived there.His actions have won the attention of the branch leaders, and they hope that the head office will send him to stay permanently.In the end, he got a blessing in disguise, because he pretended to be a fool, avoiding villains and giving his talents a wider space to display.

In terms of business cooperation, deliberately pretending to be stupid can also maintain business cooperation and achieve long-term stability in the business. Many good friends or business partners, due to various reasons, later turned against each other, and both parties were very unhappy.The result was a big fight. There is a man who is not like this. He started a business in partnership with his friends. After a few years, a business made them lose the money they earned. The rest is some worthless equipment. He said to his friends: "It all belongs to You, you can deal with it as you want." After leaving this sentence, he broke up with his friend.There is no mutual complaint, giving people the feeling that this person is really confused, and he doesn't want his own share.In fact, this is called "good combination and good separation".The business is gone, but the favor is still there.

Someone asked Li Zekai: "Did your father teach you the secrets of how to make money successfully?" Li Zekai said that his father didn't teach him anything about how to make money, but only taught him some principles of life.Li Ka-shing once told Li Zekai that if he cooperates with others, if the other party gets seven points and eight points is also acceptable, then the Li family can get six points. What Li Ka-shing means is that if you suffer a disadvantage, you can win more people willing to cooperate with you.If you think about it, if he only gets six points, one hundred partners are willing to cooperate with him; if he gets eight points, one hundred people may become five people, and the result is loss or gain.Li Ka-shing has had long-term or short-term cooperation with many people in his life. When breaking up, he is always willing to share a little less money.If the business is not doing well, he doesn't want anything, he would rather suffer a loss.This is a kind of demeanor and a kind of capacity, and it is precisely this kind of demeanor and capacity that someone is willing to cooperate with him, and he can grow the business bigger and bigger.Therefore, Li Ka-shing's success is more due to his proper experience in dealing with the world and making friends.

Businessmen are the shrewdest among the shrewdest, how could they be fools?Therefore, it is actually a manifestation of great wisdom for businessmen to pretend to be stupid.Think long term and look to the future.Playing dumb can not only keep the business alive, but also make your own career prosper.