Chapter 27 11. No competition with others is the best competition

It's not a problem to do this all the time, Wen Yanbo made two arrangements again. Wen Yanbo, Fu Bi, Wang Yaochen, Liu Hang and other ministers burned incense and prayed for the emperor day and night in the Daqing Hall, and set up two tents in the west veranda of the Daqing Hall, and sent additional staff on duty.Moved into the inner courtyard of the palace in the name of praying for blessings, so that the emperor's information can be obtained more accurately.The Ministry of Internal Affairs disagreed, because Wen Yanbo's actions did not comply with the rules.The Zhongshu Province and the Privy Council are collectively called the two governments, and their senior officials are called Zaizhi.There is no rule for officials from the two governments to stay overnight in the palace. Shi Zhicong asked to remove the tent. Please go back, my lords!Although the emperor and the scholar-bureaucrats ruled the world together, and all kinds of government affairs in the country were handled by them, the inner courtyard of the palace belonged to the one-acre land of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Mr. Wen's hand stretched too far!

Wen Yanbo only said one sentence, now is a special period, what rules are there? Anyone in a special period is the target that the prime minister should guard against, especially the servants.From this incident, it can be seen that Wen Yanbo has been in politics for many years and has very rich political experience.For this reason, he made another arrangement, not only setting up a duty room in the Daqing Hall, but also ordering officials at all levels to pray for the emperor in temples and temples near the palace.Wen Yanbo's brilliance lies in setting up an information network around the palace in the name of praying for blessings.If something unexpected happens to the emperor, he can minimize the risk in the process of power transfer, and at the same time prevent someone from taking the opportunity to riot.This kind of battlefield with surging undercurrents and no gunpowder smoke further tests the leader's ability to control the overall situation.Planning for the worst and working hard for the best, Wen Yanbo made all kinds of preparations, but some people still came out to make trouble.

Someone knocked on the palace door at night, knowing that the king of Kaifeng had an important situation and asked the prime minister Wen Yanbo who was on duty in the inner courtyard of the palace for instructions.Wen Yanbo refused Wang Su's request on the grounds that "how can the palace gate be opened at night at this time".The mayor of the capital Wang Su had no choice but to stand outside the palace gate and wait until dawn to report that a soldier from the imperial army sued Duyu Hou for trying to change things.Wen Yanbo ordered that Xu Huaide, the commander of the Dianqian, be summoned for questioning.

According to the military system of the Song Dynasty, the emperor directly controlled the establishment, mobilization and command of the army. "History of the Song Dynasty Zhiguan Zhi" records that the military power is divided into three parts: "the privy is in charge of the military registration, the tiger talisman, the three yamen are in charge of the armies, and the ministers are in charge of the military, and each has its own defense."During the war, the Privy Council directly followed the emperor's will and was responsible for mobilizing the army.Transferred from the three Yamen (Dianqian Division, Guard Horse Army Division, and Guard Infantry Division) that manage the national army, and then hand over the power of commanding the army to generals, who will be supervised by eunuchs and commanded by civilian officials, and go to the front to fight. I don't know generals, generals don't know soldiers, and laymen command experts.The Song army's repeated failures in foreign operations were largely due to institutional flaws.

Xu Huaide is in charge of the army, and he knows a certain Duyuhou better, and he dares to protect that Duyuhou in the form of a military order.After such an analysis, the cause of the incident was the soldier who made false accusations, so he quickly arrested the rebellious soldier and others.Wen Yanbo proposed beheading to show the public, and everyone ordered it without any objection.Just as Wen Yanbo was about to give an order, Wang Yaochen, the political adviser sitting next to him, pinched him.The purpose of this little move was to remind Wen Yanbo, and Wen Yanbo understood it all at once, and he almost stepped on a landmine.In terms of seniority, Wen Yanbo belongs to the younger generation, and Liu Hang, who worshiped with him at the same time, is eleven years older than him.At this stage, Wen Yanbo was enough to pull the wind, and he had to take care of his colleagues' psychological feelings.You can't stretch your hands so long just because you are talented.Direct overreach and indirect overreach are the common mistakes of many officials in the officialdom. Sometimes it may be unconscious, unknowingly, and finally they are deceived by others. It is not clear why.

When Wang Yangming, a master of mind studies in the Ming Dynasty, went to work in Nanzhili, a local education official learned Taoism from Wang Chunfu. He felt that "the upper and lower levels are incompetent", and his interpersonal relationship in the work unit was tense, so he asked Wang Yangming how to solve it.Wang Yangming wrote three letters to him, pointing out that there were two reasons for the tense office relations in the unit, one was exceeding authority, and the other was outstanding personal ability.Ultra vires means that the content of your work exceeds the scope of your work.It is very likely that Wang Chunfu accidentally extended his tentacles into other people's work scope or other departments, and he would naturally be unhappy, showing that "the upper and lower levels are incompetent".If the leader takes care of everything, the subordinates will lose the value of existence, and naturally everyone will not be happy.As we all know, talents are envied. If everyone is on the same level, they will live in peace, drinking and playing cards.Suddenly there is a person in the unit whose grades make others feel ashamed. According to our culture, the laggards will not catch up desperately from their own perspective, but will make small moves behind the scenes, trying to pull the superior to the same level, so as to maintain The golden mean.Wang Yangming's solution is to first clarify the scope and content of his own work, and not to interfere in the work of others, especially the superiors, and the subordinates should not interfere.A lot of people understand this, but just can't do it.Second, treat people with humility and maintain a good attitude.Come from the heart, just don't make it too fake.Give up petty benefits such as pencil sharpeners and ballpoint pens, and maintain an attitude of not competing with others.In fact, no competition with others is the greatest competition.In the end, "Those who know goodness are the way to be honest; if you don't know goodness, you are not sincere." Learn basic skills hard, keep a low profile, see the dragon in the field, and accumulate capital for one day the dragon will fly in the sky.

Wen Yanbo was very dangerous, and he was just a little short. He hurriedly asked Liu Hang to issue a verdict, and Liu Hang did not refuse, and issued the verdict.Song Renzong's mental illness tended to be stable, and he recovered quickly. He highly praised and affirmed Wen Yanbo and others for presiding over the overall situation during the rebellion.Song Renzong asked what happened during the period, Liu Hang came out to play, and when His Majesty disobeyed Yu, some soldiers in the Forbidden Army sued a certain Du Yuhou for changing, and Wen Yanbo privately issued an order to kill the rebel.The past dynasties have attached great importance to rebellion, let alone within the forbidden army.After killing a rebel, if someone in the Forbidden Army wants to make changes in the future, who would dare to come forward and report?Song Renzong was slightly displeased, and asked Wen Yanbo what was going on.Wen Yanbo directly took out the verdict signed by Liu Hang on behalf of the chief executives, and easily resolved Liu Hang's insidious attack.

Wen Yanbo understands this sentence most thoroughly. He can learn lessons from failures and dangers, and never make this mistake again in his life. "Shaw's Wenjianlu" records a short story of Wen Yanbo, which can be used as proof.During Zhezong's time, the emperor was young, and Cheng Yi, the founder of Luoxue, was his teacher.The child broke a willow branch for fun, and was scolded by Cheng Yi: "Fang Chun, everything prospers, so don't break it for no reason."After hearing this, Sima Guang scolded Cheng Yi, which made the master not want to get close to Confucian scholars, just like this generation.At that time, Wen Yanbo had retired from his official position, and was reinstated as Pingzhang's military and state affairs.

"Tong", "Quan", and "Zhi" before official titles in the Song Dynasty are the restrictions on power, which means that power is not limited to temporary positions.For example, "Ping Zhangshi with Zhongshu Menxia", officials holding this position said that the work content of "Zhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi" in the Tang Dynasty was similar, but the scope of power was not as good as that of the Tang Dynasty.In the Song Dynasty, the prime ministers were called differently. The reform of Yuanfeng was the watershed. The former prime minister of Song Shenzong Yuanfeng was called Tong Zhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi, and the deputy minister was called Shenzhizhengshi.After Yuanfeng reformed, he took Shangshu Zuopushe and Menxia Shilang as the prime minister, and Shangshu Youpushe and Zhongshu Shilang Xingzhongshu Lingshi as the prime minister. Menxia Shilang, Zhongshu Shilang, Shangshu Zuocheng, and Shangshu You Cheng is the deputy prime minister.In the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty, there was another change. The second prime minister was abolished, and the left and right servants of Shangshu and Zhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi were appointed as prime ministers.During the reign of Emperor Xiaozong of the Southern Song Dynasty, he was directly called the left and right prime ministers, and the deputy prime minister was still an official.

Wen Yanbo started to take charge of Pingzhang's important military and state affairs. The word "heavy" in it belonged to the limit of authority, and only involved in important events, such as foreign enemy invasion, domestic rebellion and so on.Cai Jing, the prime minister of Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, once served as the "Taishi General Commander of the Three Provincial Affairs". Han Zhou (the fifth grandson of Han Qi) in the Southern Song Dynasty also played a game of words, serving as the "state affairs of the Pingzhang Army", which is one word behind the official position held by Wen Yanbo, but the scope of power is very different.Wen Yanbo respected the young Song Zhezong very much, and he stood there all day long when the imperial examination candidates were called.Zhezong said to rest for a while!Wen Yanbo thanked him, but still stood there. One must know that Wen Yanbo was ninety years old at that time.Wen Yanbo, the patriarch of the three dynasties who served Renzong, Yingzong, and Shenzong, was restored, and his attitude towards being an official was in stark contrast to Cheng Yi, who was a young man who started from a commoner.Wen Yanbo can live his whole life, and his understanding of the way of being an official is far beyond the imagination of those sour literati.Although the emperor is young, he is the supreme leader after all, and this fact cannot be changed. Although you are old, you are only his deputy.This incident may be because Wen Yanbo has absorbed enough experience and nourishment from Liu Hangyin's process.

Cheng Yi, who is full of common problems of literati, has a predictable career path.The emperor's teacher, Prince Zhongyun, etc. are often with the emperor, and their official positions are special, just like guarding a golden mountain. If you don't make a fortune, it will be outrageous.The emperor's teacher should not only teach the emperor cultural knowledge, but also act as an advisor to the emperor's secretary. In fact, there is only one word for the true meaning - coax.Use your knowledge to "coax" the emperor to be happy, and your official career will inevitably be brilliant.Shenzong's prince Zhongyun Hanwei is a successful example.Song Shenzong was a rare British lord in the Song Dynasty. When he was the prince, he often discussed political affairs with people around him.Han Wei's suggestions often impress Song Shenzong. Whenever Han Wei said appropriately, these views were actually expressed by my buddy Wang Anshi.Song Shenzong remembered Wang Anshi. After ascending the throne, Wang Anshi was transferred from Jiangning to the central government as a political adviser, and Han Wei was mentioned to the same position by the way.Han Wei's move can be said to kill three birds with one stone. He catered to the leader, helped his friends, and benefited himself.In the last years of Song Shenzong Yuanfeng, Wen Yanbo became an official at the age of eighty and settled in Luoyang, Henan Province.Song Shenzong saw that he was healthy and strong, and asked him what health-preserving techniques he had. Wen Yanbo said flatly, "There is nothing else. I can adapt myself as I please, and I don't want to hurt my peace with foreign objects. I don't dare to do serious things. Just stop." ("Swallows in the Stone Forest") This is the true mentality of a prime minister of four dynasties who has experienced ups and downs in the officialdom. As the emperor's teacher, Cheng Yi obviously didn't know how to do this. He really took himself as a teacher, and even put the way he taught his students on the emperor. As you can imagine, the official career in his life was only achieved from being a secretary of the eighth rank. The position of the secretary of the provincial school is really outrageous.Officials with a heavy literati complex are already blind and blind in the officialdom. In addition, they cannot adjust their positions, so they cannot adjust their mentality, making their career careers always in the middle of the night.The bottleneck of literati being officials can be summarized as follows: