Chapter 45 Chapter 45

Above the officialdom, if one is supported by powerful adults, then the promotion will come naturally.Therefore, in the ancient officialdom, there was a saying that the nobles supported each other, and people in the officialdom ran among the powerful and wealthy all day long for the sake of fame and fame.For example, during the Qianlong period, the powerful ministers and Shen used their affairs, and all civil and military officials competed to be the first to serve.Every day when He Shen went to court, the officials stood on both sides of the road to greet him. If he went late, he couldn't find a place. Every day, officials would fight for the territory.At that time, the place where hundreds of officials stood respectfully was an alley called Baozi Hutong. Therefore, someone wrote a poem at that time: "The embroidered clothing alley connects the public office. Mrs. Xiang."

During the Kangxi Dynasty, Mingzhu, a powerful minister, was in charge, so officials from various departments at home and abroad at that time sent gifts to Mingzhu's home in an endless stream.Because there are too many people, it often takes more than ten days to report, so Baiguan rents all the houses around Mingzhu's mansion at a high price, lives in them, and queues up to deliver posts at the door of Mingzhu's house every day.When the post was delivered and the gift was accepted, the next opportunity to give a gift came, so the officials continued to line up in front of the Mingzhu Mansion.

With so many officials crowded together, all they hope is for Mingzhu or Heshen to speak well for themselves in front of the emperor.But in this way, we found a problem. Everyone hopes that the nobleman will help him, but why should the nobleman help you?Do you have any reason why you must let others help you?There is no reason to help you, but the nobleman comes to help you on his own initiative. Isn't this nobleman short-hearted? Since he is a noble person who can have a decisive impact on your future and destiny, he must be in a key position.Theoretically speaking, in such a delicate and crucial position, there will be no unscrupulous people, so if you wishfully expect that the nobleman will suddenly lose his head one day and have to help you when he is free, this kind of hope Most likely will fail.

Why do people flock to things they know are hopeless? This is because, throughout the ages, the concept of fortune has always been a theme that cannot be ignored in official circles.Out of ignorance and bewilderment of the rules, people in official circles have fallen into a state of almost madness when thinking about fortune.For example, during the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty, the magistrate of Tongzhou received a letter from an old friend, saying that he was mooring a boat on the river at this time and urgently needed a hundred taels of silver for money.The magistrate of Tongzhou immediately ordered his family to send the money. Not long after the family left, they came back with a receipt. The Zhizhou took a closer look at the receipt.But this is also strange, the two families don't even know each other, so how could that family dare to accept Zhizhou's money?But the magistrate thought again, the money has already been given away, no matter what the reason is for the other party to accept it, if he asks for it back, it will definitely cause unpleasantness in the hatchback, so he should smash his teeth and swallow it in his stomach.He didn't pursue the matter any further, but made up another amount of money to his old friend.

More than ten years have passed in the blink of an eye, and the magistrate of Tongzhou still has no chance of promotion, and he has long given up the idea of ​​promotion.Suddenly one day, the imperial court sent a document to promote Tongzhou magistrate to magistrate.The new magistrate happily took office, but he was still confused about who helped him in the court.Hearing that Empress Dowager Cixi is in charge now, the magistrate of Tongzhou suddenly remembered the receipt from the family who received the money more than ten years ago, which turned out to be the receipt from Cixi herself. It turned out that more than ten years ago, Cixi was just an unmarried girl. Her father died of illness in Hubei, so she returned home alone with the coffin.Just when Cixi was desperate, suddenly Tongzhou Zhizhou sent one hundred taels of silver.Although she clearly knew that the money was sent by mistake, Cixi couldn't care less, took the money, wrote a receipt, and left in a hurry after sailing. Fortunately, the magistrate of Tongzhou didn't pursue it, so she got through the difficulty.More than ten years later, after the death of Xianfeng, Empress Dowager Cixi began to take charge of the government. Suddenly remembering the past, she intentionally let go of the governor of Tongzhou.

This kind of thing, with its distinct characteristics of uncertainty, is what people in the officialdom dream of.It is only because they do not understand the internal laws of this matter that the phenomenon of group blindness in officialdom appears. In fact, this law is really very simple.As early as the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a man named Meng Tuo who figured this out.It was only because everyone was negligent in studying that they missed a good opportunity for promotion. During the time of Emperor Ling of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the eunuch Zhang Rang used his affairs.In order to curry favor with him, all the officials in the court started to drive towards Zhang Rang's house in an endless stream every morning.Almost all the officials of the court and the central government gathered outside Zhang Rang's house, consciously lining up in a long line, waiting for Zhang Rang's reception.But often the queue was empty for a whole day, and they couldn't wait for Zhang Rang's order, so they had to get up early the next day and come back to line up.

The long line of officials outside Zhang Rang's gate was seen by a man named Meng Tuo, so he sold all his family property, gave up everything he had, and befriended a servant in charge of Zhang Rang's family.No matter what request the steward house slave had, Meng Tuo would spare no expense to satisfy him.After a long time, the housekeeper in charge was very grateful to him, so he asked, "Is there anything I can help you with?" Meng Tuo said, "I want you to help me. It's very simple. It's tomorrow morning. , I’ll take a car to the door of your house, and when I get there, please welcome me out and pay my respects.” The servant in charge felt relieved and said, “I thought it was a difficult task, but it turned out to be so simple, so it’s easy to handle.”

On the second day, Meng Tuo came to Zhang Rang's house in a car.At this time, I saw the steward's servant rushing out of the door to greet Meng Tuo's carriage with respect and salute.This scene was seen by all the officials, and they were immediately taken aback. They all thought that Meng Tuo must have a lot of background, otherwise, how could Zhang Rang's servant in charge of the house bow down to him?So all the officials came forward one after another to make friends with Meng Tuo, sending money and things, and expressing their joy.So Meng Tuo quickly became rich, and he donated part of the jewels he received to Zhang Rang. Zhang Rang was overjoyed and made him the governor of Liangzhou.

The story of Meng Tuo let us understand the truth that the noble person who deliberately helps you is your own hard work.Don't you think of a proper way by yourself, don't you want the nobleman to figure out a way by himself and fawn on you to help you? For young people who are new to officialdom, imitating Meng Tuo is a good way to get twice the result with half the effort.You must know that those old employees in the officialdom, due to their long immersion in the officialdom, will inevitably be infected with some bad habits, and have long been abandoned by those in power.If they hadn't given up, they would have had a chance to be promoted long ago.But when a young man arrives, those in power will have unlimited hopes for the newcomer, and he will silently watch every move of the young man to see if the young man is a talent to be made, and if so , Those in power are of course willing to add icing on the cake and give you a hand.But if the person in power can't see anything good in you, then he has no reason to make it hard for himself.

If young people are willing to use their spiritual power to influence the people around those in power, then he will become more and more ideal in the eyes of those in power, and those in power will unknowingly find that you have more and more ideals. Many advantages, slowly, when the time is ripe, you don't need to say anything, the opportunity will naturally be presented to you.What we need to pay attention to is: you must succeed before all your personality defects are exposed.Otherwise, once your personality flaws are exposed, you will immediately be abandoned by those in power, and you will become a demoralized loser from then on, without the slightest chance again.