Chapter 70 Chapter 70 Ten Ways to Seek an Official

If an upright person wants to be an official and seeks the welfare of the people through power, what should he do? First of all, we must figure out how to become an official and become a high-ranking official. Throughout the ages, there are no more than ten ways to seek an official, nothing more than exams, seclusion, hereditary, family status, nepotism, private friends, buying an official, meritorious service, Buddhism, secret skills, etc.All the people who haunted the officialdom in the history of mankind walked through these ten paths.There are also exceptions, but if we look closely, the so-called exceptions are mostly variations of these ten passages.

Now let's take a look at these ten golden roads leading to officialdom.The ancients said: In the morning, you will be the farmer, and in the evening, you will be in the Tianzitang.What I'm talking about here is a common official career rule throughout the ages: examinations. Exams are the most convenient way to enter the officialdom.In ancient times, it was the imperial examination, but now it is the civil service examination. Although the name is different, the content of the examination is also different, but the internal laws, forms and rules are always the same.Almost all the historical figures we know, from the notorious Qin Hui to the national heroes Wen Tianxiang and Shi Kefa, all took the road of exams.

If you want to take an exam, you must study hard, but many people hate this kind of thing.It is not right to say that some people hate learning, you can only say that some people reject the words in books because these symbols cause them great pain.Therefore, in order to lure those who are full of fame and wealth, the ancients had to persuade them earnestly: the book has its own Yan Ruyu, and the book has its own golden house... As long as you study hard and master the knowledge and ideas, then money and beautiful women are for you It is also within easy reach.Although this kind of persuasion is vulgar, it is in line with the basic philosophy of Confucianism.You must know that the ancient academic thoughts were extremely profound, and a person who studies hard for a lifetime may not be able to achieve any remarkable achievements.Moreover, if a person has learned some practical and specific ideas from books, then the temptation of money and beautiful women is far less intoxicating to him than the pursuit of knowledge and ideas.It is precisely based on this that at all times and in all over the world, obtaining official positions through examinations is a simple method widely accepted by the people.

Since examinations are the smooth path to officialdom, it is inevitable that someone will play tricks in the middle.In the Northern Song Dynasty, the imperial examination was relatively prosperous, and cheating in the examination room was common. At that time, most of the examinees hired someone to write for them, and some people copied their own articles with thin paper, kneaded them into small balls, and called them "paper balls". There are stalls for sale in front of the examination room. But the cheating of candidates in the Northern Song Dynasty was not their first initiative.When it comes to cheating in exams, Wen Tingyun, a famous poet in Tang Dynasty, is probably the ancestor of cheating in exams.It can be said that Wen Tingyun is extremely talented and imposing, and his essay level is much higher than that of the examiner, so he has not been admitted to the examination room, but has already been selected as the number one scholar by the examiner.So Wen Tingyun suddenly forgot about it.He quickly finished answering the paper, turned his head and saw that other candidates were frowning, Wen Tingyun suddenly felt compassion, and without any explanation, he pulled the other party's paper, swiped his pen, and answered the test paper for the other party.Because of his high level, after one exam, he was able to answer the test papers for eight candidates. All the candidates admired him and gave him the nickname "Save Eight".

Although Wen Tingyun was talented, he was so unruly that the examiner was so angry that he had to disqualify him from the exam.In the next imperial examination, in order to prevent him from repeating his old tricks and to save him, Wen Tingjun's examination table was far away from other candidates.But this couldn't help Wen Tingyun. He simply closed his eyes and dictated loudly. The candidates listened carefully and copied wildly at the same time, making the situation chaotic. Finally, the examiner was forced to disqualify Wen Tingyun from the exam. Unhealthy tendencies. It can be seen that although exams are suitable for exam geniuses like Wen Tingyun, they may not be suitable for others.Therefore, it is obviously not enough to just take the exam alone.

The second channel to enter the officialdom is to exchange fame for official positions. This path is very interesting, because there are many variables in taking an exam. It doesn't mean that you can pass the exam if you read well.It doesn't mean that if you don't read well, you won't pass the exam.For example, in the tenth year of Xianfeng, the imperial court once held a scientific examination, but due to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom uprising, from Jiangnan to Lianghuai, wars were raging, and there were very few candidates from all over the country who were able to go to the capital to take the examination.The least number of people came was from Yunnan province, and there was only one candidate named Ni Enling. This person had to stay in the capital because he ran out of money after failing the last scientific examination.But this time, his fortune finally turned around, because there were no competitors, as long as he stepped into the examination room, he had already won the exam.This person became the first person in Chinese history who did not cheat, but knew in advance that he would win the election.

It can be seen that things like exams are unreliable.What's more, many villains who are downright bad are also passed through the examination room.For example, the traitor Qin Hui, who even won the first prize.There are so many kind and honest candidates, but they can't compare with such a vicious and treacherous person in terms of knowledge. Where do you think people are going to reason? It can be seen that the test can neither test the character nor the real talent.Therefore, people with integrity and outstanding talents may not have the opportunity to pass through this door. Therefore, some people did the opposite and came up with a wonderful way to live in seclusion, which can be regarded as opening a green channel for themselves in the officialdom full of candidates.

This green passage is also known as the "Central South Shortcut". This specific term comes from the prosperous Tang Dynasty.Some people found that they couldn't get through the scientific research path, so they had an idea to build a thatched hut on Zhongnan Mountain, which is very close to Chang'an City, and then let people publicize how thoughtful and noble they are. The emperor's ears are ringing and his eyes are hot, and the ministers in the court are envious. Then he will cry and shout, begging you to come out and become an official. Later, this short-cut to the south became fashionable, and almost evolved into a fixed scientific examination system.Datang even specifically listed a separate subject in the imperial examination, called "Do not ask for knowledge of science and technology".It means that this subject is designed to test those who don't want to be an official... If you don't want to be an official, why do you go to join in the fun?

This green channel has been unimpeded for thousands of years, but now people want to ask for officials, and then hiding in Zhongnan Mountain is definitely not possible. The best place to hide is the name of an expert.As long as you are an expert and a thinker, someone will come to ask you to be an official. The third channel to enter officialdom is hereditary. The dragon begets the dragon, the phoenix begets the phoenix, and the son of a mouse can make holes.You must know that hereditary is the thing that the common people hate the most, and it is also the common people's favorite.Common people hate it because it may hinder their promotion.The common people like it because it can also hinder the promotion of their competitors.Hereditary is the greatest negation of human ability and thinking. If you read thousands of volumes, it is better for him to be reincarnated and win at the starting line.Moreover, the hereditary system is far longer and more ancient than the historical tradition of examinations, and can even be traced back to the primitive society of human beings.When people were still wearing leaves and eating raw meat, hereditary was already popular.

But Confucius, the ancestor of thick black, said: "A gentleman's luster will be cut for three generations." It means that people can inherit property and appearance, but intelligence is the only thing that is so weird.A master of thought gave birth to a dull and confused son, such things happen a lot in the world.Therefore, those who count on the hereditary system will inevitably encounter some trouble in this regard. During the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, there was a virtuous minister Xiong Cilu, who assisted Emperor Kangxi for thirty years and won the trust of Emperor Kangxi.Although this virtuous prime minister was extremely intelligent, he finally had a son named Xiong Zhiqi in his later years.Later, Xiong Cilu died, and Kangxi cried like tears, so he immediately ordered someone to find Xiong Zhilu's son, Xiong Zhiqi. He hoped that Xiong Zhiqi would inherit his father's behest and continue to be a high official.

Xiong Zhiqi came, stood on the golden hall, looked at Kangxi in a daze, and kept giggling.Kangxi was suspicious when he saw it, and said that this kid seemed a little lacking in mind, and when I tested him, he asked Xiong Zhiqi: "What is your wish?" Xiong Zhiqi's eyes lit up, and he said loudly: "I My ideal is to drive a lame donkey around the market." After hearing this wish, Kangxi almost didn't cry. Is this really Xiong Cilu's son?Where did that full of talents go?Where did that extraordinary wisdom go?Genes are really unreliable. Wisdom and thought are the most important things that cannot be inherited. So what is it that genes have spent so much effort to inherit? In fact, everyone knows that heredity is unreliable, but when it comes to choosing officials, when it comes to choosing officials, people will become confused like Kangxi, and they want to quickly arrange officials through the hereditary system. Peace of mind.But in the end, they were all like Kangxi, who found out that the entrustment was not human, and had to find a way to get a lame donkey for Xiong Zhiqi, and there was no other way. Although hereditary is unreliable, a similar fourth channel has emerged, which is indistinguishable from hereditary: family status. Family status is a hereditary supplement and expansion, just because people often face strong pressure from their competitors' personal abilities in social competition.Husbands are hereditary and family status is not enough to suppress and negate the personal abilities of competitors.You must know that in the officialdom, self-promotion is a relatively clear goal, but because the promotion channel is infinitely narrow, the life goal of most officials in the officialdom is not to promote themselves, but to find ways to pull competitors down. For example, in the Five Dynasties, there was a Guo Chongtao in the Later Tang Dynasty. He led his subordinates to fight everywhere, and his subordinates made great achievements repeatedly, so they strongly demanded promotion.But Guo Chongtao didn't want them to be promoted. His subordinates were all promoted, so where should he go?There is an iron law in management: officials will only increase subordinates, and will never increase competitors.But it would be too unreasonable not to let them be promoted, after all, they are all people who have made meritorious deeds. So Guo Chongtao thought hard and came up with a clever set of words, but when a subordinate who made meritorious service asked for promotion, he replied with a smile: "I know that you have made great achievements, but it's a pity that you came from a humble background and dare not use it. Fear of being laughed at by celebrities in the world." The "celebrities in the world" that Guo Chongtao mentioned here are those who enjoy the privilege of promotion.The promotion rule of family status does not pay attention to ability, let alone performance, it only depends on the probability of your reincarnation.As long as you grasp the timing of your reincarnation, no one can stop your path to promotion. The poem goes: "In the old days, the swallows in front of Wang Xietang flew into the homes of ordinary people." The Wang Xie mentioned in this poem is the two great families and the two great families in the Eastern Jin Dynasty.At that time, as long as a man was born in these two families, the court would beg you to be an official.Xie An, from the Xie family, once said that he did not want to be an official.So the scholars in the court cried to each other, saying: "Xie An is not going to be an official, what should the people of the world do? Woohoo!" So the Wang and Xie families had no choice but to come out to be high officials for the sake of the people of the world.There was a prince in the Wang family, You, who became a cavalry soldier and joined the army.People asked him, "Which government office are you at?" Wang Huizhi replied, "I don't know, but I see people bringing horses in every day. Maybe it's Ma Cao?" Then he asked, "How many horses does your Ma Cao have?" Wang Huizhi replied: "If you don't ask about the horses, how can you know the number?" Then he asked: "How many horses have died recently?" Wang Ziyou replied: "If you don't know life, how can you know death?" Wang Huizhi's answers are all well-founded, and every sentence comes from a book.But this answer is really a bull's head and a horse's mouth.It can be seen that the passage of the door is spacious, but most of the people who walk up this passage are a little out of order. Thus appeared the fifth channel in officialdom: nepotism. Skirt, originally refers to the tie on the corner of a woman's skirt, with a strong derogatory tone.In ancient times, women had no social status, but a man got promoted and made a fortune by grabbing the corner of a woman's skirt, which of course aroused the anger of the people. But in the face of the law, your anger is meaningless, it is just your own stupidity.The nepotism rule is not only prevalent in official circles at all times and in all over the world, it is also the most essential method in management.If you understand management, you know that cost control in management is the key. Benefits may not make you successful, but costs may kill you.The law of nepotism in management is the most effective law to reduce management costs - reuse relatives and friends.Although he may not bring you much profit, but the stakes are related, and in most cases, he may not dare to maliciously increase your operating costs. But in fact, nepotism brings more trouble to the parties than benefits.For example, in the Northern Song Dynasty, Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin had a brother-in-law named Wang Jixun, who was talented and handsome.Zhao Kuangyin admired him very much, thinking that such a handsome brother-in-law would definitely help him a lot.Sure enough, Wang Jixun lived up to Zhao Kuangyin's expectations, so he set fire to the stove at home, caught young and beautiful girls from outside, threw them in a boiling water pot, boiled them, and ate them.After the incident, Zhao Kuangyin sent Wang Jixun to Luoyang City instead of killing him because of the Queen's favor.After this person arrived in Luoyang City, he ate human flesh even more vigorously.Every day, human traffickers and coffin sellers came and went in and out of his house, making people angry and bloody.After Song Taizong Zhao Guangyi came to the throne, the first thing to do was to kill the cannibal. Nepotism is not only unreliable in character and discredits the leader, but also has a low IQ, which adds to the heart of the leader.For example, in the late Ming Dynasty, the national treasury was empty, the capital chain of the country's finances was broken, and the military pay for the troops stationed in various places was stopped, causing the soldiers to rebel and become rogues.So Emperor Chongzhen called on courtiers to actively donate.But the eyes of the ministers were fixed on the emperor's father-in-law Zhou Kui, because this father-in-law Zhou Kui was an out-and-out relative of the emperor and the richest man in the world, and he had a stake in Emperor Chongzhen. Who is eligible to pay? So Emperor Chongzhen ordered the little eunuch to find Zhou Kui, hoping that the old man would take the lead and relieve the country's worries.Unexpectedly, when Zhou Kui heard that he was asked to pay the money, he burst into tears and sent someone to the palace to find Queen Zhou, hoping that the queen would intercede.The country was about to fall, and the emperor's old father-in-law was still thinking about his own little calculations, which made the queen feel helpless, so she had to pool up 10,000 taels of silver and have someone give it to her father, which meant that Zhou Kui would take the money. The donation of ten thousand taels of silver can also give Emperor Chongzhen an explanation.But he never expected that after Zhou Kui received 10,000 taels of silver, he first hid 7,000 taels, and only took out 3,000 taels to deal with Emperor Chongzhen.At the critical point, the old man actually made such a mess, it can be seen that this nepotism is useless at critical moments. It doesn't matter if it is not useful, as far as the manager is concerned, he understands nepotism but not non-nepotism, and nepotism will not pose any threat to his status and interests.This means that for thousands of years to come, China and foreign countries will still be in an era where nepotism prevails, and it is useless for you to oppose it. Close to nepotism is the sixth channel to officialdom: friends. As the saying goes, rely on your parents at home and friends when you go out.What do you rely on friends for?Do you live on your friends' money?But many friends don't even raise their own wives and children, so what kind of onion are you, let him raise you? However, there are indeed simple people who are more filial to their friends than to their own fathers. For example, Bao Shuya of Qi State in the early Warring States Period, he and Guan Zhong became friends.The two did business together, and if they lost money, it was Bao Shuya's; if they made money, Guan Zhong took it away.Others couldn't see it and expressed anger, but Bao Shuya said: Guan Zhong's family is short of money, so let him get more.Later, Guan Zhong and Bao Shuya, one assisted Prince Qi Xiaobai, and the other assisted Prince Jiu.When the state of Qi was in turmoil, the two fled with their respective bosses. When the civil strife subsided, the two returned with their bosses to fight for the position. It happened that the two sides encountered the border.Guan Zhong drew his bow and set an arrow, and shot Bao Shuya's boss over with a whoosh, so Guan Zhong happily followed his boss to grab the throne.But I never thought that Bao Shuya's boss didn't hit the arrow, but pretended to be hit by the arrow to confuse Guan Zhong, and then Bao Shuya's boss took advantage of Guan Zhong's carelessness, and rushed to sit on the throne of King Qi. This person is the Spring and Autumn Five Tyrants One of Qi Huangong. When Duke Huan of Qi ascended the throne, he ordered the neighboring countries to hand over the war criminal Guan Zhong, but the neighboring countries had no choice but to capture Guan Zhong and send him back in a prison cart.It turned out that Bao Shuya recommended Guan Zhong in front of Duke Huan of Qi every day, so Duke Huan of Qi no longer pursued Guan Zhong's illegal behavior of shooting arrows indiscriminately, and reused Guan Zhong as his prime minister. People in the Spring and Autumn Period placed great expectations on the friendship between friends.Guan Bao's acquaintance is just an ordinary friend.There are more ruthless ones in the history books, such as Zuo Botao and Yangjiaoai. The two friends went to Chu State to seek an official. Take off the clothes on your body and give it to Yangjiao mourning.Yangjiaoai flatly refused.So Zuo Botao took off his clothes and left, and finally froze to death in the tree hole.But Yangjiaoai wore double clothes, survived by chance, and finally arrived in Chu State and became a high-ranking official. Friends like Zuo Botao are deeply loved by the people.Everyone eagerly hoped that everyone they knew would be Zuo Botao.Everyone depends on others, which means that no one is Zuo Botao.Therefore, friendships in officialdom are still pure and innocent friendships of interest.Ever since, the seventh channel to enter the officialdom suddenly became clear. The seventh channel leading to officialdom: buying officials with money. It sounds weird to use money to buy officials, but it is also in line with the rules of interpersonal games, the rules of officialdom behavior, and the cost and efficiency rules of management.All in all, the biggest reason why buying an official with money is notorious in the hearts of the masses is that this channel almost conforms to all the laws of the world, so it has a strong relationship with the stubbornness of human nature. Why do you say that buying officials with money conforms to all the laws? This is because officialdom is the most typical interest field, where interest resources are allocated and adjusted.There is no legal person for the resources of social survival that officials have.In other words, these resources do not belong to the official himself, and he cannot move all the resources home.Likewise, nominally, these resources belong to everyone, but no one is entitled to claim allocation of resources.In ancient times, the emperor was the legal owner of all social resources.However, in modern society, there is a vacancy in the legal person of social resources. No matter how officials manage, allocate or adjust them, the people can only stare blankly and get angry, and have no power to stop them. In this way, officials will consider cashing out power, and economists are afraid that officials will get angry, so they call it power rent-seeking.But going around and hiding, in a word, when an official is always thinking about how to use the power in their hands to exchange it for white silver and yellow gold. Therefore, throughout the ages, in the officialdom, the price of the official position is clearly marked, and the business of bidding and auctioning is really booming.In the era of Emperor Ling of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the imperial court specially set up an office called "Xi Di" to sell official positions publicly. According to the level of the official position, the size of the jurisdiction area and the financial situation, the official price varies.At that time, the Sangong and Jiuqing were also listed on the market. One public was sold for 10 million yuan, and the other was sold for 5 million yuan. At that time, seeing the enthusiasm of the people who bought the official, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was very happy, so he asked his servant Yang Qi: "How do you think the level of my emperor?" Yang Qi replied: "Don't talk about the past, I'm afraid there will be no future An emperor who is even more asshole than you?" Emperor Han Ling criticized Yang Qi after listening, saying: "You are really uneducated, why do you speak so rudely? After you die, there will definitely be big birds in your grave." Honest officials hate the style of buying officials in the officialdom.During the Tang Dynasty, Pei Ji's uncle, a counselor, was such an upright person.One day, when Pei Ji went to his uncle's house, seeing his uncle frowning, he sighed with deep emotion: "Do you know that there is a man named Cui Zhao, who relied on spending money to buy an official, and there are so many people who speak for him?" Good words, you can’t go on like this, it will ruin the morale of the court and affect the morale of the whole society.” As he was speaking, he suddenly reported Cui Zhao to visit and gave him a large gift.So Peiji's uncle turned his anger into joy, and said: "In principle, I am against buying and selling officials, and I am against giving and extorting bribes, but for a talented person like you, I always have only one opinion: that is, to be promoted in an exceptional way." If you don’t promote such an outstanding cadre like you, why don’t you promote people who are not outstanding?” In short, spending money to buy officials is a typical stinky tofu, which smells stinky and tastes good.As long as human nature doesn't change, the rules of interpersonal relationships don't change, and the laws of social games don't change, you can scold them as much as you like, but the possibility of banning them is basically non-existent. The eighth channel leading to officialdom is called meritorious service. What is merit?It is to do practical things in a down-to-earth manner. You have done things well, and you have reached the point where the whole country can't do without you. At this time, if the imperial court doesn't give you an official position, it would be too meaningless. The most successful person in China is Yuan Shikai in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China.So he cast his pen and joined the army, went to North Korea, and started a desperate fight with the Japanese who coveted China.The Japanese admired him so much that they admitted: "Yuan Shikai blocked Japan from the gate of China by himself." If it weren't for him, the Sino-Japanese War would have broken out eleven years earlier, and Japan would have invaded eleven years earlier. China.Yuan Shikai finally became the president of the Republic of China through hard work.Because China is so big, there are very few people who are really willing to do practical things, so Yuan Shikai will stand out. But it is quite difficult to do things well, not because of the difficulty of doing things, but because doing things is contrary to the rules of officialdom.Although Yuan Shikai achieved great success in his work, he was despised and cast aside by everyone, because he had nothing to do with him, he had no connections, he didn't study, and he didn't have any fame. Featured officialdom is intolerable.If Yuan Shikai hadn't been clever, he would have seized the time to overthrow the Qing Dynasty.Otherwise, he will fall into the trap of success. Speaking of the trap of meritorious service, it was invented and created by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.At that time, the Han Dynasty was at war with the Xiongnu, and the wars were raging and the wars continued. The war resources on both sides were exhausted, so Emperor Wu of the Han turned his eyes and thought about it.He vigorously promoted, calling on young people with ambitions to take action, form gangs with knives and guns, enter the sphere of influence of the Xiongnu and kill them. If they make military exploits, the state will reward them heavily.All of a sudden, countless young knight-errants ganged up to attack the Xiongnu. Most of them never returned, but there were also some who reaped a lot of money and returned with victories. After these young knight-errants returned to the country, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty first praised them vigorously, and then sent people to make friends with these young knight-errants to lure them into some illegal activities.He also told the ranger children that unless they returned to the Xiongnu and continued to kill and slash, their family members would have to be dragged to the execution ground and slashed. The reason why Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did this was because he didn't like this kind of people who started their careers with merit.You must know that in this world, the vast majority of people are mediocre in intelligence. A person who starts his career with merit must have extraordinary intelligence and extraordinary ability. offended.So the road to success is extremely difficult. So many people found another way and set foot on the ninth channel of officialdom: the empty door. The so-called emptiness means to cut off your hair and become a monk, or simply go to a Taoist temple to become an experienced Taoist.This path is quite peculiar, and it is difficult for idlers to understand the subtleties. Thinking about the monks in the temple, since they have already lost their hair, they must give up their love in the world. How can this empty door become a channel to enter the officialdom? The secret is that the higher the status of a person in power, the more empty his heart will be.He couldn't figure out whether he could live or die. As a human being, he was no different from anyone else in the world. He would be hungry when his stomach was empty, would hurt when a knife was stuck in it, hiccup when he was too full, and would have nightmares if he slept too much, but he However, they are high above and hold the power to kill and kill. What is the reason for this? People in power don't understand why they are in power, and people without power don't understand why they are slaughtered by others.As a result, everyone's hearts are in extreme pain, which gives opportunities to monks, nuns, old Taoists, and Taoist nuns. During the Tang Dynasty, Tang Taizong Li Shimin's family believed in Taoism, just because the name of the ancestor of Taoism was Li Er, so Li Shimin believed that he and Lao Tzu belonged to the same family, and this Taoism must be believed.But when Wu Zetian replaced Li's Jiangshan, in order to attack political opponents, Wu Zetian chose a letter from Buddhism. Moreover, in order to show his pious belief, Wu Zetian also knelt down in front of Master Shenxiu and gave it to the Buddhist monks. With great honor. As a result, many ordinary-minded people found their own opportunities, and under the guise of religious beliefs, they embarked on the curve road of seeking officials. During the period of the Five Dynasties, the Xionghao separatist regime, the people were displaced, and there was no place to cry for help.At this time, a monk with a strange appearance suddenly appeared on the mountain road leading to Shuchuan.There was a thick beard growing under this monk's chin. Everyone who saw him was very surprised, so they said to each other: "This monk has such a strange appearance, maybe it is the Buddha who came, let us follow him, and we must eat and drink..." So the people flocked to pay homage to the bearded monk. Since then, the bearded monk has been supported by tens of thousands of people, and he is no longer short of food or drink.With tens of thousands of people, he marched towards Shuchuan mightily.The local officials in Shuchuan found so many people flocking to them, they were so frightened that they closed the pass, and sent someone to say to the monk: "You are a master who is not stained with mortal dust, and you have so many followers, and the people of Shuchuan are willing to follow you. You, I just hope that you can shave off your beard first, then we will immediately give you a high-ranking official to do it." Hearing that there was an official position available, the bearded monk was so excited that he shaved off his beard immediately, exposing his bare chin.The followers found that his appearance was no different from everyone else, and they were very disappointed, so they dispersed. As a result, the bearded monk's official position was not completed. Although this monk failed to walk to the official position, he has come close to it to the greatest extent.If he is a little more reserved, he will succeed smoothly. Then again, the reason why the Great Monk failed to get promoted as he wished was because he went too far in seeking an official, and he really couldn't come back.But the tenth channel in the officialdom is a straight line, which leads directly to the fundamental purpose of being an official. This channel is the secret technique, and in today's language, it is a profession. Being a professional official is the easiest and easiest way to get an official. As long as you monopolize the position in a certain industry, no one else can compete with you, and the official position is naturally yours.In Chinese history books, most of the main characters are politicians, but in fact, politicians are only one of the main actors who appear on the stage.The stage of history is set up by countless professionals working hard behind the scenes, but these people seldom come to the stage to make their appearances, so they are easy to be ignored. Although the history books ignore this point, the figures in history have never given up their progress and research in the professional field.During the next year, there was Li Sheng who was in charge of distributing documents in the Metropolitan Procuratorate. He was proficient in the research of cold weapons, and wrote letters many times, asking the Ministry of War to adopt the advanced technology he developed when casting armor.So the Ministry of Industry took his research results and started production. After the new type of armor was created, Li Sheng was asked to try it on first. After putting it on, Li Sheng fell on the ground with a plop.The armor was hard but it was also hard, but it was a bit too heavy. It pressed Li Sheng to the ground, and he couldn't get up no matter what. According to history books, Li Sheng has been studying hard since he was a boy, and has been studying for more than 80 years. However, his scientific research results have always faced a problem that cannot be put into practical application.It can be seen from this that it is not so easy to take the road of specialization. After eighty years of research, there is no clue. No wonder everyone does not like to ponder this side door.But then again, just because this road is not accessible to people who lack talent, once a person succeeds, it is easy to become famous.For example, Shen Kuo, a famous scientist in the Northern Song Dynasty, was negligent when designing the Yinchuan Village. He forgot to dig a well for the village. One hundred thousand soldiers all died of thirst.After making such a serious mistake, the court only demoted Shen Kuo to one level, but refused to punish him severely. Why didn't the imperial court punish Shen Kuo according to law? This is because there are too few, too few people with professional talent.Although the scientist Shen Kuo died of thirst for 200,000 people at one time, it was difficult for other people except Shen Kuo to compare with Shen Kuo in terms of professional talent.However, it is precisely because this road is too professional and lacks the experience and friction in the officialdom that most officials who come out of this road are a bit violent. During the Three Kingdoms period, there were a group of singers in Cao Cao's harem, and one of them had the most touching singing voice, but this woman had a bad temper. The book said "Ku Li", which means cruel and severe.It's fine to be strict, a woman has a cold temper, which is a bit unflattering. Cao Cao talked to this woman several times, hoping that she could restrain herself and not lose her temper at every turn, but it didn't work.Because this woman's singing voice is irreplaceable, Cao Cao really can't find any reason to get along with her.So Cao Cao ordered many young girls to be found, and let this cruel woman teach them how to sing.Soon, a few girls finally stood out, singing more beautifully than the temper-tempered ones.Cao Cao was overjoyed, and immediately ordered someone to drag the violent woman out and kill her. This violent woman is qualified to fight Cao Cao just because she has a skill.This is the advantage brought by professional expertise.But as we know, the risks brought by this advantage are also great. After all, the number of irreplaceable scientists or professionals like Shen Kuo is too small, and others should try to be as humble as possible. In general, these ten channels to enter the officialdom: exams, seclusion, hereditary, family status, nepotism, personal friends, money buying, meritorious service, Buddhism, secret skills, etc., have basically covered all official careers in the officialdom. .However, there are some omissions, such as some people using swords to become eunuchs from the palace, some people looking for celebrities to learn from teachers, etc. These are mostly non-common cases, which cannot be theorized and let us follow them. Although there are ten ways to enter the officialdom, the tactics used when seeking an official are relatively simpler.Houheixue sums it up into six words: Kong, Gong, Chong, Ping, Fear, and Send. As long as you find out the door to enter the officialdom, and then apply the six-character mantra of seeking an official, the possibility of not getting an official to do it is basically non-existent.Therefore, it is necessary for us to make a detailed analysis of these six-character mantras so that we can flexibly apply them in actual combat.