Chapter 90 Chapter 90 Practical value of "stretching"

During the Shunzhi period of the Qing Dynasty, the Weaving Bureau was set up in Wudi, and a Manchu man surnamed Zhang was appointed as the local supervisor.The reason why Governor Zhang got such a fat vacancy is because he has a big beard growing under his chin, which is very majestic and majestic, and he can't help but respect him when he looks at him. Such a majesty, he is naturally a good material for being an official. One day, one of Duli Zhang's subordinates fell ill and invited a doctor surnamed Li. Doctor Li also had a good beard, the roots of which were smooth, black and translucent, and he looked like a miracle doctor who had never been born in the world.When Duli Zhang saw the other party's beard, he immediately became interested, so he stood behind Dr. Li and watched quietly. After watching for a while, he suddenly reached out and grabbed Dr. Li's beard, and said, "It's so good that you can't prick it." Li Hearing the words, the doctor was very happy, so he turned around and grabbed Duli Zhang's beard, and said, "My lord's penetrating is not bad." As soon as he said this, Duli Zhang's face turned from red to white, and his body was fierce. trembling.Dr. Li didn't understand why Zhang Duli's mood had changed so much, so he continued to apologize and said, "My lord is so impertinent and majestic, I'm so envious of Xiaosheng." At this time, Zhang Duli's face , has revealed purple in the black.

After a while, Dr. Li finished his illness and came out with the medicine box on his back. He saw an official under Duli Zhang greet him, quietly pulled Dr. Li aside, and said, "Dr. Li, you are crazy, why are you mad?" Calling Mr. Zhang face-to-face is swearing?" Dr. Li said blankly: "I didn't scold him, so could it be swearing?" Then the official explained: "To tell you the truth, this It is used to refer to male reproductive organs in Manchu. You grab his beard and say that his head is not inserted, and you are going to drive him to death." Dr. Li was also confused at this time, Said: "How can I be blamed for this? He was the first to say that my beard can't be cut. I can't get it done. Why should he not do it?"

Having said that, after all, Governor Zhang is an official, Dr. Li is a citizen, and the people have not fought with officials since ancient times.So Dr. Li went back to apologize to Governor Zhang, but what could Governor Zhang say?After all, it was because he wasn't dignified enough, and he couldn't restrain himself, and said something that was demeaning to himself, so he took this humiliation for no reason. In the officialdom, the most important thing is face and reputation, and all people rely on this reputation to make a living.The reason why everyone has to put on a saintly face and tense their faces is not that everyone is willing to do so, but that once you fail to tense up and say something that is not dignified, it will affect your own self-esteem. It is extremely unwise to have a reputation that affects one's own future.

During the Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty, there was a county magistrate in Shaanxi named Tang Lidu. He was a funny and humorous person, and he often liked to joke with his colleagues.Once, he met a county magistrate surnamed Xia. He was a bought official and was not very familiar with official etiquette.When Tang Lidu saw him, he couldn't help teasing him and asked the magistrate Xia's name.The county magistrate Xia replied that his surname was Xia, so Tang Lidu asked seriously: "Once upon a time there was a Xia Zhengshu. Who was he in the house?" He hurriedly replied: "That's my ancestor." Tang Lidu suddenly realized, and the two broke up.

However, after the county magistrate Xia went back, he talked about it with others, and asked: "Who is this Xia Zhengshu? His son is Xiao Wangbaozi, and his name is Xia Zhengshu." The county magistrate became anxious when he heard this: "What, you said this Tang Lidu, I provoked him, and he insulted me like this!" He immediately went to find Tang Lidu Du Lian was persuaded by others in time. On the next day, County Magistrate Xia came to the government office early in the morning, grabbed Tang Lidu, and yelled at him endlessly.Tang Lidu didn't care. He looked around at his colleagues and said, "You all heard what happened yesterday. It was he himself who said that Xiao Wang Bagaozi belonged to his ancestors. What does this have to do with me?" , became even more angry, and grabbed Tang Lidu to go to the magistrate for comment.I didn't want the magistrate and Tang Lidu to be friends. Tang Lidu had told the prefect a long time ago about Tang Lidu teasing the county magistrate Xia, and he laughed at the magistrate at that time.Now seeing the county magistrate looking for an explanation, the magistrate pretended not to know, and asked the magistrate Xia to explain the matter in detail.Poor county magistrate surnamed Xia, who just entered the officialdom, didn't know that the interpersonal relationship here is intricate, and everyone joined forces to tease him!He told the story in detail.

After listening to it, the magistrate turned his face down and said to the county magistrate Xia: "So, I don't blame Tang Li and Du for this matter. It's you who are ignorant and cheating on your ancestors, which caused this humiliation." , let me go back, we will discuss this matter after we have a meeting." So the inspector took Tang Lidu and County Magistrate Xia out, and after a while, he saw a sign hanging in front of the magistrate's lobby, and wrote: "Magistrate Xia can be forgiven for yelling at the court, but he is ignorant, so what?" Govern the common people? Now remove him from the position of county magistrate, and order him to return to his hometown to study hard.” This is the famous story in Qing history of “one son of a king, ruin a county magistrate”.

In this matter, Tang Lidu was certainly not serious enough to restrain himself, but he had the capital to be not serious.Firstly, he is a veteran in the officialdom, and secondly, he has an inseparable relationship with the magistrate.The most important reason why magistrate Xia became disgraced and lost his position was that he didn't "stretch" himself. It was because he couldn't hold back that others took him lightly and deliberately made fun of him.And when he was humiliated, he didn't hold back, and actually told his mistakes and scandals in front of his boss, which was even more contemptible.

Chinese people lack sense of humor and don't like to make jokes. This is because a person who likes to make jokes will make mistakes if he speaks too much, and since you make fun of others, others will also make fun of you.You may be careful when you joke with others, but the jokes others make about you are often carefully planned. In order to avoid encountering traps in the officialdom, everyone has to hold on and tense their faces.It is already the most basic social common sense that flies don't bite seamless eggs, and officials don't mess with embarrassing officials. Speaking of the social benefits of stretching the face, there was a painter in the Tang Dynasty named Han Huang. Although he was an artist, he had a good understanding of human relationships and the world. He can be said to have penetrated the highest state of stretching the face.

Han Huang was once appointed as the Jiedu Envoy of the Zhenhai Navy. He was good at employing people, and he was able to properly place the recruiters who came to join him in the right positions.There was a friend's son who came to join him. He was good at nothing, he didn't know how to read or write, he couldn't write or draw, he was basically a waste.Han Huang didn't mind, so he asked him to drink with the guests at the banquet first, but found that this person was sitting upright in his seat from the beginning to the end, with a tense face, showing no expression, and not talking to his neighbors. The people sitting next to each other chatted and talked, making the people sitting next to them feel like they were sitting on pins and needles, restless.

So Han Huang ordered this man to guard the gate of the arsenal. This man entered the curtain early in the morning every day, and then sat upright, with a tense face, motionless and silent, until late at night.His tense face frightened the soldiers in the battalion, and no one dared to pass by the gate of the arsenal. With just a tense face, how could it scare away a battalion of sergeants? This is because Chinese people's thinking is more superficial and concrete. When looking at people and things, it is difficult to go deep into them. Most of them judge based on external superficial feelings.Seeing a person with a hippie smile, everyone thinks he is not serious, and seeing a person with a tense face, they feel very majestic.Therefore, in the officialdom, the most important thing is the word stretch. If you can stretch it, you will not worry about the admiration of others. If you can't stretch it, you have great talent and ability, and everyone will definitely not be convinced.

As for the knowledge and self-cultivation after the face is tensed, you can practice it slowly, but first, you have to strain the face first, this is what we must pay attention to.