Chapter 99 Chapter 99 Practical Application of "Saw and Arrow Method"

The prevalence of "sawing arrows" in officialdom is essentially the result of the hidden laws of power at work. Long before Tang Taizong Li Shimin set up six functional departments, China's imperial power was not so stable. If the emperors were not careful, they would be seized by important ministers and played in the hands of the stockholders. Before the Tang Dynasty, there were many unlucky emperors. In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, there was Sima Yi. This old man was very smart, but the power of state affairs was controlled by the powerful minister Huan Wen.Huan Wen hated having a clever emperor and decided to kill him.

How to kill it?Huan Wen's method is quite like that of a rural fool, which is to spread rumors.He insisted that the emperor Sima Yi was impotent and couldn't lift it for a long time. Therefore, the three children born to the imperial concubine obviously had a problem. What's the problem?Huan Wen explained: "The father of these three children is not the emperor Sima Yi himself, but Sima Yi's male lover." Huan Wen used this rumor as an excuse to announce Sima Yi's removal from the post of emperor.So Sima Yi became the deposed emperor. A mere minister dared to interfere in the private life of the royal family, and could even remove the emperor from his position. This is obviously not what the emperors of later generations would like.So what should the emperors of later generations do to avoid such things from happening to them?

One of the best ways is: decentralization! The meaning of the division of power is not to divide the power in the hands of the emperor, but to divide the power in the hands of the ministers. Let the ministers become "arrows", perform their own duties, and each manage a share, and all the shafts of the arrows are held by the emperor. In his own hands, the power will be completely stabilized, and the emperor will be safe. In other words, the so-called "professional" management in the officialdom is not to improve efficiency, but to disperse power, so that everyone in the officialdom can't do things-doing things means power, Once you can accomplish something, it means that you have power, and all the power is in your hands, so what is the emperor doing?

With the development of history and the advancement of the times, power has become more and more intelligent and intelligent, and finally succeeded in alienating the officialdom into a mess of intertwined interests. disturbed.It's all right not to do things, once you do things, it will cause chaos in the world and attract criticism from everyone.And this is exactly the desired result of power. The will of power only considers its own stability, social benefits and efficiency, and has nothing to do with power. From this, we can find that if anyone wants to use their fists in the officialdom to gain fame, political achievements, or a lot of benefits, then you must make yourself an arrow.That is to say, you must have a clear understanding of government affairs procedures, so that you can occupy the position of the arrow and make huge profits.

During the Southern Song Dynasty, Qin Hui was in chaos, and none of the officials dared to shake his fierce flames.Every time an official surnamed Cao was released, he really wanted to return to his hometown in the south of the Yangtze River to be a fat official, but Qin Hui thought about putting him in the Jianghuai area and letting him deal with the state of Jin. Who will be unlucky in this job, the young one will let Jin Bing take off his head, and the big one will make his name behind him.Therefore, all the officials in the court offered generous gifts one after another, vying for the fat and vacancies in the south of the Yangtze River, and avoiding the dangerous errands in the north.However, this official surnamed Cao was so poor that he couldn't afford to bribe Qin Hui. He was about to release Jianghuai, so anxious that he burst into tears and worried.

In embarrassment, the official surnamed Cao wandered back and forth outside Qin Hui's mansion until late at night, refusing to leave.Suddenly a small corner door was opened, and an old man came out from the door and asked him, "Who are you? Why are you lingering outside Xiangye's gate in the middle of the night?" The official surnamed Cao told the story with tears .After hearing this, the old man smiled and said, "I thought it was an earth-shattering event, but it turned out to be this situation. To tell you the truth, if you directly ask the Prime Minister about this matter, it will have no effect, because all the officials are vying for Jiangnan. Why should you take the position? But if you ask me, the old man who feeds the horse, I guarantee that you will succeed." Hearing this, the officer surnamed Cao hurriedly begged the old man who fed the horse for help, but the old man said: "You I'm not related to you, so why should I help you?" In desperation, the official surnamed Cao gritted his teeth and knelt on the ground, saying that his father was above him, and he simply recognized the old man who feeds the horse as his father.

He got an official son for nothing, and the old man Hema was overjoyed, so he said: "If you really worship me as a father, then I will definitely help your son. But your official mind is too bad, unless you are right God swears, even if I am too old to walk, you have to support me, and you can’t kick me out of the house.” The official surnamed Cao swore to God, so the old man Heima said: “You wait here, I’ll wait for you in a while. Just come back." After the old man went in, he came back shortly after, holding a letter in his hand, handed it to Cao, and said, "Take a look, is this what you need?" Cao took it When I saw it, I was overjoyed.It turned out to be a letter of appointment that had been stamped with the seal of the Ministry of Officials, and he was appointed to a fat job in Jiangnan.The official surnamed Cao hurriedly asked the old man: "You are just a horse feeder. Why does the Prime Minister listen to you so much?" The old man replied: "I went back just now to bid farewell to the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister asked me If you have any request, I will say, the little old man has no request, but there is an official son who is waiting outside the door, waiting to take me home, but I am an old bone, and I don’t want to go to Jianghuai. Cutting gold soldiers, I only hope that Master Xiang will let my son take me back to the south of the Yangtze River to retire, and just like that, your official position will be in your hands."

According to the history books, the official surnamed Cao was overjoyed, so he respectfully served the old man feeding the horse to take office.In this matter, the officials surnamed Cao wanted to solve the problem, but it was useless just to find Qin Hui. Just like the old man He Ma said, all the officials were begging Qin Hui, why did Qin Hui agree to him?But the old man Heima became the father of an official surnamed Cao, and the situation immediately turned around.If it hadn't been for the old man who feeds the horse to tell him he is old, he would not be able to dig out the arrowhead of Jiangnan Feique.According to official rules, it is absolutely impossible for Qin Hui to agree to the request of an official surnamed Cao.But logically, of course he couldn't bear to watch the old horse feeder in his house go to Jianghuai to fight with the Jin soldiers.Although the official surnamed Cao had good luck, the old man Wei Ma confirmed the old proverb of the seventh-rank official in the prime minister's concierge with his wisdom.

The core key to solving any problem is to find the person who can dig out the arrowhead, and the rest of them are all just able to pull out the arrow shaft.Therefore, the wisdom of the officialdom is to pay attention to how to find key people. During the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty, there was a pair of good friends, one named Wang Zhenzhai and the other named Li Zixian.Wang Zhenzhai just bought a Japanese sword and showed it to Li Zixian. Li Zixian was envious, so he took the knife and waved it around. He heard a "whoosh" and slashed on Wang Zhenzhai's neck, and Wang Zhenzhai was chopped off. Throat, then dead.The Wang family refused to give up, so they went to the yamen to file a complaint. Li Zixian was helpless, and finally spent a lot of money to bribe a master in the yamen.The master secretly told him that when writing the petition, instead of writing "killing with a knife", change it to "killing with a knife". Because of the difference in one word, the nature of the case changed, from manslaughter to an unfortunate accident. In an accident, Li Zixian escaped with his life safely.

This secret master is also a person who is good at drawing arrows.In the officialdom, it is not enough to rely on a meager salary, but how much you can earn depends on whether you are wise or not.People with the wisdom of drawing arrows can easily have a fat and round belly. Without this wisdom, it is inevitable that they will become pale and emaciated due to hunger.