Chapter 22 04 Ancient and modern emperors

04 Ancient and modern emperors Feng Tang Feng Tang @ 2007-7-14 12:31:53 Feng Tang read: Wei Wenhou took Bu Zixia and Tian Zifang as his teachers, and every time he passed through a dry wood hut, he had to do it.Many sages from all over the world return to them. . . .Let Leyang cut down Zhongshan, restrain him, and seal his son.Marquis Wen asked the ministers, "How am I like the Lord?" They all said: "Renjun." Ren Zuo said: "When you get Zhongshan, you don't enshrine the emperor's younger brother but the emperor's son. What is a benevolent emperor?" Wenhou was angry, Any seat tends to come out.The next time I asked Zhai Huang, he said to him, "You are also a benevolent king." Marquis Wen said, "How do you know it?" He said to him, "When a minister hears that the emperor is benevolent, the minister will be straight. If the person who sits in the seat speaks straight, the minister will know it." Marquis Wen Yue made Zhai Huang summon him to take his seat, but on the contrary, he went down to the hall to greet him personally, thinking that he was a guest.Marquis Wen and Tian Zifang had a drink. Marquis Wen said, "Isn't the sound of the bell comparable? The left is higher." Tian Zifang laughed.Marquis Wen said, "What are you laughing at?" Zi Fang said, "I have heard it. You understand the music of officials, but you don't understand the music. Now the emperor judges the sound, and I am afraid that he will be deaf to the officials." Wen Hou said, "Good." Hit out, but Tian Zifang is on the road, gets off the car and pays homage.Zifang is not polite.Zi was angry and said to Zi Fang: "Are the rich and noble arrogant? Are the poor and lowly arrogant?" Zi Fang said: "The poor and humble are also arrogant, but how dare the rich and noble be arrogant? The king loses his country if he is arrogant. If a doctor is arrogant, he will lose his family. Those who lost their country have never heard of those who treat them like a country. Take the shoes and remove the ears, and you will not be poor and lowly!" Zi Chi thanked him. ("Zi Zhi Tong Jian Volume 1", the twenty-third year of King Wei Lie, Wu Yin, 403 BC)

Translated by Feng Tang: Wei Wenhou regards Bu Zixia and Tian Zifang as teachers, and every time he passes by Duan Ganmu's residence, he gets out of the car and salutes. Marquis Wen ordered Le Yang to destroy the Zhongshan Kingdom, and granted it to his own son Zi Chi.Marquis Wen asked the officials, "What kind of leader am I?" All the officials said, "A great leader." One, Ren Zuo, said, "You destroyed Zhongshan and gave it to your son instead of your brother according to the rules. What a great leader?" Marquis Wen became furious, and quickly moved from his seat.Afterwards, Marquis Wen asked Zhai Huang the same question, and Zhai Huang said, "You are indeed a great leader." Marquis Wen said, "Why do you say that?" Di Huang replied, "I heard that only a great leader makes a minister upright. Ren Zuo dared to say what was in his heart before, so I know you are a great leader." Marquis Wen was delighted, and asked Zhai Huang to invite Ren Zuo back, go out to greet him personally, and increase his salary.

Wen Hou and Tian Zifang listened to the music and drank. Wen Hou said: "The music is not played well, and the voice on the left side of the band is high." Tian Zifang laughed.Marquis Wen asked, "Why are you laughing, sir?" Tian Zifang said, "I heard that the leader should know how to select and manage musicians, and should not understand the staves too well. Now that you are so proficient in staves, I'm afraid you've made mistakes. , I don’t know how to select and manage music officials.” Marquis Wen said, “Well said, I understand.” The prince went out, met Tian Zifang by chance, got off the car and saluted, but Tian Zifang didn't return the salute.The son hit the fire and rebuked Tian Zifang: "Why are you a cunt? Did you make a mistake? People with money and power should be cunts, or people without money and power should be cunts?" Tian Zifang said: "Of course it is. People who have no money and power should be bullshit. How dare rich and powerful people dare to bullshit? The king is a bullshit, and the country is ruined. The landlord is a bullshit, and the family is ruined. No one will give him another kingdom. The landlord of the bereaved family, no one will give him another manor. An intellectual with no money and power like me, if he is in a place, no one listens to his words, and the cooperation is not happy, he can slap his ass and leave. I don’t even have a pen. With a normal heart, I travel all over the world, where can I not be an intellectual with no money and no power?" Zi Chi lost his temper after being told.

Feng Tang commented: In addition to controlling personnel and having half a dozen sons who are competitive, another important factor in achieving dominance is finding a few good consultants.In ancient times, consultants had to be kept in the enterprise, they had to eat meat at home, and they needed a car when they went out.Now, the division of labor is finer, and consultants can also be outsourced to consulting companies and investment banks. One of the most important tasks of consultants is to give independent, well-founded, logically rigorous, and creative business judgments on major military affairs.However, the more important task of consultants is to cultivate a decision-making environment that advocates independent spirit and free thinking.The core of Chinese culture is the harmonious culture of obedient people.According to the value orientation in the bones, the super wife actively helps her husband find a good mistress and arrange the budget.This tradition has been lost in China, but it continues in Japan and South Korea.Special-level employees never think about strategy, and the boss’s decision is always right. Even if it fails, it’s because the employee didn’t understand the boss’ strategic intention or implemented it poorly.This tradition, apart from seppuku, still exists widely in China.Therefore, it is very valuable to cultivate and maintain an environment that dares to challenge the thinking of the top leaders.

Another important task of the consultant is to remind the leader from time to time that what he should care about is how to manage personnel and strategic decisions, instead of going to discuss technical details with engineers. A good consultant should be positioned as an informed person.No money or power, but loyal, wise, brave and clean, relatively independent and free, with a little pride in his bones.