Chapter 158 Diagnose the Chinese-style workplace rules that have not changed for thousands of years

Text/Wang Ke (Director of Marketing Company) Everyone on the earth knows that Li Si is the second most powerful person in the Great Qin Empire after Qin Shihuang, and the number one prime minister of China through the ages.He and Qin Shihuang swept Liuhe and unified characters, completed the "impossible task" in Chinese history, and also affected the historical process of China for more than 2,000 years. Regarding his life, throughout the ages, there are different opinions. Some people say that he is good. In Sima Qian's "Historical Records", it was written that the "common opinion" at that time, that is, the public opinion, said that Li Si died because of "extreme loyalty".Some people also say that he is bad. Also in "Historical Records", Sima Qian put the hat of "rat philosophy" on Li Si's head, and this cap lasted for thousands of years. Since then, Li Si has become a so-called opportunist .

However, what puzzles me is that a person who has experienced thirty-four years of arduous and outstanding official career, step by step towards the position of official and minister, is such a legendary figure really a speculator?If this is speculation, then the process of speculation is too long!How can a speculator endure for so many years?Another point is that a little unknown person, facing such a powerful and eternal emperor as Qin Shihuang, can he finally rise up just by speculation? The book "Bleeding Official Career: Li Si and the Qin Empire" I read recently finally revealed the secret of Li Si's survival in the dangerous official career in my heart.It can be said that it is official career survival, and it can also be said that it is workplace survival, but this workplace is not the same as the workplace we face in our daily life.If we don't do well, we lose our jobs. If Li Si and his colleagues don't do well, they lose their heads.This kind of work that makes you lose your head, Li Si and his colleagues did it with all their heart and blood, almost accumulating a set of diamond version of "ancient workplace MBA textbooks" for us.Therefore, the book "Bleeding Official Career" is not only about history, but also about some core issues of being a person and doing things between the lines.

When Li Si was young, he was just a petty official who lived in the granary of Shangcai Guan in the small town of Chu State. He was full of food all day long and had nothing to do.As Cao Sheng, the author of this book, said: When Li Si was in his twenties, out of sensitivity to the value of life and anxiety about individual existence, he finally walked out of the small city of Shangcai without hesitation and came to Xianyang, the capital of the Qin State, and began to work for him. Dreaming and taking risks, fighting for destiny, and finally jumped from a poor and humble commoner to a prime minister under one person and above ten thousand people in the Great Qin Empire, and affected the political structure of China for more than two thousand years in the future.

Li Si's behavior at the beginning was similar to that of a modern young man who suddenly decided to leave his hometown and start "drifting north".In this book, the author Cao Sheng is going to talk about how Li Si seized the opportunity to squeeze into one of the three thousand followers of Lu Buwei, the Prime Minister of Qin State, after he started "Qin Piao". Trusted by the young Yingzheng, he cautiously accepted orders from the king. Behind the scenes, he helped the King of Qin to conquer the six kingdoms, reduce important ministers, seize military power, and shock the clan, pushing the young Yingzheng to the top of power step by step... and Li Si himself, facing the super powerful The big boss, Qin Shihuang, who dealt with Lu Buwei and Lao Ai, a rival with power all over the world, unknowingly rose to become the decisive figure in Daqin.

Throughout the book, Li Si is a person who only insists on doing two things in his life. First, insist on providing "value-added services" for the big boss Qin Shihuang throughout his life.Since Qin Shihuang was not yet an adult, Li Si firmly chose to stand by Qin Shihuang's side and support him from a long-term perspective.Ordinarily, Li Si didn't start his official career until he was thirty-three years old. He was too old and had a low starting point. At this time, if he didn't seize the opportunity and climb up quickly, he might have no chance in the future.However, Li Si would rather wait!Why is Li Si waiting?Because he felt that only Qin Shihuang was reliable. If he followed Lu Buwei, it would be just a moment of glory, but he would not have a great future in the end.Li Si resisted many temptations, preferring to work behind the scenes for the young Ying Zheng in obscurity, accumulate strength, and finally achieve great things, and won the trust of Qin Shihuang for life.

Second, Li Si always knows exactly what his competitors are thinking.In "Bleeding Official Career", the author described Li Si's point quite brilliantly: "His research on Lu Buwei is so thorough that he is fully qualified to give lectures on Lu studies in any university in the world. I can guarantee that Even Lu Buwei himself can't wait to come to listen to the lecture, and he doesn't want to miss a class." Li Si stepped into the official career as a small person, and faced such a powerful competitor like Lu Buwei, if you don't fully understand For the other party, the possibility of Li Si replacing him is not to say zero, it is something that he dare not even dream about.But Li Si not only thought about it, but also did it.The reason for this is that he knows very well when his competitors will go down, and when he himself should appear.

In addition to insisting on doing the above two things throughout his life, Li Si also has one more thing, which is even more admirable, and that is decision-making. A road to success is actually connected by correct decisions one by one. Don't underestimate every decision, because behind every failed decision may make you lose the chance to turn around!Li Si's decision-making has a characteristic, that is, every decision he makes is always "oriented to the future" instead of "focusing on the present".He did not compete with Gan Luo for the limelight, and later Gan Luo was secretly killed by Lu Buwei; he did not follow Lu Buwei, who was bestowed to death by Qin Shihuang; Before Qin Shihuang's death, almost every decision Li Si made was correct.It was these almost all correct decisions that created this miracle: Li Si jumped from a commoner to the position of the first prime minister of the Great Qin Empire.

However, in the Conspiracy in the Dunes, Li Si was forced to establish Hu Hai as emperor in the contest with Zhao Gao, and Great Qin was destroyed from then on, and Li Si became the most controversial figure in history because of this.I prefer to think: this is life.At that time, no matter who was established as the emperor, Li Si would have a hard time.If you want to blame, you can blame Qin Shihuang for dying too early, and he turned his braids while traveling.At that time, Li Si must have been panicked in his heart. In his official career, those who did not think about the future for themselves in advance would generally die miserably.But Qin Shihuang was only 50 years old, how dare Li Si think of a way out for himself?If Li Si wants to retreat, how can Qin Shihuang still trust him?That's why I said: Li Si's death is fate.

The book "Bleeding Official Career" describes the rise of a small person in detail, penetrating three points.He is not only writing history, but also Chinese culture. He is a book of history as well as a book of human studies.Therefore, it is not unreasonable that this book is so popular in the market, in institutions, and in the workplace. Many people buy dozens of copies and give away as gifts.This principle is that "Blooded Official Career" can tell you how to do things and make choices correctly in a complicated environment. Chinese traditional culture is extensive and profound. Although there are essences and dross in it, one thing is certain: they are irreplaceable by foreign cultures.The mysteries of being a person and doing things in China must not be learned in modern management.If you do things strictly in accordance with modern management in China, I'm sorry, but you must be the one who suffers.The beautiful book "Bleeding Official Career" not only allows you to read the shocking history from the official history, but also allows you to learn the skills of dealing with the world that you usually don't see in economics and management books.

No wonder, real estate tycoon Pan Shiyi commented on this book: "Blooded Official Career" makes people feel thrilled after reading it. It not only talks about history and the wisdom of the ancients, but also talks about human nature!