Zhuge Liang, a great strategist, said: "The reason why the Han was prosperous before was that the pro-Xianchen was far from the villain; the reason why the Pro-Xianchen was far away from the Xianchen, the reason why the Han fell into decline after that." The place in the phrase is clear, and the success or failure of a leader's career has a significant relationship with the influence of those around him. Although Zhuge Wuhou's words were to the point, there was no specific interpretation, so many people still had a rare point. If we can carefully study the following cases on this basis and look at the problem from a different perspective, I believe that everyone will be able to more deeply understand Wu Hou's "long and long speech".
【Original text of the case】癸酉, Qiu Shiliang was sent to Shi Shi as a general of the Left Guard and an internal attendant. His party sent it back to the private, and the Shi Liang Sect used the art of power and favor: "The Son of Heaven shall not be idle, but it is often advisable to entertain his eyes and ears with luxury, so that the sun and the moon will flourish, and there will be no time to do more and more, and then my generation can attain prosperity." Be careful not to make him read, to be close to Confucianism, and to see the rise and fall of the previous generation, and to know his fears, then I will neglect to rebuke him. "Its party thanked him and left.
【Case Analysis】 Qiu Shiliang was the initiator of the "Ganlu Change", because of his role, the imperial power of the Tang Dynasty was completely usurped by eunuchs, and there was no possibility of revival and revival from then on. So how did he bring down the Tang Dynasty? Sima Guang truthfully recorded his "foolish technique" to sound the alarm bell for future generations of leaders to formulate employment strategies. So what's so great about his "encounter technique"? We have studied it repeatedly and believe that there are several important points that deserve attention.
1. Time passes
Everyone's time is limited, and the more high people are, the higher the value of their time. In this case, Qiu Shiliang's treacherous plan is that "the Son of Heaven shall not be idle, but should always entertain his eyes and ears with luxury, so that the sun and the moon will flourish, and there will be no time to do anything more, and then my generation can attain his aspirations." It is to remind their villains and henchmen to concentrate their efforts on "consuming" the time of superior leaders, let the leaders develop the habit of "not doing the right thing", and waste their precious time and energy on entertainment activities, so that they have left room for "cheating and concealing and carrying private goods".
2. Transaction control
Each person's achievements are determined by the firm in which he or she works. To improve your ability to deal with things, you can't do without reading and learning. In this case, Qiu Shiliang asked his henchmen to "be careful not to make them read", that is, to restrict the reading and learning activities of superior leaders (i.e., "Emperors of the Tang Dynasty"), so that the leaders did not have sufficient leadership common sense. In this way, the leader will suffer from a serious "dependence" on the people around him, and every move will have to be "supported" by people, losing the ability to be independent.
3. Personnel exclusion
In addition to letting the superior leaders read less and study less, Qiu Shiliang proposed to exclude the readers, so that the leaders (that is, the "Emperor of the Tang Dynasty") would not gain interest and channels for reading. Only by alienating the leaders from "Confucianism" and failing to see the role of knowledge in improving the cultivation of human temperament will they always be willing to be with low-quality people such as eunuchs and be held hostage by them.
4. Cognitive limitations
When proposing to restrict the study of leaders, Qiu Shiliang painstakingly circled a particularly crucial point, that is, not to let "the other generation rise and fall." It is particularly required to his henchmen to prevent leaders from learning historical knowledge, not to let leaders see the deeds of the "rise and fall of the previous generation", and to think about the reasons for the "rise and fall of the previous generation", so as to fundamentally limit the "cognition" of the leadership. As long as leaders don't have enough "awareness," they don't have insight into the consequences of their misdeeds.
5. Emotional intervention
The last trick can be said to be the most cruel trick for subordinates to mislead the leader. Qiu Shiliang proposed that we should not let the leaders "know that they are worried," that is, they should always "report good news but not worry," so that the leaders will always be in a state of "happiness" and "happiness," and they will not be able to make correct judgments and timely reactions to changes in the situation, so that over time they will become "boiled frogs in warm water" and "die of happiness" without explanation.
The above few moves can be described as fatal moves. If a leader suffers from the above several "attacks" in succession, the light is mediocre, nothing can be achieved, and the heavy is misguided and discredited, so everyone has to remember!
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