Nowadays, many business managers have headaches for the lack of a good way to select talents, in fact, as early as two thousand years ago, there was a person who had a unique way of selecting talents, and "a blockbuster" and soared. This person was the Chuzhuang King Bear Brigade. Today we will talk about this person.
When you hear what kind of king, you may be confused, because there are too many countries in the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period, and the "kings" of each country from generation to generation are also innumerable, and it feels normal to feel confused, so let's start from a simple beginning. Have you heard of the "Spring and Autumn Five"? Idioms and allusions, such as: "a blockbuster", "drinking horse Yellow River", "won the Central Plains", is not completely clear! Yes, these allusions refer to King Chu Zhuang.
King Zhuang of Chu, surnamed Xiong, was a legendary man and the most important monarch in the history of the Chu state, and many allusions came from him and have been passed down to this day.
Xiong Lu's father was Xiong Shangchen, the king of Chu mu, and after Shang Chen's death, Xiong Lu succeeded to the throne as King Zhuang of Chu. However, this king zhuang ascended to the throne for three years, spending days and nights drinking wine, singing and dancing, and not asking about political affairs, and the ministers advised one after another, and he ignored them. After a long time, King Zhuang was also annoyed in his heart: These guys always come to discourage me when I am happy. So a government decree was issued: "Those who dare to come back to advise, behead!" ”。
After all, the ministers are not fools, no one wants to crash into the muzzle of the gun, many ministers are also happy to worry about it, upward and downward effects, you don't care about state affairs, I don't care about you, you spend days and nights I am also drunk and dreamy.
Needless to say, there are really "fools" who are not afraid of si. One day, King Zhuang was drinking bitterly while enjoying the song and dance, Zheng Guo and the beautiful women of Yue Guo embraced left and right, and there was a group of beautiful women who were drinking around, and the band was playing "The Sound of Tranquility"! At this head, a minister named Wu Ju (Wu Zixu's grandfather) came in and said to King Zhuang in a metaphorical way: "There is a bird on the tushan mountain in the southern suburbs, and it does not fly for three years and does not bark. ”。
King Zhuang stopped his sexual pleasure and replied, "If you don't fly for three years, you will soar into the sky; if you don't fly for three years, your voice will be amazing!" You step back for a moment, and the widow understands what you mean." After a few months, King Zhuang not only did not restrain himself, but instead intensified and became more unscrupulous.
At this time, there was another doctor named Su Cong, who could no longer look at King Zhuang's behavior, and despite King Zhuang's prohibition and did not use any euphemisms, he went straight into the palace to advise: "If the great king continues like this, the foundation of my Chu kingdom for hundreds of years will be destroyed by your hands!" ”。
King Zhuang said angrily, "Do you dare to ignore my prohibition?" Dare to come and advise! Su Cong said, "If Sha can turn the great king into a Ming Jun, then it is as I wish." So King Zhuang suddenly changed like a person, pushed away the beautiful woman, quit sexual pleasure, and re-managed government affairs. First a few hundred people were removed, and then hundreds of people were promoted, and loyal ministers such as Wu Ju and Su Cong were reused, and for a time, the chu state was renewed. Immediately after, the surrounding small countries were eliminated one by one, and the territory was constantly expanded.
Subsequently, it took more than twenty years to "merge the country twenty-six, open up the land for three thousand miles", "drink the Yellow River", "watch the suburbs of the army", and "win the Central Plains". Later, in a battle of the "Battle of Bi" (now Zhengzhou East), he defeated the Jin state that dominated the Central Plains for a time, becoming another new hegemon in the Spring and Autumn Period, and truly achieving "a blockbuster". This is the legendary story of King Chu Zhuang!
At this time, I have to ask you a question: Why did King Chu Zhuang have been sexually happy for three years, and then after the advice of the two ministers, he became enlightened? On this issue, Sima Qian did not explain, why not explain? I don't think it is necessary, because it can be fully seen from King Zhuang's behavior before and after that three years of sexual pleasure is obviously a fake!
You think, if King Zhuang is really a faint person, anyone's advice will be useless. Wu Ju's metaphorical advice must not have been understood; Su Cong was also likely to cause shamanship because of his direct advice. Not to mention Wu Ju and Su Cong, even a hundred such loyalists were not enough for him. So King Zhuang is really not a dimwitted monarch, not from the beginning.
In fact, King Zhuang's pretending to be unconscious is for a reason and has a purpose! When he ascended to the throne (even before he ascended to the throne), he must have had ambitions, that is, he wanted to dominate the Central Plains. Because the Chu state was already very strong at that time, the foundation of hundreds of years could be used as the capital for hegemony, but the time had not yet come. Although it occupies a favorable land, it lacks the time, time, and people.
After ascending to the throne, it may be that he feels that he is too young and not prestigious enough; it may be that he has just succeeded to the throne and has not deep roots; it may be that the most powerful opponent Jin Guo is in full swing and needs to be avoided. So he understood that in order to achieve great things, a series of special measures must be taken to hide the eyes and ears of the people.
What about the purpose of pretending to be unconscious? Of course, it is to choose people, to wait for the opportunity. In the history of the Chu Kingdom for hundreds of years, the land is vast, the material desires are rampant, there are many talents, and the fish and dragons are mixed, and it is difficult to distinguish for a while. Before we can do great things, we must first thoroughly clean up and remove obstacles.
The way of pretending to be unconscious is very clever, both to enjoy itself and to achieve the purpose of selecting people. During the period when he only cared about sexual pleasure and did not ask about political affairs, the ministers below appeared loyally and treacherously. Most people believed it to be true and followed suit, and only a few people insisted on thinking about the country, as Lao Tzu said: "The country is in danger and there are loyal subjects."
Therefore, when King Zhuang felt that the time had come (the time of day, the location, the people, and the internal contradictions of the Jin State were prominent), he was able to quickly deal with a group of people and use a group of people, which clearly showed that he was not really coveting pleasure, but had been observing and waiting for the opportunity.
For three years, reveling in a bunch of beautiful women, listening to music, drinking wine, and selecting talents is so comfortable. But it is not necessary for everyone to pretend to be like, but also to have a certain city government. It is not easy for King Zhuang to become a generation of overlords, and he must have great endurance in his heart. At least this way of pretending to be stupid is much more clever than the later Yue Wang's hooking. The process of hegemony, which has been endured and humiliated, is something that few people can bear. And King Zhuang, both enjoying and dashing, the most important thing is not to delay the achievement of hegemony, this way can not be described as not smart. What do you think?
Text/Zhang Chaojie