Prime Minister

Chapter 1037 Rooster 1 sings to the world (Thanks to Zeng Daren for becoming the 21st leader of this

In Tianzhang Pavilion, the official family visited it.

The ministers on the side all watched with bated breath.

The note is not more than 2,000 words long, so it is no wonder that it was written in less than an hour and even transcribed.

Officials doubt that the outlines of governing a country can be explained in just two thousand words?

The official looked carefully with suspicion.

What is a great victory? Great victory is the way.

The so-called Tao should be kept firm, like benevolence and righteousness benefiting the people. This is long-term benefit and long-term benefit. Although it takes a long time to achieve success in doing something, you should always keep it high.

What is a small victory? Small victory is a skill.

As for the art, it should be done to the best of its ability. It should be responsible for the effect and pay attention to the means. It must seek short-term benefits and keep its eyes on the front.

Seeking Tao, seeking great victory, eager for quick success and quick benefits.

When choosing a technique, I have many worries. I don’t dare to do this or that.

Both of these are wrong.

Those who are Taoist should take a long-term view, while those who are skilled in art should do it first and then talk about it.

In terms of conquering Xia, the whole country is a big victory, and the destruction of the country is a small victory; the plan to attack is a big victory, and the army to conquer is a small victory; the army to attack is a big victory, and the attack on the city is a small victory.

For example, if I want to force you to surrender, I will shout and kill in front of you and bluff; if I want to run away, I will put the whole army in a decisive battle posture, which is like a golden cicada escaping from its shell; if I wipe out all your soldiers and horses, but force you to come to reinforcements by attacking the city, That is to surround Wei and rescue Zhao.

The purpose of conquering the whole country is achieved by destroying the country, the purpose of conquering the army is achieved by conquering the army, and the purpose of conquering the army is achieved by attacking the city.

If you want a big victory, you should count one for ten. If you work hard for a long time, you should believe in the power of time. Don’t be afraid of no matter how difficult it is. If you want a small victory, count ten for one. You must be responsible for results. You must be eager for quick success. No matter how easy it is, you must do it to the extreme. .

To lift something as heavy as if it were light, you must first lift something as light as if it were heavy.

For example, to implement Confucian benevolence and righteousness, it must be implemented through Legalist means.

What you can see are all my skills, but my way is not expressed in the skills. This means that my skills can be shown but my way cannot be shown.'

Just like when Zhang Yue opened Xihe, although the tactics he used were very crude and clumsy, and looked very unskilled, in the end he achieved his strategic goals through clumsy means one by one.

This means using only the shallow part and not the deep part.

The road is difficult and big. You must not rush into it head-first. You should always look up and look forward.

The skill is easy and small, so to solve every problem, you must always look at the present.

Techniques can fail, but they must be introspected. Techniques have endless uses. If one method doesn't work, just change to another. Tao cannot fail. It needs to be persevered, but it can be adjusted in the slightest.

To use small and easy things to achieve difficult and big things, you must first have a way and then a technique.

If you have skills but no way, you will be confused and unable to see the direction.

When a system is just built, you need to get some data and run it into it first, otherwise you won’t know how the system is doing.

Don’t take out all the rocks in the bucket at once.

To complete the task in one battle is the last resort.

Improve epistemology and methodology through small things among big things, and improve cognition through practice. Finally, if you accumulate too many small things, there will be an exponential leap. This is that understanding in turn promotes practice, through quantitative changes to qualitative changes, step by step. , Accumulating small wins leads to big wins.

Therefore, there is no such thing as failure as the mother of success. There are only small successes that eventually converge into big successes.

"It's so good that if the water is not thick enough, it will not be able to carry a large boat." I was really enlightened after seeing it.

The official stood up from his chair, reviewed it again and said: "Confucius once said that 'my way is consistent', and this is what Duke Shu often said, 'grasp the main points'."

"Actually, these notes were all mentioned by Han Qing and Zhang Qing in ordinary times, but now they are the outlines!"

That's right, this letter "On Accumulating Small Victories into Big Victories" was written by Zhang Yue, and Han Jiang's experience was written in it.

In fact, these words have been expressed repeatedly in Zhang Yue's daily memorials, at banquets, and in the memorials between the monarch and his ministers.

Just like policies cannot be rolled out rashly all at once, they can be released in advance and consulted for opinions. This is also about accumulating small wins into big wins.

Today, hundreds of rivers gather together and form a river.

"Show it to everyone!"

After the official finished speaking, he asked Shi Deyi to show this letter, "accumulate small victories into big victories", to all the officials. The ministers knew that on the surface it was a strategy to conquer Xia, but in fact it was also the key to governing the country as written in [Han Zhang].

Yuan Jiang read this piece of writing several times, but couldn't find any fault with it. Although most of it was said by Du Zhangyue, it seemed to be extremely average, but there were some flaws.

Yuan Jiang knew that he could not understand the deeper meaning. In fact, besides Yuan Jiang, the ministers present also saw that there was a deep meaning in it, but they could not understand it.

The official immediately said: "Send this note to the officials above the level for reference!"

"Then send a copy to the Sixth Route Economic Envoy of Shaanxi and the Comfort Envoy of the Fourth Route of Hebei."

The six economic envoys of Shaanxi Province are Xihe Road Economic Envoy, Qinfeng Road Economic Envoy, Yanyan Road Economic Envoy, Huanqing Road Economic Envoy, Jingyuan Road Economic Envoy, and Yongxing Jun Road Economic Envoy.

The four roads in Hebei are respectively the Pacifying Envoy Division on Dingzhou Road, the Pacifying Envoy Division on Gaoyangguan Road, the Pacifying Envoy Division on Zhendingfu Road, and the Pacifying Envoy Division on Damingfu Road.

The official then said to Zhang Yue: "Han Qing, Zhang Qing stayed here to report."

After the other officials left, the official said to the two of them: "I'm afraid you two ministers still have unfinished business!"

Han Jiang and Zhang Yue looked at each other. Official sage.

Zhang Yue said: "Your Majesty has learned clearly that accumulating small victories into big ones is just a technique, and there is still a way to do it. I dare not write it down on Zhazi."

When the officials heard this, it turned out to be what I meant.

After all, the Zazi was only for the majority of people to see. Judging from the emperor's guess, Zhang Yue's true words would not have been written on the Zazi.

This is the meaning of "You can show your skill but not your way" in Zhazi. Zhang Yue said: "Your Majesty, what is the most important thing to do?"

Choice is more important than hard work!

Methods are indeed important, but understanding is equally important.

They all say that they are long-termists, as if they are bound to succeed in anything as long as they persevere. This is the same as having to endure hardships in order to become a superior person, both of which are based on the bottom.

For example, hobbies do not need to be persisted in, but they can be persisted.

People can make every decision with sincerity and clarity. How can a country be honest and clear? The state is a system.

The official asked: "Isn't what the world is arguing about now about whether to reform the law but not change it, and whether to conquer the summer or not?"

Zhang Yue listened. It seemed that the biggest contradiction in the Song Dynasty was the dispute between changing laws and unchanging laws. In fact, the underlying reason was the battle between monarch power and prime minister power, or more fundamentally, the battle between the emperor and the bureaucratic class.

Wen Yanbo advised the emperor that the emperor should rule the world together with the scholar-bureaucrats, not with the common people.

This is the fundamental contradiction, just like a person who wants to make money, but his body just wants to lie at home.

On the one hand, I want it, on the other hand, it is laziness.

At the national level, there are policies from above and countermeasures from below. The top is engaged in bureaucracy, and the bottom responds with formalism, and everyone gets through it together.

Zhang Yue said: "Your Majesty, is this a reform? But how to change it? How to use it? How to implement it? Does your Majesty know it?"

The official said: "The imperial court should delegate it to the local government, and then send officials to monitor it. This is what Duke Shu Guo has decided."

Zhang Yue said: "Your Majesty, although Shu Guogong's method is effective, I think it is still insufficient."

The official asked: "What can you do?"

Zhang Yue said: "I still have to listen to what I said!"

The official thought to himself that his ears were already calloused by these words.

Zhang Yue said: "Your Majesty, I believe that everything in the world is a matter of probability, and everything is possible. For example, Lu Huiqing said that the victory over Xia was 90%, and Sima Guang said that the victory over Xia was less than 10%. I I think everything they say makes sense, and everyone can listen to it."

The officials and Han Jiang all nodded. Zhang Yue's knowledge alone made him who knows how much better than Wang Anshi.

Listen to whatever is said, and listen broadly. When there is no direction, more information must be collected.

"Secondly, you can believe what your Majesty often says, but you can't listen to it. For example, what some people in the world say is right, but it is wrong to use it to govern the country."

The official nodded and added the name Su Shi in his heart.

"All the sages of the past dynasties regard listening to words and accepting advice as a virtue. Listening to words must attack the positive and negative. Therefore, Your Majesty must listen to words, but you must not let the wind be like the rain."

After making your own judgment and collecting certain data, you can determine the general direction.

"The third is the holy judgment in His Majesty's heart, which will shine through the ages. Once it is set, it cannot be changed easily."

This is the time to be strategic. Don't move your butt.

"Fourth, any Tao or technique is not static. You have to consider eventualities, such as taking out four colored balls from a bucket in one breath. Such eventualities will make one's success fail."

For example, Cao Cao was confident that there would be no southeast wind in winter, but suddenly there was an east wind. When encountering emergencies, it is not about following the steps and knowing when to change.

Often the officials below clearly knew the danger, but did not dare to say that they did not dare to offend the emperor.

"This is what I mean by establishing a timely feedback and rapid error correction system."

The official nodded.

"Finally, what I said is that the more you practice, the more you know, and the deeper you know, the more you can practice."

Finally, to improve awareness, we still have to put it into practice. The more you practice, the better you will be able to make the right decisions. At the same time, the judgment of information becomes more accurate.

If you take out four out of twenty balls, you won't be able to guess correctly, but if you take out sixteen, you will be much more accurate.

"Listen more to the words of capable and virtuous ministers and less to the words of treacherous and fortunate ministers, and you will be able to be sincere. Then you can tell who is a gentleman and what is a villain by listening to the words."

The officials were delighted when they heard this, for this was the best way to govern the country. .

In fact, the fundamental reason behind these five strategies is that the emperor and the scholar-bureaucrats rule the world together.

Otherwise, if the conflict between you and me is not resolved, we will stop doing anything. Everything you do is empty.

Zhang Yue said: "I risk my life to advise you that the world is not owned by your Majesty alone. The country is not owned by your Majesty alone."

The official hesitated for a moment and said, "It's as he said."

Zhang Yue and Han Jiang were overjoyed when they heard this.

At this time, a chamberlain came to remind the emperor that it was getting late and the two husbands should go back.

The official still felt that the conversation was still interesting and said: "What a golden word. The two Qings will stay here tonight and I will have a long talk with you."

The servant hesitated, but the official insisted.

Han Jiang and Zhang Yue had no choice but to stay.

That night, the emperor and his ministers talked about everything from governing the country to making summer. In front of the map with colored blocks, the emperor talked freely about his grand plans.

Han Jiang and Zhang Yue kept putting forward opinions, and the emperor followed the good advice.

The monarch and his ministers discuss the affairs of the country with open heart.

The night passed unconsciously until dawn in the east and the rooster sang!

Ps1: Thank you Zeng Daren for becoming the twenty-first leader of this book.

ps2: These two updates are a bit slow. Although many book friends skip them if they don’t like reading them, I feel that I missed something very important.