Chapter 1028: The rooster sings and the world is white (Thanks to Zeng Daren for becoming 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 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 by 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 effective and pay attention to the means. It must seek short-term benefits and keep its eyes in front of you.
Seek the way, seek great victory, and do it eagerly for quick success.
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 deal with it first and then talk about it later.
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 is a small victory; the army is a big victory, and the city is a small victory.
For example, if I want to force you to surrender, I will bluff in front of you by shouting and killing; if I want to run away, I will assume a decisive battle posture with the whole army, which is like a golden cicada escaping from its shell; if I wipe out all your troops, but force you to come to your aid 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.
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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 methods.
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.'
For example, 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 after another.
This means only using the shallow part and not using the deep part.
The road is difficult and big, so you must not rush into it head-first. You should always look up and look forward.
Skills are easy and small, so to solve every problem, you must always look at the present.
Techniques can fail, but they must be reflected on. Techniques have endless uses. If one method doesn't work, just change it to another. Tao cannot fail. It needs to be persevered, but it can be improved 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 there is skill 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.
Do not take out all the stones in the bucket at once.
To complete the task in one battle is the last resort.
Through small things in big things, we will improve the epistemology and methodology, and improve cognition through practice. Finally, if we 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.
So there is no saying that failure is the mother of success, there are only small successes that eventually converge into big successes.
"It's a saying that says, 'If the water is not thick, it will not be able to carry a large boat.' I was really enlightened after reading 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 drawn up as outlines!"
That's right, this letter "On Accumulating Small Victories into Big Victories" was written by Zhang Yue and Han Jiang's experience in it.
In fact, these words have been expressed repeatedly by Zhang Yue in his daily memorials, at banquets, and in memorials between emperors and 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 all your noble families!"
After the official finished speaking, he asked Shi Deyi to show this letter of "accumulating small victories into big victories" to all the ministers. The ministers knew that on the surface it was a strategy to conquer Xia, but in fact it was also the strategy for the future [Han Zhang]
The key to governing the country in Zhongshu.
Yuan Jiang read this piece of writing several times, but could not 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 see through the deep 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 military envoys of Shaanxi Province are the Xihe Road Economic Envoy, the Qinfeng Road Economic Envoy, the Yanyan Road Economic Envoy, the Huanqing Road Economic Envoy, the Jingyuan Road Economic Envoy, and the Yongxing Military Road Economic Envoy.
The four roads in Hebei are 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 tell you."
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. Such wise officials.
Zhang Yue said: "Your Majesty has clearly learned 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 Zha Zi."
When the officials heard this, it turned out to be exactly what I meant.
After all, the Zazi was only for the majority of people to see. According to 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 effort!
Methods are indeed important, but understanding is equally important.
It is said to be long-termism, as if anything can be successful as long as you persevere. This is the same as enduring hardships in order to become a better person. It is the root of the bottom.
For example, hobbies do not need to be persisted in, and they can be persisted.
People can be honest and transparent in making every decision. How can a country be honest and transparent? A country is a system.
The official asked: "Isn't what the world is arguing about now about whether to change the law but not change it, and whether to conquer Xia or not?"
Zhang Yue heard this and realized that the biggest contradiction in the Song Dynasty was the dispute between the changing laws and the unchanging laws. In fact, the underlying reason was the battle between the monarchy and the prime minister's power, or more fundamentally, the battle between the emperor and the bureaucratic class.
Wen Yanbo advised the emperor to rule the world together with the scholar-bureaucrats, rather than 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, but on the other hand, it is laziness.
At the national level, there are policies at the top and countermeasures at the bottom. The top is engaged in bureaucracy, and the bottom is responding with formalism, and everyone is fooling around together.
Zhang Yue said: "Your Majesty, the reform is a reform? But how to reform? How to use it? How to implement it? Does your Majesty know it?"
The official said: "The imperial court should be entrusted to the local government, and then officials should be sent to monitor. This is what Duke Shu Guo has decided."
Zhang Yue said: "Your Majesty, although Duke Shu's method is effective, I think there are still some shortcomings."
The official asked: "What can you do?"
Zhang Yue said: "I still have to listen to what I said!"
The official said in his heart that his ears were already covered with calluses.
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 there is 90% chance of conquering Xia, and Sima Guang said that there is less than 10% chance of conquering Xia. 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 everything and listen broadly. When you have no direction, you must collect more information.
"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 listen to the wind or the rain."
After making your own judgment and collecting certain data, you can determine the general direction.
"The third is the holy judgment in Your Majesty's heart, which will shine through the ages. Once it is made, it cannot be changed easily."
At this time, you need to be strategic. Don’t move your butt randomly.
"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 an emergency, he did not follow the steps and knew 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 your understanding, you still need to practice. The more you practice, the more correct decisions you can make. At the same time, the more accurate your judgment of information will be.
If you take out four out of twenty balls, you may not 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 most valuable advice for governing 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, everyone will stop doing anything. Everything you do will be in vain.
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 ministers 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 continued to put forward their opinions, and the emperor followed suit.
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 like I missed something very important.
