First of all, run the army with clarity. Zhuge Liang's approach to running the army with clarity includes both positive and negative aspects. From a positive perspective, Zhuge Liang's approach to running the army with clarity is as follows:

1. Putting forward clear moral requirements. For example, the article "Jiangyuan·Jinhou" focuses on this aspect. Zhuge Liang believed that a teacher should be disciplined, and failure to discipline would lead to disaster. There are fifteen disciplines, which clearly point out that "courage", "honesty", "equity", "forbearance", "forbearance", "faithfulness", "respect", "Ming", "benevolence", "loyalty" and other related moral requirements.

The article "Jiangyuan·Jiangcai" requires generals to have the talents of "benevolence", "righteousness", "propriety", "wisdom" and "faithfulness". The article "Sixteen Cheap Strategies·Yin Cha No. 16" states that the government of Yin Cha must have five virtues: "prohibiting violence and stopping troops", "rewarding the virtuous and punishing the guilty", "safeguarding benevolence and harmonizing the people", "guaranteeing great achievements and ensuring meritorious service", "Feng Nao resists slander".

2. Strict legal provisions. For example, Zhuge Liang wrote two volumes of "Fa Jian" and two volumes of "Military Orders" (only fifteen articles of "Military Orders" exist), and formulated the "Eight Affairs", "Seven Precepts", "Six Fears" and "Five Fears" Waiting for regulations. The article "Sixteen Cheap Strategies·Cut Off the Fourteenth" discusses the seriousness of the seven situations of disobeying orders: "lightness", "slowness", "theft", "bullying", "back", "chaos" and "mistake". deal with.

Secondly, be based on faith. Zhuge Liang relied on trust in his army. Zhuge Liang believes that "faith is as important as a promise", that is to say, "faith" means to do what you say, to do what you say, and to do what you say. A dishonest person breaks one's word. If one does not know how to keep one's word, then the battle will definitely fail; if there is a decree but cannot be implemented, then even if there are millions of people, it will be useless.

On the contrary, if you use faith to encourage soldiers, there will be no soldiers who will not work hard. Therefore, Zhuge Liang emphasized that running the army should be based on trust. "The husband who governs the military should be based on great trust." Based on trust, in terms of rewards and punishments, Zhuge Liang believed that "rewards and punishments should be based on trust", because rewards and punishments are used to judge Through merit and demerit, soldiers will know to keep their word; as far as generals are concerned, Zhuge Liang believes that the so-called trustworthy general means that "there will be generous rewards for advancement, severe punishment for retreat, rewards will not be delayed, and punishment will not be too expensive."

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The impact of Zhuge Liang's clean government construction:

As the prime minister, Zhuge Liang knew very well: "The leakage in the house is at the bottom, and the leakage is stopped at the top. If the leakage does not stop, there will be no place to live. "He not only took the lead in clean government and set up a banner, but also regarded clean government as an important political and legal construction, and had a profound impact on all aspects of Shu Han's politics, economy, military, and culture. significant impact.

The construction of clean government during the Zhuge Liang period was first reflected in the strict control of the scale of the Shuhan Palace and the scale of Huiling. During Zhuge Liang's reign, young empresses often wanted to choose to fill the harem. Dong Yun, who was in charge of palace affairs at that time, thought that in ancient times the number of emperors and concubines was no more than twelve. Now that the number of concubines is already there, it is not appropriate to increase the number, so he refused to listen.

The number of queens and concubines is a complex issue, involving many issues such as the scale and organization of the palace, and is beyond Dong Yun's ability to decide. At that time, "when he was ready to die, his heir was young and weak, and he focused on everything, no matter how big or small." "No matter how big or small the political affairs are, they must be decided by Liang" Zhuge Liang created a political atmosphere of clean government and devotion to public service among the upper class of Shu Han. Shu officials followed Zhuge Liang's example and were frugal in their official duties and refrained from luxury, creating an entire era of clean government.