Confucius said, "The policy of civil and military affairs lies in planning. If people exist, it will be a political move; When a person dies, his political interest is gone. Therefore, politics lies in people. " Based on the results of long-term observation and painstaking research on human society, especially social politics, Confucius came to a regular understanding-"ruling by the people." Then, in contemporary China, where modern civilization is highly developed and the rule of law is increasingly perfect, how should we correctly treat and evaluate the concept of "rule by man"? What practical significance does it have for strengthening Party building, consolidating the Party's ruling position and doing a good job in cadres' self-construction?
First, the meaning of "politician"
"Rule by the people" advocates the rule of man and takes the rule of the people as the starting point. The people are the foundation of governance, and politics depends on the people. With sages in office, there will be good politics. At the same time, "rule by the people" also believes that the key to a country's success or failure lies in whether there are talents with both ability and political integrity in power, and the key lies in whether "respect talents, enable talents, and Jie Jun is in power". In order to effectively govern the country, we should let real talents from all walks of life enter the leadership and engage in the management of the country. Therefore, the idea of "respecting talents" and "promoting talents" is strongly advocated.
When Confucius' student Zhong Gong asked Confucius about politics in order to kill his head, Confucius suggested setting an example, not sticking to one pattern, and boldly using excellent talents. When Ziyou was a butcher in Wucheng, Confucius went to see him and asked him, "What is a woman?" He means, "Did you get a gift there?" From this, we can see that Confucius' "governing the people" attaches importance to the promotion of talents.
Second, the practical significance of "rule by the people"
Due to the limitations of history and Confucius himself, the thought of "governing the people" also has certain historical limitations. He linked the rise and fall of dynasties with the rulers' attitude towards talents, and regarded the selection of talents as the basis of governing the country, and concluded that "if people exist, it is political action; The conclusion that "people lose their political interests when they die" blindly emphasizes the role of "people" in governing the country, but ignores the important position and role of the rule of law in governing the country.
Facing the three opportunities of post-disaster reconstruction, expanding domestic demand and building experimental areas, it is of great practical significance to give full play to the positive role of "rule by man", earnestly do a good job in the construction of cadre talent team and improve the quality of cadre team for coping with the international financial crisis and accelerating the coordinated development of urban and rural areas.
(A) the meaning of "governing the people" in a society ruled by law
"Governing for the people" does not mean that politics does not need a system, but that politics must have a system. A perfect legal system must be implemented by talents, so as to form a real ability to rule by law. We often see such a situation in history books. Only those officials who enforce national laws, such as Bao Gong and Bao Qingtian, will strictly enforce the law. They can enforce the law like a mountain, at the same time, they can observe the people's feelings and apply the law to the people without hurting them. This is the so-called saint. Because of them, laws and systems can be effectively implemented; On the contrary, no matter how good and perfect the law is, it will be useless if it falls into the hands of those who abuse power for personal gain.
Therefore, on the basis of the continuous improvement of China's legal system and social system and mechanism, how to better play the role of the "people" and let the "people" ensure the smooth implementation of government decrees, and the establishment and improvement of the system is the key to strengthening party building and consolidating the party's ruling position. From this, we can feel more deeply the importance and urgency of strengthening the construction of the party's cadres, selecting talents with both ability and political integrity, and enriching the ruling power.
(2) "Governing the country by the people" is an organic combination of leadership and management. Leadership and management have similar meanings, but there are also differences. Leaders emphasize human factors, while management pays more attention to institutional factors. As far as leadership emphasizes human factors, we often say that it is human leadership, not system; As far as management is concerned, we will say that it is people management, but in fact we pay more attention to system management. Therefore, to combine leadership and management organically, we should not only emphasize human factors, but also strengthen the objectivity and compulsion of the system, so as to help people's subjective initiative play; While emphasizing institutional factors, we should also give full play to people's subjective initiative in order to facilitate the implementation of the system.
Third, how to avoid the negative effects of "governing the people"
The talent view of "ruling for the people" has its positive significance. At the same time, we should also recognize the one-sidedness of "rule by man", abandon the wrong concept of "rule by man", and always proceed objectively to avoid its negative effects.
(A) "ruling for the people" should focus on establishing and improving the system and mechanism of talent selection. The successful way of employing people is to "find the right person, use the right method and do the right thing". In order to achieve sustained success, this "triple double" is by no means the result of the ingenuity of decision makers, but is supported by a good mechanism. "Finding the right person" is based on a good mechanism of selecting, educating and employing people, "using the right method" is based on a perfect mechanism of employing and retaining people, and "doing the right thing" is based on a correct strategic goal mechanism. Therefore, while attaching importance to and reusing talents, we should do the following: First, further improve the leadership system of the Party in charge of talents. Strengthen macro-guidance and macro-control of talent work, coordinate and integrate talent work strength and resources, and strive to solve overall, fundamental and key problems in talent work. Give full play to the leading role of the organization department and establish a target responsibility system for talent work. The second is to actively explore a scientific talent evaluation and selection mechanism. In the process of speeding up the construction of the western economic highland, high-quality talents seem to be in short supply. Therefore, objectively speaking, we should actively explore the talent evaluation mechanism based on morality, ability and performance, and establish and improve the selection mechanism of open competition and merit-based employment. It is very important to establish and improve the talent selection system, create conditions for outstanding talents to stand out and create a good environment for selecting and employing people. The third is to establish and improve a loose mechanism for talent introduction and flow. Further create a good and competitive talent introduction, flow and use mechanism. Constantly improve and perfect the system construction of talent flow, personnel relations, employment promotion, social insurance, labor protection and dispute arbitration. , standardize the flow of talents and the order of introduction, and lay a solid foundation for multi-channel and multi-directional talent introduction. The fourth is to establish and improve an effective talent incentive and guarantee mechanism. Effective safeguard measures are an important guarantee for introducing talents, retaining talents and encouraging talents to start businesses. Do everything possible to solve the practical difficulties in the study, work and life of talents, and strive to create a working and living environment for all kinds of talents to live and work in peace and contentment, so that people can really live and work in peace and contentment, and finally build a multi-faceted and multi-level talent team with excellent quality and strong innovation ability, which can adapt to the needs of social economy, science and technology and social development.
(B) "ruling for the people" must attach importance to the rational use of talent. Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong, famously said, "It is important to be in politics, but it is difficult to get people. If you don't use their talents, it will be difficult to treat." Li Shimin was able to set things right in the chaotic ruins at the end of Sui Dynasty, and achieved the prosperity of the country and the safety of the people in a relatively short period of time, and achieved the famous "Zhenguan rule" in history. Paying attention to the role of talents is undoubtedly an important reason. The value of talents in information society far exceeds that in industrial society. In industrial society, the best and most efficient workers may produce 20% or 30% more than ordinary workers. However, in an information society, the best software developer can do five or even ten times more work than an ordinary person. For example, the smallest Basic language in the world was written by Bill Gates alone. Windows, which brought huge profits to Microsoft, was only made by a research team. Therefore, when we treat talents, we should pay attention to the classification and rational use of talents. We should not be perfectionists when using talents, nor should we ignore talents with expertise in a certain field. Make people "foster strengths and avoid weaknesses, do their best, and have their own uses."
(C) "Governing for the people" must attach importance to the cultivation of talents to ensure the sustainable development of the use of talents. At present, in the process of talent use, the phenomenon of emphasizing use over training is widespread, and there is a lack of long-term planning for talent use. People often pay attention to the sustainable development of natural resources such as energy, environment and ecology, but ignore the sustainable development of talent use. The sustainable development of talent use is related to national rejuvenation and is the foundation of national prosperity. Therefore, we should attach importance to personnel training. First, explore institutional measures that are more in line with the law of talent growth and extend the use cycle of talents as much as possible. While paying attention to the "contribution" of talents, we should also care about their health. The second is to improve the personnel training mechanism and management system. Talent resources are renewable resources. After training, the innovative ability of talents can be continuously improved and surpassed. Only by creating suitable soil for the survival and growth of talents can employers "give full play to the role of talents" and ensure their real sustainable development.