As leaders or managers, we should be careful in the details of our daily work, pay attention to making memos, backing up documents and keeping necessary evidence.
In the first month of the third year from the Northern Song Dynasty to Zhengzheng (A.D. 1056), Emperor Injong was in court and suddenly fell ill and was taken into the harem. There was panic inside and outside the court, and the atmosphere was tense.
On this day, Prime Minister Wen Yanbo stayed in the palace to deal with emergency affairs in case of change. Wen Yanbo is too nervous to be knocked at the door in the middle of the night. The bearer was Wang Su, the prefect of Kaifeng, who said he had something important to ask.
Wen Yanbo thought twice, but refused to meet immediately, just in case something happened. The next morning, he didn't ask Wang Su why. It turned out that a jailer reported that Hou Duwei (the leader of the imperial army) was going to rebel last night. Wang Su didn't ask Wen Yanbo for advice.
Some ministers advocated the immediate arrest of Du, but Wen Yanbo disagreed. He said to the ministers: "If the emperor is ill, at this time, if you don't distinguish between true and false and don't trust others, once things get out of control, everyone will be in danger. This is a big mistake and cannot be redeemed." So he called Xu Huaide, commander-in-chief of the Imperial Army, to investigate all the ins and outs of Duhu Hou. Xu Huaide knew that Du Yuhou was honest and would never do such a thing, so he used his head as a guarantee to ensure Du Yuhou's innocence.
Wen Yanbo was convinced that Xu Huaide would not cheat and said, "The soldier must have had a grudge against Du Yuhou and took the opportunity to frame Du Yuhou. So far, the wind of false accusations should be smashed to appease people's hearts. " Everyone has no objection. Another prime minister, Liu Ling, agreed very much.
Wen Yanbo was about to sign the execution order when a minister secretly pinched him. He immediately became alert and suddenly understood, so he asked Liu Ling to sign at the end of the verdict. Liu Ling refused, saying, "Wen Gong was on duty yesterday, and this matter is handled by Wen Gong. How can I compete with Master Wen for credit? I can't sign this name. "
Zhang Yanbo smiled and said, "You and I are both prime ministers, and we are brothers. How can we divide each other? I cannot entertain myself. " So he even talked about Lara and asked Liu Ling to sign it. Then he pushed the soldier out of the camp gate and beheaded him.
Shortly after Injong fell ill, Liu Ling privately said to Injong, "When your majesty fell ill, Wen Yanbo killed the person who reported the rebellion without authorization." His words clearly implied that Wen Yanbo connived at the rebellion and even was an accomplice of the rebels. Its intentions are very sinister.
Emperor Injong was frightened and specially called Wen Yanbo into the palace for questioning. After meeting the emperor, Wen Yanbo unhurriedly took out the verdict signed by Liu Ling and read it out by Injong, which dispelled doubts. Liu Ling's plot also failed completely.
As the saying goes, "it is indispensable to harm people, and it is indispensable to prevent people." As a prime minister, Wen Yanbo knew everything at once. He left a key hand seemingly casually and unintentionally, and asked another prime minister to leave his name, so that he could vindicate himself. Otherwise, it is really hard for him to argue.
As a powerful person, meeting and talking with people alone in the secret room at night, even if you don't say anything, may be a bluff or an opportunity for a villain to falsely accuse and frame him. Therefore, when you meet someone with unknown reasons, you must be in the daytime, and it is best to have someone else present. If it is some important questions, it is even more important to leave the necessary evidence. Otherwise, it would be sad to be framed and unable to defend yourself.
When Zhou Chen was governor of Jiangnan in the Ming Dynasty, he took a notebook with him. In this notebook, he recorded the weather every day, what he did that day, even small things. For example, it rains and winds every day, where I met someone, what I did and so on. People don't know what this means.
One day, a man came to report that the ship carrying grain was blown away on the river and never found again. Zhou Chen asked the man when the grain ship was lost, whether it was before noon or in the afternoon, and what was the wind at that time. As a result, the reporter's answer was reversed. Zhou Chen opened the diary and checked with him item by item.
The man was so surprised that he had to confess his crime of detaining the grain ship without permission.
Any workplace, for the sake of the team, for the sake of your own career, should reserve a hand in advance and reserve a reserve force for yourself.
On any occasion, in doing things, it is very important to keep one hand for yourself. With a retreat, you will advance more boldly and advance and retreat freely.
For example, in management, many bosses like to cultivate some confidants around them. There are many advantages in cultivating bosom friends. For example, if you want to go to a far-away place on business to talk about important business, or go to another city, your confidant will consider transportation, book air tickets, arrange a place to live, call each other to make an appointment, etc., which can be said to be meticulous. Moreover, he will take you to the station or the airport and watch you embark on the journey.
However, it should be noted that we should also be cautious when dealing with our confidants and subordinates, and we should not keep any secrets without reservation. You know, when the masters demonstrate their wonderful skills to everyone, or when they accept the skills taught by their disciples, they will pay attention to strategies and will not tell the truth about their own housekeeping skills, so that they can enjoy a long-term reputation and let others always do what they say.
Joseph is good at wrestling. His skill is brilliant. There are more than 290 solutions all over his body, and each shot is different. Among his disciples, he likes the handsome Samuel best. Samuel is the most accomplished of all the disciples because he has great strength, skill and reputation.
One day, King Solomon asked to see Samuel's wrestling by name. After winning the game, Samuel ran to the king and boasted that his skills and strength were as good as his master's. He doesn't want to hit the master, not because of his poor skills, but because the master is old.
He was so disrespectful and arrogant that King Solomon was very unhappy. He chose a spacious venue and invited all the civil and military officials in the Qing Dynasty. Let the master compete with the apprentice.
Samuel strutted into the field, like an enraged lion, as if his enemy were an iron mountain, and he would push him down.
Yue Se saw that his apprentice was better than himself and used the same tricks as himself, so he twisted him with a trick he had never shown before. Samuel didn't know how to parry, so he was picked up by the master and fell to the ground. The audience cheered. King Solomon gave his master a gorgeous robe and scolded Samuel, saying, "You are too proud to compete with your master, but you failed."
Samuel said, "O king! Master hit me not by strength, but by a trick he didn't teach me. He beat me with this little skill today. "
Joseph said, "Oh, I'll keep this hand today. I remember that sage said, "Don't teach all your skills to your disciples. If he becomes an enemy in the future, how can you resist? "Once upon a time, an archer who suffered the loss of his disciples once said," I don't know if there is no mercy in this world, or if people are becoming too fast now. I taught them archery skills, but in the end they regarded me as a dove in the sky, which forced me to take a warning! "I thought you had a good foundation and wanted to give up all these red tape and teach you all my skills, but I am really disappointed that you are so dismissive."
Things are different, people are complicated and people's hearts are changeable. Even highly skilled people will challenge their masters for fame and fortune. Who can guarantee that subordinates who are extremely loyal at present will have the same loyalty in the future? Once the degree of loyalty changes and even slips from one end to the other, who can guarantee that yesterday's confidant will not become a "bomb" in the future?
Everything has both good and bad sides. When your competent subordinates make all the arrangements for you, you may lose the initiative, and when you have a particularly close relationship with your confidant, you may cause resentment among other subordinates. What's more, your favorite confidant usually confides in him. You share important secrets of the company with him, and show his personal advantages and disadvantages, personal secrets, etc. Completely in front of him. Now he secretly leaked the secret and gave you false information. Even join the hostile camp and openly oppose you ... all these, the result is that you are ruined. We should be aware of this situation and pay attention to it.
In life, if a person finds a few more dollars from him after his wallet is stolen or robbed, he will feel unexpected surprise and comfort after disappointment or despair. If I had known this, why not leave a small sum of money somewhere else besides a large sum of money before preparing for the big move? Tourists around the world dare to wander around and swim boldly because they left a hand before they left: even if someone stole their wallet, at least they had a small sum of money on them. And this small sum of money is the capital to change their predicament after returning to China.
This is just one of the basic purposes. In the course of business, we still keep the standby resources and mobile forces at hand, and set up stages, or have reinforcements, naturally to prevent misjudgment or unexpected situations, or as a mobile force to balance and adjust the situation of all parties at any time. There is another meaning, that is, don't let your plan leak out, don't let others see your plan and intention at a glance, otherwise some villains or people who deliberately oppose you will easily disrupt your plan. It can be said that the resources and strength you reserve in advance are your magic weapon and the necessary strategy to ensure the smooth completion of your career.
The wise man of life tells us that when you are lucky, you should be prepared for bad luck. No matter how smooth it is, keep your hand before you do anything. It is generally easier to prepare in advance. You just need to reserve some resources and strength. Once an accident happens in the middle of your career, it becomes extremely important and precious to prepare that little resource and strength in advance.