There are eight ways to succeed as a servant of mortals: sharing the same bed, being close at hand, feeling of father and brother, bearing disasters, popularity, popularity, power and being besieged on all sides.
What is sharing a bed? Yue: If your wife loves an obedient child, she will be dissolute and lustful. This person is puzzled by her master. Listen to Yan's fear and ask her if she wants to get drunk. A minister confuses his master with his own internal affairs, which is called "strange bedfellows". Second, it's beside. What is libel? It is said: you laugh at dwarfs, they know each other well. This man is passive and passive, but he didn't achieve Nuo Nuo. He took care of his intentions first, and his appearance and color first. This is both progress and retreat, and it should be right, and so should people who are on the same track. When a minister is called "Zaibian", it is because he plays well at home and acts illegally abroad, making him his master. Third, father and brother. What are fathers and brothers? Yue: the son of the side room, loved by the master; Ministers, courtiers and officials, the main place and scale of the people. We will try our best to finish the discussion, and the people will listen. One is a minister, working for his son's side room with his child's voice, receiving words from the minister's delay and making promises. When this is finished, he will enter the position of Lord Lu Yi to convince his heart and offend his master. This is called "father and brother". Fourth, raise disasters. What can cause a wound? It is said that the owner loves the beauty of the palace pool and can decorate his children, dogs and horses to entertain his heart, which is also a disaster for the owner. A minister tries his best to make the palace beautiful and redefine his sons and daughters, so as to entertain his master, confuse his heart, do whatever he wants and cultivate his own interests. This is called "helping the needy". Five people are very cute. What's popular? As the saying goes, people who are ministers talk about the people by spreading public wealth, and win over the people by being kind and merciful, so that all the people in the court can persuade their rights to respect themselves and get what they want by blocking their masters. This is called "cute". Six days is very popular. What is fashion? As the saying goes, people who mind their own affairs stick to their own words, hoping to listen, discuss and be easy to reason. Those who are ministers seek to be debaters on all sides, those who can speak to the country, educate them and enable them to talk privately. It is called "popularity" to express one's advantages with clever words and popular words, to be afraid of one's shortcomings, and to corrupt one's master with false words. Top seven. What is Weiqiang? It says, "The monarch is a powerful person, and his ministers and people are powerful." . If the princes and the people are good, then the monarch is good; If ministers and people are not good at it, then you are not good at it. To be a minister, to gather guests with swords, to raise the dying people, to show their prestige, to know them for themselves, to gain benefits, to die for others, and to fear their subjects, is called "prestige." Eight is a quartet. What is Sifang? Yue: a gentleman, a small country is a big country; The weak soldiers are afraid of Qiang Bing. Small countries listen to what big countries demand; What Qiang Bing adds, the weak soldiers take. As a minister, we should pay more attention to expropriation, do our best in the national treasury, pretend that our country is a big country, and seduce our monarch with power; What's more, send troops to gather in the border areas, and those who are thin will be regarded as ambassadors to deter their monarchs and make them afraid. This is the so-called "quartet". These eight things are the reasons why people and ministers became *, and the Lord was robbed and lost everything, which cannot be ignored.
Mingjun is also at home, entertaining but not flattering, not seeking for personal gain. It is also left and right, so that its body will be responsible for its words, not beneficial words. This is also for fathers, brothers and priests. If you listen to what he said, you will be punished and won't make a move. If you play well in Kanto, you must let it go out, don't let it go in easily, don't let ministers worry. If it is beneficial to the people, it will come from the monarch and will not make people and ministers selfish. Those who praise it are good, and those who destroy it are bad. It is necessary to talk about the facts and observe their mistakes, so as not to make ministers speak their own words. It is also for the brave, and the merits of the army should not be over-rewarded. The courage of the city struggle is unforgivable, and the princes are not allowed to engage in private wealth. It is also sought after around the clock, and the law listens to it and the law is inseparable. It is said that those who die of the monarch must have their country, and those who have it are not themselves. If I am outside the system, I will die. Listening to a big country is also to save the country, but I died too quickly to listen, so I didn't listen. If a group of ministers know whether to listen or not, it is nothing more than waiting. If they know not to listen, they will not be falsely accused by ministers.
The sage is also an official position, so it is also useful to persuade the sage. Therefore, talented people are generous and become big officials; Those who have made great achievements will be honored and rewarded. Being an official sage, measuring his ability and endowing him with wealth is called merit. Therefore, saints can manage their affairs without false accusations, and those who make meritorious deeds enjoy their karma, and the story is successful. Today, this is not the case. No matter what his merits are, he will listen to the opinions of the left and right. His father and brothers and ministers invited him to the top, while betraying him to collect money and set up a clique. Therefore, the rich feel that buying an official is expensive, and those who have friends around you should pay attention. Regardless of the minister of credit, the official position has been lost. It is a diplomacy based on stealing officials, abandoning things and loving the rich. Sages are lazy and don't persuade, and those who make meritorious deeds simplify their careers, which is the wind of national subjugation.
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There are eight ways for liegeman to realize his plan: one is to share the same bed. What do you mean by sharing a bed? That is, your wife is favored by the palace, flattering and beautiful, which is exactly what the monarch is obsessed with. Taking advantage of the opportunity of the monarch's happy life, getting drunk is a means to make the monarch submit. Courtiers bribed them with gold and jade treasures through insiders and told them to confuse the monarch. This is called "sharing a bed". The second one is next to it. What do you mean other than that? That is, a dwarf who advocates Excellence and a trustworthy follower. These people. The monarch made a promise without order, grasped the monarch's intention in advance and felt the monarch's mind in advance. These people are all people who act in concert, speaking with one voice, speaking with one voice, and changing the monarch's mind with actions. As courtiers, they bribed them with gold and jade treasures through insiders, helped them do extrajudicial things outside, and asked them to influence the monarch. This is called "being around". The third is father and brother. What do you mean by father and brother? That is, uncles and brothers are close and loved by the monarch; Ministers and courtiers are the people who consult and plan for the monarch. These people try their best to participate in the discussion of state affairs, and the monarch will inevitably listen. The courtiers served the monarch's uncle with beautiful music, and also wooed ministers and courtiers with sweet words, made suggestions at critical moments, and then joined the ranks after the job was done, so as to incite them and make them interfere with the monarch. This is called "father and brother". The fourth is to raise disasters. What do you mean? In other words, the monarch likes to decorate palaces and pools, and likes to dress beautiful dogs up for the eyes, which is a disaster for the monarch. As a courtier, he tried his best to decorate palaces, platforms and pools, and increased his collection of beautiful women, dogs and horses to entertain the monarch, obey his desires, and be mixed with self-interest, which is called "supporting disasters." Fifth, people are cute. What is Meng Min? In other words, to be a courtier, to distribute public property to please the people, to win over the people with small favors, and to encourage the people in the imperial court to praise themselves, so as to deceive the monarch and achieve their own desires, which is the so-called "popular will." Six is popular. What's popular? That is, as a monarch, his words are confined in his stomach and he doesn't talk to anyone. He seldom hears the comments of his deputies and is easily moved by sweet words. Those who want foreign eloquence to be courtiers support those who can speak at home and let them speak for their own self-interest. It is called "popularity" to say gorgeous words and fluent sentences, induce him with favorable situations, intimidate him with disasters, and fabricate false words to harm the monarch. Seventh, Wei Qiang. What is Weiqiang? That is, rulers rely on their ministers and people to form powerful power. What ministers and people like, the monarch likes; Junmin doesn't like it, Junmin doesn't like it. As a courtier, it is used to show off and advocate that those who obey others will get it, and those who do not obey others will die, so as to intimidate courtiers and the people and realize their personal intentions. This is called "awesome". Eight is a quartet. What is Sifang? That is, if you are a monarch, your primary school will serve a big country. If you are weak, you are afraid of Qiang Bing. A big country extorts money, and a small country will listen; If Qiang Bing is besieged, weak soldiers must obey. As a courtier, he will increase taxes, run out of money and food, weaken his country's service to a big country, and instead use the power of a big country to force his monarch; In serious cases, the army of a big country was recruited to seize the country, and in lighter cases, the envoys of big countries were repeatedly introduced to scare the monarch and make him afraid. This is the so-called "quartet". These eight means are all ways for courtiers to realize their schemes, and they are the reasons why contemporary monarchs are deceived and forced to lose power, which can not be ignored.
Mingjun appreciates the beauty of the ladies and beauties in the palace and ignores their advice, and is not allowed to ask questions for personal reasons. When using the left and right attendants, we must strictly abide by their remarks and don't exaggerate. Listen to the opinions of fathers, brothers and ministers, but be sure to let them use punishment to ensure the consequences, and do not make false recommendations. Things must have a legal basis to watch and have fun, and ministers are not allowed to sacrifice or cut them without authorization, so as not to let ministers guess the monarch's mind. A wise monarch, when practicing kindness, must use the name of the monarch, and never let his minions take kindness for themselves for anything beneficial to the people. For those who speak, those who praise praise, and those who hate destroy defects, we must verify their talents and find out their faults, and don't let ministers flatter and slander each other. For those who are courageous, they will not be rewarded for their meritorious deeds, nor will they be pardoned for breaking the law in private fights, nor will they let ministers buy people's hearts with their personal wealth. Ming military uniforms from other vassal countries, illegal refused. The so-called king of national subjugation is not the absence of this country, but the existence of this country is entirely out of his own possession. Let lieutenants control the country with the help of external forces, that is, the ruler loses his country. In order to save the nation and survive, it is faster to listen to big countries than not to listen, so don't listen. Knowing that you don't listen, princes don't collude with foreign princes; Knowing that the monarch won't listen, foreign princes won't accept the nonsense of liegeman cheating the monarch.
Mingjun set up official titles and encouraged meritorious service by promoting talents. Therefore, talented people are well paid and become big officials; People who have made great contributions are commended and rewarded. Meritocracy, meritocracy. Therefore, talented people can only work for you if they don't hide, and those who make achievements are willing to make achievements, so things can be done and achievements can be made. However, this is not the case now. Regardless of merit or not, it is to appoint people who are valued by other governors and listen to the requests of the left and right servants. The elder brothers and ministers paid the title to the monarch, and then they sold the title to collect money and cultivate private parties. Therefore, rich people buy officials to be dignitaries, and people who have contacts with the monarch become dignitaries at the request of the client. Hard-working officials are not determined, and official positions are reversed. So officials neglect their duties, associate with other countries, abandon things and be greedy for money. Therefore, talented people are lazy and do not make progress, and those who contribute are degraded and despise their posts. This is the ethos of national subjugation!