greatest wisdom book

Chapter 98
Wait and see, bide your time

Those who make good use of soldiers, avoid their sharpness, and attack their lazy return, this is also the one who controls Qi.To treat chaos with order, and to wait for chaos with tranquility, this is the one who cures the mind.Waiting for near to far, waiting for work with leisure, waiting for hunger with fullness, this is also the one who controls strength.If you don't invite the banner of integrity, don't hit the dignified Chen, this is also the one who governs change.

In competition, the comparison of strength often determines the key to victory or defeat.Since it is for comparison, there is no fixed reason, and one often ebbs and flows.When the opponent is strong, naturally we are slightly weak; when the opponent is weak, naturally we can occupy the strong position.

How to make full use of this law of "one ebb and flow" becomes a key to victory, especially when the opponent is clearly dominant.In many cases, going forward bravely and being fearless does not guarantee invincibility and invincibility.When the time is right, it is necessary to exercise restraint and not to act blindly, not to fight for a moment of courage, to use defense as an offense, and wait for work with ease.There are many examples of the successful use of "waiting" from ancient times to the present.During Song Taizong's time, Cao Wei, the 17-year-old governor of Weizhou, successfully used the strategy of waiting for work to defeat the enemy.

Once, Cao Wei led his army to fight against the Xixia soldiers, and won a small victory, which frightened the Xixia generals to lead the army to retreat.Cao Wei found out that the Xixia army was not far away, so he collected all the captured cattle, horses and luggage, drove them slowly, and returned slowly.When the Xixia general heard Cao Wei's behavior, he thought he was greedy for small profits and would not use soldiers, so he returned to the army and accelerated to catch up.

Seeing that the Xixia soldiers were about to catch up, Cao Wei turned around and set up his formation, and sent someone to say to the Xixia general: "Your army must be very tired after coming a long way. We are going to fight now. We are suspected of taking advantage of the danger. Why don't you Let's rest for a while, and it's not too late for us to fight again." The Xixia soldiers retreated and turned back to chase after running for hundreds of miles. They were feeling very tired, and they were very happy to hear this, so they agreed.After a short rest, Cao Wei sent someone to tell the Xixia soldiers: "You must have almost rested, let's go to war!" So he ordered the Song army to charge over.Those Xixia soldiers who used to be strong in the past became vulnerable this time, and they were defeated as soon as they fought.

After winning the battle, the generals asked Cao Wei to explain the reason. Cao Wei said: "People who travel long distances are not very tired when they first arrive at the destination. Lu Zhui approached him with a lot of energy in his heart. At this moment, it would take some effort to defeat him. If you let them rest and relax their whole bodies, they would feel more tired and it would be much easier to deal with them. "Everyone listened and admired his wisdom.

"Make the other party tired, and let yourself wait for work" is not only applicable to the battlefield filled with gunpowder, but also applicable to the ever-changing workplace.

Since graduating from university, Tianyou has been working in this company. He has been very careful, step by step to the position of today's deputy director.He knows that he has no background, but this is also his advantage. Many people will ignore him because of this, and sometimes even ignore him unintentionally. He is also happy to enjoy this kind of not being seen by others. Pay attention to the feeling, so that you can wait for a better time.

The company suddenly heard the news that there was a job transfer in Tianyou's department. The director became a hot candidate for the deputy manager because of his outstanding performance, and he could almost be said to be a hand-picked candidate.The director was proud of his spring breeze, so he was naturally a little more amiable than usual, but Deputy Director Zhang, who had some issues with the director, naturally seemed very unhappy.The onlookers naturally avoided these two, and no one wanted to be their cannon fodder for no reason.As the deputy director, Tianyou naturally couldn't avoid them, so he could only be extra careful, even if he faced the director's attention, he had to think twice.

The good news came soon, the director had successfully passed the five tests, and was only short of a letter of appointment.Seeing that the good thing has come true, everyone held a reception for the director to celebrate.Naturally, everyone had to participate in such a scene, especially Deputy Director Liu, the strongest supporter in the director's election process, went to congratulate the director with joy.Deputy Director Zhang just showed his face, said a few words of congratulations, and left.The director looked like "adults don't remember the faults of villains", and he didn't care about anything.

Everyone congratulated the director and deputy director Liu one after another, but they ignored Tianyou, who was also the deputy director.Such a reaction was exactly what Tianyou hoped, at least he would not become cannon fodder in this "war", and he might even have a greater chance.

Sure enough, things did not go as God You expected, the director came with a document, but it was not a letter of appointment, the content was to be transferred to the security department as the director, which was an obvious downgrade.It turned out that the Director, Deputy Director Zhang, and Deputy Director Liu had set up a "small treasury" in private. It was planned that Deputy Director Liu would take over after the Director was promoted. Unexpectedly, during a conversation between the Director and Deputy Director Zhang, Deputy Director Liu heard It was time to hand over the "small treasury" to Deputy Director Zhang's relatives.In a rage, Deputy Director Liu wrote a report letter to reveal the matter.

In this way, the three directors all had accidents at once, but the company's operations had to continue as usual, and the heavy responsibility naturally fell on Tian Zhai.Tianyou usually has a good reputation and ability, so he naturally took over the position of director.This is "waiting", that is, "waiting for chaos with order, waiting for chaos with tranquility, waiting for distance with nearness, waiting for labor with leisure, and waiting for hunger with fullness".

When the two armies confront each other, they strive to make the enemy tired and weak, and make themselves at ease and strong, the core of which is "waiting".This is a kind of positive "waiting", that is, to take the initiative to tire the other party first, and then take the opportunity to do it yourself, so as to achieve the effect of one or two strokes with ease.

It can be seen that sometimes "inaction" is also a kind of "action".On the battlefield, adopt the method of "waiting for work with ease" to consume the enemy's combat power while strengthening your own strength.In reality, when everything is under your control, you might as well slow down, let things develop in the established order, and wait and see.As long as the best time appears, winning is not a difficult task.

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