Emperor Hongzhi was dressed in civilian clothes, followed by Zhu Houzhao, Liu Jian, and Du Mingen, and the group was walking around the West Mountain at random, while also talking and laughing.

"This West Mountain is really lively, and I don't feel cold at all when I come here."

Emperor Hongzhi looked at the lively scene of Xishan, and he was also full of smiles.

Of course, he is very happy, he is the big boss of Xishan Coal Industry, he paid dividends at the end of last year, he took the most, and he was in a better mood when he thought of this year's Xishan Coal Industry if it was running normally, he could share dividends from here to hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.

"I'm afraid there are tens of thousands of people gathered here, and so many people are well managed, this Liu Jin is indeed a talent."

Liu Jian touched his beard and nodded.

"It's not just a talent, it's just incredible~"

"I am also in business, and there are also some cotton spinning workshops in Jiangnan, and I already feel very difficult to manage hundreds of people, and it takes a lot of knowledge to manage thousands of people."

Du Mingen also interjected with a smile, although he guessed that Emperor Hongzhi and Liu Jian in front of him were both people with great backgrounds, but the other party did not identify himself, and Du Mingen was not too restrained and restrained.

Just as a few people were chatting, Liu Jin walked over.

"Mr. Zhu, Mr. Liu, Mr. Du, Mr. Xiao, and Brother Zhu, Happy New Year~"

Liu Jin greeted a few people with a smile.

"Happy New Year~"

Emperor Hongzhi and Liu Jian nodded with a smile in response, Du Mingen also bowed his hand in return, as for Xiao Jing, he also smiled, and Zhu Houzhao winked at Liu Jin, looking like a hippie smile.

"Young Master Liu, you came just in time, just now I talked to Mr. Zhu and Mr. Liu about management matters, and I was about to ask you a question or two, how do you manage so many people in this Xishan in an orderly manner?"

"Can you share your experience and methods with us?"

Du Mingen asked with a smile.

"This is actually very simple, this management of a workshop, running an industry is actually the same as governing the country, the key is to employ people."

Liu Jin nodded, then thought about it and said: "Talent is the foundation of everything, and the key point of employing people is to use people in what they are good at. ”

Hearing Liu Jin's words, Emperor Hongzhi and Liu Jian also immediately came to the spirit, listened carefully, and at the same time felt in their hearts that this Liu Jin could really blow, this management of a Xishan coal industry can also be compared with the governance of a country, but they came to be interested, and wanted to hear what he could say.

"Take Xishan Coal Industry as an example, some of them have great strength, so I arrange for them to dig coal or pick coal, some people are ingenious, I arrange for them to make coal stoves, and some people are very good at handling interpersonal relationships and have strong learning ability, so I will promote these people to do management."

"Make the best use of things and make the best use of talents, in fact, the management aspect revolves around this."

Liu Jin simply said his management experience, this management is very vast, I don't know how many books in this area in later generations, but the core point still revolves around people, because management, management, the focus is still on the management and use of people.

"Make the best use of things, make the best use of talents~"

Emperor Hongzhi nodded slightly, but Liu Jian frowned slightly and thought about it and said: "Didn't Liu Gongzi say just now, this is the same as running an industry and governing a country, but since ancient times, the first thing that has been valued in this way of governing the country is not talent, but loyalty and filial piety. ”

"The husband of a great country should take etiquette as the trunk, faithfulness as the armor, filial piety as the foundation, and spread the world with virtue, so that the Quartet should be the guest of honor, and the world should return to the heart, which is the real way to govern the country."

"Liu Gongzi blindly emphasizes the best use of things and talents, but does not mention loyalty, although these people have talents, but they are disloyal and unfilial people, such people will only bring disaster to the country and the people."

Liu Jian is worthy of being the first assistant of the cabinet, this eloquence naturally has nothing to say, this quote from the scriptures and said politeness and courtesy, so that Emperor Hongzhi and Du Mingen on the side also nodded again and again, and believed it.

Liu Jin looked at this old man and knew that if he wanted to talk about it, ten Liu Jin would definitely not be the opponent of Liu Jian, who had been honed all his life in officialdom and literature.

After thinking about it, Liu Jin also said with a smile: "Mr. Liu's words are indeed very right, and the word loyalty and filial piety must be kept in mind at all times." ”

"But talent can be seen, this loyalty and filial piety is deep in the hearts of the people, Mr. Liu thinks how do we know whether a person is loyal and filial?"

"Since ancient times, the chaotic ministers and thieves, at the beginning, they all kept shouting that the king wanted the ministers to die, and the ministers had to die, but in the end, they were all chaotic ministers and thieves, will there be fewer people such as King Mang of the Han Dynasty, Cao Cao of the Three Kingdoms, and An Lushan of the Tang Dynasty?"

Liu Jin's trick is called retreating as advance, first showing his attitude, I am not a person with a little talent but disloyalty and filial piety as you say, I am also a person who always remembers loyalty and filial piety.

Then he used examples to illustrate that this can be seen, but this loyalty and filial piety cannot be seen at all, and it is completely undesirable to use loyalty and filial piety as the standard for employing people.

"This~"

Hearing Liu Jin's words, Liu Jian was also speechless for a while, and he was speechless, as for the Hongzhi Emperor on the side, he fell into deep thought, he has been an emperor for more than ten years, and he still has his own experience in this.

As Liu Jin said, some people keep shouting loyalty and filial piety, but what they do behind their backs is that there is no king and no parents, which always feels like idealism in the faithful governance advocated by Confucianism.

Some people are indeed loyal to the emperor and filial to their parents, but these people often have no talent, empty loyalty and filial piety, but they can't do anything at all, and sometimes they even backfire and miss big things.

Thinking of this, Emperor Hongzhi also asked: "All those chaotic ministers and thieves you mentioned just now are all talented people, how can we prevent these people from harming the country and the people?" ”

"This is a long story, the key is two points, one is balance, and the other is the system."

"The so-called balance refers to the balance of power, the balance of power, and the balance of resources, and for anyone under him, he cannot hand over all the power to him, for example, if he has military power, he cannot control financial power, and if he has financial power, he cannot control the power of personnel appointment, and all powers need to be balanced and constrained."

"The other is the system, the fundamental reason why these rebellious ministers and thieves can get cholera is that they have mastered the military power, which originally belonged to the king, but it gradually transferred to the hands of these rebellious ministers and thieves step by step."

"People who may just want to be a loyal minister and a virtuous minister, when they are in power, they may also have thoughts and thoughts that they shouldn't have, and become a chaotic minister and thief."

"So the second is the system, it's very simple, in terms of the employment system here in my Xishan, when I recruit people, I will pay attention to distinguishing, such as according to the origin, age, and craftsmanship of these people."

"I will mix and use people from various places, so that I can eliminate small groups in the region, because once there are too many people in one region and a small team is formed, they will crowd out people from other regions, and when the number of people increases, they will gradually have more right to speak, and eventually the production and operation of the entire Xishan coal industry will be affected."

"In addition, I set up a night class here in Xishan to teach these illiterate people to know some simple words and count some simple numbers, and at the same time, I also took the opportunity to instill a sense of teamwork in these people and cultivate everyone's dedication to Xishan Coal Industry."

Liu Jin thought about it and replied, for this thing, Emperor Hongzhi must know better than himself, and he must know the way of balance better, but the biggest imbalance in this feudal society is that the emperor centralizes power, and all the good or bad depends on the emperor's preferences, and no matter how good the system is, it is in vain.

Someone will pat the emperor's ass, and the emperor will immediately promote him when he is happy, regardless of whether this person is good or bad, whether he has talent or not, whether he is suitable to sit in this position.

In many cases, the system of all dynasties is actually very good, and it is often the emperor who really destroys the system and makes everyone not follow the system, and the collapse of the system will also bring about the change of dynasties, and in the final analysis, it is the topic of balance and checks and balances.

Emperor Hongzhi listened carefully to Liu Jin's words, combined with his own experience of how to be an emperor for many years, and also deeply agreed with Liu Jin's words.

In the past, the emperor always felt a little hazy and vague, he knew a lot of things, but he was not as specific and clear as Liu Jin said, Liu Jin divided the power in detail, so that he suddenly became enlightened and understood a lot of things.