Chapter 304: Two Kinds of Water
People live not by tears to win sympathy, but by sweat to win applause!
Li Hong has always understood this truth, so he will fight so hard after having everything, in order to catch Lu Dongzan, he can risk his life, and in order to win the war against Tibet, he will not hesitate to put himself to death.
And it is precisely because of his hard work that he has won the respect of so many people, and everyone is willing to follow him.
Let's just say that Su Dingfang, if Li Hong didn't have such outstanding ability, even if he didn't want the position of prime minister or the title of prince Shaobao, he wouldn't follow Li Hong. And Zhang Jizhi and Li Qiao are also such people, and Di Renjie is no exception.
Therefore, many people follow Li Hong, not because of what Li Hong can give them, but because of what kind of achievements they will achieve by following Li Hong.
However, if Li Hong is really talentless, he is just a straw bag, or he is destined to be destroyed by the Empress Wu.
So, Li Qiao and Zhang Jizhi will still follow him, and Di Renjie will do this for him?
Obviously they won't, because if they sell their lives with a straw bale, they'll just really sell their lives, and they won't get a good price.
Li Hong was very good to Xu Wenqiang, Du Yuesheng, and Feng Jingyao, so when the three of them left the prince's mansion, in addition to respecting Li Hong more, they only had the determination to work for Li Hong.
"Your Highness, did you really let the three of them enter the East Palace?" Wei Chi Xunyan asked again.
To be honest, he is not optimistic about Xu Wenqiang, Du Yuesheng and Feng Jingyao, and he is even less optimistic about the Qinggang. Because with the current rabble of the Green Gang, he believes that as long as Yu Linwei comes out, he can be wiped out in minutes.
"They still have value." Li Hong said that there is no shortage of talents around him, but there is also a shortage of talents, there is no shortage of talents, there is no shortage of talents, he really does not lack the talents of the prime minister, there are three around him, Li Qiao, Zhang Jizhi and Di Renjie, the first Zhang Jizhi, Fan Lubing, Luo Bin Wang... Wait, these people are all prime ministers, but he lacks talent, but he is willing to do dirty work and tiring work, just like whoever he wants to yin, this person can listen to him to yin whom, this is not something anyone can do.
But Du Yuesheng is different, he believes that Du Yuesheng is the kind of person he needs.
As for Feng Jingyao, what he values more is Feng Jingyao's willingness to give advice to Xu Wenqiang and be willing to be a military advisor behind the scenes for so many years, he knows that Feng Jingyao is definitely suitable to stay in Yulinwei, either by Wei Chi Xunyan's side or by Zhou Xing's side, but Wei Chi Xunyan obviously doesn't need someone like Feng Jingyao, so Feng Jingyao is very suitable to stay by Zhou Xing's side.
As for Xu Wenqiang, a man from a hard background, with just a pair of fists, he can make a name for himself in Luoyang, and he can shine wherever he puts it.
And if Li Hong wants to deal with the Goryeo people and the Fusang people, he needs people like Xu Wenqiang.
How to deal with the Koreans, he asked Xu Wenqiang to go to Goryeo, and then Goryeo pulled up a strong man, burned, killed and looted, Xu Wenqiang must like it.
How to deal with the Fusang people, wouldn't it be more meaningful to let Xu Wenqiang go to Fusang to develop the underworld?
In the war between the Tang Dynasty and Goryeo, there was chaos in Goryeo, and there was a riot of underworld power, what do you say the Goryeo people would do?
And in Fusang, if there is an underworld force that can influence their government affairs, how smooth do you say Li Hong's conquest of Fusang will be when the time comes?
And let someone else do something like this, and someone else is willing to do it?
There may be people who are willing, but he doesn't have the ability of Xu Wenqiang, and people with Xu Wenqiang's ability may not do this. Only Xu Wenqiang will not be picky, and he will successfully complete the tasks assigned to him by Li Hong, how can Li Hong not want to use Xu Wenqiang?
Now, Xu Wenqiang is willing to serve Li Hong, and he is still carrying a large amount of gold and silver treasures and the entire Luoyang Youth Gang, what reason does Li Hong have for refusal? Besides, talents like Du Yuesheng and Feng Jingyao are willing to be a strategist, willing to be a shady person, and do some shady things, and they are so talented, there are not many such people. Li Qiao and Zhang Jian are talented, let them do this, are they willing? Di Renjie is talented, is he willing to let him do this? They will only think that the prince does not follow the avenue, but walks the way of the villain. Only Du Yuesheng and Feng Jingyao don't think so, they will complete the task for themselves very well, and they have no complaints at all.
If you want to govern a country, you have to learn how to use people, how to use different people.
Obviously, Li Hong has learned, and he has quite a bit of experience in this area.
"Follow, you have to remember that people live not by tears to win sympathy, but by sweat to win applause!" Li Hong said solemnly, "Obviously, the current Xu Wenqiang, Du Yuesheng, and Feng Jingyao did not win sympathy with tears, but they were about the same, instead of winning applause by sweat, which makes you look down on them, but don't you think that one has no back??" Jing's people can build a huge green gang in Luoyang, doesn't he deserve our recognition? Maybe in your thinking, no matter what he does, he will not get your applause, but you have to admit that such talents are still worth our investment, even if it costs a little bit. ”
The price Li Hong is talking about here is actually a negotiation with Empress Wu and Li Ji, because of the appearance of Xu Wenqiang, Du Yuesheng and Feng Jingyao, he had to change some of his previous decisions and have a head-on conflict with Empress Wu and Li Ji.
"Your Highness, I was wrong." When Wei Chi Xunyan heard the prince say this, he seemed to understand something, so he immediately admitted his mistake.
Indeed, from his own standpoint, he really feels that Xu Wenqiang, Du Yuesheng, and Feng Jingyao are not worth cultivating, but he is just a leader of Yulinwei and not a prince, and looking at the problem from the perspective of the prince of the Tang Dynasty, it is different. It has nothing to do with who you look at, it has to do with your identity and vision.
"It's not that you're wrong, it's that you didn't think of it, pay attention to it in the future." Li Hong said.
Wei Chixunyan nodded slightly.
"Feng Jingyao has great talents, you have to use it well, his loyalty is very reliable, you can ask him any questions with confidence." Li Hong said, and said to Cheng Dazhi, "Xu Wenqiang is a capable person, and his ambition is not small, but he understands the proportions, and there will be no threat to you, you can use it boldly!" ”
"No!" Wei Chi Xun Yan and Cheng Dazhi received the order, and when they saw that the prince had nothing to say, they took their leave and left the East Palace.