"Your Majesty, since we are going to talk about management, we must first figure out what management is! Management is the process of implementing planning, organizing, leading, controlling and other functions, integrating the resources of the organization, and achieving the set goals of the organization. Jing Wen first made an introduction.

Li Shimin said: "Say something that I can understand." ”

Jingwen immediately explained: "The meaning of the sentence just now is to explain the purpose of management. Management is to make more people more efficient, so that more people can do things more effectively. The imperial court needs to manage the officials, so that the officials can better serve the court and serve the people. And if you want to make the operation of the imperial court more flexible, more able to manage properly, and improve management efficiency, of course, it is a science! And after years of observation, there are several ways to improve efficiency. ”

"Oh? Tell me about it? Li Shimin asked.

Of course, Li Shimin was very interested, because Li Shimin, as an emperor, was of course interested in improving management efficiency. Because the efficiency of officials has been improved, isn't the imperial court more efficient, and the country rich and strong? Any manager, of course, knows the role of efficiency, that is, there is no corresponding management theory in ancient times, and countless people know the importance of improving efficiency. Since ancient times, many people have worked hard for this efficiency, so Li Shimin heard that it could provide high efficiency, so of course he cared.

"At present, the main way to improve efficiency is to induce profit! In the simplest terms, it is to reward soldiers from the battlefield, which is also to stimulate the enthusiasm of soldiers, and also make them brave, and finally kill the enemy to perform the task more efficiently. This is the main and most common method. However, this kind of thing cannot be used for a long time, because although the inducement can improve efficiency in a short time, it costs a lot of money, or other benefits, and sometimes even drinks to quench thirst. If the benefits are not enough to motivate subordinates to work hard, then I am afraid that they will become inert. So. Tempting to quench your thirst is not a very good method. And inducement is the noblest and lowest method, depending on when it is used. Jingwen said.

After Li Shimin heard it, it made a lot of sense! Although sometimes giving money can improve efficiency, it is not always effective. When there is an absolute danger to life, it may not be the best way to improve efficiency.

"And people who are really wise will think about changing the organizational structure to improve efficiency. The most primitive management method, that is, there is no corresponding responsible body, only one official assigns subordinates to do temporary work. But this is passively accepted. This results in very low efficiency. Later, various special positions were formed, which improved efficiency and was the beginning of our current bureaucratic system. But this kind of bureaucracy, that is also a science! If the official system is well established, it will naturally get twice the result with half the effort. And if the establishment is not good, then I am afraid there will be many problems. ”

"The earliest system of three princes and nine secretaries, this urgently needs an excellent talent to be the prime minister, that is to say, the ability of the emperor and the prime minister represents the decisive reason for whether the entire imperial court can develop advanced. And now we have evolved over the years and finally become a three-province six-ministry system. This division makes more sense. And the three provinces and six ministries have more personnel under the system, so that the management can be more in-depth and the division of labor is clearer. And this is also beneficial, so that it does not depend on a person with superior ability to lead the court forward. ”

"What kind of bureaucracy do you think? Is it the best bureaucracy? Li Shimin asked.

Jingwen immediately said: "The best official system is actually able to gather ordinary people and their small abilities, and then do great things." And then put a big thing. Break it down into small things, so that everyone can complete their own things, and then together they can create zào miracles! ”

Li Shimin and Fang Xuanling glanced at each other. Apparently they were also shocked. Jingwen's understanding is the same as their understanding of the General Affairs Department and the Service Department of the Military Affairs Department, which is to decompose big things into small things, which can also allow countless ordinary people to do great things. This can be said to be the pinnacle of management. The pinnacle of management is not how much efficiency can be improved, but how much it can unite ordinary people to do great things that no great man can do.

And after Li Shimin heard it, he was even more excited. Because he deeply knows the difficulty of uniting ordinary people to do great things, because in ancient times, if you want to lead ordinary people to great things, you must have a wise leader. Leaders often have a lot of influence in order to achieve great things. But in ancient times, it was so cheating, and what the king wanted most was to be able to have strong courtiers, but he was worried that the courtiers were too capable, which would affect the status of the king. And Li Shimin heard another possibility from Jingwen's words, that is, to formulate a system that can unite everyone, so as to avoid one person from having too much influence.

And the system is not a living person, so the emperor does not have to worry about the usurpation of the throne by powerful ministers. Because at that time, there was no need for a certain great person with superior ability to lead everyone, so this also avoided that someone could have absolute influence, and the throne was completely secured.

"Jingwen, do you think you can come up with a system like this?" Li Shimin asked excitedly.

Jingwen immediately said: "Your Majesty, the ministers are incompetent, and they haven't thought of such an excellent system. ”

"Hey, it seems that you can't come up with this kind of system, I can't even come up with it!" Li Shimin said helplessly.

Jingwen thought secretly in his heart: "If it can be implemented, he will have a constitutional monarchy long ago!" ”

However, Jingwen naturally did not say that the imperial power should be abolished, and then a constitutional monarchy would be implemented, so that what Jingwen said could be realized. This kind of thing cannot be said to a feudal emperor, otherwise he will have his own good fruit to eat.

"Your Majesty, my military affairs office, general affairs office, and service office are just to test my ideas. Distribute all the major military and political affairs to countless ordinary people, so that ordinary people can gather together to do great things. This seems to be a system of management, not a right of a single person. Leaders only need to do a good job of coordination, and they don't have to concentrate on a certain thing. Jingwen said.

Li Shimin patted Jingwen on the shoulder and said, "So you can also be idle, right?" ”

"The emperor is wise, I can see that I want to be lazy, so I made it!" Jingwen said.

"What a pity! You are a smart person, but you don't have the wisdom to use in the right way, it's all used to be lazy! Li Shimin said with a look of pity. (To be continued......)