Seeing that the two did not object, Sun Yuan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "Since the fall of the Qing dynasty is imminent, and the Western New Year is coming soon, it is better for us to take this opportunity to change with the people, and all the taxes paid by the people of the three provinces who have fled the government in the past will be written off." Baidu search: "How about? Anyway, there is not much hope for this old account to be recovered, so it is better to be a favor. ”

Zhang Shizhao said: "It's okay! We have written off the previous tax evasion, and we have fully exempted the land tax for next year, and I think that the people of the three provinces will be grateful to the adults. After a year or two of recuperation, you should be able to get twice the result with half the effort if you pay taxes in the future! ”

Seeing that the discussion between the two had been decided, Yang Du closed the paper fan and said, "Baixi, since the matter of Jingshi University has come to an end for the time being, you have also begun to formally manage the government, I am afraid that you have to make an idea of this matter as soon as possible!" After speaking, he took out an envelope from his sleeve and handed it to Sun Yuanqi.

Seeing that Yang Du's expression was rare and solemn, Sun Yuan couldn't help but have some doubts, and hurriedly opened the envelope and pulled out the stationery. The letter paper was rather rough, different from the eight-line letterhead paper used in daily life, and the corners were a little wrinkled, and it was obvious that the letter came from a very distant place, and it took a lot of trouble before it was delivered to Sun Yuanqi. The letter was hastily written in scribbled script:

The Minister of Education of the Cabinet is temporarily appointed as the Governor of Sichuan

Master Sun Junjian:

Under the mark, I learned that Lord Zhongtang was acting in Sichuan, and I was overjoyed! Adults promote literature and encourage education, promote learning and cultivate talents, and the world admires them. The mark is ignorant and unwritten, and it has been known for a long time. Today, Zhongtang came to Bashu to govern the army and the people, and comprehensively control the civil and military, and under the grace, it will definitely be able to make the rebirth of the same and the reappearance of the three Sus.

Under the 66th standard of the 33rd Mixed Infantry of the Sichuan Army, the former supervisor of the Sichuan-Yunnan Frontier Minister Zhao Daren entered Tibet with the army, and the department was changed to the first standard of the Mixed Association of the Army stationed in Tibet.

Since the rebellion broke out in Hubei a month ago, the situation in Tibet has deteriorated, and the monks and nobles have been quite turbulent. It has been reported that the Dalai Lama, Thubten Gyatso, with the help of Hatting, the governor of British India, has secretly sent the eagle dog Dasang Dandong back to Tibet, plotting to collude with the rebels to attack our Sichuan army. It is about to be launched, and the situation is dangerous. Unexpectedly, today I was shocked to learn that our army has reformed the standard and commander Zhong Guming (Zhong Ying) suddenly attacked a few days ago, instigated a mutiny in the Lasachuan army, and imprisoned Lianyu, minister of affairs in Tibet, Luo Changqiu, left counselor in Tibet, and other commanders. If so, the Tibetans are not in chaos. And our Sichuan army has been in chaos first!

The number of Sichuan troops entering Tibet was only 2,000, and the number of Tibetans was already very weak. Now I am in the same room, once there is something urgent, the Tibetan land is out of control! marked this rash blasphemy, but because of the military situation, there was no way out, so he could only ask the plan in the middle hall, and still pray for the lord Haihan in the middle hall.

Praise Da'an!

Under the first bid of the Army Mixed Association in Tibet, Cheng Fengxiang was respectfully served

On the seventh day of the tenth month of the third year of Xuantong

Sun Yuanqi couldn't help but be surprised after reading it: "What." There is a rebellion in Tibet! With such an urgent matter, why is the letter only sent now? According to the date at the end of the letter, the seventh day of the tenth month of the lunar calendar is November 27 in the western calendar, and now it is December 24, which means that the letter has been in turn for nearly a month before it reaches my hands!

Yang Du explained: "From Sang'angquzong to Chengdu, you need to cross the entire Kang-Tibet region, during which the mountains are high and the forests are dense, the water is rushing and the cliffs are deep, and the transportation is inconvenient. In addition, it is now winter, and the mountains are covered by heavy snow, and the road is even more difficult to walk. So the letter was on the road for more than twenty days, and it was only delivered to the Doge's Palace four days ago. At that time, Baixi, you were busy with the affairs of Jingshi University, so Yang took it upon himself to temporarily detain him for a few days. ”

Sun Yuanqi couldn't help but criticize: "Huizi, this is yours!" Although Jingshi University is also very important, it is only the icing on the cake for the country after all, how can it be compared with Tibetan affairs? Tibetan affairs are fundamentally related to the country, and even ten or 100 Jingshi universities are not as important as one Tibet! Jingshi University can be rebuilt if it is destroyed, and if something goes wrong in Tibet, it will be doomed! ”

"What Bai Xi has taught is that Yang is a little reckless in this matter!" Yang Du got up and bowed deeply to Sun Yuanqi. Then he explained: "When I got this letter at that time, I thought about it like this: first, the affairs of Jingshi University are relatively simple, and they will soon be clear; Tibet's affairs were chaotic and complicated, involving not only the imperial court and local governments, but also the British, Russia, and other powers. Not to mention that it is difficult to see the difference in one or two months, it is difficult to see results in three or five years. Second, even if we had the heart to interfere, there was nothing we could do about it right now. Because the mountains in the Kang-Tibet region have long been covered by heavy snow, the military cannot pass at all, and if you want to send troops, you can only wait until the ice and snow melt next year. So I took it upon myself and held it for a few days. ”

Sun Yuanqi was a little apologetic: "Huizi, I blamed you for my recklessness!" ”

Yang Du waved his hand disapprenorovingly: "After all, it was my recklessness that came first." ”

After reading the letter, Zhang Shizhao asked, "It's really strange! As the army in Tibet, how did Cheng Fengxiang write a letter to the governor of Sichuan? Shouldn't he have made the situation clear to the court as soon as possible? ”

Yang Du said with a smile: "I think Cheng Fengxiang also understands the current domestic situation, and knows that the imperial court is too busy to take care of itself, and has no heart to take care of Tibet's affairs." When the song was handed to Beijing, it either got a few innocuous words of comfort, or asked Sichuan and Shaanxi and Gansu to send troops into Tibet to quell the rebellion. Instead of going around and bothering us again, it is better to ask for Baixi directly, save time and effort, and get twice the result with half the effort! ”

Sun Yuanqi asked: "Huizi, how do you think this matter should be handled?" ”

If you look at ancient dramas or film and television works, you will find that when the emperor and general encounter a problem, they often ask their staff: "Will the plan be released?" "How can this be?" "Yuan Fang, what do you think?" In daily work, leaders and managers often put on a deep appearance when they are in meetings: "What do you think? "What do you guys think?" I believe that at this time, many people can't help but think: As the protagonist, do you dare to be a little more domineering? Not to mention the protagonist's aura and clever calculations, at least you have to make your own ideas every once in a while! Why do you have to ask people what they think of everything?

A closer look reveals that this is not an idiot or incompetent, but more of an officialdom and a leadership art.

First of all, to be a leader, there must be a city government. If you have something to hide in your stomach, you would rather think about it than rush to say it. Don't have a problem, as soon as it comes out, it's like pouring beans from a bamboo tube, and "Bang Lala" says all your thoughts in one go, which makes you seem very shallow. So when you can talk as much as you want, you have to let yourself say less and others say more.

Second, to be a leader is always right. "The leader is always right" is the first rule of officialdom, if you feel that the leader is wrong. Please refer back to the first article. It is rumored that when Gaozong inspected Jiangxi, the governor Wu Gong visited the Nanchang Bridge. The bridge has just been completed, and the ends have not yet had time to decorate the sculptures. Gaozong asked, "What about the sculptures at both ends?" ”

Wu Futai replied in the Gan dialect: "No! ”

Gaozong laughed: "The cat is good! Taizong famously said: 'No matter whether the cat is black or white, it is a good cat to catch a mouse.' 'You make sculptures out of cats. It shows that we fully understand the white cat theory, emancipate the mind and dare to innovate! ”

So there are black and white cats at both ends of the Nanchang Bridge.

This means that leaders are always right, and it is also correct to say wrong, and they must also conscientiously implement it.

However, "a wise man thinks a thousand times, and he will make a mistake; A fool thinks a thousand times, and there will be one", no matter how good the first person's suggestion is. There will always be some loopholes or bugs; No matter how bad the proposals are, there is merit. Later generations supplemented and improved it to gradually form a feasible plan. Only when the leader puts forward a plan or makes a decision at the end can he minimize the mistakes. If the leader takes the lead in throwing out his own plan when making suggestions, who will risk violating Tianwei to say what he thinks? After all, to deny the leader's proposal is to question the leader's ability in disguise; To deny the correctness of the leader is to question the authority of the leader in disguise.

Third. When a leader is a leader, it is important to be decisive, not resourceful. There is an idiom "Fang plot to stop breaking", which shows that "breaking" is at least as important as "plotting". But in real life. "Breaking" is far more important than "planning". Who has no plan? Lying in bed when you're full, who can't come up with a few ideas to make a fortune and a few brilliant stories? But how many people have the courage to do it and write it?

Especially around the emperor and generals, there are often a large group of strategists, and they can come up with more than a dozen or even dozens of solutions to the same problem, such as when Yuan Shao fought against Cao Cao in Guandu, victory was a prince, defeat was a grass, and one wrong step would be a catastrophe. At this time, do you stand up to the crowd and hold the bias, or do you obey the majority? Therefore, throughout the ages, there have been many resourceful people such as Zhang Liang, Zhuge Liang, Wang Meng, Fang Xuanling, and Liu Bowen. are just auxiliary ministers around a generation of male lords, and they can't stand on their own. Only heroes who can make decisions and are good at making decisions can choose the good and follow and achieve hegemony.

Over time, the emperor will say "gentlemen, what do you think". It has become a cliché similar to the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson's "strong condemnation".

Yang Du shook the folding fan and thought for a moment, and then replied: "According to Yang, there are three strategies to solve the rebellion in Tibet: upper, middle, and lower. The Dalai Lama is one of the two major religious leaders of the Gelug sect of Tibetan Buddhism, and enjoys great influence and high reputation in the Tibetan areas of Weizang, Amdo, and Kham. Last year, the 13th Dalai Lama, Thubten Gyatso, had a quarrel with the minister stationed in Tibet, and he fled to India in anger, causing a great shock in the Tibetan area. This is also the rebellion of Tibetan nobles and monks, and the root cause is also here.

After the incident, the Russian minister Kosovici sent a note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Qing Dynasty, claiming that the 1.5 million Buddhists in Russia respected the Dalai Lama and hoped that China would settle the matter peacefully. At that time, the Viceroy of British India, Minto, also expressed his support for the Dalai Lama. Therefore, the best policy is to ask the adults to call the Dalai Lama Thubten Gyatso and the Governor of British India Hatting, expressing their willingness to welcome the Dalai Lama to Tibet and the people of Tibet. In this way, we can not only make good friends with the Dalai Lama and Harding, but also appease Tibet and quell the riots. ”

Sun Yuanqi flatly refused: "Thubten Gyatso must not be welcomed!" When I was in Beijing, I carefully read the banknotes of the Tibetan government since the proclamation of reunification, and found that Thubten Gyatso had colluded with Britain and Russia and bought arms on a large scale, and his motives were obviously impure. Once the Central Plains is in trouble, he will inevitably seek self-reliance with the support of Britain and Russia. When he fled last year, he repeatedly claimed that he had gone to India to seek help from Britain in order to repel China's influence in Tibet and restore the status of the fifth Dalai Lama.

"Why did he restore the status of the fifth Dalai Lama, Ngawang Lobsang Gyatso? This is because today's Tibetan government affairs are managed by the Kashag (local government of Tibet) and are under the direct leadership of the Dalai Lama and the minister stationed in Tibet, but the minister in Tibet has the power to act alone, but the Dalai Lama does not. As a result, Tibet is under the effective jurisdiction of the central government. At the time of the Dalai Lama V, Tibet was under the theocratic Kaden Podrang Dynasty, and the Dalai Lama was the supreme political and religious leader of the independent kingdom. This shows Thubten Gyatso's ambition!

"He fled India last year, and I think the court handled it very well! In the tenth year of Shunzhi (1653), the first emperor of Beijing in Dingding of the Qing Dynasty canonized the fifth Dalai Lama, Ngawang Lobsang Gyatso, as the 'Dalai Lama'. In the second year of Xuantong (1910), the last emperor of Beijing was removed from the title of the 13th Dalai Lama, Thubten Gyatso. What a good start and a good end! Why should we cocoon ourselves and bring him back from India? ”

Yang Du continued: "In that case, then we might as well rein in Ma Kangzang and wait and see what happens to the Tibetan rebellion. If it is profitable, it will be waved into Tibet, and if it is not profitable, it will stay out of the matter. In this way, there is no harm or benefit, and it is the best policy. ”

Sun Yuanqi was also not satisfied with this strategy, and asked directly: "What about the next strategy?" ”

Yang Du closed the paper fan and leaned forward slightly: "The next strategy is to wait for the warm ice and snow to melt in the coming year, and wave the army into Tibet to quell the rebellion." ”

Sun Yuanqi was a little strange: "Huizi, why do you say that this is the next policy?" ”

Yang Du said: "The roads in Tibet are difficult, the climate is cold, and there is a lack of products. If troops are sent into Tibet, it will be useless if there are fewer people, and if there are many people, it will be difficult to sustain the grain and straw. Only half of the year is open to travel, and the rest of the year is covered by heavy snow, and there is no communication. The lesson from the past is the Sichuan soldiers who entered Tibet two years ago! In the first year of Xuantong (1909), with the strength of Sichuan and Yunnan provinces, it took half a year to send the Yibiao Sichuan army to Lasa. Today, in less than two years, the whole army of 2,000 people has fallen into rebellion, and their lives are unknown. Because this plan only sees its harm, not its benefits, it is the next policy! ”

Sun Yuan got up and said slowly: "Waving the army into the Tibet of my grandson and even the soldiers and civilians of Sichuan may be harmful, but for the country, it is beneficial and harmless!" Lin Wenzhong has a poem: "If the country lives and dies, how can it be avoided because of misfortune and fortune." Sun didn't dare to use this to pretend to be embarrassed before, but today he would like to use this sentence to talk about self-encouragement. So the next policy of the blue son is my best policy. I am determined to reorganize my troops and horses, collect grain and straw from now on, and as soon as the ice and snow melt and the road is feasible, I will wave my army into Tibet to quell the rebellion! ”。。 )