A person with authority is willing to be helped by others, and a rigorous style of doing things is a necessary condition for establishing authority. Mencius once said, "People will insult themselves, and others will insult them." "It's too self-contemptuous, even the boss looks down on you, and prestige has become an indispensable personality charm for you. Sometimes, the prestige created by rigor is like a shield, defending against the invasion of outsiders.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is known in history as the Emperor with great talent and strategy, and he is known for his rigor to his ministers. However, the nature is severe, and the ministers who believe in their lovers may have broken the law and become deceitful, and they will be punished without forgiveness. "Even the ministers he held in high esteem were always regarded as servants. The general Wei Qing is the younger brother of Empress Wei, in the war against the Huns, he made great contributions, the most important to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the minister of the Manchu Dynasty, and his meritorious status is unparalleled, but for such a pillar of the country, he still lacks a minimum of respect. Sometimes when Wei Qing played something to him, he actually squatted in the toilet to meet him.

In the face of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, a minister at that time once angrily accused him in person: "Your Majesty is very diligent in seeking talents, but before the talents can show their due talents, they will be killed." After all, talents are limited, but your killing is endless, I am worried that if this continues, the virtuous will be killed one day, and at that time, who will Your Majesty go with to rule the world? Emperor Wu of Han smiled nonchalantly and said, "When is there no talent?" I'm afraid no one will find them. As long as you can find it, I'm afraid there will be no talents! The so-called talent, like a tool, has talent but is unwilling to play, and no talent, what do you do if you don't kill and stay? The minister was still angry and said: "Although the minister cannot convince His Majesty, he still thinks that this is wrong, and I hope that Your Majesty will correct it from now on, and do not think that the minister is stupid and unreasonable." ”

Who is this person who dares to rebel regardless of personal life and death? His name is Jidian. He is a strict official, not afraid of power, not pandering to flattery, and daring to face court battles. For Wei Qing, a high-ranking general at that time, and Tian Wei, the younger brother of the Empress Dowager and Prime Minister, other ministers all bowed down when they saw it, only Ji Di and shook it. Someone persuaded him: "The Son of Heaven intends to make the Manchu ministers bow to the general, and the status of the general is indeed precious, and you can't stop worshipping it." Ji Huang said: "If some of the general's guests are only saluted, isn't the general valuable?" Wei Qingqi is a very humble and generous person, after he heard it, he paid more and more attention to Ji Di, and often asked him for advice.

Once, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was about to recruit literary Confucianists again, and declared how much he valued talents. Ji Di refuted on the spot: "Your Majesty has a lot of selfish desires in his heart, but he looks like he wants to practice benevolence and righteousness on the outside, just like that, do you still say that you want to take Tang Yao and Yu Shun as an example in ancient times?" At that time, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty said that he couldn't come to the stage, and his face was full of anger and he walked away. The ministers and ministers present sweated for Ji Di one by one and accused him one after another. Ji Di said: "The reason why the Son of Heaven needs us ministers as assistants is just to make us flattering and trap the monarch in an unkind and unjust situation? Since we are in such a position, if we only blindly care about our personal gains and losses, then what should we do if the country suffers losses? Emperor Wu of Han, who was refuted by him in person, returned to the harem, found a step for himself and said: "Ji Di, this person is really dead-eyed!" ”

As mentioned above, he met Wei Qing sometimes in the toilet, and when he met Prime Minister Sun Hong, he was sometimes disheveled, casually, but only to Ji Dian, not well-dressed, never dared to meet. Once, when Ji Di came suddenly, Emperor Wu of Han did not wear a hat, and hurriedly retreated behind the curtain and ordered someone to accept his invitation.

Although Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is known for his rigor, he is still quite tolerant, and he has repeatedly contradicted him, although he has also demoted his position and demoted his officials, but he was still used later, and he was reused.

Ji Di's style of doing things is in line with Mencius's words, people must respect themselves, and people must be important. Only if you have a hard backbone, others will value you.