The banquet ended soon after, and the middle-ranking scholars ate openly. Each of them ate several bowls of meatball soup, and everyone was very full.

The banquet is over and the business is about to begin.

After the soldiers have removed the bowls and other things, everything will be quiet.

Liu Bei glanced at the group of new officials below. The officials below were quiet and looked over. After looking around, Liu Bei said in a deep voice, "Now that the official positions have been awarded, you will perform government affairs in the near future. Is there anything you can do about it?"

If you are not familiar with government affairs or have doubts? Your military advisor is by your side, so you might as well ask."

Liu Bei's words touched the hearts of the scholars. Although they were proud of having won the high ranking, many of them had no experience in serving as officials. Therefore, while many of them were filled with joy, they were also a little uneasy and fearful.

Do bad things.

Liu Bei suggested that the scholars ask Li Mengxi about government affairs. Li Mengxi had no objection. He said to the scholars in a deep voice, "Who doesn't understand? Come and ask me."

In the front row is the area where the subordinate officers of the Ministry of Personnel are located. In the middle, the chief officer of the Ministry of Personnel, Qin Shu, saluted Li Mengxi, and then hesitantly asked, "May I ask the military advisor, what are the people in our Ministry of Personnel in charge of, and how should they manage it?"

Li Mengxi returned, "The Ministry of Personnel is in charge of official promotion, appointment, removal, review, salary payment and other matters.

As for how to manage it," Li Mengxi smiled and looked at Qin Shu with a smile, "I don't know."

As soon as the words fell, the whole house fell into silence.

Liu Bei just said that he could ask the military adviser for advice, but Li Mengxi said nothing back, which surprised Liu Bei on the spot.

The other new officials were also stunned.

The silence lasted for a short time, and Li Mengxi's smile did not diminish. He said to Qin Shu, who looked stunned, "The official department only clarifies the duties. Others, such as how many subordinates there should be, what regulations and procedures should be in place, and the structure of everything above and below.

All of this is nothing.”

Li Mengxi had a faint smile on his face. He looked at Qin Shu, his smile not diminishing, "If someone is asked to give advice, starting from scratch, someone can do it.

However, I think, delegate the power to do whatever you want. If you, the officials of the Ministry of Personnel, think that the Ministry of Personnel should have as many divisions as there should be, set up as many divisions as you think; if you, the officials of the Ministry of Personnel, think that the Ministry of Personnel should have such rules and procedures, then set up as many rules and regulations as you like.

; As you think the bureaucracy should be structured, that is how it should be structured.

As for how to govern and how to manage politics, you can do whatever you think.

You are the new officials of the Ministry of Personnel. Whatever you think of the Ministry of Personnel, that is what the Ministry of Personnel will be.

A tall building of ten thousand feet is left to your hands to construct. If you can do it, you should do it. If you can't do it, you should try your best. You have free power and free rein to do whatever you want. Is this clear enough?"

After what he said, Qin Shu's eyes widened. Then, Qin Shu looked solemn and began to think deeply.

Other officials of the Ministry of Personnel were also like Qin Shu. When they heard that the subordinate officials of the Ministry of Personnel had the power to do whatever they wanted, they were all shocked. They understood what this meant, and it meant that they could decide everything about the Ministry of Personnel. This right

, so big that it has no edge.

After a long time, Qin Shu came back from his deep thoughts and bowed his hands to Li Mengxi solemnly. Then Qin Shu looked troubled and said hesitantly, "Military advisor, I'm afraid we are not capable of erecting such a tall building..."

Li Mengxi smiled and shook his head. He said calmly, "You, Qin Shu, are at the top of the list, and everyone in the official department is also a talented person. How come you are not capable enough? Don't be ashamed!"

Then, Li Mengxi continued, "If you really don't know anything and can't do anything, that's okay.

Half a year ago, Mr. Li didn't know anything about the military. But since then, he has gone through many battles and studied hard every day, and he has been studying hard every day.

Regardless of military strategy or political management, in this matter of knowledge, you are not afraid of not knowing a thing, but you can make progress every day. No matter how slowly you work, if you know one thing a day, you will know a hundred things in ten days, and if you know ten things, you will be able to produce one skill, and if you know ten things, you will know a hundred things.

One skill should be mastered, and hundreds of thousands of strategies should be completed, and the military strategy will be mastered."

At this point, Li Mengxi stopped smiling and said sternly to Qin Shu and his subordinate officials, "Since you are officials of the Ministry of Personnel, if you cannot reorganize the Ministry of Personnel, how can you be an official? How can you be qualified to be an official?

?!"

This meal, armed with guns and sticks, first fully affirmed the abilities of the scholars on the list and inspired their confidence, and then used examples to further encourage them, and then gave a stern warning. If you cannot overcome all obstacles and open up all the way, if you do not have the courage to

If you don't have the courage, then don't be an official, just quit and start farming.

When the incident came to an end, Qin Shu and other officials and officials were suddenly shocked and quickly expressed their stance, saying that they would live up to their expectations.

Li Mengxi looked at the other subordinate officers and said loudly, "The same is true for other ministries. All ministries only have envoys. Apart from envoys, they have nothing else. They all rely on you to build from the ground up.

We, Julu, have no complicated affairs at the moment and have enough time for construction. You should work diligently and forge ahead. Successful administration is not only the president's ability, but also perfecting yourself."

After receiving the instruction, all the scholars bowed their hands to Li Mengxi and saluted him, saying that they must be diligent in the future.

Li Mengxi smiled slightly.

After that, although Li Mengxi wanted to pool the wisdom of everyone to build a complete structure of the Thirteen Departments, he was afraid that the officials could not pool the wisdom of all the people and could not fully unleash the potential of the official system and exert sufficient subjective initiative. So Li Mengxi thought seriously.

After thinking about it, he decided to pass on the method.

He said to the scholars, "To start from scratch in the structure of various ministries, it will be difficult and complicated.

And someone has a good method that can achieve twice the result with half the effort. Do you want to know it?"

Li Mengxi looked at the scholars with a smile.

When the scholars heard the words, they all expressed their willingness to listen and teach.

Li Mengxi said, "Confucius once said that if three people walk together, they must have me as their teacher.

Also, one person can think short and many people can think long. The wisdom of many people will be better than the wisdom of one person.

Therefore, if we can pool the wisdom of many people, we will be far better than thinking alone.

And what is the method of gathering the wisdom of everyone? Let’s start from the craftsman camp in our army.”

Li Mengxi talked about the construction process of the craftsman camp from the beginning.

Li Mengxi said that when the craftsman camp was first built, it was necessary to build siege equipment to attack the city. However, most of the carpenters in the army were ordinary craftsmen, and no one knew how to build siege equipment. What should we do? Could it be that Li

Is it possible that human beings can use magic tricks to change engineering skills overnight?

No.

Many carpenters do not understand the siege ladder equipment, but the carpenters are familiar with carpentry skills.

At that time, the only way to gather the wisdom of the people was to issue an order. However, if anyone could make suggestions on building the siege ladder, he would be rewarded if he made suggestions.

The craftsman didn't know what to suggest at first, but when the business continued, someone came to ask if transporting the wood after felling was inconvenient, and if a vehicle could be dispatched.

Speaking of this, Li Mengxi glanced at the scholars and saw that they were listening with great interest. He asked, "Do you think that the carpenter said that the cart can be adjusted to transport wood? Is this a suggestion and should it be rewarded?"

Some scholars said that they should be rewarded, but some were silent. Those who were silent probably thought that it was just a cart used to transport wood. Everyone could imagine it, so it should not be taken seriously.

Li Mengxi continued, "As mentioned before, if you have suggestions, no matter how big or small they are, as long as they are useful, they are worth a reward.

Some of you may think that it is just about pulling carts and transporting wood. This is ridiculous and does not take it seriously.

But think about it, the craftsmen don’t hold high positions, and they don’t talk much. How can they have the courage to bother to get high positions?

What is a vehicle? It is an important tool for transporting military supplies, and it can be easily mobilized.

The wood was felled three miles away and transported two miles to the city. If there were no vehicles, it would be only manual labor, which would be slow and tiring and take a long time.

As mentioned, a person who has no engineering skills and does not know the relevant aspects of tree felling may ignore this section for a while even if he knows that tree felling is relevant.

Think about it, everyone, if the craftsman hadn't come to inquire, if no one had come to suggest shunting the car, then he would have no idea about this matter.

Later, there were no cars available in the craftsman camp, so transporting the trees was cumbersome, time-consuming and labor-intensive.

With a car, the trees can be transported in half a day, but without a car, the trees can be transported in two days.

In a siege, the outcome can be known in half a day. How can we not be defeated if we wait for two more days?"

"At this point, only a craftsman came to ask about the car. Then someone knew about it, and then allocated the car. Then, the work was supposed to be delayed for two days, but because of this small move, just a few words, the work time was greatly increased.

Reduced to half a day.

At this point, do you think it is appropriate for someone to reward this master of speech?"

The scholars all nodded, saying that this should be the case and that it should be rewarded.

"That's it. A wise man will lose something after a lot of worries; a fool will gain something after a lot of worries.

Mr. Li is extremely intelligent, but a mere craftsman is foolish in his wisdom. However, a foolish craftsman can detect the mistakes that he did not notice at a certain moment.

Therefore, if you can use the wisdom of everyone, you can be cautious and flawless."

"According to this method, the wisdom of the craftsmen will be stimulated with merit rewards.

Then the equipment was built overnight, and the craftsmen each presented their ideas.

A craftsman told me that if the wood was of uneven lengths, it could be joined by a falcon. This common skill should be known to all carpenters. However, a certain man went on an inspection tour and saw that less than half of the craftsmen were using tenons and tenons.

use.

The short logs were discarded and the materials could not be used up, so the wood that could be used to make hundreds of ladders and tools was reduced to only fifty, which was reduced by more than half.

As the saying goes, a wise man must make a mistake in his many considerations. Although all craftsmen are well versed in carpentry skills, for a while, many craftsmen failed to think of a way to catch the falcon.

At this point, if no carpenter comes to explain the method of falcon jointing, then someone cannot understand this subtlety, and cannot see that the craftsmen in the camp have different manual skills, and cannot order unified craftsmanship to exhaust all material resources. If this is the case, the ladder machinery will not be completed.

, material resources cannot be exhausted, and there are dozens of ladders and equipment.”

Li Mengxi stopped, glanced at the scholars again, and asked, "The key lies in the method of appreciating wisdom. If someone makes one or two suggestions without saying anything, he will be rewarded. Without this order, the craftsman will not want to be rewarded."

If you come here to make suggestions, you will not know the details of the craftsman's work.

Furthermore, there is this method of appreciating wisdom. In order to be rewarded, the craftsman is given many miraculous wisdoms, and thus, good craftsmanship and methods come one after another.

Don’t you hear that wisdom is better than strength? A skillful wisdom is better than a hundred brute force, and ten skillful craftsmen are better than a hundred manpower. If dozens of craftsmen in the army all use clever methods, wouldn’t dozens of people be better than hundreds of people?”
To be continued...