No matter what you do, you need talents, talents are important, but knowing people and making good use of them is the person with great wisdom. No one is born perfect, there are strengths and weaknesses. Employing people's strengths, avoiding people's shortcomings. In this way, people can show their greatest ability and produce the greatest effectiveness. Then it is not enough to only know the length of the person, but also to use people without suspicion, and not to use suspicious people.
The phrase "no danger is more dangerous than suspicion" means that the most dangerous thing is to appoint people you don't trust. Liu Bang was suspicious of Han Xin, causing Han Xin to rebel.
People often say that "there is no doubt in employing people, and no doubt in doubt", and the understanding of this sentence is too absolute. The appointment of a person is a recognition of his ability, but it is not the same thing as giving him full authority to manage affairs.
For example, when arranging work for new employees, it is necessary to arrange for old employees to supervise on the side, so that there will be no problems. The arranger supervisor is not emotionally distrustful of the novice, and if he really does not trust, he will not be entrusted with the task.
During the Three Kingdoms, Ma Tan proposed a strategy to Zhuge Liang when attacking Meng Shu, and won Zhuge Liang's trust. Later, when Zhuge Liang sent Ma Jian to guard the street pavilion, he still arranged Wang Ping as an assistant and asked him to report Ma Tan's use of troops to him at any time. This is not distrust, but because it is a matter of national affairs, and it cannot be measured by personal feelings, and it is completely reasonable to arrange supervision by people.
At present, leaders should also show full confidence in the people they have entrusted with important tasks, and if they are not honest enough, it is likely to lead to centrifugation. In terms of employing people, Liu Xiu, Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty, did a very good job.
Liu Xiu had a general named Feng Yi, Liu Xiu ran out of food in a march, and Feng Yi sent his only food to get Liu Xiu out of trouble. Moreover, it was Feng Yi who first recommended Liu Xiu as emperor. Later, when the generals got together, they praised their merits, and Feng Yi always sat alone under the big tree.
Feng Yi has been fighting in the Guanzhong area of Hebei for a long time, and Feng Yi has long held military power away from the imperial court. Feng Yi was also worried about being suspicious of Liu Xiu, so he wrote a letter requesting to return to Luoyang. But there is such a person as Feng Yi in the northwest region, and Liu Xiu can only let him continue to be stationed there.
Once, Feng Yi led hundreds of thousands of troops to conquer foreign captives, and he was invincible all the way and became famous. After Feng Yi returned to the dynasty victoriously, Liu Xiu summoned the generals and added officials to the generals with outstanding military achievements, but Feng Yi was not rewarded. A few days later, Liu Xiu issued an edict asking Feng Yiyi to lead the generals to still return to the northwest to garrison.
As soon as Feng Yi returned to the big tent in the army, the envoy sent by Liu Xiu arrived and gave Feng Yi a box, Feng Yi opened it and saw that it was full of letters, all of which were written by Feng Yi to Liu Xiu during the period when he led the army, and the content was mainly to say that Feng Yi supported the army and was self-respecting and attempted to rebel.
Feng Yi thought to himself, the emperor read these letters, not only did not kill me, but also handed these letters to me, indicating that the emperor trusted me, so he hurriedly wrote a letter to show his loyalty.
Liu Xiu wrote back, "The general and I, in terms of justice, are monarchs and ministers, and in terms of kindness, we are like father and son, do I be suspicious of you?"At this point, Feng Yi's loyalty to Liu Xiu is stronger than before.