The life of Chen Ping, a strategist of the Han Dynasty, was extremely dramatic, and his life experience can be described as a counterattack.
Chen Ping was born in a poor family, but he was able to go from a poor boy who everyone looked down on to become the right prime minister who would affect the fate of the entire country of the Han Dynasty in the future.
In addition to his own planning and deep trust of the rulers, his principles of conduct have also played a great role, and Chen Ping's principles of dealing with things are very simple, which can be summed up in three words: do not make enemies.
Behind the simplicity is not simple practice.
If you want not to make enemies, it means that you must control your emotions and behavior, not change your face in the face of abuse, and deal with danger calmly.
Judging from Chen Ping's life, he did this, and with this life bevel, he single-handedly saved the Han Dynasty.
Chen Ping's life can be simply summed up by counterattack, Chen Ping, who was born in a poor family, lost at the starting line compared to babies in high society.
He had neither a wealthy family background nor a wealth of supplies.
Prima facie, he lacks all the conditions to succeed in this society, and the only advantage that can be called an advantage is to have a caring family.
Chen Ping's eldest brother was very kind to him, and his wife expressed her dissatisfaction with Chen Ping many times, and he did not hesitate to divorce his wife for Chen Ping's sake.
Chen Ping's eldest brother was one of the few sweet factors in his youth, but life is more about the consideration of the real society.
The people of Zhou never thought that Chen Ping would be able to soar one day.
In their eyes, this is nothing more than an idler, with an empty face, but unable to make a difference.
The cynicism of others did not make Chen Ping lose his confidence, on the contrary, Chen Ping was able to choose to calm down and continue to do things step by step in accordance with his life plan in such an environment.
Hard work pays off, Chen Ping's unknown sincerity and persistence were seen by the rich man Zhang Cheng.
In order to support Chen Ping, Zhang Cheng not only married his granddaughter to him, but also gave him financial support, so that he could have material conditions as a basis for outings.
Marriage brought Chen Ping the first qualitative change.
After escaping the difficulties of life, Chen Ping began to think about his future, and in his plan, he hoped to defect to the command of King Wei and achieve a career.
However, the king of Wei was not the master, and he couldn't listen to Chen Ping's advice, but Chen Ping was slandered, and he believed the words of others who framed Chen Ping.
When he realized that the King of Wei would not become the monarch he would be loyal to for the rest of his life, Chen Ping gave up the opportunity to argue in front of the King of Wei.
At this moment, Chen Ping gradually faded his figure above the court, withdrew from the command of King Wei bit by bit, and chose to defect to Xiang Yu, but this defection also did not satisfy Chen Ping.
Judging from Xiang Yu's life, as the overlord of the dominant side, Xiang Yu can indeed be called a hero.
Judging from Xiang Yu's actions, Xiang Yu, who lacks political literacy, has great talents, but he does not have the talent to govern the world, on the contrary, the heroic character makes it produce huge character flaws.
These problems were exposed, and Chen Ping realized that doing too many things next to Xiang Yu would eventually cost his life.
After thinking twice, Chen Ping had no choice but to flee from Xiang Yu. Under the same approach, Chen Ping came to the Yellow River to prepare to leave completely. At this time, his life principle of not making enemies saved his life.
Chen Ping, who escaped overnight, got on the boat alone, and with the rippling of the oars, Chen Ping noticed that the boatman's eyes were not quite right, and he realized that the other party was likely to have the intention of killing people for money.
For the situation at that time, the world was huge, but there were only two people.
Chen Ping is indeed a burly man and has fought on the battlefield for many years, but he can also be the losing side in this conversation.
If you fail, you will not only be injured, but you will even be killed in the Yellow River.
Thinking about this, Chen Ping chose to take off his clothes silently and took the initiative to help the boatman row, which meant to tell the boatman that he had no treasure on him and did not want to have an argument with the boatman.
The boatman who saw this naturally dispelled the way in his heart, and Chen Ping's life principle of not making enemies saved his life again.
After crossing the Yellow River, Chen Ping really found the monarch he wanted to serve, and that was Liu Bang.
When he first arrived, Chen Ping's existence caused dissatisfaction among many people, and it didn't take long for him to be played by Zhou Bo and other ministers.
At first, Liu Bang didn't believe in the instigation of these people, but as the days went by, the successive letters also made Liu Bang have doubts in his heart.
He summoned Chen Ping to the palace and asked the truth of the matter in person.
In the face of the ministers, Chen Ping chose to tell Liu Bang frankly about everything, and first explained the real reason why he left with King Wei and Xiang Yu.
When explaining that he had accepted money, Chen Ping was very calm.
Accepting money was a forced move, and it was impossible to come to Liu Bang with what he wanted at that time. One poor and two white people can't even afford the travel expenses, how can they come to work for Liu Bang under his command?
Chen Ping's honesty won Liu Bang's admiration, which not only caused the supreme ruler to bow his head and apologize, but also took the opportunity to be promoted to the rank of lieutenant of the guard army to supervise all the generals.
At this time, Chen Ping had already transitioned to the second qualitative leap in his life.
Before he went around and around to Liu Bang, it had always been Chen Ping's insistence not to make enemies.
It was this principle of life that allowed him to become a lieutenant in the army, and in the future, this principle helped Chen Ping avoid human disasters and even save the court of the Han Dynasty.
After Liu Bang's death, there was the political event of Lu Hou**.
Empress Lü's methods of ruling the government were very ruthless, and for those ministers who disobeyed him, he directly adopted the method of killing without mercy.
Although Chen Ping was already in the position of Prime Minister of the Left at that time, it was undoubtedly a move by a mayfly to shake the tree by fighting against Empress Lu on his own.
After thinking about it repeatedly, Chen Ping chose to still maintain his principle of not making enemies, and pretended to be a subordinate of Empress Lu.
Since he became a minister, Chen Ping no longer interfered in government affairs, and only eat, drank and had fun every day.
This practice made Empress Lu's jealousy of Chen Ping relaxed, and even if the minister repeatedly banned and accused Chen Ping in the future, Chen Ping was able to avoid the disaster.
In the daily eating, drinking, and merrymaking, Chen Ping's heart was even more determined, he was waiting for an opportunity to restore Chaogang to the surname Liu, and this opportunity waited until Empress Lu died.
When Empress Lu died, Chen Ping took the initiative to find Zhou Bo, and Zhou Bo was one of the ministers who participated in Chen Ping's defection to Liu Bang.
The two plotted together to exterminate the remnants of the Lu clan and restore the government of the Liu dynasty.
This incident pushed Chen Ping to the highlight of his life, and his next move was even more wise. After the restoration of the Liu Dynasty, Chen Ping and Zhou Bo, as the main initiators of this incident, made great contributions to the Han Dynasty.
For the rulers, how to reward them became a major problem. Chen Ping was originally the prime minister of Zuo, and Zhou Bo was a veteran of the Han Dynasty, and both of them made great contributions this time.
Promotions in positions are simply not enough as a reward.
Chen Ping naturally realized the difficulties of the ruler, and offered to let Zhou Bo be the right prime minister, and he did not move his original position.
Such an offer truly demonstrates the wisdom of the principle of life of not making enemies.
After the events ended, Zhou Bo and Chen Ping remained ministers above the court to serve the ruler, but they also maintained a competitive relationship.
The political situation is the same as the workplace, and there is competition between ministers, so there will inevitably be means and comparisons.
In order to avoid being instigated by others in the future, resulting in another dispute between the two, the organization chose to take the initiative to give way, not only less opponents, but also to work together to assist the emperor with an unstable foundation.
Chen Ping's choice was very magnificent, and his voluntary step back not only maintained the relationship between the ministers above the court, but also gave the ruler a better choice.
Later, Zhou Bo sat on the position of the right prime minister as he wished, but during his reign, he found that his talent was indeed far from Chen Ping, so he took the initiative to resign from the position of right prime minister.
Chen Ping and Zhou Bo both have the responsibility and mind of ministers, but for Chen Ping, this choice is more intelligent.
Throughout Chen Ping's life, he has completed the counterattack in life.
The Han Dynasty in the feudal period attached great importance to class order, and in the strict class environment, Chen Ping was still able to achieve a high degree of change in his life with his own strength, which shows that this person is extraordinary.
Later generations commented on him even more so, and from Sima Qian's evaluation, it can be seen that he thinks Chen Ping is a resourceful person.
With his own strength, he eliminated disasters for the country, and also relied on his own wisdom to protect himself during the reign of Empress Lu.
If Chen Ping didn't have enough intelligence and strategy, how could he survive these twists and turns, and finally return the Liu dynasty to the dynasty.
In him, not only can you see the great ambition of really wanting to save the people and help the world as a minister, but also you can see the forbearance and scheming of implementing your own plan step by step as a strategist.
Chen Ping's story is an inspiration for many people, and the current workplace is also besieged by many people.
The desire for a higher position, and the difficulties that hinder oneself in reality, have become problems that every person in the workplace must think about.
If Chen Ping's resourcefulness can score three points, I believe that many people will be able to spend a little less time and wait for the moment when the clouds open and the moon shines.