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Chapter 71 The art of controlling people: Be the number one king in the world 3
Appointment of villains according to their aptitude
If they are deliberately not alienating you for ambitious purposes, it is a sign that they have more for themselves than you.The prince should guard against such people, and guard against them as open enemies, because they always come out to help destroy the prince in his bad times.

——"Chapter 9 Citizens' Monarchy"

There is an old Chinese saying: Raising tigers is a danger.It can be interpreted as indulging the enemy and causing disaster, or it can be understood as indulging the ambitious and villains around oneself, leading to self-destruction.Both the former and the latter are undoubtedly a form of suicide.Turning over the scroll of history, in the ups and downs of the opening of the frontier and the subjugation of the country, we can see that there is almost a rule in the various employment methods of the ruler and the superior. The family has become the scourge of subjugation.

All monarchs who mistrust and favor villains and treacherous officials will never end well. Villains and treacherous officials are more terrifying than enemies who attack Mingli, and it is impossible to guard against them.The villain talks sweetly on the surface, but behind his back, he is facing each other with swords and swords. When you are not careful, you will make trouble, and the careerists are always plotting everything you have.

In this world, there are kind people everywhere, and there are evil people everywhere.Guarding against villains should be the awareness that everyone is in danger, while guarding against careerists is something that leaders should think of at all times.

The Egyptian female pharaoh Cleopatra was born beautiful, intelligent, and was proficient in 18 foreign languages ​​at the age of 7.When the wise are in the company of evil, they become even more vicious, and she slowly transforms into a charming, cruel banshee.In 51 BC, before his death, her father, Ptolemy XII, asked her to marry his half-brother, Ptolemy XIV, in accordance with the ancient Egyptian tradition.The XIV was only 8 years old at the time, still young, cowardly and incompetent.Cleopatra was arbitrary and dissolute.Later, he was defeated in the battle for the throne with his younger brother, and defected to the Syrian king, where he was favored.But she wanted to fight back to Egypt and make a comeback. Just as Caesar's political opponent Pei was defeated and fled back to Egypt, Cleopatra decided to take refuge in the big tree of Caesar.

Cleopatra knew that her beauty could conquer this mighty Roman, so she had thought of Shi Meier's idea before that.She took off her clothes, wrapped herself in a huge and beautiful blanket, and sent someone to carry her to Caesar's door through a secret passage. The naked beauty of the country is slowly unfolding in front of Caesar.He was moved and fell into her well-designed beauty trick.

Sure enough, her efforts were not in vain. She instigated Caesar to help her get rid of her political enemy Ptolemy XIV and become the real ruler of Egypt.

Cleopatra flattered her lover and protector Caesar in every possible way.During Caesar's days in Egypt, the two were inseparable. Caesar forgot everything and was ecstatic all day long.In order to maintain her relationship with Caesar, she kept Caesar many times.At the end of 49 BC, she gave birth to her and Caesar's son, and made Caesar recognize this son as his heir, and showed people that he was ready to formally marry her.

Four years later, just three days before she was due to marry Caesar in Rome, Caesar was stabbed to death.Caesar's brave general Antony became the heir.At this time, Cleopatra's ambition to be the first lady of Rome swelled.In order to achieve her goal, she launched a love offensive to Anthony with all her charms.Under her temptation, Anthony succumbed and became her most loyal servant, and came to Egypt with her.

For more than two years from 42 BC to 40 BC, Antony had been living in Egypt, helping Cleopatra to poison Ptolemy XIV, and set her son with Caesar as trustee. Lemy XV, and then killed her political opponent - half-sister Yassina, cleared the opposition forces, and secured the throne of the queen.

Anyone who saw the glamorous Cleopatra would not defend her, but who would have thought that such a beautiful Cleopatra would have such great ambitions?Who would have thought that such a beautiful woman actually has a heart like a snake and a scorpion?Villains and careerists are really hard to guard against.

Drucker, a well-known contemporary management scientist, provides leaders with ways to deal with ambitious people and villains, and may give people some inspiration: "Know that everyone must have many shortcomings and shortcomings, and shortcomings and shortcomings are almost infinite. That might change, but we can try to make it non-functional." A greedy person can't make it manage finances, and an aloof person can't manage public relations, but this is only the first step in dealing with villains.Drucker further said: "If a manager can only see people's shortcomings but not their strengths, and deliberately avoids their shortcomings instead of focusing on their strengths, then the manager itself is a person. the weak."

The villain and the careerist also have their strengths. A leader who is good at managing others will use the villain's own behavior to reverse the situation, and will use the careerist to do things for himself to protect his own interests.

Therefore, once we recognize that some people are despicable, then don’t be afraid of them. We should believe that in fact those ambitious and villainous people are more afraid of our wisdom.

(End of this chapter)