Prior to this, although Liaodong Town was a little panicked because of He Yu's kidnapping, overall the situation was under control, and various countermeasures could be formulated quickly and advanced steadily.
However, because Zhao Junchen secretly added a few words to He Yu's secret letter, Liaodong Town quickly fell into greater chaos.
It can be said that in terms of destructive power, the half sentence that Zhao Junchen added is far more powerful than the kidnapping of He Yu.
This is the beauty of "shared decision-making".
In Zhao Junchen's view, the so-called "joint decision-making" is simply the most effective strategy to weaken an enemy in history.
In later generations, European and American countries always like to promote democratic systems everywhere, and those countries that are beguiled to fully accept the democratic system often have only two endings, either they fall into complete sinking and chaos and cannot extricate themselves, or they give birth to the
A series of dictators is not without reason.
In later generations, only South Korea entered the ranks of developed countries after World War II, but this country laid a solid foundation for its rise precisely in the hands of a dictator.
Especially when faced with the current situation, Liaodong Town must make a decision as soon as possible. No matter whether the decision is good or bad, it must be far better than blindly delaying and arguing with each other.
But because of the words "joint decision-making", the decision-making efficiency of Liaodong Town suddenly dropped to an unbearable level. Everyone wanted to do something as soon as possible, but no one could do anything.
In Zhao Junchen's eyes, the advantage of "joint decision-making" is that it can effectively prevent political strongmen from placing their own will above the collective. Zhao Junchen cannot yet be called a political strongman, so he also likes this benefit at this stage.
But the disadvantages are also obvious. First, it is inefficient and destroys consensus. Everyone wastes most of their energy on internal friction. Second, it is impossible to establish an effective accountability mechanism. After making mistakes in decision-making, everyone will always be held accountable.
; The third is that after everyone has the right to make decisions, they can all put forward their own interests.
Among these three disadvantages, the last one seems to be a good thing, but it is actually the most deadly.
This is because not all appeals for interests are reasonable and correct. Many appeals for interests are entirely rooted in ignorance and selfishness and should not be taken into consideration at all under normal circumstances.
But because of "joint decision-making", no matter how selfish or ignorant the interests are, one must respond and compromise, and then the final decision will gradually deviate from the correct direction.
Especially when the two factions are in a stalemate due to "joint decision-making", a very small number of neutral groups will have the decisive vote.
Under such circumstances, no matter how outrageous and wrong the interest demands of this very small minority group are, the forces on both sides of the stalemate will rush to agree, and even continue to increase their demands.
In the end, "joint decision-making" should obviously be "the majority decides the minority", but instead it will form a situation where "the minority holds the majority hostage".
In the past few days, Liaodong Town has vividly demonstrated the disadvantages of "joint decision-making".
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The night before, Shi Cheng went to see West Road Counselor Huang Shenming, and Ximen Sheng went to see Li Shijie. They wanted to win the support of these two people, try their best to prevent Li Zehe and others from taking the opportunity to steal power, and try their best to protect He Yu's rights.
The position is stable.
It stands to reason that Li Shijie is one of He Yu's personal soldiers and has a closer relationship with He Yu. He Yu has always treated him well. He Yu himself is Li Shijie's uncle. Li Shijie should not betray He Yu easily.
At the same time, Huang Shenming was whipped by He Yu not long ago. He was too injured for a time and could not get out of bed. He must have hidden resentment in his heart, and Li Zehe, Xu Zha, and Gan Cheng must have expressed their gratitude to him.
Huang Shenming promised more benefits.
Therefore, compared to Shi Cheng persuading Huang Shenming, Ximen Sheng obviously has a greater chance of persuading Li Shijie.
But in the end, Shi Cheng used He Yu's accumulated power to successfully intimidate Huang Shenming, so that Huang Shenming did not dare to betray He Yu as easily as the other three generals.
However, Ximensheng's persuasion of Li Shijie was not very smooth.
Although Li Shijie repeatedly stated that he had no intention of betraying He Yu, and even said that he was more loyal to He Yu than anyone else, he also stated that he would firmly support Li Zehe and others' efforts to "boost the morale of the military."
On the surface, Li Shijie naturally had a high-sounding rhetoric, but based on Ximen Sheng's insinuations, we found out that the various practices of Li Zehe and others were originally based on Li Shijie's suggestions.
If it hadn't been for Li Shijie's suggestion, Li Zehe and others would not have thought so easily that they could use rewards and punishments to gain people's support and squeeze out dissidents.
The reason why Li Shijie made such a proposal was entirely out of selfish interests.
After all, before He Yu was kidnapped, the most important problem faced by Liaodong Town was not Zhao Junchen's desire to reduce Liao's salary, but that the Liaodong Cavalry was defeated by Guan Ning in the competition due to Li Shijie's wrong command.
The matter of cavalry.
Over the years that He Yu has been in control of Liaodong Town, rewards and punishments are generally clear. If this matter is left to He Yu to determine, then He Yu will definitely expose Li Shijie's mistakes and hold Li Shijie accountable. The impact of this incident is too great.
Big enough to completely ruin Li Shijie's future in the military.
Therefore, Li Shijie was selfish and hoped to determine the merits, demerits, rewards and punishments of all Liaodong soldiers during this period before He Yu escaped from trouble, and then took advantage of the fact that Li Zehe and others were seeking for his own benefit, and tried their best to assess the merits and demerits.
Cover up and shirk the blame for your mistakes, brew public opinion, and make it a fait accompli, and then you can protect your future in the military. When He Yu escapes from trouble, the conclusion is already sealed and the deal is done.
It is out of such considerations that Li Shijie took the initiative to propose this matter, and now fully supports the actions of Li Zehe and others. Therefore, if Ximen Sheng and Shi Cheng cannot satisfy Li Shijie's personal interests as much as possible like Li Zehe and others, they will
It was difficult to win Li Shijie's support.
The current situation is that Li Zehe, Xu Ya, and Gan Cheng can no longer restrain their ambitions and have made up their minds to take advantage of the opportunity to steal power. However, Ximen Sheng and Shi Cheng want to do their best to prevent such a situation from happening, and at the same time,
He frightened Huang Shenming and won Huang Shenming's support.
In other words, it’s a tie three to three.
When the five generals, Shi Cheng, and Li Shijie jointly made decisions, and the minority obeyed the majority, Ximen Sheng and Shi Cheng were the only choice to try to win Li Shijie's support if they did not intend to cut down their salary.
In short, whichever side can win Li Shijie's support can completely overwhelm the other side.
In other words, although Li Shijie only has one person and one vote, which is a very small minority, his attitude is crucial and can completely determine the overall situation.
Therefore, after learning Li Shijie's true position, Ximen Sheng and Shi Cheng quickly gathered together again to discuss.
After the meeting, Ximen Sheng first introduced Li Shijie's situation and position to Shi Cheng, and then asked directly: "This is Li Shijie's situation. He will definitely give priority to his future in the military. In comparison, even the commander-in-chief's."
His status was shaken, and he couldn't care less!
Therefore, we must decide as soon as possible, what should we do next? Should we imitate Li Zehe and others and try their best to satisfy Li Shijie's personal interests, and then win Li Shijie to our side? Or make a decisive decision and directly let Li Zehe and others die as 'gangsters'
hand?"
Shi Cheng shook his head helplessly and asked: "I have known for a long time that Li Shijie's appearance is a big change...but how should we satisfy Li Shijie's personal interests?"
After Ximen Sheng took a deep look at Shi Cheng, he said: "This... depends on whether you are willing to sacrifice yourself!"