Reasons for the failure of the Eighteen Route Princes to challenge Dong Zhuo

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the world was in chaos. Dong Zhuo was monopolizing power and deceiving the emperor and harming the people. Everyone in the world wanted to get rid of him. After Cao Cao failed to assassinate Dong Zhuo, he returned to his hometown to recruit rebels and sent a message to all the princes in the world to attack Dong Zhuo. All the eighteen princes in the world raised troops to respond. The princes elected Yuan Shao, the governor of the Bohai Sea, who was a descendant of the famous prime minister of the Han Dynasty and had many generals and generals, as the leader of the alliance. All the princes formed an alliance based on their blood and agreed that they would listen to Yuan Shao's orders and "together support the country." After sending troops, he fought with Dong Zhuo's subordinates Hua Xiong and Lu Bu. Although he encountered setbacks, he finally killed Hua Xiong and defeated Lu Bu, forcing Dong Zhuo to "move his capital" to Chang'an to avoid his attack. If all the princes worked together to pursue Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhuo's defeat would have been determined. "This is the time when heaven will perish. One battle will end the world." That’s it.” However, Yuan Shao stood still. Although Cao Cao's words were powerful, Yuan Shao and all the princes said they should not act rashly. Cao Cao was forced to lead his troops to pursue Dong Zhuo. After fighting with Dong Zhuo's army, he was defeated by Lu Bu and others due to their weak strength. The eighteen princes had different intentions and gradually dispersed. .

Originally, the Eighteenth Route princes fought against rebellion with submissiveness, which was justifiable, and they had obvious advantages in terms of political and military strength. During the crusade against Dong Zhuo, Sun Jian defeated Hua Xiong, Guan Yu beheaded Hua Xiong, and the three heroes fought against Lu Bu, reaching three climaxes. Executing Dong Zhuo was originally a matter of course. Instead, it ended with Cao Cao defeating the princes first and being separated, and he lost the hope of the world! Analyzing the reasons for failure can provide useful reference for today's people to do well in enterprise groups.

The alliance of the eighteen princes is like forming a huge "enterprise group". The leader of the alliance, Yuan Shao, is the "chairman" and "general manager" of this "enterprise group". As the "chairman", Yuan Shao has strong strength, a large "share", high reputation, and considerable intangible assets, so he can be said to be a more suitable candidate. But as a "general manager", he has to deal with the daily work of the "enterprise group" in detail and cope with the ever-changing "market" competition, and his quality cannot pass the test. The repeated loss of good opportunities eventually led to the collapse of the "enterprise group". Nowadays, people like to think of the chairman and general manager as having two responsibilities on one shoulder. In fact, this does not always have to be the case. The chairman should be given more bonuses based on his shares, and he should also take charge of important decisions and personnel deployment. Daily specific work can be left to the general manager to handle. If the Eighteenth Route Princes select Cao Cao as "General Manager", they will obviously defeat their "market" competitor Dong Zhuo.

After Yuan Shao took office in the "Enterprise Group", he "built a three-story platform the next day, with flags from all directions, white flags and yellow flags on top, and military talismans and seals." The princes solemnly invited Yuan Shao to ascend the platform. The alliance was read out at the altar. The alliance words denounced Dong Zhuo for causing rebellion, expressing the determination of all the princes to fight against the national calamity and attack Dong Zhuo. When all the princes saw Yuan Shao's generous words, they couldn't help but burst into tears. This is like an "advertisement" made by the National People's Congress, which denounces the dumping of fake and shoddy products in the market and harms the interests of consumers. It is determined to use authentic and high-quality products to drive out fake and shoddy products and satisfy the wishes of consumers. This "advertisement" should be said to be successful. It is not only welcomed by "consumers", but also stimulates the production enthusiasm of various "enterprises".

At the first "board meeting", Cao Cao, Yuan Shao and other "directors" made necessary speeches. Everyone's speeches expressed their willingness to support the country, reward merit and punish demerits, and obey orders. The formation of political consciousness shows that the truth is generally not difficult to understand. It is useless to just listen to speeches. The main thing is to look at actions.

After the "directors" formed a political consciousness, the "chairman" began to divide the personnel. First, he arranged for his brother Yuan Shu to be the "Minister of Logistics", "the governor's food and grass should be put into the camp. There is a shortage”. Before the soldiers and horses are moved, the food and grass go first. This food and grass officer is a fat vacancy and a very important position. You should choose a person with a strong sense of responsibility, fair handling and high moral prestige. After Kong Rong, the prefect of Beihai, was a saint, he asked Li to learn etiquette at the age of four. Originally, Is a more suitable candidate. Tao Qian, the governor of Xuzhou, and Ma Teng, the prefect of Xiliang, are loyal and righteous, and they are not bad at all. However, as soon as Yuan Shao came to power, he became nepotistic and arranged for his untalented and virtuous younger brother to take on this important position, which laid the foundation for the group's censorship.

After Yuan Shao appointed his younger brother to an important position, he immediately appointed him to another important position: Pioneer General. This position is both important and dangerous.

Even if a company has a good financial background, but the quality of those who determine its destiny is low, it will still lead to the decline of the company in the fierce market competition.

People say: He who wins the hearts of the people wins the world. This also depends on how to understand it. The eighteen princes' crusade against Dong Zhuo was in accordance with the wishes of the people and the people. However, not only did he fail to gain the world, but he ended up in failure: what was the reason? The reason is that they were in compliance with the people's opinions when making decisions on major operations, but they disappointed the public in many specific actions; Yuan Shao did not bring his generals Yan Liang and Wen Chou to participate in this major operation, while Bao Xin violated military discipline and wanted to take the lead. , Yuan Shu withheld Sun Jian's food and grass. Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao first suppressed Guan Yu, then ignored rewards for their merits. After winning a major victory, they did not unite as one and pursued the victory. Later, even Sun Jian hid the jade seal and returned to Jiangdong due to illness. This series of specific actions are unpopular and deviate from the overall action decision. It makes the overall action decision unable to be implemented and can only end in failure.

The alliance formed by the Eighteenth Route Princes was a loose "enterprise group". They came together for a common goal. Although they were under unified command, the armies and horses of each department had great opposition. independence. When they are happy, they stay together; when they are unhappy, they separate. The director did something harmful to the overall situation, and there was no punishment. That enterprise has made great contributions to the group company but will not receive any reward. This is a phenomenon that today’s corporate groups should learn from. If the interests of each enterprise cannot be closely integrated with the interests of the group company, and if the group company can only let the actions of its subordinate enterprises go as they please without being able to guide the deployment, the scale advantage of the group company can only be empty talk. The organization of the group company can only be a deaf ear; a decoration. The discrete decline of group companies is also inevitable.