? This sentence comes from the mouth of Liang in the third chapter of Mencius. Liang asked Mencius, I have done my best for my people. When there was a famine in Hanoi, I moved people there to Hedong and brought food from Hedong here. There is a famine in Hedong, and so am I. No one is more dedicated to observing the kings of neighboring countries than me. But the number of people in neighboring countries has not decreased, and my number has not increased. Why? Mencius compared this war with Liang. Two soldiers fought, and some of the losers stopped after running a hundred steps, while others stopped after running fifty steps. Soldiers who run 50 paces laugh at soldiers who run 100 paces because they are too young. Is this right? Liang said, of course not. The pot calling the kettle black is an escape. Mencius dug a pit to make King Hui Liang jump, but in fact he was saying that King Hui Liang was no different from the monarchs of neighboring countries, neither of them managed the country well, leaving people hungry or even exiled. It's just the difference between fifty steps and a hundred steps.
? Liang prides himself on his dedication, but thinks that he has done a lot from his own point of view, and has never really done what the people want the king to do from the people's point of view. I also have no idea what is the king's way to protect the people. What should be the kingly way to truly govern the country? When Mencius saw that the time was ripe, he told Liang the truth of benevolent government, that is, keeping in good health without regret, and kingly way was also the beginning. Then, on the basis of making people worry about food and clothing, he taught people filial piety, so that people's hearts would be simple and peaceful, filial piety would prevail and society would be stable. In the current words, it is to make people happy materially and spiritually.
? See the original text: "if you don't go against the farming season, the grain can't win the grain; If you don't count, neither fish nor turtle can be eaten. Axe gold gets into the mountain in time, and mywood can't be used. Valley and fish turtles can't fight for food, and wood and wood can't fight for it, which makes people lose their lives and have no regrets. There is no regret in being born and dying, and the beginning of the king is also. " "Five acres of house, the tree to mulberry, fifty clothes. Chickens, dolphins and dogs are all domestic animals, so there is no time to waste. Seventy people can eat meat. A hundred acres of land, if you don't hurry, a few people in a family can be hungry; I sincerely hope that the godson of the cult will be filial, and the winners will not be on the road. Seventy people eat meat, while Li people are neither hungry nor cold. However, they are not kings and have nothing. "
If you don't go against the farming season, you can't enter the pool, you can't go into the mountains at any time, that is to say, you can't harvest the four seasons against the spring, summer and autumn. Too thin nets do not enter the pool, so that young fry can develop sustainably and are not completely salvaged. Cutting down trees on the mountain should also be controlled, and resources should not be consumed excessively. All this is to educate people to follow the laws of nature. If all people abide by the rules, they can conform to the laws of nature, seek good fortune and avoid evil, have plenty of food and clothing, live and die without regrets. Of course, the premise is to give the people 100 mu of land, and then the people can plant trees, raise chickens, dolphins and dogs to solve the problem of food and clothing. The problem of food and clothing has been solved, and the next step is to teach filial piety, that is, to run local schools well and emphasize filial piety repeatedly. Then every family has old people to support, children to teach, husband and wife to live in harmony, food and clothing. Then the whole country composed of harmonious and happy families will not perish. This is the king, so the benevolent is not the king, Mencius said, nothing.
? Over the past 2500 years, times have changed, productivity has improved, science and technology have advanced, production factors have changed, and agricultural civilization has been replaced by industrial civilization. But the applicability of benevolent governance will not change. Because politicians or entrepreneurs are still faced with food and clothing and filial piety. There are fewer people who only deal with five acres of houses, chickens, dolphins, dogs and 100 acres of land, but more people deal with various industries, businesses, cultures, services and technologies. Simple farming has developed into 1000 jobs. It is no longer a common problem, but people's physical and mental health, spiritual civilization and ethics have become the biggest challenge today. But no matter how the society develops and the lifestyle changes, people are still people, and hearts are still hearts. Both politicians and entrepreneurs should win people's hearts with benevolent policies, and those who win people's hearts will win the world.
? Why? Because the essence of benevolent government is people-oriented and people-oriented. "The people are the most important, the country is the second, and the monarch is the least", which is the core starting point of benevolent governance. If we really value the people, that is, "saints are fickle and take the hearts of the people as the heart", taking the goodness of the people as good, taking the evil of the people as evil, taking the suffering of the people as pain and taking the joy of the people as joy. Then pull out the suffering of the people and give them joy. In this way, it won the hearts of the people and the world returned to its embrace. Governing the country is like this, and so is managing enterprises. This is cause and effect.
? However, what is the joy of the people? Is to get enough food and clothing first, and then understand filial piety. Is to have plenty of food and clothing and live and work in peace and contentment; Spiritual filial piety, loyalty, inner peace, persistence in doing good, return to the original heart.
? Therefore, Mencius' article "Let the people keep healthy and lose their lives without regret", the opening of Wang Dao, reveals that the core of implementing benevolent policies is the three words "Ping-Fu-Jiao". What does this mean? Confucius went to defend the country and ran drove for Confucius. When he saw that there were many people defending the country and the population was large, he was "ordinary", which is what Liang discussed at the beginning of this article. Why is the population of our country not as large as that of neighboring countries? Politicians are first concerned with population, and more population is more productive. So the population is enough, what else to do? Ran asked. Confucius replied, make them rich. You Ran asked again: What will you do when you have money? Confucius replied: educate them. Therefore, the steps to implement benevolent government are: increasing the population-making them rich-educating them.
? Therefore, benevolent government is a systematic kingly system with the aim of "people-oriented", the realization path of "common wealth-education" and the goal of "protecting the people as kings". Spread all over the world, cross time and space, endure a little longer and try every time, which is the true way!