Zeng Guofan warned his younger brother: Borrow money often if you have nothing to do! After thinking about it carefully, I found out how clever it is

Zeng Guofan's life was full of ups and downs, but he also created a legend for himself.

Behind this legend lies Zeng Guofan’s wisdom and experience. Whether we are educating children, working hard in the workplace, or ups and downs in our career, we can all learn from Zeng Guofan’s philosophy and strategies.

Zeng Guofan repeatedly mentioned borrowing money in his family letters.

For example: Sun and others have no other livelihood in Beijing. They will have to borrow money around the beginning of winter and cannot prepare the money to send back. It is very embarrassing.

The man is celebrating the Chinese New Year this year. In addition to spending 60,000 yuan on rent at the guild hall, he also borrowed 50 taels of silver.

It can be seen that Zeng Guofan was not that wealthy in the capital, and often relied on borrowing money to live. Not only that, Zeng Guofan also warned his younger brother in a letter at home: Borrow money often when you have nothing to do! After thinking about it carefully, I found out how clever it is!

1. Don’t let others plot against you when borrowing money

As the saying goes, “Don’t reveal your wealth.” When others know that you have money, some people with ill intentions will come to you. Set against you.

Everyone knows Brother Dayi. After he became famous, most people in the village came to ask him to borrow money. Brother Dayi lent more than one million yuan a year, but no one paid him back.

The same is true for Yue Yunpeng. After he became popular, a young boy often asked him to borrow money. Yue Yunpeng originally thought he was in trouble so he borrowed it, but then he borrowed it often, and more and more. In the end, Yue Yunpeng had no choice but to borrow money from him. Fa Xiao no longer contacted me.

Zeng Guofan warned his younger brother to borrow money frequently when he had nothing to do, just to prevent others from plotting against him. If others saw your brother serving as an official in the court and still borrowing money, and he only knew how to laugh, no one would want to plot against the Zeng family.

2. Borrowing money to establish integrity

Borrowing money, on the surface, is borrowing money, but in fact, it is borrowing trust. Only when others believe you will they lend you money.

Because in this society, people's hearts are at odds with each other. Some people have a straight face when borrowing money, and another straight face when it's time to pay back the money.

Some even borrowed money from an enemy, and not only did they not pay back the money, they also beat him up.

In fact, what such people get is unearned money, but what they lose is integrity. If others no longer trust you, your road will not be long.

Because you are a dishonest person, no one will help you, and no one is willing to be your friend. In this way, the future road will become narrower and narrower, and it will become more and more difficult.

It is easy to borrow and repay, and it is not difficult to borrow again. If you return the money to others as promised, they will think that you are an honest and trustworthy person, and they will lend you money next time you encounter difficulties.

3. Borrowing money can test people's hearts

As the saying goes, "A friend in need is a friend indeed". Once you borrow money, you will know who is sincere and who is fake.

Everyone has difficulties in life. There are so many friends around you, some of whom can help you through adversity, while others just want to be rich and powerful with you.

Some people value money very seriously. If you encounter difficulties, they will not be able to hide from you. However, some people value friendship very seriously. If you encounter difficulties, even if they have no money, , he will also try his best to lend money to help you.

If you think about it carefully, it makes sense for Zeng Guofan to warn his younger brother to "borrow money often when you have nothing to do". Borrowing money once can establish your integrity. Borrowing money once will let you know who is sincere and who is not.

Finally, speaking of the late Qing Dynasty, the international situation changed suddenly, and the rule of the Qing Dynasty was even more precarious.

Facing the dilemma of internal and external troubles, the Qing government had to vigorously reuse Han ministers.

In the context of troubled times and being entrusted with important responsibilities, a large number of capable people and celebrities emerged from the Han Dynasty. Among them, the most well-known are Zeng (Zeng Guofan), Zuo (Zuo Zongtang), Hu (Hu Linyi), Li (Li Hongzhang).

Although these four old people are all "famous ministers of ZTE", and their achievements in the Qing Dynasty and even in today's China are different, they are still in the reputation evaluation of future generations. But it's not the same.

Zeng Guofan is obviously the one who is highly praised by later generations among these four.

Therefore, we often say: To be an official, one must learn from Zeng Guofan. He went from a peasant boy to a first-class courtier. This shows that Zeng Guofan has a lot of skills, otherwise he would not be able to lead the team at all.

Whether you are in the workplace, officialdom, or shopping malls, it is necessary to learn Zeng Guofan's methods.

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