Chapter 841 Jiang Ziya's Worrying Emotional Intelligence
When he learned from the spies sent out by Xiqi that the Shang Dynasty's power had not only not weakened, but was actually becoming more and more prosperous, Ji Chang, the Marquis of Xibo, was completely dumbfounded.
Ji Chang initially thought he might have miscalculated the hexagram, but after casting the hexagram again, he found that the hexagram he had previously obtained and interpreted was completely correct!
Seeing this, Ji Chang breathed a sigh of relief. After all, based on the news relayed by the spies in the court, Ji Chang was worried that Di Xin might take him down and use him as a sacrifice before Xiqi could raise an army to rebel!
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When Jiang Ziya first took office, he was full of confidence, but as the annual evaluation ended, he undoubtedly received a very poor review.
As for the meaning of a bad review, Jiang Ziya, who had been in the officialdom for a while, also understood it. If it weren't for Prime Minister Bi Gan backing him up, his position might have been demoted!
Jiang Ziya believed that he was quite capable and did his job very well. It was just that his superiors did not have the discerning eye to recognize his talent, which is why his talent was not recognized!
In fact, Jiang Ziya's abilities were indeed quite good, but his emotional intelligence was truly worrying. On weekdays, he could only complete the tasks assigned by his superiors, and he couldn't understand or complete the more subtle tasks at all!
If you can't understand the implied meaning in your leader's words, you naturally won't receive their attention. After all, even if Jiang Ziya couldn't understand, he had plenty of lower-level officials under him who could and were willing to use him to climb the ranks.
Originally, Jiang Ziya's colleagues, who got along quite well with him, also planned to help him out. However, Jiang Ziya simply couldn't understand the hints. Helpless, his colleagues turned the hints into explicit statements!
After the deeper meaning was deciphered, Jiang Ziya finally understood what his leader was trying to do! Jiang Ziya was furious about his leader's actions and immediately reported him, while also exposing the colleague who had worked so hard to interpret the message for him!
As the saying goes, "If the water is too clear, there will be no fish." Although Jiang Ziya's leader had some minor flaws, it was not a big problem, and no one was willing to investigate. After all, the leader's actions were just human nature, and most officials would have made the same decision!
Because Jiang Ziya had the powerful Prime Minister Bi Gan behind him, the leader dared not touch him. However, that unlucky guy was ruined by Jiang Ziya and suffered all sorts of setbacks at the hands of the leader!
If the leaders hadn't been aware that this unfortunate fellow was entirely dragged down by Jiang Ziya, he might have been ostracized and unable to continue working long ago!
This incident caused officials who had hoped to establish a relationship with Prime Minister Bi Gan through Jiang Ziya to lose interest. Meanwhile, after the news spread, officials of all ranks in the bureaucracy began to dislike Jiang Ziya.
This led to Jiang Ziya being ostracized by all the officials. The work he did was not only dirty and tiring, but he also received no reward. In the end, Jiang Ziya could only rely on his strong inner strength to isolate himself from everything outside and devote himself to his work, without getting involved in the disputes in the officialdom!
Originally, Jiang Ziya thought his life would be like this forever, but who would have thought that Shen Gongbao would be given a high-ranking official position and generous salary right from the start? Under his management, his official position was promoted again and again, and now he has become the national advisor of Yin Shang, a veritable high-ranking official of Yin Shang, which is in stark contrast to him!
Shen Gongbao originally intended to help Jiang Ziya after he achieved fame and success, but after understanding what Jiang Ziya had done, he no longer had the intention to help him!
The reason is quite simple: Jiang Ziya's personality is only suitable for being a high-ranking official, and the best ruler is someone like Liu Shan who is obedient. Otherwise, the higher his position, the greater the probability of him offending the emperor and being killed!
Shen Gongbao felt somewhat indebted to Jiang Ziya for not helping him out, so he instructed people to take care of Jiang Ziya.
