Yan Zhaowang's main deeds

After cleaning up the broken state of Yan, Yan Zhaowang ascended the throne. He is humble and respectful, recruiting talented people with generous gifts and heavy money, and is ready to rely on them for revenge. So he went to see Mr. Guo Kun and said, "Qi took advantage of the civil strife in our country and suddenly attacked and defeated Yan. I know that the country is weak and it is impossible to take revenge. However, my wish is to let talented people run the country with them and wash away the shame of the former king. What should I do if I want to report the national revenge? " [ 1]

Mr. Guo Kun replied: "The monarch who achieved the emperor's business took the sage as the teacher and shared with the DPRK." Be the king of Wang Ye, be friends with sages, and serve the DPRK; The monarch who has achieved hegemony, taking saints as ministers and cooperating with the DPRK; A king who perishes cannot protect his country if he takes saints as slaves. Those who condescend to serve the sages and seek advice from the face teacher will come. Work before others, rest after others, ask for advice before others, others have stopped asking for advice, and they are still asking for advice, so people who are ten times more talented than themselves will come; Relying on several cases, leaning on crutches, bossing around, and then doing odd jobs, hard labor people came; If you are cruel and rude to people, get angry casually and scold casually, then only prisoners and slaves who obey Nuo Nuo will come. These are ancient ways to practice kingship and attract talents. If the king can extensively select domestic talents and visit in person, everyone will hear that the king will visit the sages in person, and all the sages in the world will certainly go to Yan. "

Zhao Haoqi said, "Who should I visit?"

Mr. Guo Kun said, "I heard that there was a king in ancient times who wanted 1000 yuan to buy a swift horse. Three years later, he didn't get it. A court minister in the palace said to the monarch,' Please let me buy it', and the monarch sent him. Three months later, he found a swift horse, but the horse died, so he bought the head of the dead horse with 500 gold and reported it to the monarch. The monarch was furious and said, "I want to find a live horse." What's the use of a dead horse as a living horse doctor? "Spent 500 gold in vain. My wife replied,' A dead horse is willing to spend 500 gold, let alone a live horse. From this, everyone in the world will think that it is good for the king to buy a horse, so a swift horse will buy it. "So, in less than a year, many swift horses were delivered to the door. Now the king really wants to recruit talents, let's start with me; People like me are still employed, let alone people who are more talented than me. Will they not come to Yan because they are too far away? "

At this time, Yan Zhaowang specially built the official residence for Guo Kun, honoring him as a teacher. Soon, Le Yi came from Wei and Zou Yan came from Qi. The play comes from Zhao, and talents compete for gathering Yan. Zhao Haoqi mourned the dead, comforted the living and shared joys and sorrows with ordinary people. Twenty-eight years later, Yan became rich, and the soldiers lived comfortably and were willing to fight for their country. Therefore, Zhao Haoqi appointed Le Yi as the general, and conspired with Chu, Qin, Zhao, Wei, North Korea and other countries to crusade against Qi. Qi was defeated and King Qi Min fled abroad. Yan's army alone chased and defeated the fleeing Qi army, occupied Linzi, the capital of Qi, plundered all the treasures there, and burned the palaces and ancestral temples of Qi. The cities of Qi were not captured, only Ju and Jimo.