Yan Zhaowang pretends to be a thick coin, and recruits talented people ... Tell me. What is the truth?

This story tells us that to recruit talents and attract wisdom, we should not only put down our airs, but also be sincere and take practical actions. Guo Kun's cleverness and wisdom are admirable. His courage of self-recommendation and the way of self-promotion are also artistic.

Yan Zhaowang grasped the key factor that the revival of Yan State mainly lies in Luo Zhi's talents, devoted himself to it, and made use of talents. Finally, he realized his desire of revenge that he had been pursuing for many years, which made Yan State develop to the peak, and he himself became one of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States. original text

After Yan broke, he acceded to the throne, humbled himself with thick coins, recruited talents and sought revenge. So, I went to see Mr. Guo Kun and said, "Qi attacked Yan because of the rebellion against the country. I know too little about Yan Xiaoli to report. However, the wise and the * * * countries are ashamed of the Snow King, which is a lonely wish. Dare to ask people who serve the country? "

Mr. Guo Kun said to him: "Emperor and teacher, monarch and friend, bully and minister, country and minister. Learn from the north and learn from yourself. First hurry and then rest, first ask and then hey, and then who you are. People follow their own trends and follow their own. According to the staff, Monsoon ignored these instructions and the servants arrived. Arrogance is a slave. This ancient method of serving the Tao is also. Wang Chengbo chooses the sage of the country, and under his door, the world is famous for its sages, and the people in the world will be strict. "

Zhao Haoqi said, "Who can I face?" Mr. Guo Kun said, "I heard that in ancient times, some galloping horses with a main price of 1,000 yuan could not be obtained for three years." Juan said to you,' seek fortune for oneself.' You sent it. I got a swift horse in March, and the horse died. I bought the first batch of 500 gold to repay you. The king was furious and said,' If you ask for help, you will give birth to a horse and donate 500 gold to help the dead horse?' The man said to him,' What will happen if you buy a dead horse with 500 gold? The world will regard the king as a capable horse, and the horse will come today. "So can't date, swift horse to three. Today, Wang Chengyu is a scholar, starting from Wei Xiao; Wei Xiao sees things, Kuang Xian is not as good as Wei Xiao? How far is it? "

So Wang Zhao studied for the palace. Go to Wei, Zou Yan to Qi, play Xin to Zhao, and scholars compete for Yan. The prince hanged himself and asked for his life, sharing weal and woe with the people. In twenty-eight years, Yan was rich, and foot soldiers were willing to go into battle lightly. So he took Le Yi as the general and conspired with Qin, Chu and Sanjin to cut Qi. Qi was defeated and ran away from home. Yan Bing went north alone, entered Linzi, won the seven treasures, and burned his palace and ancestral temple. The only people who can't leave the city are Juhe Jimo.

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Yan Zhaowang ascended the throne after cleaning up the broken state of Yan. He paid tribute to the virtuous corporal and recruited talented people with a generous dowry, hoping to rely on them to avenge Qi. To this end, he went to see Mr. Guo Kun and said, "Qi took advantage of people's danger and attacked our Yan State. I know that Yan is weak and unable to retaliate. However, if we can make the wise men and I * * * become a business country, it is my wish to be ashamed of the king in the snow. What should Mr. Wang do if he wants to serve the country? "

Mr. Guo Kun replied: "The monarch who achieved imperial career took the sage as his teacher, the monarch who achieved Wang Ye took the sage as his friend, the monarch who achieved hegemony took the sage as his minister, and the dying monarch took the sage as his servant. If you can serve in a servile manner and be taught in a lower position, then people who are a hundred times stronger than yourself will come; Study early and rest late, consult others before meditation, and people who can surpass themselves ten times will come; What others do, they follow suit, and then people who can compete with themselves will come; If you rely on several cases and command others with a crutch, the people who are driven to run errands will come; If you indulge your arrogance, behave rudely, curse and yell at you, only slaves and prisoners will come. This is the way to practice kingliness and attract talents in past dynasties. If the king really wants to widely select domestic sages, he should visit him himself. When the sages of the world heard of this move by the king, they would surely become Yan. "

Zhao Haoqi said, "Who should I visit first?" Mr. Guo Kun said: "I heard that there was a monarch in ancient times who wanted to buy a swift horse with his daughter, but he didn't buy it for three years." A servant in the palace said to him,' Please let me buy it. The monarch sent him. Three months later, he finally found a swift horse. Unfortunately, the horse died, but he bought the horse's head with 500 gold and came back to report to the monarch. The monarch was furious and said,' I want a live horse. What's the use of throwing away 500 gold for nothing? The valet confidently said to the monarch,' You are willing to pay 500 gold for a dead horse, let alone a live horse. Everyone in the world must think that it is good for your majesty to buy a horse, and someone will give you a swift horse soon. So in less than a year, I bought three maxima. If the king really wants Luo Zhi talents now, please start with me first; I am still valued, not to mention those who are better than me? Do they still think a thousand miles is too far? "

So Zhao Haoqi built a special house for Guo Kun and worshipped him as a teacher. News spread, from Wei, Zou Yan from Qi, and Xin from Zhao, and talents scrambled to gather in the State of Yan. Zhao Haoqi also paid homage to the dead in the central part of the country, sympathized with the living and shared joys and sorrows with the people. In the twenty-eighth year, Yan became rich and strong, and the soldiers were very happy and willing to work. So he thought that the general planned to attack Qi together with Qin Chu, Zhao, Wei and Han in Sanjin. Qi was defeated and King Qi Min fled abroad. The Yanjun fought alone and went all the way to Linzi, the capital of Qi, plundering all the treasures there and burning down the palaces and ancestral temples of Qi. The cities of Qi were not captured, only Ju and Jimo were left.