After a few days of travel, Zhao Jie crossed the border of Zhao Yan through Juluze and Xing Xiang, arrived at the location of the Golden Terrace of Yan Kingdom, and began his adventure.

The golden platform, also known as the recruitment platform, is slightly square. History: During the Warring States Period, King Yan Zhao built a golden platform to recruit the corporal of the world, King Zhao gave Guo Kui a gift, and Le Yi drama Xin came successively.

The history books also contain: King Yan Zhao, the monarch of Yan State, wanted to recruit talents, but most scholars thought that King Yan Zhao was just a good dragon of Ye Gong, not really thirsty for talents. King Yan Zhao has never been able to find talents to govern the country and secure the country, and he is depressed all day long. So a wise man named Guo Kui first told a story to King Yan Zhao:

There was a king who was willing to pay a thousand taels of gold to buy a thousand horses, but three years passed, and he never bought them, and another three months passed, and finally found a horses, and when the king sent his men to buy a thousand horses with a large amount of gold, the horses were already dead. The man sent to buy a horse bought the bones of a thousand miles of horses for five hundred taels of gold. The king said angrily, "I want a live horse, why do you spend so much money to get the bones of a dead horse?" The king's men said, "Are you willing to pay five hundred taels of gold for the bones of a dead horse, let alone a live horse?" This move by us will inevitably attract people from all over the world to provide you with live horses. Sure enough, within a few days, someone sent three horses.

Guo Kui continued: "If you want to recruit talents, you must first start by recruiting me Guo Kui, people like me Guo Kui can be adopted by the monarch, and those who are stronger than me will inevitably come from all over the world." ”

King Yan Zhao adopted Guo Kui's suggestion, worshipped Guo Kui as his teacher, and built a palace for him, which soon led to the situation of "scholars competing for Yan". Those who defected were Le Yi, a military family of Wei, Zou Yan, a yin and yang family of Qi, and a lobbyist of Zhao State, Ju Xin, and so on. The backward Yan Kingdom was suddenly full of talents.

Since then, Yan, a weak country full of internal strife and external disasters and devastation, has gradually become a rich and prosperous power. In later generations, there are poems that say: E'e Yan Zhongtai, easy to get on the water. Huaizai Yan Zhao King, recruit his corporal. The nobles know each other well, how much gold. Building a platform and placing gold is the heart of a king.

Chinese have been good at building cities since ancient times, and the city has witnessed the rise and fall of Chinese civilization, and there is also a big city near the Golden Platform, she has witnessed the rise and fall of the Golden Platform, she is Yanxiadu - Yidu. Yanxia is built by King Yan Zhao in order to deal with the southern Qi State, it is the largest one in the capital of the Warring States Period, the city is rectangular, there is a partition wall in the middle, the city is divided into two cities, east and west, and the grain river passes through the city. Zhao Jie and his entourage found an inn in Yanxia to settle down, and then went to Fengyue Lou in the city to have a beautiful meal, took a large amount of money, and returned to the inn to sleep peacefully.

The next day, Zhao Jie and his entourage hurriedly arrived at the location of the Golden Terrace under the guidance of the guide, and when Zhao Jie and others arrived at the Golden Terrace, they were disappointed by the scene. From afar, the dilapidated and decaying golden platform stands lonely on the vast barren meadow; When I got closer, I saw that the golden platform was overgrown with weeds, and the wild grass was rooted in the cracks of the masonry and grew unyieldingly, and in some places it had collapsed; Walking into the palace on the stage, it can be seen that the palace on the stage is dilapidated, the wood has long been decayed, and some tables are covered with thick dust. Walking off the Golden Terrace, everyone felt very disappointed and lost interest in continuing to play, so Li Min, Zhao Ying, Xu Yang, and Lian Zheng said hello to Zhao Jie and went back ahead of schedule, leaving Zhao Jie, Fei Jin, and Lin Shouyi to continue their tour near the Golden Terrace. Under the guidance of the guide, Zhao Jie turned a few corners, crossed a small river, walked another two or three miles, and arrived at a small village. Confucius said, "In the city of ten rooms, there will be faithfulness." Zhao Jie and the three of them walked in the village and found that the villagers kept mentioning a person's name - Guo Huai, so they became interested in this person.

Zhao Jie asked the guide beside him, "Do you know where Guo Huai lives?" If you know, lead the way quickly. ”

"The son may not know, Guo Huai is the grandson of the former king Guo Kui, the year is not confused, he is kind and charitable, he has a wonderful hand to rejuvenate the medical skills, he often gives porridge to the poor, free treatment, all over the country are full of his benevolent name, the villain has been favored by it, he knows it very well, and please three sons to go with me." Zhao Jie followed and walked towards the depths of the village. Walking to one or two miles, a not luxurious mansion comes into view, the plaque on the door is written in the center of the "Guo Mansion", and in the lower right corner is written a line of small characters "Yan Zhao Wang Zuo".

"Knock knock" Zhao Jie stepped forward and knocked on the door, and after a while, the door opened slightly, and a doorman stuck his head out from the crack in the door.

Zhao Jie and the three of them shook the boy, (salutation: the body is solemn, both hands are clenched into fists, the left hand is on top, the palm is down, pushed from the chest to the outside, leaning over slightly, and then getting up, and at the same time naturally hanging his hands), and then said: "I will wait to come to Zhao State, will go to Jidu, passing through here, in the name of Mr. Mu Guo, come to visit and seek advice, and ask the child to inform us."

After listening to Zhao Jie's words, the little boy didn't answer a word, he retracted his head, covered the door, and then ran towards the inner courtyard, and after a while, the gate opened, and a young man walked out of the house. "My name is Guo Bai, Guo Huai is my father, three guests from afar, please follow me this way, my father entertains three in the living room."

On the hall, Zhao Jie, Fei Jin, and Lin Shouyi knelt on the straw mat on the west side of the hall, and there was a tea cup on the table in front of them, and the items on the east side were exactly the same.

"A few guests, please feel free to do so." Guo Huai said with a smile.

"Mr. Guo, I have heard of your virtuous name for a long time, the boy's surname is Zhao Mingzhao, and I have come here since Zhao Guo and want to ask you a few questions." Zhao Jie took a sip of tea and continued: "The kid's first confusion is: "What is a teacher?" ”

The old man stroked his white beard and said with a smile: "In the past, when I was young, I also asked my father this way, and my father said, 'The master is a person who preaches and receives karma to solve doubts'. ”

"Then who can be the teacher?"

"If he had been born before me, if he had more knowledge than I did, I would have worshipped him as a teacher; He was born before me, and if he had more knowledge than I did, I could have worshipped him as a teacher. When we worship a teacher, we don't care if he's older or younger than us. This is one of them.

Secondly, the second point is that my status is nobler than mine, up to the princes and generals, if he is more virtuous than me, I can worship him as a teacher; His status is lower than mine, down to the pawn of the peddler, if there is anything better than me, I can still worship him as a teacher. When we worship a teacher, we don't need to care if he is higher or lower than our own status.

Thirdly, I can worship people who will teach us for a long time, even a lifetime, as a teacher. It will teach us only a very short time, or even a word, that if we can get something out of it, we can also learn from it. When we worship a teacher, we don't care how long he can teach us.

In general, there is no difference between age, identity, and time, no matter who is on the road of life, anyone who can teach us, we can worship him as a teacher.

The Confucian sage Confucius said: "If you are a threesome, you must have my teacher." That's basically what we are told. ”

"So what are we going to do with teachers?"

"Respect the teacher with all your heart, just be studious and inquisitive, everything is not as good as your heart."

After Guo Huai finished speaking, Fei Jin beside Zhao Jie opened his mouth and asked: "Old man, the kid is Zhao Zhao's companion, his surname is Fei Mingxin, and I also have a word I want to ask Mr." Mr. thinks that with the power of Yan Guo, how can he stand in the world? ”

"Yan country north by the east Hu, west by the strong Zhao, south by Tian Qi, east of North Korea, today's national strength is stronger than Hu, weaker than Zhao, flat in Qi, in the northeast corner of the Central Plains, non-strong enemies around the four wars, is a blessed land. I thought that Yan could abandon the war in the Central Plains, make an agreement with Zhao Qi, devote himself to the northeast, chase Donghu, destroy Korea, and take all its land. Then, in the interior, they lightly paid for the people, supported the people with the land, raised the soldiers with the people, and protected the land with the soldiers; Externally, it will help the weak to attack the strong, participate in the war in the Central Plains with a small force, and try to maintain the strength of all countries in the world, and when the Yan soldiers are strong and strong, they will go south to the Central Plains with the strength of the country, compete in the world, win Kyushu, win the world, and win the world, and return to the country if they lose, inspire the people, fortify at all levels, and exchange time for land, and when the soldiers are strong again, the revival soldiers will go south. Based on the land of the Northeast and the land of Korea, Yan can be conducive to an invincible position, and if you advance, you can compete for hegemony in the Central Plains, and you can protect a corner of the retreat, and you can control the chaotic Central Plains with a stable corner, which is the benefit of the heaven-given Yan country. ”

After Guo Huai finished speaking, he took out a book of folds from his arms, asked the servant to hand it to Zhao Jie, and then said: "This is the fold that I want to go to the king of Yan, which is my heartfelt words, I am not good at doing it, I heard that the three generals will go to Jidu, I hope to hand over this fold to the old general of Jicheng drama Xin opera, I am grateful." ”

The old man left the table, Zhao Jie, Fei Jin, and Lin Ruyi hurriedly left the table to avoid it, and said in unison: "The old gentleman is too polite, this is our honor." Then the crowd sat down again.

Zhao Jie, Fei Jin, and Lin Ruyi continued to sit and discuss with Guo Huai, and did not leave until it was nearly dusk.

The carriage drove forward slowly under the light of the sunset, and when Zhao Jie, Fei Jin, and Lin Ruyi returned to the inn, it was already dark, Li Min, Lian Zheng, Xu Yang, and Zhao Ying had already fallen asleep, and the lights in the three rooms of the entire inn were still on only Zhao Jie, Fei Jin, and Lin Ruyi.

Zhao Jie walked into his room, the candles were still burning in the room, and Xingyi, who was dressed in purple, was asleep lying on the table with his head resting on his hands and lying on the table. Zhao Jie sat down, poured a cup of tea, and drank it carefully. While he drank lightly, he carefully observed Xingyi's face, and after tea, Zhao Jie carefully carried Xingyi to the bed, covered her with a quilt, extinguished the light, and then fell asleep on the table by himself.