Zhao Xi of the Eastern Han Dynasty was extremely disciplined when he was young. When he was fifteen years old, his cousin was killed, so he took his weapons and guests and ran to the enemy's house to avenge himself. When he arrived at the enemy's house, he found that the enemy family had all fallen ill and had no resistance. Seeing this scene, Zhao Xi thought that he could not take advantage of the danger of others, so he said to the enemy family: "If you are cured of your illness, you should avoid me far away!" ”
Soon after, the people of the Qiu family recovered from their illness and tied themselves up to see Zhao Xi. Zhao Xi's enemies felt that if they apologized like this, Zhao Xi should forgive them. As a result, Zhao Xi was completely unmoved, and he killed everyone in pain and revenge for his cousin. After the news spread, people in the neighborhood knew that he was a man who said one thing or the other.
After the first emperor took the throne, he sent troops to attack The Dance City. The Li clan of the Hao clan in the city did not surrender, and the First Emperor sent the General Li Bao of Zhutian to surrender. After discussing and discussing, the Li clan was unwilling to surrender after all, saying: "I heard that the Wanren Zhao clan has an orphan grandson Zhao Xi, who is famous for his faith and righteousness, and is willing to surrender to him!" ”
Emperor Gengshi was also curious about who Zhao Xi was, so he sent someone to summon him. After seeing Zhao Xi, Emperor Gengshi saw that he was less than twenty years old, so he smiled and said, "Still a child, how can you take on a heavy burden and go far?" However, Emperor Gengshi still appointed Zhao Xi as Langzhong, acting as a military general, and went to recruit Li Shi. When Li Shi saw Zhao Xi coming, he really surrendered.
Soon after, Wang Mang sent Wang Xun and Wang Yi to lead troops out of the pass to confront the Han army at Kunyang. Emperor Gengshi sent Zhao Xi as a general of wuwei and asked him to assist the generals in resisting Wang Xun and Wang Yi. Under the command of Liu Xiu, the Han army won a great victory in the Battle of Kunyang, and Zhao Xi was made a general of Zhonglang for his merits, and was given the title of Marquis of Yonggong.
The Battle of Kunyang marked the collapse of the Xinmang regime. Soon, Wang Mang was destroyed, and emperor Shi shi entered Chang'an. However, within a few years, the Chimei Army came from afar, entered the Guannei and destroyed the Gengshi Emperor. Zhao Xi was also in Chang'an at that time, and he climbed into the house and fled without warning. Fleeing with Zhao Xi were dozens of people, including his friend Han Zhongbo. The crowd carried their families up the mountain and went straight out of Wuguan.
On the way, Han Zhongbo felt that his wife was too beautiful, easy to attract thieves, and was likely to implicate himself, so he thought of throwing her away. However, Zhao Xi may have agreed, and after angrily rebuking Han Zhongbo, he smeared mud on Han Zhongbo's wife's face, carried her on the trolley, and pushed the trolley with his body to continue to flee. Every time the group encountered a thief, Zhao Xi said that she was seriously ill, which saved her.
When they arrived in Danshui County, the people met the family members of the Gengshi Emperor, and seeing that they were not clothed and hungry, Zhao Xi simply distributed his clothes and food to them and fled with them. Finally, the crowd finally left the dangerous place and found a suitable place to settle down.
At this time, the Guangwu Emperor Liu Xiuzheng sent Wu Han as the main general of the Southern Expedition to march south to attack Qin Feng and others. However, in the process, Wu Han even allowed his soldiers to plunder, and Deng Feng's hometown was also stricken. Deng Feng, enraged, directly recruited troops and rebelled in Nanyang.
Zhao Pingsu was friendly with Deng Feng, knew that Deng Feng was rebellious, and wrote to him several times to rebuke him. As a result, this matter was known to people, and deng Feng began to spread rumors that the rebellion was conspired with Zhao Xi. When Emperor Guangwu found out, he also began to suspect Zhao Xi. When Deng Feng failed, Emperor Guangwu received a letter from Zhao Xi to Deng Feng, and then he exclaimed, "Zhao Feng is really an elder!" ”
Later, Zhao Xi was recruited by the Guangwu Emperor to serve in the imperial court. During this period, Zhao Xi pacified the forces in Jiangnan that did not surrender, suppressed several bandit forces that were in turmoil, and made outstanding contributions to the stability of the world.
In the twenty-sixth year of Jianwu (50), when Emperor Guangwu was entertaining his internal relatives, many people who had been rescued by Zhao Xi in the first years came to Emperor Guangwu and said, "Zhao Yu Duyi Doon, in previous years, he escaped from Chang'an by the scourge of Chimei, and it was Only because of Zhao Xi's relief that he had to survive!" When Emperor Guangwu heard this, he admired Zhao Xi even more, so he appointed him as a servant and said to him, "Not only are you sponsored by the hero, but even the woman is pregnant with your kindness!" ”
In the first year of the Middle Yuan Dynasty (56), the Guangwu Emperor died, and Zhao Xi accepted the edict to preside over the funeral. More than twenty years later (75), Emperor Ming of Han died, and Zhao Xi was once again entrusted with the important task of continuing to preside over the royal funeral. After Emperor Zhang of Han ascended the throne, Zhao Xi's standby finally ended, and he died of illness in the fifth year (80) of the first year of Jianchu.