In the first year of King Xiaocheng of Zhao (265 BC), the State of Qin attacked the State of Zhao and captured three cities. King Zhao had just ascended the throne, the empress dowager was in power, and the State of Qin stepped up its attack. Zhao Guo asked the State of Qi for help, and the King of Qi said, "We must let the empress dowager's younger son, Chang'an Jun, be held hostage before we can send troops." The empress dowager refused, and the minister tried his best to advise. The empress dowager clearly said to the left and right: "If there is another talk about letting Chang'an Jun be taken hostage, the old woman must spit on his face." Zuo Shi touched the dragon and said that he hoped to meet the empress, and the empress dowager waited for him angrily. After touching the dragon into the palace, he slowly sat down with small steps, and confessed to himself: "Old Minister, I have a problem with my feet, I can't run fast, and I haven't come to see you for a long time." I forgave myself privately, but I was afraid that the empress dowager's body would be uncomfortable, so I wanted to visit the empress dowager. The empress dowager said, "Old woman, I act according to the rim of the car." Touching the dragon said, "Your diet has not decreased, has it?" The empress dowager said, "Just drink porridge." Touching the dragon said, "Old Minister, I don't want to eat very much lately, so I reluctantly take a walk, walking three or four miles a day, which has increased my appetite a little and made my body more comfortable." The empress dowager said, "I can't do it, old woman." The empress's uneven face eased slightly.
Zuo Shigong touched the dragon and said, "My son Shu Qi is the youngest and has nothing to do, but I am old and love him very much in my heart, and I hope that he can fill the vacancy of the black guard to defend the palace, and I risk the death penalty to warn you." The empress dowager said, "All right! How old are you? He replied, "Fifteen years old." Although not very big, I hope to entrust him to you before I am even in the ground. The empress dowager said, "Do you men also love your young son?" He replied, "More than the woman." The empress dowager smiled and said, "The woman loves even more." Touching the dragon said, "The old minister privately thinks that you love Yanhou more than you love Chang'an Jun." The empress dowager said, "You are wrong, much worse than Ai Chang'an Jun." Zuo Shigong said: "Parents love their children, they should think thoughtfully for them." When you sent Yanhou yuan to marry, you held her heels and wept for her, thinking that she was going so far, it was also very pitiful to her. After leaving, it is not that I don't miss her, but when I sacrifice, I pray that 'don't let her come back', is it not for her long-term plan, hoping that her children and grandchildren can inherit the throne? The empress dowager said, "Yes." Zuo Shigong said: "From now on to three generations ago, until the descendants of each monarch of the Zhao Kingdom were crowned marquises, will their heirs still reign?" The empress dowager said, "No." Touching the dragon said, "Not only the Zhao Kingdom, but the heirs of the princes of various countries still reign?" The empress dowager said, "The old woman has never heard of it." Touching the dragon said, "This is because the calamity that is close to you falls on you, and the calamity that is far away falls on your descendants." Is it not good for the sons and grandsons of the monarch to be enfeoffed? It was because of their noble status but no merit, their good fortune but no hard work, and they had too many valuable treasures. Now that you have always made Chang'an Jun's status noble, and given him fertile land and many valuable treasures, but don't take advantage of the opportunity to let him do national merit now, once you resign from the world, what does Chang'an Jun rely on in Zhao Guo? Lao Chen thought that your plan for Chang'an Jun was short-sighted, so he thought that it was better to love him than to love Yan Hou. The Empress said, "Well, leave it to where you send him!" So he prepared a hundred vehicles for Chang'an Jun, and went to Qi to be a hostage, and qi guo sent troops.
This article is adapted from a translation of the history of the Zhao family
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