The Han Dynasty was an era when common people began to rise, and clans gathered and seek common development were the mainstream lifestyles in society. So we can see that when the heroes emerged in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, all the princes relied on the support of the clan, such as Cao Cao and Sun Jian father and son. Those who lack clan support also find ways to get along well with their subordinates and form clan-like intimate relationships, such as Liu Bei treat Guan Yu and Zhang Fei .
Dong Zhuo is no exception. He trusts and reuses the most in the team and is also from the same clan.
Dong Zhuo has a big brother, also called Dong Zhuo , which is the "pac" of the hand. Before Dong Zhuo was in chaos, the big brother died, leaving behind sons called Dong Huang .
After Dong Zhuo was in chaos, he appointed Dong Huang as the Shizhong and the Central Military Academy. Shizhong was an official under the Shaofu and had no specific responsibilities. His daily work was with the emperor. If the emperor had any problems, they could be consultants and run errands. Later, this official position was generally an additional official position other than a regular official position, indicating the emperor's favor for the person. For example, during the reign of Cao Pi, Sima Yi was the Right Pushe of Shangshu and also served as the Shizhong.
But Dong Huang is the servant, of course it is not because Emperor Xian of Han favors him. He was Dong Zhuo who was stuck in the emperor's side and monitored the emperor's every move at any time.
The Central Military Academy Captain turned out to be one of the eight schools in Xiyuan. There are documents that Yuan Shao The Central Military Academy Captain was the Central Military Academy Captain. However, Dong Huang's Central Army Captain had greater power than Yuan Shao. He was in charge of the imperial guards in the palace in the name of the Central Army Captain, named the Emperor of Defense, and actually took care of the emperor.
In other words, Dong Huang's main job in Dong Zhuo's team is to monitor and monitor the emperor.
However, Dong Huang, the Central Army Captain, became a member of the Central Army after the first month of 192 AD. Dong Zhuo died in April that year. Dong Huang, the captain of the Central Army, did not serve as a central military captain for a long time. I am not sure if he was the one who was in charge of the emperor before.
Dong Zhuo also has a younger brother named Dong Min . Before Dong Zhuo was in trouble, Dong Min served as Fengche Duwei in Luoyang , and was a free position.
The most likely reason why Dong Min was able to become this official is that he acted as a hostage in Luoyang. We also talked about this when talking about the Qiang Rebellion. The court of the Eastern Han Dynasty adopted the suggestion of Yu Xu , and in the name of the imperial examination, he brought the children of military generals of the northwest to the capital and served as positions such as Langguan. On the one hand, he used this to win over the hearts of the people in the northwest, and on the other hand, he could act as hostages to prevent the wealthy families in the northwest from causing trouble through the Qiang Rebellion.
When a coup occurred in Luoyang, Dong Min also participated in it and colluded with Wu Kuang and others to attack the chariot and cavalry general He Miao . Dong Min is likely to send someone to inform Dong Zhuo of what happened in Luoyang in real time, so that Dong Zhuo can make the best choice according to the changes in the situation.
After Dong Zhuo was in chaos, Dong Min was named the left general and the marquis of Zheng.
General Zuo also took charge of military power, but no deeds of Dong Min leading troops were left in history books, because General Dong Min's left was only born after the first month of 192, and Dong Zhuo died after not long after being a member of Dong Zhuo, and he was killed.
Speaking of Dong Zhuo's son, many people's first reaction is their godson Lu Bu . In fact, Dong Zhuo has a biological son, and there is more than one.
Dong Zhuo has an eldest son who died early and his name is not left in the history books. But from the indirect materials, we can learn that his eldest son may have died at the age of 20. "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms: Biography of Sima Lang" records: "If someone tells Lang that he wants to escape, he will go to Zhuo. Zhuo said to Lang: You are the same age as my deceased son, how many times will he lose!"
Sima Lang is Sima Yi's eldest brother. I will briefly read these few sentences: When Dong Zhuo was in chaos, Sima Lang took his family to escape back to his hometown, but was caught and taken to see Dong Zhuo. Dong Zhuo said to Sima Lang: "You are the same age as my deceased son, so why do you betray me?"
Sima Lang was born in 171 AD. The incident of "escape and arrest" occurred in 190 AD, so it can be speculated that Dong Zhuo's eldest son might be less than 20 years old when he died.
Dong Zhuo, the eldest son who did not leave his name, has a daughter who left his name, named Dong Bai."The Romance of the Three Kingdoms: Biography of Dong Zhuo" quoted "His Heroes Records " that Dong Bai was named "Weiyang Jun" before he was born. When the sealed the jun , the local Qianshi officials must attend and support themselves, and they will bear the consequences if they don't come.
Ancient women were called "Ji Haiban" at the age of 15. This record says that Dong Bai had already enthroned the emperor before he was 15 years old. But from the above records about Dong Zhuo’s eldest son, even if Dong Zhuo’s eldest son gave birth to Dong Bai at the age of 15, Dong Bai was only five or six years old at that time, far from reaching the age of “skinning”.
In addition to his eldest son who died prematurely, Dong Zhuo also has other sons. "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms: Biography of Dong Zhuo" quotes "The Record of Heroes":
"The concubine Zhuo held the middle son in his arms, and they were all named marquis, and they were made with gold and purple."
"all" means that Dong Zhuo has more than one underage son.
Dong Zhuo also has a daughter, and he is not sure how many of them are. He has a son-in-law named Niu Fu . He was appointed as the General of the Central Army and stationed troops Mianchi to defend against the Kanto Alliance. Dong Zhuo's direct descendants, Li Jue, , Guo Fan, Zhang Ji, , all under Niu Fu's command; the front-line strategist of the Three Kingdoms in the late Han Dynasty, Jia Xu, , was also under Niu Fu.
Because Li Jue, Guo Fan, Zhang Ji and Jia Xu were all lieutenants at that time, it was popular online that Niu Fu had "four major lieutenants".
From the literature, Niu Fu is actually probably the main commander of the Liangzhou Legion except Dong Zhuo, and has a high prestige.
"The Romance of the Three Kingdoms·Biography of Jia Xu" says: "Zhuo was defeated, Fu died again, and everyone was afraid"; "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms·Biography of Dong Zhuo" says: "Better than Ju, Fu was defeated, and everyone had no support, so they wanted to go back."
After Dong Zhuo's death, everyone in the Liangzhou Legion wanted to join Niu Fu, but Niu Fu died soon, so everyone felt "fear" and "no support".
Judging from these two records, Niu Fu's status in the Liangzhou Legion is very close to that of the second-in-command, and his actual status may be higher than that of Dong Min.
Niu Fu has a high status, so what is his level?
Niu Fu has won several battles.
historical records show that before Dong Zhuo's death, Niu Fu sent his subordinates Li Jue and others to defeat the famous general Zhu Ye in . After Dong Zhuo's death, Niu Fu defeated Li Su who came to attack him again.
There is another victory that may be related to Niu Fu. "The Chronicles of the Later Han Dynasty" records that Niu Fu sent four major captains to defeat Sun Jian east of Liang County. "Book of the Later Han Dynasty: Biography of Dong Zhuo" also records the "Battle of Liangdong", but the people who defeated Sun Jian became Xu Rong and Li Meng. Both records are too brief, and we cannot figure out which one is accurate.
Historical books also record that Niu Fu did not win the battle, which was to fight against the Baibo thief.
Baibo thieves raised their troops in Baibo Valley, Xihe County, Bingzhou. They were nominally a remnant of Yellow Turban Army , but in fact they were an independent local armed force controlled by the Bingzhou tyrants. The soldiers were all composed of Bingzhou natives and had strong combat effectiveness.
When the Baibo thief was active in the Hedong region, Dong Zhuo was worried that they would continue to develop in the southwest and cut off their ties with Liangzhou , so he sent Niu Fu to attack. As a result, Niu Fu was unable to drive the Baibo thief out of Hedong, and historical records said that he could not refuse.
Niu Fu may have a little bit of a skill in fighting, but he absolutely does not have the ability to be a commander.
has two reasons for saying this.
Firstly, he lacks the ability to make decisions; secondly, his mentality is prone to collapse.
Niu Fu is more superstitious. When he needs to make a decision when encountering things, he does not analyze the situation and examine the pros and cons, but relies on wizards to tell fortunes.
After Dong Zhuo's death, another general of the Central Army, Dong Yue, brought troops to Niu Fu. Under that circumstances at that time, Niu Fu's right choice should be to unite all forces that can be united and seek opportunities to make a comeback.
But Niu Fu didn't consider these things at all, so he directly pulled the wizard over: "Master, please help me calculate a fortune. Is it good or bad for Dong Yue to join me?"
Just as the wizard and Dong Yue had a grudge. Dong Yue had whipped the wizard, so the wizard calculated a hexagram of "fire overcomes metal, and outside plots inside", saying that the external Dong Yue would be unfavorable to Niu Fu.
Niu Fu killed Dong Yue immediately.
How can a person who relies on fortune telling when encountering problems become an excellent commander?
Niu Fu not only has a bad mind, but also has a tendency to collapse.
After Niu Fu defeated Li Su, Wang Yun and Lu Bu had no choice but to do anything to him. If he could calm down and stabilize his position, wait for Li Jue, Guo Fan, Jia Xu and others to join him, then collect other Liangzhou forces, enter Chang'an , and re-control the regime, there would be no problem. Didn’t Li Jue and Guo Xian do it later?
But Niu Fu's mentality collapsed first. Shortly after he killed Dong Yue, " Battalion Xiao " occurred in Niu Fu's military camp. A small number of soldiers defected overnight. Other soldiers did not know what happened, causing panic among humans and humans, and the entire military camp was in chaos.
Niu Fu immediately numb his claws after learning of the chaos in the army. The incident happened suddenly, and the wizard was not around and could not help tell fortunes, so Niu Fu made a reasonable reaction based on his IQ - not to appease the tribe, but to run away with gold, silver and jewelry.
While running away, several of Niu Fu's Qiang and Hu soldiers plotted on the property he brought and found an opportunity to kill him. The
process is also very interesting.
Niu Fu and his personal soldiers fled from the north of the city. He did not dare to walk through the city gate, but planned to climb over the wall. The city wall was very high, and the personal soldiers tied the rope to Niu Fu's waist and walked down the city wall. When Niu Fu was still one meter away from the ground, the personal soldiers let go and he fell to the ground with a "bang", breaking his waist and unable to get up.
The personal soldiers rushed forward, not only snatching away gold and silver, but also cutting off his head and sending it to Chang'an Colonel.
So the most valued person in the Dong Zhuo clan is just like this.
