In April 191 AD, after Dong Zhuo deposed and established the Emperor of Han and forcibly moved the capital to Chang'an, many flatterers said: General Dong established the Emperor and recreated the Han Dynasty. His contributions were better than Taigong, and he should be called "Shangfu" in order to show his achievements.
Dong Zhuo was moved and "can't hold it a little", so he asked the great scholar of the world in a somewhat shy tone about the opinions of Cai Yong .
Cai Yong was speechless. He wanted to put him on a rack and roast him. If you support Dong Zhuo, you must be scolded to death by the people of the world. If you veto it directly, it is estimated that Dong Zhuo, a killer who will kill someone without blinking, will immediately chop him down.
So, Cai Yong fooled Dong Zhuo and said, "Ming Gong, you are powerful and powerful, and you are indeed unparalleled in the world, but the contribution you have made now seems to be a little different from Jiang Taigong . I personally think that after you pacify Kanto (the anti-Dong alliance of Yuan Shao and others), it will be more appropriate to say this."
Dong Zhuo thought for a moment and felt that Cai Yong's statement made sense, so he put the matter down.
However, General Dong finally failed to suppress his restlessness. Not long after, he called himself "Taishou" and was more than "Taishou".
What's ridiculous is that although Dong Zhuo has always called himself "Yi Yin , Huo Guang ", in the eyes of the world, he is a real thief of the chaotic country; the Eastern Han Dynasty completely fell apart in his hands.
Today, Qingshijun will talk to you about Dong Zhuo.
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Dong Zhuo, whose courtesy name is Zhongying, Hong Kong period, Longxi people.
Like all "heroes", although Dong Zhuo was from a wealthy family in his youth, he did not like to read and read. His favorite thing was to travel around and make friends with powerful people.
Because Dong Zhuo is born tall and has extraordinary strength, Dong Zhuo has a very strong position in the mixed Han and Qiang areas of Longxi, where the strong are respected.
Of course, the reason why Dong Zhuo was able to become the boss in some people's hearts is not only because he is strong and difficult to mess with, but also because Dong Zhuo is very good at winning people's hearts.
According to historical records: After wandering around for a long time, Dong Zhuo may feel that if this continues, he will eventually have "no future", so he concentrates on farming and becomes a "good citizen".
However, when those former powerful friends came to visit Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhuo did not feel any life at all, and immediately killed the cow and bought wine to treat him warmly.
has both prestige and knows how to share profits with others. Dong Zhuo quickly won a lot of people's hearts and was famous in the countryside.
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Since the Han Wu period, the Longxi area was an important source of troops for the Central Field Army of the Han Empire (the sons of the six counties were Yulin Lang). Dong Zhuo, who was tall and praised by the country, was naturally undoubtedly selected into the Yulin Army and directly served as the military Sima in the subsequent recruitment.
In the army, Dong Zhuo's bravery in combat is highly appreciated by his superiors, and he is very good at being a human being - every time he gets a reward, he will give all the gold, silver and fine materials to his soldiers.
According to his statement, it is because: the reason why he, a young leader, was not how powerful he was, was all because of his soldiers' efforts, so he dared not be greedy for these achievements.
(Dong Zhuo) was given nine thousand pieces of scattered, and Zhuo was divided into all the officials and soldiers.
There is no doubt that Dong Zhuo still has some means to win people's hearts.
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In 185 BC, the governor of Liangzhou was engaged in Han Sui and was elected as the leader by the Qiang and Hu rebels. In the name of killing eunuchs, he raised an army to rebel against the Han Dynasty.
Dong Zhuo, who has been stationed in the Longxi region, has become one of the main forces to suppress the rebellion.
To be honest, due to personality reasons and too little knowledge reserves, Dong Zhuo's military ability is the level of a vanguard general;
However, it could not stand the contrast between his teammates - at that time, the Han court sent a total of six armies to suppress the rebellion. As a result, except for Dong Zhuo leading the headquarters to escape (the defeat), the rest suffered heavy losses!
Dong Zhuo, who was lucky enough, was not only not punished for losing the battle, but was promoted to the title and became famous in the court and the country.
0000 Six armies went to Longxi, and the five armies were defeated. Zhuo Du returned with his entire crowd and stationed in Fufeng. He was appointed as the former general, and was granted the title of the marquis of the town, and was appointed as the marquis of Bingzhou .
As the saying goes, "There is no hero at that time, so the prince becomes famous." Because the foolish monarchs of the Eastern Han Dynasty ( Huan and Ling emperors ) were in power and the eunuchs were in power, many truly capable people were excluded and suppressed;
, and because Dong Zhuo was far away from the court, there was no direct conflict with eunuch , but gradually became one of the best generals in the Eastern Han Dynasty.
So, although Dong Zhuo was deprived of his official position due to his repeated defeats during this period, the Han court, which was unavailable, still had to re-activate Dong Zhuo again and again.
In the end, Dong Zhuo won the high position of Hedong prefect and general of the Central Army.
As his own power increased, Dong Zhuo's ambition also expanded.
There was a time when Emperor Ling of Han Liu Hong wanted to promote Dong Zhuo to his private financial officer - Shaofu;
changed from a local official to an important position in the court, which was definitely a progress in the officialdom; however, Dong Zhuo knew that although the position of Shaofu was very important, it was in a relatively peaceful period; now, the prestige of the court is gradually losing, and wars are everywhere, and the most reliable way to do officialdom is to hold the "knife".
Therefore, Dong Zhuo, because the Qiang and Hu areas are not stable yet, he, Dong, still needs to "take charge of the overall situation", and politely rejected the imperial edict of Lingdi ( blatantly resisted the imperial edict ).
is obvious: Dong Zhuo has already begun to have "unexpected" at this moment!
In the sixth year, Zhuo was promoted to the Shaofu, but he refused to submit;
Zhuo wrote a letter saying: "They are the generals of Huangzhong Yicong, Qin and Hu soldiers all went to the ministers and said: 'The prison is straight and the gift is cut off, and his wife is hungry.' He led the officials to chariot, but the Qiang and Hu were in a state of suffocation, and the ministers could not ban them, so they would comfort him. The emperor could not control him. "The court could not control him.
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In April, Emperor Ling of Han died, and Emperor Shao of Han Liu Bian succeeded to the throne.
Because Shaodi was young, the power of the Han court was mainly controlled by the Shaodi's mother Empress Dowager He , and the general (relative relatives) He Jin ;
What's next, as long as friends who have watched "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" know: He Jin, who was a butcher, could not withstand the repeated deceptions of Yuan Shao, a son of a noble family. In order to solve the problem of tinea boils due to the autocracy of eunuchs, he summoned Dong Zhuo to the capital Luoyang .
After Dong Zhuo arrived in the capital, he mainly did the following:
First, the deposed Emperor Han;
Of course, the fundamental starting point for the Taishi Dong to "play with big games" was to establish his authority.
Regarding this, the historical books record this way:
Zhuo was very happy and regarded the king ( Liu Xie , later Emperor Xian) as a virtuous person, and was raised by Empress Dowager Dong . Zhuo thought he was of the same clan as the Empress Dowager, so he wanted to decree and establish him.
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The fundamental reason why Dong Zhuo wanted to depose the young emperor Liu Bian and support Emperor Xian of Han Liu Xie took office was: Dong Zhuo believed that Liu Xie was raised by Empress Dowager Dong, and Dong Zhuo thought that "the word "Dong cannot be written in one stroke" - once Liu Xie, raised by Empress Dowager Dong, came to power, he, Dong, would be considered a relative of the foreigner! Then, he can exercise the right to "restrain the state" legitimately.
In other words, for his own selfish interests, Dong Zhuo regarded the most serious incident (imperial power) in the entire Han Dynasty as a "buy and sale";
From then on, the local state and vassal forces that were still waiting and watching had completely no "psychological" obstacles. They could blatantly expand their power under the banner of "killing traitors"; the Han court's control over the local area was truly in name only.
This is Dong Zhuo’s first serious crime!
Because Dong Zhuo's eating habits are really ugly and it is really difficult to be related to "glorious and glorious", although Dong Zhuo still wants to win people's hearts by giving some "benefits" like before, those children of aristocratic families and pure people are simply ashamed to be with Dong Zhuo.
Zhuo's dear, he is not in a profession, but he is just a general - "Zizhi Tongjian "
For example, the above mentioned Cai Yong. Although he received extraordinary courtesy from Dong Zhuo, he looked down on Dong Zhuo in his heart. He was forced to temporarily "commit himself to the wolf's nest" due to the situation.
civil officials like Cai Yong are quite good; those local officials who have real power oppose (despise) Dong Zhuo, which is called "slap in the face":
At the beginning, Dong Zhuo followed the advice and reused several Liu royal relatives and gentry children as officials of the prefectures, but as soon as these people took office, they raised the banner of attacking Dong Zhuo.
At the beginning, Zhuo trusted Shangshu Zhou Wu Qiong , Chengmen School Commander Wu Qiong , etc., and used the Han Fu , Liu Dai , Kong, Zhang Zhi , Zhang Miao , etc. to Zaizhou County. And Fu and others all joined forces to fight against Zhuo.
Later, Dong Zhuo trusted Situ Wang Yun - When he moved the capital from Luoyang to Chang'an, Dong Zhuo was busy with the front-line war, so he temporarily handed over the decision-making power of the court to Wang Yun. However, how did Wang Yun "repay" Dong Zhuo, there is no need to say much, right?
March, Yi Si, the car drove into Chang'an... At that time, Dong Zhuo had not arrived, and the government was entrusted by Wang Yun.
is obvious. From these historical facts, we can find that even if Dong Zhuo regards himself as a "Taishi", even if he is "humble" and embraces talents, everyone in those aristocratic families still look down on this "traitor".
So, Dong Zhuo committed his second major crime: moving the capital to Chang'an.
Although historical books say that Dong Zhuo moved the capital to Chang'an to avoid the "Eighteen Routes Against Dong's Allied Forces", through the various historical materials above that the scholars and officials and Dong Zhuo "stubbornly disobeyed", we can also infer that: Dong Zhuo moved the capital to Chang'an, was actually to completely destroy the original bureaucratic foundation of the Eastern Han Dynasty - Dong Zhuo did this so that he could have less "resistance" in the court.
According to historical records:
The car moved westward. Dong Zhuo collected all the wealthy houses and punished them for their crimes, and confiscated their property. The dead were invincible. All the remaining people were driven away millions of people to Chang'an. The infantry and cavalry drove away, and they were even more like each other. They were hungry and plundered, and the corpses were accumulated. Zhuo Ziliu's residence in Bigui Garden, burned all the palaces and temples, and the government and homes were all within 200 miles. The rooms and houses were gone, and there were no more chickens and dogs.
Dong Zhuo had never thought of letting the original officials in the court survive - he first burned down the palace and official offices in Luoyang, and then asked the soldiers to forcibly drive the officials and people of the Han court to migrate to Chang'an.
result, but did not give enough logistical support to these officials, and many important officials of the Han court starved to death...
From then on, the foundation of the Eastern Han Dynasty was destroyed; chaos in the world was inevitable.
Seen here, I guess everyone will understand why Dong Zhuo was "lit in the sky lantern" after his death.
For the sake of his own selfish interests, a person destroyed the foundation of the four hundred years of Han Dynasty, leaving hundreds of millions of people homeless. What is this person not a "traitor"? !
