I am Li Shimin of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 80
Therefore, Dong Zhuo invited his confidants Jia Xu and Li Ru over to discuss countermeasures.

Beside him was a middle-aged man with a goatee, his expression was calm, he was not in a hurry, and he looked like he was holding a wisdom pearl. This man was Jia Xu, the famous "poisoner" in the future.

"My lord, Ding Yuan seemed to deliberately keep Zhang Yi behind because he ran away alone before. As a result, Zhang Yi was killed by Xiu Tuhu, and he was despised by scholars. With this stain, I am afraid that this person will only be suppressed everywhere. There is no place to stand. In addition, when He Jin, his backer in the capital, died, he was like a dog that lost his family. Regarding this person, I thought that I could lure him to benefit, and promised him a high official and a generous salary, or I could use his heart to use him." After Jia Xu finished speaking, she stroked her beard habitually.

"My lord, Mr. Wen He's words are correct. I would like to persuade my lord to surrender this person." Li Ru on the side said vowedly.

Hearing this, Dong Zhuo was very happy: "Haha, if Wenyou makes a move, it will definitely be a great success, and I have nothing to worry about."

In fact, everything was exactly as Jia Xu had expected. Ding Yuan's situation was indeed worrying. He was a tainted person, despised by scholar-bureaucrats. Besides, he was a general with a humble official position before, and now he has no backer. Grandma I don't love my uncle or my uncle.

It's just that he still has military power in his hands, so everyone is afraid of him, but they just don't respect him and alienate him instead.

How can this make Ding Yuan feel uncomfortable?

Therefore, Li Ru didn't spend much time talking, just promised him a high official and rich salary in the future, and also promised him to avenge Li Shimin for driving him away, and help him return to Bingzhou. Ding Yuan soon fell into Dong Zhuo's arms.

Ding Yuan said that there are not many troops in his hands now, and the original general Lu Bu also turned his back on him, and took away more than 1 Bingzhou wolf riders, just like a tiger that has lost its fangs, without its vigor and power. Putting on airs, he himself did not dare to go head-to-head with Dong Zhuo's Xiliang army.

Therefore, the two hit it off and worked hand in hand.

Dong Zhuo finally breathed a sigh of relief without the threat of Ding Yuan, a paper tiger, and accelerated his plot.

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On August [-]th, Dong Zhuo raised the matter of abolishing the establishment at the court meeting, and took Huo Guang as an example. Since Bitian Yannian, only Shangshu Lu Zhi, the civil and military minister of the Manchu Dynasty, stood up to defend Dong Zhuo. meeting.

Later, Dong Zhuo wanted to find an opportunity to kill Lu Zhi, but was dissuaded by Cai Yong, and Lu Zhi abandoned his official position and fled.

In the end, under the coercion of Dong Zhuo, the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty fell silent, no longer resisted, and no one raised objections.

On September [-]st, in the front hall of Chongde, Shangshu Dinggong presided over the abolition ceremony. Taifu Yuan Kui helped Liu Bian off the throne, lifted the jade seal and handed it over to Liu Xie, and then helped Liu Xie officially ascend the throne. ".

Under the threat of death, the originally very stubborn ministers of the Manchu Dynasty lowered their heads, and chose to remain silent and accept in order to protect themselves or for their own interests.

Since the abolition of the emperor, Dong Zhuo, the elder brother, has started to feel a little smug, and has begun to enjoy the fruits of victory.

In the same year, on October [-]rd, Dong Zhuo took advantage of the burial of Empress Dowager He's body to open Wenling (the tomb of Emperor Ling of Han) and let people steal the treasures.

Moreover, relying on the power of the military power, they indulged the soldiers in looting the wealthy households in Luoyang City, looting their property, raping women, and perverting the law, causing public grievances to boil.

Dong Zhuo has a cruel personality and is good at using criminal law to establish his prestige.The censor Shi Chao Longzong forgot to remove his sword when he met Dong Zhuo. Dong Zhuo took advantage of the problem and ordered him to be beaten to death.He also ordered people to kill Empress Dowager He's mother, Lord Wuyang, and even dug He Miao's body from the tomb, dismembered it and threw it in the garden.

This series of perverse actions finally aroused public indignation, and heroes from all walks of life conspired secretly to challenge Dong.

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Cao Cao saw that Dong Zhuo was going against the grain and was unwilling to cooperate with him, so he changed his name and fled from Luoyang, the capital.After Cao Cao arrived in Chenliu, he "scattered his family wealth and joined forces with righteous soldiers", and righteous men from all over the world came to serve him one after another.

Among the relatives of the Cao family are his cousin Cao Hong, whose style name is Zilian; cousin Cao Ren, whose style name is Zixiao; Elite soldiers, raised troops in Jiwu in December 5000.

It has to be said that these generals who started from Cao Cao are all rare fierce generals, Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Dun are both fierce generals selected in ten thousand, among them Cao Hong and Cao Ren are both civil and military, and they are rare generals.

Yuan Shao was the most charismatic figure in the crusade against Dong Zhuo. After he escaped from Luoyang, he returned to Donghai County and has been secretly recruiting soldiers and recruiting heroes from all over the world.Soon he used his prominent family background to absorb many talents.

It has to be said that the signboards of aristocratic families in the Han Dynasty were still very bluffing.

The more famous ones are Chun Yuqiong. Chun Yuqiong is one of the eight captains of Xiyuan, and he is a colleague of Cao Cao. In fact, his martial arts are not bad.

There is also the fierce general Han Meng, although this man is not well known, he is also very skilled in martial arts.

The wise and courageous general Jiang Yiqu, and his favorite Yan Liang and Wen Chou.

However, both Zhang He and Gao Lan were taken away by Li Shimin, and only two of the original Hebei Four Court Columns remained.

Objectively speaking, Yuan Shao's strength was not bad at the beginning of his career. Although these generals cannot be said to be the best in the world, they are still first-class.This also shows that the aristocratic families still had great appeal and influence in the Han Dynasty at that time.

And Sun Jian, the fierce tiger in the east of the Yangtze River, and Sun Wentai have been secretly accumulating strength. The Sun family has been an official in Wu for generations. After the Yellow Turban Uprising, Sun Jian recruited more than 1000 elite soldiers and followed Zhu Jun to fight in the north and south.Later, he was appointed as the prefect of Changsha because of his meritorious service.

And the generals under his command are also quite good, the most famous one is his four tiger generals.

Huang Gai's courtesy name is Gongfu, and he followed Sun Jian to attack cities and conquer territories in the early years. In every battle, Huang Gai always took the lead and fought bravely.

Cheng Pu, whose name is Demou, was the first general to follow Sun Jian. He once followed Sun Jian to conquer the Yellow Turban.

Han Dang's character is Yigong, he is good at bow and arrow, riding and shooting, and has extraordinary courage. Han Dang's courage when he was young is no less than that of "Yanren" Zhang Fei.

Zu Mao's name is Da Rong, he can be regarded as Sun Jian's bodyguard, because of his outstanding martial arts, he was promoted and reused by Sun Jian, and he has always been with him as a bodyguard.

The only one who was relatively miserable was Liu Bei. At this time, Liu Bei was still under Gongsun Zan's command, and his qualifications were struggling. The original Taoyuan trio had lost Guan Yu, and only Meng Zhang Fei was left to follow.

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In December of the same year, Cao Cao revised a book and asked Li Shimin to join forces against Dong Zhuo.

Because the two had cooperated in the Battle of the Yellow Turbans before, Cao Cao knew that Li Shimin was a great talent and had always admired him. Moreover, he has now become the leader of Bingzhou with a strong army, so he invited him to discuss Dong Bandit together next year.

In fact, Li Shimin has been paying attention to Dong Zhuo's developments. He is very aware of his perverse actions and the reactions of the princes everywhere. He also wants to take this opportunity to quickly strengthen himself, so he readily agrees.

(End of this chapter)