The Power of the Three Kingdoms at the End of the Han Dynasty and the Imperial Power of the Han Dyna

Yanzhou was in chaos, and Yuan Shao wanted to put his hand in. Unfortunately, there were many things going on in Jizhou, and there was no one in Yanzhou. For a while, he was too busy to do anything, so he did not take action. It was not until Bao Xin, the Prime Minister of Jibei, sent a kind invitation to Cao Cao that Cao Cao came from Yuan Shao. When his subordinates came out, they were no longer Yuan Shao's cavalry, but gradually took the center stage of the troubled times.

Bao Xin is also an important person who has been ignored in the Three Kingdoms, a person with a vision comparable to Jia Xu and Guo Jia.He could read people's hearts and see the general trend, and his judgment was never wrong in his short life.

Bao Xin briefly appeared during the collapse of the Han Dynasty. At that time, he was ordered by He Jin to go to his hometown to recruit troops. When he came back, He Jin had just been killed. He saw that Dong Zhuo was a man with no moral integrity and no limits, and he also saw his strength just after entering the capital. Unstable, he persuaded Yuan Shao to kill Dong Zhuo.

Among the coalition forces to fight against Dong, Yuan Shao was unparalleled as the leader. Everyone thought he was the end of the troubled times. Only Bao Xin took a fancy to Cao Cao, who was still at the level of Ma Tsai at the time. He believed that Cao Cao was the one who would bring order to the troubled times.

Yuan Shao had selfish motives, and the Yuan family in Runan transformed from a wealthy family into a warlord.

After Yuan Shao captured Jizhou, Bao Xin saw that Yuan Shao was not helping the Han Dynasty tide over the difficulties, but was using the Runan Yuan family's brand name for his own use. Bao Xin said to Cao Cao, who was attached to Yuan Shao at this time: "The treacherous officials took advantage of the provocation to overthrow. The royal family is a hero who strives for festivals, and the world responds with righteousness. Now Shao is the leader of the alliance, and due to his monopoly of power, chaos will arise on his own, and there will be another Zhuo. If you suppress it, you will not be able to control it, and you can only escape the difficulty, how can you save it? And we can plan to the south of the river to wait for changes."

This area of ​​Dongjun was the main partner when Wang Jing regulated the river. Half of its jurisdiction was in the north of the Yellow River and half was in the south of the Yellow River. The administration was located in Puyang in the south of the Yellow River.As Yuan Shao's prefect of Dongjun, Cao Cao did not reach out to Puyang, but set up his base camp in Dongwuyang, Hebei.

After Cao Cao became the governor of Dongjun, Bao Xin became the prime minister of Jibei. The two became each other's horns, and Cao Cao finally gained a foothold in Yanzhou.

There were two reasons for the great chaos in Yanzhou.First, after the princes in Yanzhou attacked Dong, Liu Dai, the governor of Yanzhou, was captured. Now he is practicing hard in the north. Yanzhou is leaderless. Not only that, Qiao Mao, the prefect of Dongjun, was also captured. Dongjun was left without an owner, so Cao Cao had the opportunity to return to Bao Xin. On the recommendation of the emperor, he was appointed as the prefect of Dongjun.

The second reason is that because of the "Yellow Turban" moth thieves, in the fifth year of Zhongping (188), a very ferocious Yellow Turban Army was resurrected in Qingzhou, and even destroyed the prefecture and county. The number later grew to more than one million.

Whenever there is chaos in the world, the people of Shandong always burst out with huge class hatred and strong fighting power, and this time is no exception.

In the first year of Chuping (190), when the Allied forces were attacking Dong, the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou began to ravage Qingzhou, and Qingzhou fell into depression.

In the second year of Chuping (191), a group of yellow scarf thieves in Qingzhou wiped out the scourge of Qingzhou and began to go north along the seaside to attack Bohai Sea and entered Jizhou.

But they provoked the wrong person, met Gongsun Zan, and were massacred and captured nearly [-] people. So the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans chose to go south and entered Yanzhou to continue causing trouble for one side.

The growth of the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans is inseparable from the leadership of the Taiping Saint Zhang Ning. However, after Cai Yan became pregnant and Zhang Ning secretly returned to Bingzhou, the little thoughts of these Yellow Turban leaders were revealed.

Liu Han also knew that their mud could not hold up the wall, so he simply didn't care. Zhang Ning wanted to go back and continue leading the team, but Liu Han stopped him, "The mission of the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans has been completed. They have eliminated many landlords and landlords for me. There are only some local princes who have armed resistance to resist, so let them go."

After the Yellow Turban Army invaded Yanzhou, there was almost no resistance. They crossed Jibei and Dongping, once penetrated into the heart of Yanzhou, and killed Zheng Sui, the Prime Minister of Rencheng.

Yanzhou county officials could not win, so they had no choice but to ask for foreign aid, so they thought of Cao Cao, Yuan Shao's number one Ma Chai at present, to suppress the bandits.

However, after the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans entered Yanzhou, they also held ordinary people hostage all the way. Although there were 20 fewer people defeated by Gongsun Zan, they were also supplemented by nearly one million Yellow Turban refugees, many of whom had been on the battlefield several times. The veterans were able to gather 10,000 to [-] elite soldiers no matter what, plus [-]+ combatable soldiers. The absolute numerical gap once made Cao Cao confused, and he suffered several defeats in a row.

Cao Cao was helpless. He could not solve this wave of Yellow Turbans, so he could only retreat to the north bank of the Yellow River to defend Yuan Shao's flanks. At the same time, he wrote a letter, hoping to negotiate with the Qingzhou Yellow Turban leader to resolve this issue peacefully.

At this time, the situation in the north was changing, and the two great princes Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan were finally going to war after nearly half a year of planning.

In ancient wars, both sides wanted to point fingers at the other side from the moral high ground.

When the princes attacked Dong, Yuan Shao did this. Now Gongsun Zan wants to attack Yuan Shao, and he will do the same. He wrote a letter detailing Yuan Shao's ten crimes.

This time, Yuan Shao was not so lucky, and Dong Zhuo knew the feeling of being criticized from the commanding heights of morality.

"Since I heard about the emperor and Xi, there have been affairs between the emperor and his ministers. They have made changes to guide the people, and punishments have been used to prohibit violence. Today, Yuan Shao, a general on the road, is pretending to be a chariot and cavalry general. He entrusts his predecessors to steal people's titles. He is sexually violent and commits obscenity. . In the past, he was the captain of the Sili school. When the country was in disaster, the Queen Mother took over the photo, and the He family assisted in the government. Shao Zhuan was evil and charming and could not be upright. Ding Yuan was ordered to burn Han Valley and Dong Zhuo was attracted, causing chaos. , it’s a crime.” Let me first say that Yuan Shao’s cavalry general is a self-proclaimed general, fake, uncounted, and not recognized by the Han Dynasty. He enjoys high official status and generous salary by virtue of his ancestors, but he is promiscuous by nature and has superficial behavior.The first crime is to incite the relatives and eunuchs to kill each other, causing evil, affecting the country, causing the emperor to lose control, and causing chaos in the world.

"Now that Zhuo has entered Luo and is in charge of the hostage, Shao cannot use his authority to benefit the emperor and his father, but abandons the official biography and flees. He insults the noble order and carries disloyalty, which is Shao's second crime."

This is the second crime. He violated his master and insulted his title. Yuan Shao, as the commander of the Sili School, could not repay the emperor at the critical moment and turn the tide. Instead, he abandoned the talisman and fled Luoyang, which insulted his position and betrayed his people. Jun.

"Shao was the prefect of Bohai. He silently selected troops and horses to attack Dong Zhuo. He did not report his father and brothers. When he came to the palace of the Taifu, his mother and son were killed once. This is unkind and unfilial. Shao is guilty of three crimes."

When Yuan Shao was the governor of Bohai, he secretly prepared troops and horses and was about to attack Dong Zhuo, but he did not tell his father and brother. As a result, the master (Yuan Kui), the servant (Yuan Ji), his mother and his son were killed in an instant. This was unkind and unfilial. This was his fault. The third count.

"After Shao raised an army and spent two years in Lili, he did not care about the national calamity and established a large-scale settlement. Instead, he focused on providing food and supplies to take care of his time. He cut off wealthy families and collected money for examinations. The people complained and complained bitterly. This is Shao's fourth crime. "

The fourth crime: forming a party for personal gain and plundering the people.It had been two years since Yuan Shao had launched an army. Under the banner of opposing Dong Dong, he secretly supported party members and expanded his territory.They also used the name of anti-Dong to plunder food and salary and squeeze the people.

"Han Fu was forced to steal his vacant position, and he pretended to be favourable, and engraved gold and jade seals. Every time he wrote a document, he checked the soap bag. The text said, 'A letter from the edict, the seal of the Marquis of Zhong Township.' The chaos gradually became real, and now what I have done is imitated, and it is a crime of five kinds."

The fifth crime: stealing Jizhou and violating the imperial edict.He forced Han Fu to illegally seize Jizhou. He also forged the emperor's edict and privately carved gold and jade seals. Every time he issued a document, he always sealed it in a black silk bag with the words "Edict, seal of the Marquis of Zhongxiang" written on it. This is what Wang Mang did. Yuan Shao also did this.

"Shao ordered Cui Juye to look at the stars, bribe his wealth and goods, share food and drinks with him, meet in Keqi, and attack the counties. Isn't this what a minister should do? Shao is guilty of six crimes."

The sixth crime: practicing superstition and bribing star workers.

"Shao and Liu Xun, the former Huya Commander, jointly built an army, but they used a small anger to harm Xun in vain, they were slanderous in their credit, and the killing was meritorious. Shao committed seven crimes."

The seventh sin: Killing allies out of petty anger.Appoint a treacherous villain to help him do evil.

"Shao also went to Gao Yan, the governor of Gu Shanggu, and Yao Gong, the prime minister of Ganling, and blamed him for the money. The money was not prepared. They ordered both of them. This is Shao's eighth crime."

The eighth crime: extortion and killing of famous officials.

"The righteousness of the Spring and Autumn Period is that a son is valued by his mother. The mother is a maidservant, and she is a humble servant. She cannot be a queen. It is not appropriate to use righteousness. It is because of the heavy responsibility of Fenglong, to disgrace the prince, to humiliate Yuan Zong, and to offend the nine sins. "

The ninth crime: being of humble origin and stealing a high position. According to the meaning of the Spring and Autumn Annals, a son is as noble as his mother.Yuan Shao's mother was a maid, and her status was really low. Yu Yi could not become someone else's heir, but he held a high position, enjoyed great blessings, defiled the king's title, and humiliated his ancestors.

"Furthermore, Sun Jian, the governor of Changsha, led the governor of Yuzhou, drove away Dong Zhuo, and swept away the tombs and temples. He did a great job. Shao ordered Zhou Ang to steal his position, cut off the food supply, and prevented Zhuo from entering, so that Zhuo would not be executed. Shao was guilty of ten crimes. .”

The last crime: breaking the covenant and stabbing Sun Jian in the back.

Anyway, regardless of whether it was there or not, Yuan Shao had some stains on it and couldn't wash them off.

"Every time I get a letter from the later general Yuan Shu, I say that Shao is not a shu. Shao's crimes are violent, even though the bamboos in Nanshan cannot carry them. Xiji Zhou's government was weak, the king's royal palace was late, the emperor moved the capital, and the princes rebelled, so Qi Huan established the alliance of Keting , Jin Wen was a gathering of Jiantu, cutting down Jingchu to the Jingmao, and punishing Cao and Wei for their rudeness. Although I am a minister, I am not a sage, but I have been favored by the court. I have been given this important task, and I am serving as a yue. I resigned. When attacking crimes, he often fights with generals, states, counties and soldiers to challenge Shao and others. If a victory is achieved, the criminal will gain the victory, and the concubine will continue the effect of Huan and Wen Zhongzhong, and the shape of the attack will be followed up."

Listing ten pieces of evidence of Yuan Shao's crimes, Gongsun Zan took advantage of the great righteousness and formally launched an army. (End of chapter)