A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 375: His nature is hard to change and he is disrupting the capital, and he is asking Dong Xiwen to stir up trouble in the world.
Dong Zhuo's power in the court reached its peak because of the deposed and established affairs. Almost no minister dared to oppose his proposal. What's more, even if Dong Zhuo sneezed in the court meeting, these ministers would tremble. For fear of getting killed.

September

In order to give Dong Zhuo a position, the imperial court appointed Liu Yu, a shepherd and Taiwei of Youzhou who was far away in Youzhou, as the Grand Sima. Dong Zhuo was changed from Sikong to Taiwei, and he also led the former general. .

In order to depose Liu Bian as soon as possible, he did not react in time to Lu Zhi, Bai Dian, and Yuan Shao who escaped. Now that he is a Taiwei, he should show his authority to the world.

Forget it, Lu Zhi is a famous general in the world, but Yuan Shao is just a junior, and Bai Dian actually ridiculed him in front of him. He planned to put Yuan Shao and Bai Dian on a world-wide arrest warrant ).

However, Wu Qiong, the captain of the city gate, persuaded him: "It is not something that ordinary people can understand. Bai Dian and Yuan Shao do not know the general situation, so they are afraid of running away. It is not for other reasons.

If they are wanted too urgently, it will inevitably cause trouble. The Bai family has been prominent in the court since the Han Dynasty. It has been for hundreds of years. It has great prestige in the country. Thanks to the kindness of the Bai family, there are countless disciples and old officials in the world, even the Yuan family. Can't compare.

As for the Yuan family, four generations have had people occupying the position of the Third Duke. Today's Situ Yuan Xu is his father. Although it is not as good as the Bai family, the Yuan family is after all the leading family in the world, and its disciples and former officials are no less generous.

If they are wanted rashly, Bai Dian and Yuan Shao will recruit the world's heroes and form a team, and all the heroes will take advantage of the situation. At that time, Guandong will probably be beyond the control of Ming Gong.

With the influence of Yuan Xu and the Bai family in the court, the peace in the pass is no longer stable, so it is better to pardon them and give them a prefect, then they will definitely be happy to be exempted from guilt, and they will not cause trouble for Ming Gong. "

Dong Zhuo thought about it carefully and thought that Wu Qiong was right. Although he had already taken the position of the Three Dukes, if all Guandong rebelled, he would only have troops like Luoyang, plus the constraints of the ministers in the DPRK. , it is not known whose hand will kill the deer.

It would be better to appease them first, and then deal with them after he takes full control of the court.

So he issued an edict, appointing Bai Dian as the governor of Donglai, granting him the title of Marquis of Jiexiang, and keeping him at a distance. He also appointed Yuan Shao as the governor of Bohai and granted him the title of Marquis of Xixiang.

September 28
In order to show favor to the scholar-bureaucrats, at the suggestion of the doctor Li Ru, Dong Zhuo took the initiative to propose to Chen Fan and Dou Wu, who were politically designated as traitors during the September coup in the first year of Jianning, as well as those who participated in the "Second Party Imprisonment" the following year. Many party members who were arrested and killed in the "Disaster" were rehabilitated.

This was viewed with admiration by the Qing faction, including Situ Yuan Xu, who thought that Dong Zhuo had changed his gender. However, since Dong Zhuo raised this matter, they took this opportunity to vindicate their predecessors.

September

Dong Zhuo, together with Situ Yuan Xu, Sikong Yang Biao, and Shangshu Ling Huang Wan, brought the 鈇锧 to the court to submit a letter to vindicate the many party members who were killed in the disaster of the party.

Liu Xie and Grand Master Yuan Kui Zhunzhuo restored the titles of Chen Fan and others and promoted their descendants to officials.

This made the atmosphere in Luoyang City, which was originally a bit uneasy due to Dong Zhuo's willfulness, relax a lot.

Afterwards, Dong Zhuo got close to Zhou Ao and Wu Qiong, and recruited He Yong, Zheng Tai and others who were former officials of the General's Mansion as his staff.

Under the advice of these staff, he got close to scholars and recruited famous people, such as Xun Shuang, Han Rong, Chen Ji, etc. to serve as officials in the court. Among them, Cai Yong, a famous domestic scholar, became Dong Zhuo's most trusted staff.

Not only that, Dong Zhuo also selected a large number of famous people, such as Han Fu, Liu Dai, Kong Wei, Zhang Zi, Kong Rong, Ying Shao, Zhang Miao and others to serve as local governors and other important positions. Bai Dian, Yuan Shao, Wang Kuang, Bao Xin and others were awarded the title of prefect as a sign of reconciliation.

A series of actions to get close to the scholars won Dong Zhuo great reputation. Many scholars who used to express disgust and curse when they saw him would call him Dong Gong again when they saw him again.

If it had continued like this, even if Dong Zhuo had done so many unreasonable things before, it would have been washed away by these current measures, and it would have become a famous city in the eyes of Shilin.

October rd
Dong Zhuo took advantage of the burial of the Empress Dowager He and ordered people to steal the treasures when he opened the Wenling Mausoleum (the mausoleum of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty).

Not only that, he also allowed his Xiliang soldiers to rob wealthy households, plunder property and rape women in Luoyang City.

This destroyed all the good reputation Dong Zhuo had previously maintained. Scholars began to criticize Dong Zhuo again, and the term "national thief" began to be applied to Dong Zhuo.

November

Dong Zhuo paid homage to the Prime Minister and forced Liu Xie to grant him the privilege of "entering the court without hesitation and walking with swords and shoes in the palace." Since then, Dong Zhuo's power in the court has been at its peak.

Afterwards, Dong Zhuo named his mother Chi Yangjun and appointed hundreds of people including Ling and Cheng to serve her.

Moreover, Dong Zhuo has a cruel character and likes to use criminal law to establish his authority.

Shi Yushi disturbed Long Zong and forgot to remove his sword when he visited Dong Zhuo. Dong Zhuo did not hand him over to Yousi for handling, but took advantage of the situation and ordered him to be beaten to death on the spot.

He also ordered people to kill Wuyang Jun, the mother of Empress Dowager He, and even dug up He Miao's body from the grave, dismembered it and threw it in the garden. Zhou Hui, the son of the great minister Zhou Zhong, heard that something had happened in Luoyang, so he went to Luoyang and rammed Dong Zhuo's carriage. He was very disgusted with him and sent troops to kidnap and kill him.

Maybe Dong Zhuo didn't necessarily do all this. It was possible that Dong Zhuo's soldiers or generals did it without telling Dong Zhuo. After these things were discovered, Dong Zhuo chose to hide them for them.

However, both the people and the scholars blamed Dong Zhuo for these things. Even if Dong Zhuo rehabilitated the party members and treated celebrities with courtesy, it could not stop the people's fear and resentment towards Dong Zhuo's soldiers.

After all these things happened, many more officials in the imperial court abandoned their official posts and fled to Guandong. For example, Zhang Yang, Cao Cao, Wei Zi and others gave up their official positions in the imperial court and chose to return to the local areas to recruit troops and try to fight against Dong Zhuo's rule.

Qiao Mao, the governor of Dongjun, even forged three official documents and distributed them to various state and county governments, stating Dong Zhuo's crimes, calling on various regions to raise troops to rebel against Dong and restore Liu Bian to the throne.

The first year of Chuping
The first day of the first lunar month

Cao Cao, who dispersed his family wealth and gathered righteous soldiers in Chenliu, issued an "Essay against Dong" to the heroes of the world:
"Dong Zhuo deceived the heaven and the earth, destroyed the country and killed people; he was filthy and disorderly in the palace, killing all living beings; he was ruthless and unkind, and he was full of sins! Today, according to the emperor's secret edict, a large number of righteous soldiers have been assembled, vowing to sweep away China and kill all the evil forces.

I hope that the heroes of the world will raise up righteous troops and vent public anger; support the royal family and save the people. When the message arrives, it can be implemented quickly! The Han Dynasty was in misfortune and the imperial authority was lost. The thief Dong Zhuo took advantage of the provocation to cause harm to the Supreme Being and tortured the people.

Cao and others were afraid of the loss of the country, so they gathered volunteers, even Jiuzhou Tongji, and went to the national disaster. All our allies must work together to achieve integrity and have no two ambitions. Those who have this alliance with Chongqing will immediately suffer their fate and will not be able to inherit. The emperor, the queen, the earth, the ancestors are wise, we all learn from this fact! "

As Cao Cao's message spread throughout the world, heroes from all over the world flocked to the Guandong prefectures and counties to respond, whether they really wanted to revive the Han Dynasty or had some other purpose.

In order to seize Shouyi, and because Bai Dian and others were sent too far, Yuan Shao first raised troops to respond. He announced that he would mobilize all his troops from the Bohai Sea to Hanoi to threaten Luoyang, Qing Jun side, and kill the national traitor Dong Zhuo.

Later, Wang Kuang, the governor of Hanoi, Han Fu, the governor of Jizhou, Kong Min, the governor of Yuzhou, Liu Dai, the governor of Yanzhou, Zhang Miao, the governor of Chenliu, Zhang Chao, the governor of Guangling, Qiao Mao, the governor of Dongjun, Yuan Yi, the governor of Shanyang, Bao Xin, the prime minister of Jibei, and Later generals Yuan Shu and Cao Cao, who initiated the rebellion, also announced their intention to raise troops one after another.

They decided to bring a small number of troops to form an alliance at Suanzao, and the larger army would advance slowly in the rear. After the negotiation was completed, they would lead the larger army to attack the pass.

Because these people were the ones closest to Luoyang, it was not until they all arrived at Suanzao that those far away got the news, so Gongsun Zan, the general of Liao Dynasty, Sun Jian, the governor of Changsha, and Bai Dian, the governor of Donglai, also responded.

Chenliujun, jujube
Jujube is located at the junction of Chenliu County, Dongjun and Henan Yin. Going further west, it enters Henan Yin.

Because he was the first to advocate volunteers, and as the host, Cao Cao was the first to arrive here, and started to build barracks and alliance towers with his soldiers.

The third day of the first lunar month
Zhang Miao, the governor of Chenliu, arrived at Suanzao with three thousand soldiers.

Cao Cao and Zhang Miao were long-time friends. They chatted non-stop when they met. Zhang Miao also ordered his soldiers to build barracks with Cao Cao's soldiers.

The fifth day of the first lunar month
Wang Kuang, the governor of Hanoi, Qiao Mao, the governor of Dongjun, Liu Dai, the governor of Yanzhou, and Kong Liu, the governor of Yuzhou, arrived at Suanzao one after another.

There were thousands of soldiers following them, and the army was behind them, and the entire Jujube camp gradually became bustling with people.

The sixth day of the first lunar month
"The general has arrived!" "The governor of Shanyang has arrived!" "The prime minister of Jibei has arrived!"

The seventh day of the first lunar month
Zhang Chao, the governor of Guangling, Han Fu, the governor of Jizhou, and Yuan Shao, the governor of Bohai, arrived one after another with their troops.

When everyone came to the alliance with only two to three thousand soldiers, Yuan Shao actually brought five thousand soldiers. This made everyone in the alliance call Yuan Shao worthy of being the fourth generation and the third prince, with a strong family background.

Yuan Shu on the side also sneered at this. Yuan Shao always pretended to be like this.

Now that the new alliance princes have arrived, according to the usual practice, the banquet should be held again.

Since no alliance leader was elected, everyone vacated the high seats and sat on the left and right sides. However, for some unknown reason, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu naturally sat at the top of the left and right seats, while the other princes had no objections.

Even the host Cao Cao couldn't say anything and had to sit in the middle of the seat.

Who said these two people are the fourth generation and the third prince? Only when Bai Dian arrives can he argue with the two.

But now that the Bai family has not arrived, they are led by Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu.

One of them is the leader of the non-Bai family in Hebei, and the other is the leader of the Henan family. Although they both have the surname Yuan, they know that these two families are incompatible.

(End of this chapter)