Enlightenment of the Three Kingdoms

Dong Taiwei in Li Ru's mouth is Dong Zhuo. Dong Zhuo's father, Dong Junya, gave birth to Dong Zhuo and Dong Min when he was the county captain of Lunshi in Yingchuan County, Yuzhou, so they were named Zhongying and Shuying respectively. .

Dong Zhuo and Dong Zhongying were born in Lintao, Longxi. He grew up in Liangzhou. He was good at fighting for justice since he was a child, and made friends with the leaders of the Qiang people.According to legend, when Dong Zhuo was farming in his hometown, some Qiang leaders came to visit him, and Dong Zhuo would kill the cattle in his family to entertain everyone.The leaders of the Qiang people were very moved. After they went back, they gathered thousands of various livestock and presented them to Dong Zhuo.From this rumor, it can be seen how good the relationship between Dong Zhuo and the Qiang people is.

In the last years of Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty, Dong Zhuo was awarded the title of Habayashi Lang, and he followed Zhang Huan, the Hun Zhonglang general, to attack the Hanyang Qiang people.Dong Zhuo was fierce, resourceful, and unparalleled in strength. He was good at wearing two sets of quiver, and shot left and right while galloping on horseback. His arrows were precise.Therefore, he has made many military exploits, and he is a talented official.After successively serving as the magistrate of Guangwu County, the captain of the northern part of Shu County, and the captain of Wuji in the Western Regions, he was dismissed by the court because of murder, corruption and perverting the law.

During the Xiping period, Dong Zhuo was conscripted by Situ Yuan Kui as an official, and became an official promoted by the Yuan family of "Four Generations and Three Dukes".As a result, he was quickly reused, and later served as the governor of Bingzhou and the prefect of Hedong County. Naturally, the Yuan family worked behind the scenes.

The old advocated that Huan lived in seclusion in Huayin County, Hongnong County. Dong Zhuo sent his elder brother Dong Zhuo to present him with a hundred horses. Zhang Huan hated Dong Zhuo and refused to accept it.Although Dong Zhuo felt resentment in his heart, but because Zhang Huan was deeply loved by the local people and had thousands of disciples, no matter how dissatisfied he was, he had no choice but to give up and did not dare to do harm.Zhang Huan died peacefully at the age of 78. The people of Wuwei County built a shrine for him, and worshiped him endlessly.

Later, Dong Zhuo participated in the suppression of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, but because the war was unfavorable, he was taken by the court and imprisoned. He was almost sentenced to death. He was naturally dissatisfied with the emperor.Later, he was pardoned because of the amnesty of the world.

Later, he followed Sikong and Zhang Wen to quell the Liangzhou Rebellion.During this period, Dong Zhuo was promoted to General Polu, and together with You Fufeng Bao Hong, he attacked the rebel army and beheaded thousands of people.Zhang Wen sent out six groups of troops, five of them, including Zhou Shen, all ended in failure, but Dong Zhuo's entire army was stationed at Youfufeng.

As a result, Dong Zhuo was rewarded by the court, and he was named the Marquis of the Township, and he was granted the title of a thousand households.Since then, Dong Zhuo has become the most famous person in the Dong family, and naturally people from all walks of life will come to vote.Dong Zhuo already had selfish intentions at this time, so he naturally accepted all comers without rejection, and his followers even numbered thousands.

In the fifth year of Zhongping, Liangzhou rebels re-attacked Youfufeng and besieged Chencang County.In November, the imperial court worshiped Huangfu Song as General Zuo, and Dong Zhuo, the former general in charge, each led 2 horses to rescue Chencang.Dong Zhuo was eager to make contributions, and suggested to Huangfusong that he should march quickly to win the first battle.

Huangfusong believed that Chencang County was well-defended, and the Liangzhou rebels would certainly not be able to conquer it. As long as our army stood still and waited for work, we could win a complete victory.So Dong Zhuo's suggestion was not adopted, and the matter was reported to the court.

Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty issued an edict to conscript Dong Zhuo as a young mansion, which was actually the intention of ascending and descending secretly, in order to seize his military power.Dong Zhuo refused to accept the order, and wrote a letter of resignation: "My subordinate Huangzhong Yicong and Hun soldiers all came to stop my chariot and horses, begging me not to abandon them. I can't stop them, I can only stay to comfort them, and I can't leave. Please forgive me, if the situation changes, I will report to the imperial court again."

Emperor Han Ling had no choice but to be very worried.In the spring and February of the sixth year of Zhongping, Liangzhou rebels besieged Chencang County for more than [-] days and retreated exhausted.Huangfusong ordered to pursue them, but Dong Zhuo dissuaded him, saying, "Don't pursue poor bandits, and don't force those who return."

Huang Fusong believed: "The rebel army is a tired army that has lost its fighting spirit, not a poor bandit who has returned to the crowd. It is really the best time to chase and wipe them out."

Afterwards, Huangfu Song ordered Dong Zhuo to be the queen, and he himself led the army to pursue.The battle was won consecutively along the way, and more than ten thousand rebel heads were cut off. The rebel leader, Wang Guo, died of illness on the way to escape not long after he escaped.As a result, Huangfusong became famous in the first battle and was appreciated by Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty.Therefore, Dong Zhuo hated Huangfusong very much, thinking that he blocked his way to promotion and refused to give himself a chance.

At this time, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was dying of illness, and his time was numbered.Therefore, he issued another imperial edict, worshiping Dong Zhuo as the governor of Bingzhou, and handing over his troops to Huangfusong, so as to take the opportunity to avoid future troubles.

However, Dong Zhuo only accepted the appointment, but he refused to hand over his military power.He wrote a letter to argue: "I have been in charge of the army for ten years, and the soldiers have a good relationship with me. They all work hard for me. I beg to take these soldiers to Bingzhou so that we can serve Biancai together and do our best to guard the frontier. I'm determined."

Huangfu Li persuaded his uncle Huangfusong to take the opportunity to get rid of Dong Zhuo, but Huangfusong refused, but reported Dong Zhuo's refusal to hand over military power to the court.Therefore, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty issued an edict again to blame Dong Zhuo, and Dong Zhuo naturally resented Huangfusong even more.

In the end, Dong Zhuo didn't dare to disobey the holy order any more, and only took away 5000 soldiers and horses from his direct lineage, and these people followed him to Bingzhou.But Dong Zhuo just led his troops to stay in Hedong County, so he was ill and stagnated.Because Dong Zhuo had also heard that Emperor Han Ling was seriously ill, he wanted to assess the situation here before making a decision.

However, in April, Emperor Ling of Han died, and then General He Jin actually took power.However, the general He Jin conspired with Yuan Shao, the lieutenant of Sili, to kill the eunuch of the dynasty.However, because the emperor was young, the Empress Dowager He who was in power refused to issue an edict, so He Jin and Yuan Shao privately recruited Dong Zhuo to lead the troops to Beijing to force the Empress Dowager He to submit.

Dong Zhuo was overjoyed when he learned about it, and he set off immediately to Luoyang, the capital.At the same time, Dong Zhuo wrote a letter of impeachment to ten eunuchs including Zhang Rang, the regular attendant, and pointed out their crimes, hoping that today's world can be the master and the people of the world.In fact, Dong Zhuo's letter was just for himself, an excuse he made in advance to go to Beijing to suppress the rebellion.

But not long after, General He Jin regretted it again, so he sent admonisher Zhong Shao to dissuade Dong Zhuo from entering Beijing.Chong Shao saw Dong Zhuo at the Strider Pool and asked Dong Zhuo to return to Hedong County to attack the exiled Xiongnu Shan Yufulo.Dong Zhuo resolutely refused, continued to write a letter to defend, and led his troops to continue to advance, and by this time his troops had reached Luoyang.

Under the pressure of Dong Zhuo's advance, Empress Dowager He finally agreed to issue an edict to dismiss the eunuch.When Dong Zhuo led his army to the outside of Luoyang City, Chong Shao asked Dong Zhuo to withdraw his troops again when he was out of the city to work as an army. Dong Zhuo ordered his soldiers to come forward and threaten Zhong Shao.Chong Shao was furious and reprimanded Dong Zhuo.Dong Zhuo knew he was in the wrong, so he led his army westward to the sunset pavilion twenty miles outside Luoyang City to rectify his troops.

On August 25th of the sixth year of Zhongping, General He Jin and Sili Captain Yuan Shao tried to kill the eunuchs, but Empress Dowager He refused.Therefore, General He Jin summoned Dong Zhuo's envoys to the capital, and secretly ordered Dong Zhuo to write a letter saying: "The Zhongchang servant Zhang Rang and others took advantage of the favor and made chaos in the sea. In the past, Zhao Yang promoted the armor of Jinyang to drive away the evil from the king's side." .The ministers ring the bells and drums like Luoyang, and ask for concessions."

General He Jin planned to use Dong Zhuo's army to coerce Empress Dowager He into agreeing to execute Zhang Rang's ten permanent attendants.But before Dong Zhuo arrived, He Jin had already been murdered by the eunuch.It turned out that Zhang Rang and other eunuchs had long known that it was General He Jin who was going to kill them all, so they conspired to find a way to get rid of He Jin so as to save themselves a chance.

But they were too ignorant of people's hearts. The person who really wanted to kill them was not General He Jin who was born as a butcher, but Yuan Shao and Yuan Benchu ​​who had been hiding beside General He Jin.The Yuan family was already well-known all over the world at this time, and the Yuan family of "Four Generations and Three Dukes" had already had peaches and plums all over the world.

I don't know if others have ambitions, but why does Yuan Shao, who is a general of Huben Zhonglang, want to become a lieutenant of the Chinese Army among the eight lieutenants of Xiyuan?It turned out that Liu Hong, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, preferred the prince who was Wang Mei's second prince, Liu Xie.Emperor Han Ling wanted to abolish the elders and establish the younger ones, but because of his serious illness, he asked the eunuch Xiaohuangmen Jianshuo to help Liu Xie succeed to the throne, so he set up the Eighth Captain of Xiyuan.In order to divide the military power of the general He Jin, Jian Shuo naturally wanted to get rid of He Jin and make Liu Xie emperor.

The Eighth Colonel of Xiyuan, with Xiao Huangmen Jian Shuo as the captain of the upper army; Yuan Shao, the general of Huben Zhonglang, as the captain of the Chinese army; Bao Hong, the captain of Tunqi, as the captain of the lower army; Cao Cao, the Yilang, as the captain of the Dian army; Zhao Rong as the assistant Chunyuqiong is the captain of the Zuojun; Xia Mou, an admonishment doctor, is the captain of the left; Cao Jie's son-in-law Feng Fang is the captain of the right.

It's a pity that the weather is not good. When Emperor Hanling was planning, he died early in April.The carefully prepared eight noble children originally wanted to use their family power to succeed their beloved son Liu Xie as the chief minister.With the eight of them as the foundation, no matter inside or outside the palace, they have enough power to rival the He family.Only in this way can we truly achieve the goal of fighting without bloodshed, and gradually weaken the He family's military power, avoiding the incident of fighting in battle.

However, since the death of Hanling Emperor Liu Hong, the eight captains of Xiyuan have different ideas. Without him in the army, how could they all be dedicated to assisting the young master Liu Xie?What's more, Hanling Emperor Liu Hong only told Jian Shuo, the little Huangmen, what he thought in his heart.Because in the hearts of Hanling Emperor Liu Xie, these people are the most reliable, and only Jian Shuo, who is an eunuch, is the best candidate!

Liu Hong, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, knew that only Jian Shuo of the small Huang family would not rebel against the imperial power. Among these eight people, why did Jian Shuo be appointed as the captain of the army?Moreover, he also specially informed the school captains that all belonged to Jian Shuo.He ordered Xiao Huangmen Jian Shuo to be in charge of the various armies and was directly ordered by Emperor Liu Hong.For a while, the Eighth Captain of Xiyuan was so powerful that even the General He Jin had to be ordered by him.

It is conceivable that when the eight captains of Xiyuan were set up, what kind of responsibility and honor did Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty Liu Hong prepare to bestow on these eight people?These eight people are all smart people, how could they not know their own status in the future?It means that the forces of these eight families are all condensed together for Liu Xie to use, and also for his mother, Queen Mother Dong, as a talisman.

Hanling Emperor Liu Hong's vision is that when the time comes, his mother, Empress Dowager Dong, will be in charge of the court and rule the world on behalf of her son Liu Xie.In a few years, when Liu Xie is old, he will inherit the throne logically, and will not cause so many killings and bloody storms like when he succeeded to the throne.

However, after the death of Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty, the prince Liu Bian, born of the He family, came to the throne, honored his mother He as the empress dowager, and the He family was the regent.At that time, the relative He family had General He Jin commanding the soldiers and horses of the world, but his own Xiyuan Eighth Colonel only had soldiers and horses like the Forbidden Army and the Imperial City, so how could he compete with General He Jin?

After the He family took over as regent, Dong Zhong, the nephew of the Empress Dowager Dong, and He Jin, the elder brother of the He family, fought for power. The eunuchs relied on Dong Zhong as party support.But every time the old lady Dong wanted to interfere in the country's political affairs, the He family would stop her, so the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law was completely broken!

How could the old lady Dong endure such grievances?She scolded angrily: "You are so arrogant now, you are relying on your brother He Jin! If I order the hussar general Dong Zhong to cut off He Jin's head, it's just a matter of a little effort! Then we will see how arrogant and domineering you are!"