It's not that Dong Zhuo is mentally retarded and doesn't understand the dynamics of the Yuan family at all, but in political games, you can't overturn the chessboard unless you have to, otherwise you won't be able to play in the future.
Moreover, with the influence of the Yuan family, Dong Zhuo, who had initially settled in Luoyang, could not handle the turmoil caused by rash actions.
The lesser of the two powers harming each other, it is better to let the Yuan family come out on their own than to remain hidden in the dark. This is not the only way to strip away the Yuan family's secret power.
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On the eve of the great changes in Luoyang, Gao Jing received the transfer order to be assigned to Shu. He could have refused.
However, for the sake of loyalty in his heart, he resolutely accepted Dong Zhuo's appointment. This was his last loyalty to the Han Dynasty.
Because of poor health, he went to Shu, which was full of misfortunes. On the eve of his departure, Gao Jing decided to give his daughter Gao Yue.
The last thing he did was to simply be a wedding witness for her and Yuan Xi, which pitied the hearts of parents all over the world.
In troubled times, there are talented people and beautiful women. Everyone has his own persistence and beliefs in his heart, for which he lives and for which he dies.
After the situation in Luoyang stabilized, Dong Zhuo also began to plan to depose the emperor. In the front hall of Chongde, Ding Gong presided over the deposed ceremony.
Grand Tutor Yuan Wei helped Liu Bian to the throne, revoked the jade seal and ribbon and handed it to Liu Xie, and then helped Liu Xie officially ascend the throne.
Regarding this point, in the eyes of many people, both Liu Bian, the Young Emperor of the Han Dynasty, and Liu Xie, the Xian Emperor, are both young emperors.
Therefore, there is essentially no need to be deposed by Dong Zhuo. The reason why Dong Zhuo did this was actually because he considered a lot.
First of all, Dong Zhuo's prestige in the court was not high. He wanted to use the deposed emperor to establish his own authority as quickly as possible.
Secondly, the Young Emperor of Han was already fourteen years old at that time and would grow up in a few years. When Liu Xie was eight years old, he supported the young King Chenliu, which was more in line with Dong Zhuo's plan to take charge of the government in the future.
Another point is to usurp procedures. Many things in ancient times, especially those that usurped power, required following certain procedures. It does not mean that you can do whatever you want if you have the power.
On the surface, it still needs to be decent. This can be concluded from the cases of Cao Wei and Western Jin in the late Han Dynasty, the Three Kingdoms period.
For example, he was gradually promoted from a duke to a king, and from a king to an emperor, such as granting political privileges such as nine tins and swords and shoes.
When usurping the throne, auspiciousness must be offered from all directions, ministers must go to court, and the usurper must give in and accept again and again, and other cumbersome steps. ap.
In this process, there is also a relatively long and complicated process, which is not accomplished overnight. Like deposing an emperor, it is a relatively common step in the usurpation process. Depose the original emperor and re-establish his own puppet regime. Waiting for the time to mature before giving up the puppet and becoming independent is a buffering process.
To Dong Zhuo, Liu Bian represented the group of relatives, while in the heart of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, Liu Xie was the most suitable successor to the throne.
After Dong Zhuo came to Beijing, he proposed to depose Liu Bian and establish Liu Xie as emperor. His purpose was to win the support of the scholar-bureaucrat group through this move and create favorable conditions for his own dictatorship.
However, what Dong Zhuo didn't expect was that the scholar group was not interested in himself, a warrior from Kansai.
In fact, they would oppose it regardless of whether Dong Zhuo took measures to abolish the establishment or not. Moreover, Dong Zhuo abolished Li Li this time.
This just gave the nobles headed by the Yuan family an excellent excuse, and the war between the princes against Dong began.
