Dong Zhuo reported the matter of abolishing the throne to the Grand Tutor Yuan Wei. Yuan Wei supported the proposal without any objection and was surprisingly calm.
This surprised Dong Zhuo. The next day, Dong Zhuo once again raised the issue of abolishing the establishment at the court meeting, and used Huo Guang's incident as an example.
And anyone who objects will be put to death immediately. Of all the civil and military officials in the dynasty, only Shangshu Lu Zhi stood up to protest.
Dong Zhuo was speechless after being contradicted, so Dong Zhuo wanted to kill Lu Zhi, but was dissuaded by Yuan Wei and Cai Yong, and Lu Zhi abandoned his official position and fled.
Due to the rebellion of the Yuan family, Dong Zhuo also completely integrated the forces in the court, and the dethronement of the emperor was a foregone conclusion.
Dong Zhuo: Will Yuan Wei of the Yuan family agree?
Li Ru: That old guy will definitely agree.
Dong Zhuo: Oh? Wenyou, what's the best plan?
Li Ru: My lord can confer Yuan Shao with the title of Marquis of Zhongxiang.
Dong Zhuo: This is a very good statement, so let’s stick to it.
For the sake of taboo, the Jin book does not mention the transaction between Yuan Wei and Dong Zhuo, but from the historical details, we can still deduce one or two, and there are traces to be found. This can be regarded as covering up the Yuan family's ugliness.
Moreover, Cai Yan and Yang Xiu were responsible for compiling the "Book of the Later Han", and it was later corrected by Chen Shou and others.
And Cai Yan is the wife of Emperor Xuanwu Yuan Xi.
In the front hall of Chongde, Shangshu Ding Gong presided over the abolition ceremony.
Dong Zhuo summoned hundreds of officials, threatened the Queen Mother He, and issued an edict to depose the young emperor Liu Bian. With deep and complicated thoughts, Yuan Wei took off the seal ribbon worn by the young emperor Liu Bian and presented it to Chenliu King Liu Xie.
Then he helped Hongnong King Liu Bian to go down to the palace and profess his vassalship to Liu Xie who was sitting in the north, but no one in the court dared to speak.
During the four hundred years of the Han Dynasty, Liu Xie was the last emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty. At this point, the great power of the Han Dynasty was exhausted.
The Han Dynasty lost its deer, and the whole world chased it away.
Yuan Wei is a controversial figure and quite complex.
It is not an exaggeration to say that he personally destroyed the Han Dynasty, but he was also the founder of the Jin Dynasty and made contributions to the Yuan family.
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After deposing the emperor, Dong Zhuo followed him and went all the way, asking the minister to read out the policy, and impeached the Queen Mother He for the crime of killing the Queen Mother Dong. She was removed and moved to Yong'an Palace.
Immediately a general amnesty was granted to the whole country, and the reign name Zhaoning was changed to Yonghan. Soon, Dong Zhuo was still worried. In order to prevent the resurgence of his relatives' influence, Dong Zhuo sent people to kill Queen Mother He with poison.
The political structure of the Eastern Han Dynasty was composed of a troika, the power of foreign relatives, the power of eunuchs, and the power of noble clans.
Although the government was in chaos, it still supported the empire and survived the storm. However, the eunuch power was eliminated by Yuan Shao.
The influence of the aristocratic family was kicked out by Dong Zhuo. Now, the last pillar, the influence of the relatives, was also kicked out by Dong Zhuo. Since then, the top power structure of the Eastern Han Dynasty has completely collapsed.
After Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu evacuated Luoyang. Cao Cao's assassination of Dong Zhuo happened, but unfortunately, Lu Bu discovered it and the operation failed. After Cao Cao failed to assassinate Dong Zhuo, he also fled from the capital to Chenliu. During this period, Cao Cao changed his name and fled back from the trail.
Dong Zhuo was furious and went to Wen County to arrest him. He fled to Zhongmou and was suspected by the pavilion chief, who took him to the county government. At that time, the official document of arresting Cao Cao had arrived in Zhongmou, and the meritorious Cao Cao knew that he was Cao Cao. However, due to the chaos in the world, it was not appropriate to confine the heroes of the world, and the Yuan family was powerful, so he asked the county magistrate to release Cao Cao.
Cao Cao was able to escape from death. And this was also the turning point in Cao Cao's life on his way to hegemony.
The meritorious officials in Zhongmu County were arranged by Yuan Shao to support Cao Cao, and were former officials of the Yuan family.
After fleeing, Yuan Shao and others were already waiting in Chenliu to discuss the righteousness of Cao Cao's return.
