After removing Ding Yuan, the final stumbling block, Dong Zhuo finally let go of himself. First, Dong Zhuo forced the Han Dynasty to appoint him as Sikong, and then in order to establish his authority, he even came up with a move to abolish him.
And at this time, Yuan Shao started his performance, finally grabbing a role in this chaos, and directly took the risk to confront Dong Zhuo in Wenmingyuan.
On that day, under the protection of the two divine generals Wu Wenhua and Lu Bu, Dong Zhuo said casually at the banquet, "Now that the emperor is weak, he cannot inherit the throne in the ancestral temple. I want to follow the story of Yi Yin and Huo Guang. , deposed the emperor as King Hongnong, and established King Chenliu as emperor."
Who would have known that as soon as Dong Zhuo said these words, Yuan Shao stepped forward and said, "No! No! Who are you to make such big talk? The emperor is the legitimate son of the late emperor. He has no fault in the beginning. What's the point?" You are making unreasonable suggestions to abolish the establishment! Do you want to be a treasonous person?"
As soon as he heard Yuan Shao's objection, he was determined to realize the move of abolishing Li and immediately became angry, "The world is my business! Who dares to disobey what I am doing! Do you think my sword is harmful?"
Yuan Shao didn't know why, but he still refused to give in under such circumstances. He drew his sword and said, "Your sword is sharp, but my sword is not disadvantageous!"
In anger, Dong Zhuo almost ordered Lu Bu to give Yuan Shao's son a halberd. Fortunately, Li Ru was concerned about the influence of the fourth and third princes of the Yuan family and found a reason to stop Dong Zhuo in time. Otherwise, Yuan Shao would be left alone that time.
Yuan Shao took this opportunity and walked towards the courtyard gate without returning to his seat.
Seeing this, Lu Bu was about to stop him, but Li Ru shook his head and refused to stop him. Therefore, Yuan Shao ignored the thousand Qingqi he brought, took his generals and counselors, and headed straight for the east gate, leaving Luoyang. Prepare to return to the Bohai Sea.
Yuan Shao's power has not yet developed. He is still in a relatively wise state and has some courage.
Therefore, at the banquet, when Dong Zhuo proposed the move to abolish Li Li, Cui Hao immediately realized that this was an opportunity for Yuan Shao to brush up his reputation, although the process of seizing this opportunity might be a bit risky.
However, when Cui Hao put forward his suggestion, Yuan Shao accepted the suggestion after a moment of tangle. Therefore, this is the scene where he just attacked Dong Zhuo forcefully.
After Yuan Shao left, no one dared to object to Dong Zhuo's move to abolish the throne. Therefore, without much effort, Dong Zhuo coerced Empress Dowager He and the courtiers to depose the young emperor and establish King Chenliu as emperor, which was to serve as emperor.
On the day of the dethronement, all the ministers were filled with grief and fear, but no one dared to speak out. In order to prevent any accidents, Dong Zhuo directly ordered the murder of Empress Dowager He, Young Emperor Liu Bian and Princess Hongnong Tang Ji.
Since the dethronement, Dong Zhuo's power has completely reached its peak. Moreover, through Dong Zhuo's replacement and handling of personnel at the highest level of the central government, the entire Eastern Han government was almost completely controlled by Dong Zhuo. The removal of the emperor, the appointment and dismissal of courtiers, and the formulation of major policies were all decided by Dong Zhuo. At this time, Dong Zhuo, who was extremely ambitious, was already arrogant.
After he was renamed Emperor Xian, Dong Zhuo promoted himself to Taiwei and became one of the Three Dukes, in charge of the country's military affairs and former general affairs. Later, he proclaimed himself a prince, paid homage to the Prime Minister, and became the first of the Three Dukes, assuming the power of prime minister. Although Dong Zhuo is known as the prime minister of the country "below one person and above ten thousand people", he actually far surpasses the emperor and enjoys privileges such as "praising and worshiping without being famous, entering the court without following, and going to the palace with swords and shoes".
Moreover, after he was promoted to an official position, Dong Zhuo also used his privileges to lavishly add titles to members of the Dong family. He first named his mother the Lord of Chiyang. She was equipped with family orders and retainers, and her status was equivalent to that of a royal princess.
At the same time, Dong Zhuo appointed his younger brother Dong Min as General Zuo and granted him the title of Marquis of Yu. He also named his young granddaughter the Lord of Yang. What's more, "Zhuo's concubines hold their middle sons in their arms, and they are all made marquises and decorated with gold and purple."
Dong Zhuo also relied on the power of his military power to indulge his soldiers in Luoyang City, plundering wealthy households, looting their property, and raping their daughters.
However, Dong Zhuo was close to Zhou Ao and Wu Qiong. He Yong and Zheng Tai, former officials of the General's Office, also became his staff. Under the advice of his staff, Dong Zhuo got close to the scholars and recruited famous people to serve as officials in the court, such as Xun Shuang and Han. Rong, Chen Ji and others were all recruited by him.
At the same time, Dong Zhuo also selected a large number of celebrities to serve as local governors and other important positions, such as Han Fu, Liu Dai, Kong Niao, Zhang Zi, Kong Rong, Ying Shao, Zhang Miao, etc., and even disregarded past grievances, he treated Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao, and others who hated him and left Luoyang. Wang Kuang, Bao Xin and others were awarded senior officials as a sign of reconciliation.
This is because Dong Zhuo was just a powerful warrior and was not respected by the nobles, but he also longed to be respected by the nobles. Therefore, after he took control of the government, he began to please these nobles and appointed them officials.
Unfortunately, instead of accepting Dong Zhuo's "good intentions", these people wrote articles and published them publicly, angrily rebuking Dong Zhuo.
Under this situation, Dong Zhuo immediately became angry. After that, Dong Zhuo played with power wantonly, killed innocent people indiscriminately, and eradicated many courtiers including Zhang Wen. But he stayed drunk in the palace every night, and the concubines of the late emperor Liu Hong took turns to sleep with him. Under the anger of the people, Wu Fu and many other loyal ministers of the Han Dynasty tried to assassinate Dong Zhuo, but they ultimately failed.
However, under Dong Zhuo's perverse actions, there was a slight turning point soon.
At the end of the sixth year of Zhongping, no one knew that Cao Cao, who had served as the governor of Chenliu for many years, quietly went to pick up Yuan Shao who had escaped from Luoyang.
Immediately afterwards, Yuan Shao claimed that when he left Luoyang, he was brought out by an edict secretly sent to him by His Majesty the Emperor. At the same time, this edict was sent to various places by Yuan Shao, calling on heroes from all walks of life to jointly attack Dong Zhuo, who had usurped the power of the court and acted recklessly.
From this, the vigorous war between princes against Dong was finally about to begin.
It doesn't matter if it's profitable, it can be to gain a reputation, or it can be a true loyal minister of the Han Dynasty. In short, as soon as the Dong Dong Alliance was announced, followers immediately gathered.
Cao Cao, the prefect of Chenliu, and Yuan Shu, who was in the same family as the Fourth Generation and Three Dukes with Yuan Shao, were the first to respond, and each prepared to lead their elite troops to the Jujube Alliance.
After that, Liu Bei, Sun Jian, Tao Qian, Han Fu, Kong Min, Liu Dai, Zhang Miao, Wang Kuang, Qiao Mao, Yuan Yi, Bao Xin, Kong Rong, Zhang Chao, Ma Teng and other princes all raised armies. response.
Just when the world thought that the Kwantung Allied Forces had been finalized, heavy news came out from Bingzhou that the Marquis of Jinyang and General Li Xiang of Wei personally led the troops from Bingzhou and Hanoi and were heading towards Jujube.
With the news of Li Xiang's initial troops, the Dongdong alliance was boosted in morale. After all, although Li Xiang was still young and had just reached the championship, his past achievements were no joke.
