After the main force of the Yellow Turban Rebel Army was suppressed, local separatist forces developed rapidly, and the struggle between relatives and eunuchs became increasingly acute.
Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was critically ill. Over the battle for the throne, ten ministers headed by Zhang Rang and General He Zhanzhi launched a fierce struggle.
Emperor Ling had two sons, He later gave birth to Prince Bian, and Wang Mei gave birth to Prince Xie. Empress He was jealous and poisoned Wang Meiren to death, and the prince was raised in the palace of Empress Dowager Dong. After the death of Emperor Ling, Shi Changshi wanted to get rid of He Jin first in order to establish Liu Xie as emperor.
When He Jin learned the news, he discussed with Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and others to eliminate the eunuchs. Empress He was originally established as queen by the power of eunuchs, so she was influenced and blocked by Zhang Rang and others. Cao Cao suggested that the throne should be rectified first, and thieves should be punished later. He Jin then supported Prince Bian in front of Emperor Ling's coffin to inherit the throne. The Queen Mother He came to assist the government. He Jin used the general to participate in the affairs of the minister and control the government. Instigated by Zhang Rang and others, Empress Dowager Dong also went to the court to listen to the government. She named the prince Xie King of Chenliu, and made her uncle Dong Zhong a hussar general. She also appointed ten permanent attendants, intending to be on an equal footing with Empress He.
He Jin sent Empress Dowager Dong back to her hometown of Hejian on some pretext, and sent someone to poison the Empress Dowager to death. He also summoned foreign troops to Beijing with a false edict, hoping to kill all the eunuchs. Unexpectedly, the ten regular attendants had planned in advance and falsely conveyed the Queen Mother He's decree and summoned He into the palace. He Jin refused to listen to Chen Lin and Cao Cao's dissuasion and entered the palace alone. He was killed by Zhang Rang in Jiade Palace.
Yuan Shao and Cao Cao led troops into the palace and killed all the eunuchs. A fire broke out in the palace. In the chaos, Zhang Rang and Duan Gui kidnapped the young emperor Liu Bian and Chen Liu Wang Liu Xie and escaped from the palace.
Cao Cao sent troops to pursue Zhang Rang and Duan Gui, looking for the young emperor. The ten regular attendants were all killed in the melee.
The young emperor and King Chen Liu stayed up until dawn and were discovered by Situ Wang Yun and other civil and military ministers. Just as he was about to return to the court, Dong Zhuo, the governor of Xiliang, suddenly came from a distance. He had long been ambitious and took advantage of the chaos in Luoyang to lead troops to Beijing.
Two hundred thousand men and horses were stationed near the capital. The men never took off their armor and the horses never took off their saddles. Every day when entering the city, the armored troops would clear the way, rampaging through the streets and killing the people.
In order to show his prestige, he planned to depose the young emperor Liu Bian and establish a new king.
One day, Dong Zhuo hosted a banquet with hundreds of officials in Wenmingyuan and proposed the abolition of Li Li, but Ding Yuan, the governor of Jingzhou, opposed it. Dong Zhuo wanted to kill Ding Yuan, but he didn't dare to do it because he saw a majestic general behind Ding Yuan. This general was Ding Yuan's adopted son Lu Bu.
In order to get rid of Ding Yuan, Dong Zhuo's counselor Li Su came to Lu Bu's camp with red rabbit horses and a lot of money, and persuaded Lu Bu to join Dong Zhuo. Lü Bu, who was brave and reckless, killed his adoptive father Ding Yuan that night and became Dong Zhuo's adopted son.
Dong Zhuo also discussed abolishing Li Li, but Yuan Shao was unwilling to give in and left angrily.
Dong Zhuo gained Lu Bu and became even more powerful, making him even more unscrupulous. Wu Fu, the captain of the Yue Cavalry School, was armed with a sharp knife and tried to stab Dong Zhuo to death. However, the assassination attempt failed and he was killed instead. Dong Zhuo forcibly deposed and poisoned the young emperor Liu Bian, forced the Queen Mother He to death, and strangled the imperial concubine to death. Then he made the nine-year-old Chenliu King Liu Xie the emperor and named himself Prime Minister.
After Dong Zhuo entered the capital, he deposed the emperor, brutalized the people, committed lewdness and violence, arousing the indignation of the officials. One day, under the pretense of celebrating his birthday, Situ Wangyun invited several old ministers to his residence for a talk. When he said: "It is difficult to protect the country," he couldn't help but cover his face and cry. Cao Cao, the heroic cavalry captain, volunteered to assassinate Dong Zhuo. He borrowed the seven-star sword from Wang Yun, went to Dong Zhuo's mansion, and waited for an opportunity to assassinate him. Dong Zhuo was resting in a small pavilion in the garden. He asked Cao Cao, "Why are you so late?" Cao Cao said that the horse was too thin. Dong Zhuo ordered Lv Bu to choose a good horse for Cao Cao, and Lv Bu left the cabinet.
Shao Zhen was a little surprised when he looked at the display on the panel. In less than a month, the whole plot had unfolded, and this Young Master Shao's military power was worrying.
This is a confrontational script, so it's a waste of a resurrection card.
