Dong Zhuo was unruly, even worse than Jie and Zhou, and the whole world resented him. Although he had a strong army, he was really just a man.
Since ancient times, those who have been able to be powerful ministers and convince the people are either those who have made great contributions to the country and are equivalent to reinvention, such as Liu Yu; or they are highly respected and trusted, such as Huo Guang and Wang Mang; or they have both, such as Duke Zhou.
And what does Dong Zhuo have?
It can barely be regarded as a saving grace.
He has no foundation in the court, and he is not from a high-ranking family. It is just by chance that he has gained the favor of the Yuan family as an old official of the Yuan family, and has the opportunity to be summoned to Beijing as a foreign aid to the Yuan family.
After entering the capital, he was rewarded based on his merits. He was first granted the title of Sikong, and then moved to the position of Taiwei. As a border warrior, he achieved the position of the Three Lords, which was basically his reward. (Zhuo Qian, the Taiwei, led the military affairs in front of the general. During the holidays, he passed on the ax and the tiger and the tiger, and was granted the title of Marquis.) If Dong Zhuo's ambition stops here and he willingly continues to be the Yuan family's thug, closely following Yuan Wei who hired him in the first place, and controlling the court situation with every word and force, it is hard to say how the follow-up development will be, but even if something happens, God Even if it collapses, the Runan Yuan family will be in Dong Zhuo's ambitions began to expand. He first abolished the throne, and then became the prime minister, climbing over his old master Yuan Wei.
Dong Zhuo believed that relying on his power to abolish the establishment and his "contribution" in helping the party members to rehabilitate themselves, he would be able to cooperate with the scholars after getting rid of Yuan Wei.
When you retreat, you can become a powerful minister; when you advance, you can ask for concessions.
But you think that after all, you just think that no matter how good Dong Zhuo is to the scholars, it will not help, and the scholars have no intention of cooperating with him at Zhuo was of low origin and did not make great contributions to the country. Especially when he killed his former master Yuan Wei and his clan, he violated a taboo in the late Han Dynasty.
Unless he completely breaks the rules and kills all the powerful nobles like Huang Chao in the late Tang given his class, he couldn't do it.
If you can't do it, you will die.
His death was not unjust, because he was designed to die by the nobles.
He died unjustly because he was designed to die by the nobles.
The only thing they have in common is that he died like a dog and like a coward.
The fragile scholar group headed by Wang Yun seized on the internal conflicts under Dong Zhuo's command. While the Liangzhou army was raiding counties in Guandong, Lu Bu took Li Su from the same county and killed Dong Zhuo.
Not only Dong Zhuo was going to die, but also his family was not spared. Perhaps it was Dong Zhuo's high-pressure policy that made people miserable. After his death, people sang and danced on the road, and many people exchanged their jewelry for wine and meat to celebrate.
The grass must be cut to the root, Dong Zhuo must die, and all the men and women of Dong Zhuo's clan must be killed. It's just a pity that Li Ru ran too fast and couldn't be found.
The weather was very hot at that time, and fat was flowing out of Dong Zhuo's obese corpse. The bodyguard lit a fire in Dong Zhuo's belly button, and "the light reached the dawn, like the sun." The disciples of the Yuan family still couldn't understand their hatred, and they crushed Dong Zhuo's bones and scattered them into ashes.
If Dong Zhuo was given another chance, if he had not arrived in Luoyang at that critical time two years ago, he might still be a feudal official with military power, and he might still hold power in the northwest for many years.
The actual situation is actually the same as his now, except now you have an extra emperor in your hand that you don't know how to use.
Chang'an was once again in the hands of their noble clan.
Lü Bu led his men to search the house in Yiwu. The treasures in Yiwu contained [-] to [-] jins of gold, [-] to [-] jins of silver, brocade, silk, silk, silk, and plain ornaments. They were piled up like a hill.
Of course, there is also selfishness, that is Wang , when he arrived, Wang Rong had already become a corpse.
Wang Rong knew that she would not survive today. If Dong Zhuo escaped from death, she would die. If Dong Zhuo was killed, Wang Yun would not let her go, so after Dong Zhuo left, Wang Rong gave herself some dignity.
Not only that, after the nobles regained power, the first thing they did was to purge the Kansai nobles and powerful men who had good relations with Dong Zhuo.
For example, Huangfu Jianshou, the son of Huangfu Song, had always been on good terms with Dong Zhuo. Obviously, the Huangfu family was on the wrong team again. The Kanto gentry would naturally not let the Huangfu family go. Originally, the Huangfu family escaped disaster due to Huangfu Song's suicide, but now they are doomed. After being labeled Dong Zhuo as a traitor to the party, Huangfu Jianshou was executed.
After Dong Zhuo was killed, Wang Yun served as the reincarnated official of the Han Dynasty, Lu Shangshu, and was in power. Lu Bu was appointed General Fenwei, Jiajie, and Yibi, and was granted the title of Marquis Wen, sharing the government affairs.
What Wang Yun changed was not his IQ, but his mentality.
With Wang Yun's character, when he was young, he would risk his life to confront eunuchs head-on.
But if you are not afraid of power, why do you perform in front of Dong Zhuo?
If you endure the humiliation and bear the heavy burden, why don't you give in to the eunuch?
There are two reasons why Wang Yun changed so much before and after Dong Zhuo's death.
One: Due to Dong Zhuo's overtures, Wang Yun was already ranked Situ and could directly influence the Eastern Han Dynasty regime.
When the eunuchs were in power, of course he loved the Eastern Han Dynasty, but his love could not affect the political matter how well he did locally, no matter how many eunuch gangs he killed, no matter how many evidences of eunuch collaboration with the enemy he found, the court would not change for to the end and dying as a warning to the world can stimulate the energy of scholars. This was actually the view of a large number of scholars at that time.
Those who can really try to make a difference are scholars like Chen Fan who are in power.
But after standing at the center of power, the situation is completely different. Wang Yun really has the ability to save the court in a substantial sense. How he chooses to deal with the relationship with Dong Zhuo will directly determine the future of this aging regime.
Second: The contrast in strength between the enemy and ourselves is obvious, and there is no chance of luck.
Wang Yun could fight against the eunuchs and look down on Li Jue and Guo Si, but he could not shake Dong Zhuo's absolute authority at all.
When I was young, I was arrogant and arrogant. When I reach middle age, I have a family and children, and I have responsibilities on my shoulders. Facing life, I feel like I am facing a formidable enemy, so powerful that it seems that I have no power to fight back. He hid his arrogance and replaced it with courage. He decided to bravely and humbly fight life to the end.
Therefore, Wang Yun chose to observe carefully, think calmly, implement boldly, and use all available resources, as long as he could defeat the enemy in front of is Wang Yun at this time, looking at Dong Zhuo with a cold smile.
But Dong Zhuo died, and Wang Yun's noble sense of superiority burst out again. Sun Tzu suddenly no longer had to pretend, and the gap was a bit big.
I felt so good that I was a reincarnation of the Han Dynasty. I began to take credit for myself and stopped uniting with the officials.
Originally, he pretended to be a kind person because he was afraid of Dong Zhuo (at first he was afraid of Dong Zhuo's wolf, so he tried to show it). After Dong Zhuo's death, Wang Yun could no longer see his good face. (Since Zhuo was annihilated, he said that there would be no more troubles, and even in the meeting, he lacked warmth every time) The consequence of Wang Yun's disappearance was that the big man had to breathe out all his last breath. (End of chapter)