After the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the prestige of the Han dynasty gradually declined, and the power was delegated to the princes to build their own forces, and the struggle between the ten permanent servants in the palace and the general He Jin became increasingly intensified. Finally in April of the sixth year of Zhongping (189 AD), Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty died, He Jin recruited Dong Zhuo into Beijing to exterminate the eunuchs under the advice of Yuan Shao, but He Jin was killed before he came, fortunately, Yuan Shao took the Qu Department into the palace to kill all the eunuchs, but the emperor Liu Wei and the imperial brother Liu Xie were held hostage out of the palace by the eunuchs who escaped by luck, and then Dong Zhuo was found and controlled by Dong Zhuo, who came first, and Dong Zhuo's rebellion began.
No one is born a bastard, and Dong Zhuo is no exception. Born in the western part of the Han Dynasty, he lived in a place where Han and Hu lived together, his father was a petty official, he didn't like to read, he loved to dance with sticks and guns, and the ranger atmosphere was serious, and even the chiefs of those Hu tribes were full of praise for his martial arts. It was even more slaughtered to feast on the heroes, which made Dong Zhuo's fame even greater. God also favored him, just when the Han Dynasty and Xiqiang were at war, there was a lack of a good family like Dong Zhuo, plus his fame, mixed up with an official, in a battle with the Qiang people Dong Zhuo led his troops to kill thousands of people, and after the war, the chief praised Dong Zhuo in order to show his ability to know people.
Dong Zhuo also entered the capital as an officer of the Imperial Forest, and he was deeply shocked by its prosperity when he just entered Luoyang. It is indeed a great disappointment to bring it to come, on the surface, those princes and nobles of the Han family are prestigious, full of wealth but everything depends on money, as long as the money is sent enough, the faster the promotion, they also have one thing in common, that is, they look down on the children of the poor family like him, and call them like slaves as soon as something happens, which is even more unexpected for Dong Zhuo, His Majesty the Emperor who is high above said to the two eunuchs Father, Mother, the major affairs of the court, let the eunuchs be in charge, I think Dong Zhuo at this time, the majestic Han court in his heart has collapsed.
Seeing this, some people will definitely think that I am whitewashing Dong Zhuo, in fact, in my eyes, it is just the inevitable result of that environment, and I also very much recognize Dong Zhuo in the later period, who is a wicked person who is unscrupulous and greedy for power, but before that, I am also willing to believe that when he was young, he once had a heart for the big man!
Okay, let's get down to business, Dong Zhuo then left Beijing, to the border outside the fortress as a military Sima, in the battle against the Qiang people, Dong Zhuo mostly gave the last time to his soldiers to win the hearts of the people, the war achievements are quite high, but it is indeed in the low-level military post to the ** post, and then I don't know why he was dismissed, the career is extremely unsmooth, and later because of the second party disaster, the bureaucracy in order to restore strength, recruit talents from all over the world Dong Zhuo took this opportunity to re-enter the office, and successively served as the governor of the state, Hedong County is too guarded and other positions, and his career is quite improving. After the outbreak of the Yellow Turban Uprising, Dong Zhuo replaced Lu Zhi, the general of Beizhonglang, who was killed by traitors, and served as the general of Dongzhonglang, coordinating the battle situation in Jizhou, and was responsible for exterminating the main force of Zhang Jiao, who was entrenched in Guangzong.
Considering that Lu Zhi, who was both civil and military, was still unable to conquer Guangzong, Dong Zhuo chose to give up and instead transferred his army north to attack Zhang Baobu in Quyang. However, the reality is cruel, Dong Zhuo besieged the city for two months, lost his troops and lost his generals, but he did not make an inch, and the yellow turbans in Jizhou were still rampant. When the news reached Luoyang, Emperor Ling was furious and immediately dismissed Dong Zhuo, handed over to Yousi, and sentenced him to death with one degree reduced (exile, life and other heavy sentences). Later, Huang Pusong broke the Yellow Turban to suppress the uprising, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was happy to amnesty the world, Dong Zhuo came from prison, no official and light, and later because of the war in the Xiqiang border emergency, Dong Zhuo, because of the past military exploits were re-employed as Huang Pusong's deputy general. After settling in Chang'an, the Han army routinely recruited Yizun (Qianghu subordinate) from the surrounding ethnic tribes to strengthen its military strength. Dong Zhuo was quite famous in Xiliang, so he took the initiative to take on this position, recruiting cavalry troops known as Huangzhong Yicong and Qin Hu Bing, which later became his direct subordinate troops.
In the years of counterinsurgency and rebellion, the main general has been changing, but Dong Zhuo, as a deputy general, has never changed, therefore, he has great prestige in his army, until Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty fell seriously ill, afraid that Dong Zhuo's force could not be controlled, so he used the method of rising and descending secretly, recognized Dong Zhuo as the pastor of the state, and asked him to hand over the military power. After Dong Zhuo received the edict, he disobeyed the yang and refused to hand over the power. Originally, Huangfu Song had the opportunity to kill Dong Zhuo, but he had too many concerns, and he didn't want to be infamous for killing the main general in the army, so he just told the court the fact that Dong Zhuo refused to hand over power. After Emperor Ling of Han learned of this, he issued an edict to reprimand Dong Zhuo and ordered him to go to his post immediately, otherwise he would be severely punished. Dong Zhuo was forced to obey the edict (the world was not in turmoil, and rebellion at this time was no different from suicide), and therefore hated Huangfu Song. The emperor's order could not be disobeyed, and Dong Zhuo took 5,000 people to set off to Bingzhou. Before leaving, he instructed his confidant general to be in charge of the army and wait for him to return.
However, Dong Zhuo, who has been polished in officialdom for many years, has stagnated after arriving in Hedong County, and he is waiting for the violent death of Emperor Han Ling in Luoyang, and he can take advantage of it.
As expected, as soon as Emperor Ling of Han died, the general He Jin took power and wanted to kill the eunuch group. After being stopped by the Empress Dowager, Yuan Shao suggested that foreign troops be lured into Beijing to force the Empress Dowager to comply. Dong Zhuo happened to be in the east of the river, very close to Luoyang, and became the best target.
After receiving the order, Dong Zhuo was overjoyed, and immediately led the army to march, starry night, and rushed to Beijing, Empress Dowager He was afraid, and issued an edict to dismiss the ten permanent servants and others, and ordered them to return to their hometowns. He Jin was overjoyed and ordered someone to stop him, but Dong Zhuo was unwilling, so he went back to bet that the matter would not be settled like this, he still had a chance, and the next thing was that the emperor and King Chen Liuwang were held hostage by eunuchs and left the palace by Dong Zhuo later to find and control it, and after entering Beijing smoothly, Dong Zhuo used a trick to hide from the sky and cross the sea, let the soldiers enter the city during the day, and go out of the city at night to make them think that Xiliang was strong, and took this opportunity to have the strength of the arms to be absorbed, He Jin's military power, and in the use of strategy against Lu Bu to kill the ruling Jin Wu Ding Yuan, and to incorporate his troops, all the troops in Luoyang were controlled by him alone, after solving the security problem, Dong Zhuo let go of his hands and feet to climb to the peak of power.