"Han Ji lost his authority, and Dong Zhuo was chaotic. If you want to usurp and kill, you will harm the virtuous first. —Poetry of Grief and Indignation, Cai Wenji
Whenever the Three Kingdoms is mentioned, Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhongying is a figure who can't get around, although from a strict point of view, Dong Zhuo is a figure at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, he is not a rebel minister in the Three Kingdoms period, or a hero, but it is undeniable that if there is no Dong Zhuo, the Three Kingdoms may be another picture.
Dong Zhuo's crimes are well known, and Dong Zhuo's image is also deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
Although Dong Zhuo was a cunning and traitorous minister who was in a high position and did all kinds of evil, in fact, when Dong Zhuo was young, he was still a true man who was brave and resourceful, and very loyal.
Dong Zhuo was born in the second generation of officials, and when he was young, he was also both civil and military, he liked to act chivalrous and righteous, and often made chivalrous deeds when he saw injustice. When he grew up, he also became a minor official in the imperial court, responsible for managing the security of a small area of the jurisdiction.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the sword soldiers rose everywhere, coupled with the rebellion of the eunuchs within the Han Dynasty, which led to the resurgence of the Xiongnu and often attacked the Han Dynasty. Once, the Huns came to make trouble again, and Dong Zhuo was sent to quell the rebellion. With his bravery, Dong Zhuo led the Han Dynasty army to beat the Huns back to the border.
Dong Zhuo made great contributions in this battle and was recommended to enter the Imperial Mansion, and since then he has started the road of soaring career.
With his martial arts, Dong Zhuo soon made a lot of achievements in the army, and his position was also promoted rapidly, and he soon became famous in the court and the field, and he also entered He Jin's eyes.
At that time, He Jin was planning the action of "eradicating the prison and eliminating evil", wanting to completely eliminate the eunuch forces, but because he had no chance, he had to delay it all the time. And when He Jin knew Dong Zhuo's bravery, he personally found Dong Zhuo, hoping that Dong Zhuo could act with him.
At that time, Dong Zhuo had not tasted the benefits of power, let alone been completely corrupted, and still retained his loyalty, so after being solicited by He Jin, he immediately agreed.
But when Dong Zhuo led the army and prepared to eliminate the eunuch forces in one fell swoop, he unexpectedly He Jin was killed by the prepared eunuch henchmen one step earlier, and the emperor was also taken hostage by the eunuchs.
Dong Zhuo, who was eager to save the car, hurriedly chased after the army, and finally after a fierce battle, he not only rescued the emperor safely, but also eliminated the henchmen of the eunuch forces, and made supreme meritorious deeds.
Dong Zhuo, who had made meritorious contributions to the rescue, immediately rose to prominence and gained fame and fortune. Being in a high position and being powerful is a good thing, but it is not necessarily the case for Dong Zhuo.
After tasting the many benefits of power, Dong Zhuo was immediately corrupted, and he forgot that he was once a soldier who fought for the Han Dynasty.
After gaining power, he began to expand his power vigorously, not only spending a lot of money to recruit private troops, but also taking He Jin's power for his own use, the most interesting thing, when he found out about Lu Bu's bravery, he also tricked Lu Bu into killing his stepfather Ding Yuan with his own hands.
Lu Bu was originally just a little-known person, but fortunately he was appreciated by Ding Yuan and accepted him as a righteous son, otherwise in that troubled world, what would happen to Lu Bu, who was brave and less wise? It's really hard to say.
Let's say that after Dong Zhuo took it under his command, with Lu Bu's personal protection, Dong Zhuo became more arrogant, relying on his power and soldiers, he began to bully men and women, and did all kinds of evil, and even when he was on the throne, he openly coerced the Son of Heaven, deterred the ministers by force, and became a veritable chaotic minister and thief who was hungry.
At this time, Dong Zhuo's sins have long been exhausted, and people of insight in the world have raised the banner of righteousness to launch a crusade against Dong Zhuo. Although Dong Zhuo also has elite soldiers and strong generals, his unscrupulous and brutal character has long lost the hearts of the people, because many of his generals have also defected to the battle, or they are passive and sabotage. What's more, the righteous army is also capable of doing its best, so that after the two sides fought several times, Dong Zhuo could only flee in a hurry.
In order to be able to protect his own safety, Dong Zhuo also ordered the army to hold tens of thousands of people hostage when he fled, in the troubled times, the people were already hungry and cold, how could they adapt to such a high-intensity migration, so in the process of fleeing, tens of thousands of innocent people died on the road.
The rebels did not think about assassinating Dong Zhuo, but with the "Lu Bu among the people" guarding him every step of the way, it was no problem to kill Dong Zhuo.
Lu Bu's bravery can withstand thousands of troops, if you want to kill Dong Zhuo, you must first solve Lu Bu, in order to make Lu Bu no longer protect Dong Zhuo, Wang Yun thought of a clever plan.
He knew that Lu Bu also liked beauty and had an affair with Dong Zhuo's concubine, so Wang Yun made a big fuss about this matter, and persuaded him to defect on the grounds that Dong Zhuo did not really solve Lu Bu's problems. Under Wang Yun's repeated persuasion, Lu Bu was finally persuaded by him.
In a later assassination of Dong Zhuo by the rebels, Dong Zhuo subconsciously shouted after the assassination, wanting someone to save him, this is not the first time Dong Zhuo has been attacked, he thought that this time it would be the same as before, after shouting, Lu Bu would fly to escort him.
But what he never expected was that just after he finished shouting, he heard Lu Bu shouting, "The emperor has an edict to punish the traitor." Immediately after that, he struck with all his strength and killed Dong Zhuo.
Although Dong Zhuo also has martial arts, he is not Lu Bu's opponent at all, not to mention that the incident happened suddenly, he never thought that Lu Fengxian, who was obedient to him in the past, would make a move on him, and so far he died in the hands of his most trusted "righteous son".
Dong Zhuo's death was very happy, and he undoubtedly became a joke that made the world laugh for thousands of years.