Chapter 37 Chapter 5 The Kanto Alliance Discusses Dong Zhuo Dong Zhuo Moves the Capital to Burn Luoyang (1)

The territory of the Eastern Han Empire is divided into fourteen administrative units. In addition to the area directly under the jurisdiction of Sili, they are You, Ji, Qing, Bing, Yu, Xu, Liang, Yang, Jing, Yi, Jiao, Yan, and Yong. The state, the state set up the governor, and the state set up the county to command the civil affairs, finance and military affairs of each jurisdiction. The area directly under the Central Government, including Luoyang, the capital, and the areas near the former capital Chang'an, is about today's central and northern Shaanxi and northwestern Henan, and is directly under the central government's control.

In the east of Sili District, there are four prefectures: Yan, Qing, Henan, and Xu: Yanzhou includes the southwest of Shandong Province and the southeast of Shanxi Province; Qingzhou includes the central and eastern part of Shandong Province; Yuzhou includes the entirety of Henan Province today; Xuzhou includes Shandong Province South and North Jiangsu Province. In the north of Sili District, there are You, Ji, Bing, Liang, and Yongzhou: Youzhou includes today's Beijing, northern Hebei, Liaoning, plus a part of North Korea; Jizhou is about today's Hebei Province; Bingzhou includes Suiyuan , northern Shanxi, and northeastern Shaanxi; Liangzhou is part of today's Ningxia, Gansu, and Qinghai provinces; Yongzhou includes southern Shanxi, western Shaanxi, and part of Ningxia.

The remaining four prefectures of Yang, Jing, Yi, and Jiao included the entire southern half of China: Yangzhou was roughly the southern part of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, and eastern Jiangxi; Jingzhou included the central and western parts of Hubei, Hunan, and Jiangxi; Jiaozhou was in the Today's Guangdong and Guangxi provinces; Yizhou includes Sichuan, Shaanxi, and part of Guizhou. After the Yellow Turban Party incident at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the situation in various prefectures and counties became seriously unstable.In the fifth year of Zhongping, that is, in 188 A.D., Liu Yan, Taichang Jiangxia, went to the imperial court, saying that the governor of the state had too few soldiers and light power, and it was not enough to suppress the riots. In order to strengthen its army and military and political command, the court's Lieqing Shangshu selected personnel to serve as state pastors.The imperial court adopted Liu Yan's suggestion and changed the governor of the state to the governor of the state, which greatly strengthened the military and political power of the governor of the state.

In this way, the prefectures and counties that had been changed from state governors to state shepherds gradually formed a situation of military divisions. After Yuan Shao and Dong Zhuo fell out, he led the army directly under him to Bohai County in the east of Jizhou.In order to appease Yuan Shao who was stationed in Bohai County, Dong Zhuo specially appointed him as the prefect of Bohai and named him Ruanxianghou.On the other hand, Dong Zhuo sent people to Jizhou to ask Han Fu, the state herdsman, to monitor Yuan Shao's activities nearby.Jizhou Muhan Fu listened to Dong Zhuo's order, so Yuan Shao was guarded in Bohai County, but he fell into a predicament of being unable to move.

At this time, Qiao Mao, the prefect of Dongjun County, once served as the governor of Yanzhou, and was regarded as a very prestigious person among the prefects and governors, had always been the most disgusted with Dong Zhuo, so he pretended to be Situ, Sikong, and Taiwei in the court. The joint declaration of the three princes issued a circular to all states and counties, announcing Dong Zhuo's crimes, and calling on the states and counties to send troops to punish Dong Zhuo. When the notice spread to Jizhou, Mu Hanfu of Jizhou was in a dilemma.His promotion to Jizhou Mu was recommended by Dong Zhuo, so subjectively, he wanted to show his loyalty to Dong Zhuo.Dong Zhuo asked him to monitor Yuan Shao, and of course he did.Sure enough, it wasn't long before it was discovered that Yuan Shao was recruiting troops in Bohai County with the intention of opposing Dong Zhuo.It is possible for him to take care of this matter, because Bohai County is under the management of Jizhou, and the prefect is under the management of Zhou Mu.When Han Fu was about to send someone to warn Yuan Shao not to act rashly, he received a notice from Qiao Mao denouncing Dong Zhuo.He hesitated immediately, not knowing which side to help?

Han Fu called his subordinates to discuss the matter. He introduced the situation, and finally said: "Now, should I help the Dong family or the Yuan family?" At this time, an assistant official named Liu Zihui heard Han Fu's words and said: "The army is for the country and the people. Where is it for the Dong family or the Yuan family?" This sentence hits the nail on the head and hits the root of the problem, and everyone present nodded in agreement.Han Fudun felt ashamed, and his face turned red and hot.He immediately said that in response to Qiao Mao's army, he would serve the king.The next day, Han Fu sent someone to send a letter to Yuan Shao, not only did not stop him from recruiting troops, but he strongly supported him.

Yuan Shao received Han Fu's clear support, so he got rid of all his worries, and started to work freely.He openly sent people to various places and invited the prefects and governors of various states and counties to join forces to attack Dong.In fact, this is in the hands of the prefect, because most of them are ambitious tyrants and gentry. In the past, because their relatives or eunuchs monopolized the government, they were suppressed and could not raise their heads. come out.But unexpectedly, just when they were thinking about their wishes, Dong Zhuo suddenly appeared, who was even more hateful than relatives and eunuchs.They all hated Dong Zhuo to death, and Dong Zhuo committed crimes one after another, arbitrarily abolishing the young emperor, setting up Chenliu king, killing the queen mother, massacring the people, etc., they could no longer bear it.

Yuan Shao openly sent people to invite them to raise troops together, just like fanning the fire with the wind, and fanning it into flames. Qiao Mao, the prefect of Dongjun, was the first to initiate the attack on Dong Zhuo, needless to say, Han Fu, the Jizhou shepherd, had already expressed his attitude to Yuan Shao.In addition, Yuan Shao's half-brother, the later general Yuan Shu, and his brother Yuan Yi, the prefect of Shanyang, all raised troops to respond. In addition, Kong Ni, governor of Yuzhou, Liu Dai, governor of Yanzhou, Wang Kuang, prefect of Hanoi, Zhang Miao, prefect of Chenliu, and Zhang Chao, prefect of Guangling, wrote to Yuan Shao respectively, expressing their agreement to send troops together.

It is especially worth mentioning that the cavalry captain Bao Xin, who had recruited 20,000 infantry, 700 cavalry, and more than 15,000 luggage in Mount Tai, was stepping up training with his brother Bao Tao.As soon as Yuan Shao's envoy left, he immediately responded, and together with the envoy, he led the troops.