Chapter 4 4. From patriarch to warlord

Yuan Shao became a warlord four months after he escaped from Luoyang. A lot happened in four months.Liu Xie became emperor, Dong Zhuo became prime minister, and enjoyed three privileges: you can not give your name when you meet the emperor, you can walk fast when you go to court, you can go to the palace without taking off your shoes and untie your sword. Entering the court does not tend, the sword walks on the palace." This was how Xiao He was treated back then. It's a pity that Dong Zhuo is not Xiao He, and he doesn't pay attention to etiquette and rules at all.Someone suggested that he reuse famous people in the world to gain popularity, and he did so, and he did it very frankly.For example, it took Xun Shuang only 93 days to rise from a commoner to the position of Sangong, which was like taking a helicopter.

Scholars are used by confidants, and the gentry saw a glimmer of hope. Dong Zhuo himself was probably very proud of himself. However, the gentry were soon disappointed, because Dong Zhuo showed a brutal and violent side at the same time.He even allowed soldiers to break into houses, rob property, rape women, kill innocent people indiscriminately, and only kill the rich, not the poor.All the rich and wealthy households in Luoyang City became pigs and sheep under his knife. Such crimes are innumerable, and if things go on like this, the country will be destroyed.It seems that Dong Zhuo's bandit nature can't be changed at all. Reasoning with him and discussing etiquette is even more difficult. The only way is to kill him.

Qiaomao (read Rumao), the prefect of Dongjun, stepped forward.He forged the Sangong's documents, falsely claiming that the emperor and all the officials were oppressed by Dong Zhuo and could not save themselves. The result was overwhelming. In the first month of the first year of Chuping (AD 190), later general Yuan Shu, Jizhou Mu Hanfu, Yuzhou governor Kong Ni (read like a wrinkle), Yanzhou governor Liu Dai, Hanoi prefect Wang Kuang, Bohai prefect Yuan Shao, Chenliu prefect Zhang Miao, Qiao Mao, governor of Dongjun, Yuan Yi, governor of Shanyang, and Bao Xin, chancellor of Jibei, formed an allied army at the same time, known as the "Kwantung Rebel Army", to attack the traitor Dong Zhuo by name and surname.

Dong Zhuo's nightmare begins. Of course it was a nightmare, and it made Dong Zhuo angry.Because many generals in the coalition against Dong were promoted and appointed by Dong Zhuo, such as Yuan Shu, Mu Hanfu of Jizhou, Kong Ni, governor of Yuzhou, Liu Dai, governor of Yanzhou, Zhang Miao, prefect of Chenliu, Yuan Shao, prefect of Bohai, and so on. Was Yuan Shao also appointed by Dong Zhuo? That's right.After Yuan Shao escaped from the capital, Dong Zhuo was going to pursue him, but was dissuaded by celebrities Zhou Yu and Wu Qiong.They said that Yuan Shao just didn't know the general idea, but actually he didn't have great ambitions.Instead of forcing him to jump over the wall, let him be grateful.The Yuan family has four generations and three generations, and the disciples and old officials are all over the world!

Dong Zhuo believed it was true, so he appointed Yuan Shao as the prefect of Bohai. Han Fu, Kong Ni, Liu Dai, and Zhang Miao were also appointed by Zhou Wei and Wu Qiong.So when these people fought together, Dong Zhuo felt that he had been cheated, and in a fit of rage he killed Zhou Yu and Wu Qiong. Dong Zhuo has no idea how to treat the gentry. Yuan Shao, who escaped from danger, was publicly elected as the leader of the alliance by the coalition forces, and became a banner of the anti-Dong forces.From this day on, he changed from a patriarch to a warlord. What is a gate valve?What is a warlord?

Simply put, the valve is the boss of the rivers and lakes.To become a lord, of course, because of power and strength, he can control a certain field, or be in a dominant position in some aspects.Warlords, chaebols, school tyrants, party lords, all of them. But the earliest valve is the door valve. In fact, the original meaning of "valve" is credit and rank.Outside the gates of ancient officials' homes, there were usually two pillars, which were used to post their family's achievements and experiences.Among them, those who flaunt their merits are called valves, on the left; those who flaunt their experience are called Yue, and they are on the right.When the two pillars are combined, it is called the gate.

In addition to family history, there are family status and family status.Menwang means fame and prestige, and family status means rank.There are high and low prestige, and those with high prestige are called noble families.There are also high and low families, and those with higher ranks are called Gaomen.Menwang (fame and prestige), family status (high and low rank), and valve reading (meritorious experience) are collectively called "family clan". Of course, only the famous and high-ranking families can call it that. So, how can one become a famous family and a noble family?Read to be an official, and be an official for generations.In other words, a powerful family is a noble family who has been an official for generations.It's just that this official must come from reading, not from buying, nor from fighting.To become powerful by force is a warlord.

It is very clear that a powerful family is a family of nobles from generation to generation, and a warlord is a group that supports its own self-respect.A powerful family depends on prestige, while a warlord depends on armed force.Family status and prestige cannot compete with armed forces, so family clans cannot compete with warlords.When a family leader meets a warlord, it is a scholar who meets a soldier, unless he is also a warlord. This was the case in Yuan Shao's era. This is not surprising.A powerful person becomes a powerful person because he monopolizes official career.For warlords to succeed, the central government must collapse.If the central government cannot control the local area, the powerful will dominate; if the civil servants cannot govern the country, the warlords will run rampant.At this time, the gentry, who had almost become the ruling class, could only hand over their ruling power.

Big and small families like Yuan Shaozheliu can only be warlords. There were quite a few such warlords at that time.Among them are state shepherds, governors, and prefects sent by the imperial court to various places, as well as local tyrants and evil gentry known as "haoba" and "haoshuai".Some of them ruled the roost in the local area, some established their own private armed forces, and some used their official positions to implement separatism.For example, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu are family lords and warlords; Liu Biao and Liu Yan are clan and warlords. Yuan Shu, named Gonglu, is Yuan Shao's younger brother, the son of Sikong and Yuan Feng, and of course he is a powerful family member.Liu Biao's style name is Jingsheng, and Liu Yan's style name is Junlang. They are both descendants of King Lu Gong, so of course they belong to the clan.They also all recruit troops and horses to occupy land and become kings, of course they are warlords.

In fact, both Liu Biao and Liu Yan are state shepherds.Liu Biao was the shepherd of Jingzhou, and Liu Yan was the shepherd of Yizhou.The imperial court sent them to these two places in the hope of defending the central government, but they turned them into independent kingdoms. The same is true for the various princes in the Kwantung Allied Army.Their army was called to fight against Dong Zhuo, and it was actually a land grab.Therefore, after joining, no one is serious about saving the country, whether they are wise and timid, or drunk and dreamy, or fish in troubled waters with ulterior motives, or fight for power and profit, and kill each other.

For example, Jizhou Mu Han Fu (read like belly). Han Fu was originally a protégé of the Yuan family, so Yuan Shao fled the capital and went straight to Jizhou.However, Han Fu sent soldiers to monitor, and Yuan Shao was unable to move.It was not until the establishment of the Kwantung Allied Forces that Yuan Shao was able to act. In fact, Han Fu was hesitant about whether to join the coalition.When Qiao Mao, the prefect of Dongjun, sent a letter in the name of Sangong, Han Fu actually asked his subordinates: Should we help Yuan Shao or Dong Zhuo?Liu Zihui, a counselor, said: We are raising troops to build our country, what are we talking about about Yuan Shao and Dong Zhuo!It made Han Fu blush. How could such a thing go to beat Dong Zhuo? Neither will anyone else. What is the result?It is because the Northwest Army is still raging over there, and the Kwantung Army here has already been annihilated.First, Liu Dai, the governor of Yanzhou, killed Qiao Mao, the prefect of Dongjun, and then Yuan Shao, the prefect of Bohai, killed Han Fu, the shepherd of Jizhou, and then Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu dismantled each other.Yuan Shu's method was to contact Gongsun Zan in the north to restrain Yuan Shao; Yuan Shao's method was to contact Liu Biao in the south to deal with Yuan Shu.Both sides have used the strategy of long distance and short attack, but they are still brothers. Now, the already turbulent empire has become even more turbulent, and the world of powerful clans has also become the world of warlords.Dong Zhuo, this warlord who actually didn't want to be a warlord, made many people become warlords. In the midst of a national crisis, the people are in dire straits, but those guys who have been anointed and fattened by the people are still fighting with each other. This is really embarrassing.Therefore, a person finally stood up, determined to shoulder the rise and fall of the world with his own strength, raised the banner of righteousness, crusaded against Dong Zhuo, and restored the Han Dynasty. We know that he is Cao Cao.