Chapter 35 7. Explosion of differences

When Yuan Shao was thinking about how to have a showdown with Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhuo made the first move.He suddenly proposed that he wanted to abolish Liu Bian, the young emperor, and make Liu Xie, the king of Chenliu, the emperor. In fact, Dong Zhuo had such an idea as soon as he came to Luoyang.Some people think that the reason why Dong Zhuo insisted on abolishing the emperor was because Liu Xie, the nine-year-old king of Chenliu, left a good impression on him with his wit, calmness, and graciousness in answering questions, while Liu Bian was considered cowardly in his eyes. , Not enough to take on the great responsibility of the Son of Heaven.

But this is beyond the surface, and it seems logically unreasonable.For a person like Dong Zhuo, whether it is more beneficial to support a wise and wise monarch or a cowardly and dull monarch, the answer must be the latter, unless he is out of his mind.If you want to explain the reason why he insists on establishing Liu Xie as emperor, the only reliable reason is age, because Emperor Shao is fourteen years old and King Chen Liu is nine years old, and the younger one is favored as a puppet, which is easy to control. But that's still not the truth.The truth is: Dong Zhuo wants to completely wipe out the forces left by He Jin.

Young Emperor Liu Bian is He Jin's nephew. Although He Jin is dead, those who are loyal to He Jin pin their hopes on the fourteen-year-old emperor. idea. Dong Zhuo has always supported Liu Xie, and behind Liu Xie are Ling Emperor Liu Hong and Empress Dowager Dong.Dong Zhuo and the Empress Dowager Dong once continued their family tree, and the Empress Dowager happily recognized him as a "distant nephew", and he became Liu Hong's "brother".If Liu Xie became the emperor, he would have a nominal blood relationship with the royal family. After Liu Bian ascended the throne, Dong Zhuo's plans fell through, so he didn't like Liu Bian much when he first saw Liu Bian, and he still wanted to replace Liu Xie.Dong Zhuo's thoughts are understandable, and there is no major problem in doing so, but he made a fatal mistake: the timing is wrong.

Dong Zhuo's top priority should be to deal with Yuan Shao, and break up Yuan Shao's alliances one by one through division and disintegration.Yuan Shao lost his ability to move, and other things were easy to solve.Whether it is to win over the party members or to abolish the new monarch, it is all under control. Dong Zhuo chose the wrong order and brought up the abolished and established in advance.What a group of counselors have been added to his side recently, these guys will not fail to give him advice on this issue, and maybe they will give him some harmful advice, encouraging him to make more and more mistakes.

It is unacceptable for Yuan Shao to abolish Liu Bian and establish another Liu Xie.As the heir to He Jin's political legacy, Yuan Shao knew very well that the reason some people around him still firmly supported him was largely due to He Jin.If he sided with Dong Joo on this issue, these people would switch from supporting him to opposing him. For Yuan Shao, this is a political issue and a matter of position, which cannot be compromised in the slightest. From now on, this question will always accompany Yuan Shao like a ghost.He opposed establishing Liu Xie as emperor, but the objection was invalid, and Liu Xie finally became the emperor recognized by the world.Later, on the issue of whether to welcome Liu Xie, although he had better opportunities and conditions than others, he was always hesitant because he did not recognize Liu Xie's legal status.

As a result, Liu Xie was welcomed away by Cao Cao. Whether he admitted it or not, he couldn't change the facts.So he changed his original intention, recognized Liu Xie's legal status, and accepted Liu Xie's appointment, which also caused confusion within his camp. Whenever facing these problems, Yuan Shao would fall into contradictions and chaos. Now is the time for him to express his attitude. Even though the objection is invalid, he must firmly oppose it. Conflict broke out at a meeting.According to records, after Dong Zhuo raised this question, the two faced each other tit for tat and refused to give in to each other.Finally, Dong Zhuo became anxious, put his hand on the hilt of his sword, and shouted loudly: "What are you, how dare you treat me with such an attitude! Don't you understand that the world's major events are already under my control, and I can do whatever I want!" What are you doing, who dares to resist! Do you think my Dong Zhuo's knife is not sharp enough?"

The people around were all frightened, because Dong Zhuo killed whoever he said he would, regardless of time or occasion. But Yuan Shao was not afraid at all, he also pulled out his saber and roared angrily: "Are you the only hero in the world (Dong Gong is the only one who is strong in the world)?" After speaking, he walked away. This incident will not happen in the court, because it is impossible for Dong Zhuo and Yuan Shao to carry swords and knives in that place.The place where this incident happened may be Dong Zhuo's mansion, it took a certain amount of courage for Yuan Shao to fall out with Dong Zhuo.

Some people call Yuan Shao an idiot, but in fact Yuan Shao is not lacking in heroism at all. After Yuan Shao came out of Dong Zhuo's house, he immediately called Feng Ji, Xu You, and Chen Lin, and consulted with Cao Cao, Yuan Shu and others, and decided to flee Luoyang immediately. For fleeing, there had already been a plan. Yuan Shao fled to the north and went to Han Fu, Mu of Jizhou; Cao Cao went to the east to find Zhang Miao, the prefect of Chenliu;Feng Ji and others followed Yuan Shao in action.When they arrived at the destination, they quickly organized forces, and everyone rose together to attack Dong Zhuo.

Yuan Shao dared to quarrel with him openly in public, and then left without saying goodbye, which Dong Zhuo did not expect.At this time, Dong Zhuo was still thinking about how to make Yuan Shao succumb and get back his face, and he never thought that Yuan Shao would stop playing with him.By the time the definite news came, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Yuan Shu and others had already escaped from Luoyang. How Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, and Yuan Shu escaped is not explained in the history books, but it should not be difficult, because they still have a certain influence in Luoyang and have long been prepared to flee.When Yuan Shao fled, he was not at all embarrassed. There should be many people escorting him, because he was quite calm. When he left the east gate of Luoyang, he did not forget to hang the seal of the Sili captain issued by the court on the door.

As early as April last year (188), Cao Song's position as Taiwei was dismissed.The official position bought for 100 million yuan has been worked for less than 200 days, and the daily sum is more than 500,000 yuan, which is really expensive. During Cao Song's six months in office, he didn't go to Taiwei's mansion for a day because he didn't need it at all.The Taiwei is in charge of military affairs, but in recent years the actual military power has been controlled by the generals, chariot generals, and hussar generals. The Taiwei neither cares about the defense of the capital nor the wars in the Quartet, and has become a veritable idle official.In the final analysis, what you spend money to buy from the emperor is just a name.

Since it was an honorary position, Cao Song knew very well that he must not fall in love with the post, and he had to come down almost immediately, and the emperor could continue to find buyers for the vacant places.If you don't know your face, just hang on and don't leave. When the emperor drives you away, everyone's faces will be ugly.After Cao Song was dismissed, he decided to take his youngest son Cao De back to Qiao County for retirement.After Cao Song left, Bian took Cao Pi, who was just two years old, to Luoyang.There are indications that Cao Cao was in a hurry when he fled Luoyang, and he didn't even have time to go home. According to the "Three Kingdoms: The Biography of Empress Wuxuan Bian", after Cao Cao escaped, Yuan Shu did something immoral before he ran away. He abducted Cao Cao's house and told Bian that Cao Cao had been killed by Dong Zhuo. Panic in Cao Mansion. At the critical moment, Bian remained calm. She told those family members who wanted to go their separate ways: "Cao Jun's life and death are uncertain. If we leave today and he comes back tomorrow, how can we meet him? Besides, even if Cao Jun happened Unfortunately, what's the big deal if we all die together!" At the critical moment, she stabilized the situation, and the entire Cao family settled down.Later, the Bian family escaped from Luoyang safely with Cao Pi and joined Cao Cao.