The revival of the Han Dynasty must start with Dong Zhuo

Chapter 54 Give up your illusions and prepare to fight!
Dong Min stood there in a daze.

Could it be that without Jia Xu's strategy, the scholars of the world would no longer be Dong Zhuo's enemies?
The Guandong coalition forces fought against Dong Zhuo, assassinated Xun You and others, and Wang Yun is now organizing the second coalition forces... The other side has done this, can't they still be called enemies?

"cocoa……"

Dong Min seemed a little incoherent at this moment.

This is not right!
This is inconsistent with the sage books he has read over the years!
This is different from the rules he has figured out over the years!
As a powerful official, shouldn't you rule the world together with the scholars and officials?
Without the literati, how can the imperial court be called an imperial court? How can the world be called the world?

Dong Zhuo felt a little sad and empathized when he saw that his brother, who looked like a bad boy but was now as helpless as a child.

Before this, he had the same idea as Dong Min.

Therefore, he trusted Wang Yun unconditionally and handed over full power of the court to Wang Yun.

But what he got in return was Wang Yun's betrayal.

Dong Zhuo had long been an enemy of the scholars.

This principle was explained to him clearly by Liu Xie in the past.

It was just that Dong Zhuo was still immersed in anger over Wang Yun's betrayal at the time, so he did not lose his composure.

If the emperor had not expressed his belief in him and supported him, Dong Zhuo would probably have felt as empty and helpless as Dong Min.

Dong Min was so anxious that he was about to shed tears.

An unexpected person spoke up to help -

"Jia Lingjun's strategy is indeed a bit too radical."

Everyone was stunned.

Especially Dong Min.

Because the person who spoke for him was Emperor Liu Xie, whom he had just been refuting and had even shown some contempt in his words and actions.

At this moment, Liu Xie did not have the energy to put his personal emotions above national affairs, so he just dealt with the matter at hand.

In fact, the scholars and Dong Zhuo had been fighting to the death for a long time.

But people like Dong Min still hold unrealistic fantasies about cooperating with aristocratic families.

"What the Grand Master said is actually quite true."

"In the past, when General He Jin was executed in the palace by the Ten Eunuchs, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu immediately led their troops into the palace, causing chaos in Luoyang. This was an unforgivable act of treason!"

"After that, they fled to Guandong and joined forces with local governors and prefects to besiege the imperial capital. This was the first time in the Han Dynasty in 400 years!"

"If such behavior of humiliating the Han Dynasty and disobeying the imperial court cannot be considered as traitors to the Han Dynasty, then what kind of people can be considered traitors to the Han Dynasty?"

That's right.

The ones who really broke the rules from the very beginning were Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu and his gang of scholars!
Such struggles between General He Jin and the Ten Eunuchs were extremely common in the court of the Later Han Dynasty.

Ever since the 14-year-old Emperor He of Han, Liu Zhao, joined forces with the eunuchs to kill the foreign relatives, the Dou family, the struggle between the eunuchs and the foreign relatives has become a long-lasting norm.

but.

This struggle has a bottom line.

Whether the victory is won by the relatives by marriage or by the eunuchs, it will safeguard the dignity of the court and maintain the stability of the Han Dynasty.

But what did Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu and those bastards do?
After hearing the news of He Jin's death, he actually led his soldiers to attack the palace and forced the emperor out of the palace! (Note 1)

What is this behavior?
In all dynasties, it would be enough to exterminate all the clans of those involved!
There is absolutely no mistake in saying that they are traitors to the Han Dynasty!
in contrast.

On the contrary, Dong Zhuo, who is now called a "Han traitor" by the world, has always been doing things in a law-abiding manner. Even if the carriage he was riding was slightly overstepping his authority, he would immediately change carriages and follow the laws of the court...

If Dong Zhuo's deposing and enthroning the emperor and controlling government affairs can be traced and verified in history, then the actions of Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu were simply unheard of and against heaven!

But for some reason, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, who committed such a heinous crime, became role models and heroes for scholars all over the world, while Dong Zhuo became the target of everyone's condemnation.

Liu Xie said sternly: "Therefore, everyone should give up your illusions and prepare for struggle!"

Either you die or I die!
Even though the scholars are powerful and omnipresent, since they are already enemies, we have no choice but to draw our swords!

"But Lord Jia's strategy is indeed too radical..." To be honest, Liu Xie was indeed frightened by Jia Xu just now.

Directly issue an imperial decree to demote the Yuan family of Runan to the status of traitors to the Han Dynasty... How dare Jia Xu dare to think of this!
The reason why a family like the Yuan family of Runan has been able to pass down from generation to generation and remain prosperous is entirely due to the family's control over scriptures and books.

If the Yuan family of Runan were demoted to traitors to the Han Dynasty, then would all the scholars who studied under the Yuan family of Runan become traitors to the Han Dynasty?
……

Although it doesn't really matter, the scope of impact cannot be so wide.

The core of "attacking the enemy's plans" is actually the same as politics, which is to make the number of enemies smaller and the number of friends larger.

Even though the positions are already opposing, now is not the time to completely break off relations.

"It is a bit too much to denounce the Yuan family of Runan as traitors to the Han Dynasty."

The first of the Three Dukes of the Runan Yuan family was Yuan An, who lived during the reign of Emperor Ming of Han.

You demoted his entire ancestry as traitors. Doesn't that mean that the emperor of the Liu family has a problem with his eyes and has always used traitors as his ministers?
Jia Xu immediately understood Liu Xie's meaning and quickly advised: "Your Majesty is right! We should only denounce Yuan Shu as a traitor to the Han Dynasty!"

Liu Xie shook his head.

wrong again!
Today, Yuan Shu's power is far greater than Yuan Shao's.

Moreover, Yuan Shu was the direct descendant of the Yuan family of Runan, while Yuan Shao was only a collateral descendant.

Most importantly, Liu Xie knew that the imperial seal representing the mandate of heaven was still in the hands of Sun Jian, a general under Yuan Shu.

If we denounce Yuan Shu as a traitor to the Han Dynasty, what if he shouts "The one who will replace the Han Dynasty will be Dangtu Gao" and then rebels?
Now Dong Zhuo is still recognized by the world as a "Han traitor". If Yuan Shu brazenly proclaims himself emperor and calls himself the Second Emperor, he may really unite the princes in Guandong...

Therefore, Liu Xie did not want to get involved in Yuan Shu's shit hole for the time being.

"Yuan Shao should be denounced as a traitor to the Han Dynasty!"

After hearing this, Jia Xu immediately narrowed his eyes and looked at Liu Xie with a strange look.

Jia Xu always thought that his strategy was vicious.

I never expected that there is always someone stronger than you!

Compared to directly accusing the Yuan family of Runan or Yuan Shu, the direct descendant of the Yuan family, as traitors to the Han Dynasty, it is indeed far inferior to accusing Yuan Shao as a traitor to the Han Dynasty!
"Your Majesty, how can it be said that he is born smart? This is clearly a demon-like intelligence!"

But Jia Xu was destined to keep this shock deep in his heart.

Because apart from Jia Xu, no one in the palace could understand the difference between reprimanding Yuan Shao, reprimanding Yuan Shu, and reprimanding the Yuan family of Runan.

Like Lu Bu.

Apart from the initial "attack on Hedong", he barely understood a word of the so-called "attack on the enemy" later on...

Although they didn't understand, it didn't stop Lu Bu and the officers in the palace from having the same idea -

"Your Majesty, you are truly a god!"

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(Note 1)

Excerpted from "Book of the Later Han Dynasty: Biography of He Jin":
1. Shao and others devised a plan and summoned many brave generals and heroes from all over the country to lead their troops to the capital to threaten the empress dowager.

He then summoned former general Dong Zhuo to station at Shanglin Garden in Guanzhong in the west, and ordered the official Taishan Wang Kuang to send powerful crossbows from his county to the east. He also summoned the East County Prefect Qiao Mao to station at Chengjiao, and ordered the Wumeng Commandant Ding Yuan to burn Mengjin, with the fire illuminating the city. Wumeng said that there was a man who was skilled in martial arts and brave.

2. Wu Kuang and Zhang Zhang, generals of Jin's army, were his favorites. When they heard that Jin had been killed, they wanted to lead their troops into the palace, but the palace was closed. Yuan Shu and Kuang attacked together, while the Central Yellow Gate guarded the palace with soldiers. When the sun went down, Shu burned the Nine Dragon Gates of the South Palace and the East and West Palaces, hoping to force Jin to surrender.

Rough translation:

After the death of Emperor Ling of Han, He Jin wanted to get rid of the Ten Attendants, but his sister, Empress Dowager He, disagreed.

As a result, Yuan Shao gave He Jin advice and asked him to gather brave warriors from all directions.

So He Jin summoned Dong Zhuo and transferred the troops stationed in Liangzhou to Shanglinyuan in Guanzhong. He asked Wang Kuang to transfer the strong crossbow warriors stationed in Taishan County to the capital. He asked Qiao Mao, the governor of Dong County, to lead the army and station them in Chenggao. He also sent the military commander Ding Yuan to burn Mengjin, the ferry crossing on the Yellow River, so that the fire would illuminate Luoyang City and threaten Empress Dowager He.

Later, He Jin was killed by the eunuchs who took the initiative. His subordinates immediately rioted. Yuan Shu even burned down the Nine Dragon Gate of the Nangong Palace and the East and West Palaces, completing the feat of burning Luoyang before Dong Zhuo...

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