Dong Zhuo moved the capital and drove millions of people into the customs, with countless dead and no one within 200 miles.

But no one in the world cares about this, and Dong Zhuo's slaughter of the Yuan family shook the world.

At this time, the selection of officials was based on a recommendation system, so the unspoken rules of officialdom such as "protégés and former officials" were observed by all scholars in the world. In fact, "unspoken rules" have always been more binding than "explicit rules".

Gate valve politics relies on the establishment of a dense network of relationships with protégés and former officials as a link. It is no exaggeration to say that the relationship between the protégé and the lord is even better than the relationship between the monarch and the minister.

That's why Yuan Kui thought that he could control Dong Zhuo, recruited Dong Zhuo, and borrowed Dong Zhuo's hand to abolish the Son of Heaven.

And Dong Zhuo killed Yuan Kui as an old official, which is tantamount to putting himself on the opposite side of the world's corporals. The initiator has no aftermath. If the protégé and the former official can kill the master once their power exceeds that of the master, then who in the world dares to recommend others to be officials.

It's like Ah Mei, you see, the commander changes every eight years, if the new commander comes to power, he will kill the down-and-coming commander as soon as he comes up, who dares to step down.

In the 1560 years since the founding of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there has never been a protégé who killed the master, so the news that Dong Zhuo killed Yuan Kui's family came out, and the world was in an uproar.

Runan Yuan, the fourth and third dukes, protégés and former officials, all over the world. At that time, Haojie was not only attached to Shao, but also felt his family disaster, and people thought about retribution, and the states and counties swarmed, all in the name of Yuan's family.

At this time, the princes of the world who participated in the crusade against Dong Zhuo were far more than the Eighteen Roads.

Broadly speaking, it is divided into three directions.

The first road is Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao and Jizhou Mu Han Fu and Jizhou Ten Taishou, after the oath of the national minister, and then led the army to Hanoi County to reinforce Wang Kuang. Jizhou Mu Hanfu stayed in Yecheng and was responsible for logistics supply. Cui Jun, the Taishou of Xihe County, and Sima Zhang Yang of Bingzhou both joined Yuan Shao's Hanoi army.

The second road is the sour jujube coalition army, which is mainly based on Yanzhou, Qingzhou and Yuzhou are all thorn history to participate, although Xuzhou thorn Shi Tao Qian did not participate, but also Guangling Taishou Zhang Chao participated.

The third group of people is Yuan Shu, who is entrenched in Luyang, Nanyang County, Jingzhou, Sun Jian, the Taishou of Changsha County, and Liu Xiang, the Taishou of Jiangxia County, all of whom are allied with Yuan Shu and serve under Yuan Shu.

Since Yuan Shao was respected as the leader of the alliance by everyone, Yuan Shu was quite dissatisfied in his heart, but he was helpless, and finally had to accept the reality.

Although Yuan Shao is a concubine, but because he passed on to Yuan Cheng, Yuan Shao is Yuan Shu's elder brother both in terms of patriarchy and blood. Yuan Shu once competed with Yuan Shao for fame in his early years, but he has always fallen behind.

Yuan Shao's name is higher than Yuan Shao's, but Yuan Shao became the leader of the alliance against Dong Lianjun and the general of the cavalry. Yuan Shao is still too guarded by Bohai, and Yuan Shu just stays in Luyang without embarrassment.

However, the arrival of a man changed all that.

This person is Sun Jian.

When Dong Zhuo entered Beijing and became one of the three princes, Sun Jian was uneasy because he had a holiday with Dong Zhuo.

At the beginning, the imperial court appointed Zhang Wen as the general of the chariot cavalry to take over the military affairs of Chang'an, Sun Jian joined the military for Zhang Wen, and Dong Zhuo worshiped the general and obeyed Zhang Wen's command.

Zhang Wen summoned Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhuo was late, Zhang Wen blamed Dong Zhuo, and Dong Zhuo spoke disrespectfully and contradicted Zhang Wen. Sun Jian stepped forward and whispered to Zhang Wen and said: "Dong Zhuo is not afraid that he is guilty but arrogant, he should announce the beheading of Dong Zhuo by military law for the crime of not responding to the call on time!" ”

Zhang Wen said: "Dong Zhuo is famous in Liangzhou, and he has to rely on him for the western expedition to Liangzhou. ”

Sun Jian said: "Duke Ming personally led the royal division and shocked the world, what else does Dong Zhuo rely on? Looking at Dong Zhuo's conversation today, I don't want to listen to you, and being rude is the first crime. Bian Zhang and Han Sui have been acting indiscriminately for more than a year, and they should be discussed in time, but Dong Zhuo said no, frustrating the morale of the army and doubting the soldiers, which is the second crime. Dong Zhuo accepted the important task without any military achievements, summoned him and hesitated, but was arrogant and arrogant, which is the third crime. The ancient famous generals, who led the troops into battle, all decisively beheaded those who violated military discipline to show their majesty, so there was a matter of slashing Zhuang Jia and Wei Jiang killing Yang. Now you have mercy on Dong Zhuo and don't kill him immediately, so it will inevitably cause damage to the military prestige. ”

Zhang Wen said to him: "You go quickly, so as not to be suspicious of Dong Zhuo." ”

As a result, Dong Zhuo defeated the rebels and beheaded thousands of people. Sun Jian's rebels fought, almost died in battle, and lost the seal!

Dong Zhuo was the sole ruler of the government and was tyrannical in the capital. Sun Jian often sighed: "If Zhang Gong had listened to me, the country would not have suffered today's disaster." ”

When the Kwantung princes raised troops to fight Dong, Sun Jian also brought his own soldiers and horses to the north to fight Dong. Before Dong Zhuo could ask for it, he first killed Wang Rui, the assassin of Jingzhou, who was also going to crusade against Dong Zhuo.

Since the Eastern Han Dynasty, the status of scribes has gradually become noble. Therefore, the chain of contempt in the Eastern Han Dynasty officialdom is: civil officials from gate lords despise military attaches from military generals, and military attaches despise officials from eunuchs.

Of course, this chain of contempt can also be subdivided.

Therefore, Wang Rui, the assassin of Jingzhou, looked down on Sun Jian, who was born as a military general, and when the two of them conquered the thieves of Lingling and Guiyang, there were many contemptuous words. Wang Rui also had a conflict with Cao Yin, the Taishou of Wuling, so he threatened to ask Dong to kill Cao Yin first. Cao Yin was frightened, forged a court document to list Wang Rong's crimes, and ordered Sun Jian to kill Wang Rong. Sun Jian and Wang Rui had a conflict, and regardless of whether it was true or not, they deceived Wang Rong into opening the city gate, claiming to be Fengwen to kill him. Wang Rong asked him what his crime was, and Sun Jian said he didn't know. So Wang Rong committed suicide by swallowing gold.

After Yuan Shu went to Beijing, he only had the title of general but no local substantive position, and he could not be supported by Nanyang Taishou Zhang Zi, so he could only be trapped in Luyang. Seeing that Sun Jian killed Jingzhou and assassinated Shi to the north, Yuan Shu recommended Sun Jian as a fake Zhonglang general.

Sun Jian went north to Nanyang County and asked Nanyang Taishou Zhang Shi to supply grain and grass. Zhang Zhi couldn't make up his mind, so he asked his subordinates Gangji, and the "Gangji" generously stated: "Sun Jian is just the Taishou of other counties, and he has no right to transfer grain and grass from Nanyang County." ”

Zhang Zhi was already dissatisfied with Sun Jian's unauthorized killing of Wang Rui, the assassin of Jingzhou, and after hearing this, he did not give Sun Jian grain and grass.

Sun Jian saw that Zhang Zhi did not give grain and grass, and refused to see himself. So he pretended to be unaccustomed to the water and soil, and had a sudden illness, but several cronies knew about it, found a witch doctor, prayed to the mountains and rivers, and Sun Jian's soldiers suddenly heard that Sun Jian was infected with a vicious disease, and they were all shocked and panicked. Sun Jian sent his cronies to Zhang Shi to say that he was in distress, and he was afraid that he would not be able to do it, and he wanted to pay him with soldiers.

Zhang Zhi did not doubt him, and coveted the tens of thousands of troops under Sun Jian's command, so he immediately led hundreds of people to protect himself, and went out of Wancheng to Sun Jian's military camp. Sun Jian was bedridden, and when Zhang Zhi came in to meet him, Sun Jian got up and pressed his sword and scolded Zhang Zhi. Then Zhang Shi was killed on the spot, so Nanyang County was shocked, and Sun Jian asked for nothing that he should be.

Sun Jian went to Luyang to meet Yuan Shu, and Sun Jian went to the imperial court and recommended him as the Taishou of Nanyang. Yuan Shu also reciprocated the peach, and it happened that Yuzhou Thorn Shi Kong Ling died of illness, and Yuan Shu cousin Sun Jian was the general of Yuzhou Thorn Shi Xing.

It is unknown whether the imperial court has received these two letters of recommendation, and what the reaction will be after receiving them.

In short, whether you believe it or not, anyway, Yuan Shu and Sun firmly believed it, and after Sun Jian and Yuan Shu recommended each other, they started Nanyang Taishou and Yuzhou Assassin Shi with peace of mind.

Jiangxia Taishou Liu Xiang also joined Yuan Shu's command, and Yuan Shu listed Liu Xiang as the general of Xingdangkou. Nanyang County, with 500,000 cities, 500,000 household registrations, and a population of 2.5 million, is a rare large county in the world, and Yuan Shu trembled suddenly.