Chapter 452: Digging Your Own Grave

After the establishment of the Son of Heaven, Dong Zhuo promoted himself to the rank of lieutenant.

He was in charge of the country's military affairs and former generals, and later proclaimed himself a county marquis.

When one person attains the Tao, the chicken and dog ascend to heaven.

After he was added to the knighthood, Dong Zhuo also used the privileges in his hands to wantonly crown the members of the Dong family.

He first named his mother Chiyang Jun, and Yue Li was equipped with family orders and retainers, and his status was equal to that of a royal princess.

At the same time, Dong Zhuo worshiped his younger brother Dong Min as the general of the left and was named the Marquis.

In addition, he also named his young granddaughter as Yang Jun. What's more, "Zhuo's concubines embraced the middle son, and they were all marquis, and they were made with gold and purple."

Dong Zhuo is not a brainless person, and with the assistance of Li Ru, he continues to consolidate his position while enjoying himself.

He re-established the Three Princes. Liu Yu is the big Sima, Yang Biao, the doctor of Taizhong, is the Sikong, and Yuzhou Mu Huangwan is the Situ.

Dong Zhuo lifted and supported Chen Fan, Dou Wu and others, who had long since died.

Dong Zhuo not only restored all the previous titles of Chen Fan and others, but also promoted their children and grandchildren, so that they could be used for his own use from generation to generation. But in fact, almost no one in the scholars was bought by Dong Zhuo.

In addition to these, Dong Zhuo began to win over the party.

Wu Qiong, Shangshu Zheng Gongye, He Hao, Wu Shishi, etc. Not only that, as long as they are party members related to these party members, Dong Zhuo will promote them as secretaries, and for a while, "the people who are sluggish are more prominent".

In addition to arranging his own forces in various ministries of the central government, Dong Zhuo also planted local minions by appointing Taishou and assassinating history. For example, Liu Biao was appointed as the pastor of Jingzhou.

As long as the officials who were dissatisfied with him made the slightest move, he would ruthlessly and completely eradicate them, kill chickens and monkeys, and deter the government and the opposition.

November. Dong Zhuo proclaimed himself Xiangguo. Leap to the head of the three princes and hold the power of prime minister. Self-proclaimed "supreme precious".

Although Dong Zhuo is known as the minister of state "under one person and above ten thousand", he actually far surpasses the emperor.

Not trending! Sword Shoes to the Temple! Praise and no name!

This is a privilege enjoyed by Dong Zhuo.

If you don't want to enter the court, you don't have to rush into the court. It means that Dong Zhuo can swagger in the court.

The sword shoes go to the palace, that is, Dong Zhuo does not need to take off his shoes when he enters the court, and he can hold a sword.

Praise is not named, that is, when Dong Zhuo enters the court, the master of ceremonies cannot call Dong Zhuo's name, but can only call the official position. This is the act of Willford.

In and out of the palace, unscrupulous. Dong Zhuo really became Zhao Gao, who refers to deer as a horse.

There is a saying that if heaven wants to destroy it, it must first make it mad.

Dong Zhuo entered the market every day, and the ironclad army opened the way, and those who were on his way, regardless of the old grandson, were killed. The people avoided it like evil spirits. Panic inside and outside the capital.

He slept in the dragon bed at night and committed adultery with harem concubines. trampled on the dignity of the royal family.

Dong Zhuo was cruel and unkind, so he used severe torture to help the public, and the gap in the eyes would be retributed, and people would not protect themselves.

The noble relatives in Luoyang City face each other, the gold silk property, and the family accumulates.

Dong Zhuo indulged in the soldiers, burst into their houses, obscene women, and stole assets, which was called 'searching prisons'.

The noble relatives are still like this, and the ordinary people's families are even more miserable. These soldiers killed people everywhere and set fires, raped ** women, looted materials, and made the entire Luoyang City restless and complaining.

The vicinity of Luoyang was also ravaged and sacked by Dong Zhuo's army.

Once, Dong Zhuo sent Qiang soldiers to Yangcheng, and met a group of people who were holding a sacrificial event, and the soldiers rushed into the crowd, slashed and killed men, plundered women and property, drove their carts and cattle, and hung their severed heads on the wheels, saying that they were victorious thieves, and returned to Luoyang City with wild shouts. The sight is horrific and outrageous!

Upon his return to Luoyang, his generals gathered their heads and burned them, and rewarded the soldiers with women and goods that outsiders claimed to be the result of victory over the enemy.

When Dong Zhuo was serving as a lieutenant, Bai Bo attacked Hedong again, and Dong Zhuo sent people to pacify and capture many prisoners.

Once, many officials in the DPRK and China were invited to a banquet by Dong Zhuo. The officials were puzzled, and they didn't know what medicine was in Dong Zhuo's gourd.

At the banquet, Dong Zhuo was in high spirits, and beckoned civil and military officials not to scruple and drink freely. After three rounds of drinking, Dong Zhuo suddenly got up and said mysteriously to the people present: "In order to help the wine, I will present a wonderful program for you, please enjoy!" ”

After speaking, he high-fived and laughed wildly. Suddenly, the entire banquet turned into a place of execution.

Dong Zhuo escorted the hundreds of Bai Bo soldiers who had lured the captives to the center of the venue, and first ordered the soldiers to cut off their tongues, and then some had their hands and feet cut off, and some had their eyes gouged out. The cruelty of the method was so cruel that all the officials and soldiers present did not dare to look at it directly, and many of the guests were shocked to the ground with chopsticks in their hands.

Dong Zhuo was as if nothing had happened, still drinking freely, and there was a smug look on his face.

On another occasion, Dong Zhuo wrapped hundreds of captured rebel soldiers around their bodies with strips of cloth, turned their heads upside down, and then poured oil on them and burned them alive by setting them on fire, which can be described as extremely cruel.

In order to grab wealth, Dong Zhuo also sent Lu Bu to loot the royal tombs and the tombs of the princesses and collect all the treasures.

After Dong Zhuo came to power, the state system changed day by day and was capricious, which seriously hindered the normal operation of the entire state power.

Among them, the legal punishments he promulgated were particularly chaotic and unorthodox: harsh laws were often imposed on ordinary people, while those who violated the law were not prosecuted for his cronies, and everything depended on Dong Zhuo's personal will.

Dong Zhuo specially assigned Liu Qi, the lieutenant of Sili, to register the so-called subjects who were "unfilial to their sons, disloyal to their ministers, unclear officials, and disobedient to their younger brothers", and all those who were named on the list should be executed and their property confiscated. Soon, the entire division was boiling with resentment and injustice.

In order to amass a huge amount of wealth for himself, Dong Zhuo destroyed a large number of the five baht coins that were in circulation, and also ordered all the bronze figures, bronze bells and copper horses to be broken and recast into small coins. The shoddy small money is not only lighter in weight than the five-baht coin, but also has no coat of arms, and the edges of the money have no outline, which is not resistant to wear and tear. The circulation of small money directly leads to severe inflation, currency depreciation, and soaring prices.

The entire Sili area, a stone valley, costs tens of thousands of dollars, and the people are miserable.

However, Dong Zhuo used the money he collected to sing and dance all day long, seeking pleasure and having fun, and lived a lascivious life.

So much so that the heavens are angry and resentful.

In December, Guangxi, Zhaoning, and Yonghan No. 3 were removed, and it was renamed Zhongping for six years.

Dong Zhuo considered that Gai Xun and the left general Huangfu Song controlled the military power in the Sanfu area, which was really a big trouble, so he recruited Gai Xun as the councillor and Huangfu Song as the captain of the city gate under the false order of the Son of Heaven.

Gai Xun, who was far away in Chang'an, couldn't get used to Dong Zhuo's virtue, so he secretly contacted Huangfu Song, intending to jointly crusade against Dong Zhuo.

Huangfu Song had 30,000 elite soldiers in Fufeng County, but Huangfu Song refused, and Gai Xun was helpless, because there were few soldiers and could not cause trouble, so he had to follow Huangfu Song to Luoyang.

Dong Zhuo Province Fufeng Lieutenant, Han'an Protector, Emperor Fu Song soldiers and horses, the president Quartet.

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