The Three Kingdoms era is an era of princes, an era of careerists, an era that relies on self-struggle rather than the imperial court, but there are still a group of nostalgic people in that era, who follow tradition, do not keep up with or are unwilling to keep up with the changes of the times, and are finally eliminated by the torrent of history.

【Liu Yu】

Liu Yu has been loyal to the Han Dynasty and the royal family all his life.

At that time, Yuan Shao and Han Fu united with other princes to prepare to support him as the emperor, Liu Yu decisively refused, not only that, out of concern for the emperor, Liu Yu also sent an envoy to contact the emperor, and even prepared to march to support the emperor, but because Youzhou and Chang'an were too far away, and Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu and other princes blocked each other, so Liu Yu finally failed to realize his intentions.

Liu Yu is considered to be the most promising clan in the early stage of the Three Kingdoms, he has enough prestige and ability, but Liu Yu does not have enough ambition, he saw the chaos of the Han Dynasty, and also has the belief of reviving the Han Dynasty, but he never thought of being a savior, but pinned his hopes on a child who was only about ten years old, from this time on, Liu Yu's end may have been doomed.

Liu Yu was benevolent to his people, loyal to the imperial court, and worthy of a generation, but he went against the tide of history and was eventually killed by the ambitious Gongsun Zhan and drowned in history.

【Han Fu】

Han Fu is not so much a prince as a bureaucrat.

He himself attaches great importance to his official position, so he will restrict Yuan Shao, who is a threat to him, but he himself does not have the inner part of a prince, although he has a rich Jizhou, but his cowardly character is destined to make him unable to resist the pressure.

In history, Han Fu did not end up very well after letting Jizhou to Yuan Shao. Although Yuan Shao didn't see Han Fu as a threat, there were always people who would think too much about things.

Zhu Han, a native of Hanoi, had been despised by Han Fu, and Yuan Shao appointed him as the capital official after getting Jizhou, at this time Zhu Han wanted to take revenge on Han Fu, and wanted to cater to Yuan Shao's wishes, so he sent troops to surround Han Fu's residence without authorization, and ran to Han Fu's house with a knife, Han Fu ran upstairs after seeing it, but Han Fu's eldest son was caught by Zhu Han, and Zhu Han broke his son's feet.

When Yuan Shao found out, he immediately ordered the arrest of Zhu Han and his execution. But Han Fu was still very frightened, so he begged Yuan Shao to let him go, Yuan Shao agreed, and Han Fu left Jizhou to go to Chen Liutai to guard Zhang Miao. But later, Yuan Shao sent an envoy to meet Zhang Miao, and when they discussed the secret, Yuan Shao's envoy whispered in Zhang Miao's ear, and Han Fu was present at the time, a little too sensitive, thinking that they were calculating themselves. So he got up and went into the toilet, committed suicide with a book knife that scraped Jane, and ended his life in this way.

【Liu Dai】

Liu Dai and Liu Yu are both relatives of the Han family and members of one party, but Liu Dai's performance in history is much worse than Liu Yu's, and the princes of Yanzhou are the majority of the sour jujube alliance, and Liu Dai has a natural advantage as the assassin of Yanzhou, but in this way, Liu Dai failed to unite everyone's forces to crusade against Dong Zhuo, but instead sat on the empty mountain, took the lead in civil strife, and killed Qiao Mao, the initiator of the anti-Dong movement.

Later, Liu Dai did not listen to Bao Xin's suggestion and forcibly sent troops to defeat the Yellow Turban Army, but the soldiers were defeated and died.

【Tao Qian】

Tao Qian is a more controversial figure, he has done a lot of big things, but he also has many personal shortcomings.

In history, Tao Qian pacified the Yellow Turban Army in Xuzhou, implemented Tuntian, organized an anti-Li coalition army, and also fought against Yuan Shao and Cao Cao in alliance with Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shu, and later spread his power to Yuzhou and Yangzhou, which was not without ambition.

But at the same time, Tao Qian also disliked the poor and loved the rich, personally appointed the villain, rejected the good, and did not let his sons enter the official career, and finally gave Xuzhou to Liu Bei before he died.

Tao Qian was a combination of bureaucrats and princes, on the one hand, he did his best for the imperial court, on the other hand, he was also fighting for the world, but to say that he had ambitions, he did not let his sons inherit Xuzhou from the beginning.

And whether Tao Qian killed Cao Song in the history of the Three Kingdoms is also full of fog.

【Wang Kuang】

Wang Kuang was the Hanoi Taishou in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, one of the princes who initially crusaded against Dong Zhuo, and was basically obedient to the alliance leader Yuan Shao, and was one of the few princes who accepted Yuan Shao's orders. But later, his main force was basically wiped out by Dong Zhuo's army, and he had to return to his hometown to recruit soldiers and horses, and soon obtained thousands of strong and brave soldiers, and Wang Kuang, who had made a comeback, turned to Zhang Miao to discuss the alliance between the two sides.

During the crusade against Dong Zhuo, in order to stabilize the rear and enhance his majesty, Wang Kuang collected materials to fight Dong Zhuo, and took measures of oppression in Hanoi, tortured the captured officials and people, and handed over money or materials to atone for his crimes, which also offended many people.

Later, Dong Zhuo sent Han Rong, the great Honglu, the executive Jinwu Hu Muban, the general master Wu Xun, the Yue cavalry captain Wang Gui and other important ministers of the court to lobby Yuan Shao, but Yuan Shao refused to negotiate and asked Wang Kuang to put them to death, among which Hu Muban was Wang Kuang's brother-in-law, so he sent a letter to Wang Kuang in prison, and criticized Wang Kuang in the letter, and asked Wang Kuang to take care of the two sons who were left behind after his death. After reading Hu's letter, Wang Kuang picked up Hu's two sons and began to cry, but eventually killed Hu's mother.

This incident also made Hu Muban's relatives very dissatisfied with Wang Kuang, so they united with Cao Cao to jointly crusade against Wang Kuang, and Wang Kuang died in Huangquan.

【Zhang Yang】

Zhang Yang implemented the strategy of serving the Son of Heaven in history, and lost the opportunity to control the Son of Heaven in vain, and his loyalty to the Son of Heaven and the maintenance of the imperial court not only failed to exchange anything back, but made his subordinates centrifuge, Dong Cheng and Dong Zhao abandoned him one after another and chose the more ambitious Cao Cao.

Zhang Yang later sent troops to Dongshi as Lü Bu's long-distance aid for his good friend Lü Bu, and supported Lü Bu in Xuzhou against Cao Cao, but he was killed by his subordinates.

[The end of the old bureaucratic era]

In history, Liu Yu, Han Fu, Liu Dai, Tao Qian, Zhang Yang, Wang Kuang and other princes were loyal to the court and the Han Dynasty, and their power also came directly from the court, but with the rebellion of Dong Zhuo, the world has changed, and the majesty of the court is no longer there.

They have not been able to keep up with the times.

In the old bureaucratic era, the power and status of the officials came from the imperial court and from the Son of Heaven, so they had to be loyal to the central government, otherwise they would lose all this, but at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the era of the princes came, and the imperial court was no longer able to manage the place, and everything had to be fought for by itself.

At this time, although the Son of Heaven is still a righteous existence, he no longer has enough confidence and strength to control the world, more often than a prop, and at this time, he can't get what he wants to serve the Son of Heaven.

Whether it is power or status, what you really need to rely on in troubled times is the sword in your hand and the army under your command.

After the decline of the central court, the new era of princes has arrived, and the old bureaucratic era has ended.