【Welcoming the Young Emperor】

In April of the sixth year of Zhongping (189), Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty died of illness and was succeeded by the Young Emperor Liu Wei. The struggle between the eunuch group and the foreign relatives group became increasingly fierce, and after He Jin killed the eunuch Jian Shuo, he hoped to further eradicate all the eunuchs, but the Empress Dowager He did not allow it. So He Jin, Yuan Shao and others summoned Dong Zhuo to Beijing to crusade against Zhang Rang and other eunuchs, and used this to coerce Empress Dowager He to submit. Dong Zhuo was overjoyed after receiving the order, thinking that this was a good opportunity to move towards the central court of the imperial court, so he wrote to the young emperor, in the name of "chasing the evil of the king's side, collecting the army, and clearing the traitorous and filthy", and marched to Luoyang with his army.

But the development of the situation was far beyond Dong Zhuo's expectations, the eunuchs and He Jin launched a big fight in Luoyang, He Jin was killed by Zhang Rang and other eunuchs, He Jin's subordinates knew the news and immediately led troops to attack the palace, Zhang Rang led a part of the eunuchs hurriedly abducted the young emperor Liu Wei and Chen Liuwang Liu Xie fled in the middle of the night, and fled to the edge of the Yellow River. After the palace chaos, Shangshu Lu Zhi rescued the Empress Dowager He and immediately led a small number of troops to chase Zhang Rang and others with Peng Min Gong in central Henan, and caught up at dawn, Min Gong killed several eunuchs, Zhang Rang and the rest of the eunuchs were forced to commit suicide by jumping into the water, and then they turned back to Beijing.

When Dong Zhuo led his troops to approach Luoyang, he already knew that there was a change in Luoyang, and he immediately led his army to rush after learning the news that the young emperor was in Beimang, and he was one step ahead of everyone else, and took the civil and military officials and the army to welcome the young emperor and Chen Liuwang back to Luoyang. In this way, the eunuchs and their relatives fought fiercely, and both sides were defeated, but the final fruits of victory were easily picked by Dong Zhuo, who came the latest and most ingenious.

Dong Zhuo welcomed the young emperor back to the capital, firmly controlled the emperor in his hands, controlled the actual power of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and began to intervene in the government affairs alone.

【Control the Army】

If Dong Zhuo, as a prince, wants to control the imperial court, in addition to controlling the emperor, he must also have a large number of troops, and Dong Zhuo himself understands this. Before entering Beijing, Dong Zhuo did not expect such a drastic change in the situation of the imperial court, in order to avoid the jealousy of He Jin, Yuan Shao and others, he did not bring too many troops, only brought a small number of three or five thousand elites, this number is too small for the huge Luoyang City, and it is not a deterrent.

But Dong Zhuo was very clever, he secretly ordered the troops to quietly leave Luoyang City at night every few days, and then drive into Luoyang City openly the next day, so that the well-trained, well-armored, and endless Xiliang Army fiercely deterred those dignitaries in Luoyang, and this Dong Zhuo's further actions bought a lot of time.

At that time, in addition to Dong Zhuo's Xiliang Army, there were mainly He Jin's original troops in Luoyang City, as well as the capital defense force that had arrived one step earlier than Dong Zhuo and had been named the most important capital defense force controlled by Jin Wuding Yuan.

As mentioned above, He Jin's younger brother He Miao was more inclined to eunuchs because he accepted bribes from eunuchs and he himself was more inclined to eunuchs, which dragged his brother back, and finally led to He Jin being killed by eunuchs. He Jin's original subordinates Wu Kuang and others were very grateful to He Jin for his kindness to them, they thought that He Miao was the eunuch's side, and he killed General He Jin, so they and Dong Zhuo's younger brother Dong Minxiang jointly killed He Miao, after Dong Zhuo came to Luoyang, Wu Kuang and others took refuge in Dong Zhuo, and he easily incorporated He Jin's original troops, and his strength increased greatly.

Subsequently, Dong Zhuo successfully bought Ding Yuan's general Lu Bu, and soon Lu Bu killed Ding Yuan, Dong Zhuo successfully controlled the defense forces of the capital, and swore to marry Lu Bu as father and son, appointed Lu Bu as the cavalry captain, and soon promoted him to Zhonglang General and Fengdu Tinghou.

At that time, the two brothers Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu and Cao Cao still had a part of the army in their hands, Dong Zhuo had wooed them, and even discussed with Yuan Shao about the abolition of the establishment, but they were all refused, and several people also escaped from Luoyang one after another.

In this way, almost all the troops in Luoyang were controlled by Dong Zhuo, and he could already do whatever he wanted, and no one could stop him.

【Deposed King】

After Dong Zhuo's control of the army, he began further operations.

First of all, he forced the imperial court to remove Sikong Liu Hong from his post on the grounds that the country had been in the courtiers for a long time and did not rain, and replaced him himself, improving his political status. Then, in order to completely control the imperial court, he decided to abolish the young emperor Liu Wei and set up Liu Xie, the king of Chenliu, as the emperor.

I think the reasons and excuses for Dong Zhuo's abolition are probably the following five points:

First of all, the most important reason is that the young emperor Liu Wei is too old, Liu Wei was 15 years old at that time, and Liu Xie was only 9 years old. Liu Zhuo is basically half an adult, and it is not easy to control, and in a few years, Liu Zhuo will be able to justifiably seize Dong Zhuo's power on the grounds of pro-government, and even finally kill Dong Zhuo, so Dong Zhuo has to clean him up in advance.

Secondly, Dong Zhuo wanted to expand his authority and influence in the imperial court. Although Dong Zhuo has a lot of military merits, his political achievements are not high, and he has no influence in the imperial court, and what can show his authority more than the abolition of the Son of Heaven?

Again, in order to combat the imperial power, reduce the influence of the palace. Dong Zhuo has no one in the court, but he has no one in the palace, and Dong Zhuo is not a relative of the He family, so he doesn't attack your He family, and he doesn't attack your Empress Dowager He's son Liu Wei, and he still keeps you.

Again, Dong Zhuo said that Liu Wei is not a good person, you see that he is frivolous, dignified, ignorant and cowardly, and his appearance and personality are not suitable for being an emperor at all. I want to say that you, Dong Zhuo, were originally looking for a puppet, and you didn't choose Mingjun to kill yourself, and you are embarrassed to say that it is purely an excuse.

In the end, Dong Zhuo didn't like the Empress Dowager He, in fact, he wanted to eradicate the He family, or it might be because the Empress Dowager He dragged his brother back. But on the contrary, Liu Xie was raised by Dong Zhuo's own family, Empress Dowager Dong, and Dong Zhuo claimed to be a relative of Empress Dowager Dong, so Dong Zhuo himself was inclined to Liu Xie and did not like Liu Wei.

Soon, Dong Zhuo began to publicly declare that Liu Zhuo's character was not good and unsuitable to be the emperor, and openly said that I wanted to be Yi Yin and Huo Guang, except for Shangshu Lu Zhi who opposed it in person, the other ministers were afraid of Dong Zhuo's obscenity and did not dare to speak right, and Lu Zhi would have been killed by Dong Zhuo on the same day if Cai Yong had not tried his best to dissuade him.

Later, Dong Zhuo's plan to depose the emperor was agreed by the Taifu Yuan Kui, and Dong Zhuo threatened the Empress Dowager He to issue an edict to depose the young emperor Liu Bian, and Yuan Kui untied the seal ribbon worn by the young emperor Liu Biao and presented it to Liu Xie, the king of Chen Liu. Then Liu Wei, the king of Fuhong Nong, went down to the palace and proclaimed his vassal to Liu Xie, who was sitting in the north, and there was only the cry of the Empress Dowager He in the court, but no one dared to speak.

In this way, Dong Zhuo completed what Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty and the eunuch Jian Shuo wanted to do, and abolished the young emperor as he wished, demoted him to the king of Hongnong, and set up Liu Xie, the king of Chenliu, that is, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty. In the future, Dong Zhuo further decided to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, and sent Li Ru to poison Liu Wei (this is the legendary Dong Zhuo's "son-in-law" and the first strategist in the romance and TV series, the only thing that has been recorded for Dong Zhuo in history), and then poisoned the Empress Dowager He, and the power of the original He family was basically uprooted.

After Dong Zhuo's double killing, he has already dominated the government!