[Five Answers]

On the question of dealing with the Son of Heaven, the princes of the Six Roads gave five different answers.

Dong Zhuo abolished the Han Shao Emperor Liu Wei and renamed Liu Xie, the king of Chen Liu, as the Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, which was to abolish the establishment; Yuan Shao gave up supporting Emperor Xian, and instead prepared to support Liu Yu, the pastor of Youzhou, in order to establish another one; Li Dao and Guo Yan followed Jia Xu's suggestion, served the country to conquer the world, coerced the Son of Heaven and ordered the princes, and finally defeated Lü Bu and Wang Yun, and regained control of the Son of Heaven and the imperial court, in order to blackmail the Son of Heaven; Zhang Yang chose to leave the town and handed over the power to the Son of Heaven and the imperial court for the sake of the Son of Heaven (Note 1); Cao Cao snatched the Son of Heaven from Yang Feng and Han Xian, as a puppet, and also to blackmail the Son of Heaven; Yuan Shu thought that the Han dynasty was exhausted, and simply became the emperor himself, that is, he was self-reliant.

As for the final result, everyone should know very well that whether it is Dong Zhuo of the Demon Flame Heaven, or Yuan Shao of the Fourth and Third Princes, or Zhang Yang who is loyal to the Han family, and Yuan Shu, who is arrogant and arrogant, they all failed, and in the end only Cao Cao succeeded.

The reason why Dong Zhuo did not end well after his abolition was because he shook the orthodoxy of the Han family, and at that time, the world was still the old Liu family, and the authority of the Han family was still there. Dong Zhuo's blatant abolition of the establishment naturally turned himself into a public enemy of the world, a rat crossing the street, and was crusaded against by the princes of the world, and he was not recognized by the scholars and the common people, and failure was inevitable.

And Yuan Shao's other plan is to be stillborn, Liu Yu didn't agree at all, Yuan Shao wanted to be Geng Ben and Feng Yi, but Liu Yu didn't want to be Liu Xiu.

Li Dao, Guo Yan and others also coerced the Son of Heaven and ordered the princes to be coerced, but the results were very different, the problem was of course not in the strategy, but in the gap between the executors. The Xiliang Army Group led by Li Dao and Guo Yan was not cohesive enough, and the prestige of Li, Guo and others was even more insufficient, and it was impossible for them to be recognized by the mainstream scholars and doctors at that time after they eliminated Wang Yun, but the most fatal thing was that their internal affairs level was too scummy, and they were torn apart, and they played themselves to death.

Zhang Yang is a high wind and bright festival, he doesn't want the emperor to send it to him, he thinks about the court wholeheartedly, but unfortunately it's useless, you don't want others to ask for it.

Yuan Shu was against the trend, the Han family had indeed declined at that time, but the authority of the Son of Heaven was still there, Dong Zhuo became a street rat just by abolishing it, and Yuan Shu himself became the emperor directly, and the ending can be imagined.

And Cao Cao's success is inevitable, unlike Li Dao, Guo Yan and others, Cao Cao's own reputation is not bad, he successfully seized the opportunity, controlled Emperor Xian into his hands, swept away other princes with the help of righteousness, and finally dominated the world.

【Different Properties】

Nowadays, people compare the abolition, self-reliance, and establishment of another Son of Heaven with the act of coercing the Son of Heaven, but before doing so, we must make it clear that there is an essential difference between the abolition, self-reliance, and coercion of the Son of Heaven and the worship of the Son of Heaven and the establishment of another person.

Abolishing the Son of Heaven, standing on one's own feet, and holding the Son of Heaven hostage are the acts of the princes, while worshipping the Son of Heaven and establishing another one is the behavior of the scholars.

Dong Zhuo abolished the emperor, Li Guo controlled the emperor, Cao Cao coerced the Son of Heaven and ordered the princes, and Yuan Shu set himself up as the emperor in the final analysis, all for himself, and the starting point was to put himself first, in order to continue to expand his power.

Dong Zhuo is like this, Li Dao is like this, Cao Cao is like this, and Yuan Shu is also like this.

At that time, they were already princes, and they already had their own power, their own power and territory, and all they were thinking about was how to continue to go further, rather than stupidly continuing to serve the court and the emperor.

They are called ministers but are actually kings, so the Son of Heaven, as the place of righteousness, is more of a tool for them, a very, very useful tool.

The starting point of Fengtianzi and another establishment is completely different, Zhang Yang Fengtianzi, handed over power to the imperial court, is hoping that Emperor Xian can restore the Han Dynasty, Yuan Shao set up another Liu Yu, is hoping that he can be Emperor Guangwu, although Zhang Yang and Yuan Shao are also beneficial to themselves after doing this, but in the final analysis, it is mainly for the entire Han Dynasty, they were still ready to serve the Han Dynasty at that time, serving the old Liu family, they are more of themselves as a scholar, rather than princes.

In the final analysis, the starting point of Dong Zhuo, Li Dao, Cao Cao, Yuan Shu and others is "Jun", while the starting point of Yuan Shao, Zhang Yang and others is "Chen".

【Best Answer】

In the era of the Three Kingdoms, although Zhang Yang Fengtianzi and Yuan Shao finally failed, theoretically speaking, Yuan Shao's alternative strategy was still more promising.

First of all, although the "Fengtianzi" obeyed orthodoxy, under the circumstances at that time, it was difficult to revive the Han dynasty according to the orthodox model.

Internally, although the world was still nominally under the rule of the Han Dynasty, it was actually divided, and the imperial court was huddled in a single place, and it was too unrealistic to expect a teenager in his teens to lead the ministers to revive the Han dynasty.

And this kid is already used to being a puppet, and it is simply impossible for him to seize power on his own.

In history, Zhang Yang was too idealistic to serve the Son of Heaven, he wanted to return power to the Son of Heaven, but he didn't know that the Son of Heaven was simply an ornament in the imperial court, and as a result, Zhang Yang made it clear that he had no ambition and no basic ambition of a prince, which also made his subordinates Dong Cheng and Dong Zhao finally abandon him and chose Cao Cao, who was more capable of doing great things.

Yuan Shao saw this, so he had another plan, in the troubled times at that time, there must be a real hero to restore the Han family, and Liu Xie is just the next emperor.

So Yuan Shao chose Liu Yu, who has strength and more prestige, and Liu Yu was very similar to Liu Xiu's situation at that time, the two ancestors were both on the throne five generations ago, and now they are both in Hebei, and their positions are also Da Sima.

It's a pity that Lang is intentional and the concubine is ruthless.

The Han family is dying, after more than 40 years of nonsense by the second emperor of Hengling, this trend is difficult to reverse, although the other establishment is a little bigger than Fengtianzi hopes, but it is only a little bigger.

Although it is very difficult to revive the Han family, because the righteousness of the Han family has accumulated for four hundred years, it is even more difficult to end the Han family.

It is difficult to revive and collapse, this is the impasse faced by the Han Dynasty at that time, and the dilemma faced by the princes and heroes.

So what exactly to do? History has already given the answer, coercing the Son of Heaven and ordering the princes! With the help of the righteousness of the Han family, he expanded his strength, imperceptibly eroded the authority of the Han Dynasty, and finally replaced the Han family.

This was no secret at the time, Fu Zhu, Jia Xu, Tian Feng, Xun Yu, Dong Zhao, and Mao Jue all knew it, but in the end, only Cao Cao seized the opportunity and finally succeeded.

As for why Cao Cao used Emperor Xian as a puppet, instead of being loyal to the Son of Heaven to restore the Han family, this question is too simple.

Because Cao Cao's success at that time was fought by himself with a knife and a gun, not given by the Son of Heaven, he relied on his own skills to have today's status, and it had little to do with Emperor Xian, so he did not need to be loyal to the incompetent Son of Heaven. Even if you take a step back, even if Cao Cao wants to give up power and be loyal to the Son of Heaven, Cao Cao's subordinates are loyal to Cao Cao, so Cao Cao can't betray them, but don't forget Zhang Yang's experience.

Note 1: On the side of Fengtianzi, Liu Yu actually had preparations in this regard, but later died due to various obstacles.