It is really difficult to find a candidate who not only has the qualifications to grasp authority, but also has enough courage to kill the Son of Heaven and the Queen Mother, and also maintains good relations with the Yuan family. Yuan Kui calculated it, and felt that Dong Zhuo could barely be used.

First of all, Dong Zhuo had soldiers under his command, and the number reached tens of thousands. As long as there is enough military power in Luoyang, it has the effect of deterring other political enemies, and it is qualified to control the court.

Secondly, Dong Zhuo is a native of Liangzhou, and in people's impression, Liangzhou people are a group of barbarians who can fight. If such a person is not bold enough, then who else can Yuan Kui go to?

Do you want to go to the other ministers who have not even killed anyone personally?

Of course, if it is said that there are soldiers under his command and he has courage, in fact, the new ruling Jin Wu Ding Yuan can barely be counted as one. It's just that Ding Yuan has always been the descendant of the great general He Jin, and has nothing to do with the Yuan family. This article is destined to Ding Yuan to be incomparable with Dong Zhuo, the former official of the Yuan family.

With the best choice, for Ding Yuan, who was too brave, Yuan Kui had no choice but to ask him to die obediently.

Another key reason is that according to the customs of officialdom at that time, since Dong Zhuo had been a former official of the Yuan family, he must always be polite to the Yuan family in this life. Even if Dong Zhuo's status surpasses Yuan Kui in the future, when he sees Yuan Kui, he must salute with the etiquette of seeing his benefactor.

This is the officialdom rules that all officials must abide by under the implementation of the election system. If the person being recommended has no reward for the person who recommended them, why should those ministers of the court recommend you?

Of course, if Yuan Kui showed a modest concession in front of Dong Zhuo, then the relationship between the two sides would be a different matter. But if Dong Zhuo dared not give such preferential treatment to the Yuan family, he would be spurned by the entire Han bureaucratic family group!

With this as a guarantee, Yuan Kui believes that as long as Dong Zhuo does not lose his mind. will not tear the dough with the Yuan family. And if you don't play barbarism and politics, Yuan is confident enough to secretly manipulate the governance of this Liangzhou barbarian in the court.

Therefore, Taifu Yuan Kui quickly chose Dong Zhuo as the next collaborator to take charge of the supreme authority of the Han Dynasty. Of course. As a price, Dong Zhuo must take the black cauldron of killing the Son of Heaven and the Queen Mother on the back of the Yuan family when the time is right.

It was precisely because Dong Zhuo learned about Yuan Kui's earth-shattering plan when he went to the Taifu Mansion for the first time after entering Beijing that Dong Zhuo suddenly remembered the words predicted by the Yellow Turban Yu Arrogant after leaving the Taifu Mansion:

"General Dong is going to Beijing here, and he should be able to grasp the authority of the entire Han Dynasty. At that time, General Dong was afraid that he would not be interested, and he would take the insignificant territory of Baibo Valley in his eyes. When the time comes. I'm afraid that General Dong is not busy arguing with Zhang, but is busy with major events such as abolishing the Son of Heaven......"

Although several months have passed, at this moment, Dong Zhuo can still clearly remember the tone and expression of Zhang Qiang's speech at that time.

- Abolish the Son of Heaven, I did it?

- Abolish the Son of Heaven, I really did it!

At the moment when he watched Taifu Yuan Kui personally help the Son of Heaven Liu Wei off the throne of the Son of Heaven, and then sent the nine-year-old child Liu Xie to the throne of the Son of Heaven by hand, Dong Zhuo's heart. There has been a huge change.

Even the Son of Heaven can be abolished so easily, that all over the world. Who else can challenge his position?

With such thoughts, Dong Zhuo's ambition once again swelled hugely. This kind of change, even Taifu Yuan Kui couldn't fully anticipate it. In Dong Zhuo's heart, there are only four words at this moment:

- Shunchang rebels!

Of course, Dong Zhuo at this moment. He is not a person without fear. There are two people he is afraid of, the first is Yuan Kui, the Taifu who helped Dong Zhuo all the way to the throne of Sikong. The second one, but it is the arrogant captain of Taihang who is far away on the border of the north!

In order to deal with the first jealousy, Dong Zhuo immediately ordered after abolishing the Son of Heaven. Appointed himself to a position that had been abandoned by the Han court for many years - Xiangguo.

Xiangguo is the prime minister. In the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, Xiangguo was the head of the courtiers and had great authority. The first prime minister of the Han Dynasty was Xiao He, the head of the "Three Masters of the Early Han Dynasty".

Because of Xiao He's ability and Xiangguo's all-encompassing authority, even Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, secretly had jealousy and suspicion in his heart towards Xiao He, an old partner who had been with him for decades. This suspicion, until Xiao He had to make a self-defiling move, made Liu Bang feel a little relieved.

It is precisely because the authority of Xiangguo is too great that the later Han Emperor tried to divide the power of Xiangguo into three dukes: Da Sima, Da Sikong, and Prime Minister. Not only that, but even the official name of "Prime Minister" was later renamed Da Situ. In the hands of Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the three dukes were renamed Situ, Sikong, and Taiwei again. Since then, the post of Xiangguo has been completely abandoned.

The reason why Dong Zhuo turned the position of "Xiangguo" back from the pile of old papers is undoubtedly to announce that his status is higher than that of the ordinary three dukes. Even Yuan Kui's position as the Taifu, legally speaking, is also below Xiangguo. This was Dong Zhuo's first step in dealing with Yuan's backhand.

The second step is the strategy offered by his son-in-law Li Ru to Dong Zhuo to win over scholars.

The notoriety of abolishing the Son of Heaven has made Dong Zhuo's already meager reputation worse even worse. Although Dong Zhuo relied on his strong military strength and didn't care too much about these, he also wanted to govern the Han Empire better. But no matter who wants to govern the Han Dynasty, they can't do without the help of scholars.

Therefore, as soon as he took up the position of prime minister, the first thing Dong Zhuo did was to appoint, recruit, and promote scholars on a large scale, hoping to win the hearts of the world's scholars.

The world's well-known Confucian Cai Yong and Cai Bojiao were sent to the border to confess because they offended the "Ten Standing Servants" who were in power for a while. It wasn't until the "Ten Standing Attendants" were killed that Cai Yong returned to the imperial capital Luoyang with his family. Dong Zhuo wanted to win the hearts of the world's scholars, and the first thing he thought of was this great talent and great Confucian scholar.

Cai Yong, how to say it, is a little ignorant of current affairs, and he had trouble with the eunuchs in power back then. If it weren't for Liu Hong, the son of heaven, who had always had feelings for him, Cai Yong would have been killed by the eunuchs a long time ago.

In the face of Dong Zhuo's conquest, Cai Yong originally wanted to put on a show, deliberately shirked it, and then pretended to accept it helplessly. As a result, Dong Zhuo was really a rough man, and as soon as he saw Cai Yong putting up a fight, he immediately threatened to exterminate the clan.

Finding that he couldn't play his own set, Cai Yong hurriedly accepted Dong Zhuo's appointment and returned to the long-lost officialdom. Dong Zhuo expressed satisfaction with Cai Yong's actions, so he let Cai Yong enjoy the speed of riding a rocket.

As soon as Cai Yong entered the imperial court, he first served as the Taixue sacrificial wine, and the second day he became a servant of the imperial history, and then on the third day, he was promoted to Shangshuling. When people saw Cai Yong's promotion, they called it "between three days, three times in the week".

But that's not all.

In the following month, Cai Yong then became the Taishou of Bajun, and then became a waiter, which can be regarded as temporarily settling in a position. In the second year, he will change his position again and become the general of Zuozhonglang, and he will also be rewarded with the title of Gaoyang Township. Dong Zhuo's fancy for Cai Yong can be seen from this.

Behind Cai Yong are the world's famous people Xun Shuang and Xun Ciming. The speed of this great Confucian's promotion has also become another typical example of Dong Zhuo winning over scholars.

The Xun clan is the Yingyin Wang clan, and in the later Three Kingdoms, there were many famous figures. Among them, the most famous are Xun Yu and Xun You's uncle and nephew. These two, as long as you are a little familiar with the Three Kingdoms, you shouldn't need to introduce them again, right?

It's just that Xun Yu and Xun You's uncle and nephew will have to wait a few more years. The Xun Shuang promoted by Dong Zhuo is Xun Yu's uncle and Xun Yu's uncle.

Xun Shuang's father, Xun Shu, was the eleventh grandson of Xun Qing [that is, the Great Confucian Xunzi] of the Warring States Period, with noble conduct, erudition and knowledge, and was known as the "Divine Monarch". Thanks to his father's prestige, the eight Xun Shuang brothers were all famous, and they were known as the "Xun's Eight Dragons" at that time.

Xun Shuang is the sixth in the "Xun's Eight Dragons", and if you talk about talent and learning, you will be the first. At that time, there was a comment of "Xun's Eight Dragons, Ciming Unparalleled".

As one of the world's famous party members, in order to avoid the "disaster of the party", Xun Shuang once hid on the shore of the Han River for more than ten years, specializing in writing, and was called "Shuo Ru" by the people of the time. After the party was lifted, Yuan Feng, who was the Sikong at the time, once recommended Xun Shuang as an official. It's just that Xun Shuang is old and didn't accept Yuan Feng's conquest.

For this great Confucian and party veteran who is still famous above Cai Yong, Dong Zhuo's approach is even more exaggerated. He first ignored Xun Shuang's resignation and directly appointed Xun Shuang as the prime minister of the plains. Xun Shuang didn't have time to take office in Pingyuan, and then he was promoted by Dong Zhuo to Guangluxun, one of the nine Qings. Then, three days later, before Xun Shuang could react, a Sikong hat accidentally fell on his head.

From the beginning of Dong Zhuo's appointment, in just ninety-five days, Xun Shuang was promoted from a cloth cloth to the third duke of the imperial court, and his speed broke all the promotion records in the four hundred years of the Han Dynasty!

In Dong Zhuo's hands, there are many such examples. Like the former general's mansion Peng Wang Kuang, who was appointed as the Taishou of Hanoi; Chen Liu's famous scholar Kong Ling, was appointed as the assassin of Yuzhou; Liu Dai in the service became the assassin of Yanzhou; Riding the capital captain Bao Xin became the prime minister of Jibei; And all that.

I have to say that when Dong Zhuo first took charge of the government, he still worked hard about how to govern the Han Dynasty well. Don't look at the fact that he has promoted so many famous scholars, but he is quite suppressive of his subordinates.

Just looking at the official position, Dong Zhuo only promoted Niu Fu, Dong Yue, Duan Xuan, Hu Zhen, Xu Rong and others, who were originally school captains, to Zhonglang generals, and then promoted Li Dao, Guo Yan and others at the next level to school captains.

From this point of view, in fact, when Dong Zhuochu was in power, he actually handled things quite fairly. At this time, he is determined to be the minister of Zhongxing of the Han Dynasty! (To be continued......)

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