Later generations to this day, the history of Dong Zhuo's abolition of the emperor is mainly based on the analysis of why Dong Zhuo deposed the emperor to interpret. And ignored the increasingly powerful scholar-doctor camp at the end of the Han Dynasty.
The scholar group was the mainstream and backbone of the society at that time
The reason why Dong Zhuo was able to complete the political earthquake of deposing the emperor was directly related to the eerie silence of the scholars, and it was the collective inaction of the scholars' forces that led to the success of Dong Zhuo's abolition of the emperor.
If the scholar-doctor group in Luoyang collectively expressed strong opposition to Dong Zhuo's abolition of the emperor, Dong Zhuo really did not dare to act obstinately and forcibly promote the abolition.
Although Dong Zhuo controlled luoyang city, the empire was an area of several million square kilometers, the sum of tens of millions of people, and as long as Dong Zhuo did not achieve most of the cooperation or submission of the scholar forces that were becoming more and more powerful in the empire, especially after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, he could not control the empire in the real sense, let alone depose the emperor.
In fact, no matter who is in Dong Zhuo's position, it will be full of a sense of crisis. Although, Dong Zhuo successfully annexed the He brothers, and the prefecture and other capital troops, actually controlled the city of Luoyang, and became the third duke. However, if Dong Zhuo has the strength to control the world because he controls the capital Luoyang, it is also too simple to say the world.
The Empire has thirteen states, and give you an army of one hundred thousand, scattered in these thirteen states, and one state averages only seven or eight thousand people. The Empire has one hundred and five counties, give you a hundred thousand armies, scattered to these one hundred and five counties, a county country is only an average of more than nine hundred people; the Empire has more than one thousand and a hundred counties, give you a hundred thousand troops, scattered into these eleven hundred counties, how many people can be averaged in a county? But eight or ninety people.
The Empire has more than six million square kilometers, giving you a hundred thousand troops, scattered and used, and one soldier needs to manage an average of fifty or sixty square kilometers. The empire has a population of forty or fifty million, giving you an army of one hundred thousand, and a soldier needs to manage an average of four or five hundred people.
In the era when there were no telephones and railways, you issued an order from Luoyang City, and it would take a few days at the earliest to reach all parts of the empire? You send an army from Luoyang City, and it will take a few days at the earliest to reach a relatively far designated area? More importantly, after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the central authority collapsed, and the local government could pull out tens of thousands of troops with a single call.
The Eastern Han Empire had 13 states, and Dong Zhuo really controlled several states, and strictly speaking, not a single state was controlled. Dong Zhuo is only more influential in 3 states, and the other 10 states can be said to have no half-cent relationship with Dong Zhuo.
Dong Zhuo's three more influential states are Liangzhou, Hezhou, and Sizhou.
In history, yanyi, and self-media usually say, Dong Zhuo is a warlord in Liangzhou, but Dong Zhuo is not a warlord in Liangzhou in the strict sense, the real warlords in Liangzhou are Ma Teng, Han Sui, Song Jian and others, they each gathered an army in Liangzhou to divide one side against the imperial court, Dong Zhuo was the right fufeng stationed in the Si Li department as a court official, he had no territory in Liangzhou, just because Dong Zhuo was born in Liangzhou, and he fought in Liangzhou, he was known for his prestige among the Liangzhou people, and there were many Liangzhou soldiers under his command, and Dong Zhuo's army can be called " Liangzhou soldiers", but Dong Zhuo is really not a Liangzhou warlord, Liangzhou does not have an inch of land that belongs to him, Dong Zhuo is only a "vain name" in Liangzhou, and he has no control over Liangzhou.
and state. The Han Empire's control over the states was already limited.
As early as the Huanling period (146-189), the famous general Duan Ji wrote to warn the imperial court that more than 2,000 miles of the border were eroded by the Hu people, and among them, Yunzhong County and Wuyuan County, which were in the prefecture, had gradually fallen into the hands of foreign tribes such as the Xiongnu, and the harm was very great and needed vigilance. [The Book of the Later Han Dynasty and the Biography of Duan Jiao(段) 颎因上言曰: Subject Fushimi Xian Zero Eastern Qiang Although several rebellious ... From Yunzhong, Wuyuan, and west to Hanyang for more than 2,000 miles, the Xiongnu, the Qiang, and the Land were good at it, which was for the Han Gangrene to ambush the disease, stay under the threat, and if it was not cursed, it would grow. But this was of no use, and under the apocalyptic scene of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the weak Eastern Han Empire actually lost more and more territory in the state.
At that time, Zhang Yan and the "Black Mountain Army" were active in Shangdang County, which included the Taihang Mountains at the southern end of the prefecture ("Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Zhang Yan Biography" :( Zhang) Yan Plagiarism was very fast, so the military was called Feiyan. His descendants all slept in a wide range of places, changshan, Zhao County, Zhongshan, Shangdang, Hanoi and other valleys were connected, and their young marshals Sun Qing and Wang Dang, each with his subordinates from Yan, to a million, were called Montenegro].
In December of the fourth year of Zhongping (187 AD), the Southern Xiongnu who were relocated by the Han Dynasty to Meiji County in the north of Xihe County [Jinshu Liu Yuanhai Chronicles]: At the beginning of Jianwu (25-54 YEARS), Uzuliu Ruodan Yuzi Right Ao Yue Ri Zhi Wang Bi established himself as NanDan Yu and entered the Xihe Meiji] under the administration of Xiu Tu Ge Hu rebelled [(Zhongping 4th year) December, Hugh Tu Ge Hu rebelled], and the great rebellion in Hezhou, by the beginning of the fifth year of Zhongping (188 AD), Xihe County Shou Xing Ji died at the hands of Hu Tu Ge Hu [(Zhongping) In the spring of the fifth year, Hugh Tu each Hu Kou Xi River, killed the county Shou Xing Ji], and then the southern Xiongnu stabbed Shi Zhang Yi, and the Southern Xiongnu Shan Yu was also killed one after another [(Zhongping 5) In March, Hugh Tu Ge Hu attacked and killed Shi Zhang Yi, so he joined forces with the left hu of the Southern Xiongnu and killed Shan Yu]. Since then, the Han Dynasty has actually lost control of the five counties of Dingxiang, Yunzhong, Wuyuan, Shuofang, and Shangjun in the prefecture [Geographical Chronicle of the Book of Jin: At the end of the Ling Emperor, Qianghu Datuo, Dingxiang, Yunzhong, Wuyuan, Shuofang, shangjun and other five counties were scattered and scattered].
After Hugh Tu and Hu raised troops, in February of the fifth year of Zhongping (188), Guo Tai and others took advantage of the chaos to raise an army in the Baibo Valley of Xihe County, Hezhou, and because Guo Tai and others raised troops in the Baibo Valley, their troops were also called the "White Wave Army", and the scope of activity of the "White Wave Army" was mainly in the xihe and Taiyuan counties of Hezhou and the hedong county of Sili.
In summary, the Actual Control of the Han Empire is less than the territory of the Prefecture, and it is estimated that the territory of the Han Empire that can really rule is most of the Shangdang County + Taiyuan County, and the southern part of Xihe County.
The Han Empire's actual control of the merger state is limited, that Dong Zhuo, as a state pastor who has not yet taken office in the merger state, he can really "shepherd" the merger state territory can not exceed the actual control territory of the imperial court, and Dong Zhuo, as a merger state pastor who has not been to the merger state, his influence on the merger state is also very unstable, mainly relying on influence, and Dong Zhuo's influence on the merger state is mainly because of the surrender of Lü Bu and Zhang Liao, a group of merger state legions, and the support of Wang Yun, the master of the merger state. Not because of the official position of the pastor of the state and the early years of the army in the state of the state, and did the history of the state of the state. Dong Zhuo's control over the merger state is an indirect control, and his influence on the merger state is also very insufficient.
What about Sergeant? Si Li was the eastern capital Luoyang and the western capital Chang'an, and was the largest state in the Han Empire.
Si Li was the state with the strongest strength advantage among the thirteen states of the Great Han Dynasty. Dong Zhuo's army was stationed in Si Li and had actually controlled Luoyang in Kyoto, and no one could underestimate Dong Zhuo's influence on SiZhou. However, in the area centered on Chang'an, there were also Two powerful men with armies, Huang Fusong and Gai Xun. In addition, the above-mentioned "White Polish Army" is within the active area of Ha Dong County, and the Hanoi County within the active area of the "Black Mountain Army" is also under the jurisdiction of the Division Of Lieutenant Division.
As the capital of Luoyang, the heads of the rich clans and senior officials here are many. Although Dong Zhuo held the military power in his hands and could deter them, if these people would completely see Dong Zhuo's face and act, they would also say that Dong Zhuo was too remarkable. Because, those big men in Luoyang City are all subordinate to entangled and deep-rooted families and groups. If Dong Zhuo dared to ignore their status and interests, he would let the situation get out of control at any time. It can be seen that Dong Zhuo's control over Sizhou is also insufficient.
Liang, He, and Si were the three states that Dong Zhuo had influence, and the other ten prefectures (Yu, Ji, Xu, Yan, Qing, You, Jing, Yi, Yang, and Jiao), Dong Zhuo could be said to have no influence. From this, it can be seen that Dong Zhuo's strength in the Han Empire is really very limited.