Liu Bang, the ancestor of Han Gao, defeated Xiang Yu and took the lead in attacking the city of Xianyang to establish the Han Dynasty. In order to distinguish him from the Han Dynasty established by Liu Xiu later, people called the Han Dynasty established by Liu Bang the Western Han Dynasty and the Han Dynasty established by Liu Xiu the Eastern Han Dynasty. During the Western Han Dynasty, Liu Bang promoted Lao Tzu's Taoist doctrine, allowing people to rule without doing anything and letting people vigorously develop productive forces. Military power also developed rapidly, and the northern attack on the Huns established a generation of empires.
At the beginning of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the state strength was also relatively strong, but in the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the country was in chaos, and the then Han Andhan Young Emperor Liu Wei inherited the throne at a young age. Before he ascended the throne, all the power of the state was controlled by the current empress dowager, Empress He, which led to Liu Wei, even if he inherited the throne, was already nominally the king of a country, but he had very little real power in his hands.
Even a simple measure could not be completed independently by virtue of his power, and he had to consult Empress He before doing anything, and could only be implemented with empress Dowager He's approval. The Han Shao Emperor Liu Wei was familiar with the books of governing the country since he was a child, and he was determined to be a good emperor when he was a child, but he did not expect that he would become an emperor or not be able to govern the country according to his own methods.
At this time, the Yellow Turban Army rebelled everywhere to subvert the Liu regime and attempted to destroy the Han. Liu Wei had realized that the current Han Dynasty was no longer what it was, and it was already devastated. The emptiness of the national treasury alone and the invasion of the Anti-Yellow Turban Army, coupled with the strength of the Han Dynasty's army, no longer have the momentum of swallowing mountains and rivers in the north to attack the Xiongnu.
At this time, the Yellow Turban Army was in a state of flux, and the Han Army could not resist at all. Empress He also thought that the Yellow Turban Army was a small fight and did not pay attention to it at all. He wanted to change the status quo but was unable to do so, and at this time he could only turn to Dong Zhuo in the northwest, who was very powerful in the northwest at that time and was already able to compete with the imperial court of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
Liu ordered Dong Zhuo to enter the capital to help him, and with Dong Zhuo's help, Emperor Shao of Han took back power from Empress He, and with the help of Dong Zhuo's hand, he quelled the rebellion of the Yellow Turban Army, and eliminated some traitors and corrupt officials in the imperial court.
Liu Wei believed that the country could finally decide on its own and was preparing to unfold his own ambitions, and he ignored Dong Zhuo's existence. Dong Zhuo saw that the country had been pacified, and his ambitions slowly emerged. At this time, Liu Wei realized that his use of Dong Zhuo's strength was tantamount to luring wolves into the room. Dong Zhuo then kidnapped Emperor Shao of Han and stayed in Xianyang and proclaimed himself chancellor of the Han Dynasty. At this time, Liu Wei had no way to do anything, but he did not give up resistance and thought of taking back his rights.
According to Dong Zhuo's power at that time, he could completely claim the title of emperor and achieve hegemony, but he failed. Dong Zhuo felt that Liu Zhuo was not easy to control, but he only needed a puppet emperor, and Liu Zhuo's half-brother Liu Xie became Dong Zhuo's first choice. Dong Zhuo deposed the emperor of the dynasty, Emperor Shao of Han, Liu Xie, and made Liu Xie emperor, the last emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Emperor Xian of Han. Emperor Xian of Han was really a puppet emperor, and Dong Zhuo was even more unscrupulous in the dynasty.
Dong Zhuo is cruel and murderous, hot-tempered, and lustful, addicted to wine all day, and kills people with knives in the court at every turn, which aroused the dissatisfaction of many ministers. Dong Zhuo deposed the previous emperor, and the establishment of a new emperor had already chilled many old ministers of the Han Dynasty.
His indiscriminate killing of innocents further aroused the anger of the ministers of the DPRK, and some of the ministers who opposed him were killed by him, which not only did not make the old ministers of the DPRK and the CCP afraid, but on the contrary, the people's hearts were scattered, and more people opposed him, and Yuan Shao, the scholar at this time, also opposed him.
Dong Zhuo also realized that things were not right, and also began to win people's hearts and minds, and promoted ministers including Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu to knighthoods. This did not achieve the effect he wanted Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and others formed the EighteenTh Route Princes to fight against Dong Zhuo. Wang Yun caught Dong Zhuo's lust, and he used his righteous daughter Sable Cicada to use the beauty plan, making Dong Zhuo and Lü Bu father and son turn against each other.
Wang Yun arranged for five hundred axemen to be arranged in the main hall to ambush Dong Zhuo, and finally Dong Zhuo died under Lü Bu's Fang Tian painting sword. It is said that the times create heroes, Dong Zhuo rose in the chaotic world, instinctively achieved great things, but because of his several wrong decisions led to his own failure. He should not depose the emperor and establish a new emperor, so there will be many forces supporting Liu Zhuo against Dong Zhuo.
Conclusion: The courtiers are the foundation of the imperial court, and Dong Zhuo killed the ministers indiscriminately, which led to the unanimous dissatisfaction of the ministers and lost the hearts of the people. Those who win the hearts and minds of the people win the world, and it is obvious that Dong Zhuo did not realize this.
Dong Zhuo also looked at the wrong person, that is, Lü Bu. Lü Bu can be bribed by Qianye Gold and a red rabbit horse to kill his righteous father Ding Yuan, then he can kill Dong Zhuo for the sake of the mink cicada. Dong Zhuo also happened to die at the hands of his righteous son Lü Bu in the end.