Yuan Shao is an official N+1 generation, his ancestors are all officials, born "Runan, Yuan Shi", in the fourth generation of Yuan Shi, there is no one ranked third duke, of course, Yuan Shao himself is also a celebrity, very influential in Shilin, to the time of Emperor Xian of Han, he was a great general, worthy of Yuan's origin.
He was also once a warrior, when the imperial court was afraid of Dong Zhuo, he dared to confront Dong Zhuo head-on, and later the Yuan clan in Beijing were all killed by Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shao swore to be a thief, ascended to a high call, the world responded, and became the most powerful leader of the Kwantung Coalition Army in one fell swoop. The reason why Yuan Shao can have this prestige is inseparable from his origin, which is his greatest political advantage. With this advantage, Yuan Shao started his own life. So, what did Yuan Shao do to make his natural advantage disappear later?
Ambitions are revealed prematurely
Yuan Shao called for a crusade against the state thief Dong Zhuo, and the Kwantung army quickly assembled to prepare to destroy Dong Zhuo, and Dong Zhuo had no choice but to threaten the emperor to move west. Yuan Shao made an incredible decision, he actually plotted to elect Youzhou Mu Liu Yu as emperor, this decision was unanimously opposed by Cao Cao and others, it is worth saying that Liu Yu actually opposed, such a situation occurred, so that Yuan Shao was very surprised, but also let the other Haojie doubts in their hearts, can't help but ask themselves in their hearts, Yuan Shao is not the King of Qin? So what does he want to do?
Short-sighted ambitionist
Dong Zhuo died at the hands of Lü Bu, Li Dai and Guo Feng exchanged troops, Emperor Xian of Han fled everywhere, trying to get rid of these two forces, this is a good opportunity for the King of Qin, in the time of Emperor Han Xian's crisis, to lend a hand, this opportunity is not everyone can meet, not everyone can have the strength to do it, at this moment, Yuan Shao encountered this opportunity, he also has the most strength to protect Emperor Xian, it seems that such an opportunity is tailor-made for Yuan Shao, as Frustrated Zhi said: "General Tired Ye Taifu, Shiji Zhongyi." Nowadays, the imperial court spreads more, the Zongmiao temple is destroyed, and although the counties of the prefectures and counties are entrusted with volunteer soldiers, the inner reality map has no intention of worrying about the community and compassion for the people. The territory of the present state is rough, the soldiers are strong, the west is welcomed by the big driver, that is, the palace capital, the son of heaven and the princes, the beasts and horses are not courted, who can be royal! Yuan Shao listened, felt that it seemed to be a little reasonable, and asked other people's opinions, at this time Yingchuan Guo Tu and Chun Yu Qiong Yue: "The Han Chamber Tomb is late, for a long time, it is not difficult to rejuvenate it now!" And the heroes rise together, according to the states and counties, even the disciples gathered, there are tens of thousands of moves, the so-called Tai lost its deer, the first to win the king. Now that the Son of Heaven is near, he will always express his opinion, and if he follows it, he will have less power, and if he violates it, he will refuse his orders, and he who is not good will also be good. These two people believed that at this moment, it was difficult for the Han Dynasty to support him, and it was not a good idea to take Emperor Xiandi of Han to his side and listen to his orders, and not to listen to it was to disobey his orders. When Yuan Shao heard this, he felt that it was very correct, it was simply too right, so he denied the statement of frustrated grant, was so angry that he was frustrated and half dead, and cried out: "To meet the imperial court now, it is appropriate to be righteous, and it is appropriate at the right time, if it is not decided early, there will be the first." "Shao does not follow.
Yuan Shao was known for his loyalty and righteousness, so that there were many followers, and when Emperor Xian of Han fell, Yuan Shao's approach disappointed the heroes of the world, and he fed the fish with a heartfelt word. Later, sure enough, Emperor Xiandi of Han was taken away by Cao Cao for protection, and from then on he blackmailed Tianzi to order the princes, and Yuan Shao actually ordered Cao Cao to send Emperor Xian of Han to Yicheng, which of course was a pipe dream, and Cao Cao even laughed at this request, and then cao cao categorically refused.
Chilling general
In 197 AD, Yuan Shu declared himself emperor in Huainan, but was attacked militarily by Cao Cao and Lü Bu, and forced to do so, Yuan Shu gave way to Yuan Shao, and there was a set of lame sayings, and the title of Emperor Shu was Yu Shaoyue: "The han lost the world for a long time, the son of heaven raised the throne, the government was at home, the Haoxiong competed, and the territory was divided, which was no different from the seven kingdoms in the last year of the Zhou Dynasty. Jia Yuan was appointed king, fu Rui Bingran. The present king has four states and millions of households, and if it is strong, it is incomparable, and it is incomparable to morality. Cao Cao wants to help the weak and weak, and An can continue to save his life? When Yuan Shao looked at it, he felt that yuan shu was too right, and it was almost natural for him to become emperor, but it was too shameless to directly call the emperor, so he ordered his master book Geng Bao to give himself a secret recital and asked him to be called emperor. In this way, Yuan Shao got Geng Bao's secret recital, he took the secret recital to ask the general's opinion, such a stupid plan was of course rejected unanimously, for a while Yuan Shao's face could not be hung up, in order to save face, he handed his eyes to Geng Bao, which means, Geng Bao, Geng Bao, I take you not thin, how can you persuade me to do such unfaithful and unjust things? So he ordered Geng Bao to be cut off.
Follow such a person to make a living, even if you have a hundred loyalties in exchange for him or carry the pot for him, everyone is in danger, and the loyal generals who are cold in their hearts are also silent and let them do whatever they want.
Yuan Shao Group, centrifugal and detached
Xun Yu and Guo Jia left Yuan Shao in 192 and defected to Cao Cao. Yuan Shao's one after another faint moves made Yuan Shao's clique deviate from Germany. The trial forced Xu You away, Guo Tuqi took Zhang Guo and Gao Lan away, Tian Feng and Frustrated Zhizhi said, Yuan Shao did not listen to another word, and finally in the Battle of Guandu, Yuan Shao's clique collapsed violently, and Yuan Shao also fell from the altar to the bottom.
Fan Ye's evaluation also said the reason for Yuan Shao's defeat.
"Shaowai kuanya has a roundness, sorrow and joy are not in color, and sex is reserved and self-exalted, shorter than good, so it is defeated."
It is precisely because of Yuan Shao's own shortcomings that he has lost his natural political advantages, and finally led to the disunity of the Yuan Shao clique, everyone endangering themselves, competing for fame and profit, people's hearts are scattered, talent loss, and so on.
References: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Book of the Later Han Dynasty