Whether in the novel "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" or in the real history, He Jin recruited the Western Liang general Dong Zhuo into Beijing and caused chaos in the world. He Jin was the uncle of the new emperor, and the eunuch group represented by Zhang Rang was the eunuch group that previously held the real power of the palace. With the ascension of his nephew to the throne, the two forces have a contradiction, in short, it is the question of who is the boss, which is the background of Dong Zhuo's entry into Beijing.
Beforehand, Cao Cao had advised He Jin, saying: "The scourge of eunuchs has existed in ancient and modern times, and if you want to punish the crime, but it is enough to pay a prison official, why should you summon foreign soldiers?" He Jin did not listen, and sure enough, the world was in chaos. So why didn't He Jin listen to Cao Cao's persuasion? Is He Jin's IQ so low?
In fact, those who can leave a mark in history have their own superiority, and there are no fools. Sometimes looking back at history, I unconsciously make a mistake, that is, to subjectively evaluate from God's point of view. He Jin was able to become a historical figure and was in power, not only because of his status as the emperor's uncle, but also because many people followed him, certainly because of his ability.
It is often said that He Jin lured Dong Zhuo into Beijing to rebel in order to eliminate the eunuchs, and Dong Zhuo then kidnapped the emperor, causing the final collapse of the Eastern Han Dynasty. In fact, Cao Cao's words of persuasion to he Jin seemed to make sense when he listened, and it was unrealistic to calm down and think about it.
At that time, the reason for the darkness of the imperial court was that one was the dictatorship of eunuchs and the other was the interference of foreign relatives, in contrast, as the emperor, he was more defensive of foreign relatives interfering in politics. The emperor would rather give the eunuch more power than give He Jin this uncle. Both forces were there, and the emperor and empress dowager could still play the art of balance.
Just before, after Emperor Shun of Han favored Empress Liang, and then made his father-in-law Liang Shang and his brother-in-law Liang Ji become great generals, it can be said that he did not do evil and did not do evil, and even deposed the emperor at will, and finally was destroyed by Emperor Huan of Han and the eunuchs, so the subsequent emperors trusted the eunuchs relatively, rather than trusting foreign relatives.
If the emperor is diligent in his administration, things will develop normally, and if the emperor is lazy, it will cause great power to fall. The emperor is lazy does not mean stupid, in contrast, prefer to leave government affairs to the eunuch, because the eunuch has a huge advantage, that is, the eunuch will not usurp the throne, because there can be no offspring.
Therefore, the eunuch group can, to a certain extent, give orders on behalf of the emperor. If you want to completely eliminate these eunuchs who control the government, you must bear the fact of rebellion, which is not as simple as Cao Cao said. Neither He Jin nor Yuan Shao were fools, they were both worried that they would not be enough to recruit Dong Zhuo to enter the capital, and Yuan Shao called on the princes of the world to break Dong Zhuo, but He Jin did not do things secretly, but was killed by eunuchs.
In fact, the ancients are not the silly white sweetness of imagination, modern people understand, the ancients understand.