When someone has achieved something remarkable. We usually say "XXX ancestral tomb is clear". For ordinary people, there are not many opportunities to smoke blue. But also for Yuan Shao. Their family is "green smoke from the ancestral tomb every day". Yuan Shao was born in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, a powerful official family called the Runan Yuan clan.
Runan-gun
From his great-grandfather Yuan An, five of the fourth Yuan clan paid homage to the third duke. Yuan Shao's grandfather was Situ Yuan Tang, his biological mother was a lowly handmaid, and his biological father was Yuan Cheng, a general in the five senses. Yuan Shao was born in Luoyang, Jingshi, and was born coinciding with the death of his father Yuan Cheng, and was raised by women such as his adoptive mother (Yuan Chengzheng's wife). was cared for by his uncles Yuan Feng and Yuan Kui.
Yuan Shao is an official N generation born with a golden key
Yuan Shao became a lang official when he was a child, and was often imitated because of his outstanding appearance and demeanor. Weak Guan served as the magistrate of Puyang County and had a reputation for being honest and capable. When his mother (adoptive mother) died, he resigned from the government. After serving the three-year funeral, Yuan Shao recalled lamenting that he was a fatherless orphan at birth, and served the funeral for his father (Yuan Cheng). After the mourning period expired, he moved to Luoyang to live. Yuan Shao was handsome, dignified, benevolent, and paid attention to reputation, plus Yuan Shao lowered his status and befriended, and all the people rushed to join him. Regardless of the status of the taxi who came, Yuan Shao treated him with equal etiquette, so the various vehicles of the visiting guests crowded the streets of Luoyang.
The scourge of the party refers to the incident in ancient China, when Emperor Huan of Han and Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty of the Eastern Han Dynasty, scholars, nobles, etc., were dissatisfied with the phenomenon of unruly government by eunuchs, and had party disputes with eunuchs.
At this time, the rule of the Eastern Han Dynasty was becoming darker, and the dictatorship of eunuchs intensified, brutally persecuting the "Qingliu Party members" represented by bureaucrats and students. Yuan Shao claimed to be a reclusive man, and on the surface he did not talk to guests, but in fact he secretly befriended party members and chivalrous people, such as Zhang Liao, He Qi, Xu Yu and others. Zhang Qiao is a famous party member and one of the "Eight Chefs". He Qi was also a member of the Party, and he was very close to the leaders of the Party, Chen Bo and Li Yi, and Yuan Shao admired him very much. During the party's calamity, He Qi often sneaked into Luoyang several times a year, followed Yuan Shao's stratagem and helped the party members take refuge: to help some poor and helpless people tide over the calamity. For some of those who were pursued, they were able to escape or hide, saving many people from party trouble. Yuan Shao's activities attracted the attention of the eunuchs, and Zhao Zhong, an attendant of Zhongchang, indignantly warned that Yuan Benchu was raising his value, should not be summoned by the imperial court, and specialized in raising outlaws, and did not know what he was doing. Yuan Kui reprimanded Yuan Shao after hearing the wind, but Yuan Shao remained unmoved.
Yellow Turban Uprising
In the first year of Zhongping (184), after the outbreak of the Yellow Turban Uprising, the Eastern Han court was forced to lift the party ban and grant amnesty to the party members of the world. Yuan Shao faced the call of the great general He Jin, and had no choice but to follow orders. He Jin was the half-brother of Empress Liu Hong, the Hanling Emperor, and a foreign Qi Guixian, who commanded the left and right Yulin armies, and was dissatisfied with the dictatorship of the eunuchs. Yuan Shao intended to use He Jin's power to get rid of the eunuchs, and He Jin trusted Yuan Shao because of his prominent family. Since then, the relationship between the two has been extraordinary. At that time, the power of eunuchs was still very large, and Zhongchang served Zhao Zhong and Zhang Rang and made them marquises. Zhang Jun of Langzhong wrote a letter denouncing the eunuch dictatorship and was arrested and killed in prison.
Captain Eight of the West Park. Including Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Chun Yuqiong
In the fifth year of Zhongping (188), the Eastern Han court organized another new army in Xiyuan, and placed the eighth lieutenant. Yuan Shao was appointed as a lieutenant colonel of the eighth lieutenant, but the power was in the hands of the eunuch and colonel Wei Shuo, and even the general He Jin had to obey the dispatch command. Gaixun, the captain of the court, proposed to Yuan Shao and Zongzheng Liu Yu the idea of eliminating the adulterers and promoting the virtuous, and the three coincided and formed an alliance, but did not act because Gaixun was transferred. In April of the sixth year of Zhongping (189), Emperor Ling of Han became seriously ill and the crown prince was not established. Ji Shuo and other eunuchs did not want power to fall into He Jin's hands, so under the pretext of Han Sui's trouble, they proposed to ask the general to lead troops to the west to suppress the rebellion. At this critical moment, He Jin had insight into the eunuch's tricks, and with the revival of Qingxu Yellow Turban, he asked Yuan Shao to send Yuan Shao to the east into Xu Yan, and when Yuan Shao's soldiers returned, he attacked Han Sui in the west. A few days later, Emperor Ling of Han fell ill and died, and Ji Shuo decided to accuse He Jin first, and then Liu Xie, so he sent people to welcome He into the palace to plan affairs, but He Jin gathered troops outside the palace and waited for him strictly, saying that he was ill. Ji Shuo was under pressure and had to make Liu Wei emperor.
Han Shao Emperor Liu Feng
Liu Wei ascended the throne, Empress He became the empress dowager, and the crown prince Yuan Kui and the general He Jin assisted the government, and recorded the Shang Shu affairs together. He Jin secretly decided to eliminate the eunuchs, and Yuan Shao, the commander of the division, had also planned for a long time, and he said to He Jin through He Jin's guest Zhang Jin: "These eunuchs such as Huangmen and Chang Shi have been in power for a long time, specializing in bad things, and the general should choose another virtuous person, rectify the country, and eliminate harm to the world." He Jin thought very much, because the Yuan family was supported by the people in Hai, Yuan Shao had always been good at raising scholars, and Haojie was willing to use him, and became He Jin's confidant together with his cousin Yuan Shu, the wise man Fengji, He Qi, Xun Fu, etc. In this regard, Ji Shuo was very disturbed and planned to kill He Jin again, but was reported and He Jin ordered Ji Shuo to be arrested.
Butcher General He Jin. Brother of Empress Dowager He. Uncle of Liu Feng, Emperor Shao of Han
In view of the eunuch's impatience, He Jin was afraid of an accident, saying that he was ill and did not participate in the funeral of the Ling Emperor. Yuan Shao believed that only by killing all the eunuchs could he avoid future troubles. He said to He Jin: "In the past, Dou Wu was ready to kill the inner pet, but he suffered from it because the incident was not secret and his words leaked. The soldiers of the five battalions all obeyed the eunuchs, but Dou Wu trusted them, and as a result, he killed himself. Now the general occupies the position of the emperor's uncle, brothers and strong soldiers, and the army generals are all handsome and famous men, willing to serve the general as much as possible. Everything is in the hands of the general, this is a good opportunity given by heaven, the general should get rid of the scourge for the world in one fell swoop, and go down to future generations! He Jin thought it was true, so he did not go to the funeral for illness, and did not send it to the funeral. That is, he made a plan with Yuan Shao and told the Empress Dowager about the plan. However, Empress Dowager He did not agree, and He Jin did not dare to go against the Empress Dowager's will. Yuan Shao saw that He Jin was shaken, and advised He Jin to make a decision early, and reminded him that he would suffer if he started late. However, because Empress Dowager He's mother Wuyang Jun and He Jin's younger brother He Miao were bribed by eunuchs many times, they obstructed them and obstructed them in many ways; Also because He Jin hesitated, there was no result. When Yuan Shao and the others saw this situation, their hearts were very anxious, and they once again offered advice: "You can mobilize the four fierce generals Haojie and lead the troops to the capital to give military advice to the Empress Dowager." ”
Dong Zhuo
He Jin felt that this was a good idea, so he ordered the former general Dong Zhuo to garrison Shanglinyuan in Guanzhong, so that the prefectural Taishan Wang Kuang mobilized the strong crossbowmen of his county, and summoned the Taishou Qiao of Dong County to garrison Chenggao, so that Ding Yuan, the capital of Wumeng, burned Mengjin, and the fire made the city red, saying that he would kill the eunuchs. The four sides rose up, the Jingshi was shaken, and Empress Dowager He felt that the situation was serious. She hurriedly put the eunuchs such as Zhongchang Attendant and Xiaohuangmen home. The eunuchs panicked, panicked, and went together to ask He Jin for forgiveness. Yuan Shao repeatedly persuaded He Jin to take this opportunity to kill them, but He Jin still let them go. Yuan Shao was very unwilling and wrote to inform the prefecture and county, falsely claiming that He Jin's intention was to order the arrest of the eunuch's relatives and imprisonment. Under the command of Zhang Rang, the eunuchs led dozens of disciples such as Duan Jue, a regular attendant, to trick He into entering the palace and beheading He Jin in front of the Guardian Hall. General He Jinbu heard that He Jin had been killed and led troops into the palace, and Hu Bianzhong Lang attacked Yuan Shu and burned Qingzomen. Zhang Rang and others then kidnapped the young emperor Liu Wei and Liu Xie the Prince of Chen Liu, and fled from Fudao. Yuan Shao and his uncle Yuan Kui pretended to be edicts, killed the eunuchs Xu Xiang and Fan Ling, and then the soldiers Zhuque Que hunted down the eunuch Zhao Zhong and others who did not have time to escape, and ordered the palace gate to be closed, strictly forbidden to enter and exit, and commanded the soldiers to search for the eunuchs in the palace, both old and young, they were all killed, more than 2,000 people died, some people who did not have beards were also killed as eunuchs, and some showed their bodies before they were killed.