At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Lü Bu was naturally labeled capricious because he betrayed his lord many times. Among them, as Far Ding said, he was the first lord of Lü Bu. In 189 AD, Ding Yuan, who was then the Assassin of Hezhou, served as a knight lieutenant, stationed in Hanoi, appointed Lü Bu as the chief bookkeeper, and was very close to him, that is, Lü Bu could be said to be a confidant of Ding Yuan of Hezhou Thorn Shi. After the death of Emperor Ling of Han, Ding Yuan was summoned by the general He Jin to lead an army to Luoyang, plotting to kill the eunuchs, and was appointed as the chief of Jinwu.
Admittedly, the great general He Jin wanted to get rid of the eunuchs in order to consolidate his position. However, he was killed by the eunuchs first, which also caused the capital Luoyang to fall into civil unrest. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Dong Zhuo came to Luoyang and seized the power of the imperial court. Of course, Ding Yuan, who possessed a certain number of soldiers and horses, became an important threat to Dong Zhuo.
In this context, Dong Zhuo induced Lü Bu to get rid of Ding Yuan, and then captured Ding Yuan's soldiers and horses. Moreover, Dong Zhuo also appointed Lü Bu as a knight lieutenant, and swore to marry him as a father and son, and he was very appreciative and trusting. Lü Bu was good at riding and shooting, and was known as a "flying general", and was soon promoted by Dong Zhuo to be a zhonglang general and the Marquis of Fengduting. Speaking of this, some people may have to ask, after Ding Yuan was killed by Lü Bu, what did his subordinates do, and why did no one avenge him?
One
Specifically, Ding Yuan (?) –189), courtesy name Jianyang, was a native of Nancheng County, Taishan County (南武城村, Nanwucheng, Zhengcheng, Pingyi County, Shandong Province). Although Ding Yuan did not come from the family clan, he was rough and strategic, brave and armed, good at riding horses and archery, and later became a Nan County official, who accepted the mission no matter what difficulties he had, and when there was an emergency, he would take the lead when he pursued and killed the enemy. In March of the fifth year of Zhongping (188), Hezhou Assassin Zhang Yi was defeated and killed while defending against the nomadic attack. As a result, Ding Yuan succeeded him as the Assassin of Hezhou. Thereafter, Guan Bai rode the lieutenant and tun bing in Hanoi County (陳郡, in Huai County, southwest of present-day Wuzhi County, Henan Province).
In this regard, in the author's opinion, Ding Yuan became the assassin of Hezhou in 188 AD, and by 189 AD, when he was killed by Lü Bu, Ding Yuan's term of office was only about one year. Therefore, it is very obvious that Ding Yuan's term of office is relatively short, which is naturally an important reason why he has no heart. It is true that the soldiers of Hezhou have strong combat effectiveness because they have been fighting with the nomads in the north for a long time. However, Ding Yuan belonged to the situation that he had just taken office, and before he could sit firmly, he was betrayed by Lü Bu, and thus had no subordinates to help him avenge himself.
Two
As far as the second reason is concerned, it is that during Ding Yuan's tenure and the history of the state assassination, he trusted and reused Lü Bu very much, let him be the main book, very close, for many generals, Lü Bu was Ding Yuan's spokesman, Lü Bu's orders were equivalent to Ding Yuan, Lü Bu had all turned to Dong Zhuo, and they still had something to oppose.
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Moreover, in the author's opinion, Ding Yuan is from Taishan County, which belongs to the land of Yanzhou among the thirteen states of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Correspondingly, Lü Bu was a member of the Prefecture of Gohara. As a foreign assassin, Ding Yuan's trust and reuse of the local Lü Bu is undoubtedly a more reasonable choice. Of course, this also shows that Ding Yuan lacks roots in hezhou, and Lü Bu is likely to have a high prestige in hezhou.
On this basis, Lü Bu took the lead in betraying Ding Yuan, prompting the other generals to dare not complain. For example, the familiar Zhang Liao is from Yanmen County, Hezhou. Between Lü Bu and Ding Yuan, Zhang Liao finally chose the former, that is, after Ding Yuan was killed, Zhang Liao, as a subordinate, did not avenge Ding Yuan, but continued to follow Lü Bu. It was not until 199 AD, after Lü Bu was destroyed by Cao Cao, that Zhang Liao surrendered to Cao Cao and became one of the five sons of Cao Wei.
Three
As far as the third reason is concerned, it is Dong Zhuo's prestige in hezhou, which is likely to be above Ding Yuan.
According to historical records such as the Book of later Han, Dong Zhuo initially served as an official in the Longxi County Government. At that time, the Xiongnu often harassed the border and plundered the people, and the Liangzhou Assassin History achieved the conquest of Dong Zhuo, and Dong Zhuo led the army to destroy the Xiongnu and gain thousands of them. In this context, Duan Jiao recommended Dong Zhuo to the imperial court.
In the last year of the Han Huan Emperor, Dong Zhuo served as Yulin Lang. Dong Zhuo has martial arts and unparalleled strength, and is good at wearing two pairs of quivers and shooting left and right when riding a horse. In the ninth year of Yanxi (166), the Xianbei people entered the fortress and united with the rebellious Qiang people against the Eastern Han court. The imperial court worshipped Zhang Wan as a general to protect the Xiongnu, and was responsible for quelling the rebellion of you, he and Liang. Dong Zhuo probably became a subordinate of Zhang Zhang at this time, assisting him in quelling the rebellion in the three prefectures of You, He, and Liang. Therefore, it is very obvious that long before Ding Yuan, Dong Zhuo already had his own influence among the generals of The State of Hezhou.
In the winter of the first year of Yongkang (167), the rebellious Qiang invaded Sanfu, and Zhang Yi sent Dong Zhuo and Yin Duan to destroy them, behead their leaders, and capture more than 10,000 people. The following year, Zhang Yi's class returned to the dynasty. Dong Zhuo was rewarded with 9,000 horses for his meritorious service, and Dong Zhuo gave all of them to subordinate officials and soldiers. Later, Dong Zhuo served as a lieutenant of Guangwu Commandery of Yanmen Commandery in Hezhou, a lieutenant in the northern part of Shu County, Yizhou, and a lieutenant in the Western Regions. Around the time of Xiping (May 172 – March 178), Dong Zhuo was made an official by Situ Yuan Kui (袁隗征), and later served as the Taishou of Hezhou (合州刺史) and Hedong Commandery (河東郡太守). For Dong Zhuo, he also held the official position of Assassin of Hezhou, which can be said to be Ding Yuan's predecessor. Moreover, Dong Zhuo had often distributed the imperial court's rewards to his subordinates, that is, he was good at winning people's hearts. In this regard, in the author's opinion, this promotes the prestige of Dong Zhuo's generals in Hezhou, which is likely to be above Ding Yuan.
In summary, because of the above three reasons, Dong Zhuo not only successfully eliminated Ding Yuan, but also let these generals continue to follow him. Therefore, in the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, although Dong Zhuo only led thousands of Western Liang generals to Luoyang, he successively annexed Ding Yuan and He Jin's subordinates, thus usurping the power of the imperial court, and even deposed the Han Shao Emperor Liu Wei and established Liu Xie as emperor. It was precisely because of his strong strength that after Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Cao Cao and other Kwantung princes joined forces, they could not eliminate Dong Zhuo.