When many people watch "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", they will notice such an interesting thing: every time Yuan Shao appears, he will always say his family's 'Four Worlds and Three Princes' first, in order to raise his value.
This is actually not Yuan Shao's boasting.
Under the background of the times at that time, the title of the Yuan family, the 'Fourth World and Three Princes,' was indeed quite bluffing! Because this title almost represented the status of the leader of the scholar clan! In almost every county, there would be several magistrates, who were promoted or recommended by the elders of the Yuan family. And the political power that such a Yuan family can represent is undoubtedly quite terrifying.
The so-called 'four generations and three dukes' does not actually refer to the Yuan family's 'four generations of people who have been named three dukes', but to their family for four consecutive generations, and someone in each generation has become an official at the level of the third duke!
The three dukes of the Eastern Han Dynasty refer to: Situ, Sikong and Taiwei. During the stable period of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Situ was equivalent to the prime minister of the Qin Dynasty, and Sikong was equivalent to the imperial historian. However, in terms of power, it is much smaller than that of the previous dynasty. Basically, there is only the right to implement and make recommendations, and there is little decision-making power. Before the chaos in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the level of the Three Princes was basically the apex of the officials of the Shi clan!
Further up, the higher-ranking generals or great horses can basically only be held by relatives. And a position like Taifu is basically not permanent, and only appears very rarely.
In this way, for the Shi clan, the officials at the level of the three dukes are often the leaders of the entire Shi clan! And Yuan Shao's family is the fourth and third duke, which means that their family has become the leader of the Shi clan many times in history! The countless officials in the entire Eastern Han Dynasty were promoted by the elders of their family!
Therefore, the real terrifying thing about the Yuan family is not how much power their parents have! What is really terrifying is actually the relationship network that their family has accumulated over the past hundred years, and the status of the Yuan family as the leader of the scholar clan!
If we want to really understand how strong the Yuan family is, we can actually start with the family history of the Yuan family.
The history of the Yuan family began in the early Eastern Han Dynasty. At that time, the Yuan family produced a person named Yuan An, who was very talented. Before him, the Yuan family could only be regarded as an ordinary local scholar. For example, Yuan An's grandfather, when he was in the late Western Han Dynasty, used to be a county magistrate.
But such a Yuan family is obviously far from the real top family.
And the person who led the Yuan family to take off was this Yuan An. If you want to talk about kinship, he is actually Yuan Shao's grandfather's grandfather.
When Yuan An was young, the Eastern Han Dynasty had just been founded, and Liu Xiudu was still alive at that time. When he was young, Yuan An has always studied hard and is very motivated. So later, Yuan An was able to enter the office normally and serve as the county's gongcao. During his tenure as Gong Cao, Yuan An was very fair in his work, which made everyone admire him very much.
So in the end, Yuan An naturally passed the probation system assessment and won a formal establishment. After getting the establishment, Yuan Anzai worked at the level of the county order for several years, which can be regarded as completely making up for the grassroots work experience.
Yuan An's experience, in the early years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, was actually really normal. Because in the early days of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the scholars in various places were strong and powerful, and their influence was not so great. Moreover, there is Liu Xiu, a super fierce man above, and those places below are strong, and it is impossible to monopolize the upward channel of the probation system.
If it is placed in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, it is really not so easy for Yuan An to get ahead.
However, even in the early Eastern Han Dynasty, the threshold for the assessment of the probation system was relatively low. But after that, when Yuan An passed the examination of the probation system, and after a few years in the position of the county order, it was still difficult to rise again.
But at this time, an unexpected event completely changed the fate of Yuan An, and at the same time changed the fate of the entire Yuan family.
In 70 AD, Liu Xiu's good son, Liu Ying, the king of Chu, was accused of rebellion.
During the entire reign of Ming Zhang, this 'Liu Ying's rebellion' should be regarded as one of the most influential political cases. Because after the defendant was issued, Liu Zhuang, the reigning Emperor of the Han Ming Dynasty at the time, immediately ordered a thorough investigation. And after the investigation, it was found that not only was the evidence conclusive, but also a large number of high-level nobles were involved!
This time, the problem is bigger.
For Liu Ying himself, Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty actually didn't have a headache, but just issued an order to depose his prince, but did not execute him. However, as for how to deal with the relevant people involved, this gave Emperor Han Ming a headache.
If it is to be investigated carefully and thoroughly, it is destined to implicate too many people, which is not in line with Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty's policy of guiding the country to recuperate.
But if the investigation is not careful enough, many people who are really involved in the rebellion will slip through the net, and it will leave a lot of hidden dangers for Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty.
And for the officials of the DPRK and China, a thorough investigation of this case is obviously also a hot potato. Everyone can see that this case is destined to be widely implicated and will involve many noble families. If you don't investigate carefully, you will offend Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty. But if you seriously investigate the case, you will offend those noble families.
It was at such an embarrassing moment that someone remembered Yuan An.
At that time, Yuan An was just an ordinary county order, and he was lucky enough to pass the examination of the probation system before he could enter the court as an official. He has neither any family forces behind him nor any bigwig support.
So at this time, Yuan An was pushed out and began to try the case.
At that time, the vast majority of people were actually not very optimistic about Yuan An's fate. Everyone felt that Yuan An would either offend the emperor or the nobles, and in the end he was destined to die! But what they didn't expect was that in the end, Yuan An enforced the law impartially and resolved the crisis with his own wisdom.
When hearing this case, Yuan An acted in accordance with the law. Neither lightly nor aggressively. In the end, hundreds of people who were implicated were pardoned because of Yuan An's verification. But at the same time, those who really participated in the rebellion did not escape justice.
This result, whether it is the emperor or the noble, is obviously acceptable.
By investigating this case, Yuan An suddenly jumped from the county order to the Taishou class. And the most important thing is that since then, the high-level nobles of the Eastern Han Dynasty can be regarded as owing him a favor! Emperor Liu Zhuang of the Han Ming Dynasty also looked at him differently!
So next, Yuan An's career was really smooth sailing.
In the sixteen years since, Yuan An's official position has risen all the way. And during this period, Yuan An was still upright and did a lot of good things. Whether it was the emperor or the scholars, they gradually recognized him as a person.
So sixteen years later, in 87 AD, Yuan An was officially promoted to Situ and became the head of the Three Princes!
At this point, Yuan An has actually led the Yuan family and completed the class transition. Before Yuan An, the Yuan family could only be regarded as an ordinary local Haoqiang at most, and it was not even Haoqiang. His family is only in the county where he is located, and he has a little influence. The elders of the family, at most, can only be officials at the level of county commanders.
But Yuan An's existence used his own efforts to lead the family and take a big step forward. A family like this, which has produced officials at the level of the three dukes and whose families have great influence in the county where they are located, can often be called 'a county wang' in ancient times. Therefore, Yuan An is equivalent to taking an ordinary family in the county and becoming a famous family at the county level!
However, this level is still far from the level of the fourth and third dukes of the Yuan family. During the period of stability in the Eastern Han Dynasty, we can directly find hundreds of families like this county, who have produced officials at the level of three princes and nine ministers within three generations, and have great influence within a county. But most of these families basically declined by the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
But in Yuan An's later years, another incident happened, which made the status of the Yuan family rise to a big step again!
In 88 AD, the third emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Emperor Zhang of Han, suddenly died young. After the death of Emperor Zhang of the Han Dynasty, his son Liu Zhao ascended the throne at an early age. Because it was the little emperor who ascended the throne, all the power of the court at that time was controlled by the Empress Dowager Dou at that time.
So in those years, the most fierce family of relatives in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Dou family, began to take full power.
However, then, after the Dou family took power, they began to become extremely arrogant. Although the Dou family also made a lot of contributions to the Han Dynasty, for example, the Dou Xian of the Dou family took the army to the north to Leshi Yanran, which can be regarded as an important milestone in ancient military history.
But even so, the existence of the Dou family still seriously threatens Liu Zhao's throne.
It was at this critical moment that Yuan An stepped forward and led the Shi clan and the Dou family to confront!
As Situ, Yuan An was naturally regarded as the leader of the entire scholar clan at this time. In Yuan An's life, most of the time, Yuan An would not take sides politically, and he was upright. But only this time, Yuan An directly took the lead and led many ministers of the scholar clan to compete with the Dou family.
Although in front of the Dou family, these ministers headed by Yuan An could not pose much of a threat at all. But their existence still made the Dou family jealous, and they didn't dare to usurp the throne directly, let alone go too far with the Han and Emperor.
This gave Emperor Han He the opportunity to kill the Dou family later.
However, Yuan An did not live to the day when Emperor Han He came to power. In 92 AD, Yuan An suddenly died violently. Although there is no clear record in the history books, many historians in later generations speculated that Yuan An's death may be related to the Dou family.
It was precisely because of Yuan An's death that the anger of the entire Shi clan group was detonated. After that, Emperor Han He also began to carefully arrange, and only a few months later, Emperor Han He successfully killed the Dou family and completely sat on the throne!
And after Emperor Han He became pro-government, he thought of Yuan An's contribution back then, and he also missed it very much. So later, when Emperor Han He was alive, he began to vigorously promote the Yuan family! And the entire scholar group also completely remembered the existence of the Yuan family!
Confronting the Dou family, this incident has completely spread the reputation of the Yuan clan in Runan all over the world! Since then, the Yuan family is no longer a simple county lord, but a world-renowned leader of the scholar clan!
Yuan An's life was like playing football, and it suddenly brought the Yuan family to an unbelievable situation! Later, the foundation of the fourth and third princes of the Yuan family was basically laid in Yuan An.
However, when Yuan An died, the Yuan family at this time was actually not so strong.
At least, compared with the Yuan family at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Yuan family at this time was still a lot worse. And the biggest difference may be the influence of the family.
Although the prestige of the Yuan family is enough, officials in many places also recognize the Yuan family's signboard. But in the final analysis, Yuan An was just a scholar official. For the Eastern Han regime, he was just a worker. Unlike those noble families, they directly owned the original shares of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Therefore, many officials recognize the Yuan family's signboard, but they don't buy the Yuan family's account!
And next, the Yuan family will use the efforts of three generations to completely make up for this shortcoming.
Yuan An had a total of three sons. The eldest son, Yuan Shang, later became the commander of the chariot and cavalry, the second son, Yuan Jing, the official to the Taishou of Shu County, and the third Yuan Chang, the highest achievement, later became the official.
In fact, Yuan An's three sons are basically eating their old books! They can become high-ranking officials, to a large extent, because the Han and Emperor are nostalgic for the old relationship, so they are willing to promote them. In the official history, there are not many records about the second generation of the three Yuan families.
But among them, the third Yuan Chang is an exception.
Yuan Chang's early career was indeed based on his father's protection. When Emperor Han He was alive, because of the promotion of Emperor Han He, Yuan Chang successively served as a general, a doctor, a servant, and a Taishou of Dongjun.
If it was a normal situation, after reaching the level of Taishou, Yuan Chang should have stopped there! Not because he didn't work hard enough, or because he wasn't talented enough. It is because during the period of stability in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the emperor would generally consciously suppress this kind of famous family, and was reluctant to let a family hold too high official positions for two consecutive generations.
But as a result, just after Yuan Chang was promoted to the level of Taishou, Emperor Han He died!
After the death of Emperor Han He, because the young emperor ascended the throne next, the power of the court and government was held by Deng Sui, the empress of Emperor Han He. In the following ten years, the Eastern Han Dynasty entered the era of the female monarch Deng Sui.
After Deng Sui took power, in order to stabilize his position, he had to show favor to the Shi clan and win over a group of Shi officials.
Taking advantage of this shareholder wind, Yuan Chang took advantage of the trend and successfully broke his ceiling. After that, Yuan Chang was promoted to the position of Taifu and Guangluxun, and officially entered the Jiuqing level.
After being promoted to Jiuqing, Yuan Chang did not attach himself to the Deng family who promoted him. On the contrary, he continued to be upright, and even began to lead other scholars to oppose the Deng family's arbitrary power!
Yuan Chang's choice, from the perspective of the Deng family, may indeed be a bit unauthentic. But for the vast majority of scholars, that was too shocking. After all, in the face of power and status, not everyone can assert themselves. And Yuan Chang's insistence has obviously been recognized by everyone.
Coupled with Yuan An's persistence back then, by this time, the persistence of the Yuan family for two consecutive generations had established a very good reputation for the Yuan family.
The only regret is that Yuan Chang did not have a good death in the end. According to historical records, when his son was an official, he leaked court secrets, resulting in Yuan Chang's dismissal. And after Yuan Chang was dismissed, in order to prove his innocence, he directly chose to die, and he committed suicide directly!
Regarding Yuan Chang's death, there have been many speculations in later generations. Some people believe that Yuan Chang's death is actually the black hand of the Deng family.
After Yuan Chang's son committed the crime, the Deng family used various means to force Yuan Chang to commit suicide. However, this speculation is just speculation, and there is no evidence.
In addition, after Yuan Chang's death, the empress dowager Deng Sui, who was in power, seemed to respect him as a person. So in the end, Deng Sui concealed the cause of Yuan Chang's death. Instead of holding the Yuan family responsible, Yuan Chang was buried with the gift of the Three Princes.
This is the story of the second generation of the Yuan family.
In short, Yuan Chang used his death to raise the Yuan family again. Because of his suicide, even if he refused to attach himself to the Deng family during his lifetime, after his death, Deng Sui did not embarrass the Yuan family. At the same time, those ministers of the scholar clan respected the Yuan family even more.
In this way, after Deng Sui died and the Deng family fell, the third generation of the Yuan family naturally took off again.
Among the three children of the second generation of the Yuan family, the highest achievement was the third Yuan Chang. But in the end, because Yuan Chang refused to attach himself to the Deng family, and Yuan Chang's son committed an accident, Yuan Chang's vein later declined. As for the boss's lineage, he was also decent later, but he inherited the title of the Yuan family, and he was responsible for guaranteeing the Yuan family.
In this way, the story of the third generation of the Yuan family is mainly based on the children of the second lineage.
Yuan Jing, the second eldest of the Yuan family, was the official to Shu County. Later he had two sons, both of whom were very good. The eldest son, Yuan Peng, later served as Guangluxun, and also reached the Jiuqing level.
In contrast, the second son Yuan Tang is even more brilliant.
There are also not many records of Yuan Tang in the history books. We only know that Yuan Tang entered the office through filial piety in his early years. Because of the blessing of the Yuan family, Yuan Tang's career has always been very stable. When Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty ascended the throne, he successively served as Sikong, Situ and Taiwei. In the three positions of the three princes, Yuan Tang sat all over again.
Because there are not many historical records, we know almost nothing about the story of Yuan Tang. But this is also normal, after all, in the era when Yuan Tang was in power, the power of the Eastern Han Dynasty at that time was basically in the hands of the Liang family. The Liang family was in power for more than 20 years from the era of Emperor Shun of the Han Dynasty to the era of Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty.
In the past 20 years, those scholars led by Yuan Tang basically only have executive power, no decision-making power. So even if there is any major event, it basically has nothing to do with Yuan Tang, it is all decided by the emperor and the Liang family.
But in the family history of the Yuan family, Yuan Tang is a crucial figure!
Don't look at Yuan Tang's deeds, but he has one of the biggest advantages, that is, he has an extremely long lifespan!
According to historical records, Yuan Tang lived to be eighty-six years old and finally died. Although there is no record of Yuan Tang's detailed birth year in the history books, it is inferred from the time period that Yuan Tang should have been born during the reign of Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty!
In other words, when Yuan Tang was young, it was just in time for Yuan An to try the 'King of Chu's rebellion case'. Then, in Yuan Tang's childhood and adolescence, he watched with his own eyes how his grandfather changed from a county magistrate to a court situ step by step!
This is actually very important!
Because he has personally experienced the rise of the family, Yuan Tang knows better than anyone that the family's status is not easy to come by. Moreover, because Yuan Tang has a relatively long lifespan. Later, the family connections accumulated by the Yuan family for decades were basically inherited by Yuan Tang!
Especially during the reign of Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty, Yuan Tang, who was close to eighty years old at this time, enjoyed the greatest benefits of the Yuan family!
Originally, at the level of Yuan Tang, it was actually difficult to become an official at the level of the three princes. But at that time, the Yuan family had already become the leader of the Shi clan, and he was the oldest in the Yuan family. So in the end, the prestige and connections of the Yuan family simply carried him into the Sangong team!
After being promoted to the rank of the third prince, although Yuan Tang's political achievements were limited, he had no mistakes. This allowed many of the Yuan family's political resources to be inherited perfectly!
At this stage, what the Yuan family represents is no longer the official position of one or two people, but the power of a family!
And in the end, in the era of Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty, there was a natural disaster in the Eastern Han Dynasty. The Eastern Han Dynasty prevailed in the study of prophecy, so every time a natural disaster occurred, there must be officials above the level of the three princes to be responsible for this. Because of this natural disaster, Yuan Tang was finally dismissed. After being dismissed, Yuan Tang went home and lived a stable life for a few years, and finally died at an advanced age.
This is the story of the third generation of the Yuan family.
And then, because Yuan Tang inherited all the political resources of the Yuan family before, so after that, the stories of the Yuan family in the back are all based on the descendants of Yuan Tang's lineage.
According to historical records, Yuan Tang had a total of 12 sons in his life! Among these 12 children, three children are more important. These three descendants of the Yuan family are Yuan Cheng, Yuan Xiao and Yuan Kui.
And the story of the fourth generation of the Yuan family basically starts around the three of them.
Because of the efforts of the previous three generations of the Yuan family, by the time of Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty, the Yuan family was already "three generations and three dukes". At this time, although the Yuan family was still a family of workers, it had gradually owned a certain 'national share'.
This is like today's workers, who may not have any shares in their hands in the early stage. But after years of struggle, you will get a certain amount of equity incentives every year. After decades of accumulation, as long as the equity is not repurchased, this person will naturally gradually become the majority shareholder of the company.
On the contrary, during the founding period of the Eastern Han Dynasty, those noble families who owned the original shares gradually declined, and the equity in their hands was gradually stripped away.
As a result, the fourth-generation Yuan family began to gradually jump out of the chessboard and changed from chess pieces to chess players.
Among the fourth generation of the Yuan family, the most important one in the early stage was Yuan Cheng. As for Yuan Cheng's identity, there is controversy in later generations. According to the records of the Book of the Later Han Dynasty, Yuan Cheng should have been the eldest son, but other historical books have different records. However, obviously, among the more influential people in the fourth generation of the Yuan family, Yuan Cheng should be the oldest.
According to historical records, Yuan Cheng was a 'very charismatic' person in his early years. He is very good at making friends, and many officials in the capital are good friends with him. Coupled with the Yuan family's status as the leader of the scholar clan, Yuan Cheng's status within the scholar clan is extremely high, and he can completely inherit his father's political legacy.
But unfortunately, Yuan Cheng died relatively early. Although the time of his death is not recorded in the history books, according to later historians, it is very likely that he died before his father. Or just a few years after his father's death, he also died.
Because of his untimely death, Yuan Cheng's achievements were relatively low, and in the end he was only an official to Zuo Zhonglang General.
And after Yuan Cheng died, the Yuan family then pushed Yuan Xiao out in order of age.
Because he inherited the political legacy of the Yuan family, he represented the position of the Yuan family as the leader of the sergeant clan in the court. After Yuan Xiao was pushed out, his career was naturally smooth sailing. After Emperor Ling of Han ascended the throne, Yuan Xiao was favored by Emperor Ling of Han because he participated in the establishment of Emperor Ling of Han.
In addition, here is one more thing to say: when Yuan Cheng and Yuan Xiao were in power, there was an important person within the Yuan family. This person's name is Yuan Yu, and he is also from the Yuan clan in Runan. But whose descendants he is not recorded in the history books. And later, Runan Yuan was also secretive about this person, and he didn't like to mention this person very much.
The reason is simple, because this man was a eunuch.
In the middle and late Eastern Han Dynasty, the scholar group and the eunuch group were often two opposing interest groups. Together with the group of foreign relatives, they together formed the power structure of the Eastern Han Dynasty's upper echelons. So for the Yuan family, there is a eunuch in the family, and he is also a eunuch with a high status, which is not a glorious thing.
But the existence of Yuan Yu is actually very important.
Because Yuan Yu later had a very high status, he achieved a high position in the palace. Within the Eastern Han Imperial Palace, the Zhongchang Attendant was basically the highest position and could directly participate in national decision-making. Later, the famous ten permanent servants were all eunuchs of this level.
Because of the existence of Yuan Yu, the Yuan family also has internal responses in the palace and within the eunuch group. In the court, the Yuan family has the status of the leader of the scholar clan, and the power is naturally more stable.
So in the end, under the influence of Yuan Yu, there are two people in the Yuan family's generation, both of whom can be ranked as the third duke. One is Yuan Kui, and the other is Yuan Kui.
Yuan Xiao was on his side, and later became an official. The Yuan Shu who was the emperor at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty was his son. As for Yuan Xiao himself, his health was a little worse, and he retired due to illness less than two years after serving as Sikong. Moreover, before the outbreak of the Yellow Turban Uprising, he died.
In contrast, Yuan Kui's body is obviously better. So later, after Yuan Kui's death, almost all the political resources of the Yuan family were concentrated in Yuan Kui's hands.
Yuan Kui was among the three princes, in fact, it was long before Yuan Xiao. As early as 172 AD, Yuan Kui was appointed Situ. Later, Yuan Kui became ill and temporarily retreated, and Yuan Kui went up. And after two years of Yuan Xiao, Yuan Xiao retired due to illness. After this, Yuan Kui came out of the mountain again and continued to serve as Situ.
Therefore, among the fourth generation of the Yuan family, there are actually two people who are ranked as the third duke. In this way, the Yuan family is actually 'the fourth and fifth people ranked as the third duke'.
At this stage, looking at the entire Eastern Han Dynasty, the Yuan family is already among the top few super famous families. So in the hands of Yuan Xiao and Yuan Kui's generation, the Yuan family began to gradually jump out of the chessboard.
In addition to the Yuan family of this generation, some people entered the palace as eunuchs and served as regular attendants. In the hands of the fourth generation of the Yuan family, the most important change made by the Yuan family is to gradually intervene in the army!
Before this, the Yuan family could only be regarded as a simple scholar family, and there was no family power. But later, in the era of Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty, because Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty fought Xiqiang, a large number of Liangzhou generals were used. And these Liangzhou generals, after being promoted to a certain level, it is difficult to rise again, because they have no one in the court!
So at this time, the Yuan family stood up and gathered some of the Liangzhou generals. Through them, the Yuan family began to hold their hands and gradually extended to the army.
And among these people, the most important one is Dong Zhuo, who later detonated the troubled times!
According to historical records, Dong Zhuo was once thrown to the end and removed from all official positions because of his crimes in his early years. But later, it was because Dong Zhuo went to Yuan's house to visit the dock that he got Yuan Kui's support. So later, Dong Zhuo made a comeback again, and gradually climbed to the high position of the history of the state assassination!
Therefore, by the end of the reign of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, the Yuan family had become a very terrifying behemoth! This family not only had a huge reputation within the scholar clan, but also countless court officials were recommended by their family to become officials. And in the palace and in the army, they also have great influence.
What's even more terrifying is that after the outbreak of the Yellow Turban Uprising, the Yuan family used various places to form an army and gathered a large number of forces. No one knows how many people the Yuan family gathered and how much power they were able to mobilize at the end of Emperor Ling's reign!
It was in this state that in 189 AD, Emperor Ling of Han died.
After the death of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, Yuan Kui represented the side of the scholar clan and directly presided over the government with He Jin.
It was precisely for this reason that Yuan Shao would follow He Jin at that time and give He Jin those ideas. Then, He Jin will transfer the local army into Beijing and prepare to kill the eunuchs. And the troops that He Jin dispatched to Beijing at that time were basically led by the generals promoted by the Yuan family back then!
Judging from all indications, all of this is actually operated by the Yuan family behind the scenes. At that time, the Yuan family may have just thought, obviously, the foreign relatives group, kill the eunuchs, and then transfer troops into Beijing, the Yuan family will completely control the capital, and finally completely control everything!
But what no one expected was that in the end, this very delicate game was played off! Because after Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, he directly came to the next level of the game and turned over to become the boss. And the Yuan family, headed by Yuan Kui, was also counterattacked by Dong Zhuo, who was supported by himself.
So in the end, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu had to leave the capital and go to the local area to form their own separatist forces. And Yuan Kui, who stayed in the capital, and the rest of the Yuan family, were directly killed by Dong Zhuo in the end!
And further on, the story of the fifth generation of the Yuan family is the story of Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".
This is the gold content of the Yuan family's "four generations and three dukes".
In fact, the real peak of the Yuan family was actually when Emperor Ling of Han had just died. At that time, Yuan Kui had already been on an equal footing with He Jin and joined forces to carve up the central power. If it weren't for the fact that after Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, he directly flipped the table and replaced others in Beijing, the final result would be most likely that the Yuan family controls everything!
But it's a pity that the Yuan family, who has worked hard for four generations, finally met the unreasonable Dong Zhuo.
So in the end, after Dong Zhuo lifted the table, the Yuan family's years of accumulation in the capital were directly wiped out. Later, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu could only go to the local area to work hard.