Lü Bu is a well-known family slave with three surnames, which means to be combined in three different families.
The first is his biological father, who Lü Bu's biological father is, this is impossible to verify. The second righteous father was Ding Yuan, and Lü Bu, who had lost his father at that time, defected to Ding Yuan. The third is the notorious Dong Zhuo in history.
Did Lü Bu kill Ding Yuan really for a red rabbit horse?
Let's start with Ding Yuanping. Ding Yuan was born in Nancheng County, Taishan County, and the specific year of birth is not recorded in detail. When he was young, he had the ability to enter the army, and later served as a nan county official, the Yellow Turban Rebellion at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Ding Yuan always bravely took the lead, riding to kill the enemy, and later the official to the hezhou assassin shi, Wu Mengdu, at that time and the prefecture was a very large continent, because of its proximity to the north, often had to fight with the nomadic Xianbei. Therefore, Ding Yuan's army was very good at fighting.
In 189 AD, at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the general He Jin plotted to kill the political rival eunuch clique, the Ten Permanent Attendants. At that time, before he could do anything, he was booby-trapped by the eunuch Ten Constant Attendants. However, before He Jin's death, he had already secretly ordered Dong Zhuo and Ding Yuan to enter the capital to kill the eunuchs. But they were still on their way, and the eunuch group was killed by Yuan Shao and others.
Eunuchs became a political force again, and it would have to wait for the middle and late Tang Dynasty hundreds of years later. After Dong Zhuo entered the capital, he gave himself the title of official, and then deposed the Han Shao Emperor and established the new Han Emperor. Subsequently, he poisoned Emperor Shao of Han to death.
Then Ding Yuan and Dong Zhuo, who then entered Beijing, had a conflict. When Dong Zhuo added an official to himself in the council hall, the civil and military officials were afraid of his obscenity and did not dare to raise objections. But Ding Yuan stood up against it, and Dong Zhuo wanted to send someone to take Ding Yuan, but seeing a heroic guard standing behind him, he was worried that he would kill himself, that is, Lü Bu. Dong Zhuo helplessly let Ding Yuan go.
As Dong Zhuo, who wanted to monopolize the government, he naturally hated Ding Yuan, who opposed himself. However, Ding Yuan had heavy troops in his hands, and Dong Zhuo did not dare to directly fire them. Later, Dong Zhuo learned that Lü Bu was greedy for money, and seeing that Lü Bu was ignorant of righteousness, he bribed Lü Bu with a lot of money, and the famous red rabbit horse was also given to Lü Bu. Subsequently, Lü Bu cut off Ding Yuan's head and dedicated it to Dong Zhuo. He became Dong Zhuo's righteous son. Subsequently, Dong Zhuo annexed Ding Yuan's army, and he himself became the assassin of the state of Hezhou, and his territory was also occupied.
In this way, it seems that Ding Yuan died too much and was killed by his own people. Is it because Ding Yuan can't recognize people, or Lü Bu sees li and forgets righteousness, or Dong Zhuo is good at taking advantage of human greed.
From another point of view, it is explained from another angle. The young Lü Bu was a police officer in the prefecture, but was inadvertently favored by Ding Yuan, promoted, and then served as the chief bookkeeper of the army, and the official position of the chief bookkeeper at that time was the appointment and dismissal of military officials. Later, he found that Lü Bu was highly skilled in martial arts, and then Ding Yuan made Lü Bu the head of the guard and became his personal bodyguard.
Lü Bu thought of being loyal to Ding Yuan at this time, and Ding Yuan also had the grace of knowing Lü Bu. This pattern only applies when Lü Bu has not yet opened his eyes and his ability has not yet been fully demonstrated. When Lü Bu himself was able to resist thousands of troops and horses, the Dong Zhuo army that fought fell into the wilderness and fled. Lü Bu was still a bodyguard. His abilities and position did not get a good match.
When Dong Zhuo seduced him with huge financial and executive Houlu, Lü Bu wavered, and when he added the red rabbit horse that Hao Jie wanted, it was a fatal blow to Lü Bu's heart. Everyone knows what happened next.
Therefore, in the editor's view, talent cannot be hidden, and people's ability must be consistent with the status of the official position to balance, otherwise it will be very fragile. Otherwise, it is easy for others to upset this balance with interests.
Do you feel that Ding Yuan died unjustly?