In the history book novel of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, there are many strategists, some of whom have the talent of Ji Shijingbang, such as Zhuge Liang, Zhou Yu and others; Some people are worried about the country and the people, and take it as their mission to save the Han Dynasty, such as Wang Yun and others; However, some of them are of inferior character and fierce in heart, such as Jia Xu, Li Ru and others. So what exactly did Li Ru, the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, do?
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Li Ru , the character Wenyou, he also has a nickname called Li Xiaoru. He once served as the Langzhong Commander of the Han Court. Lang Zhongling's position was within the Nine Qings, and could be said to be one of the closest high-ranking official positions around the emperor. According to the style of most of the strategists in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, it is generally the first person to reuse himself to be loyal to whom and will never rebel, even if he rebels, he will not oppose the original master, Xu Shu is the best example.
But Li Ru was the exact opposite. He was not at all grateful to the Han Dynasty for reusing him, nor was he loyal to the Han Dynasty. When Dong Zhuo controlled the government, he took the lead in rebellion and became Dong Zhuo's chief strategist. It can be said that every decision made by Dong Zhuo was li ru's shadow in it, including the demotion of Lü Bu, the abolition of the Shao Emperor, and the relocation of the capital to Chang'an. In addition, what he did most despised was to obey Dong Zhuo's orders and directly enter the palace to poison the young emperor Liu Wei. Such an act is an act of shameless villains no matter which dynasty it is placed in, but Li Ru has no pressure to do it at all.
Later, under Wang Yun's design, Dong Zhuo lost Lü Bu' helper, and soon his army was defeated and lost everything. At that time, Li Ru was not by Dong Zhuo's side, but was recuperating at home. But that doesn't mean he can escape. The Romance of the Three Kingdoms Li Ru ended with being beheaded on the same day that Dong Zhuo was killed.
Li Ru burned the city
When it comes to the strategists in the Three Kingdoms, the first thing that comes to mind is roughly Zhuge Liang, Guo Jia, and others, but it usually ignores Li Ru, the chief strategist of Dong Zhuo, who first showed his sharp edge during the period of the princes' disputes. Li Ru's loyalty to the traitors was often overlooked, but it played a very important role in the early Three Kingdoms period.
Anyone who has played Three Kingdoms Kill knows that "Li Ru Burning City" is a martial arts skill in the board game, a limited skill that allows any other character to discard more than one card or suffer 1 point of flame damage. So is this skill of Li Ru in the game out of thin air, and is there any relevant allusion in history?
It is reported that in the records, Li Ru experienced a fire in Luoyang during his assistance to Dong Zhuo, and presumably the city burned here must be Luoyang.
The first step in Dong Zhuo's usurpation of power was to depose the Han Emperor through Li Ru's plan, which was Li Ru's first plan, he affirmed this move and analyzed the advantages and disadvantages of this move, consolidated Dong Zhuo's prestige in the dynasty, and even promoted the entire historical process of the Three Kingdoms in the early stages.
Later, due to Dong Zhuo's abolition of the Young Emperor Ren Xiang, his brutality aroused the indignation of the people, and the Eighteenth Route princes of the whole country intended to attack it, seeing that the regime was not safe and difficult, so Li Ru proposed to Dong Zhuo to move the capital to Chang'an to consolidate the people's hearts. Therefore, Dong Zhuo decided to abandon Luoyang and began to move the capital to Chang'an. Before leaving, luoyang was arrested and all of the rich and noble families in Luoyang were beheaded, and all of them were beheaded outside the city gates in the name of chaos. The millions of people in Luoyang City were driven to Chang'an by army, and countless people were killed and wounded on the way, and officers and soldiers defiled their wives and daughters, robbed people of food, and took people's lives. In the end, Dong Zhuo burned all the houses, palaces and temples in Luoyang City, and the flames at the north and south ends were connected, and the whole city was reduced to scorched earth.
The tragic catastrophe of Luoyang City caused by Dong Zhuo was Li Ru's burning of the city.
How did Li Ru end up
Li Ru was one of the earliest strategists to appear in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and now everyone's evaluation of him is nothing more than aiding and abetting abuse, and colluding with Dong Zhuo. But although he was used by the Han Dynasty, dong zhuo treated him more sincerely in comparison, and even married his daughter to Li Ru, so Li Ru's loyalty to Dong Zhuo was understandable. So what happened to Li Ru, who had a very poor evaluation in later generations?
In real history, Li Ru advised Dong Zhuo and laid down many useful plans. Dong Zhuo can be said to be obedient to Li Ru, so he has the position of controlling the government. The only opposition buried the fruits of Dong Zhuo's hard work. At that time, Li Ru persuaded Dong Zhuo to give the mink cicada to Lü Bu in exchange for Lü Bu's loyalty, but Dong Zhuo was deeply involved in the beauty plan of the mink cicada and was reluctant to give up the mink cicada. This led to Lü Bu's rebellion in the later period. So what is the content of Li Ru's ending?
Historically, Lü Bu did not kill Li Ru, and was later even recommended by Li Dai to Emperor Xian of Han, but failed. After that, Li Ru disappeared into the long river of history, and no one knew his traces. In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms novel, due to Li Ru's many suggestions to Dong Zhuo, Lü Bu after the rebellion was very unaccustomed. And when Li Ru was recuperating at home, the timid and fearful family soldiers tied him up in front of Lü Bu and was beheaded. In the adapted TV series, Li Ru also has the same ending as the novel, and is sacrificed by Jia Ding and killed by Lü Bu.
Li Ru is actually quite intelligent, but his relationship with Dong Zhuo dooms him to tie dong Zhuo together for the rest of his life. If Dong Zhuo could always obey him, then there would be no scene of three points of the world in the future. Wang Yun's beauty plan not only played a role in separating Dong Zhuo and Lü Bu, but also changed the entire Jiangshan.