At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

These careerists called by Dong Zhuopi also have their own political ideals.

When they found that Dong Zhuo was suppressed by Yuan Kai, and there was only a little obstacle to aspire to the highest power, they began to seek a plan to push Dong Zhuo to pursue power to a higher level.

If Dong Zhuo succeeds and turns against customers, wouldn't the status and power of these people also rise with the tide?

Yuan Kui, an old guy, relied on himself to be in charge of the Shangshutai, giving benefits to the old officials of the Yuan family wantonly, but he was indifferent to those who were not old officials of the Yuan family, which made the scholars who were not old officials of the Yuan family dissatisfied.

They planned to use Dong Zhuo's military power to achieve a corner overtaking.

But Dong Zhuo was still a little afraid of Yuan Kai, so he didn't dare to act rashly.

They decided to give Dong Zhuo a shot in the arm, making Dong Zhuo realize that in Luoyang City, Dong Zhuo already had the strength to challenge Yuan Kui's position.

On the seventh day of October, Taiwei and former general Dong Zhuo resigned from office, saying that he was old and in poor health, and begged to return to the fief to spend the rest of his life.

After Yuan Kui got the news, he felt very strange. He didn't explain this matter to Dong Zhuo, and Dong Zhuo didn't tell him that. Why did he do it suddenly?

Yuan Kai immediately sent someone to inquire, and it turned out that during this period of time, countless public officials and scholar-bureaucrats came forward to persuade Dong Zhuo to stay, saying that Dong Zhuo's assistance was indispensable to the country's great plan, and Dong Zhuo could not resign casually because he had important responsibilities.

Among them are a large number of officials who are not former officials of the Yuan family, and even some former officials of the Yuan family who have a good relationship with Dong Zhuo and who have received his favor, they also retain Dong Zhuo.

This made Yuan Kai dumbfounded.

When did Dong Zhuo become so popular?

So many people petitioned to keep him?

So many people express their opinions?

So many people turn to Dong Zhuo?

When did this happen?

Yuan Kai's face was full of surprise, but gradually he had some bad guesses in his heart.

Unknowingly, the balance of power has tilted towards Dong Zhuo, and the instigator of all this is himself.

It was himself who taught Dong Zhuo, who had never been a senior official in the central government, to play political games, so that the talented Dong Zhuo quickly grasped the essence of political games.

Then, a group of ambitious people who I didn't notice have formed a force, and they are pushing Dong Zhuo to challenge himself and seize the supreme power in his hands.

who is it?Who is pushing?

Yuan Kai was startled, and found that he seemed to have suddenly lost control of the situation.

At this time, Yuan Ji, the orthodox successor of the Yuan family and the eunuch Yuan Ji came to Yuan Kai with a slightly panicked expression.

"Uncle, just now I heard a lot of people talking about Dong Zhuo's resignation in the palace. It was okay at first, but later, someone actually suggested that it was forced by my uncle. They said that my uncle can't tolerate people, so Dong Zhuo was asked to resign. .”

"What? How could this be?"

Yuan Kui turned pale with shock.

"uncle!"

Suddenly again, Yuan Shu came in front of Yuan Kai.

"Uncle, just now I led troops on duty in the palace, and many people have heard that uncle is going to be against Dong Zhuo, and he wants to deal with Dong Zhuo. Is there such a thing?"

Yuan Kai's eyes widened, and he looked around in disbelief.

"How could this be? Impossible, how could this be?"

Seeing Yuan Kai's shaky body, Yuan Ji and Yuan Shu panicked.

"Uncle, what's the matter with you?"

The two hurried forward to support Yuan Kai.

Yuan Kai frowned and swallowed with difficulty.

"Oops, oops, oops..."

Yuan Kai just kept saying such words, which made Yuan Ji and Yuan Shu feel very panicked.

Political games are such a wonderful thing. Inadvertently, the situation of the offensive and defensive sides has undergone subtle changes.

And if this subtle transformation is well grasped, the offense and defense will be swapped instantly, and the time for such a change to occur is often very short, unbelievably short.

The so-called people's support can actually be manipulated. Yuan Wei is good at this kind of game, but it doesn't mean that other people are not good at it.

There may not be many talented people in Luoyang city, but when it comes to playing tricks, intrigues, manipulating public opinion and acting, these are the housekeeping skills of the gentry, and everyone is a first-class expert.

In Luoyang, if you don't have this ability, don't mess around.

Yuan Kai quickly stabilized his mind, and began to try extreme operations, to stabilize the current situation and regain all his lost advantages.

He immediately ordered Shang Shutai to retain Dong Zhuo. If Dong Zhuo did not agree, he would stay until Dong Zhuo agreed.

Therefore, according to the usual practice, Dong Zhuo resigned three times, and Shangshutai persuaded him to stay three times.

Under the guidance of careerists, Dong Zhuo expressed "very embarrassingly" that he would continue to stay and contribute to the prosperity of the Han Dynasty.

The officials in the Taiwei's mansion were jubilant, and some officials in the palace did not know why, but they just cheered, as if they were celebrating a victory.

After Yuan Kai learned about it, he was puzzled at first, then seemed to think of something, his face turned pale in an instant, and he almost fell down without standing still. Fortunately, Yuan Ji beside him had quick eyesight and quick hands, and supported Yuan Kai.

"Uncle, what's wrong with you? Do you need a doctor?"

"No, no, no."

Yuan Kai panted for a while before stabilizing his physical condition.

He suddenly realized that he had made a stupid mistake.

I seem to be subconsciously giving in!

Facing his former official, the old official whom he single-handedly raised, backed down!

Showed weakness to him!

Give him confidence!

Yuan Kai suddenly realized that his behavior would make Dong Zhuo lose his fear of him!

Dong Zhuo is not afraid of him anymore!

Yuan Kai's only chance of victory was to use his tricks and allow Dong Zhuo to resign on the spot, catching him by surprise.

Then quickly promoted someone who could be trusted to take over the military power in the capital, and seized the troops that had just returned to Dong Zhuo and had not yet been fully controlled by him, and disintegrated Dong Zhuo's military power in the capital with lightning speed, and took control of Luoyang.

In this way, even if Dong Zhuo still had an army outside the city, Yuan Kai could still control the situation. In that case, he could turn the tide and win.

But this fleeting opportunity, missed!

Yuan Kui handed over the victory to Dong Zhuo. Dong Zhuo has become the leader of a faction of political forces and has the upper hand. He has the upper hand in the power field in Luoyang City!

"what!!!!"

Annoyed and regretted at the same time, under the excitement, Yuan Kai raised his head to the sky and yelled, and passed out.

There was chaos in Taifu's mansion.

Chapter 198 Dong Zhuo quickly fell in love with this feeling

Yuan Kui fainted very alone, and suddenly Yuan's power was leaderless, and it was in chaos.

On the other side, Dong Zhuo, who had won an unexpected victory, was a little dizzy by the sudden victory.

He still couldn't believe that he had won the political struggle against Yuan Kai.

Under the instigation of his subordinates, he just wanted to give it a try, and prepared a second move.

He predicted that if he angered Yuan Wei, he would apologize immediately, and he would use the lowest gesture to obtain Yuan Wei's understanding so that he could continue to stay in the capital.

But unexpectedly, he actually won.

Yuan Kui backed down.

Dong Zhuo felt as if he was dreaming.

Something in Dong Zhuo's heart has actually been accumulated for a long time, to the point where it only needs a chance to explode completely.

And now, this kind of thing exploded.

The political situation in Luoyang City has changed.

Yuan Kai, who regarded himself as the black hand behind the scenes, carried the popularity and political power accumulated by the four generations of the Yuan family. After he had already won a great victory, he lost the fruits of victory when he took power for less than a month. up.

Faced with a former subordinate who came from a humble background, extremely poor innate conditions, relied on his own efforts and drilling, and crawled in front of him with tears in his eyes, Yuan Kai, who had a superior background and made steady progress, was defeated.

His retreating attitude is exactly the same as that of Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu in the not-too-distant future.

It is also exactly the same as those "clothes of generations" who were defeated by foreign nations and fled southward in embarrassment more than a hundred years later.

It's ugly.

Yuan Kai's defeat was quick, leaving little suspense for everyone.

The next day, Yuan Kai didn't wake up. Surrounded by a group of scholars, Dong Zhuo presided over the Sanfu meeting, and boldly tried to issue some orders to Shangshutai, which was then carried out by Shangshutai.

Is this how it feels to exercise power?

The feeling of exercising supreme power, the feeling of making others run away with the movement of your mouth, isn't it?

Dong Zhuo quickly fell in love with this feeling and couldn't give up anymore.

When Yuan Kui woke up again, Luoyang City had become a little strange.

He learned that when he was in a coma, Dong Zhuo convened a meeting of the Three Governments, presided over the work of Shangshutai, issued some orders to Shangshutai, and quickly recommended some officials who were not former officials of the Yuan family to work in Shangshutai.

Yuan Kui placed Ma Rizhao in Shangshutai to replace Lu Zhi.

But now, Dong Zhuo recommended Wang Yun from Bingzhou to work in Shangshutai as Shangshu Pushe. The aboveboard division even encroached on Ma Rike's power and Yuan Kai's power.

The key point is that this appointment was not opposed, but approved. The cronies Yuan Kui arranged in the Shangshutai had no way to protect their power, and just allowed their power to be usurped by Dong Zhuo.

Yuan Kai was very annoyed, and immediately ordered Dong Zhuo to be summoned. As a result, Dong Zhuo claimed that he would not be sick, but various orders were still sent from Dong Zhuo's Taiwei's mansion through many people.

Yuan Kai's power was constantly robbed and suppressed. In the end, even Yuan Shu's position as Huben Zhonglang was taken away, leaving only a polished general.

During this process, Yuan Kai tried many times to keep his power, but under the overwhelming offensive of Dong Zhuo's faction, Yuan Kai, who had gone smoothly in his life without any major setbacks, was at a loss as to what to do.

Dong Zhuo's brutal political style caught Yuan Wei off guard, and he didn't know how to respond.

As a result, Yuan Kai's power was continuously robbed and suppressed.

By the end of October, Yuan Kai basically lost control of the government and Shangshutai.

Yuan Ji lost his position as a servant and was replaced by Wang Yun.

Even Yuan's only military force, the Huben army in Yuan Shu's hands, could not be kept. The pen and gun were gone.

The power of the two sides was completely out of balance, and Dong Zhuo came from behind. With a backgroundless identity who had never served as a high-ranking official in the capital, in just one month, he surpassed the Yuan family who had been cultivating Luoyang for countless years.

This can be called a political miracle.

Yuan Kai played a huge role in it. Without Yuan Wei helping Dong Zhuo to teach him to play political games, Dong Zhuo would never be able to do this.

It was also Yuan Kai who allowed Dong Zhuo to open the mansion, which gave Dong Zhuo his own political power, and the subsequent series of events.

Yuan Kui wanted to show off a wave of operations, so that Dong Zhuo could gain a more stable foothold and become the cornerstone of his Yuan family, but he overturned and lost his game.

The Yuan family has completely become a lamb in Dong Zhuo's grasp, and has no power to resist at all.

Yuan Kai was ill and could not get up while lying on the hospital bed, but at this time, Dong Zhuo's "illness" recovered.

He went out of the mansion to preside over the meetings of the three prefectures and the meeting of the Shangshutai. With the help of a group of scholars, he actually managed the government affairs in a good way.

Yuan Ji and Yuan Shu, the direct brothers, also panicked under the unprecedented situation.

While Dong Zhuo was taking great strides to disintegrate Yuan's power and consolidate his own power, Guo Peng also won the first battle after entering Qingzhou, a battle of standing up.

After entering the territory of Qi State in Qingzhou on the first day of October, Guo Peng found out that a Yellow Turban Army entered Qi State from Beihai State and invaded Linqu.

Guo Peng immediately ordered Xia Houyuan to lead a thousand cavalry to lead the way in the vanguard, and he led [-] main forces behind him. On the third day of October, the two armies fought on the great plain in the south of Linqu.

Guo Peng commanded the ferocious Youzhou iron cavalry to destroy [-] Yellow Turban soldiers with outdated equipment and outdated tactics, behead more than [-] soldiers, capture more than [-] Yellow Turban soldiers, and more than [-] men and women accompanying them.

This battle defeated the Yellow Turban Army's attempt to expand its power to Qi State, defeated [-] Yellow Turban Army, and established Guo Peng's image after entering Qingzhou.

Resolutely put down the Yellow Turban Army, not afraid of war, vowing to bring peace back to Qingzhou's strong image.