Dong Min, who was fiddling with the slips in his hand, was quite surprised when he heard this: "My brother was recruited to the Situ Mansion in the past year, and the governor of Bingzhou who was recommended by Yuan Situ was an old official of the Yuan family. Why would Situ humiliate his own disciple now?"
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Dong Zhuo opened his eyes, stood up, and walked slowly to the window. He looked at the pouring rain outside and fell into deep memories of the past.
"For my brother, I have been appointed as the governor of Bingzhou, and I am considered an official of the Yuan family. But don't forget that for my brother, I have traveled east and west, ups and downs for decades, and how many people have I been a disciple of? It's not just his Yuan family! Last year, the imperial court successively
A major event, Duan Gong died. Yuan Gong is using the unbroken "Book of Changes" to remind me that to see clearly his own origin, the few scholars in the border counties who cannot even understand the scriptures in broken chapters should know this.
Whose house are you standing in front of?"
When Dong Min heard this, he suddenly fell silent.
The Dong brothers grew up in Liangzhou. They were heroes in the Western Region and were deeply respected by all the Qiang tribes. However, in the eyes of the powerful scholars in the Central Plains of the Han Dynasty, the Han people in Liangzhou were out-and-out inferior barbarians. This was true.
Unreliable facts.
Even though Dong Zhuo now has a transcendent status, this is still the case.
The attitude of the Guandong nobles towards Liangzhou people is deep-rooted, and most Liangzhou people have accepted this reality. However, the Dong family brothers are different. They have been working hard to get rid of the shackles of this 'lower class' throughout their lives.
It seems to be fate. Although the Dong family's household registration is in Liangzhou, he and Dong Min were both born in Yingchuan. This is because their father Dong Junya was a captain of the Lun clan in Yingchuan at that time, and Dong Zhuo's alias was Zhongying and Dong Min's aliases.
Uncle Ying is enough to prove the Liangzhou people's expectations and recognition of the Central Plains at that time - even being born in Yingchuan had to show off deliberately.
Dong Zhuo lived in Yingchuan when he was a child, and Yingchuan was also the birthplace of wealthy families in the Han Dynasty. There, there were beautiful manors and tall Wubao, and each manor owner owned thousands of hectares of land.
There were countless Li Shu and Guizhou heads, all of which left a deep impression on the young Dong Zhuo.
But these do not belong to him after all. His household registration is in Xiliang, which means that he can only watch other people's Wubao Manor grow bigger and bigger, and he can only wait for his father's term to expire, with a look of reluctance.
Go to his registered place - a bitter cold place in Liangzhou where the Qiang people live together.
Perhaps from that time on, the young Dong Zhuo, who had seen the prosperity of the Yingchuan family, had already made up his mind - do princes, generals, and ministers have the guts to do this? Don't be crazy! Sooner or later, I will build a building that exceeds the wealth of wealthy families like you.
Man's 'Long Live Wu'.
With this ideal deep in his heart, Dong Zhuo moved around in various families after becoming an official.
The official rules of the Han Dynasty were generally that disciples and former officials belonged to the same family. For example, Liu Jian, Gongsun Zan, and Liu Bei's teacher were Lu Zhi, so they would always be marked as Lu Zhi's disciples throughout their lives, even if Gongsun Zan was later replaced by Liu Qi
He conquered and even disguised himself for Liu Qifai, but at the root, he was still a member of Lu Zhi's family.
But Dong Zhuo took things a little too far for his ideals.
The first governor of Longxi who appointed Dong Zhuo could be said to be Dong Zhuo's benefactor, and Dong Zhuo should naturally be his former official. However, Dong Zhuo was not restrained later, and instead joined many camps.
The Longxi County Sheriff who recruited him as a military commander was the first, and the Liangzhou governor later recruited Dong Zhuo as his commander, and this was the second. In Liangzhou, where wars continued, the relationship between the county governor and the governor was generally tense, and everyone
Pinch each other at both ends.
Dong Zhuo, who later served in the governor's office, dealt with Zhang Huan and Duan Jiong, but Zhang Huan and Duan Jiong happened to be unable to deal with them.
Dong Zhuo was promoted and appointed in various border counties along the way. Zhang Huan himself initially admired Dong Zhuo, a fierce general in border counties, and specially transferred Dong Zhuo to serve as Sima in his army in the ninth year of Yanxi.
The frequency was so high that Zhang Huan gradually became disgusted with his character. Even if Dong Zhuo later secretly gave Zhang Huan a hundred pieces of silk, Zhang Huan refused.
Even when Dong Zhuo was transferred to the Western Regions to serve as Wuji Colonel, he was eventually dismissed because he could not clean up the defeat of Shule State by Meng Tuo, the governor of Liangzhou. However, he was still miraculously able to fight with his eight rivals.
Yuan Wei, who was unable to hit the pole, built connections and was recruited into the government by Yuan Wei. Later, he was elected as the governor of Bingzhou by Yuan Wei.
The governor and governor of Longxi became enemies and both conquered Dong Zhuo.
Not to mention the conflict between Duan Juan and Zhang Huan, Dong Zhuo was also used.
Yuan Wei, who had nothing to do with the border warriors, was willing to recruit Dong Zhuo into the government after his fall...
If Lu Bu is a slave with three surnames, then Dong Zhuo has at least five surnames!
It's just that he was smarter than Lu Bu. Dong Zhuo just kept changing the lintel of his family, but he never cared about being called daddy.
Now, Duan Hao, the god of war in Liangzhou, who flirted with the eunuchs, is dead, and the versatile Dong Zhuo has lost one of his biggest supporters. At this moment, as his other supporter, the Yuan family will not have any fragments of the "Book of Changes"
Sent, one can imagine his thoughts:
Duan Jiong is dead. The only person who can protect you is the Yuan family of Runan. Consider your own weight carefully. Xiliang barbarians who don’t even have family heirlooms or fragments of scriptures to rely on, who should you give your allegiance to now?
, don’t you have some ideas in mind?
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Looking at the increasingly heavy rain outside the window, Dong Zhuo let out a long sigh.
"Yuan Wei bullies people too much!"
From behind, Dong Min's indignant voice came: "How many months has Duke Duan died? The old thief of the Yuan family can't wait to recruit everyone from my Liangzhou clan. Brother, don't be afraid of him. Now Xianbei is strong, and the south of the imperial court is
If there is a war and there is no brother in charge of Bingzhou, who can Yuan Wei send to replace him?"
Dong Zhuo's smile was slightly bitter.
"Third brother, you have underestimated the Yuan family. The Yuan family's foundation in the Han Dynasty cannot be shaken by ordinary people. Look at that Yang ball, it can be regarded as a sharp knife in the hands of the emperor. His Majesty used it to eliminate Wang Fu and Duan Gong.
, it can be said that he is in the limelight, but he speaks openly and says, "The noble ministers are like the sons of the Yuan family, and they are engaged in self-management, so there is no need to be evil!" In just a few months, what will happen to him?
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Dong Min asked doubtfully: "Didn't this man die due to Cao Jie's remonstrance?"
"That's just an appearance. Although Cao Jie has great power, he is a slave in the emperor's family! If your majesty is determined to protect the sun ball, what's the use even if Cao Jie breaks his throat? After all, someone will force your majesty to give up the sword."
Dong Min licked his lips and felt a little wilted.
Who can force the emperor to give up his sword?
it goes without saying.
"Brother, are you willing to be driven by the Yuan family?"
"To be honest, I feel unwilling to do so. It's just that I haven't found a good way to check and balance Yuan Lao'er at the moment. This old official of the Yuan family should continue to be in office, and he must continue to do so."
After that, he sighed and turned back to the desk. He looked at the "Book of Changes" sent to him by Yuan Wei on the desk. He didn't know what he thought of, and a look of anger appeared on his face.
Then, I saw him reaching out and pushing all the slips to the ground.
Dong Min felt quite depressed when he saw the scattered slips and slips on the ground.
It took a lot of effort to sort it out, but my brother really doesn't know how to be considerate of others.
"By the way, Uncle Ying, I had a dream last night. I dreamed that a golden swallow came from the east and sat on a branch of our house. It picked up golden branches and built a nest. Finally, it sang loudly three times and flew north to flap its wings.
I left, wondering what this dream meant?"
Dong Min stared at Dong Zhuo dumbfounded, and after a while he said: "Brother, are you asking me to interpret your dream?"
"Of course you can't figure it out. I'm just telling you this. You can find a good prophecy for me in Jinyang City in the future to solve my confusion!"
"Here!"
After giving the instructions, Dong Zhuo turned to look out the window, still muttering: "Jin Yan, Jin Yan, where are you pointing?"