Dong Zhuo
Imperial tutor and Prime Minister for the Han. Dong Zhuo (董卓) fought initially the Yellow Turbans with Huangfu Song in the North-West as Gouverneur of Hedong. It was however demolishes but did not bail out a aucunes reprisals since it bribed the government. It thus on the occasion to dissociate as a combatant the Yellow Turbans again just as the tribes Qiang. A little later Dong Zhuo gained several promotions quickly and became General of the Face, Seigneur of Aoxiang and Préfet of Xiliang.
In year 189, it was called with Luoyang by He Jin in order to help this last to exterminate eunuques imperial court. He thus answered the call by bringing an army of 200.000 men and arrived in the capital in full chaos. He found thereafter the Emperor Shao and Prince de Chenliu and took them under his load.
As from this moment, Dong Zhuo became very powerful and acting as a tyrant, it terrorized the population by its brutal and cruel manners. He assumed the title of Minister for Labor then he deposited the Shao Emperor and named in his place Prince de Chenliu; the Emperor Xian. It appointed then Prime Minister for Han and took the control of the government.
Consequently, of powerful noble through the empire assembled troops and met to form a coalition against Dong Zhuo. The coalition thus moved towards the capital and after having resisted the intense attacks with the Door of Hu Lao, Dong Zhuo decided to burn Luoyang and flees towards the west to establish the new capital with Chang' year by ensuring its retirement by Lu Drunk. Once established in Chang' year, resistance crumbled and the arrogance of Dong Zhuo grows, so that it named Imperial Précepteur and built a gigantic fortress with Mei.
During this time, its , Minister of Interior Department Wang Yun, prepared a plan in which it would use his adopted girl Diao Chan in order to allure at the same time Dong Zhuo and its henchman, Drunk Lu, with a possible aim to kill Dong Zhuo. The plan proved to be a success and a competition is established quickly between Drunk Lu and Dong Zhuo. Thus, Drunk Lu plotted the assassination of Dong Zhuo with Wang Yun. Lastly, Dong Zhuo went to Chang' year when he thought of receiving the abdication of the Xian Emperor, but however was trapped and killed by Drunk Lu.
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