What kind of person is the real Dong Zhuo in official history?

Speaking of Dong Zhuo, I often think of Yuan Shikai. The two of them have striking similarities.

First of all, the reasons for the rise of Dong Zhuo and Yuan Shikai, from the historical documents, seem to be that the bad guys are lucky. In other words, when the righteous dealt a heavy blow to the evil group, a lucky warlord suddenly ran out to take advantage of it and eventually became the biggest beneficiary.

For example, at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the literati group headed by Yuan Shao and Cao Cao managed to get rid of the evil eunuch group. Seeing that the world was peaceful from then on, the people lived a happy life from then on. As a result, an evil Dong Zhuo ran out halfway. He picked the fruits of this victory in one fell swoop, but in the end, the world was in chaos.

Similarly, the revolutionaries in the late Qing Dynasty finally overthrew the evil Manchu regime and watched the world move towards peace and the people live a happy life. As a result, an evil Yuan Shikai ran out halfway. He picked the fruits of this victory in one fell swoop and finally made the world chaos.

Secondly, after the rise of Dong Zhuo and Yuan Shikai, they quickly took control of the central government, but then local bosses rebelled.

For example, after Dong Zhuo entered Luoyang City, he quickly took control of the entire Eastern Han government. Later, the Emperor Shao Han was abolished, and another Emperor Xian Han was established and moved to Chang 'an. From then on, the emperor was forced to make the princes, but the result was that the legendary eighteen-route princes crusaded against him.

After reaching peace talks with the southern revolutionaries, Yuan Shikai quickly replaced Sun Wen as the interim president of the Republic of China and moved the capital of the Republic of China from Nanjing to Beijing. Later, he assassinated Song, dissolved the National Assembly and implemented a constitutional monarchy, but he was opposed and crusaded by warlords from all walks of life.

Third, both Dong Zhuo and Yuan Shikai died in ruin. However, after their death, their younger brother still controlled the central government. But unfortunately, their younger brother, after various large-scale fires and mergers, finally escaped from the game.

For example, although Dong Zhuo was killed, he was still the most powerful military and political group at that time. Just because of the conflict between Lu Bu and Dong Zhuo; Later, Li Jue, Guo Si, Fan Chou and Zhang Ji released Lu Bu from the fire. Since then, Li Jue has burned Fan Yan; Later, Li and Guo began to be together again; Zhang Ji also began to have ulterior motives, so the Dong Zhuo family declined hopelessly.

As for Yuan Shikai, after his death, Beiyang Group was still the largest military and political group at that time, but Beiyang bosses began to fight, and finally they lost the ability to control the situation, so they were forced to withdraw from the political arena one after another.

Of course, what Dong Zhuo and Yuan Shikai have in common is that they are notorious; In history books, they all appear as standard villains. In short, the words bad guys and incompetence are engraved on their foreheads.

If there is any difference, it is only because Yuan Shikai lives in modern times and has a lot of original historical materials about him, so it is relatively easy for future generations to reverse his conviction for Yuan Shikai. Even if people simply list Yuan Shikai's basic resume, people will know that Yuan Shikai is by no means a simple villain.

For example, in traditional history books, Yuan Shikai rose because he told Empress Dowager Cixi during the Kang Liang political reform. So I got the appreciation of Cixi, and finally I became more and more awesome.

But in fact, if history is not regarded as a fairy tale, everyone has to admit that the rise of Yuan Shikai is a hundred times more complicated than this. In a sense, the real Yuan Shikai can also be called a traitor in troubled times and an effective minister in managing the world.

As for the real Dong Zhuo, I'm afraid he is also such a person. In a word, his talent and domineering are not inferior to Cao Cao, Liu Bei and later Sun Quan. Otherwise, how could he stand in the center of that era?

But because Dong Zhuo was a loser, everyone in his department was eliminated early, and the final winner happened to be his former enemy. Coupled with the lack of original materials left in ancient times, Dong Zhuo's image naturally became a villain and villain. In short, he was able to step into the center of the political arena only because he was lucky.