Should the actual demise of the Eastern Han Dynasty begin with Dong Zhuo s entry into Beijing?

Of course, it started with Cao Pi's usurpation of the Han Dynasty.

220 years. Dong Zhuo entered Beijing to abolish the young emperor and set up the emperor, which was the same as the Han Dynasty, although the real power was no longer in the hands of the surname Liu.

Cao Pi's accession to the throne marked the official demise of Han.

The establishment of the Three Kingdoms is now generally regarded as a sign of the demise of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

The actual demise of the Eastern Han Dynasty was the usurpation of power by Cao Pi.

Of course not, Dong Zhuo's entry into Beijing is just a usurpation of power, nominally, the emperor is still surnamed Liu, the dynasty is still the Eastern Han Dynasty, and Dong Zhuo himself is not the emperor, so the Eastern Han Dynasty has not perished. Including Cao Cao, he did not claim the title of emperor in his life, until his son Cao Pi abolished the emperor and established himself, and the Eastern Han Dynasty was considered to be destroyed, that is, in 220 AD.

Personally, I think that the demise should be the time when the Three Kingdoms are at their peak.

In fact, it should start with the establishment of the Dong Zhuo Alliance.

Dong Zhuo entered Beijing at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty when the eunuchs endangered the imperial court, he entered Beijing to seize the rights of the emperor, and wanted to blackmail the Son of Heaven to order the princes, for the sake of rights.

According to historical records, Dong Zhuo entered Beijing in 189 AD, and his main purpose was to expand his territory.

Dong Zhuo entered Beijing in 189 because he was summoned by the general He Jin and the lieutenant Yuan Shao of Sili to lead the army into Beijing to defeat the Ten Standing Servants.

With the continuous passage of time, the Liu family, which once held the power of the world, was gradually weakened, and at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the royal family of the Han Dynasty could only become the puppet of other princes, and for the upcoming troubled times, every prince and king who wanted to take advantage of the chaos to rise planned to have their own wishful thinking, and at this time, Dong Zhuo, who had been eyeing the position of the emperor, only used 3000 soldiers and horses to successfully turn the Han Dynasty royal family into a puppet in his hands.

According to reason, no matter how weakened the Liu family is, it will not be easily defeated by 3,000 people, and doesn't he even have an army around him that can protect him, and when Dong Zhuo led the soldiers and horses into Beijing, would the other princes and kings let him go and take power?

Before Dong Zhuo officially entered Beijing, in fact, the Liu family had already had a very big conflict with other interest groups, and for the eunuchs who had been interfering in politics for many years, the Liu family also wanted to take power into their own hands at this time, but the struggle between the two factions was very fierce, and no one got any benefits, and it also directly led to chaos in the world.

Later, I saw that Dong Zhuo, who had suffered heavy losses from both Liu Jia and the eunuch group, gathered 3,000 soldiers and horses for the first time, and when he officially entered the capital, other people had no time to take care of him, so Dong Zhuo's uprising was so easy to succeed.

Since Dong Zhuo only led 3,000 soldiers and horses into Beijing, judging from his behavior, he was full of courage, and it was true that he was afraid that his soldiers and horses were not enough to deter the imperial court, but he adopted a very ingenious plan, leading this group of people into the imperial city during the day, and in the dead of night at night, he slipped out of the city again, and repeated the same mistake on the second day.

After a long time, many people who have been kept in the dark will analyze it on the surface, Dong Zhuo led a large number of soldiers and horses, and people also felt that he had the strongest combat ability, and over time people did not dare to resist him, and finally Dong Zhuo mastered the soldiers and horses of the imperial court, and only then did he truly complete his growth.

As a representative of the Liangzhou army, Dong Zhuo was originally a general with outstanding military ability, but when history wrote him, he had a very clear position, so he became an out-and-out traitor in people's mouths.

Although Dong Zhuo did shake the rule of the Han Dynasty and made the Liu family a puppet emperor, objectively speaking, in the troubled times, not everyone can be as bold as him, and when he rose up, why others didn't attack him was because he made a lot of friends when he presided over the military administration of Liangzhou. It is precisely because of his very extensive connections that his power continues to increase, but they have the fruits of their rebellion.

As a conspirator, Dong Zhuo's reputation in history is not good, otherwise when looking back on the process of his usurpation of power, it is not difficult to find that he is full of wisdom and a very courageous person, and in the troubled times, the reason why he was able to succeed is not only because of luck, but also because of himself.

Dong Zhuo is more familiar with the history of this place, and he knows the composition of this place and the structure of the court very well, and there is his invagination in the court, so he can control it.

Because Dong Zhuo's fame at that time was very big, he was particularly prestigious, and these 3,000 soldiers and horses were definitely very elite, so he was able to control the court of the Eastern Han Dynasty.