There is no story of diusim and honey trap in history. Why did Lu Bu risk killing Dong Zhuo?

Influenced by the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, many people will immediately think of Stuart Wangyun's honey trap when talking about the reason why Lu Bu killed Dong Zhuo. In short, Wang Yun alienated the relationship between Lu Bu and Dong Zhuo with the story of his adopted daughter Diesim, which led to Lu Bu being wooed by Wang Yun and eventually killing Dong Zhuo. But in fact, the truth of this story is debatable.

First of all, there is no record of honey trap in the official history, and there is no story of diusim in the official history; Secondly, from a reasonable point of view, this story is also questionable. Because Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu, as the military and political leaders in power in the Eastern Han Dynasty, it is reasonable to say that money and beauty have long been commonplace. It's hard to imagine that they will fight for a beautiful woman regardless of their own safety and the overall situation?

As for the reason why Lu Bu killed Dong Zhuo in the official history, it is also obscure and brief. For example, in the reflection, it is said that Lyu3 bu4 once upset Dong Zhuo, and Dong Zhuo pulled out a small halberd and threw it at Lyu3 bu4. When Lu Bu saw it, he quickly made amends, and Dong Zhuo calmed down. From then on, Lu Bu began to hate Dong Zhuo. Later, Dong Zhuo sent Lu Bu to guard the city gate in the middle, but Lu Bu secretly had an affair with Dong Zhuo's maid-in-waiting, and became more and more uneasy. He went to visit Stuart Wang Yun and was wooed by Wang Yun.

In a sense, this statement is a simple explanation of the origin of the contradiction between Lu Bu and Dong Zhuo. The problem is that these things mentioned above can only be regarded as trivial matters. Because it made Dong Zhuo unhappy and committed adultery with a handmaid, which was a big deal. If Lyu3 bu4 is going to risk killing Dong Zhuo just for these reasons, it will be a bit of a loss.

Because Dong Zhuo is not an ordinary person, in a big way, he is a nominal consul of the Eastern Han Empire. You should at least give the world a reasonable explanation for killing him. To the youngest, Dong Zhuo is the leader of Liangzhou Corps, with strong and stable interest groups behind him, who can take revenge at any time. To kill him, at least take care of this interest group first!

Needless to say, as the adopted son of Dong Zhuo, Lu Bu was entrusted with an important task by Dong Zhuo. If he risks killing Dong Zhuo, what good will it do him? I think as long as Lu Bu is a normal person, he will definitely go over these questions before he decides to kill Dong Zhuo. If it is only the trivial contradiction above, it should not be enough for Lu Bu to betray Dong Zhuo.

In fact, the truth of Lu Bu's killing Dong Zhuo is mainly caused by two reasons:

First, Dong Zhuo tried to control the behavior of Bing Corps, which made the contradiction between him and Lu Bu more and more serious.

First of all, Lu Bu and Dong Zhuo are actually cooperative. Lu Bu and his Bingzhou Corps are military and political groups independent of Liangzhou Corps and not completely controlled by Dong Zhuo. In this context, on the one hand, Dong Zhuo needs to show enough trust and reuse to make Lu Bu always willing to cooperate with him.

On the other hand, Dong Zhuo must strengthen centralization and really bring Lu Bu and Bing Corps under his control. Only in this way can Dong Canzhuo's rule be truly stable. Otherwise, Lu Bu and his Bing Corps may betray at any time. Therefore, it is natural for Dong Zhuo to try his best to infiltrate Bing Corps and even suppress Lu Bu.

For example, on one occasion, Dong Zhuo asked Lu Bu and Hu Zhen to lead an army to attack Sun Jian. Originally, Lu Bu, as Dong Zhuo's adopted son, was an imperial envoy of Dong Zhuo and a leader of Bing Corps. In general, Lu Bu's position is much higher than that of Hu Zhen. But this time Dong Zhuo appointed Hu Zhen as the protector of Dadu and Lu Bu as his deputy, which was obviously intended to suppress Lu Bu.

In this regard, Lu Bu will naturally be dissatisfied in his heart; Hu zheng ignored it and talked nonsense in the army. In a word, this expedition had to kill an officer with two thousand stones for serious military discipline. Hearing this, Lu Bu was naturally furious. Because, I am also an officer with two thousand stones. Are you going to kill me, Lu Bu, on the grounds of serious military discipline?

Hu Zhen is so arrogant behind his back, which is of course directed by Dong Zhuo. In this context, it is natural for Lu Bu to fight back. Because, if Lu Bu lets Hu Zhen be so arrogant in front of his face, it means that he can sit in front of him by default, so that Lu Bu's ranking in Dong Zhuo Group will naturally begin to decline.

If Lu Bu's ranking drops, the ranking of other military and political leaders in Bing will naturally drop. In this way, the power and status of the corps will be lower and lower. Then Dong Zhuo will divide and disintegrate it through political means, and Bing Corps is likely to be completely annexed by Dong Zhuo.

This result was obviously unacceptable to Lu Bu, so when Hu Zhen was at war with Sun Jian, Lu Bu openly made trouble, and Hu Zhen was defeated and fled by Sun Jian on the spot. In a sense, this behavior of Lu Bu is an open rebellion. Because taking it anywhere is a capital crime. The question is, where does Dong Zhuo dare to punish Lu Bu for this?

Because, this matter itself is Dong Zhuo's violation of the interests of Lu Bu and the entire Bing Legion. If Dong Zhuo dares to punish Lu Bu for this, isn't this forcing Lu Bu and Bing Corps to openly break with him? You know, at that time, kanto region was completely out of control. If Dong Zhuo fights with Lu Bu again, the consequences can be imagined.

So after this incident, Dong Zhuo not only did not punish Lu Bu, but also spoke to appease Lu Bu. In a word, I shouldn't let Hu Zhen have the kind of person who can't tell his head from his eyes. Of course, it is precisely because Dong Zhuo handled it properly that this incident did not turn Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu against each other. Even if Dong Zhuo later showed more trust in Lu Bu, in a sense, the bad blood between Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu began.

Because, after this incident, there is an obvious thing, that is, Lu Bu never led the troops out again. Although Lyu3 bu4' s position seems to be getting higher and higher since then, as a military and political leader, if we expect him to be responsible for Dong Zhuo's security work in the central government for a long time, it means that he has lost the opportunity to expand his strength and even his control over Bing Corps will become weaker and weaker.

If this situation continues to develop, Lu Bu's future is obviously not optimistic. In this context, Lyu3 bu4 looked at his own strength, even slowly being overhead. The contradiction between him and Dong Zhuo is naturally growing.

Second, the cooperation with the scholar-bureaucrat group made Lu Bu think that after killing Dong Zhuo, he had the opportunity to replace Dong Zhuo.

After Dong Zhuo moved the capital to Chang 'an, in order to ease the relationship with the scholar-bureaucrat group and win their support, he handed over all the daily work of Chang 'an government to Wang Yunlai, a member of the scholar-bureaucrat. At that time, the main officials of Chang 'an government were also members of the scholar-bureaucrat group.

In this context, when Wang Yun wooed Lu Bu on behalf of the scholar-bureaucrat group, Lu Bu naturally felt that this was a rare opportunity. Because, based on the consideration of Lyu3 bu4, because most of Dong Zhuo's Liangzhou Corps is stationed in the front line of Hanguguan, there are four major power factions in Chang 'an:

First, the literati group headed by Wang Yun; Second, Bing Corps headed by Lu Bu; Third, Guanzhong Group headed by Huang and others; Fourth, the imperial army in Luoyang.

Among them, Guanzhong Group, headed by Huang and others, is inextricably linked with the scholar-bureaucrat group itself; As for the imperial power before Luoyang, most of their elites were members of the scholar-bureaucrat group. In this context, Lu Bu led the killing of Dong Zhuo, and naturally he could quickly control the area centered on Chang 'an, and he had the opportunity to become the chief military leader of Chang 'an government.

At the same time, with the support of Chang 'an Scholar-bureaucrat Group, Bing Corps, Guanzhong Group and the former Luoyang Imperial Army, it should not be too difficult for Lyu3 bu4 to solve a leaderless Liangzhou Corps scattered in the front line of Hanguguan. If this step is achieved, Lu Bu will naturally go up a storey still higher and even become the second Dong Zhuo. In that case, facing the wooing of Yun3, Lyu3 bu4 is naturally willing to cooperate.