A wise and subtle man, Dong Zhuo was not as careless as he appeared, he was able to go against the edict and go to Beijing after Emperor Ling's death, and he took over the government together with Taifu Yuan Kai , and he was able to take the initiative in the subsequent storm of deposing the emperor, forcing Yuan Shao away, punishing the entire Yuan family, and taking control of the imperial court, not least because of the heavy soldiers on hand.