Since the coup, Situ Wangyun has been staying at Shangshutai to oversee affairs.
According to Lu Bu's progress on the front line, he constantly replaced officials at all levels in the Sanfu area. In just one month, there were more than 200 officials in Sanfu, most of whom came from the original Situ Mansion. Wang Yun arranged these government affairs day and night, and it could finally be said that his control over the Sanfu area was probably unmatched by Dong Zhuo.
By the end of the month, Situ finally received the news he wanted: Lu Bu successfully captured Xiwu and wiped out all the Dong clan members. This made him breathe a sigh of relief, and Ma Rixi, Shi Sunrui and others also congratulated Situ: "We conquered Xiwu and the Dong family was destroyed. Finally, the world has been restored to peace."
But unexpectedly, Wang Yun showed no joy at all, and said in a stern voice: "Dong has been in power for three years. These people are not the only ones who have caused trouble. As important ministers of the country, we are about to do our best to eliminate evil! Please don't slack off. !”
Wang Yun's words certainly make sense. Lu Bu had already explained to him in his letter that three people from the Dong family were missing after the Wubao was breached. However, these three were too young to be able to accomplish anything, and there was nothing to worry about. The most important thing is Niu Fu's army in Hedong. As Dong Zhuo's only remaining son-in-law, Niu Fu is the natural leader of the remaining Liang people. If Niu Fu is not eliminated, the Liang people may make Niu Fu their leader and then rebel. Revenge, the court will not be able to live in peace for a day.
But how to remove it is a problem. Situ discussed the matter with hundreds of officials. His original intention was to have the ministers and officials jointly submit a petition to the emperor to declare Niu Fu a traitor, and then discuss strategies on how to send troops to conquer. Unexpectedly, he had not expressed his opinions at the court meeting. Most of the court officials, such as Zhao Qian and others, said: Niu Fu is quite kind to us in the court and the public. It is better to appease him first. If he understands the general situation, why bother? What about going to war rashly?
After everyone discussed, the choice of the envoy was quickly decided. When they asked Wang Yun for his opinion, what they saw was an extremely indifferent face. Only then did people realize: After the court meeting started, Situ had not yet arrived. Show attitude.
Obviously Wang Yun did not agree with the recruitment, but seeing that it was difficult to disobey the public opinion, he said: "This matter is of great importance. Let me think about it carefully first." The implication was that the matter should be postponed for the time being. This disappointed the officials who attended the meeting, but they turned around and thought: Likes and dislikes are human nature. Since Situ dared to risk his life to eliminate disasters for the country, it can be seen that he has the country in his heart and will put the overall situation first.
But what they didn't expect was that as soon as Wang Yun returned home, he summoned his relatives and cronies to discuss with them and said: "Dong Zhuo has been in charge of the court for three years and has become powerful in the world. All the ministers in the dynasty have received Dong Zhuo's favor, and in their hearts There are very few people who truly cherish the world.
Although Dong Zhuo is dead now, the remnants of the party in the DPRK are like bamboo roots. Although they are pretending to surrender now, they still miss the Dong family. Today they want to recruit Niu Fu, but what will they do tomorrow? Once Niu Fu leads his troops, they will continue to cause trouble! Now that the imperial court has appointed three assistants and has money and food in Xiwu, it is no longer afraid of foreign enemies. The top priority is to eliminate internal troubles! "
Once Situ eliminates more political opponents, who else will be promoted? Therefore, his staff all agreed with this. Only his son Wang Jing questioned: "Sir, these are extraordinary times and the enemy has not been eliminated. We should put comfort first. As your Excellency said, Dong Zhuo's party members There are many, but the more this happens, the easier it is to stir up civil strife. Then what can we do to resist the Liang people? Sir, please think twice!"...
But Wang Yun twisted his beard with his hand and replied decisively: "I can even kill Dong Zhuo, but his followers are not as talented as Dong Zhuo, so what can they do? You guys are worrying too much."
So the policy was set to eradicate Dong Zhuo's party members first. Wang Yun believed that Dong Zhuo was able to control the ministers precisely because they were afraid of power and were unethical. But where to start? This really gave Wang Yun a headache for a few days, but soon, someone gave him an excellent reason.
On the second day of the sixth lunar month, Huangfu Jianshou wrote to the court, saying that General Huangfu Song was not seriously ill, but had ordered Dong Zhuo to die two months ago, forcing him not to mourn. Now that Dong Zhuo was dead, he asked the court to be his father. He mourned and hoped that the court would give his father a posthumous title.
The entire city of Chang'an was well aware of this matter, and they all regretted it. It can even be said that the entire Chang'an coup was successful because Huangfu Song was ordered to die by Dong Zhuo, and the reason why Wang Yun persuaded Lu Bu to mutiny was also " Huangfu Song" three characters. Now that Huangfu Jianshou has made it clear, he also hopes to follow this trend and leave a good name for his father after his death.
All officials thought this was a matter of course. After all, although Huangfu Song was employed by Dong Zhuo for a short time, he fulfilled his duties during his tenure. Whenever Dong Zhuo had conflicts with others, he would uprightly persuade him, and many scholars were saved because of this. He also had military exploits that severely damaged the Yellow Turbans and the Xiliang rebels. Although he was suspected of being too self-loving, he was extremely benevolent and righteous towards the court. Therefore, the officials in the capital discussed at the court meeting and felt that it would not be an exaggeration to give him a posthumous title of Rujing or Zhao.
But Situ disagreed. He sat on the seat next to the emperor and said calmly: "Jing and Zhao have gone too far. We should discuss it again."
This was at the court meeting. Scholars Sun Rui, Zhang Xi and others had not discussed this matter with Wang Yun beforehand. When they heard Wang Yun's remarks, they all thought, could it be that Situ wanted to give him a posthumous title? So the Fifth Commander stepped forward and asked, "I wonder what Situ would like to call his posthumous title?"
"It's not as appropriate as Miao."
Gu's words immediately caused an uproar. "Miao" means that the name and reality are both beautiful and harmonious. Everyone thought that Wang Yun would be given a flat posthumous title at most, but unexpectedly, he directly chose an evil posthumous title. This was difficult for many court officials to accept. For example, Sikong Chunyujia fiercely objected: "Although Chachi has made minor mistakes, he has made great contributions to the court. How can he slander him after his death? We can continue to this day to kill Dong's thieves. Is there no legacy of chariot riding? Situ has passed!"
However, Wang Yun actually showed a sarcastic look and criticized in public: "If it were really Huangfu Yizhen's legacy, how could I dare to raise an army to kill the Dong thief? You know, I have worked hard and long to get rid of Dong Zhuo. But Huangfu Yi really ruined so many important things for me!"
So Situ described all his dealings with Huangfu Song in the past three years. When Huangfu Song refused several times, he spoke fiercely, and he was obviously very upset about it. Then he made the details of his plan to frame Huangfu Song and kill Dong Zhuo public.
After he finished speaking, the audience fell silent.
After a long silence, Cai Yong, the lieutenant with five senses, walked up to the palace and said in a mournful voice: "A gentleman should be fair and upright when dealing with others, and officials holding high positions should be regarded as models for the world. Situ did extraordinary things at an extraordinary time. Everyone in the world admires Situ for doing things, eliminating violence and promoting loyalty and filial piety, all because Situ has the country in mind. But now that the great cause is in the ascendant, it is the time to show his character to the world, how can Situ use the art of confession to confuse the people of the world? Please be careful, Situ!”…
He wanted to say more, saying that such slander and slander between ministers would greatly affect the morale of the army. The Liang people were originally deeply affected by the death of Huangfu Song and thought it was Dong Zhuo who was stupid and killed indiscriminately, so their morale was low; but now that Situ himself has made this public, they will think that it is the darkness in the court and the scholars who insulted the grand master, and then share the same hatred with the enemy. , causing the name of righteousness to fall into the hands of rebellion.
But he looked directly into Wang Yun's blazing eyes and finally swallowed these words.
But even if Cai Yong didn't say these words, Wang Yun could understand what he wanted to say. He patted the table and said coldly: "Does Duke Cai say that Dong Zhuo and Huangfu Song should not be punished for their crimes?"
Cai Yong was still about to argue, but Wang Yun shouted: "That's enough!" All the officials in the court trembled. When everyone was shocked, he hurriedly cursed: "Dong Zhuo is rampant, there are too many people like you! Every day I When I went in and out of the shogunate, I saw that you had taken advantage of Dong Zhuo's majesty to reach high positions, and you were lying on a plain table. You did not want to serve the country, but instead helped Zhou to commit evil. You have not repented until now. Do you think that my sword is not as fast as Dong Zhuo's?"
After saying that, he immediately called the palace guards and ordered Cai Yong to be imprisoned in prison. All this happened so quickly that the remaining ministers who originally wanted to admonish him did not dare to speak and turned to look at Cai Yong. Cai Yong was old, his bun was half white, and his body was relatively weak. Now that he was shackled and only walked a few dozen steps, he looked exhausted, so much so that when he followed the guards down the steps of the palace, he still needed to The guards helped him, and everyone felt a sense of sadness in their hearts. Many people lowered their heads and couldn't bear to look anymore.
Taking this opportunity, Wang Yun reported to the emperor and ordered that those courtiers who had entered Dong Zhuo's shogunate but did not participate in the anti-Dong Yi movement should be dismissed from office and held accountable. Then he promoted more former Yuan family officials who were dismissed by Dong Zhuo to show that he would never tolerate Dong Zhuo's old party.
That night, Taiwei Ma Rixi went to Situ's house and persuaded Wang Yun: "No one is a saint, how can anyone be without faults? Situ's harsh demands on his colleagues will only make everyone feel at risk and lose their hearts. So why bother?" Even so, we cannot directly arrest Cai Gong in court! Cai Gong, a leader in literary circles and admired by scholars, how can he be treated like this? Chen Tingjian is also a relative. Does Situ treat him like this because he wants to enmity with Bingzhou?"
Wang Yun was very impatient when he heard that. Seeing that Ma Rixi had been with him for a long time, he just scolded him slightly: "Why did Uncle Weng say such things? If Cai Bojie were not a leader in the literary world, I really would not deal with it like this. The leader of the literary world, the model of the world, actually harbors the old kindness of the traitor Dong. How should the people of the world treat us? Punishing the country with heavy punishments, I will kill him to rectify the world! Don't say more! "
The next day, a large number of scholars came forward to plead for mercy, hoping that Wang Yun could suspend the treatment of yesterday's courtiers, or at least give them a lighter sentence. Cai Yong himself also apologized, hoping to be temporarily punished by having his head tattooed and his feet cut off to continue the history of the Han Dynasty. After successfully revising the history, he would be sentenced to death again. Among them, Zhong Yao wrote a letter saying: "Cai Yong was related to Chen Chong, and Situ killed him for fear of enmity with Bingzhou." Under this pressure, Wang Yun changed his mind slightly, but he could not be said to be kind to the rest of the people.
Even if he did not reject all the documents and did not publicly execute them, Cai Yong still made up his mind to continue to imprison the relevant people in the imperial prison, deprive them of food and drink, and infest them with rats and insects.
Dong Zhuo often used imperial edicts to imprison prisoners during his lifetime. As many as hundreds of people were imprisoned, but most of them could live in prison for several months. After the coup, only 10% of the survivors survived.
Under Wang Yun's rule, within five days, in addition to Cai Yong, twenty-seven Dong Zhuo's staff were imprisoned, and they all died in prison.
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