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, more than 200 officials in the Sanfu area changed, and most of the resources they used came from the original officials.
Situ Mansion. Wang Yun arranged these government affairs day and night, and it can finally be said that his control over the Sanfu area is 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. This made him breathe a sigh of relief. Ma Rixi, Shisun Rui and others also congratulated Situ.
: "We conquered Xiwu, destroyed the Dong family, and finally brought peace to the world."
But unexpectedly, Wang Yun showed no joy at all, and with a stern expression on his face, he actually said: "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.
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There is truth to Wang Yun's words. Lü Bu had explained to him in his letter that three more 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 important thing is still
Niu Fu's regiment in Hedong, Niu Fu, as Dong Zhuo's only remaining son-in-law, 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 and take revenge, and the court will also
There will be no peace for a day.
But how to get rid of it is a problem. Situ discussed the matter with hundreds of officials. His original intention was to have the ministers and ministers jointly declare Niu Fu as a traitor to the emperor, and then discuss strategies on how to send troops to conquer. Who would have expected?
Before he expressed his opinions at the court meeting, most of the court officials such as Zhao Qian 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 to start a war?
What?
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 the public opinion was difficult to disobey, 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 made the participants in the meeting
The court official was disappointed, but he turned around and thought: It is human nature to like and dislike. Since Situ dared to risk his life to eliminate disasters for the country, it can be seen that he has the country in mind and will ultimately 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 entrenched 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 want to do tomorrow? Once Niu Fu leads his troops,
They will continue to cause trouble! Now that the imperial court has 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 enemies, who else can be promoted? Therefore, his staff all agreed with this. Only his son Wang Jing questioned: "Sir, these are extraordinary times. The enemy has not been eliminated. We have not eliminated it."
We should put comfort first. As your Excellency said, Dong Zhuo has many party members, but the more so, the easier it is to stir up civil strife. At that time, what will be used to resist the Liang people? Your Excellency, please think twice!"
But Wang Yun twirled his beard 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 eliminate 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. He justly established his power, so that they did not dare to think twice. But where?
How about starting? 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.
I mourned and hoped that the court would give my 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 only 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". Now that Huangfu Jianshou has made it clear, he also hopes to follow this trend and leave his father with a good posthumous name.
All the officials felt that 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.
In addition, he 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 to the court. Therefore, the officials in the capital discussed at the court meeting and felt that it would be appropriate to give him a posthumous title of Rujing Zhao.
Not an exaggeration.
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 the matter with Wang Yun in advance. 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
He first stepped forward and asked, "I wonder what Situ would like to call his posthumous title?"
"It's not as appropriate as Miao."
These words immediately caused an uproar. The name and the reality are both good and the name is Miao, which means that the name is beautiful but the reality is harmful. Everyone thought that Wang Yun could only choose an ordinary posthumous title at most, but unexpectedly he directly chose an evil posthumous title. This made many court officials
It was difficult for them to accept it. For example, Sikong Chunyujia objected vehemently: "Although Cheqi has made minor mistakes, he has made great contributions to the court. How can he slander him after his death? We can continue to punish the Dong thieves to this day, so why don't we have Cheqi?"
Is it your legacy? Situ has passed!"
But Wang Yun actually showed a sarcastic look and criticized in public: "If it were really Huangfu Yi Zhen'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 things for me!"
So Situ stated one by one his dealings with Huangfu Song in the past three years. When he said that Huangfu Song refused several times, he spoke fiercely, and he was obviously very worried about it. Then he even framed Huangfu Song and his plan to kill Dong Zhuo.
Details made public.
After he finished speaking, the audience was completely silent.
After a long silence, Cai Yong, the chief minister 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 speak carefully, Situ!"
He originally wanted to say more, saying that such slander and slander among ministers would greatly affect the morale of the army. The Liang people were originally deeply affected by Huangfu Song's death, and they all thought that Dong Zhuo was stupid and killed indiscriminately, so their morale was low; but now Situ himself
If these are made public, they will think that the court is dark, the scholars insulted the grand master, and then share the same hatred with the enemy, causing the name of righteousness to fall into the hands of rebels.
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! I am here every day.
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. All this happened so quickly that the remaining ministers who originally wanted to remonstrate did not dare to say anything and turned to stare.
Cai Yong. Cai Yong is old, his hair is half white, and his body is relatively weak. Now he is shackled and has only walked a few dozen steps. He looks so tired that he follows the guards down the steps of the palace.
At that time, the guards still needed help, and everyone suddenly felt a sense of sadness. Many people lowered their heads and couldn't bear to look anymore.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Wang Yun reported to the emperor and ordered those who had entered Dong Zhuo's shogunate to be held accountable. Those courtiers who had entered Dong Zhuo's shogunate but did not participate in the anti-director's affairs were dismissed from their posts. Then more officials of the Yuan family who were dismissed by Dong Zhuo were promoted.
To show that he will 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 fault? 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, he would
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 and using heavy codes, I will kill him to rectify the world! Don't say more!
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The next day, a large number of scholars came forward to plead for mercy, hoping that Wang Yun could suspend the punishment of yesterday's courtiers, or at least give them a lighter sentence. Cai Yong himself also came forward to apologize, hoping to be temporarily punished by having his head tattooed and his feet mutilated.
In order to continue the history of the Han Dynasty, after successfully compiling the history, it will not be too late to 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 in Bingzhou." Under this pressure, Wang Yun adopted this strategy.
He has changed his mind, but he can't be said to be kind to other people.
Even though 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 persons 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, nine out of ten people 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.