Chapter 171: Wang Yun's Change
Cai Yong understood his old friend's character very well, and when he heard his words, he was full of helplessness and indignation, and couldn't help but say: "Ziyan, has Luoyang changed?" β
Huang Wan glanced at his old friend, then at everyone, and then said: "Don't hide it from you, the old man once discussed with Wang Situ about killing Lu Bu, but ......"
"What's wrong?" Xi Zhicai couldn't help but ask.
"Alas...... The human heart is unpredictable...... At that time, Wang Situ was dedicated to the public, and he was willing to take the risk of assassinating Dong Zhuo with a knife Cao Cao, and then did not hesitate to sacrifice his righteous daughter, and successfully separated the relationship between Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu by skillful beauty schemes, but unfortunately he failed in the end, and finally had to protect the saint to fight out of the siege and return to Luoyang, who knew that after returning to Luoyang, Wang Situ ...... him"
It turned out that after Wang Yun arrived in Luoyang, because of the relationship between Diao Chan, he won the trust of Lu Bu, and everything was handled by Wang Yun, which can be said to be above 10,000 people under one person, when he had real power and controlled the life and death of countless people in his hands, his mentality gradually changed, he knew very well that once the emperor fell into the hands of others, he still couldn't avoid the puppet facts, and he was also destined to lose all rights, if he was lucky, he would give a false position, and he could enjoy his old age in peace, if he was unlucky, then ...... When he tastes the taste of power, it is not so easy to let go, he is not willing to give up, he wants to hold on tightly, just for the desire in his heart, only for the pleasure of controlling the life and death of others, just to make countless people prostrate in front of him...... He knew that if he wanted to continue all this, he could only rely on Lu Bu, and he would be both prosperous and lose with Lu Bu...... So, he tied himself to Lu Bu's chariot and became Lu Bu's minion, he forgot his old oath!
Huang Wan once approached Wang Yun, hoping that he would join forces with him to get rid of Lu Bu, but Wang Yun refused on the spot, and asked Huang Wan to swear allegiance to Lu Bu, otherwise don't blame him for not remembering the past. The result of the incident made Huang Wan almost angry, and due to the situation, he said that he would be loyal to Lu Bu against his will. Finally, Wang Yun still remembered a little old love and didn't hurt him, but he didn't trust him anymore, took back all his rights, not to mention, and sent soldiers to monitor, if he had any changes, he believed that Wang Yun would not show mercy. The disheartened Huang Wan refused all visitors, no longer participated in court politics, and borrowed wine every day to drown his sorrows......
Originally, this time the decree of Yizhou only needs a small yellow door, and it is not enough to work for the dignified Taiwei, even if the power in the hands of this Taiwei may not be as big as a small yellow door! However, after Huang Wan learned of this, he took the initiative to come to Yizhou, firstly to avoid the disturbances around him, and secondly, he also wanted to see what kind of person Liu Zhang, the Han clan, was, and whether he had the qualifications to revive the Han Dynasty. Wang Yun did not stay in trouble, agreed to Huang Wan's request, and asked Huang Wan to go to Yizhou to deliver the decree.
Liu Zhang laughed secretly in his heart, in fact, he had already had this guess, otherwise Wang Yun would not have made a plan with Lu Bu and defeated Cao Cao.
When everyone learned of Wang Yun's change, they were full of emotion, who would have thought that Wang Yun, who was dedicated to the Han Dynasty, would actually ......
Liu Zhang persuaded: "Lord Taiwei don't have to worry, Lu Bu and Wang Yun are trapped in Luoyang, facing enemies on all sides, and it is difficult to achieve something." It only takes one year, and a year later, Zhang Biti will mention the Northern Expedition to Emperor Qinhuang and restore the glory of the Han family! β
Huang Wan was relieved and said: "So very good, so very good, Liu Cheqi has this ambition, and the revival of the Han Dynasty is expected!" β
Liu Zhang said again: "Luoyang is not a place to live for a long time, Lord Taiwei is not as good as settling in Chengdu, Zhang will treat each other with the courtesy of the three princes, if Lord Taiwei helps, Zhang is like a tiger with wings, Lu Bu and Wang Yun are full of words." And when Lord Taiwei settles in Chengdu, he can often drink and talk with his father-in-law, isn't it fun? β
Cai Yong also said: "Yes, just stay, you and I have been separated for twenty-nine years, and everyone is in the twilight of life, to put it mildly, this time you return to Luoyang, and I don't know if there will be a goodbye day......"
Huang Wan's eyes were slightly red, and he sighed: "I also want to have a good time with my uncle, but my family is still in Luoyang, if I don't go back, Wang Yun will not let them go easily, not to mention...... Although I don't have real power, I still have a little bit of thin noodles, and I still have some relationships in the past, although I can't make a big difference, but it's still okay to be an internal intelligence point......"
Everyone immediately understood what Huang Wan meant, yes, Huang Wan spoke up righteously, but he was imprisoned with injustice, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty all respected his loyalty and sympathy for his grievances, so he won the respect of hundreds of officials, even if it was Wang Yun, knowing that Huang Wan had the heart of anti-Lu, he did not add to the crime, although there were past feelings, I am afraid that it was more because of Huang Wan's reputation that he did not dare to act rashly. With Huang Wan's fame, returning to Luoyang can indeed greatly help Liu Zhang, knowing this, everyone did not persuade again, even Cai Yong just took Huang Wan's hand and sighed, on the one hand is a friend of life and death, and on the other hand is a son-in-law, what else can he say?
Three days later, Liu Zhang held a grand military parade outside the south gate of Chengdu, and more than 100,000 people from Chengdu Shinong Industry and Commerce inspected the victorious division with Liu Zhang, and then Liu Zhang and Yizhou officials personally carried the coffin and buried the soldiers who died in the battle and counterinsurgency on Qingcheng Mountain.
Qingcheng Mountain, a famous Taoist mountain, was designated by Liu Zhang as a martyr's cemetery park, with a garrison of 3,000 troops to protect the peace of the former Paoze brothers. Because the entrance of the cemetery is inscribed with Liu Zhang's handwritten "who has not died since ancient times, leaving Dan Xin to sweat and sweat", people will wind up the mountain and habitually call it Danxin Corridor. Liu Zhang spent a huge amount of money to plant pines and cypresses in the mountains, and ordered people to build a martyr's pavilion that was even above the state governor's mansion, which enshrined the tablet of every sacrificed soldier, and the incense continued all year round (not yet completed, still under construction)......
At the funeral, a deleted and modified version of "Song of Righteousness" was released, and the author is naturally Comrade Liu Zhang, the protagonist of whom we are proud of piracy. When Liu Zhang read out this masterpiece word by word, everyone sighed at his talent, but also moved by everything he did for the fallen soldiers, especially those ordinary soldiers in the army, when they knew that they could be buried with those generals and doctors in the same place and enjoy the world's sacrifices, their support for Liu Zhang can be said to be blind, even if Liu Zhang asked them to commit suicide immediately, I am afraid that more than half of them will not hesitate......
Half a year later, when the Martyrs' Pavilion was built, a piece of marble weighing hundreds of tons was placed next to it, engraved with the "Song of Righteousness" created by Liu Zhang and written by Cai Yong, and since then, this stone tablet has stood in place for more than 1,800 years until a strong earthquake damaged it.
After Huang Wan participated in the military parade and funeral, he returned to the north, and Liu Zhang led everyone to send thirty miles, and then they said goodbye.
Liu Zhang considered that the demise of LΓΌ Bu was not a good thing for him, because whether Emperor Xian fell into the hands of Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shao or Cao Cao, the most feared Emperor of Wei, these people had a vast territory and a large number of generals. In contrast, he still thinks that Emperor Xian is in the hands of Lu Bu is the most beneficial for his next move, Lu Bu is just a reckless man, and his subordinates have no good plans, Wang Yun? He is good at government affairs, fighting for power and profit with people above the court, intriguing, as a veteran of the political arena, he can be said to be handy, but to be honest with the military strategy, he is not very good at it, Chen Gong, an important adviser of Lu Bu in history, is still Cao Cao's minister at the moment, and Lu Bu's most important arms Zhang Liao and Gao Shun have been pulled to his side, relying on Cao Xing and others, wanting to block the enemies who are swarming from all directions? Liu Zhang sweated a lot for Lu Bu, for his own sake, he couldn't sit back and watch Lu Bu perish, at least not easily! So, Liu Zhang gave a big gift to Lu Bu when Huang Wan left, and the gift list was impressively recorded: 100,000 stone of grain, 50,000 yuan of money, 5,000 gold, 5,000 longbows, 100,000 arrows, 5,000 guns, and 10,000 long swords! Of course, what Huang Wan took with him was nothing more than a list, and Liu Zhang, who had ordered Jingzhou Assassin Shi Kuailiang to raise it from the spoils, and when Huang Wan returned to Luoyang, he asked Lu Bu to send someone to Nanyang to receive it.
Liu Zhang is not bent on strengthening Lu Bu, he knows very well that it is a vicious wolf that cannot be fed, and he will attack himself at any time, but he still decided to do so after soliciting the opinions of Xun Yu and others, no matter how strong Lu Bu's strength is, he can't avoid the situation of facing enemies on all sides, and the emperor Lu Bu holds is a chicken that lays golden eggs, and everyone wants to hold it to their own homes, so there is no way to avoid the conflict between Lu Bu and Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shao, and Cao Cao, with Lu Bu's strength now, if he faces the attack of the three, failure is inevitable. His funding of Lu Bu will not give Lu Bu a chance to turn defeat into victory, but a powerful Lu Bu will cause great casualties to Dong Zhuo and others, greatly depleting the strength of the three of them, and he will face enemies who are both defeated and injured one by one in the future; In addition, he can also befriend Lu Bu when he funds Lu Bu, after all, Emperor Xian is still in Lu Bu's hands, and if he is good with Lu Bu, he will not suffer a loss in righteousness, otherwise Lu Bu will let Emperor Xian issue an order to scold him in three days, and people in the world must not regard him as a chaotic minister and thief? If you are good friends with Lu Bu, even if you give an edict to the emperor, it will definitely be a compliment, so that others will know how loyal he Liu Zhang is to the Han Dynasty and the Han royal family! And he only needs to pay some materials, whether it is the immediate or future benefits are incalculable, why not? What's more, his things are not given in vain, all along, his desire for war horses has not stopped for a moment, he knows very well that the cavalry as the king of the battlefield has more than a thousand years of glory, and Yizhou and Jingzhou are trapped in the geographical environment, the acquisition of strategic materials such as war horses has been very difficult, so he hit the idea to Lu Bu's head, and the state is adjacent to Xianbei, animal husbandry is thriving, Lu Bu has a very stable source of war horses after seizing half of the state, and his financial resources and manpower are not enough to arm too many cavalry, So Liu Zhang decided to exchange these materials for 5,000 good horses. And he also asked Huang Wan to tell Lu Bu that he was willing to buy good horses from Lu Bu, from foals to stallions, as long as he was not disabled.
Later, Liu Zhang's business was really successful, and Lu Bu reciprocated by sending Liu Zhang 5,000 war horses, and then in nearly a year, Lu Bu successively transported more than 18,600 horses to Nanyang, including more than 3,000 foals and stallions, and the rest were untrained adult horses. Liu Zhang built a horse farm in Shandu County, Nanyang County, which is not a large scale, Shandu County is located in the west of the water, there is a water as a screen, and it is close to Xiangyang, once the enemy can be immediately rescued by the Xiangyang garrison, and safety is not a problem. Although the scale of the horse farm is not large, it can only provide Liu Zhang with about 2,000 foals every year, but it is a stable source of war horses, so it is very valued by Liu Zhang, and he specially set up the Shangxi Yuan to manage the horse farm full-time.