Chapter 015: Wang Yun's Story (I)
Wang Yun is a completely positive figure in the historical record, and in that dark era, he came out of the mud without staining.
[Born in a famous family, fair]
The Wang family is a famous family in Jizhou, Wang Yun has been well educated by culture since he was a child, and he himself is very intelligent, he has been impressed when he was a teenager, Guo Linzong of the same county once saw Wang Yun, and he was amazed; "Wang Yun's learning speed is advancing day by day, and he is Wang Zuozhi's talent!" And then I befriended him.
Only at the age of 19, Wang Yun was already elected as a county official by others. Although Wang Yun's age is not very old, it does not mean that he has not done anything, on the contrary, in that dark period, he dared to be the master of the people, be an official impartially, and dare to fight against power. At that time, in the Jinyang area, there was a small yellow gate (eunuch) named Zhao Jin who did whatever he wanted in the local area, was tyrannical, bullying men and women, and the common people were deeply affected by it, but because he had a backer in the palace, everyone was angry and did not dare to speak. After Wang Yun found out, he angrily said to his subordinates: "The prince is guilty of the same crime as the common people, who does Zhao Jin think he is?" He was ordered to be arrested and beheaded.
During the period of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, the phenomenon of openly buying and selling officials in the imperial court was very serious, and no one from the central government to the local government did not do it. Among Wang Yun's fellow villagers, there was a gangster named Lu Fo, who was virtuous and talentless, but he relied on the wealth of his family, so he bribed Wang Qiu to be an important official at that time. Wang Yun was very indignant when he found out, he went directly to Wang Qiu to argue, and made the matter public. Wang Qiu was furious, arrested Wang Yun and imprisoned, and even prepared to kill him. Fortunately, the assassin Shi Deng Sheng rescued in time, he took Wang Yun away, and asked him to be a different driver in his own house. Wang Yun was very grateful to Deng Sheng, and Deng Sheng also admired Wang Yun, so with Deng Sheng's help, Wang Yun's reputation grew, and soon attracted the attention of the imperial court.
[Enter the center, integrity does not change]
Soon, the three princes of the imperial court recruited Wang Yun at the same time, and Situ Gaodi was the imperial historian. Then the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out, and the imperial court appointed Wang Yun as the assassin of Yuzhou, and Shang Shuang, Kong Rong and other famous people served as Wang Yun's engagement to eliminate the Yellow Turban Army in the Yuzhou area. Although this was Wang Yun's first time leading troops into battle, he showed extremely high military qualities, he was able to negotiate strategies with his subordinates, and he was able to move forward bravely in battle. Soon, with the help of Huangfu Song, the general of the left middle lang and Zhu Jun of the right middle lang, the Yellow Turban Army in the area of Yuzhou was wiped out.
When accepting the surrender of the Yellow Turban Army, the careful Wang Yun searched the peasant army for a letter written by a guest who was often serving Zhang Rang, which contained some content related to the Yellow Turban Army. And Zhang Rang was the leader of the ten permanent servants of the eunuchs at that time, and was deeply trusted by Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, and Emperor Ling even said that Zhang Rang was my father's words, he controlled the power of the court and had great influence on the government. Wang Yun was not afraid, he suspected that Zhang Rang was having an affair with the Yellow Turban Army, and conducted a further search to obtain more evidence and information, so Wang Yun compiled these into a book and wrote it into a fold to listen to the heavens. Emperor Ling of Han was shocked when he saw it, he urgently summoned Zhang Rang, but unfortunately Zhang Rang was such a treacherous and cunning character, he not only did not admit it, but instead beat a rake and said that Wang Yun was afraid of himself and deliberately framed, Emperor Ling himself had a good impression of Zhang Rang, so he believed him, and the matter was over.
But Zhang Rang didn't let Wang Yun go, he decided to let Wang Yun take a good look at himself. After the limelight of the affair with the Yellow Turban Army passed, Zhang Rang immediately found a reason to put Wang Yun in prison, but caught up with the imperial court's amnesty, Wang Yun was exonerated and released, and returned to his official position. But how could Zhang Rang let Wang Yun have such a good time, in less than ten days, he found another trumped-up charge to put Wang Yun in prison again, and prepared to sentence him to death.
At that time, many high-ranking officials in the court and Wang Yun's subordinates were worried about him, and they all hoped that Wang Yun would apologize to Zhang Rang and admit his mistakes in order to escape the catastrophe, but Wang Yun always refused. Once, one of Wang Yun's subordinates even brought a glass of wine to him and said, "If you want to die, just drink this cup of poisonous wine." But unexpectedly, Wang Yun snatched the wine glass and said sharply: "I am a subject of the dignified Son of Heaven, the king has given me a crime, I should accept the punishment, behead the public on the street in accordance with the king's law, and everyone in the world should take me as a warning, no longer violate the law, and maintain social stability. You don't need to persuade me anymore, I've made up my mind! Then he poured the wine and returned to the cage again. Because Wang Yun refused to compromise with the eunuchs, Zhang Rang found a reason to aggravate Wang Yun's charges again.
The ten permanent attendants led by Zhang Rang so wantonly harmed a righteous minister, which also made those scholars and doctors very dissatisfied. The generals He Jin, the Taiwei Yuan Kui, and Situ Yang Ci jointly wrote to Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, interceding for Wang Yun, hoping that Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty could pardon Wang Yun, although Emperor Ling finally pardoned Wang Yun's capital crime, but due to the obstruction of the eunuchs, Wang Yun still could not escape.
In the winter of this year, there was an amnesty by the imperial court, but due to the obstruction of Zhang Rang and others again, Wang Yun did not appear in the pardon. Although Zhang Rang and other eunuchs obstructed one after another, those upright scholars did not give up, and those three princes continued to intercede for Wang Yun and asked Emperor Ling to pardon him, and finally Wang Yun was exempted from prison the next year. Although Wang Yun hated the actions of Zhang Rang and others, due to the power of the eunuchs and the trust of the emperor, Wang Yun had to change his name and surname and flee Luoyang in order to avoid the revenge of Zhang Rang and others.
But not long after, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty passed away, and the contradictions between the eunuchs led by Zhang Rang and the group of relatives and scholars led by He Jin intensified, and finally a large-scale conflict broke out, He Jin was killed by the eunuchs, and Zhang Rang and other eunuchs were all exterminated.
Before He Jin's death, Wang Yun had already served as his post of Conglang when he went to Luoyang to mourn, after He Jin's death, in order to avoid the eunuchs, Wang Yun was forced to move to Henan Yin, but then He Jin's subordinates Yuan Shu and others were secretly summoned to lead troops into Beijing, to kill Zhang Rang and other eunuchs, Zhang Rang, Duan Hang and others hijacked the young emperor Liu Wei and Chen Liuwang Liu Xie fled in the middle of the night. Such a changing and chaotic situation made everyone at a loss, but Wang Yun put the overall situation first, thinking that the Son of Heaven was the most important, and after he learned the news of the Son of Heaven, he immediately sent people to follow Shangshu Lu Zhi to protect the young emperor, and later Wang Yun and the civil and military officials welcomed the young emperor back to the palace.
Zhang Rang and other eunuchs and eunuchs were finally destroyed, but the situation in the court did not improve because of this. After the darkness, the Demon King came again.