Chapter 008: Wang Ling plotted to change
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After the power of Cao Wei fell into the hands of Sima Yi, many people already felt that Cao's rule was threatened, and Wang Ling, the Taiwei who was in Huainan at the time, was very dissatisfied with this, and he was ready to appoint the elder and wise Chu king Cao Biao as emperor to replace the incompetent Cao Fang and crusade against Sima Yi. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
【Four generations of old ministers Wang Ling】
Wang Ling is the nephew of Situ Wang Yun of the Han Dynasty, when Li Dao, Guo Yan and others fled back to their hometown after breaking through Chang'an, and later assisted Cao Cao, Cao Cao, Cao Pi, Cao Rui and Cao Fang, four generations of Cao Wei monarchs. After the coup d'état of Gao Pingling, Wang Ling had been promoted to the rank of lieutenant, a high and powerful position, and Wang Ling himself was close to eighty years old at that time.
But at that time, Sima Yi had already begun to dictate power, Cao Fang was dizzy and incompetent, Cao Wei's great cause was about to be lost, Cao Shuang was also very familiar with Wang Ling before, Wang Ling, as a fourth-generation old minister, could not turn a blind eye, so he was ready to replace Cao Fang with the elderly and promising Chu King Cao Biao as the emperor.
After Sima Yi launched a coup d'état in Gao Pingling and killed Cao Shuang, he also encircled Wang Ling at first. According to the record of "Wei's Spring and Autumn Period": Taifu asked Jiang Ji calmly, and Ji said: "Ling Wenwu is both supportive, and he is unparalleled today." Broad ambition, beautiful than the father's ear. He repented of it and told his relatives: "I said this, destroying people's sects." ”
Wang Ling's nephew Ling Huyu (formerly known as Ling Hujun) became Cao Shuang's Changshi (General Changshi) in the first year of Zhengshi, and later served as the Yanzhou Assassin Shi, stationed in Tunping'a, and commanded the army in Huainan with Wang Ling.
Wang Ling and Ling Huyu secretly discussed: "Cao Fang, the king of Qi, is restrained by others and is not suitable to serve as emperor again, so he should welcome the elderly and talented Cao Biao, the king of Chu, to succeed him and build the capital Xuchang." "In September of the first year of Jiaping (249), Linghu Yu sent Zhang Shi to Baima to establish contact with Cao Biao. Wang Ling sent guests to Luoyang and told his son Wang Guang their plans, but Wang Guang said: "Abolishing the emperor is a big deal, don't cause disaster." ”
"Han Jin Spring and Autumn Period" records: Ling, foolish schemes, with the emperor young system in the strong ministers, unbearable, the king of Chu is long and talented, and wants to meet it, in order to rejuvenate the Cao family. Ling envoy told the public, and Guang said: "All major events should be done in accordance with their own feelings." Today, Cao Shuang lost the people with arrogance and luxury, Uncle He Ping was weak and incurable, and Ding, Bi, Huan, and Deng had hopes, all of them competed in the world. Add changes to the dynasty, change the number of government decrees, although the existence is high but not the next thing, the people are accustomed to the old, and everyone obeys. Therefore, although the power is all over the world, the sound shocks the world, the same day is killed, the celebrities are halved, and the people are safe, Mo or mourn, and the people are lost. Although it is difficult to measure today's feelings, there is no reversal, but the use of meritocracy, the wide tree to win oneself, the government decree of the previous dynasty, and the desire of the people. The reason why Shuang is an evil person, he doesn't have to change it, he works hard all night to solve it, and he puts compassion for the people first. Fathers and sons, brothers, and holding soldiers, not easy to perish. "Ling doesn't obey.
"Wei Luo" records: I heard that the king of Chu was wise and brave. There is a rumor in Chudong County: "The demon horse comes out of the White Horse River, and the official pasture shouts at night, and all the horses respond, and tomorrow I see its traces, which are as big as Hu, and the line is several miles, and it is also in the river." There are also rumors: "The white horse is bound to the southwest, and the rider is Zhu Hu." "The king of Chu has a small character Zhu Hu, so Yu and Wang Ling conspired to establish the king of Chu. It is to make people understand the king, saying, "Let the king thank the king, the world is unknowable, and the original king loves himself"! Biao Yiyin knew what he meant, and replied, "Thank you, you know your intentions." ”
[Conspiracy Leak]
Wang Ling and Ling Huyu's plan was originally very secretive, Sima Yi and others were also hidden in the dark earlier, but in the first year of Jiaping (249), one of the two masterminds Ling Huyu died of illness, and his staff Yang Kang was in Luoyang at this time, knowing that Ling Huyu leaked the plot to Sima Yi after his death, but because there was no evidence and Wang Ling was the third duke, Sima Yi did not trigger it, and sent Huang Hua to serve as the assassin of Yanzhou, Wang Ling knew nothing about it.
In the second year of Jiaping (250), Yingfu (Mars) appeared in the position of the Southern Dipper, and Wang Ling said: "There may be a sudden dignitary figure in the Dou Xing." According to the record of "Wei Luo": Ling Wendong civilians know the stars in detail and ask for details. Suspect that Ling is coerced, and he wants to please his will, not to mention that Wu should have death and mourning, but Huainan Chu is also divided, and now Wu and Chu occupy together, and there should be a king. Therefore, the plan was decided.
In the spring of the third year of Jiaping (251), Sun Quan was running out of time, fearing that Cao Wei would take the opportunity to invade, so he mobilized the Eastern Wu army to concentrate in Tushui, Wang Ling hoped to take this opportunity to send troops to abolish the emperor and welcome the new monarch, so he strictly deployed the army and wrote a letter asking for a crusade against the invading enemy. The imperial court did not agree. At this time, Wang Ling's mood of raising troops to abolish the emperor was even more urgent, so he sent his general Yang Hong to tell Yanzhou Assassin Shi Huanghua his idea of deposing the king of Qi and establishing the king of Chu. Because the fief of Cao Biao, the king of Chu at that time, was in Baima, Yanzhou, Wang Ling wanted to establish Cao Biao as the emperor, but he couldn't bypass the Yanzhou assassin history, but he didn't expect Huang Hua and Yang Hong to jointly report the matter to Taifu Sima Yi.
【Death of Wang Ling】
After Sima Yi learned the news, he immediately led the Chinese army to attack Wang Ling along the waterway, and wrote a letter to advise him, while the army quietly approached the hundred-foot weir and approached the state to govern Shouchun. Wang Ling knew that the general trend had gone, so he came out alone by boat to greet Sima Yi, sent his subordinates to apologize, and handed over the seal ribbon and jieyue. When the army approached the hill, Wang Ling had his hands tied behind his back and stand in the water. Sima Yi was ordered to let the master book untie Wang Ling's ropes, summon Wang Ling, give comfort, and return Wang Ling's seal ribbon and jieyue, and sent 600 soldiers and horses to send Wang Ling back to the capital.
"Ganbao Jin Ji" records: Ling to Xiang, seeing Jia Kui's temple on the water side, Ling Hu said: "Jia Liang Dao, Wang Ling is loyal to Wei Zhisheji, only there is a god, know it." ”
Sima Yi to Shouchun, Zhang Shi and others surrendered. At this point, the matter was finally dealt with. Cao Biao was given death to commit suicide, and all those involved in this matter were exterminated. The first rebellion of the "Huainan Three Rebellions" in the later period of Cao Wei ended like this.
The court and China discussed that the righteousness of "Spring and Autumn", Qi Cuizhu and Zheng Guisheng were hunted down, the coffin was opened, and the corpse was recorded. The culpability of Wang Ling and Ling Huyu should also be dealt with in accordance with the old classics. So he dug up the graves of Wang Ling and Ling Huyu, opened the coffin, and violently corpsed them in the nearby market for three days. He also burned his ribbon and court clothes together. After that, relatives and friends buried the body. Yang Hong and Huang Hua were promoted to the townspeople. Wang Ling's son, Wang Guang, was interested in the cultivation of academic morality, but because of this incident, he was killed Lianlian, and he was only in his forties at this time.
According to the record of "Wei Luo", Yanzhou Beijia Dangu and Yang Kang in Zhizhong were both the henchmen of Yanzhou Assassin Shi Linghu Yu. After Linghu Yu's death, Yang Kang was invited to Luoyang at the invitation of Situ. revealed what Ling Hu Yu was doing secretly, and Ling Hu Yu was exposed because of this. When Sima Yi arrived in Shouchun, he saw Shan Gu and asked him, "Did Linghu fool rebel?" He replied, "No." Yang Kang's denunciation was implicated in Shan Gu, so he arrested Shan Gu and his family, and sent them to Tingwei's office, tortured several times, and Shan Gu insisted that there was no. Sima Yi arrested Yang Kang and asked him to confront Shan Gu, who was poor and scolded Yang Kang: "You old slave! Betray the king, and destroy my family, see how long you can live! At first, Yang Kang hoped that he could be made a marquis, but later because of the many inconsistencies and contradictions in his confession, Sima Yi also beheaded him together. When they were about to be sentenced, they were released from prison together, and Shan Gu scolded Yang Kang again: "Old slave! You deserve to die, and if the dead know, see what face you have to walk underground. ”