Chapter 537
Liu Xin didn't expect that in addition to famous figures in the Three Kingdoms such as Sima Yi and Zhuge Liang, even Wang Ling was forcibly "matured" by the Heavenly Dao, and Wang Ling, who was supposed to be only eight years old, was now a young man in his twenties. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
And Liu Xin also has a speculation from this, that is, Sima Lang and others should also be "matured" by Tiandao, after all, Sima Lang and others are Wang Ling's friends, and the relationship with Wang Ling is still very good, as the saying goes, "pull a hair and move the whole body", Wang Ling's changes will inevitably lead to changes in Sima Lang and others, after all, some of the events in Wang Ling are related to Sima Lang and others.
But having said that, Liu Xin felt that in terms of Wang Ling's ability, it was indeed worthy of being "ripened" by Heavenly Dao, because when Wang Ling came to prominence during the Three Kingdoms period, it was already in the era when Cao Pi ascended the throne.
In the first year of the early Huang Dynasty (that is, in 220 AD), after Cao Pi became the emperor of the Han Dynasty, he began to vigorously promote some of his cronies, among which Wang Ling also flew Huang Tengda at this time, and was directly appointed as the Loose Cavalry Chang Shi (the position is equivalent to the Zhong Chang Shi), and served as the assassin of Yanzhou, you must know that Yanzhou is the birthplace and foundation of Cao Wei, which shows Cao Pi's trust in Wang Ling.
In the third year of the early Huang Dynasty (that is, in 222 AD), Cao Wei and Eastern Wu had a battle at the entrance of the cave, Wang Ling and the generals worked together to defeat the Wu general Lu Fan, so Wang Ling was named the Marquis of Yicheng Pavilion, and was crowned as the general of Jianwu, and then Wang Ling was appointed as the assassin of Qingzhou, he began to sort out the local law, rebuild the order after the local war, and was praised by the people, which shows that Wang Ling is also a talent with both civil and military skills.
In the second year of Taihe (that is, in 228 AD), Wang Ling followed the general Cao Xiu to conquer Eastern Wu, and had an encounter with the Wu army when he was in the middle of the stone, but the Wei army lost because of insufficient preparation, but fortunately I had Wang Ling desperately break through, so that Cao Xiu was able to retreat, so Wang Ling also got Cao Xiu's friendship, and Wang Ling was more like a fish in water in Cao Wei's forces.
Later, Wang Ling served as the history of Yangzhou and Yuzhou, and they were quite popular with the military and the people, because when Wang Ling first arrived in Yuzhou, he commended the descendants of the local sages, and then recruited some talented people who were not yet very famous to become officials, so the influence was very good, and he was supported by people from all walks of life in Yuzhou, and also became an important figure in Cao Wei's forces.
Therefore, in the third year of the early Jing Dynasty, in the first year of Zhengshi (that is, in 239 AD), after the death of Cao Wei's new emperor Cao Rong, the then general Cao Shuang actively approached Wang Ling, appointing Wang Ling as the general of Zhengdong and the military governor of Yangzhou on the fake festival, which completely made Wang Ling a high-level person of Cao Wei's forces.
In the first two years (that is, in 241 AD), the general of Wu Guo Quan Cong (at that time, the Eastern Wu horse, married Sun Quan's daughter Sun Luban as his wife) led tens of thousands of horses to attack Shaobei, so Wang Ling led the army to meet the battle, and the Wu army retreated, so Wang Ling was named the Marquis of Nanxiang, and soon after he was promoted to the general of the chariot cavalry, Yitong Sansi, 1,350 households, to the ninth year of the beginning (that is, 248 AD), Wang Ling replaced Gao Rou as Cao Wei Sikong, and thus embarked on the peak of life.
However, the civil strife in the later period of Cao Wei's power continued, especially when the successors after Cao Rui were not as good as the next generation, Cao Wei's ministers had their own private letters, wanting to follow Cao Cao, the founder of Cao Wei's power, to "coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes", support a puppet emperor to come to power, and then he could become the "mastermind behind the scenes".
In this context, Wang Ling naturally moved his own careful thinking, it happened that Linghu Yu, the assassin of Yanzhou at that time, was Wang Ling's nephew and was stationed in the Ping'a area, so Wang Ling and Linghu Yu's nephew and uncle were in charge of heavy troops at the same time, and they were solely responsible for defending the Huainan region.
At this time, Sima Yi killed the general Cao Shuang, so Wang Ling was dissatisfied, after all, Cao Shuang was also carrying Wang Ling, so Cao Shuang also had the grace of knowing Wang Ling, so Wang Ling and his nephew Ling Huyu were secretly plotting, thinking that the current Wei Emperor Cao Fang was mediocre and cowardly, and was subject to the strong minister (naturally referring to Sima Yi), so Wang Ling heard that Cao Biao, the king of Chu, was wise and brave, so he wanted to support Cao Biao as the emperor and welcome Cao Biao to Xuchang to replace Cao Fang.
Sima Yi didn't know Wang Ling's dissatisfaction with him at the beginning, so he also actively approached Wang Ling, who was the Sikong at the time, and in the Gaopingling Incident (Cao Cao was named the king of Wei, he took Sima Yi as the prince's concubine to Sasuke Cao Pi, and when Cao Pi was dying, he also made Sima Yi and Cao Zhen and others as auxiliary ministers, assisting Emperor Cao Rui of Wei Ming, and when Emperor Cao Rui of Wei Ming was in power, Sima Yi repeatedly moved to important positions such as generals, generals, and lieutenants, and then after the death of Emperor Cao Rui of Wei Ming, After Cao Fang succeeded to the throne, Sima Yi was squeezed out by Cao Shuang and moved to the Taifu without real power, which caused Sima Yi's dissatisfaction and ambition, so in the first ten years, that is, in 249 AD, Sima Yi took advantage of Cao Shuang to accompany Cao Fang to leave Luoyang to Gaoping Mausoleum to sweep the grave, raised troops to launch a coup d'état and took control of Cao Wei's capital, since then Cao Wei's military power fell into the hands of Sima, and then Sima Yi beat Cao Shuang's cronies Zhang Dangqu into a trick and "confessed" Out of Cao Shuang and He Yan's plan to rebel in March of this year, Sima Yi ordered Cao Shuang and his accomplices to be arrested and imprisoned, and at the same time Huan Fan was also imprisoned for "slandering" Sima Yi for rebellion, and Cao Shuang and others were executed together, and exterminated the three clans, this is the Gao Pingling incident, in this incident Sima Yi eliminated the power of the Cao clan led by Cao Shuang in the court, since then the power of the Cao clan has become weaker and weaker, and the Sima clan has been able to fully grasp the power of Cao Wei's forces and control the Cao Wei dynasty. Then gradually eliminate the forces that supported the Cao clan, and advance towards the goal of usurping Cao Wei's power, which also laid the foundation for Sima Yan to replace Wei Lijin in the future), and then promoted Wang Ling to the rank of lieutenant, so as to win over Wang Ling.
At that time, Sima Yi asked Jiang Ji (Wang Ling's former lieutenant) how Wang Ling's talent was and whether he could take over his position as lieutenant, Jiang Ji replied that Wang Ling was both civil and military, unparalleled in the world, and his son Wang Guang was more ambitious and better than his father (Liu Xin suspected that Jiang Ji was killing Wang Ling), so Sima Yi was also a little wary of Wang Ling.
And on this side, Wang Ling's action to set up a new monarch has been carried out in secret, because Cao Biao's fief is in Yanzhou Linghu Yu's territory, so in September of the first year of Jiaping (that is, 249 AD), Ling Huyu sent his cronie Zhang Shi to visit Cao Biao's house in the name of supervising the prince, and then told Cao Biao about Wang Ling and Ling Huyu's plan, Cao Biao naturally readily agreed, after all, who doesn't want to be the emperor?
Therefore, after learning of Cao Biao's thoughts, Wang Ling sent his subordinates to Luoyang, because most of Wang Ling's family members were still in Luoyang, so he wanted to tell his son Wang Guang about his plan.
Wang Guang naturally agreed to his father's plan, but Wang Guang thought that it was not the time to implement the plan, because the general Cao Shuang, who had been killed, had lost the trust of the people because of arrogance and lasciviousness, He Yan was vain and could not govern the country, although Ding Mi, Bi Rail, Huan Fan and others had a high reputation, but they were all bent on chasing fame and fortune, coupled with the fact that Cao Wei's rules and regulations had changed many times, and changed policies and laws at will, these people in power thought too much. Basically, it is an unrealistic change of people's feelings, and most of the people are accustomed to the old system, so not many people will support Cao Shuang and others, so Cao Shuang and others had the ability to move the world and the reputation of Megatron at that time, but after Cao Shuang and others were killed, most of the celebrities under them dispersed, and the people had followed the old system, and no one would feel sad for Cao Shuang and them, which was due to the loss of the people's hearts; And now Sima Yi's heart is unpredictable, but Sima Yi can promote meritocracy, follow the policies and decrees of the previous dynasty, meet the wishes of the people, and correct those things that caused Cao Shuang's notoriety, and have won the hearts of the people, so it is very difficult to overthrow Sima Yi.
Although Wang Guang was reasonable, Wang Ling couldn't listen to his son's words and continued to insist on his own opinions.
Therefore, in November of the same year, Ling Huyu sent Zhang Shi to visit Cao Biao again and conspired, but before Zhang Shi came back, Ling Huyu suddenly died of illness, and Ling Huyu's sudden death brought a great variable.
Yang Kang, one of Ling Huyu's staff, was reporting to Yanzhou government affairs in the Situ Mansion in Kyoto at this time, but after hearing the news of Ling Huyu's death, this person didn't know why, but immediately reported to Situ Gaorou at that time to expose Wang Ling and Ling Huyu's plan.
And Gao Rou is naturally a member of Sima Yi's family, so after learning about this, he immediately reported to Sima Yi, Sima Yi was quite surprised after learning about this, but immediately regained his composure, because Wang Ling is now ranked as the third duke, and he is also a real power faction, and now there is no other specific evidence except Yang Kang's testimony, so Sima Yi is difficult to deal with Wang Ling for a while, so Sima Yi decided to wait and see what happens for the time being, keep it strictly secret, and send his subordinate Huang Hua to serve as the assassin of Yanzhou, And Wang Ling didn't know anything about Yang Kang's whistleblowing, and was still secretly actively preparing for various affairs.
In the second year of Jiaping (that is, in 250 AD), Yingfu (the ancient name for Mars) appeared in the position of the Southern Dipper, and Wang Ling said that he thought that this was a directive from heaven to himself, thinking that there would be a new king to replace the previous king, so Wang Ling was more determined to set up a new king.
In the first month of the third year of Jiaping (that is, 251 AD), Sun Quan was afraid that after his death, the Wei army would drive straight in, so he blocked Tushui, and Wang Ling knew that he had finally waited for the opportunity, so in the name of attacking Eastern Wu, he asked the central government to send a "tiger talisman" to unify the army, so as to facilitate Wang Ling to mobilize the Yangzhou army to launch a coup d'état, and Sima Yi knew that it was a plan, so naturally he did not agree, so Wang Ling had no choice but to send his henchman Yang Hong to persuade Huang Hua, the new assassin of Yanzhou, to act with him. Unexpectedly, this Yang Hong and Huang Hua actually jointly played Sima Yi to inform Sima Yi that Wang Ling was about to rebel, and Sima Yi on this side saw that the time was ripe, so he directly mobilized tens of thousands of horses, and went south from the waterway in April of the same year, and Sima Yi first issued a pardon order to pardon Wang Ling's crimes, and then wrote a letter to Wang Ling, as a result, soon after Sima Yi's army suddenly arrived at Baiqiyan, and approached Shouchun, the state office, that is, Wang Ling's base camp.
Because there was no tiger talisman to transfer troops, Wang Ling did not have enough soldiers and horses in his hands, so Wang Ling knew that he would definitely not be able to defeat Sima Yi, so Wang Ling decided to surrender to Sima Yi, and chose to commit suicide during his imprisonment.
And Wang Ling's rebellion was also the first "Shouchun Three Rebellions", that is, after the Sima clan controlled the Cao Wei Dynasty, three rebellions occurred in Shouchun, followed by Wang Ling, Wu Qiu Jian, and Zhuge Dan.
However, there is also a grapevine, because Sima Yi died of illness in the same year, so some people think that Wang Ling's ghost haunted Sima Yi and killed Sima Yi, which is the same as Guan Yu who killed Lu Meng after his death...
Thinking of this, Liu Xin couldn't help but start to suspect that the reason why this Wang Ling was "matured" by the Heavenly Dao was that he was going to be sent to Sima Yi as a "whetstone"...
After all, Sima Yi and Zhuge Liang have already been born in advance, and it should be impossible for the Heavenly Dao to directly give Sima Yi and Zhuge Liang super high wisdom and ability, and they will definitely be gradual and gradual, so that Sima Yi and Zhuge Liang can be tempered little by little and develop into the self in history.
Therefore, Sima Yi and Zhuge Liang need enough whetstones, so the Heavenly Dao will "mature" some of Sima Yi and Zhuge Liang's opponents in history in advance, if there is no interference, I am afraid that this Wang Ling is likely to die at the hands of Sima Yi.
When Liu Xin thought of such a guess, he couldn't help but affirm this guess, because Liu Xin knew that with the character of Tiandao, there was a chance that he would do such a thing.
So, Liu Xin began to think about another question, that is, should he "save" this Wang Ling, and looking at Wang Yun's appearance, it is impossible to bring his nephew to play with him idlely, so Liu Xin estimated that Wang Yun wanted Wang Ling to take refuge in him.
In fact, Wang Yun learned from his own channels that Yuan Feng had promised Liu Xin that he would join forces with Yang Ci and others to invite Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty and let Liu Xin become the pastor of Yizhou, Wang Yun naturally wanted to find a way out for his nephew, so Wang Yun found Liu Xin.
Although Liu Xin knew that Wang Ling was both civil and military, Liu Xin did not have the idea of soliciting Wang Ling, because Liu Xin felt that he should not have too much to do with Wang Yun, because according to Liu Xin and Su Jia's speculation, Wang Yun would definitely make a big news in the future, and Liu Xin did not plan to be involved.