Chapter 173 Dong Thief Dies, Father-in-law is in Danger
In fact, Duan Xun was on his way at the end of May with a large number of canonization orders from the imperial court, and when he arrived at Zhang Yang's territory in Hanoi, Gongsun Zhan had already led his army north, and Yuan Shao had begun to prepare to attack Han Fu.
General Jianyi and Hanoi Taishou Zhang Yang were people with benevolent temperament and no prestige, and he felt that it was unkind to let Duan Xun go to Jizhou at this time, so he kindly kept Duan Xun and let him stay in Hanoi for more than a month.
By the time Duan Xun staggered around Jizhou and then went to Youzhou to deliver the message, it was already late July, and it had been three full months since he left Chang'an!
So, when Liu He patted his chest and assured his father that Dong Zhuo would die......
Dong Zhuo, it's really dead!
Dong Zhuo was hacked to death by his good son Lu Bu with a knife and axe. At the beginning, in order to get rid of Ding Yuan, who was in the way, Dong Zhuo induced Lu Bu to turn back in front of the tent and killed his first father-in-law. Then, Dong Zhuo recognized Lu Bu as his righteous son and became Lu Bu's second father. Now, Lu Bu was instigated by Wang Yun to kill his second father-in-law and third father.
Before Lu Bu killed Dong Zhuo, there were actually many people who wanted to drink Dong Zhuo's blood, eat Dong Zhuo's meat, crush Dong Zhuo's bones, and sleep Dong Zhuo's skin.
Wu Fu, the captain of the Yue Cavalry, hated Dong Zhuo's perverse behavior very much, and secretly vowed to kill Dong Zhuo with his own hands to avenge the innocent people who died.
One day, Wu Fu was wearing a saber and came to see Dong Zhuo. After he finished reporting to Dong Zhuo on military affairs, he got up and left. In order to show his attention, Dong Zhuo got up and went out to see him off, and patted Wu Fu on the back with a pair of old glass hands, showing a very cordial look. Wu Fu saw this opportunity, and suddenly pulled out his saber and stabbed Dong Zhuo, but he used too much force because of his murderous intentions, and finally failed to stab Dong Zhuo's vital point. Dong Zhuo was shocked, fought back, and urgently called for the guards to come to the rescue, so that he was out of danger. In the process of fighting with the guards, Wu Fu was outnumbered and hacked to death.
Dong Zhuo is so hateful, it is really related to the cruel and unkind, angry and resentful bad things he has done.
When Dong Zhuo led the army into Luoyang, he saw that the rich and noble mansions in the city were continuous, the families were rich, and the gold and silk properties were innumerable, so he connived at his soldiers to carry out a "prison" campaign. The Xiliang soldiers got Dong Zhuo's acquiescence, killed people and set fire everywhere in Luoyang City, ** women, looted materials, and made the whole Luoyang restless, and complained.
In February of the first year of the First Ping, the Longxi Qiang soldiers under Dong Zhuo robbed the common people who were participating in the township community assembly in Yangcheng. These brutal Qiang soldiers killed all the men in the assembly, cut off their heads, and placed them on the wheels of the chariot in blood, and passers-by were terrified when they saw them. After returning to Luoyang, Dong Zhuo's generals gathered the heads of these innocent people and burned them, rewarded the soldiers with the looted women and property, and claimed to outsiders that they were the spoils of war captured by the enemy.
Once, Dong Zhuo invited many officials from the DPRK and China to a banquet. The officials were all inexplicable, and they didn't know what Dong Zhuo wanted to do. At the banquet, Dong Zhuo showed high interest and beckoned everyone to drink happily and not have any scruples. After the three rounds of drinking, Dong Zhuo suddenly got up and said to the people present with a mysterious face: "In order to help everyone drink, I have specially prepared a wonderful program, please watch!" After saying this, Dong Zhuo high-fived, and then laughed wildly.
The next moment, the originally lively banquet venue turned into a brutal slaughterhouse. Hundreds of rebels were escorted to the center of the venue by Dong Zhuo's soldiers, who first ordered the soldiers to cut off their tongues, then cut off their hands and feet, then gouge out their eyes and take out their hearts and livers...... These cruel methods made all the guests present miserable, and many of them were so frightened that they could not even shake their chopsticks to the ground. Dong Zhuo had a happy expression on his face, and continued to drink freely, revealing a smug look from time to time.
On another occasion, Dong Zhuo ordered hundreds of captured rebel soldiers to wrap strips of cloth around their bodies, stand upside down with their heads, and then pour oil on them, light a fire and burn them alive, and jokingly called these lit soldiers "human candles".
When the capital was moved to Chang'an, Dong Zhuo, in order to prevent officials and people from fleeing back to the eastern capital Luoyang, he ordered the entire Luoyang City and a large number of buildings such as palaces, temples, and treasury within 200 miles nearby to be burned down. Luoyang City, the most prosperous city in the world, became a ruin after Dong Fatzi's order, and it could not be restored for a hundred years.
After Dong Zhuo came to power, the system of the entire Han Dynasty changed rapidly and was capricious, and the laws and punishments he promulgated were chaotic and unorthodox, which directly caused the paralysis of government institutions at all levels. Dong Zhuo imposed the harshest criminal law on ordinary people, and for his cronies and their families, he violated the law and did not prosecute, everything depends on personal likes and dislikes and will.
In order to grab wealth on a large scale, Dong Zhuo sent Lu Bu to loot the royal tombs and tombs of the princes around Luoyang, and looted all the burial goods in them. After doing these things that lacked morality and asshole, Dong Zhuo did not stop, and ordered the destruction of the five-baht coins that were in circulation, broke all the bronze figures, bronze bells and copper horses, and recast them into shoddy "unwritten coins".
Because of the proliferation of "unpaid money", inflation has intensified, and eventually people everywhere no longer use copper coins, but adopt the most primitive barter method of trading. The common people are miserable, and their lives are in extreme pain, but Dong Zhuo uses the money he collects to build a palace, singing and dancing all day long, seeking pleasure, and living a life of debauchery.
Cao Cao, a veteran "literary youth", wrote a poem called "Pickle Dew Xing" in response to Dong Zhuo's perverse behavior, which reads: The thief holds the authority of the country, kills the lord and dies Yujing. Overthrew the emperor's foundation, and the temple was burned. Sowing more and more westward migration, crying and walking. The city of Zempolo, the micro-child is sad.
Dong Zhuo has done so many bad things that are angry with the public of heaven, if he can still get a good death, unless God is really blind, there will be no karma in the world.
In April of the third year of the first peace, Situ Wang Yun, Shang Shufu shooter Sun Rui and Dong Zhuo's confidant Lu Bu conspired to kill Dong Zhuo. Previously, Wang Yun had discussed with Huang Wan, the captain of Sili, Zheng Gongye, Shangshu, Sun Rui, and others who had joined forces to kill Dong Zhuo.
Shi Sun Rui said in the "black dialect of the rivers and lakes": "Since the beginning of winter last year, the sun in the sky has not shone, and it has rained for more than 60 consecutive days. Now, the time is perfect for us to take the initiative to eliminate the culprits while the world is boiling! β
Shi Sun Rui was using code words to remind Wang Yunke to take advantage of the right time, place and people to get rid of Dong Zhuo in one fell swoop. Wang Yun agreed with Shi Sun Rui's opinion, but considering that Dong Zhuo was usually heavily guarded, and he himself was also a man of great force, if he did not take careful and feasible measures, he would not only not succeed in assassinating Dong Zhuo like the last time Yue Cai Captain Wu Fu assassinated Dong Zhuo, but instead aroused Dong Zhuo's vigilance.
After some careful investigation, Wang Yun finally looked for Dong Zhuo's righteous son Lu Bu as the internal response to kill Dong.
Lu Bu is brave and vigorous, known as the Tiger of the Prefecture, and his martial arts are outstanding. At first, when LΓΌ Bu killed Ding Yuan and handed over his name, Dong Zhuo deeply loved and trusted him, and accepted him as his righteous son, and promoted LΓΌ Bu to be the captain of the cavalry. Later, Dong Zhuo moved Lu Bu to Zhonglang General and named him the Marquis of Duting. Dong Zhuo regards Lu Bu as his personal guard, and no matter where he goes, he always lets Lu Bu follow him and is responsible for protecting his own safety.
Once, Lu Bu accidentally offended Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhuo was furious, and casually pulled out his halberd and threw it at Lu Bu, but fortunately, Lu Bu was quick and was not hit. At that time, Lu Bu did not directly confront Dong Zhuo, but immediately apologized to him, Dong Zhuo no longer pursued it, and did not take this matter to heart in the future. However, Lu Bu was a man of strength and narrow-mindedness, and deep down he began to hold a grudge against Dong Zhuo.
After Wang Yun learned about this, he presented his righteous daughter Ren Hongchang to Dong Zhuo, that is, the beautiful Diao Chan's sister, but before that, he secretly told Lu Bu that he originally wanted to marry Diao Chan to Lu Bu, but Dong Zhuo forcibly asked for it. As a result, Lu Bu hated Dong Zhuo even more.
After Diao Chan slept with Dong Zhuo, he found that this old guy's combat effectiveness in bed was really average, so he secretly sent Qiu Bo to the tall and handsome Brother Lu, and after coming and going, Lu Bu began to have an affair with Diao Chan. Wang Yun's old guy used a little trick to let Dong Zhuo break the adultery between Lu Bu and his concubine, and the contradiction between Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu became more prominent.
Since Liu He's departure, the little emperor Liu Xie has been without caring for his good attendants, and he has often been sick, and he has not been cured for a long time. At the beginning of July, because of the hot weather, the cold and damp Weiyang Palace was no longer so difficult to live, and the emperor's body finally recovered, so the ministers of the court and the central government prepared to gather together to congratulate the dragon on his recovery.
The day before the imperial meeting, Wang Yun found Lu Bu and asked him to attack Dong Zhuo. At first, Lu Bu was very hesitant and said: "He and I are like father and son, this matter is really difficult to start!" β
Wang Yun fooled Lu Bu and said: "Your surname is Lu, his surname is Dong, and it is not really flesh and blood." Besides, Dong Zhuo is now a national thief who everyone is punished, do you still want to recognize the thief as your father? When you offended him and Dong Zhuo threw a halberd at you, did you treat you as a son? Pity my flower-like daughter, a heart is tied to you, but you never thought of letting her get out of Dong Zhuo's clutches as soon as possible! β
Lu Bu is the most unseen woman being bullied in his life, especially a woman who has already decided that it is his own, so he agreed to Wang Yun.
Lu Bu then found his iron buddy Li Su, promised to be a high-ranking official, and then asked Li Su to lead more than a dozen agile private soldiers, change into the clothes of palace guards, and hide on both sides of the side door to enter the palace.
The next morning, Dong Zhuo swaggered into the palace through the side door, and was suddenly attacked by Li Su and others. Dong Zhuo was shocked and hurriedly called for help to Lu Bu behind him. Lu Bu shouted loudly: "We are begging to kill the rebellious ministers and thieves, you are innocent of death!" In desperation, Dong Zhuo struggled to resist, but to no avail, and was cut into meat sauce by Li Su and a dozen soldiers.
Wang Yue and Ding Kuang, who were hidden behind Wang Yun, saw this scene with their own eyes, and they suddenly remembered a young man in Youzhou.
At that time, Wang Yue had expressed to Liu He that he wanted to assassinate Dong Zhuo, but was persuaded by Liu He. Liu He said to Wang Yue: "Although the master's swordsmanship has reached the realm of transformation, and the assassination of Dong Zhuo may be successful, but he has committed the taboo of not interfering in the government, even if he will be remembered by the world, it will make the ministers of the court and the central government jealous from now on, and he will no longer be able to stay in Chang'an." There is a good saying, 'If you want to make it perish, first make it crazy', Dong Zhuo has done so many bad things, even if you don't do it, someone will kill him, so there is no need to rush for a while. β
Now, Wang Yue's master and apprentice did not make a move, but he really saw the scene where Dong Zhuo was killed by his own son, and in addition to respect, there was some surprise in his heart.
After Dong Zhuo was killed, Wang Yun successfully took control of the government, and he ordered Dong Zhuo's three clans to be killed, even Dong Zhuo's elderly mother did not let go.
When the generals and soldiers in Chang'an learned that Dong Zhuo had been executed, they shouted long live. The people of Chang'an were even more happy to sing and dance in the streets and alleys to celebrate the execution of the traitor. Wang Yun asked Dong Zhuo's body to be thrown into Dongshi, and the official guarding Dong Zhuo's body lit a lamp twist and inserted it into Dong Zhuo's navel, so it was made into a thick "human candle". Because Dong Zhuo is obese and has a thick pile of fat in his body, the result is "bright and bright, like a day".
However, the people of Chang'an were a little early in their joy. Dong Zhuo's death is only the beginning of turmoil, not the end.
Wang Yun, as the primary contributor to the killing of national thieves, was indispensable for the reward of the imperial court and the praise of the people, so he began to get carried away and did not pay enough attention to the nearly 200,000 troops left by Dong Zhuo in the Guanzhong area. He said to others: "Even a great traitor like Dong Zhuo died at my hands, what else do I have to fear? β
Pride makes people fall behind, and sometimes, even kills.
Cai Yong, a university scholar, was forced by Dong Zhuo to return to Chang'an to be an official, but Dong Zhuo respected his talent and learning, and he has always been very concerned and cared for him, and never let him do anything bad. When Cai Yong saw that the invincible Dong Zhuo was killed by his own son, he couldn't help but sigh.
However, it was this sigh that brought Cai Yong a fatal disaster.
When Cai Yong sighed, Wang Yun was standing next to him. Wang Yun was furious, pointed at Cai Yong's nose and scolded: "Dong Zhuo is a sinner of the country, the crime of harming the country and the people is unforgivable, as a subject of the Son of Heaven, you should consider the overall situation, start from the country, and jointly denounce the national thief, I don't want you to think of his little personal favor to you, and I feel sorry for him, isn't this the same nostril as Dong Zhuo?" β
After Wang Yun finished scolding, Cai Yong was not allowed to argue, so he asked the soldiers to take Cai Yong to the court lieutenant for questioning. Cai Yong had a hard time arguing, but as a writer and historian, in order to complete his work and continue to write the history of the Han Dynasty, he bowed his head to Wang Yun, apologized, and expressed his willingness to endure the torture of stabbing his sword and cutting his feet to save the rest of his life.
The scholars sympathized with Cai Yong's plight and tried to rescue him, but Wang Yun sternly refused. It is estimated that Wang Yun was trying to kill chickens and monkeys and deter Dong Zhuo's remnants at that time, otherwise he would not have beaten Cai Yong to prison unreasonably because of Scholar Cai's sigh.
Taiwei Ma Riyan came to see Wang Yun with an old face and said: "Cai Bojiao is a rare genius, knowledgeable, well-informed, especially knows a lot about what happened in this dynasty, should we give him a chance to continue to write history books." Besides, Cai Yong is famous among scholars for his loyalty and filial piety, and now he is convicted in a trumped-up name, I am afraid that he will be disappointed and unconvinced!"
Wang Yun didn't listen to the advice at all, and retorted to Ma Riyan: "In the past, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did not kill Sima Qian, and let him write a slanderous book to be passed on to future generations, but now the state is in decline, and the society lacks the spirit of the times, so Cai Yong cannot be like Sima Qian, slandering and slandering the young Son of Heaven, because this is not only not beneficial to the divine moral education, but also makes us people criticize and blame!" β
Ma Riyan's persuasion was fruitless, so he had to withdraw from Wang Yun's mansion.
Seeing that Cai Yong was about to be given to death, an inconspicuous scholar came to Chang'an City, but it was the person sent by Liu Yu from Youzhou to Chang'an to propose to the Cai family.