However, it is said that Dong Zhuo heard that Sun Jian was dead in Chang'an, and his eldest son Sun Ce was only 17 years old.

Dong Zhuo was the Taishi, and his younger brother Dong Min was named General Zuo, and his nephew Dong Huang was the lieutenant of the middle and middle military schools, and both inside and outside the clan entered the court as officials.

When the ministers of ministers visited Dong Zhuo, they had to get out of the car and bow down, but Dong Zhuo did not need to return the salute. All important departments of the imperial court (such as Shangshu) had to report to Dong Zhuo's Taishi Mansion. The staff curryed favor with Dong Zhuo and proposed to be comparable to Jiang Shang (Ziya) and called "Shang's father".

Dong Zhuo asked Cai Yong how this matter?

Cai Yong persuaded: "King Xiwu was ordered, and Jiang Shang assisted the Zhou family in his crusade against Wudao, so he was respected by the people of the world and called Shang's father." Although the merits of the current Taishi are outstanding, it is better to wait until the rebellion in the Kwantung region is quelled and the eastern capital Luoyang is returned," Dong Zhuo stopped.

After the earthquake in Beijing, Dong Zhuo asked Cai Yong the reason again. Cai Yong said: "The ground movement is caused by the fact that the yin qi is too strong and the minister exceeds the limits of the system. Taishi rode in a green cover car, up and down the government and the opposition, and his cronies and distant ministers all thought it was not very suitable. Dong Zhuo then changed to a Jinhua soap-covered car.

Dong Zhuo ostensibly values Cai Yong's talent and learning, and treats him very kindly, every time there is a banquet, Cai Yong will be asked to play the piano and preside, Cai Yong will work hard to correct Dong Zhuo's words and deeds, but Dong Zhuo rarely adopts it, and Cai Yong also feels very regretful.

Due to Cai Yong's fame, although Dong Zhuo has made some adjustments in form, due to the desire for power and the difficulty of calming his desires, he still does his own thing, flying high, indiscriminately exerting obscenity, and does not know how to restrain at all.

The Dong clan, regardless of the eldest and youngest, are all named marquis, the concubines are named marquises, and the granddaughter Dong Bai is still young, and the love is not opened, but she was named Weiyang Jun, and in the east of Chang'an City, two hundred and sixty miles east of his fief Yi (now Yixian County, Shaanxi) to build a dock fort similar to Chang'an, let the granddaughter Dong Bai take the Xuanjin Huaqing covered car, and called Du Wei, Zhonglang General, Thorn Shi and other more than 2,000 stones in front of the officials of Hewu to hug behind, showing prestige.

A large number of looted belongings were stored in the Wuwu, and there were 30 years of grain reserves, Dong Zhuo himself said: "I pacified the Kanto, and if I succeeded, I dominated the world; Failure, staying in the dock is enough to retire. ”

Dong Zhuo came and went to Chang'an, or once in half a month, or once a month, and the ministers were waiting outside Hengmen.

Dong Zhuo often set up a tent on the roadside to get together and drink with the greeting minister. In that year, the Northwest Frontier Zhang and Han Sui rebelled, Dong Zhuo was the former general, and Huangfu Song was the left general, which was comparable. Later, the imperial court named Dong Zhuo as the Shaofu and the state pastor, and the soldiers and horses belonged to Huangfu Song, Dong Zhuo did not hand over the soldiers and horses, and held a grudge.

Now Dong Zhuo is the Taishi, and Huangfu Song is the middle of the imperial history, kneeling down to worship Dong Zhuo's car. Dong Zhuo asked, "Do you really obey me?" ”

Huangfu Song said: "In the past, Ming Gong and I were both Honghu, but I didn't expect Ming Gong to become a phoenix today." ”

"If you are convinced, you can not bow down today." Dong Zhuo smiled, took Huangfu Song's hand and asked, "Are you really afraid of me?" ”

Huangfu Song said: "The Ming Duke assists the court with virtue, everyone comes to rejoice, there is nothing to fear; If you use coercion and torture to show your power, everyone in the world will be afraid, let alone me? Dong Zhuo was silent, and then reconciled with Huangfu Song.

One day, Dong Zhuo went to Hewu, and the minister of ministers went to see him off outside the Hengmen of Chang'an City. Dong Zhuo set up a banquet to entertain everyone, but at the banquet, hundreds of rebel soldiers from the north who were lured in were tortured and killed, some were cut off their hands and feet, some were gouged out their eyes, some were cut off their tongues, some were steamed, and the sound of wailing shook the sky. Everyone at the banquet was so frightened that their spoons and chopsticks fell, but Dong Zhuo ate and ate freely.

Another day, Taishi Ling was angry and said that soon a minister would be killed. Dong Zhuo was afraid that the prophecy would be fulfilled in him, and remembered that Zhang Wen, the guard commander, had a discord with him, so he instructed someone to frame him for colluding with Yuan Shu, and arrested Zhang Wen in Chang'an and whipped him to death in the bazaar. If the subordinate general was slightly offended, Dong Zhuo would immediately execute him on the spot, and kill a group of old Guanzhong clans on the charge of treason.

During Dong Zhuo's reign in Chang'an, he destroyed the five-baht coins circulating in the market, plus various copper products such as bronze figures collected from Luoyang and Chang'an, and used them to mint small coins. This kind of small money is very crudely made, and there is not even outline and text, and the people are reluctant to use it, which eventually leads to market disorder and skyrocketing prices.

Dong Zhuo also asked Liu Huan, the lieutenant of Sili, to arrest those who were "unfilial to their sons, disloyal to their ministers, unclear officials, and disobedient to their younger brothers", and punished them all by death penalty and confiscation of all property, which led to a large number of unjust cases.

Dong Zhuo's laws and regulations were harsh, his punishments were brutal, and countless people were framed and unjustly killed, and the government and the opposition complained.

Deng Sheng sent two strong men to track Dong Zhuo's whereabouts have never had a chance to get close to Dong Zhuo, and now seeing the people screaming and resenting Dong Zhuo, they composed the song "Dong Escape" and made a nursery rhyme: "Qianli grass, He Qingqing; Ten days, still not born" and "white horses gallop thousands of miles, two mouthfuls eat one grass", called children to sing, spread around.

The ministers loyal to the Han family led by Wang Yun were already dissatisfied with Dong Zhuo's actions, and when the time came, they actively plotted to assassinate Dong Zhuo.

Let's say Wang Yun, the character teacher, a native of Qi County, Taiyuan County (now Qi County, Shanxi). Since childhood, he has been gifted and intelligent, has unique wisdom, read poetry and books, and read the scriptures and biography.

Wang Yun also admired Wei Qing and Huo Quai's fierce bearing, insisted on practicing martial arts to strengthen his body, and was quite martial arts, and was promoted to a county official at the age of nineteen. There is a small yellow gate named Zhao Jin in the local area, relying on his son to be a powerful eunuch in the imperial court, so he is overbearing and does whatever he wants. Wang Yun said to the officials: "The prince is guilty of the same crime as the common people. If you do something wrong like this, you should be killed if you are corrupt and pervert the law! He immediately ordered Zhao Jin to be arrested, released to Dongshi, and beheaded to show the public to comfort the people.

The people applauded one by one, and went to Wang Yun's official office one after another to thank them for their condolences, saying that they were parents and officials who were the masters of the people and were not afraid of violence. Wang Yun was sincerely happy to endure the test of the world for the first time and won the praise and support of everyone, and strengthened his confidence in being an impartial official.

A scoundrel named Lu Fo, who was in the same county as Wang Yun, had neither knowledge nor virtue, and relied on the money in his family to bribe Wang Qiu to ask for officials.

Wang Qiu saw that the money was open, and accepted the bribe of the Buddha and promised to be a supplement.

Wang Yun was very resentful of this dirty deal, exposed the ugly deeds of Lu Buddha in public, and fought against Wang Qiu, accusing him of corruption and favoritism.

Wang Qiu was so angry that he immediately arrested Wang Yun and threw him into prison, ready to kill him at any time.

After hearing the news that Wang Qiu was going to kill Wang Yun, he personally rode to the Taishou Yamen, bailed Wang Yun, and asked him to be his own driver.

Wang Yun not only won the appreciation and admiration of the state and county officials and the local people, but also attracted the attention of the imperial court.

Wang Yun once exposed the crimes of the Ten Standing Servants to Emperor Ling, and Zhang Rang held a grudge and waited for an opportunity to take revenge. The following year, Zhang Rang finally found an excuse to arrest Wang Yun and put him in prison. Later, in time for the imperial court amnesty, Wang Yun was exonerated and released and reinstated.

Zhang Rang, who was bound to take revenge, did not stop there, and within ten days, Wang Yun was convicted of another crime and imprisoned again. Situ Yang Ci knew Wang Yun's personality and character, and knew that Zhang Rang intended to put Wang Yun to death, so in order to exonerate Wang Yun and avoid pain and humiliation, he sent his subordinates to advise Wang Yun: "If you offend Zhang Rang, you will be imprisoned twice within a month." Zhang Rang is very favored by the emperor and will not let you go. In order to achieve your ambitions, why not take a step back and endure it? The eldest husband can shrink and stretch, if he is blindly strong, I am afraid that his life will not be guaranteed. ”

Wang Yun's subordinates were also deeply worried about Wang Yun's re-imprisonment and tried every means to rescue him. A subordinate went to visit Wang Yun in prison, wept bitterly, persuaded Wang Yun to admit his mistake to Zhang Rang and make amends, and begged him to open the net, but Wang Yun angrily reprimanded and refused. The subordinate poured a glass of wine and said angrily to Wang Yun: "Since you protect yourself like this, you might as well drink this cup of poisonous wine, why should you be tortured in prison?" ”

Unexpectedly, Wang Yun snatched the wine glass and said sharply: "I am a minister of the court, the king has given me a crime, and I should be punished, and I was beheaded on the street in accordance with the king's law. I have made up my mind, and I don't need to persuade again! With that, he spilled the wine on the ground, walked into the prison car, and re-entered the prison.

Because Wang Yun has not apologized to Zhang Rang and admitted his mistakes, Zhang Rang further exaggerated and expanded the circumstances of the so-called crime. When Wang Yun's case was arraigned again, Wang Yun's subordinates and many officials in the court were very anxious, and the generals He Jin, Taiwei Yuan Kui, and Situ Yang Ci jointly wrote to the emperor and said: "Wang Yun is strict with himself, lenient with others, loyal and sincere to officials, magnanimous and virtuous, and has the demeanor and integrity of a gentleman. In the past, Emperor Xiaowen of the Jin Dynasty and Emperor Xiaowen of the previous dynasty could distinguish between right and wrong and pardon the crimes of the ministers, so couldn't Your Majesty follow suit? Wang Yun was ordered by the imperial court to punish the rebels and appease the good people, and he should have been rewarded for meritorious deeds and promoted to a knighthood, but was he condemned to death because of some trivial things? His Majesty punished him so unfairly, I am afraid that he will not be disappointed, and the officials will not accept it. ”

After Emperor Ling read the recital, he pardoned Wang Yun's capital crime, but he was still in prison to be re-convicted.

This winter, there was another amnesty from the imperial court. Because Zhang Rang has always been in the way, Wang Yun is still not among the pardons. He Jin, Yuan Kui, Yang Ci and other important officials of the three princes continued to write and asked for a pardon for Wang Yun.

Another year passed before Wang Yun was exonerated and released. Although Wang Yun hated the actions of Zhang Rang and others, due to his limited strength, he had to change his name and surname, leave the capital Luoyang, and travel between Hanoi and Chenliu.

Emperor Ling died, and Wang Yun hurried to Luoyang to mourn. At this time, the imperial court was extremely chaotic, the power of the relatives led by He Jin increased greatly, and the eunuch Zhang Rang lost control of the situation.

In order to weaken the power of the eunuchs, He Jin took advantage of the opportunity of the funerals of local officials to make extensive friends and win over his own forces.

As soon as Wang Yun arrived in Luoyang, he was urgently summoned by He Jin and explained his intentions. Wang Yun was very grateful to He Jin for saving his life and agreed.

After He Jin took power, Wang Yun was made a Zhonglang. He Jin was killed, and Wang Yun had to move to Henan Yin to temporarily escape Zhang Rang's arrogance.

Dong Zhuo abolished the young emperor, offered the emperor to succeed him, Wang Yun was worshiped as a servant, and soon moved to Shangshuling, and replaced Yang Biao as Situ.

In the process of Dong Zhuo's entry into Luoyang to moving the capital to Chang'an, he abolished the old and established the new, poisoned the empress dowager, planted party henchmen, cultivated cronies, unified military power, controlled the imperial court, and was arbitrary and domineering, and brutally wreaked havoc, making Wang Yun keenly aware that Dong Zhuo would become the biggest hidden danger threatening the Eastern Han Dynasty regime and must be eradicated.

The reason why Wang Yun held back was that he accepted the lesson of defeat in the political struggle and had to change his struggle strategy. He clearly knew that Dong Zhuo had a strong military force in his hands, many henchmen, and Dong Zhuo himself was fierce and vicious, if he took the initiative to attack, he could only hit the stone with an egg.

So, Wang Yun blindly resigned himself on the surface, and even obeyed Dong Zhuo to let him relax his guard, but in fact, he was careful and carefully arranged.

After Dong Zhuo entered Luoyang, in order to gain a firm foothold and expand his power, he tried his best to win over influential officials in the court. Wang Yun remained quiet, followed the trend, and tried his best to cater to it. Sometimes, Wang Yun does not hesitate to be hypocritical and violate principles in exchange for Dong Zhuo's trust.

Dong Zhuo saw that Wang Yun was not only talented, but also loyal to him, and had no second thoughts, so he regarded Wang Yun as his confidant and cronies, without the slightest suspicion, no matter how big or small the government was, he entrusted Wang Yun to deal with it.

Wang Yun took this opportunity to personally preside over some specific affairs for the restoration of the royal family and the development of the social economy. Yang Xun was the land of justice in the court at that time, not afraid of violence, has always insisted on fighting, once conspired with Huangfu Song to kill Dong Zhuo, and later because Dong Zhuo and Huangfu Song made peace, he felt that his power was weak, so he had to give up.

Once, Dong Zhuo asked Wang Yun: "I don't know who is the most suitable to serve as the captain of Sili?" ”

Wang Yun replied without hesitation: "Only Yang Xun is suitable." Although he knew that there was a deep contradiction between Dong Zhuo and Yang Xun, Wang Yun resolutely recommended Yang Xun.

While being perfunctory with Dong Zhuo on the surface, Wang Yun secretly actively organized and prepared for the struggle against Dong Zhuo, and first discussed with Huang Wan, the captain of Sili, Zheng Gongye and others on the strategy of killing Dong Zhuo.

In order to control the armed forces, Wang Yun and others strongly recommended to the emperor and promoted Qiang Captain Yang Zan to exercise the power of General Zuo; recommended Sun Rui, the ruling Jin Wushi, to serve as the Taishou of Nanyang, and ordered him to lead the troops to debut in Wuguan in the name of crusading against Yuan Shu, but in fact, he prepared for the multi-way attack on Dong Zhuo.

Shi Sun Rui's actions aroused Dong Zhuo's suspicions, and he decided to leave Shi Sun Rui in the capital. When Wang Yun heard about it, he obeyed Dong Zhuo's wishes and promoted Sun Rui to be a servant. In addition, Yang Zan was promoted to Shangshu to gather strength for the final counterattack against Dong Zhuo.

In the second year of Chuping (191), Dong Zhuo named Wang Yun as the Marquis of Wen, with 5,000 households.

Wang Yun wanted to refuse, but Shi Sun Rui said to him: "Before the big thing is successful, there can be no flaw, Dong Zhuo has added an official to the knighthood, and all the officials of the court have admired your noble character, why not do it?" Don't let your anger lead you to a big thing! As soon as Wang Yun heard that it made sense, he was ordered to listen to the seal.

In the spring of the third year of Chuping (192), natural disasters were severe, and it rained for more than two months. Wang Yun and Shi Sun Rui, Yang Zan and others took the opportunity of taking the stage to worship the beggar god and urgently discussed the plan of action for the murder of Dong Zhuo.

Shi Sunrui said solemnly: "Since the end of last year, the sun has been cloudy and the rain has been continuous, and there should be an end to this dark day. Now the time is basically ripe, if you don't grasp the opportunity and strike first, I'm afraid there will be endless troubles! ”

Wang Yun agreed with Shi Sun Rui's opinion very much, and decided to wait for the opportunity to act as soon as possible in order to try Dong Zhuo.

However, Dong Zhuo is full of minions and heavily guarded, and he himself is extremely powerful, murderous and vicious, if there is no perfect strategy, once he misses, the consequences are unimaginable.

Wang Yun proposed that he could be inserted inside, and the inside should be combined with the outside, and he was caught off guard. So there is a wonderful story of "Wang Situ Qiao's Serial Scheme":

Wang Yun persuaded the singing skills in the house to marry Dong Zhuo's son Lu Bu as his wife, and then gave Dong Zhuo as a maidservant.

At first, Lu Bu was inconvenient to start in person because he was Dong Zhuoyi's son. Wang Yun said to Lu Bu: "Your surname is Lu, the traitor's surname is Dong, father and son are only nominal, not flesh and blood, and Dong Zhuo is now a traitor, do you still recognize the thief as your father?" Do you treat him as a father, and do you usually treat him as a son? ”

Lu Bu had an affair with Dong Zhuo's maidservant Diao Chan, fearing that Dong Zhuo would find out and retaliate, so he agreed to come down.

Emperor Xian recovered from a serious illness. Dong Zhuo informed the hundred officials of the imperial court to gather in the Weiyang Hall to celebrate, and Wang Yun told Lu Bu about the plan to kill Dong Zhuo with confidence, and appointed him as an internal response.

In the early morning of April 23 of this year, Dong Zhuo took a car to Weiyang Hall to attend the celebration party, and Lu Bu was escorted by him. Beforehand, Lu Bu sent Li Su, the cavalry commander of the same county, and others to lead more than a dozen henchmen and soldiers, dressed in palace guard clothes, and lurked on both sides of the side gate of the palace.

When Dong Zhuo's motorcade arrived outside the Beiye Gate, Li Su and others rushed out with a halberd and stabbed Dong Zhuo out of the car.

Dong Zhuo wore armor inside his suit, so he did not hurt the vital point. "Where is Lu Bu?!" Dong Zhuo shouted.

At this time, Lu Bu unhurriedly took out the prepared edict and shouted: "There is an edict against the thief!" ”

It was only at this time that Dong Zhuo found out that Lu Bu had betrayed him and scolded Lu Bu: "A mediocre dog dares to be so evil!" ”

Lu Bu led everyone to step forward and kill Dong Zhuo on the spot.

Bo Tianjing, the master of the Taishi Mansion, and his servants stepped forward to hug Dong Zhuo's body, and Lu Bu killed them again, and the rest did not dare to move. Dong Zhuo's ninety-year-old mother, brother Dong Min, nephew Dong Huang and the old and weak of the clan were all killed in Yiwu, and 20,000 catties of gold, 890,000 catties of silver, and pearls, jade, brocade, and miscellaneous items were piled up, innumerable.

Yuan's protégé and deceased the coffin of Yuan's who was killed by Dong Zhuo was reburied here, and Dong's body was gathered aside and burned to show sacrifice.

Dong Zhuo's body was obese, the corpse was violent in the city, the anointing oil soaked the ground, the grass was stained with blood, and the corpse guards made a columnar wick at dusk and inserted into the navel of the corpse to ignite, bright as a torch until dawn. Later, Dong Zhuo's former subordinates collected the ashes and put them in a coffin and buried them in Yiwu.

Dong Zhuo was killed, the court was jubilant, and the people of Chang'an rushed to celebrate. Situ Wang Yun won the victory in the struggle to eradicate Dong Zhuo, was praised by the people, and was even rewarded by the imperial court, and had an overview of the government.

When Wang Yun won the victory, he was a little fluttering, and even arrogant: "Dong Zhuo, an invincible traitor, died at my hands, what else is there to fear?" ”

Whenever the ministers gathered, Wang Yun rarely talked to everyone about expedient measures as before, but sat upright with no joy on his face. Slowly, the ministers no longer respected and supported him as much as before.

When the dynasty writer Cai Yong was Dong Zhuo's former minister, when he heard that Dong Zhuo was killed with Wang Yun, he felt very sudden, and his face couldn't help but change greatly, and he couldn't help but sigh.

Wang Yun was furious and severely accused: "Dong Zhuo is a sinner of the country, killing the young emperor, mutilating loyal ministers, people and gods are angry, heaven and earth do not tolerate it, and the crime is unforgivable." As an important minister, you should consider the overall situation, start from the country, and jointly denounce the national thief. I don't want to think of a little personal favor, not only do I not turn against him, but I even feel sorry, isn't this the same nostril as Dong Zhuo? ”

After speaking, there was no room for argument, and Cai Yong was immediately taken to Tingwei for questioning and beheaded at a later date. Exactly: in the past, Zhuo refused to exterminate the clan, and today he suffers again. I don't know if Cai Yong can save his life this time, and let's see the next decomposition.