"Integrity and propriety govern a gentleman, so there is death but no humiliation." Public Security Policy
After the chaos in Hedong, Wang Yun, who belatedly realized that he was seriously ill out of shame and anger, took advantage of his prestige in Taiyuan to get various powerful families to fully support Liu Yu in his war against the Xiongnu. This was for protection.
Sang Zi also wanted to save himself from an unfavorable situation.
He tried his best to make up for his mistakes. As long as he did not participate in the rebellion and just colluded with foreign officials, the emperor would not impose a serious crime on him. But he never expected that the clan prince Chang would suddenly panic one day.
Confused, he came to him and confessed that he had secretly exchanged letters with Fan Xian on his father's orders.
"Wang Jidao is so confused! This is going to kill my family!" Wang Yun, who was still ill at the time, beat his bed angrily and shouted: "I told you at first not to pay attention to those young people in Hedong, they can't achieve anything.
! You just didn’t listen, you just wanted to make trouble in private, and now that disaster is imminent, you still want me to help you? "
Although the Taiyuan Wang family is also claimed externally, internally it is divided into two families: the Jinyang Wang family and the Qixian Wang family. Wang Yun and Wang Ling are from the Jinyang Wang family, while Wang Chang is from the Qixian Wang family. The ancestors of the two families are
They are from the same lineage, but their descendants have continued to this day, and they have become two families, with a competitive relationship between them.
After all, there can only be one Wang family in Taiyuan.
Of course, this is just a private competition. On the surface, the two Wang families are as close as one family. Especially when Yuan Shao sent someone to extend an olive branch, the two families started to cooperate. That's why Wang Chang visited the newcomer on behalf of the two families.
Liu Yu. However, behind the cooperation, differences between the two families gradually emerged. The Wang family in Qixian County wanted to use Yuan Shao's power to completely overwhelm the Wang family in Jinyang, so they worked hard. They thought they could monopolize it by bypassing Wang Yun.
I did all the work, but I didn’t expect to fall into the big pit in Hedong.
Wang Yun thought of the cause and effect, and the precarious situation of the two families now. If Wang Chang and others made their own decisions were exposed, no one would believe that Wang Yun had no involvement in it. In the end, they would be unlucky.
It would only be all of them. The more he thought about it, the more bitter he became, and the chill in his heart grew. Not only his former friends, but also the relatives around him whose blood was thicker than water were trying to harm him.
"The Wang family of Jinyang and the Wang family of Qixian County are from the same lineage."
Without waiting for Wang Gai to answer, he walked out of the study with his hands clasped behind his back, his expression indifferent, sighing with emotion, and then he stepped out and recited: "Those who know me are only in the Spring and Autumn Period; those who offend me are only in the Spring and Autumn Period!"
Wang Gai couldn't help but pick up the slip given to him by Wang Yun, which contained exactly this sentence. His eyes turned red and he followed behind him silently.
When walking out of the bamboo forest, Wang Yun suddenly stopped and turned around: "Keep this bamboo forest, don't cut it down."
"Here you go!" Wang Gai almost bumped into Wang Yun, but he stopped and responded hurriedly.
Wang Yun looked at the eldest son with red eyes with rare tenderness, reached out and patted his shoulder: "Don't cry."
He smiled and walked leisurely, as if he was eating after a meal, and walked leisurely into the warm sunshine outside the bamboo forest.
"I've kept the angel waiting for a long time." Wang Yun welcomed Zhao Zi into the main hall and said apologetically: "I have been in the habit of taking a nap since I got home. I'm really sorry that I wasted a little time."
"I don't dare." Zhao Zi hurriedly bowed at the table and said, "I came in a hurry and didn't inform you in advance. It's my fault. I wanted to come to visit you again after I finished announcing the rewards to the officials in Bingzhou, but I couldn't.
I have failed to obey the emperor's orders and have no choice but to come here."
"I know." Wang Yun nodded to express understanding, then suddenly changed the subject and asked: "Is the country still safe?"
"The country is in good health, civilized and martial arts, and everything is good." Zhao Zi said calmly: "Before I came, the country went to the countryside to worship God, and changed next year to the first year of Jian'an."
"Jian'an" Wang Yun suddenly remembered that the title of Chuping was decided when the emperor first ascended the throne and he was favored by Dong Zhuo and entered the central government to assist the government. It can be said that in the entire Chuping period, apart from Dong Zhuo, he, Wang Yun, was the only figure in the court.
That was an era name that bore his personal stamp. Now that it has been abandoned by the emperor, does that indicate something?
Seeing that Wang Yun was in deep thought for no reason, Zhao Zi felt a little confused. He was stunned for a while before he remembered and said: "The country misses the prince very much. He said that if it were not for trivial matters, he would have to go north to Taiyuan to see the prince in person."
"Ah, I don't dare!" Although the other party's words were calm, the meaning behind his words was so important that Wang Yun was shocked and felt like a light on his back. He could no longer sit still and kept leaning forward.
He stood up and said: "How can the body of the country stay away from the center just for me, an old man?"
There was no smile on Zhao Zi's face, and he said in a dull tone: "Your Majesty killed Dong Yuangong. He is well-known in the world, so he deserves preferential treatment from the emperor. I heard that Your Majesty was ill a few days ago, and the country was worried about him. I originally thought
He asked me to give him cows and wine as a token of consolation. But when he heard that the prince had recovered from his illness, he gave up the idea."
Even though he had been prepared, Wang Yun's heart suddenly sank. Giving cows and wine was not only a way for emperors to express condolences to sick ministers since the Han Dynasty, but also because it was inconvenient for emperors to punish ministers and let ministers commit suicide.
It is implied that this is also the last dignity given to the minister.
But after hearing what Zhao Zi said at the end, he felt funny again. This cow wine was originally given to the minister of death, but in the eyes of the emperor, he really thought that it was something to comfort his ministers and workers?
After thinking about it, Wang Yun's already cold heart once again ignited a spark of luck. Perhaps.
"I have brought the things that the country has entrusted me to bring to the prince. It is best for the prince to take a look at them." Zhao Zi stood up from the table, cupped his hands at Wang Yun, and prepared to leave: "There are some things that I can't say clearly, so why not?"
Please take care of yourself."
Wang Yun was startled for a moment and then left like that?
It seemed that Zhao Zi was really just visiting a retired veteran on behalf of the emperor. No matter how Wang Yun tried to persuade him to stay, he insisted on leaving. Wang Yun sent Wang Gai to see him off. The two of them walked into the courtyard one after another, and Zhao Zi suddenly stopped.
"Mr. Zhao?" Wang Gai asked softly, not knowing what he meant.
Zhao Zi ignored him and didn't care at all that it was rude for him to suddenly stop and try to leave. He raised his head and squinted at the sun and said something incoherently: "The sun is really warm today.
Ah, not cool at all."
In the main hall, Wang Yun looked at a box with black lacquer and red patterns in front of him, and he was in a daze.
This was a food box given to him by the emperor. It was said to contain pastries, but Wang Yun's nervous eyes looked as if it contained poison.
Trembling, he opened the food box, but there was nothing inside.
Wang Yun suddenly felt as if his spine had been ripped out, and he collapsed on the ground, with a sad and relieved smile on his face: "Sure enough, this is your Majesty, this is your Majesty!"
As a well-known veteran, according to the custom of the Han Dynasty where justice was not punished, the emperor in order to maintain the imperial power and the ministers in order to retain their dignity would usually choose to give cows and wine as a hint. In this way, the emperor would not continue to pursue it, and then
The best of both worlds, everyone is happy.
This was a model in the Han Dynasty that even at the last moment of political struggle, the harmony and dignity of the monarch and his ministers would not be harmed.
What's more, Wang Yun was also sure in his heart that no matter whether the emperor had real evidence or not, he would not make it known to the world. Otherwise, Wang Yun, a veteran who punished Dong Dong and helped the country, was actually suspected of participating in rebellion. This incident would bring great consequences to the world's scholars.
Such an impact may even shake the moral principles they hold on to in their hearts. If the loyal ministers respected by the world are all rebellious and traitorous ministers, can the world be saved? This result that affects the hearts of the world is something the emperor does not want to see.
, so Wang Yun can only do it consciously.
The reason why we did not send cow wine as a hint is mainly because the symbolic meaning of cow wine is too obvious, it can easily cause gossip, and it is not good for the emperor's image, so we can only choose this unique way.
Not only did he want to save his face and try not to get the bad reputation of killing a hero, but he also didn't want to expose the canonical punishment and cause unrest in people's hearts. It can be said that the emperor took great pains.
But only in this way can he be regarded as the emperor in Wang Yun's heart!
At the moment when he drew his sword and put it across his neck, Wang Yun recalled in his mind that when he met the emperor in Shiqu Pavilion last year, the emperor stood by the window, narrowed his eyes and carefully read the small official slip on the slip, and the sunlight shone on the pale
On his face, he was dressed in a dark Yanjufu, which made his body even thinner.
That serious and studious look was deeply imprinted in Wang Yun's mind and became an image he would never forget.
That was the first opportunity the emperor gave him, and it was also the most confused time in his life.
"Your Majesty." Wang Yun's tall body fell down weakly. His words and deeds were constantly replayed in front of his eyes. He murmured: "I am incompetent."
"Mr. Zhao?" Wang Gai was in the courtyard and was about to say something else when he heard a scream behind him. He immediately panicked, turned around and ran back.
Zhao Zi was still standing proudly, and he was standing close to the gate of the palace. When the Emperor mourned the death of Prime Minister Wang Jia, the envoy he sent also stood at the door with such arrogance.
He raised his head and looked at the sun again. Bathed in the sunshine, he paid no attention to the noise around him. Zhao Zi said with emotion: "The sun is really warm today." 11