The great man will live forever

Chapter 311 Still struggling

The sound of cicadas in the locust trees is heard by the wind in Liushi City, and the high post building leans against the setting sun in the east. The journey of thousands of miles is long, and the people are different after ten years of gathering and separation. But when you see that time flows like an arrow, how do you know that the way of heaven is as curved as a bow.

Wang Yun, the governor of Yuzhou from Taiyuan, defeated the Yellow Turban Army and found out from the confiscated items the letters between the guests of the eunuch leader Zhang Rang and the Yellow Turban Army. He was extremely angry.

I returned home angrily. At this time, a woman came over. She was as beautiful as a flower, naturally beautiful, and could be called the most beautiful woman in the world.

But when I saw her face was like jade, her eyebrows were like emerald green, and her eyes were like autumn water, she looked full of energy. He has a pair of big eyes, bright and clear, as if he can capture the thoughts of everyone in the world.

The long eyelashes lightly explore the eyes, like butterflies flapping their wings, embodying endless tenderness and temptation. Her hair, which reached her waist and was as black as crow feathers, gently brushed her shoulders and flowed down like a waterfall, adding a bit of charm and mystery to her.

Her skin is as white as snow, like a newly blooming lotus, smooth and delicate, making people envious. Wearing a light-colored silk dress, the gauze is flowing and flowing like clouds around her body.

The color of the skirt is usually light pink, purple, or light green, which complements her skin.

The hem of the skirt was decorated with fine embroidery and gold thread, shimmering like stars. He didn't have many decorations on his body, except for a hosta on his head.

But this ordinary hosta shone softly on her body, like flowing starlight, seeming to add a bit of luxury and charm to her.

Every time she appears, she always carries a fragrance, like flowers blooming in the garden.

Both "Hanshu" contain Diao Chan crown. "Book of Han. Liu Xiang Zhuan": "Today, there are twenty-three people of the Wang family who ride on the Zhulunhua hub, with green sable cicadas filling the inside and fish scales around them."

It is said that on a crisp autumn day, Zhaojun bid farewell to his hometown and headed north.

When she was washing her gauze by the river, the clear river water reflected her handsome figure, making her look even more beautiful. At this time, the fish saw her reflection, forgot about swimming, and gradually sank to the bottom of the river.

"Why is my foster father so angry?"

The fragrance emanating from her body is like the fragrance of flowers in the morning, which makes people feel relaxed and happy, and they can't help but fall in love with her.

It is said that during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there was a woman named Xi Shi in the Yue State. She was a beautiful woman with regular facial features, pink face and peach blossoms, and extraordinary appearance.

Diao Chan is on par with them, which shows her beauty. Later, various Yuan operas and dramas also had this name, so in later literary works, Diao Chan's name was gradually passed down.

Both "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Book of the Later Han Dynasty" recorded that Lu Bu had an affair with a maid in Dong Zhuo's house. As for Lu Bu, because he was afraid of being discovered by Dong Zhuo, it happened that at this time, Wang Yun attracted Lu Bu again. Get rid of Dong Zhuo.

In later generations' descriptions of beauties, the fish sinks and the wild goose falls, and the moon closes and the flowers are ashamed. The closed moon corresponds to Diao Chan.

Of course, neither the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms nor the Book of the Later Han Dynasty explains the name and surname of the maid Lu Bu had an affair with.

To put it bluntly, Diao Chan originally referred to clothing, or the clothing of prominent nobles. So how did this clothing become the name of the four beauties Diao Chan?

The maids said that it was Yang Yuhuan's beauty that made the flowers and plants feel ashamed and could not lift their heads in shame. When Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty heard that there was a "beauty that was shy of flowers" in the palace, he immediately summoned her and made her a noble concubine.

Along the way, the horses neighed and the geese screamed, tearing her heart apart; the sense of sadness made her unable to calm down. On her mount, she plucked the strings and played a farewell song.

This beautiful woman is called Wang Yaoning. She is Wang Yun's adopted daughter. She was originally the daughter of a good friend. His friend passed away early, so he took her with him to raise her.

"Closing the Moon" tells the story of Diao Chan worshiping the moon. During the Three Kingdoms period, the singer Diao Chan, a minister of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty Situ Wangyun, was worshiping the moon in the back garden. Suddenly, a breeze blew and a floating cloud covered the bright moon.

Among them, "Sinking fish, falling wild geese, closing moon, shameful flowers" are historical allusions composed of wonderful stories.

Among them was a type of Hu costume, which was the prototype of the Diao Chan crown. During the Qin and Han dynasties, the court upgraded the Hu costume and turned it into a uniform worn by officials, which was called the Diao Chan crown.

The story is roughly similar to the description of Diao Chan in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms". Moreover, Wang Yun, the singer, was told that her name was Diao Chan.

Volume 48 of "Yi Wen Lei Ju": "Qin Shihuang restored the crown of Diao Chan, and the Han Dynasty did not change it. Here, the officials serve as curtain guards, receive advisors, and pick up things on the left and right. When they go out, they bear the seal to follow, with a rank of two thousand stones."

Why among the four beauties Xi Shi, Wang Zhaojun, Diao Chan, and Yang Yuhuan, only Diao Chan is fictional, while the other three are real?

Of course, Diao Chan does not mean that there was no such person in history, but the history books are uncertain whether the maid who had an affair with Lu Bu was named Diao Chan.

Of course, records are records, reality is reality, and history is history. Why did Lu Bu have an affair with this maid?

Is Lu Bu just missing such a woman?

In the novel, she is also named Diao Chan and is one of the four beauties in ancient times.

Therefore, according to records, there is no such thing as Wang Yun's clever conspiracy in history. Instead, Lu Bu first had an affair with a maid in Dong Zhuo's house. Wang Yun saw the opportunity and took the opportunity to win over Lu Bu.

Therefore, the well-known name Diao Chan was also born from this book, and this novel also depicts the plot of Diao Chan worshiping the moon.

Once, she and the maids went to the palace garden to enjoy flowers. They accidentally encountered a mimosa, and the leaves of the grass immediately rolled up.

At this time Wang Yun happened to see him. In order to publicize how beautiful his daughter was, Wang Yun told everyone that my daughter was as beautiful as the moon, but the moon couldn't compare, so he quickly hid behind the clouds. Therefore, Diao Chan was also called "Closed Moon".

Legend has it that when Yang Yuhuan first entered the palace, he was frowning all day long because he could not see the king.

"Shen Yu" tells the story of Xi Shi Huan Sha.

This starts with a historical novel that appeared in the Yuan Dynasty, called "Three Kingdoms". In this novel, the story of Lu Bu's affair with his maid was adapted to a certain extent.

The geese flying south heard the sweet music and saw the beautiful woman riding on the horse. They forgot to flap their wings and fell to the ground. From then on, Zhaojun got the nickname "Luoyan".

The book says that there was a singer in Wang Yun's family, who was born with a beautiful and fragrant appearance, and was very beautiful.

Since there is no explanation in the history books, where did the name Diao Chan come from?

The word "diao cicada" was first recorded in the Qin and Han Dynasties. At that time, King Wuling of Zhao was riding and shooting in Hu clothes. The people of Zhao wore clothes imitating the Hu people to facilitate their cavalry to fight.

Therefore, there is indeed such a beautiful woman in history who played a huge role in driving a wedge between Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu.

Those who wear Diao Chan crowns serve the emperor, and they are responsible for holding jade seals when the emperor leaves the palace. They are prominent ministers.

From then on, Xishi, the nickname of "Sinking Fish", became popular in the neighborhood.

Wang Yun had an idea and used this maid to cleverly use a chain trick to alienate the relationship between Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu.

The Wang family refers to the Wang Mang clan, a relative of Wang Mang. Twenty-three people all wear diao cicada crowns, standing next to each other like fish scales to the left and right of the emperor.

"Shame on Flowers" tells the story of Yang Yuhuan when he was watching flowers.

From then on, "Shame Flower" became Yang Guifei's nickname.

It must be that this woman is as beautiful as a fairy, and she took the initiative and used scheming. All the unexpected encounters were planned for a long time, and Wang Yun's contribution was probably not there.

"Luoyan" refers to the story of Zhaojun's departure from the fortress.

Especially in dramas, there is a script in Yuan Opera about King Diao Chan beheading Diao Chan under the moon, which links Diao Chan and Guan Yu together.

There was also a play in the Peking Opera of the Qing Dynasty called Killing Diao Chan, and the name Diao Chan continued until the appearance of the famous "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

Slowly, this Diao Chan became a well-known beauty.

In fact, in ancient times, many numbers were related to the four elements. This is because "four" is a particularly auspicious number, and it means double.

Therefore, when you get married, the door must be pasted with four blessings and two blessings on the left and right.

The Jade Emperor has the four heavenly kings (also known as the four vajras); the Tathagata has the four protectors and the four bodhisattvas; Taoism has Cao Gong. Another example is the four great talents, the four beauties, the four talented women, the four famous buildings, the four famous books, etc.

The ancients also believed that the four means the whole, like the four seasons, the four directions, and the four phenomena. Don’t they all mean this?

So when it comes to selections, the ancients like to gather four, and the same goes for the four beauties.

Seeing Wang Yaoning walking over, Wang Yun's brows relaxed with authority. At this time, Wang Yaoning was only about 14 years old, innocent and romantic.

People always yearn for beautiful things, and it is so pleasing to the eyes to just look at them every day without doing anything.

Wang Yun's anger has not dissipated, "These eunuchs have brought disaster to the country and the people. Zhang Rang's retainer He Zhengqing actually colluded with the Yellow Turban bandits. I found the letters between him and the Yellow Turban Army. Just wait, I will report it to Your Majesty and punish this eunuch. sin."

Wang Yaoning persuaded him, "Don't be impulsive, foster father. This letter is deeply trusted by His Majesty. Even though many important officials in the imperial court have impeached him, he still remains standing. On the contrary, those important officials were framed by this eunuch."

"Hmph, what are you afraid of? Even if I die, I will impeach this traitor, otherwise the country will be ruined!"

"Father!"

"Okay, stop talking."

Wang Yun immediately reported these letters to the court.

"boom!"

When Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty found out, he became furious and scolded Zhang Rang. "Is this a good thing you did? Colluding with the Yellow Turban bandits? Do you want to imitate Feng Xu and Xu Feng?"

At the beginning, before the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Zhang Jiao's disciples, Gaomi of Tang Zhou Dynasty, and Zhongchang Shi Feng Xu and Xu Feng were exposed and killed because of their collusion with the Yellow Turbans.

Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty became angry because of this and accused Zhang Rang and others: "You often say that the party members are plotting evil, and you order them to be imprisoned and some even killed. Now that the party members have become useful talents for the country, you are having an affair with Zhang Jiao. This is Can I kill you or not?"

Zhang Rang and others kept kowtowing and said, "This is the work of Wang Fu and Hou Lan, the former and middle ministers." Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty did not pursue the case.

This time it came, Zhang Rang immediately kowtowed and apologized, "Your Majesty, forgive me, I am loyal to you. Heaven and earth can show it, and the sun and moon can teach me. I will never collude with the Yellow Turban bandits. They are all disciples. He Zhengqing, sir. I made an oversight for a moment, please forgive me, Your Majesty!"

He spoke with great emotion, with tears streaming down his face. He was 50 years old, crying like a child who had his candy taken away.

Seeing his "father" behaving like this, Emperor Han Ling also softened his heart and stopped pursuing the matter.

Just because he didn't pursue it didn't mean that others wouldn't pursue it. Zhang Rangna was so angry that his tooth ached.

I just want to be greedy for some money, is it easy? Does it bother you? Everyone wants me to die, huh, I'll let you die first!

He immediately contacted other eunuchs and asked them to find an opportunity to falsely accuse Wang Yun. Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty arrested Wang Yun and imprisoned him.

In December 184, Ji Si (th), a general amnesty was granted to the whole country, and the year was changed to the first year of Zhongping.

Fortunately, Wang Yun was lucky enough to coincide with the amnesty and he was able to resume his original position.

But within ten days, he was arrested on other charges.

Zhang Rang must avenge himself, and he is always planning. If one false accusation doesn't work, then he will do the next one.

Yang Ci did not want Wang Yun to suffer the pain and humiliation of torture again, so he sent someone to tell Wang Yun: "Because you exposed Zhang Rang, you will be arrested again within a month. Zhang Rang is extremely vicious, insidious and unpredictable. I hope you will think carefully about whether you want to be humiliated again."

Wang Yun's young and energetic officers burst into tears and handed the poison to Wang Yun.

Wang Yun said sternly: "As a minister, I have offended the king. I should be formally executed by the judiciary to inform the world. How can I commit suicide by taking poison!"

So he threw down the medicine cup, stood up vigorously, went out and boarded the prison car.

After he was escorted to Tingwei, General He Jin, Yang Ci and Yuan Wei wrote a letter to rescue him. Wang Yun was able to avoid death and was sentenced to a reduced death penalty.

Time came to AD 185, the Yellow Turbans came, and the world seemed to be at peace again.

Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong, the ministers of the Central Committee, persuaded Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty to impose an additional land tax on the cultivated land in the country at the rate of ten yuan per mu, which was used to build palaces and cast bronze figures.

Lu Kangzhi, the governor of Le'an County, wrote to dissuade him, saying: "In the past, during the Spring and Autumn Period, Duke Xuang of Lu levied land tax per mu, so locust larvae hatched in large numbers, causing disasters.

Duke Ai of Lu wanted to increase taxes on the people, but Confucius thought this was wrong.

How can you forcibly plunder the people's property to build useless bronze figures? How can we ignore the warnings of the saints and follow the practices of the subjugated monarch? "

The eunuchs attacked Lu Kang for committing the "great disrespect" crime of blaspheming the emperor by citing the example of the country's subjugation to compare it to the wise emperor.

Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty ordered Lu Kang to be escorted to Tingwei Prison in a prison car.

Liu Dai, the imperial censor, wrote a letter to defend him, and Lu Kangcai was not executed and was exiled back to his hometown.

This was not the end, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty issued an edict to all states and counties to donate wood and stones with beautiful textures to the imperial court, and sent them to the capital Luoyang in batches.

The eunuchs were picky in every possible way when inspecting and accepting goods, and forced state and county officials to sell them at a low price, only one-tenth of the original price, for those they considered unqualified.

The states and counties could not meet the quota, so they purchased new timber. However, the eunuchs were still picky and refused to accept it immediately. As a result, the transported timber was piled up and rotted, and the palace could not be completed for years.

Governors and governors from various places took the opportunity to increase taxes on the people privately and embezzled money from them. This time the people complained and complained.

Emperor Ling also ordered the royal guards of Xiyuan to go to various states and counties to supervise. These people intimidated the state and county officials and accepted large amounts of bribes.

The governor, the two thousand stone officials, Maocai, and Xiaolian all had to pay money to "help the army" and "repair the palace" when they were promoted and took office.

The prefect of a large county usually has to pay 20 to 30 million yuan, and the rest varies according to the official rank.

All newly appointed officials must first go to Xiyuan to negotiate the amount of money they should pay before they can take office.

Some honest people who refused to resign despite their requests were forced to take office and pay money...

At that time, Sima Zhi, a native of Hanoi, had just been appointed as the governor of Julu. Because he was known as a humble man, the amount he should pay was reduced by three million.

Sima went directly to the imperial edict and sighed with regret, saying: "As a parent and official of the people, I want to exploit the people to cater to the current bad government. I can't bear it."

So he resigned on the pretext of illness, but was not approved. On his way to take office, he walked to Mengjin, wrote a letter stating all the maladministrations at that time in great detail, and then committed suicide by taking poison.

After his memorial was presented, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was shocked. He was not stupid. He felt that if he continued like this, the country might be destroyed.

He is not afraid of the country being subjugated, but he is afraid that it will be subjugated before he is dead, which will be troublesome. If he has not finished enjoying himself, the country will be ruined, thank you.

He had no choice but to temporarily stop collecting money for palace repairs.

Under his torment like this, the big man was getting closer and closer to destruction.

(End of this chapter)