The Eastern Han Dynasty died in 220 when Cao Pi usurped the Han title of emperor. However, with the help of Luo Guanzhong, a Koppda, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is a household name. It is estimated that no one in China is unaware that the Eastern Han Dynasty was basically hollowed out after the death of emperor Ling of Han. After the death of Emperor Hanling, He Jin was assassinated by a eunuch, and the eighth lieutenant of the West Garden killed the eunuch in turn. In the end, Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, and the top brass of the Eastern Han Dynasty completely lost power. In fact, the Eastern Han court at this time was not without the opportunity to turn over. His only chance to turn around was the power transfer period after Wang Yun killed Dong Zhuo. However, this last chance was buried in the sparse combination of Wang Yun and Lü Bu.
Wang Yun did not have a biography in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", but personally I felt that this should be Wang Yun's deeds were too few, and Chen Shou, who was as good as gold, did not bother to give him a biography. However, this does not mean that Wang Yun does not have strength. Wang Yun assassinated Dong Zhuo, which was definitely a big deal. According to the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, Wang Yun, Shisun Rui, and Lü Bu conspired to murder Dong Zhuo. Although the Romance of the Three Kingdoms is brilliantly written, in fact, Wang Yun persuaded Lü Bu to assassinate Dong Zhuo very accidentally. If Lü Bu had been a little more determined, it would have been unlikely that it would have succeeded. Wang Yun is not a calculating figure with a big picture view. He was more of an administrative bureaucrat in the Eastern Han Court. Therefore, such a person controlled the central government, which was very dangerous under the chaos of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
At this time, the Eastern Han Court used the term "crisis" to describe it as absolutely not exaggerated. However, at this time, Wang Yun did not work conscientiously, like walking on thin ice, and began to be arrogant and arrogant. After assassinating Dong Zhuo, Wang Yun suddenly became the helmsman of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and his official position was promoted from Situ to Shang Shuling. Wang Yun began to be carried away by victory and unprecedented power. The first bastard thing he did was kill Cai Yong.
Cai Yong was Cai Wenji's father, a calligrapher and writer of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Although Cai Yong was recruited by Dong Zhuo to become an official and rose all the way from sacrificial wine to Zuo Zhonglang, Cai Yong was only a literati after all, and he basically did not participate in these matters such as political stance. However, Wang Yun was only because Cai Yong lamented that Dong Zhuo's death was about to be executed. At this time, the princes and ministers all interceded for Cai Yong, and Cai Yong himself expressed his willingness to be a common man and continue to write history books. However, Wang Yun had to kill Cai Yong, which showed that Wang Yun was completely awed at this time. Wang Yun not only drifted away, but also misestimated his own ability.
If you were asked who had the greatest credit for assassinating Dong Zhuo? This question may be a problem for many people. Is it Wang Yun or Lü Bu? If you want to answer the meeting of the mink cicada, the mink cicada is a tool man, which is not in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". This entanglement is also normal. Wang Yun was the mastermind of the entire assassination of Dong Zhuo, and there was no problem if he had great merit. But as we said above, the executor of Dong Zhuo's assassination was Lü Bu, not Wang Yun. Anyone can think of a plan to assassinate Dong Zhuo. However, only Lü Bu can do it. From this point of view, Lü Bu is the most critical figure. Dong Zhuo's downfall is different from many coups in history. Because Wang Yun himself did not have enough strength. If we think back to the changes in Li Shimin's Xuanwu Gate, we can find out where the gap is.
It was precisely because Wang Yun himself had no strength, and his henchmen were all third-rate ministers (the main first-class ministers either ran away or were killed). Therefore, after Wang Yun gained control of the central government of the imperial court, the most important thing he should do was to absorb Dong Zhuo's old forces and restore the central strength. The most important force in Dong Zhuo's hands was the Western Liang Army. The Western Liang Army can be said to be the most powerful unit at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. The reason why the combined forces of the Kwantung princes were stagnant, in addition to the internal scattered sand, the strong combat effectiveness of the Western Liang Army was a major reason. When Cao Cao's lone army was defeated by Xu Rongjun behind the palace, it could be seen how strong the Western Liang army really was.
If the Eastern Han Dynasty could control the Western Liang Army, then Wang Yun would be the second Dong Zhuo. Although the Eastern Han Dynasty at this time had long been controlled by Haoqiang, a strong central army could still extend the life of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Therefore, how to deal with the Western Liang Army became the most important thing for Wang Yun in the next step. The wisest way to deal with the Western Liang Army was to punish those who were in charge, and the others did not ask. The Western Liang Army followed Dong Zhuogan, which can be said to be confused. He Jin and Yuan Shao let Dong Zhuo enter the capital, which was in itself an imperial order. After Dong Zhuo became a taishi, his orders could also be considered imperial orders. After Dong Zhuo's death, Wang Yun's order can also be regarded as an imperial order. At that time, the world was chaotic, no one could foresee the future of the Three Kingdoms, and Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were not yet climatic. At this time, Wang Yun sent a capable general to stabilize the western Liang army,and he could definitely control this force in his hands.
As for dealing with the problem of the Western Liang Army, Lü Bu and others also actively suggested that Wang Yun appease him as soon as possible. Lü Buben was an important general in Dong Zhuo's camp. Since he was able to put forward this opinion, it showed that the Western Liang Army was indeed being used. However, Wang Yun finally decided to dismiss the Western Liang army. This became the main reason for Wang Yun's rapid defeat. The reason why Wang Yun dismissed the Western Liang Army was that he was arrogant and arrogant, and the other was that his subordinates really had no capable people.
When Wang Yun decided to dismiss the Western Liang Army, he gave the explanation that the Kwantung rebels were all their own people. Wang Yun was really overestimating his own ability. While Dong Zhuo was there, Wang Yun and the Kwantung rebels could communicate internally and externally. But now dong zhuo was gone, and Yuan Shao and Cao Cao were no more meticulous than Wang Yun. At the beginning, the rebels were all scattered, let alone now. Wang Yun believed that the dismissal of the Western Liang Army could win the trust of the rebels, which was unrealistic. Another difficulty for Wang Yun was who to send to command the Western Liang Army. Wang Yun's main allies were Lü Bu, Song Yi, and Wang Hong. Song Yi and Wang Hong's ability was not as good as Wang Yun's, and they were not useful at all. Although Lü Bu was a military general, this man was brave and had insufficient strategy, and it was difficult to suppress the Western Liang Army. Moreover, Wang Yun originally thought that he had the greatest merit, how could he let Lü Bu make meritorious contributions to surpass himself? It was for these reasons that Wang Yun gave the order to dismiss the Western Liang army.
This order brought Wang Yun's life to an end, and this order also brought the life of the Eastern Han Dynasty to an end. When the order to dismiss reachEdang Liangzhou, it became the imperial court that wanted to kill all the people of Liangzhou. The Liangzhou soldiers, who were originally confused and helpless, were immediately excited. The next thing, Luo Guanzhong has already told us. At the suggestion of Jia Xu, the general of the Western Liang Army, Li Dai (李傕) joined forces with Guo Feng (郭汜), Zhang Ji (張汜), and others to invade Chang'an. Originally, when the troops of several thousand people arrived in Chang'an, there were already more than one hundred thousand. In the end, Lü Bu was defeated and fled, and Wang Yun was in a different place. These few warriors completely stomped the last vestige of face of the Eastern Han Dynasty to their feet.
References: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Book of the Later Han Dynasty, Treatise on Reading Through The Classics
Author: Our special invited author lonely cold light