Wang Yun did two great things in his later years. One is to get rid of the great official Dong Zhuo, and the other is to kill the scholar Cai Yong. Dong Zhuo holds the power of government affairs and is a cruel man. Getting rid of him is not only a political struggle, but also a murder; Cai Yong is a scholar who doesn't ask about politics, and also an intellectual who everyone admires. After getting rid of Dong Zhuo, Wang Yun said that he would never let go of anything. Therefore, Cai Yong's death not only makes people shake their heads, but also makes people feel incredible.
There are three versions of Cai Yong's death. "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" said that after Dong Zhuo was killed, Cai Yong burst into tears; Xie Cheng's Hanshu Han Shu said that Cai Yong and Wen Zhuo died with a sigh; Now, it is said that Cai Yong was punished by Zhuo, but he sighed and was moved by the color. Although the three statements are different in degree, Cai Yong showed some inappropriate behaviors and manners on inappropriate occasions, which should be followed by history.
To tell the truth, as a pure intellectual, Cai Yong may not be good at politics, but he may not know nothing about politics. Dong Zhuo was detained and Wang Yun took power. In this extremely sensitive political atmosphere, although Cai Yong felt Dong Zhuo's gratitude to him, he did not lie down and cry, but openly jumped out to make trouble with Wang Yun and sang the opposite; If Cai Yong, as an accomplice of Dong Zhuo, was imprisoned and killed because of subconscious sigh or emotion, it can only be said that Wang Yun deliberately found fault.
Dong Zhuo is one year older than Cai Yong and five years older than Wang Yun. At the same time, under the same historical conditions, Dong Zhuo became a savage warrior like a lout, and Cai Yong became a brilliant cultural master. In contrast, Wang Yun has become more complicated. He is not only an important official of the imperial court, but also a cultural elite; Stick to justice and be narrow-minded. Cai Yong was not killed by Dong Zhuo's sword, but by the brilliant Wang Yun, which is undoubtedly another typical example of the literati's self-contempt.
In history, most outstanding scholars have suffered the same jealousy. For example, Cao Cao dealt with Heng, Zhong dealt with Ji Kang, and Wang Anshi dealt with Su Dongpo. The article is not as wonderful as others, and the reputation is not as loud as others. For thousands of years, political villains or cultural villains have used this cruel trick to vilify and stifle their sharp literary opponents through political means. This is also a historical stubborn disease that many scholars, including Cai Yong, have been persecuted repeatedly.
Cai Yong, born in Bojie, Liu Pi, is a generalist who is proficient in classics, astronomy, mathematics, painting, calligraphy, music and other cultures. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, he was a super master who had an absolute advantage in the literary world and could condescend. Compared with Cai Yong, Wang Yun is both a politician and a scholar. Playing politics, he can seize power by strategy, which is first-class; Literature, he is almost finished, especially standing with Cai Yong. The sense of inferiority and loss is dwarfed, but it is not a completely new move.
It is not difficult to find from the resumes of Wang Yun and Cai Yong that they all have a patriotic heart, have made efforts and sacrifices to resist eunuchs, and are attached to Dong Zhuo against their will, so they should be able to find some common language. However, Wang Yun is paranoid, narrow-minded, upright and upright, poor in circles and more tired in life; Cai Yong is cheerful, broad-minded, arrogant, has a wide range of friends and leads a carefree life. It is this huge contrast between incompatible personality and active state that leads to the incompatibility between the two intellectuals. Therefore, it is only a matter of time before Cai Yong falls into the hands of Yun3.
Knowing that he was doomed, Cai Yong begged Han history to come first and Han history to come second, and the literati also interceded for him. But the more Cai Yong wanted to go down in history, the more he encouraged the officials and people, and the more he hurt Wang Yun's jealousy of Cai Yong's pulmonary catheter. Although Wang Yun has Wang Zuo's talent, every time he argues with Cai Yong, he always has a lisp. This humiliation, this humiliation that is half shorter than others, this resentment, this depression, this depression that can never find a feeling in the literary world and can't climb to the top, after he mastered the power to kill people, there will inevitably be some hysterical venting.
Yesterday, instead of killing Sima Qian, Liang Wudi wrote a libel book, which became a thing of later generations. Fang Jinguo is only in decline, and cultural relics are not strong. The priest is not allowed to write beside the young master. This is not conducive to our morality and will make our party discuss it again. He described a famous historical book as a libel book and a literary master as a civil servant. Wang Yun was already in high spirits when he published this fallacy of reversing right and wrong. He is afraid of destroying morality and being criticized as false, but it is true to take this opportunity to express personal dissatisfaction and eliminate evil spirits. Once civil servants become ruthless, competition will become more terrible and cold-blooded. Poor Cai Yong died in prison.
Writing here, I suddenly remembered an article about foxes in Notes of Yuewei Cottage in Ji Xiaolan. The article is roughly as follows: A guest asked Fox Fairy what she was most afraid of, and Fox Fairy replied: Fox! The guest was puzzled and asked, since it is the same kind, why are you afraid of it? Fox fairy primly said: only the same kind in the world is terrible ... whoever competes for production must be the son of his father; Anyone who competes for favor must be her husband's wife; Anyone who struggles for power and profits must be an official; All those who compete for profits will share the advantages of this city. When the situation is close, they interfere with each other, and when they interfere, they roll up their ears. Although this story is absurd, it has far-reaching significance. It's a pity that Cai Yong was born too early to see it.