Chapter 7 2. The traitor Wang Dun

Wang Dun was ruined in the end. Like his cousin Wang Dao, Wang Dun was also the actual founder and defender of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.Back then, Sima Rui had no prestige when he first arrived in Jiankang. It was Director Wang who designed him to travel in a sedan chair on the Shangsi Festival on March 3rd. Without the Jiangdong clan who held a wait-and-see attitude, Sima Rui's later proclaiming emperor also had a social foundation. Since then, Wang Daonei was in charge of the government, and Wang Dunwai was in charge of the military talisman. Both administrative and military power were in the hands of the Wang family. Emperor Sima Rui of the Jin and Yuan Dynasties was only the nominal head of state. ".

This is the monarch-subject co-governance model founded by Wang Dao. It's a pity that only Wang Dao is satisfied with such a political situation, and neither Wang Dun nor Sima Rui is satisfied.Wang Dun was rebellious and domineering, while Sima Rui was unwilling to let go of power and tried to use the power of others to restrain the Wang family. As a result, Wang Dun, who was guarding Jingzhou with a heavy army in his hand, had to rebel if he didn't want to. Therefore, four years after Sima Rui became emperor, Wang Dun rebelled against Wuchang (now Ezhou, Hubei), and soon invaded Jiankang.People who were reused by Sima Rui died, those who surrendered, those who fled and fled, and the government completely fell into Wang Dun's hands.Emperor Yuan himself almost lost his throne, and died of grief and anger that year.

According to the official history, after Sima Rui's crushing defeat, he did not dare to condemn Wang Dun with the righteousness of the monarch and ministers. He could only take off his military uniform and muttered: If I want a seat, I will go back to Langya. Why let the common people suffer? The helplessness of the Eastern Jin emperors can be seen from this. After the death of Emperor Jin Yuan, Sima Shao, Emperor Jin Ming succeeded him.Both Emperor Ming and Wang Dun were sharpening their swords, determined to kill each other.In the end, Wang Dun's rebellion ended because of his death.His power was wiped out by the government army of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, his body was also dug up, and his head was chopped off and hung on the pontoon bridge for public display.

Didn't Wang Dun die well? of course.And according to Confucian ethics, he is also an out-and-out traitor.However, in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, Wang Dun received sincere admiration. Twenty-three years after Wang Dun's death, Huan Wen, the general who conquered the West, attacked Chengdu and destroyed Cheng Han, one of the Five Hu and Sixteen Kingdoms.The victor had a banquet in the Chenghan Palace, and all the gentry in Sichuan were present.Huan Wen was originally a bold person, but at this moment he shocked everyone with his majestic speech, so that after the banquet was over, everyone still had endless aftertaste.

Everyone said: General Huan is really a contemporary hero! One of Wang Dun's former subordinates disagreed.He said: That's because you haven't seen General Wang! In fact, even Huan Wen admired Wang Dun, although he did not consider himself inferior to Wang Dun.But when he passed by Wang Dun's tomb, he still shouted loudly from the bottom of his heart: Keer!Keer! Ke'er is a person who is as good as he wants. It is hard to imagine that this is an evaluation of a "rebel", and it is said that this evaluation was already very popular when Wang Dun was alive. So, what kind of person is Wang Dun?

man. Wang Dun, who later took charge of the military power in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, seemed to make his debut earlier than his cousin Wang Dao.He came to Luoyang, the capital of the Western Jin Dynasty very early, and became the son-in-law of Sima Yan, Emperor Wu of Jin Dynasty.In the "Eight Kings Rebellion", Wang Dun scattered all his family wealth and allocated the princess's maidservant to the soldiers, so he was deeply loved.It was not unreasonable for Wang Dao to recruit Wang Dun to join Sima Rui's empire when he was running the empire. But no one would have guessed that Wang Dun, who came from a famous family, was regarded as a country bumpkin in the capital.Because he can't speak Luoyang dialect, he doesn't understand the rules of the rich, and he is not good at piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.He even made a lot of jokes, one of which was that when he went to the toilet at the princess's place, he ate both the dried dates used to plug his nose and the bath beans used to wash his hands, and as a result, all the maidservants of the princess laughed.

Wang Dun neither cared nor cared. Once, Emperor Wu of Jin was discussing music with social sages at a gathering. Wang Dun sat next to him and couldn't get in a word, so he volunteered to play drums.Seeing his ugly face, Emperor Wu of Jin ordered the drum and drumsticks to be placed in front of him. Wang Dun flicked his sleeves and stood up. The tom was played beautifully.The rapid and harmonious syllables, the bold and aggressive momentum, and the look of no one else are all amazing.The uselessness suffered by the bumpkin was also vented in this beating. The evaluation given by the audience is two words: Xiongshuang.

Majestic is the atmosphere. Wang Dun is indeed magnificent.It is this kind of domineering spirit that makes him feel ashamed to go out of rich families even though he is regarded as a country bumpkin.At that time, the richest person in Luoyang was Shi Chong. There were often more than a dozen maidservants standing in the toilet of Shi Chong's house. They had to serve and change clothes when the guests went to the toilet. Many shy people had to hold back.Only Wang Dun not only took photos, but also showed arrogance when changing clothes. So the maidservants whispered among themselves: This man must be a thief!

The instincts of the maidservants were right.In fact, Shi Chong's ostentation is very uncomfortable and intimidating, but this kind of showing off becomes worthless because of Wang Dun's equanimity.This is more shocking than playing drums at the emperor's banquet, because it is much more difficult to be calm than to show one's skills. A nouveau riche who shows off his wealth will never be as good as a hero who can be a thief. The previous two stories both took place in the Western Jin Dynasty, that is, when Wang Dun just debuted.Perhaps it was from then on that he earned the title of "Ker".As for Wang Dun's self-evaluation, it is "Gao Lang Shu Li", that is, noble, straightforward, relaxed, and straightforward, which can be said to be a very high self-esteem.

However, Wang Dun's personal charm seems to be here.He is indeed contemptuous of everything, and there is nothing that can make him linger.Someone once told him that too much sex life is not good for health, and you are now very weak.Wang Dun said: Is that so?It's easy!So he opened the back door and let all those women leave, and they could go wherever they fell in love. This is actually cruel enough. Those who can attack themselves will not have sympathy for others.Once, Wang Kai (one said Shi Chong), a wealthy man in Luoyang, hosted a banquet for Wang Dun and Wang Dao brothers, and specially arranged a toast for beautiful women.If the guest can't drink it all in one gulp, he will kill the beauty who is toasting.Therefore, even though Wang Dao was too strong to drink, he had no choice but to resign himself to it.However, after killing three people in a row, Wang Dun still did not drink at all, and remained calm.

Director Wang couldn't stand it anymore, so he blamed Wang Dun.But Wang Dun replied nonchalantly: He killed his own family, it's none of your business! Such a person, of course, can be a thief, and he is a thief of the country. In fact, Wang Dun's greatest pursuit in his life is to rule the world, and his greatest regret is not being able to become emperor. Therefore, before he died, he specially confessed to his heir: After I die, you will ascend the throne first, and after setting up the court and officials, you will send me a funeral. It's a pity that Wang Dun's heir is useless and has no opinion.He followed the counselor's suggestion, wrapped Wang Dun's corpse in wax and buried it in the meeting hall, and then indulged in drinking and lusting day and night, thinking that this would stabilize the morale of the army and wait for the good news from the front. The army was wiped out.The heir and his biological father were sunk into the Yangtze River, while Wang Dun was exhumed and almost died without a place to bury him. A generation of heroes, tyrants, or villains ended up like this. This was probably something Wang Dun hadn't expected, right? In fact, Wang Dun's ideal is at least to be Cao Cao.His favorite poem when he was a general in the Eastern Jin Dynasty was Cao Cao's "Gui Shu Shou": "An old man is standing on the ground, and his ambition is a thousand miles away; a martyr is old, and his ambition is endless."It is said that when he recited this poem, he would hit the jade spit pot with Yu Ruyi, so that the mouth of the pot was broken. What Wang Dun didn't expect, neither did Wang Dao.Director Wang probably wanted to be Duke Zhou or Zhuge Liang, although his ambitions were much smaller.Such a person, of course, cannot have the heart of treason.However, Wang Dun made a shocking case, and the relationship between Wang Dao and Wang Dun cannot be separated anyway. So, where is Director Wang at this moment?