Wang Mang is the nephew of Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty. Emperor Xian of Han liked Confucian scholars and did nothing all day. In this way, the bad guys have nothing to hide. The situation in the Western Han Dynasty is getting worse every year. Emperor Xian of Han was not only interested in Confucian scholars, but also liked several eunuchs, which made the queen very dissatisfied. As a result, after the death of Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty, his wife was promoted to empress dowager. But an old lady doesn't know much about state affairs, and she doesn't have the ability of Tathagata. Naturally, they needed help, so they promoted their brothers one by one, all of whom were officials such as Fu and General, that is, the first level of the National Government. But although the old lady lived by herself for a long time, her younger brothers didn't live long. When her last brother Wang Gen, who was in charge of government work, was dying, she promoted her nephew Wang Mang to Fu. It was through her brothers and nephews that the old lady became the master of the country, and Wang Mang was her last family member who was promoted, her nephew.
Wang Mang, a man, has a poem that describes his life profoundly and accurately. "Duke Zhou was afraid to leave a message. When Wang Mang was humble to a corporal, if he died that year, who knows the truth about his life?" . Use this poem to describe Wang Mang's life, in one word: false! Why? Because follwed didn't live a much poorer life at home as early as his uncles, and he himself was a public face for Kong Jing Meng, which attracted many Confucian scholars. He also thought about the problem of land annexation that could not be solved under the feudal rule system, and according to Confucius' proposal of "not suffering from widowhood but suffering from inequality", Mencius said that "a hundred acres of land is a tree." Confucius and Mencius have always retained the ideal of land reform, and there are many such figures among Wang Mang's friends. Later, I was gradually promoted, and there was not much change. He distributed all the rewards of the imperial court to subordinates or public guests. His son was involved in a life-threatening lawsuit, and he killed his son without hesitation, and so on, which really won him a lot of fame and prestige. However, with the passage of time, it was also because there was a saying in the academic circles and the people at that time that the Han Dynasty was the virtue of fire and Dashun was the virtue of earth. Fire can produce soil, and it will be created by the Miao people in Dashun to replace a dynasty in Han Dynasty. And follwed himself thought that it was his turn to be emperor after the Wang family was the King of Qi in the Warring States Period, that is, after Dashun. The last emperor of the Western Han Dynasty, Ruziying, was a puppet for three years, and Wang Mang gave himself the position of emperor in his own name. He went into the palace and asked the old lady for the imperial seal of the Han Dynasty. At this time, the old lady woke up and felt that her status depended on marrying Liu, not because her maiden name was Wang. She cried and called Wang Mang a traitor and refused to ask. Although I had to hand it over in the end, I was relieved and broke a corner of the decree written by Reese, "I am ordered by heaven to live forever."
Wang Mang established a new dynasty, why did it end in failure in just over ten years?
Many of Wang Mang's original practices, especially those that brought him a lot of popularity, gradually exposed his incompetence and selfishness after he became emperor, instead of following the methods proposed by Confucian scholars. For example, the problem of land annexation and slavery mentioned earlier, he was careless, not only failed to solve the land problem, but also increased the number of slaves because of various harsh laws and punishments. He issued a lot of money with high value, but the actual content was not enough, which was a cruel exploitation of the people. Xiongnu has been stable for several years since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty implemented the military crusade policy, but he just took their seals, replaced them with small ones, lowered their titles, and forced them to rebel. Why? Because he wanted to throw his weight around and win a few battles, leaving a memorable historical achievement for himself, as a result, the Huns really moved their swords and soldiers, and Wang Mang moved the soldiers of the whole country, but he did not win the first world war. It wastes people and money, making domestic bandits a problem and refugees huge. Under the leadership of some adherents of the Han Dynasty and descendants of Liu, these refugees finally changed qualitatively, and two forces eventually became the last force to bury Wang Mang, namely "Red Eyebrows" and "Green Forest". Wang Mang was trapped in internal and external affairs, but he didn't think it was his own fault. He always blames others one way or another, and finally blames God for injustice. I felt that God had abandoned him, so I led all officials and ordinary people to cry to heaven, hoping to save the situation in this way. Those who cried well were given official titles and titles, so many people became official titles. Unfortunately, God didn't respond at all. So he died selfishly under such circumstances, and his body was almost filed by the people after his death.