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Chapter 117 Wang Mang One

The figure continued, "I come from Mengtian Continent. Although there are people who practice cultivation in Mengtian Continent, they have already declined and are working hard to develop high-tech. However, I am a master from the cultivation sect, but because of my limited qualifications, I was scolded as a waste by the people of the master. I was discouraged and drove a spaceship to various continents to explore. However, I didn't expect that many continents were not inhabited by humans. They were all demons, and only a few continents were inhabited by humans. The most interesting thing is that your universe is divided into human world, cultivation sect, immortal world, demon world, demon world, underworld, Meng world, etc.."

The figure was silent for a moment and continued, "I didn't expect that my spaceship would be hit by a huge meteorite when it was about to reach your human world, and it was damaged. I had no choice but to land on this blue planet, which is what you call the earth. But the material here is too low and there is no way to repair my spaceship, so I started to travel here. But I could survive for thousands of years, but because the spaceship was destroyed, the injuries I suffered had not recovered, so my body collapsed, leaving only my soul. In this way, I kept floating in my soul. A thousand years later, just when my soul was already weak, I happened to meet a five-year-old child who died of illness. In desperation, I attached myself to him. Maybe you have heard of this child, and he was called Wang Mang."

"What?" Mao Di said incredibly: "Wang Mang? Is Wang Mang who seized the Western Han Dynasty and established the New Dynasty?"

"Not bad!" said the figure, who should have called Wang Mang, "Later I have been living with this body."

Brother Mao interrupted Wang Mang and said:

Wang Mang was born in the late Western Han Dynasty. When he was young, he followed his uncle to hunt for his uncle. The Wang family was a powerful family of foreign relatives at that time. Nine people were granted titles to marquis, and five of them served as Grand Sima. He was the most prominent family in the Western Han Dynasty. Most of the people in the clan were generals and marquis. Only Wang Mang was pure, had a simple life, was humble, and studied the Analects of Confucius by Pei County Chensan. He served his adoptive mother very filial and had a careful behavior. He served his uncles internally and made friends with wise men externally.

In 22 BC, Wang Mang became an official in the central government, doing things seriously and respecting others. His uncle Wang Shang wrote to Emperor Cheng of Han, willing to give part of his fief to Wang Mang. He was famous ministers in the court and also recommended Wang Mang. Wang Mang was extremely respectful to his uncle Wang Feng, who was in the position of Grand Sima. Wang Feng asked Wang Zhengjun to take care of Wang Mang before his death. In 22 BC, Emperor Cheng of Han was appointed as Huangmenlang and later promoted to the Captain of Shesheng. Emperor Cheng of Han believed that Wang Mang was very virtuous.

In 16 BC, he was named the Marquis of Xindu and served as the commander of the cavalry and the Grand Duke of Guanglu. Wang Mang's uncles Wang Feng, Wang Shang and Wang Gen were successively the Grand Sima and the assistant to the government. During the reign of Emperor Cheng of Han, nine of the Wang clans were granted marquis and five of the Grand Sima. Wang Mang held a high position, but never regarded himself as a respectful person. He was always respectful to the wise and frugal. He often distributed his salary to his disciples and civilians, and even sold his carriages to help the poor. He was deeply loved by the people. Celebrities in the court and the country praised Wang Mang.

Wang Mang was an important member of the Wang family, a relative of the Western Han Dynasty. He was humble, frugal, and respectful, and was actually a person who was seeking fame. He had always been famous in the court and the country. At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, because Emperor Ai of Han liked men's style and favored Dong Xian, he died at the age of 26. When the imperial power fell, Wang Mang took the opportunity to steal the power. In December 8 AD, Wang Mang reigned on the Han Dynasty and "started the country" and announced the implementation of the new policy, which was known in history as "Wang Mang's Reform". At the end of Wang Mang's rule, the world was in chaos. In the fourth year of the Dihuang of Xinmang, Gengshi army invaded Chang'an, Wang Mang died in the chaos, and the Xin Dynasty was destroyed. Wang Mang reigned for 15 years, died at the age of 69, and the Xin Dynasty also became one of the short-lived dynasties in Chinese history.

In the second year of Yuanshou, Emperor Ai of Han died and had no children. The Empress Dowager Wang Zhengjun took over the imperial seal on the day of the emperor's death, took back the imperial seal, and issued an edict to allow Wang Mang to serve as the Grand Sima; only the former general He Wu and the left general Gongsun Lu were indignant to show their dissatisfaction with the Wang family. Later, Wang Mang supported the nine-year-old Emperor Ping of Han ascended the throne, and Wang Mang took over the national affairs.

In the first year of Yuanshi, the minister submitted a petition to the Empress Dowager, asking Wang Mang to accept the title of "An Han Gong". Wang Mang happily agreed and had a 28,000 households. In addition, Wang Mang and his three close friends were promoted to the position of "Four Auxiliary": Wang Mang was the Taifu, and led the head of the Four Auxiliary; Kong Guang was the Taishi, Wang Shun was the Taibao, and Zhen Feng was the Shaofu, and ranked above the Three Auxiliary. The "Four Auxiliary" monopolizes the power, except for the title of title, the rest of the political affairs were decided by "An Han Gong".

In the second year of Yuanshi, there was a severe drought across the country and locust plagues occurred. The people of Qingzhou, the most severely affected, went into exile. At the initiative of Wang Mang, many officials gave their salaries to help the victims. For a time, the court and the country praised Wang Mang's merits everywhere, saying that he had the virtue of a saint.

In the third year of Yuanshi, Wang Yan, the eldest daughter of Wang Mang, was appointed as the Empress of Emperor Ping of Han, and Empress Xiaoping; his fourth son Wang Yu was demoted to a commoner by Wang Mang due to the Lu Kuan case.

In the fourth year of Yuanshi, the Queen Mother of the King gave Wang Mang a bonus to Zai Heng and was in power among the kings. Wang Mang asked to establish a Mingtang, open a market, build a private school, build a house for scholars, and recruit capable people in the world to discipline and educate them, which was praised by Confucian scholars. First, 480,000 people and princes and princes asked to reward Duke Anhan, and then more than 900 ministers and ministers asked to add nine tins to Wang Mang. Therefore, the court gave Wang Mang the nine-life tin, which symbolized the supreme power.

In the fifth year of Yuanshi, Emperor Ping of Han was seriously ill, and Wang Mang prayed to heaven to depart from the emperor and died.

In the sixth year of Yuanshi, Emperor Ping of Han died of illness. Wang Mang made Ruzi Liu Ying the crown prince at the age of 2. The Empress Dowager Wang asked Wang Mang to act on the emperor's behalf according to his ministers' wishes and called him the emperor. The subjects called him "Long Live" and changed the year name to "Juxiu".

In the 7th AD of the following year, various talismans came in a flood, and people kept using names to persuade Wang Mang to become emperor.

On the first day of the twelfth lunar month of the first year of the first year, Wang Zhengjun handed over the jade seal of the country, citing Wang Mang as emperor, changing the country's name to "Xin", and surrendering the son Liu Ying as Ding'an Gong; at this time, Wang Mang proclaimed himself emperor in Chang'an, and founded the Yuan Dynasty to "found the country" and opening up "the heroic spirit of a generation".

After Wang Mang became emperor, he took a series of measures to benefit the people, known in history as the "Wang Mang Reform".

In the first year of the founding of the Kingdom, it was announced that the land in the world would be changed to Wangtian, and the land would be replaced by Wangtian; slaves and servants would be replaced by private fields, and they would not be bought or sold, just like Wangtian, and they would not be bought or sold. Later, the currency system and the official system were reformed, and the mountains, rivers and rivers would be taken back to the state; at the same time, they would rest with the people. From then on, the country would be prosperous and the people would be safe.

The following year of the founding of the country, Wang Mang accepted the suggestion of his cousin Wang Shun, gathered all the talented people in the world to Chang'an, and began to compile important classics such as "Chinese Dictionary", "Medical Dictionary", "Marriage and Funeral Dictionary", and "Literary Dictionary". It was completed in March of the spring of the first year of Difeng.

In the third year of its founding, small countries such as the Huns, Goguryeo, Lao Wu, and Pu Ya successively surrendered to the new dynasty.

Because privately minted coins among the people are popular, money is not worthwhile; powerful landlords take advantage of tricks; in addition, "natural disasters", a large number of farmers cannot feed themselves. Separatists enslave the people, and the people have no place to live.

In the 21st AD of the second year of Dihuang, the "Green Forest and Red Eyebrow Uprising" broke out in Bingzhou, Jeju and other places.

In the 23rd AD of the fourth year of Dihuang, Liu Xuan, a royal clan of the Han Dynasty, as the leader of the rebel army, conquered Chang'an. Wang Mang was killed and the Xin Dynasty was destroyed. Liu Xuan ascended the throne in Nanyang and became emperor, restoring the country's name as Han, known in history as "Xuan Han", and changing the year name to "Gengshi".

After listening to Brother Mao’s story, Wang Mang said: “That’s right, I understand quite well!”

Brother Mao said, "Don't talk about me, even the primary school students now know this."

Wang Mang said: "What you said is not completely correct. I was not killed by Liu Xuan at all. Although my qualifications are limited, it is not something that ordinary people can deal with. I don't understand. All I have done is to improve the people's livelihood. It's an era. They still have slaves. These will not exist in our Mengtian Continent at all. Why do they object?"

Brother Mao said: "You are too eager for quick success and instant benefits. It is understandable that all the things you did are understandable, but the society at that time could not be achieved overnight. It can only be progressed step by step. You went against the will of most people, so you were doomed to fail."
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