Chapter 293: Putting on a Show Is Risky (1)

As soon as he figured out the things before and after, Zhao Hao knew who was waving the flag behind him. Pen %Fun %Cabinet www.biquge.info they are so relentless to pull themselves out and expose themselves and hype them up, just like the catwalk of a modern presidential campaign. Of course, showmanship is a buzzword, but showmanship is not new. Throughout the ages, in all dynasties, it has been common to put on a show.

According to a broad sense, Li Bai's drunken play of the concubine, Guan Yu's warm wine and beheading Huaxiong, Qin Shihuang's construction of the Afang Palace, and the seven sages of the bamboo forest pretending to be crazy with their chests and abdomen, and Song Huizong of this dynasty wearing Taoist robes all day long can be counted as shows. They pretend to be crazy and stupid, and show their personality, just to arouse the ideas of others, to make a name for themselves, or to intimidate the world. But Zhao Yu knew that there was a person who was smarter than them, and he actually became the emperor from a scholar by putting on a show, if he only looked at his experience, he was a little similar. This person is the most powerful show master in history, Wang Mang, who established the so-called New Dynasty during the transition period from the Western Han Dynasty to the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Looking at the emperors of the Kai Dynasty in China, most of them belong to two kinds of people, one is the hooligan, the other is the haoqiang, the reason is very simple, the hooligans have no scruples, and the haoqiang is very powerful. However, if a scholar can become the founding king, this is the scorpion baba - it is more unique. Wang Mang is a scholar, and his greatest ability to become an emperor is to put on a show. But in the end, the fall of his new dynasty was also a show, and it was a model that he would not die if he didn't die.

Wang Mang's show seems to be in the womb, and he has no teacher when he is young. His father died very early and lived in poverty, and he earned a reputation for humility and frugality while studying hard and guarding his widowed mother. Zhao Hao didn't think so, although he was dried fish for rice every day, he didn't naturally like to eat this thing, nor how noble his conduct was. It's because of poverty, and when I open my eyes, there are hundreds of thousands of mouths waiting to eat with me. From this, think about Wang Mang's family only has two mouths, but the reason is the same, what if you don't save a little.

As for humility, it's because of low status, what if you can't afford to provoke others to be humble? When I was on the plague ship, I didn't coax and let anyone, and I had to make a wish and stuff money, and I had to be more humble and humble, not worried that they would slaughter me with a knife, or sneak away and throw myself on the sea. Think about the title of prince on his own, is he Wang Mang a flat-headed commoner not honest and polite to others? That's not looking for a fight!

Modern shows, there are media and networks, dirty things, bad things can be widely spread as gimmicks, and once they spread, they will become famous, beggars can become famous brands, and toad-beaked girls can become news figures when they ask for marriage on the street. Life is originally a big show, it depends on whether you can show off or not. There are so many people in the world, there are many people who have similar experiences and live similar lives, but Wang Mang can turn this unacceptable thing into a good person with noble morality, sincerity and filial piety after some packaging, don't you accept it?

Zhao Hao thought that those who could be willing to be ordinary and poor were not people, but gods. Wang Mang, as a little ant with big ambitions, of course, also wants to soar one day. But there are two things that are indispensable to get ahead, one is ability, and the other is backing, both of which are indispensable. Wang Mang's kung fu is unparalleled in the world, and it can be regarded as a skill. As for the backer, whoever takes care of it can also find a relative and friend who has the ability. And his uncle Wang Feng is not an ordinary person, he is the great Sima who leans towards the government and the opposition.

Things look beautiful, Wang Mang seems to have a big backer, but it should be noted that it is 'like', because this backer is too high, and it has to be climbed to be reliable in order to be called a backer. How to cling to it? Wang Mang encountered a God-given opportunity, and he also seized it, that is, his uncle Wang Feng was seriously ill. So, Wang Mang started his first solo show in his life.

So how did Wang Mang, who was born in the Han Dynasty and grew up in the Han Dynasty, put on a show? In the context of the Han Dynasty, filial piety was one of the core concepts of Confucianism. Especially after Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty deposed the Confucianism of the hundred schools, he paid more attention to filial piety. Wang Mang is a scholar, of course he knows this. So after learning that his uncle Wang Feng was sick and fell in bed, he served diligently and thoughtfully, serving soup and medicine every day, tasting the warmth and coldness, and did not take off his clothes to sleep for several months, making him unkempt and thin, which is not something that ordinary sons can do. Wang Feng was deeply moved, and when he was dying, he recommended Wang Mang to the emperor, so he became Huangmenlang and began his career.

The success of his debut in life made Wang Mang feel more confident. Later, Wang Mang's uncle, Wang Shang, gave his household to Wang Mang. Under his leadership, Wang Mang was promoted to an official, and was also promoted to Guanglu Doctor and served as a guard in the palace. At this time, Wang Mang's official position was higher, and his ability to show off was becoming more and more mature, and he was more modest and polite than before. After another seven or eight years, Wang Mang's uncle Wang Gen recommended Wang Mang to take over his position as the Great Sima, and he recruited talents and celebrities as his staff, corrected the extravagant and flashy atmosphere, won the reputation of being honest and noble, and put on a posture of serving the people wholeheartedly.

But only a year later, because of the power struggle in the court, Wang Mang was removed from his official position and had to return to his fiefdom. But he can also show off jaw-dropping. His son Wang Shu killed a slave, and Wang Mang seized the opportunity to make a big show - forcing Wang Shu to commit suicide. Although the price is high, the popularity has soared again. The court officials wrote to him to ask him to come back, and God also took care of the eclipse, and the emperor felt that he was wrong, so he summoned him back to the capital.

Wang Mang was out of luck at this time, and the emperor died as soon as he arrived in the capital. The Empress Dowager Wang Zhengjun asked Wang Mang to help Sima Dong Xian take care of the funeral. He knew that this big Sima was a 'chrysanthemum man' who had no ability, and the government and the opposition had long been dissatisfied with him. He put the funeral aside, first started to put on a show, deposed Dong Xian, forced him to commit suicide, and sold his family property to confiscate it, and then took care of the funeral of Emperor Mourning. The nine-year-old Xiao'er Emperor is synonymous with the puppet of the regime, and of course the Empress Dowager has to listen to the government in the court, and Wang Mang is the great Sima, and all the power in the court is controlled by him......

If the matter ends here, Zhao Hao's ability to Wang Mang can only be said to look up to and admire the five-body throw, not to mention that the cost of other people's homes is lower than his own, at most he will have a son, and no one in the world will know him. But he put on a show with his own life, and one mistake was to take a small life, and many things were sneaky, so as not to cause misunderstanding and suspicion among others, he didn't dare to make a big deal about it. But I'm afraid that some people don't know how to accept it when they see it, and putting on a show is also a high-risk thing...... (To be continued.) )