On April 12, 2020, in a group chat called "History Foursome", "I tell you, my graduation thesis is ready to write a new dynasty, although the new dynasty is only a short fifteen years, but it is these fifteen years, I found that Wang Mang is very interesting, and the wind review of this history is very bad, this is a common problem of history, the shorter the dynasty, the worse the reputation, like the Qin Dynasty, the Sui Dynasty, he is not so miserable that they were scolded, the new dynasty is too controversial, the amazing coincidence of history, As a result, people now think that Wang Mang is a modern person who has traveled through the past, so it must attract the attention of the tutor, and this paper can be "A room full of historical documents in Room 401 of Jinxiu Community, Nanjing, a young man sitting in front of the computer, said with an excited look on his face.

This young man is Wang An, a fourth-year student in the Department of History of Nankai University, who has been at home for four months due to the epidemic, and is facing the moment of handing in his graduation thesis, and this group chat is the group chat in his dormitory.

"Come on, you choose a new dynasty, be careful that the tutor kills you, so many experts can't study it, what kind of fun are you a senior student making up, stop studying the Tang Dynasty and the Han Dynasty, isn't he fragrant" A person named Zhao Kai in the group said,

"Brother An, what Brother Kai said makes sense, you come up to study so complicated, this dialectic is enough for you, who knows whether those experts are optimistic about Wang Mang or not, there is still 1 month, let's hurry up, Brother An chooses some low difficulty, let's discuss and discuss together in the dormitory, we will all graduate, we should take the postgraduate entrance examination, and the work will be worked" Zhou Zheng, a member of the group said,

"No, Kaizi, yes, I've been puzzled for too long, I've wondered about the surname Wang since I came into contact with history, such a big surname, an emperor doesn't, this is not scientific, and then I found Wang Mang, and then I checked it, and it was said that Wang Mang had crossed, and the result was that I still hadn't beaten Liu Xiu, the son of the plane, 20,000 troops fought 420,000 troops, which was more ruthless than Bai Qi, and it turned out that the meteor shower was half killed, I didn't understand it at that time, so I always wanted to be admitted to the history department of a good university, which didn't come to us, and now I finally have a chance, How can I be willing, I also thought about it for a long time, and finally made up my mind," Wang An said with his hands clenched and an excited face.

Wang An likes to read history since he was a child, although he doesn't understand much about "Historical Records", "Hanshu", "Zizhi Tongjian" and so on, but he likes to read it, and if he doesn't understand it, he will inquire about it.

"Kaizi, yes, let's support Xiao Anzi, let's support Xiao Anzi, we've been together for more than 3 years, you still don't know him, he can't pull back the nine cows that he recognizes, but Xiao Anzi, you finish your thesis, graduate, you can't be like this when you enter the society, you have to learn to be flexible, you see how complicated Wang Mang you want to know the most, you are looking at you, the whole angry young man, or an angry young man with culture and reasoning, I am so old, and you can give me an example of the facts to convince me, you shouldn't learn this, I feel, you study law, In the future, he must be a famous barrister, and learning this will delay you," said a person named Zhao Meng in the group.

"Thank you, Brother Meng, Kaizi, Zheng, I must trouble a few of you to help me find information for this paper, go back to school and invite you to drink, hahaha," Wang An said excitedly in front of the screen, hung up after speaking, leaned on the chair, looked at the ceiling, and began to recall all kinds of Wang Mang in the new dynasty in his mind like a movie.

Wang Mang killed three sons one after another, which won him great moral prestige. However, because of the fall of the new dynasty, people nailed him to the pillar of shame again.

What kind of person is this? Historians said that he was a "chaotic minister and thief", and some people in later generations also called him a "saint" who took the cultivation of Qi and peace as his own responsibility.

Wang Mang was born in a prominent family of relatives in the late Western Han Dynasty, and his aunt Wang Zhengjun was the empress of Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty and the mother of Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty. It's a pity that Wang Mang lost his father as a young man, making him a poor child in a wealthy family.

The children of the poor are in charge of the family early, and this is especially true for Wang Mang. When the other cousins were lustful, Wang Mang was reading poetry and books. The predicament tempered his will, and when his uncle Wang Feng was sick in his youth, Wang Mang's clothes were not untied, and he tasted the decoction and served in front of the sickbed, winning him the name of filial piety.

Wang Feng felt his filial piety and filial piety, and recommended Wang Mang to the Empress Dowager Wang Zhengjun before his death. There was a filial son in his own family, and the Empress Dowager was naturally overjoyed and vigorously promoted. Wang Mang was first awarded the title of Huangmenlang, and was promoted step by step, and at the age of 29, he was named the new marquis, and he was the first person in the Wang family to be named a marquis!

was able to be crowned a marquis at a young age, according to common sense, shouldn't he be fresh and angry, and be high-spirited? Wang Mang didn't, he spread money, gave money to customers, and made friends with talents all over the world. Once again, it won a lot of praise.

If Wang Mang is selling his reputation, he can always be consistent. At the age of 38, Wang Mang took over the post of Da Sima and became a state-level leader, but he was more diligent and frugal. When his mother was sick, the relatives of the princes and ministers visited one after another, and Wang Mang's wife actually greeted him in a cloth dress, which shows that he was frugal in governing the family.

Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty died, and Emperor Ai of the Han Dynasty ascended the throne. The grandmother of Emperor Han Ai held her own noble status and sat next to the Empress Dowager Wang Zhengjun. Wang Mang, who had read Confucian classics, did not hesitate to offend the grandmother of the mourning emperor in order to maintain the etiquette system, and spoke out against it. incurring dismissal and retirement.

During his retirement, Wang Mang's second son, Wang Shu, killed a slave, and Wang Mang killed his relatives in righteousness, forcing Wang Shu to commit suicide and apologize. This move has won him praise from both the government and the opposition. Emperor Ai of the Han Dynasty recruited Wang Mang to re-enter the court as an official.

After the death of Emperor Han Ai, because he had no children, the Empress Dowager Wang Zhengjun took charge of the government and became the de facto supreme power. The Empress Dowager once again appointed Wang Mang as the Great Sima to manage the government, and appointed the 9-year-old King of Zhongshan as the emperor, known as Emperor Ping of Han.

For political needs, Wang Mang forced the empresses of Emperor Cheng and Emperor Wai to commit suicide. and quickly swept away the relatives of the two emperors. At the same time, Emperor Ping's maternal family was isolated in a fief and was not allowed to enter Beijing. Wang Mang's eldest son, Wang Yu, sympathized with the plight of Emperor Ping's mother, and ordered his wife and brother to splash blood late at night to intimidate Wang Mang. After the matter was revealed, Wang Mang ordered the entire family of Emperor Ping's mother to be slaughtered, and his wife gave birth to a baby and gave Bai Aya. Wang Mang used his iron and bloody hand to stabilize the political situation of the lord and the country.

Emperor Ping died of illness at the age of 14, and 2-year-old Liu Ying ascended the throne. Wang Mang was named the "Emperor Regent". Chang'an Confucian mourning chapter into the bronze box, which contains the edict of Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, and Wang Mang. Wang Mang gave up being the Duke of Zhou and wanted to be the real emperor!

In the voice of persuasion, in the anger of the empress dowager, Wang Mang was proclaimed emperor and established a "new dynasty".

Wang Mang, who ascended the throne as emperor, decided to follow the example of the ancients, relying on the ancient system of the pre-Qin period and Confucian classics, to carry out an all-round reform and realize the beautiful vision of a rich country and a strong people! Building the "ideal country" in Confucianism, Wang Mang's reform violated the interests of the landlords and the powerful, and the people were not satisfied, and the reform failed completely. In the end, the new dynasty was overthrown, and he himself was killed, and his head was hung in the market!