Chapter 60: Listing Testimonials
This book, from the opening of May 3, 2018 to today's June 15, 2018, has been 43 days and 200,000 words. Now I'm sorry to say to everyone, but the chapters are starting to charge. Five points in a thousand words.
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The Chinese and Han "Wang Mang" is rarely written in online history books.
However, what he did in the history of that time has been commented on by many literati throughout the ages. Even in the United Kingdom, there are many scholars who comment.
Among these comments, there are strong criticisms, and there are also deep admiration, and there are many controversies.
Before I put pen to paper, I didn't pay much attention to Wang Mang.
Then, by chance, I came across a story.
In that report, one of the arguments was that during Wang Mang's reign, the land of Kyushu was sometimes arid, sometimes rainy, sometimes flooded, sometimes earthquake, and sometimes rebelled. Natural disasters and man-made disasters are continuous.
In the face of this kind of calamitous situation, starting from Qin Shi Huang and counting down to the Qing Dynasty, I am afraid that few people dare to say that if a certain emperor is in Wang Mang's position, he can do better than Wang Mang.
According to historical records, it is a miracle that during this period of natural disasters, it is rare that many people in Kyushu did not starve to death.
At that time, the production labor force was extremely low, but Wang Mang really ensured the most basic food and clothing problems of the people in the world, which was a feat that could not be ignored.
The year he ruled was not long, however, in this short year, nearly 400,000 people wrote to thank Wang Mang.
Maybe other emperors can make more people write to be grateful, but which emperor can make the people write to be grateful without relying on the emperor's prestige? Which emperor has had many people write from the bottom of their hearts to thanks?
To be able to make the people do this, he was the first person among the emperors.
After reading the report, I was very impressed. Such a strange emperor, why do few people know about his deeds? Why is he buried in history, so that we only know the Qin Emperor and the Han Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty and the Song Ancestors?
Therefore, I began to ponder the next pen, hoping that Wang Mang's policy of letting the people, selling people, and benefiting the people be known to more people.
From the time I started writing, I've been trying to write well.
This book does not grow and upgrade like most other books, and is purely supported by plot and story, so it is more laborious to write.
However, no matter how laborious it is, I will keep writing it to the end. Because Wang Mang should let more people know about him, and more people should pay attention to him and evaluate him.
This book is an alternate style, so it is inevitable that there will be many non-existent storylines, and I hope that readers will forgive me for this.
Anyone who has ever written a book knows that writing a book is tiring and very brain-draining. Often thinking about a storyline takes a long time. Therefore, I hope that readers who like this book can give support to the genuine reading.
Of course, I also hope that readers can pay more attention to Wang Mang in history and give themselves an evaluation in the process of reading.
If readers have their own ideas, they can leave a message in the book review. When I see it, I'll talk about it together. Of course, if readers don't want to discuss it in the book review, they can also discuss it in my group, which is 486101222.
Finally, I would like to thank the editor Zhu Li for his support to me, thank Chuangshi.com for giving me a platform to realize value, and at the same time, I would like to thank all readers for their support to me.
With you here, I am not lonely on the way to write a book.
PS: Some of the things that are not historically involved in this book, such as silver taels, silver stamps, paper, etc., are all written for the convenience of reading. After all, in the period of Wang Mang, the papermaker Cai Lun had not yet been born, so there was no silver ticket or paper.