"Your Majesty, now our army has been defeated. What to do? Wang Shun said worriedly.

"You and I went to the Taimiao Temple to worship the ancestors of the Han Dynasty. They'll bless us! Wang Mang said with a smile.

Wang Shun thought to himself: Isn't Your Majesty crazy? What is the use of sacrifice? What our royal family needs now is to suppress the rebellion!

The next day, Wang Mang led hundreds of civil and military officials and children to the Taimiao Temple to worship their ancestors.

Wang Mang looked at the tablet of Emperor Gaozu in Taimiao, and couldn't help but fall into deep thought:

In the early dynasty of this day, Emperor Ping sat on the throne, overjoyed, and his face looked smiling. He thought to himself: I have finally experienced the majesty of the Son of Heaven today! It seems that Wang Mang is not so powerful! It's just my courtier! Mrs. Kong Guang is not wrong!

I saw that the messenger of the Yue Shang clan wore pheasant feathers on his head, painted with all kinds of paints, and slowly walked in and in with a white chicken in his arms.

The ministers couldn't help but laugh when they saw such strange costumes.

When Wang Mang saw him, he thought: This Yueshang clan is really different! What a barbarian! Dressed so nonsensically!

Emperor Ping on the throne looked at it and thought: Does this Yue Shang clan understand the rules? I really don't know etiquette when I go to court shirtless! It's rude!

"Your Majesty, I am the envoy of the Yueshang clan, and I pay tribute to the white pheasant for the Han Dynasty."

The messenger put down the white chicken, and the chicken actually cooed.

Emperor Ping looked at this white chicken and thought: Is this the Yue Shang clan? is so poor that he can only pay tribute to the white chicken. I must let them see the magnificence of our great man. Our Han is the richest country in the world!

Emperor Ping was puzzled, and hurriedly asked Taifu Kong Guang: "Taifu Kong!" Where is the Yue Shang clan sacred? Why haven't I heard of it? Where? It's not from the Central Plains, right? ”

"Your Majesty, it is recorded in the Book of Shang. The Yueshang clan is south of Jiaoluan. When the Duke of Zhou assisted him as king, he once paid tribute to three elephants. ”

Emperor Ping smiled: "It seems that our Han Empire is famous!" Even the Yueshang clan from thousands of miles away came here! Congratulations! The envoy of the Yue Shang clan is hospitable, I will reward you! Hahaha......"

Just when Emperor Ping was still proud, Wang Mang's cousin Wang Shun was bad.

"Your Majesty, now Lord Zai Heng is like Zhou Gongdan, assisting Your Majesty! Shouldn't Your Majesty give Lord Zai Heng an additional official and knight? ”

Wang Shun said with a smile.

Emperor Ping looked at Wang Shun, and in an instant, the smile on his face turned into a sad face, and he suddenly became angry and said, "Okay! I look like I'm going to reward Lord Zaiheng! ”

"Wang Mang is already a powerful Huanyu, just like the Duke of Zhou back then, educating the people, and he should be the Duke of Anhan." Wai Zhang smiled.

Emperor Ping's face turned to anger.

Emperor Ping thought to himself: Wang Mang is really a chaotic minister and thief! I actually want to be An Han Gong! These people are all Wang Mang's comrades! I must kill them all.

Liu Xin also said: "Your Majesty, Lord Zai Heng deserves to be the Duke of An Han!" ”

Emperor Ping was also speechless at this moment, he thought to himself: How can even a Han clan like Liu Xin help Wang Mang speak! What should I do about such a thing?

Wang Mang thought to himself: How good is this? In this case, Your Majesty will be disgusted with loneliness again! Your Majesty has long regarded Lone as a thorn in his side, a thorn in his flesh! If that's the case, it's really bad!

Emperor Ping said perfunctorily: "This matter still needs to be thought about carefully!" ”

"Your Majesty doesn't have to think about it!"

A shrill voice was heard.

turned around and saw that the person was the Empress Dowager Wang Zhengjun.

Wang Zhengjun walked in hobbled in with a cane and shouted: "Your Majesty, Wang Mang's meritorious work is high in the world, and he is the minister of our Han Dynasty!" Even barbarians like the Yue Shang clan have come thousands of miles to pay tribute! Wang Mang's virtue has spread all over the world! Your Majesty should crown Wang Mang as the Duke of An Han and double Wang Mang's fiefdom! ”

"No, the Queen Mother! How can the minister and the king be reckless? The ministers are not intellectual, and their virtues are humble! I hope the Empress Dowager will take back her fate! ”

"No! Wang Mang, if you don't do An Hangong, who will? ”

Emperor Ping looked at the Empress Dowager and thought: Isn't it my biological grandmother! Her heart is all towards Wang Mang, a chaotic minister and thief! I can't wait to kill her! It's a pity that our Han rules the country with filial piety! Otherwise, I really don't care about anything!

"The Empress Dowager! Since Wang Mang doesn't want to do it himself. Then forget it! "Emperor Ping wants to get off the donkey down the slope!

However, the Empress Dowager has already made up her mind to make Wang Mang the Duke of An Han!

"Your Majesty, you are still young. Such a trivial matter, the mourning family can call the shots! Spread the will of the mourning family and crowned Wang Mang as the Duke of An Han. ”

"Since the Empress Dowager has to be the Duke of An Han alone, it is disrespectful to be alone! So be it! Don't be a fief, the fief is distributed to the people! ”

Emperor Ping looked at Wang Mang and thought: Is Wang Mang still buying people's hearts and inviting the people's reputation? Is his ambition really to swallow my big man's country?

Emperor Ping glared at Wang Mang angrily.

However, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty did not pay any attention to Emperor Ping's anger and looked at Wang Mang.

In the first year of the Yuan Dynasty (the first year of the Common Era), after Wang Mang sacrificed to the temple, he was crowned as the Duke of Anhan.

Wang Mang thought to himself: I became the Duke of An Han back then. Since then, I've had a hard time riding tigers.

Wang Mang said bitterly at the tablets of the ancestors of the Han Dynasty: "The ancestors of the Han Dynasty! My Wang Jujun has spent all my life for the Han Dynasty! I'm really not a traitor! He Liu Xin established himself as the emperor, this is arrogance! ”

The baby on the side cried: "I want to eat, give me food!" ”

But the ministers below said no more. They didn't say a word.

Wang Mang thought to himself: Liu Xin must fail. This time, he lost morally.

Wang Shun thought to himself: Your Majesty's trick is wonderful! In this way, the people will think that Liu Xin and Zhai Yi are rebels.

The news of Wang Mang's sacrifice to the Taimiao soon spread throughout the Han Dynasty.

The people began to talk about it.

The people of Chang'an City were all talking at the inn.

"His Majesty the Emperor must not be a traitor, otherwise why would he still respect the children of our Han family as kings? That Liu Xin is a traitor, he actually became the emperor. He did it on purpose, rebelling in the name of justice. ”

Uncle Li said to everyone at the inn.

Actually, Wang Mang or Liu Xin. There is no one right or wrong. It's just a matter of winning and losing. Loyal and traitorous ministers are just different positions.

"Yes! Let's take His Majesty the Emperor's loyalty to the monarchy, and it is for the sake of his own glory and wealth that a prince like Liu Xin has set off a huge rebellion! Uncle Liu said.

People everywhere also began to denounce Liu Xin's rebels.

The rebels' Nanyang base camp is already ready to move.

"General, something is wrong. Someone fled. The adjutant general said to General Liu Qing.

"How is that possible? Our army has just won the battle? Sun Qing couldn't believe it.