Chapter 67 Predecessor Wang Mang

"Childe, it's inside, and occasionally there is a noise!" Wei Cheng, who had always been calm, was very nervous at this time, and pointed to the depths of the dark woods.

Gongzi Wei Xing didn't despise Wei Cheng for anything, most of the cavalry soldiers were so timid, and they were extremely afraid of the legendary ghosts.

"Did you release the arrows?" Gongzi Wei Xing turned his head and asked coldly.

"Childe, how dare we? As soon as you find out about the situation, you will be reported to you. Wei Cheng replied with a weak heart.

"Uncle Xiahou, if you come to shout, if you don't come out, you will keep shooting arrows for me!" Gongzi Wei Xing looked disdainful and calmly ordered.

I thought, what the hell do you care about, dare to be embarrassed and conspicuous in Lao Tzu, and swear not to give up if you don't shoot you out of the hedgehog!

Wei Zhong, who was on the side, took the first step to stop urgently: "Childe, this is not good, in case, if we disturb something bad, we will be in big trouble." ”

Gongzi Wei Xing glared at Wei Zhong fiercely, ignored his childish words, and immediately ordered strongly: "Uncle Xiahou, shout!" ”

As Xiahou Zhu shouted in multiple languages one after another, there was still no echo in the deep forest of the night, and it was quiet one by one.

If there were only a few people here, this atmosphere of terror would have scared them away long ago; Fortunately, there are many people, and they can be bold and powerful with each other.

"Everyone prepare, after three sounds, shoot me desperately with archery!" Seeing this, Gongzi Wei Xing said sharply.

"Don't shoot arrows, don't shoot arrows、、、、、、 "Some Qiang and Di dialects suddenly appeared in the deep forest, as well as a variety of dialects that could not be heard clearly, and occasionally mixed with a few pure Central Plains dialects.

"Everyone come out slowly with me, and don't make any misleading moves; Otherwise, you do it at your own risk! ”

Slowly, small groups of figures came out of the deep forest.

After a rough question, it turned out that they were all slaves of the Cypriots, including the Qiang, Di, and Qian, and even some of the Cypriots, and there were more than a dozen slaves of the Central Plains.

As soon as it was dark, these slaves were like lost dogs, and they were very frightened, and they did not know where to go, so they instinctively followed the shadow of the fire and returned timidly!

"I thought it was some kind of snake spirit, and it scared me a lot!" Wei Zhong patted his chest again and again, and took a few exaggerated breaths.

"There are no ghosts in the world, and mediocre people disturb themselves! People who have done all the bad things will be afraid of what illusory bull head and horse face! ”

"Heroic men who are not even afraid of the dead, are you so cowardly that you don't blush?" Gongzi Wei Xing glared fiercely at a large circle of uncompetitive cavalry soldiers, and then said: "I'm all staring at me, sift out the Xiaowan soldiers hidden inside, so as not to leave unnecessary hidden dangers!" ”

After saying that, he turned his head angrily and left the place.

Gongzi Wei Xing did not force everyone to brainwash and explain to them the truth that there are no ghosts and gods in the world;

Thousands of years of ghosts and gods have prevailed, and he is not qualified to challenge the mainstream voice, nor is he in the mood to correct the people's perception.

With his pre-travel life experience, he wouldn't be hot-headed to do such stupid things; If he does something that is beyond his means, it is easy for him to lose those hard-won prestige.

He didn't want to learn a thing or two from the legendary predecessor Wang Mang the Great, and in the end he became a villain who was ruined and discredited and left a stench for thousands of years, and his head was stored in the palace for hundreds of years, until the fifth year of Emperor Yuankang of Jin Hui, the arsenal fire disappeared.

In later generations, many people expressed their opinions on the Internet and speculated that Emperor Wang Mang, who founded the new dynasty, was most likely a time-traveling person in history.

Gongzi Wei Xing heard a lot of strange national policies about Wang Mang in the mouth of Mr., and his national policies were incompatible with that era, and his thoughts and behaviors were seriously out of touch, but they were closely related to the national policies of later generations!

More than 200 years have passed, and Wang Mang's national policy still makes the ancients like Mr. Tang Zhongyi feel unbelievable and unreasonable.

Gongzi Wei Xing felt more and more in his heart that Emperor Wang Mang, like himself, was a future person who had traveled by chance.

Wang Mang himself was born in a wealthy family and received a closed Confucian education since he was a child;

In a feudal society, it is absolutely abnormal for Wang Mang's socialist thinking to appear!

Therefore, many people in later generations believe that Wang Mang is a traverser, which has a certain truth.

Wang Mang left a lot of supporting evidence, and here is a brief list of a small part;

First, change the name of the Xiongnu Goryeo: Wang Mang should be more hostile to the Xiongnu and Koreans, and has repeatedly crusaded against the Xiongnu, intending to drive the Xiongnu out of the northern grasslands;

Then he named an army he raised "Zhu Tu Yong", which was pioneered by him, indicating that he was brave and not afraid of death.

After the Xiongnu surrendered, he changed all the kings who had been given to Goguryeo, Xiongnu and other subordinate states to Hou, degraded "Goguryeo" to "Xia Juli", and changed "Xiongnu Shan Yu" to "surrender slaves to obey".

Second, pay attention to scientific research: Wang Mang invented the bronze caliper, with the intention of unifying the measurement of the whole country, from the principle, performance, and use, this bronze caliper is very similar to the modern vernier caliper, 1700 years earlier than the West; It is now in the Yangzhou Museum.

In 19 A.D., Wang Mang learned that a craftsman had been able to make a flying machine, which was made of wings made from the feathers of a large bird, and then mounted on a human body, which could fly hundreds of steps.

Wang Mang immediately summoned him and personally watched his performance to support his flight experiment, which was the prototype of the folding-wing aircraft.

Third, the establishment of a loan system: the government loan system was pioneered, and people can borrow money from the government for sacrificial or funeral needs without charging interest.

For loans for the purpose of running agribusiness undertakings, the government collects one-tenth of the principal and interest of the net profits.

This is similar to modern student loans, start-up loans, and the like.

Fourth, the implementation of a planned economy and the collection of income tax: Wang Mang set up "Wujunsi City Envoys" in the six cities of Chang'an, Luoyang, Handan, Linzi, Wan, and CD to supervise and assess market prices.

Prices are controlled by the government to prevent businessmen from manipulating the market in order to eliminate inequality between the rich and the poor.

When there is an oversupply, the government will buy daily necessities such as food and cloth according to the cost; When demand exceeds supply, the government sells to stop prices from rising.

As for industry and commerce, including fishing and hunting, divination, doctors, hotels, and women's household silkworm weaving, which used to be free to operate, the new government now levies an income tax of one-tenth of the net profits.

The government uses this revenue as a loan or to finance price stabilization.

In his tax reform, Wang Mang not only expanded the scope of industrial and commercial taxes to levy lazy contributions, but also proposed the taxation principle of "in addition to the capital, counting the profits, and eleventh", which was the forerunner of modern income tax.

Fifth, currency reform: Wang Mang created a "treasure system" that combines the main and auxiliary coins in the history of world coinage. Food and Goods Chronicle said: "All treasures, five things, six names, and twenty-eight products." ”

The five things refer to the five textures used to make money, namely copper, gold, silver, shellfish, and tortoise shell.

Six names refer to the names of six currencies, namely spring goods, shell goods, cloth goods, turtle treasures, silver goods, and gold.

The grade refers to the grade, and each of the six currencies is divided into several grades, with a total of twenty-eight grades, that is, twenty-eight grades.

Wang Mang replaced the previous gold and silver bars with some beautifully made but worthless currencies, which were completely models of paper money, and were a copy of the recent token system reform.

Sixth, a monopoly system of salt, wine, and iron tools should be implemented, and mineral resources would be nationalized and mined by the government.

Seventh, freeze the slave trade, and slowly eliminate slavery with natural elimination, so that everyone is equal.

Eighth, everyone has to work, and unemployed vagrants will be punished, otherwise they will serve hard labor under government supervision.

Ninth, Wang Mang regarded himself as the superior country of China and denounced the surrounding ethnic minority countries.

Tenth, the harshness of officials and the reverence for the law forced three sons, a grandson, and a nephew to commit suicide for breaking the law.

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In terms of Wang Mang's governing policies, he is very much like a selfless socialist who works for the welfare of the toiling masses and reduces the gap between the rich and the poor.

Many of the things that were done were not at all what could be thought of and done in that era more than 2,000 years ago, it can be said that Wang Mang's existence is a bug in history, what else can be explained except for crossing?

Gongzi Wei Xing himself can be convinced of this, and believes that Wang Mang is a fellow believer!