The Fall of the Western Han Dynasty

In one fell swoop, the rebel army took the 23 counties of Youfufeng from Wangxian County to Maoling County, and then killed the right auxiliary Duwei and the county commander of Xuxian County, and attacked Chang'an City in the east! The spark of the stars can set the prairie on fire, not to mention that Zhao Peng and the others set off a big fire, and the fire even reflected the front hall of Weiyang Palace!

Wang Mang is really anxious! Another meeting was urgently convened, and the following arrangements were made: General Hu Ben and General Yan Qian led their troops out of the city to attack the rebels. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info general Wang Yun was stationed in Pingle Pavilion. Jianwei's general Wang Yan was stationed in the north of Chang'an. Zhao Hui, the general of the city gate, strengthened the defense of Chang'an City. The palace was patrolled day and night by Wang Shun and Zhen Feng. Zhen Han was then appointed as the general, received the Yue Gao Temple, led the world's soldiers and horses, left cane section, right Yue, stationed outside Chang'an City.

Wang Mang is like an ant on a hot pot, in a hurry in the palace. At this time, this genius magician suddenly thought of another trick: go and ask God for help, maybe there will be a turnaround?

So, Wang Mang held the 3-year-old crown prince Liu Ying, led hundreds of officials, and ran to the royal ancestral temple in the suburbs every day to pray. At the prayer meeting, Wang Mang still compared Zhou Gong, saying that Zhou Gong assisted Cheng Wang back then, but he was in charge and Cai Zhichao. Now Zhai Yi is also coercing Liu Xin to make trouble. Since ancient times, the great sages have been like this, I ask Zhou Gong to bless me! The ministers slapped the sycophants in unison, "Don't suffer from this change, don't be holy"

On October 15, Wang Mang imitated the "Book of Zhou" as the "Great Message", and sent Huan Tan and others to convey to the world, first stabilize the mood of the commotion, and warn the counties not to disturb. The throne is still Liu Ying's, and I, Duke Wang Mang, of Anhan, will not rob it...

Abdication is a sensible way out. Other than that, Wang Mang has no other way.

But just when Wang Mang was hopeless, there was a big day of good news from the front - the central army of the Han Dynasty encountered Zhai Yi's rebel army in Chenliu County, defeated the other party in one fell swoop, and Liu Huang was killed!

When the news came back, Wang Mang was overjoyed. He ordered 55 people including Sun Xian to be the marquis and be honored in the army. and amnesty to the world.

In December, the central army of the Han Dynasty surrounded Zhai Yi's rebel regiments in Yucheng County, Huaiyang State. Zhai Yi and Liu Xin abandoned the army and fled, and in Gushi County, Zhai Yi was arrested, and then Chen County was executed. Liu Xin fled without a trace...

In the spring of the 3rd year (8), there was an earthquake. Amnesty to the world.

After Wang Yi and others pacified the Zhai Yi rebels, they transferred the army to turn back, rendezvous with Wang and others, and formed a joint attack on the rebels of Zhao Peng and Huo Hong. In February, this rebel army was also extinguished.

Wang Mang held a banquet in the White Tiger Hall of Weiyang Palace to comfort the soldiers. According to the Zhou system, the title was changed to the fifth rank: the prince and the boy. The Marquis of Guannai was renamed the attached city. This time, a total of 395 people were awarded the titles of Hou Bozi and hundreds of people in the attached city. The rebels in Xihai County were called "Qiang", Zhao Peng and Huo Hong rebels were called "Wu", and the rebels in Zhai Yi were called "captive".

Wang Mang seemed to have a nightmare. He was about to collapse and go crazy, but suddenly he was full of confidence again. He realized very proudly: the rebel army is not to be feared, and my Wang Mang is still strong. The Han Dynasty is like a prey in the palm of your hand, as long as I don't let go, no one will want to snatch it away...

So Wang Mang fought back frantically. First of all, he sent people to Zhai Yi's hometown to dig up the grave of Zhai Yi's father, the unlucky former prime minister Zhai Fangjin, and the grave of Zhai's ancestors in Runan County, and punished the three clans. Then he ordered: Move all the corpses of Zhai Yi, Zhao Peng, and Huo Hong to the side of the road, build five houses in Puyang, Wuyan, Yuan, Huaili, and Xu, and insert a wooden sign with the words "Anti-Capture and Rebel Thief Salamander" to warn the rebels not to die well!

After the rebellion was quelled, Wang Mang's sons Wang An and Wang Lin were both knighted, and Wang Mang's nephew Wang Guang was named the Marquis of Yangong. At the same time, after Wang Mang became the regent emperor, he handed over his new capital to the imperial court, and this time the court named his grandson and Wang Yu's son Wang Zong as the new capital marquis.

In September, Wang Mang's mother, Gong Xianjun, died. Wang Mang was already living in the Han Dynasty, so he only served his mother and added hemp rings to his mother, and let Wang Zong serve his grandmother's funeral for three years.

In September, Chen Chong played: Wang Guang had a personal relationship with Dou Guang, and later Dou Guang committed murder for Wang Guang. Wang Mang angrily scolded his nephew Wang Guang. Wang Guang's mother sighed, "Wang Yu, Wang Shu, these are Wang Mang's biological sons!" Wang Mang didn't blink an eye when he killed, what can you Wang Guang be" Wang Guang's mother and son committed suicide together, and Dou Guang was also killed. Wang Jia, the son of Wang Guang, inherited the Marquis of Yangong.

The counties have reported auspicious: on November 6, Hu Yun reported that "there are stone cows in Ba County" on the 15th, Zang Hong reported that "there are fairy stones in Yongxian County, right Fufeng", and there are Danwen on them, 8 big characters "Heaven sue the emperor, the devotee is the marquis" and in July, Liu Jing played "Qi County Linzi County Changxing Pavilion Chang Xindang found a new well that was 100 feet deep into the ground"

Wang Mang saw that auspicious rui was frequent, and he finally decided to do that last thing. Forever left his name in history. First of all, he ordered: the two things of the stone ox and the fairy stone were transported to Chang'an.

On November 8, the first year (8), Wang Mang gave a note to the Empress Dowager. The book is very long, and it roughly means: After the rebels were destroyed, auspicious rui appeared everywhere in the Han Dynasty, all of them came to my An Han Gong. How can I disobey Providence now? So from then on, I no longer used the name of the regency year, but changed the beginning of the year. What I do is comparable to that of the Zhou Dynasty of the Zhou Dynasty. The Han Dynasty was first taken care of by me, and when Liu Ying came of age and held the coronation ceremony, I would return him as it was...

Wang Mang has tried to show the dagger, and the knife has been pushed to the neck of the Queen Mother!

Zhang Chong became the last bloody man in the Western Han Dynasty! He secretly invited 5 comrades to prepare to assassinate Wang Mang and set up Liu Ying's cousin, Liu Su, the king of Chu, as the emperor. Unfortunately, they were all killed.

Mourning Zhang, a native of Zitong County, Guanghan County, is studying in Chang'an, and he has become the last straw for changing the dynasty! He secretly made a bronze coffin, signed two signatures of "Emperor Tian's Seal Jin Kui Tu" and "Red Emperor Seal to the Yellow Emperor Jin Ce Book" mourning chapter himself pretended to be a monk, yellow clothes and yellow crowns, took advantage of the dusk to come to the high temple, sent this copper treasure in, and left in a hurry.

Wang Mang opened this bronze skull, which read, "Wang Mang should be the true son of heaven, and the queen mother is like the mandate of heaven", and the next book is 11 heroes: Wang Shun, Ping Yan, Liu Xin, the fourth name is Wai Zhang himself, Zhen Han, Wang Xun, Wang Yi, Zhen Feng, Wang Xing, Sun Jian, Wang Sheng... Wang Mang only knew 8 of them, who were his kindred and henchmen. And although Wang Xing and Wang Sheng are also surnamed Wang, Wang Mang doesn't know them at all...

But at this time, Wang Mang needed this thing, so he could speak extravagantly and usurp the country! Early in the morning of the 25th, Wang Mang first went to the temple of Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, to worship the god of Jinkui and wear the crown. Then he came back to meet the Queen Mother once. Regardless of Wang Zhengjun's reaction, after the visit, he retreated, went to the front hall of Weiyang Palace, officially ascended the throne, and issued an edict to the effect that it was as follows:

All along, all the auspicious events that happened in the Han Dynasty were all entrusted to me by the gods in a special way. Among these deities, there is Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty. How can I disobey it in the face of Providence? So I decided to officially ascend the throne on December 1 and establish a "new" dynasty. Correction of Shuo, easy to wear color, change of sacrifice, special emblem, and different weapon system. December 1 is the New Year on January 1, the first year of the founding of the People's Republic of China! Take the rooster crowing as the time. The color of the costume is yellow, the sacrifice is white, and the flags of the envoys are pure yellow, and they are called "the new envoy Wuwei Festival"

This is the legendary - Zen Jean! The core technology of Chan Rang is nothing more than two things: public opinion and etiquette. For many years, Wang Mang has been conscientious and conscientious, nothing more than busy creating meritocracy and public opinion. And his ultimate goal is to "Zen Rang" today

In Confucianism, Zen is the most ideal political model. Confucian intellectuals since Confucius have particularly admired Yao and Shun, the two inventors and heirs of the Chan system. Why does Confucianism advocate the Zen system? It is because they have always firmly believed that imperial power is a public power and should belong to the capable ministers who govern the world, not the private property of a family with one surname!

Wang Mang was a Confucian believer, he not only inherited the core ideas of Confucianism, but also practiced to promote Confucian political thought, and even became the first person to realize the ideals of Confucianism.

Knowing this, we can see that Wang Mang is actually not a shameless power artist. In his bones, he is the greatest thinker and statesman in the world. A man who will do whatever it takes for a great ideal cannot put a moral spell on him.

Therefore, Wang Mang thinks that his aunt in Changle Palace should support him, instead of being blindly stubborn and ignorant of current affairs.

The Queen Mother is indeed very stubborn, she still holds a very important thing in her hand, and she refuses to hand it over. That thing is really important, without it, Wang Mang can only be a fake emperor forever. That thing is the jade seal that has been passed down from generation to generation since Qin Shi Huang!

Now that the Han Dynasty has died, of course the jade seal of the country must be handed over, but Wang Zhengjun refuses to hand it over. Of course, Wang Mang can rob it, but he can't rob it himself, so who will he send to rob it? Wang Mang immediately thought of one person: clan brother Wang Shun!

Wang Shun has always been the middleman between Wang Mang and Wang Zhengjun. The reason why Wang Mang chose Wang Shun was because Wang Zhengjun liked Wang Shun and had absolute trust in him. But this time, Wang Zhengjun finally saw through Wang Shun! When Wang Shun appeared in front of her, she knew why the other party came. But Wang Zhengjun didn't say anything, just waited for Wang Shun to speak.

Sure enough, as soon as Wang Shun opened his mouth, he said that he wanted to pass on the jade seal of the country. When the Empress Dowager heard this, she didn't give face, and scolded "You ungrateful guys, enjoy the favor of the country, and you have to do shameless acts and seize power." This kind of person, even after death, pigs and dogs will not bother to gnaw on your corpse."

Wang Shun didn't refute, just listened quietly. The Empress Dowager Wang then scolded, "Wang Mang has established a new dynasty, the calendar is correct, the system has changed, why do you still ask for a small jade seal?" Wouldn't you just carve one yourself?" Wang Zhengjun scolded to the point! Wang Mang wants to carve a jade seal, and it doesn't matter how many there are. But Wang Mang didn't find someone to engrave it, why is this? Very simply, Wang Mang's new dynasty was not robbed, but obtained through Zen. In this case, the jade seal must also be handed over. If you don't hand it over, Zen Rang will become a fake...

So no matter what, Wang Mang had to coax Wang Zhengjun to hand over the jade seal. But looking at Wang Zhengjun's face, Wang Shun wants to coax people, that's nonsense...

The Queen Mother seemed to be scolding too much, and finally threw out a cruel sentence: "As long as I am here, you don't want to fight the idea of this heirloom jade seal!" I am an old widow of the Han family, and I am 80 years old. Sooner or later, you will die. But when I'm alive, whoever wants to rob me of something, I'll fight with him! I just let this heirloom jade seal accompany me to bury it in the soil, and I won't hand it over to you rotten people."

Wang Zhengjun scolded and cried. After 78 years of life, the old woman has never been so sad and sad. The attendants next to him watched, and they all shed tears with them...

At this time, Wang Shun, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly fell to the ground and cried. cried more miserably than Wang Zhengjun, as if he was not here to rob other people's things, but people wanted to rob him.

After a long time, Wang Shun finally raised his swollen eyes and said to the Queen Mother, "You scolded me so much that I have nothing to say." But Wang Mang must get his hands on this heirloom jade seal, otherwise he will never give up. I just want to kindly remind you now: Do you have the ability to keep doing this with Wang Mang to the end?"

Looking at Wang Shun, who was sad and sincere, Wang Zhengjun, who was still excited just now, was suddenly dumbfounded and couldn't say a word. It turned out that Wang Mang was for the sake of the family's face, so he sent Wang Shun to politely intercede. She, an old woman, scolded and cursed, and she was just addicted to it. If you really want to force Wang Mang to be anxious, I don't know what your fate will be!

Thinking of this, the Empress Dowager silently took out the jade seal of the country from her arms, threw it on the ground in front of Wang Shun, and shouted, "I am already dying, and I will not have a chance to see the day your brother is slaughtered." If you don't think it's a scourge, take it."

Wang Shun hurriedly picked up the heirloom jade seal from the ground and saw that the jade seal had been shattered. Wang Shun didn't say much, took the heirloom jade seal, and walked away gently, just as he came quietly. Then he handed over the missing jade seal to Wang Mang. Wang Mang didn't say much, but summoned a skilled craftsman and ordered him to repair the defects with gold.

After that, Wang Mang held a banquet in the gradual stage of Weiyang Palace, and invited the Empress Dowager to attend, and the crowd was happy. Wang Mang's face was like an ocean of happiness, filled with waves of excitement. Wang Mang seems to see: the twilight sun has set, and what will replace the world tomorrow morning will be a new round of vigorous red sun!

Wang's Shu subordinate Wang admonished Wang Mang, and wrote that "the Han Dynasty is emerging after death, and the Empress Dowager should no longer be called an honorific title." When the Han Dynasty was abolished, in order to follow the mandate of heaven, the horse's fart slapped on the horse's feet, and was reprimanded by Wang Mang as a "minister who violated morality" Subsequently, Zhang Yong, a native of Nanyang County, presented a bronze biwen and suggested that the empress dowager be changed to the new empress dowager. Wang Mang issued an edict to obey him. At the same time, he killed Wang Ji and named Zhang Yong as a tribute talisman.