On the first five years of the first five years of the first year of the first year of the first year of December on the afternoon of December (February 4, 6 AD), Emperor Ping of the Han Dynasty suddenly fell ill in Weiyang Palace, and the treatment was ineffective, and he collapsed in Weiyang Palace. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 Another theory is that when Da Sima Wang Mang offered pepper wine to Emperor Hanping in Lari, he poisoned the pepper wine, causing Emperor Hanping to be poisoned and died. The latter statement is more reliable, because Emperor Ping was only fourteen years old at the time, and although the emperors of the late Han Dynasty were short-lived, it was not normal to be short to this extent. And judging from Wang Mang's subsequent series of actions and his impatience to usurp the Han Dynasty in less than two years, it is obvious that he has been prepared, and he can't wait for Emperor Ping to die naturally.

During the period of Emperor Ping, Wang Mang not only ranked as the Great Sima, the slaughter of hundreds of officials, the head of the four auxiliaries, and the plus name "Zai Heng", which was on the kings, and had monopoly power, but also did a lot of foreshadowing work for public opinion guidance.

For example, in the first two years of the Yuan Dynasty (2 AD), there was a great drought in the whole country, and locust plagues occurred, and the people of Qingzhou, who were most severely affected, went into exile. At Wang Mang's initiative, many officials donated their money to help the victims. For a time, the government and the opposition sang the praises of Wang Mang's merits, saying that he had the virtues of a saint.

For example, in the first four years of the Yuan Dynasty (4 A.D.), Wang Mang invited Liming Hall, opened a bazaar, set up private schools, built houses for scholars, recruited capable people from all over the world, disciplined them, and was praised by Confucian scholars. First, there were 480,000 people, and there were princes and kings who asked for a reward for the Duke of Anhan, and then nearly 1,000 ministers and ministers asked for nine tins for Wang Mang. Therefore, the imperial court gave Wang Mang the tin of nine lives that symbolizes the supreme power.

At this point, Wang Mang, who has reached the pinnacle of power, has been rewarded and cannot be sealed. If he wants to go further, he can only seal himself.

In the sixth year of the Yuan Dynasty (6 AD), Emperor Ping of Han died of illness, and Wang Mang established his son Liu Ying as the crown prince, who was only two years old. The young Queen Mother (Wang Mang, the empress of Emperor Hanping) asked Wang Mang to act as the emperor of heaven according to the wishes of her ministers. The subjects called it "Long live", and changed the name of the year to "Juse".

In the second year of Ju Se (7 A.D.), all kinds of talismans came one after another, and people continued to persuade Wang Mang to be the emperor under the pretext.

On the first day of the first lunar month of the first year (8 AD), the queen mother handed over the jade seal of the country, promoted Wang Mang as the emperor, changed the country name to "new", and reduced her son Liu Ying to the Duke of Ding'an. At this time, Wang Mang proclaimed himself emperor in Chang'an, and Jianyuan "founded the country"

This was the end of the Western Han Dynasty.

Soon after the Western Han Dynasty was replaced by Wang Mang's new dynasty, the Hu merchants in the Western Regions, the cities and states, and even the Xiongnu all came news one after another - a dynasty called "Han" rose in the original Kangju of the Western Pole. The rise of this Han state was very strong, it was based on the former Kangju country, and in a very short period of time, it quickly annexed the Dayueshi, Wusun, Dawan, Shule, Khotan, and Shache states, and advanced its power to Qiuzi.

Just as the Western Regions Protectorate reported an emergency, the new dynasty was nervous, and urgently dispatched troops, the second report from the Western Regions Protectorate came: The Han army stopped at Qiuci and did not cross the boundary, and the new dynasty monarchs and ministers breathed a sigh of relief.

In the second report of the Western Regions Protectorate, the monarchs and ministers of the New Dynasty basically figured out the ins and outs of this Western Han State: this was actually the evolution of the Fengguo Star Picking City of Zhang Fang, Marquis of Fuping.

After Zhang Fang fled back to Xingcheng, for more than ten years, he continued to annex the surrounding departments, and then launched a palace coup d'état, annexed Kangju, and increased his power dramatically. After that, he defeated the Great Moon Clan and Great Xia, and repeatedly competed with Anxi, like the new overlord of the Western Pole. And the Kushan Dynasty, the Central Asian empire that was supposed to replace the Great Moon clan in history, was stillborn without even having a chance to emerge.

After the unremitting efforts of the four commanders Gan Yanshou, Chen Tang, Chen Li, and Gongsun Fu, they finally died and rested in peace for another ten years, and ruled across the river (Tigris River) from the Roman Empire. A behemoth that spanned Asia and Europe, the rise of the New Han Empire.

The monarchs and ministers of the new dynasty had no concept of the west of the West Pole, and the Great Yueshi, Daxia, Anxi, and even Rome were probably similar to small city-states such as Shule, Khotan, and Shache in their impressions, and at most they were like Wusun and Dawan. If it is extinguished, it will be extinguished, and it will not be a big deal. Compared with these news, two things that were sent along with the report of the Western Regions Protectorate were more interesting to the monarchs and ministers of the new dynasty: a silver ticket; The second is called a musket.

It is said that the Han Kingdom relied on these two things to defeat the surrounding strong enemies and unify the Western Pole.

A silver ticket is a piece of paper, printed with a variety of intricate patterns, and the standard Han Li writes "worth seventy-six gold coins", "worth one hundred and fifty-four silver coins", etc., with rules for the use of silver tickets.

Wang Mang was brewing restructuring at this time, and when he saw this thing, he was amazed: "With this thing, the Silk Road is like a stream!" It was also decided to include the silver ticket system in the scope of future restructuring.

As for the musket, there was no shortage of far-sighted people among the ministers of the new dynasty, who recognized the sharpness of this object and its great potential in terms of combat readiness. It is a pity that at this time, the achievements of the new dynasty in gunpowder have just reached the level of firecrackers and fireworks, military explosives have not been developed, and steel forging is far from enough, and it is impossible to make a qualified and practical musket, so we can only sigh with admiration.

Wang Mang didn't pay much attention to this "KitKat Craftsman", he was busy starting a series of reforms.

Wang Mang reformed, and later historians had different opinions and mixed reputations. The only thing that is certain is that the restructuring has not only moved the cheese of the interest class, but also angered the people at the bottom, which can be described as two-pleased. Ignoring reality, he forcibly implemented silver vouchers, which accelerated the collapse of the empire's economy, and eventually triggered the riots that swept the world in the last years of the new recklessness.

Wang Mang knows, but he can only sigh: I don't want to, I'm also desperate!

In the second year of the emperor (21 A.D.), and the state, Jeju and other places, the "Green Forest, Red Eyebrows Uprising" broke out one after another, the green forest is in the north, the red eyebrows are in the south, and there are tens of thousands of responders, and the new Mang rivers and mountains are crumbling.

The house leak happened to rain overnight, and an urgent report suddenly came from Dunhuang County, and the contact with the Western Regions Protectorate was interrupted, and there were unknown cavalry frequently appearing in the realm of a hundred miles west of Shanshan. The Han army stationed in Shanshan went to investigate and expel three times, but there was no return.

The country has fallen into dire straits, a mess, where can we still take care of the Western Regions, and the Dunhuang emergency report has been shelved.

In May of the fourth year of the emperor, a decisive battle that decided the fate of Xin Mang broke out in Kunyang, which was the "Battle of Kunyang".

420,000 in the new dynasty VS 20,000 in the first army.

Before the war, Wang Mang was full of confidence, and attacked the rabble with a dignified army, but how could the thieves stop it? And the art of war is ten to attack it, and I am twenty to slaughter it? It's a pity that the result of the battle made him turn around twice in place, and he was stunned after stopping - there was indeed a side that was slaughtered very badly, and hundreds of thousands of troops of the new dynasty were defeated.

The commanders of the new dynasty, Wang Yi, Yan You, Chen Mao and others, only took a few more than 1,000 horsemen and crossed the river with dead corpses to escape.

The defeat of this battle completely buried the last trace of vitality of the new dynasty, and the building will fall. So the heroes in the sea responded, killed their herdsmen, called themselves generals, and waited for the edict with the name of the Han Dynasty. Between the months and months, all over the world.

420,000 Qi unloaded their armor, and it was difficult to recover from then on.

In the autumn of the fourth year of the emperor, in the Xuanshu Hall of Chang'an, the monarchs and ministers of the new dynasty sat opposite each other, the clouds were gloomy, and the atmosphere was depressing.

Wang Mang, who is nearly seventy years old, has white hair and Xiao Xiao, and the old spots on his face are particularly conspicuous under the bright candlelight. At this moment, he was pinching his eyebrows, looking tired.

From the quarrel at the beginning, to the silence that followed, this dreary atmosphere lasted for a long time.

A slight sound of footsteps came into the ears, and all the ministers in the palace looked at it together, and saw that it was an attendant holding a piece of music and bowing his head to enter.

During this time, the great Sikong Wangyi, who was accustomed to seeing bad news, was weak and asked, "Where is the chapter?" ”

The waiter replied cautiously: "It's Dunhuang Songshu, four hundred miles urgent." ”

"Huh?" Wang Mang raised his head.

The song unfolded, and after only looking at the first sentence, Wang Mang's eyes lit up, and he shouted: "Don't worry, gentlemen, the opportunity is coming!" ”

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