29. Chapter 7 The Flames of the Plains
As we said earlier, Wang Mang played the Liu regime of the Western Han Dynasty into his own hands through fraud and usurpation, which provoked
Despite the strong opposition of the nobles of the Liu clan and the bureaucrats who supported Liu, they stood up from time to time to fight Wang Mang.
Of course, if Wang Mang works hard after becoming a brother, leads the people to live a good life, and is a little more decent himself, who wants to beat him and the people
Can't stand it.
But Wang Mang is so unbearable to be a man, and he is so incompetent in governing the country, he and his cadres only know what to harm others and benefit themselves, making it impossible for the people to live.
For a long time, our Chinese people are very simple and kind, and their requirements are not high, that is, there are two things: one is to eat well, and the other is no
Bullied.
After Wang Mang took power, he changed his tricks to loot the world's wealth into his own pocket, and the people's livelihood withered everywhere; He also bent the law against a large group of corrupt officials and traitors to harm the people
, so that the heavens complain and the people complain.
A great man once said that where there is oppression, there is resistance.
We say that when a regime fails to protect the people, it ultimately fails to protect those in power.
Wang Mang's short-lived dynasty is a good illustration of this truth.