You see, those few are Wang Mang's henchmen.

Among the "four auxiliaries", "three dukes", and "four generals" appointed by Wang Mang when he ascended the throne, several people were his henchmen and irons among his henchmen.

For example, the Taishi in the "Four Auxiliaries", Wang Shun, the Duke of Anxin, is his cousin; Liu Xin, the national teacher and Jiaxin Gong, is a great Confucian and ancient writer who will go down in history

The founder of the classics, if he had not been involved in Wang Mang's regime, he might have made a greater contribution to Chinese culture; Zhen Feng, the first general of the "Four Generals", is good

It is known for fighting wars.

The three of them have been attached to Wang Mang since he was the Great Sima, and they played a great role in Wang Mang's usurpation of the Han Dynasty, and were regarded as confidants by Wang Mang.

Wang Mang called the emperor, they were very conflicted in their hearts, they didn't approve of it, but they were afraid of endangering their own interests, so they didn't dare to explicitly oppose it, and Wang Mang arranged the work for him

They are still doing their jobs, so they have become the core figures of the new reckless regime and the main members of the cabinet.

They have been in the sea for a long time, hold heavy power, and some have real talents and practical learning, such as Liu Xin is good at Confucianism, Zhen Feng can fight, and they have a certain appeal in the court.

However, they did not all agree with what Wang Mang did after he ascended the throne. Especially when the anti-reckless beacon fire is burning everywhere, they are out of different ways

Considering it, he gradually became dissatisfied with Wang Mang.

Wang Mang made his fortune by engaging in conspiracy, so naturally he would not be unaware of it, and he would naturally not let it go.

Wang Mang decided to take the Zhen family first.

Zhen Feng is accustomed to fighting, he was originally in the big position, his qualifications and fame are not below Wang Shun and Liu Xin, and his position among Wang Mang's henchmen is very prominent.

At the beginning of Wang Mang's ascension to the throne, when considering the cadre arrangement, he originally wanted him to continue to serve in his original position.

In the former Han Dynasty, this position was called the "Three Princes" along with Da Sima and Da Situ, and belonged to the highest sequence of civil officials and members of the core leadership team of the imperial court.

However, when Wang Mang saw that he was unruly, he deliberately gave him some color to see, teach him a lesson, and at the same time give a warning to other cadres.

When the list of senior cadres was announced, Zhen Feng was adjusted to the rank of General of the First Dynasty (which had nothing to do with Liu Xuan's regime) and was among the "Four Generals".

Zhen Feng's position is not only far worse than Wang Shun and Liu Xin, but also worse than his own son Zhen Xun. Zhen Xun is the servant, Jingzhao Dayin.

What made him even more angry was that he was on an equal footing with Wang Sheng, who sold cakes: Wang Sheng was appointed as a former general.

The father and son of the Zhen family were very indignant and secretly decided to fight back against Wang Mang.

Zhen Xun knew Wang Mang very well and knew that he was superstitious about talismans, so he forged one, saying that it was the Shaanxi land of the New Dynasty, that is, near the capital Chang'an, and it should be renewed

Divided into two parts, two Bolai were appointed to govern, Taifu Pingyan was the left uncle, and the first general Zhen Feng was the right uncle.

Wang Mang was so angry when he heard this, thinking that this was a split of the central government and a challenge to the authority of the imperial court.

He knew that this was the Zhen family's father and son playing ghosts, and in order to get away with it, he put up with it for the time being, and announced that he would do what he said.

Zhen Feng was ready to leave for his post.

When Zhen Xun saw this, he had to make inches, thinking that Wang Mang could also fool casually, so he made another talisman and said: "Therefore, after Emperor Ping of the Han family, it should be Zhen."

Finding a wife. ”

As we introduced earlier, the "Queen of the Late Han Emperor Ping" here is the queen of the former Emperor Ping of the Han Dynasty, that is, the daughter of Wang Mang.

When Wang Mang succeeded in usurping the Han Dynasty, she was already the young Empress Dowager of Ding'an.

Wang Mang became the emperor, and said that his wife could only be the queen after breaking the sky, which made the generations messed up, and everyone was very embarrassed.

In order to straighten out the generations, and in order to dilute the marriage history of his daughter and the Liu family, Wang Mang renamed his daughter "the head of the Huang royal family".

Pity her husband was poisoned by his father, and he was widowed at the age of 18.

The Zhen family wants to marry the head of the Huang royal family, no matter what the purpose, Wang Mang seems to be embarrassing himself.

Wang Mang was furious, he couldn't bear it anymore!

He said angrily, nonsense! The head of the Huang royal family is the mother of the world (I don't know what he calls it), how can he be Zhen Xun's wife?

So, he arranged for Zhen Xun to be arrested immediately.

The father and son of the Zhen family fought with Wang Mang for their own selfish interests, and they were really a little self-conscious, whether they were engaged in conspiracy or yang conspiracy, how could their father and son be kings

Reckless opponents.

When Zhen Xun saw that he had lost his hand, he fled from the capital in a hurry.

Zhen Feng naturally knew Wang Mang's methods, and when he saw the officers and soldiers coming to raid his house and arrest people, he was so frightened that he committed suicide by taking poison.

One year later, Zhen Xun was arrested in Huashan.

The case-handling personnel reported to Wang Mang, saying that Zhen Xunde had the word "Son of Heaven" tattooed on his hand.

To this day, we have no way of knowing or understanding why Zhen Xun is playing this way.

Wang Mang ordered someone to cut off the arm of Zhen Xun's tattoo.

Wang Mang played with Zhen Xun's arm for a while, and said to the left and right: "Where is this son of heaven?" Isn't it just the eldest son or the sixth son?!

Six, killing, this shows that the Zhen family father and son should be killed! ”

So, he ordered Zhen Xun to be killed.

wanted to marry Wang Mang's daughter, this was just a small accident that the Zhen family's father and son played cleverly and didn't play well. Don't care what they covet, Wang Mang

If you want to, you are willing, if you are not willing, forget it.

Throughout the ages, no matter how big your official is or how much money your family has, if people come to the door to talk about relatives, you can't flatten people.

But Wang Mang is Wang Mang after all, and his thoughts and behaviors are too different from those of us humans.

He decided to treat this matter from the perspective of the palace struggle, oh, this case, we must manage this case well and give full play to its maximum effect.

He said that Zhen Jiati's family affair was a premeditated, organized, and planned political incident, and its purpose was to usurp power, and it must be severely punished.

He personally arranged for the case-handling personnel to arrest and put in prison all the cadres who usually had dealings with Zhen Xun but did not like what he looked at, tortured, and forced

Forced to confess motives and accomplices.

When Zhen Xun was not brought to justice, these people were confused, and naturally they couldn't explain anything.

Zhen Xun didn't pretend to be a bad person after he was brought to justice, knowing that he was going to die, but he also admitted to himself, saying that he and his friends just knew each other, and everyone had nothing to do with this matter

System.

How do you know that the case-handling personnel were originally ordered by Wang Mang to put some people to death, and the so-called handling of the case was just a passing scene, so they packaged Zhen Xun and his friends

became a capital crime, and they were cut down one by one.

Among these people are the two sons of the national teacher Liu Xin, Liu Di and Liu Yong, and the younger brother Wang Qi of the Great Sikong Wangyi, as many as hundreds.

You must know that Liu Xin is still Wang Mang's son and daughter, and his daughter Liu Yu is Wang Mang's fourth son and the wife of the crown prince Wang Lin. Wang Yi and Wang Qi are kings

Reckless cousin.

No one felt strange when Wang Mang did this, he had been unscrupulous for many years in order to rise step by step, and he also attacked the people closest to him

Unceremoniously.

Now that he is a brother, this virtue has not changed at all.

He has a basic principle of being a man and a politician: those who follow me prosper, and those who oppose me perish, regardless of enemies, opponents, or close relatives.

Then we have to say that Wang Mang has no relatives at all!