24. The Legacy of the Former Dynasty and the New Deal of Bullying the People
Let's take a look at how Wang Mang handled the legacy of the previous dynasty.
When Wang Mang ascended the throne, he deposed Liu Ying as the "Duke of Anding", and took the land of 100 miles and the people of 10,000 households in 5 counties including the plain (now the southwest of the Shandong Plain) as food.
However, Wang Mang was afraid of extraneous branches, so he did not let Liu Ying go to the fiefdom, but changed the original Dahonglu Mansion to Anding Mansion and imprisoned Liu Ying strictly
He was not allowed to see him with all his family members and servants, but he was only given something to eat when he was hungry.
This is actually imprisonment.
From Wang Mang's proclamation of the emperor to his beheading, Liu Ying lived a life of a prisoner who did not see the light of day for 15 years.
The Empress Dowager Wang Zhengjun has basically been out of action since Wang Mang ascended the throne. However, Wang Mang thought that her big tablecloth took too long after all, and it may be one
When he wasn't sure if she was still useful, he cut off all her Han titles and called her "Empress Dowager of the New Chamber".
In order to be afraid that she would miss her husband Emperor Yuan and her children, Wang Mang took her and Emperor Yuan's bedroom and built another palace and named it Longevity Palace.
You can retire while you go first!
In 13 AD, Wang Zhengjun took the self-proclaimed "old widow of the Han family", ended his career of listening to politics for more than 60 years, and died in remorse at the age of 84.
There is also Wang Mang's daughter, the 18-year-old Empress Dowager Anding, in fact, her mother is the queen, isn't this a curse?!
In order to avoid being too embarrassed, Wang Mang ordered her to immediately change her name to "Huang Imperial Lord", live in the palace and be a good widow, and she was not allowed to marry the Liu clan in the future.
Now, let's focus on the "New Deal" implemented by Wang Mang.
We say that Wang Mang did two things in his life, and tied him firmly to the pillar of shame in history like two ropes, one is to "carry fraud on behalf of Han", and the other is to "deceive the people and the new deal".
The first thing everyone knows, he paid a heavy price in four steps to replace the Han, and coaxed the vast number of cadres and masses across the country into a daze.
This second thing is also his brainchild. In order to harm the world for his own benefit, and at the same time leave a good reputation, he frantically implemented the so-called "New Deal",
Finally in the game of fire**.
We only need to introduce a little bit about what this "New Deal" is and why it failed so badly, and everyone will understand that history and
How strongly the people are calling for the true gentleman to appear!
From 6 A.D. (the first year of the Han Dynasty's son Liu Yingju), Wang Mang established Liu Ying and acted as the emperor, he began to play the new policy, and soon got each
The cadres at all levels and the broad masses of the people swore to resist to the death.
Two years later, he officially ascended the throne and intensified the work of playing with the New Deal, and people who wanted to cut him down were everywhere.
For the details of this new policy, if you want to study it carefully, please read the relevant academic monographs, and if you don't do professional research, please follow me
Look at it, it's also very lively.
At the end of the Han Dynasty, the Liu dynasty, with the great help of Wang's relatives, was about to finish the regime.
When Wang Mang was in charge of the Han Dynasty, in order to prove that the new dynasty regime was a legitimate regime that was ordered by heaven, and in order to win the support of the broad masses of cadres and the masses to the greatest extent, it was even more
For the dark purpose in his heart, he organized and carried out a restructuring activity on an unprecedented scale.
This kind of restructuring involves all aspects of society, such as economy, politics, and culture, and is roughly as follows:
1. Announced the implementation of "Wang Tian" and "private belonging". The land of the whole country is changed to the ownership of the state and cannot be bought or sold, which is called "Wang Tian", and the quota for households to occupy the land is stipulated
, more than separation. Slaves and maids are "private" and may not be bought or sold.
2. Implement "five equals" and "six pipes". In Chang'an, Luoyang, Handan, Linzi, Wan, and Chengdu, five divisions were set up to manage market prices
Collect commercial taxes. The "six pipes" are the state's management of salt, iron, wine, coinage, famous mountains and Daze and Wujun credit.
3. Reform the currency system. The Han minting five-baht coin was abolished, and it was reformed four times, and a total of 28 kinds of Xinmang currency with 5 kinds of coins and 6 types of exchange rates were issued.
4. Reform the Han official system. New official positions were added and Han official names were changed.
5. Make ceremonial music with new and reckless colors.
In addition, Wang Mang also made great changes to the names of prefectures, counties, and counties, as well as the names of capitals, palaces, and even city gates; Also on the border of the name of the head of the ethnic minority
, official names and seals were greatly changed.
We don't see a shred of human wisdom in these measures except for the hypocrisy, greed, and cunning of the players.
On the surface, these measures appear to be for the sake of the country and the people, but in fact they are extremely selfish, taking the interests of the world and taking them for themselves, and they are opposed by the people of the world
Right; It is extremely reactionary, seriously violates and frantically provokes the objective law of social development, and brings chaos and retrogression in all fields of society; It is extremely desolate
Birthday, the result of labor and money, leaving a laughing stock of history.
None of Wang Mang's above-mentioned restructuring measures were successful, on the contrary, they achieved another immediate effect: except for himself and the nucleus around him
Outside of the heart interest group, all people are strongly opposed.
He carefully designed the world according to his own intentions, but it caused the entire national government and people's livelihood to be in a mess, and he was beaten by everyone.
He originally wanted to hold the authority of the country in his hands, while retaining the title of the highest-level hypocrite, and play the world again, but he was swept away by history and started a big game
Laugh.
It's a bit like the great Lenin said: he "was going to go to this room, but ended up in another room." ”
At this time, Wang Mang was like a stupid and stubborn actor, regardless of the audience's strong applause, he had to stand in the center of the political stage and twist around.
The audience couldn't refund the ticket, so they had to watch him perform, and when they saw him performing so badly, they thought that he was intending to make money.
The audience all paid a high price (net worth, destiny and national future) to buy tickets, and when they saw this actor playing everyone like this, they were extremely angry, scolding, shouting, and returning
Throw something straight to the stage: I want Wang Mang to step down!
It was so difficult for Wang Mang actor to get on stage, of course he didn't want to go down, so the audience (people all over the country) was annoyed!
Look over there, there are a few angry people who rolled up their sleeves and rushed to the stage, insisting on cutting him.
Of course, there is a reason why Wang Mang's "New Deal of Bullying the People" has easily attracted opposition from all sides.
It should be noted that the reason is not that he usurped the Han.
After more than half a century of tossing and turning by Wang's relatives, the former Han regime was already terminally ill by the time Wang Mang arrived.
The situation of people's livelihood is withering.
People's minds change.
Although Wang Mang's methods of usurping the Han were too despicable, they were very capable of fooling people, and ordinary people could not see it at that time.
If he changes his past mistakes after ascending the throne, reforms his ways, and serves the people wholeheartedly, it is very likely that everyone will no longer care about his past convictions, and everyone still hopes
He can truly lead the country on the right path and lead the people to live a good life.
Of course, if he really did this, he would also be supported by the people, and he would not have worked hard to grab a seat and sit for so many years, when everyone shouted
Hit、No one admitted it afterwards。
History has always been tolerant of the successful, the so-called "the winner is king, the loser is the villain".
However, Wang Mang was resolutely unwilling to give up his title of hypocrite, and was determined to play the world to the end, and finally attracted everyone's opposition and spurning.
He is like a clumsy and domineering actor, first coaxing everyone to pay a high price to buy tickets to watch his play, and everyone asked for it when they saw that he was acting so badly
Request a refund. At this time, not only did he not refund the ticket, but instead used a knife to force the audience who had already spent unjustly money to continue to pay to watch his other entertainment projects.
At this time, the audience is already hungry!
Who do you say doesn't scold him?!
No wonder someone wanted to cut him with a knife.
Wang Mang's "New Deal for Bullying the People" is actually such a play.
He originally wanted to use this drama to redeem the impact and make a big profit at the same time, but he didn't expect to mess up.