After Wang Mang took over the emperor's duties, he always felt that this "fake" word was awkward, and he wanted to erase any modifiers before the emperor's office as soon as possible

and be a real emperor.

At that time, the official and the people had things like diagrams and talismans, and Wang Mang tasted the Baishi Danshu of Wugong County in the process of engaging in conspiracy and trickery

The sweetness of the play is to explicitly hint at the important role of this kind of trick in front of his henchmen.

What is good at the top will be very bad at the bottom.

In 8 A.D., there were many places where Wang Mang should be the real emperor.

Now it seems that whether the "providence" shown by these talismans is Wang Mang's instruction, or whether his subordinates spontaneously do it for the sake of flattery, they may always be made

It's not clear.

But at the time, it must have been very much in his mind.

For example, Bajun, Fufeng and other places have successively appeared Shi Niu and Shi Wen who asked Wang Mang to be the emperor.

What's even funnier is that there is a villager leader (pavilion chief) named Xin Dang in Linzi County, Qi County, who reported to his superiors that he had dreamed several times and dreamed of the Tiangong faction

And the messenger who came said unto him,

"Emperor Regent should be the true emperor!"

(The Emperor took it seriously.) )

Whenever Wang Mang got such a report, he immediately presented it to the Empress Dowager, and at the same time sighed with emotion, talking about the misfortune of the Han Dynasty, saying that the destiny of heaven is incomprehensible

No.

The so-called "misfortune of Sanqi" is a sentence that was widely circulated at that time, saying that the Western Han Dynasty has gone through 12 emperors and 210 years since the founding of Gaozu Liu Bang, and the number of qi has been exhausted

Doom.

Originally, this sentence was so blunt to the current regime that no matter what the law is, no matter which empire it is placed in, those in power should seriously investigate it. And Wang Mang

As a high-ranking cadre, he told the Empress Dowager about it as a reason for "the mandate of heaven cannot be violated", and his anxious mood has been vividly expressed.

While Wang Mang was painstakingly removing the word "fake" from his head, a speculator named Wai Zhang appeared.

Wai Zhang is a native of Zitong County, Guanghan County (now part of Sichuan), and is currently studying in the capital.

After carefully figuring out Wang Mang's determination to usurp the Han mentality, he decided to take a big political adventure.

He carefully forged a copper cabinet with a golden book inside. On the front of the book is "The Golden Kui Diagram of the Emperor of Heaven", and on the reverse side is "The Red Emperor is a certain seal."

Passed to the Yellow Emperor Jin Ceshu", engraved with the Han Gaozu testament: "Wang Mang is the true son of heaven", and a list of ministers is attached, including 8 incumbent ministers and mourning chapters

and Wang Xing and Wang Sheng, who he fabricated casually, a total of 11 people.

One evening, Ai Zhang wore yellow clothes, held a copper cabinet and came to the temple of Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, and handed it to the person in charge there, saying that he didn't know when

Waiting for something from heaven.

The person in charge immediately reported to Wang Mang.

Wang Mang came to the high temple early the next morning to receive the bronze cabinet and golden book.

Then, he couldn't wait to meet the Empress Dowager, saying that he would inherit the mandate of heaven to replace Han as the emperor, and forced her to hand over the jade seal of the country.

After so many years of withholding himself in front of his aunt, Wang Mang felt that he could finally openly call her out now.

Wang Zhengjun was very annoyed, but he didn't have a chance.

Wang Mang came to the front hall of Weiyang Palace, sat down on the emperor's throne, announced that he was the emperor on behalf of the Han Dynasty, set the country name as "Xin", and founded the country in December of that year

The first month of the first year.

While Wang Mang is busy ascending the throne, let's say a few more words about Wang Zhengjun.

She was chagrined and felt marginalized.

She is 80 years old this year, and her days are numbered.

What's more, as soon as Wang Mang ascends the throne, she will have no play. Because Wang Mang is too violent, whoever is a dissident will be killed, and his own flesh and blood will not be spared.

Of course, Wang Zhengjun was annoyed, for decades, he single-handedly created this nephew, and he was his strong backing for a long time, as long as he didn't give it to the Han family

Jiangshan changed his surname, it doesn't matter how he tosses.

It's not that she doesn't know that Wang Mang's power is too strong, but it doesn't matter, her nephew!

But this bastard just wants to change his surname.

She was frustrated that once she changed her surname, she would immediately be completely marginalized and become a historical figure.

She knows very well that she has today and her mother's family has today, and it all depends on her own marriage well.

When Wang Mang personally asked Wang Zhengjun for the heirloom jade seal at the beginning, he did not succeed.

Subsequently, he was busy preparing for the enthronement ceremony, so he arranged for Wang Shun to ask for it again. He arranged Wang Shun, but it really didn't work, and it was okay to grab it if necessary.

This heirloom jade seal is Qin Shi Huang set the world time system, the material is Lantian jade, the seal is "ordered by the sky, both longevity and Yongchang", from Prime Minister Li

Si's handwriting.

Later, the last monarch of Qin, Ziying, surrendered and presented the jade seal to Liu Bang, who passed it on to his successors.

In this way, in the Qin and Western Han dynasties, the jade seal of the country became the main token of the first brother's accession to the throne.

Seeing that Wang Shun was ordered by Wang Mang to ask for the jade seal of the country, Wang Zhengjun still refused to give it, and scolded Wang Mang for being ungrateful, sorry for the Han family, and even a pig and a dog.

She said to Wang Shun angrily and helplessly:

"I, the old widow of the Han family, is about to die, and I want to take this jade seal to the grave, can't I?!"

As she spoke, she threw the jade seal on the ground, and the jade seal broke a corner.

She also knew that she was powerless to return to heaven at this time, and finally had to hand over the jade seal to Wang Shun.

Wang Mang soon held the enthronement ceremony, and the venue was set in the front hall of Weiyang Palace, which was very grand.

He proclaimed amnesty for the whole world; The Empress Dowager Wang Zhengjun is the "Empress Dowager of the New Chamber", and the Empress Dowager (Wang Mang's daughter) is the "Yellow Imperial Master".

showed that he broke off his marriage with Liu Han, and removed the title of the Han Dynasty; made his wife Wang the queen, and the fourth son, Wang Lin, as the crown prince; The son Liu Ying is the prince of Anding, with the plain

(now southwest of the Shandong Plain) and other 5 counties of 100 miles, the people of 10,000 households are fiefdoms.

So far, Wang Mang has realized his dream.

However, the price he paid was too high.

At least, he has sacrificed his family for this.

Wang Mang has 4 sons, from oldest to youngest: Wang Yu, Wang Shu, Wang An, and Wang Lin. Among them, the eldest and second were forced to commit suicide, and Wang An was frightened crazy

, only the four kings of the old man Lin as the crown prince (now is not the time for him to die).

is like this, Wang Mang's wife Wang has long been blind from crying, and now she has become a blind queen.

Speaking of which, I can't help but feel confused, you Wang Mang is not beneficial to others, only self-interested, how much happiness can this bring to yourself?!

However, Wang Mang is Wang Mang, no matter what happens, he still plays with intrigues and tricks without regrets.

At the enthronement ceremony, after the staff read out the policy, Wang Mang delivered an important speech.

He personally took Liu Ying, who was only 5 years old, and cried bitterly, burst into tears, choked up and said:

"At that time, the Duke of Zhou was an auxiliary government, and when King Cheng grew up, he returned to power. I originally wanted to emulate Duke Zhou, but the destiny of heaven is difficult to disobey, and I can't do it if I don't ascend to the emperor's throne! ”

(Today, the emperor is forced to be alone, and it is unsatisfactory)

At this point, Wang Mang completed the four steps of usurping the Han like magic, and played the world into his own hands.

This year, Liu Xiu was 13 years old.