Chapter 5 Rationale

"The traverser is Wang Mang!"

When Duanmu Ci said this categorically, the rest of the people were completely shocked by his thoughts. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"This.... Is this possible? If Wang Mang is a traverser, then can our mission still be B-level? That's the Emperor! Just a few of us can't even touch the corners of other people's clothes. Zhang Aijia stood up anxiously and retorted loudly.

"Why?" Gao Yuan asked, he noticed that the vice captain Xiao Lan's expression was very calm, it seemed that the two of them should have passed the qi before.

"There are many reasons for this, but I will briefly list a few."

Duanmuci confidently said: "First of all, the first point is that he implemented the "Jingtian system" under the pretense of the "Wangtian system", nationalized all the land in the country, and then distributed it according to the population, and prohibited private sales. He said that it was inherited from the ancient system, but the system that could be implemented was completely different from the primitive social period, and this land system only appeared once in the history of China's feudal dynasty for more than 2,000 years, and only once. The next time such a similar system will emerge will be two thousand years later, socialist transformation. ”

He looked around, his eyes shining like jewels in the darkness.

"If that's a coincidence, there's next."

He nationalized high-profit industries, such as winemaking, salt and iron, and even natural resources such as mountains, lakes, and mines. Private exploitation has to pay taxes, and there is also a special department to register for business licenses, which is the state-owned economic monopoly invented by Wang Mang. ”

He also hated slavery very much, and after Wang Mang came to power, he issued a series of decrees to prohibit the slave trade, although the effect was not good, but Wang Mang's glorious idea that all men are equal is not false. There were so many filthy and dark things in Chinese history, and the human trafficking under the feudal imperial system was the dirtiest part of it, but no dynasty could really prohibit it in troubled times, and it was only in New China two thousand years later that this bad habit was truly abolished. ”

Wang Mang especially encourages scientific experimentation and invention. He has participated in many scientific experiments himself, most notably for dissecting the human body with his own hands, in order to promote the structure of the human body. ”

In 18 A.D., Wang Mang heard that a skilled craftsman could make a kind of wings made of large bird feathers, and Wang Mang immediately summoned him and rewarded him. The previously unearthed vernier calipers of the New Dynasty were more than 1,700 years earlier than those in the West, and such a time span shows that the level of weights and measures in the New Dynasty period made a substantial leap. ”

As the most traditional Confucian disciple, how could he, as the most traditional Confucian disciple, like these things that are called miraculous and ingenious in traditional Confucianism? This is a serious violation of the worldview that he received as a child with an orthodox Confucian education. So, I think either he learned some messy stuff as a kid, or he was really a time-traveler. ”

"In addition, he also issued decrees to implement the planned economy and the loan system, but they all failed because there was no complete system model and professional implementation personnel."

Therefore, judging from the systems implemented by Wang Mang, he only knows a little about the socialist system, but does not really understand the mystery. But why is he so confident that what he does will succeed?"

Because he had experienced it, he knew that he was on the right path, and he firmly believed that this path would lead the new dynasty to an incomparably strong future, so he resolutely implemented such a pseudo-socialist system despite the opposition of others. It's a pity that he was just an ordinary person before he crossed over, his eyes only stayed on the surface, he didn't understand the essence of things, and he wanted to make the country strong through such a system, but in the end, he was ruined and left a stench for thousands of years. ”

"Alas, it's a pity....." Duanmu Ci let out a long sigh and lowered his head and said no more. I don't know if he is lamenting Wang Mang, or lamenting this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to cross.

"Then why did he fail?" Zhang Aijia asked curiously.

"Because of productivity." Gao Yuan replied.

As a graduate of the Department of History, he was particularly touched by Duanmuci's words.

"The productive forces of the feudal dynasty are far from reaching the minimum level of the socialist system, because the productive forces of the agrarian civilization will never be greatly improved, and the society has always been in a state of self-sufficiency. Only in the era of capitalist large-scale industrial civilization, under the organization and promotion of the capitalists, the overall consumption level of society has increased by a large margin, and the productive forces will be promoted to make progress in keeping up with the basics, and the practice of reform and opening up has proved this point. ”

Gao Yuan talked eloquently and gave full play to his professional advantages. A series of professional terms came out of his mouth, making Zhang Aijia on the side unable to close his mouth.

"In fact, there is another reason for Wang Mang's failure." Gao Yuan glanced at Duanmu Ci and saw that the captain gave him an encouraging look, so he continued.

"He did not establish a new dynasty through a war of unification, but by this deformed way of Zen. Once he accepts Chan Rang, it not only means that he accepts the throne of the old Liu family, but also the 210 years of dark accumulation in the Western Han Dynasty. ”

"In fact, the Western Han Dynasty was almost dying in the period of Emperor Xiaoping, the court was politically corrupt, the land annexation situation was serious, there were farmers who lost their land everywhere, the people were displaced, and the people were struggling to make a living, which I really empathize with."

After Wang Mang established the new dynasty, he fully accepted everything inherent in the Western Han Dynasty, and the political problems and land annexation issues were not solved. Because he did not live in troubled times, the problem of land annexation was solved only by those who pacified the troubled times and determined the world, and only after the war of reunification could there be so much abandoned land and the population reduced by the war, and there were not so many constraints on formulating a new policy. ”

"Moreover, the system he is promoting does not conform to the current reality at all, not only does the productive forces fail to meet the requirements, but even the mass base does not exist, so it will make people so angry and resentful."

Gao Yuan kept talking, not noticing the impatience on the face of Ximen Junhui next to him.

He interrupted Gao Yuan's words with disdain: "What's the use of talking so much nonsense? Isn't the emperor still good now? If you want me to say, let's think about what to do next, don't just show off, talk about it, and do it. ”

He was embarrassed and annoyed that he was embarrassed and annoyed by the high ground that he was taunting and annoyed by the fact that Simon always had trouble with himself, and he had to go against himself in everything.

He just wanted to say a few words, but Zhang Aijia, who was afraid that the two would quarrel, hurriedly interrupted Gao Yuan's words and said: "Okay, Gao Yuan, you don't know that Brother Ximen is talking like this, don't take it to heart."

I don't know why, Xiao Lan, who has never opened his mouth from the car to now, suddenly spoke, he glanced at Gao Yuan, and said slowly in a cold voice: "According to what the two of you said just now, I think it is possible that the reason why the organization has rated this task as a B-level mission is that there are other conditions that can provide us with convenience."

"Yes, that's right." Duanmu Ci also echoed.

"As I said earlier, the self-healing ability of time and space will make the enemies of the time-traveler lucky, and then use his hand to destroy the time-traveler. I think we can also use those who defeated and eliminated Wang Mang in history, and use their power to completely eliminate Wang Mang! ”

Duanmu clenched his fists and swung them twice at the air.

"Wait."

Zhang Aijia seemed to suddenly think of something, he interrupted Duanmu Ci's words and asked, "Didn't you say that Wang Mang would be killed by someone else sooner or later?" Then why do we still want this, why don't we find a place to live, and when Wang Mang dies, won't our mission be completed? ”

"Nope."

Duanmu Ci frowned, glanced at him, and replied, "We must destroy him with our own hands and solve this accidental crossing from the root, so that the task can be completed." Otherwise, you don't even think about getting a single point. ”

As soon as she heard that there were no points, Zhang Aijia immediately wilted, sat honestly, and did not mention what she had just said.

"Points...."Gao Yuan glanced at Zhang Aijia and didn't make a sound.

"Okay, according to the progress of history, after the fall of Wang Mang's new dynasty, it was Liu Xiu, Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty, who established the next unified dynasty, so we just need to find Liu Xiu now, and then use his strength and luck to eliminate Wang Mang and achieve our goal!"

"Liu Xiu should be studying in Taixue in Chang'an now." Takahara added.

"Good! Then it's decided, set off to Chang'an early tomorrow morning to find Liu Xiu! ”