However, he said that Wang Mang regarded Liu Ying as a puppet and decided everything by himself. Wang Shun, Zhen Feng, Zhen Han and other henchmen who helped him ascend to the throne of the fake emperor were all promoted to official positions. However, Wang Mang's regency was also opposed by some of the royal family.

Liu Chong, the Marquis of Anzhong, was the first to raise troops to fight for recklessness. Liu Chong is the sixth grandson of Liu Fa, the king of Changsha, and Liu Fa is the son of Emperor Jing. Hearing that Wang Mang was a fake emperor, he discussed with Prime Minister Zhang Shao: "Wang Mang will be in danger of the Liu family, the world knows that reckless traitors dare not make trouble, I should advocate righteousness for the clan and call on the world to punish this thief!" Zhang Shao was very much in favor, and Liu Chong led more than 100 of his subordinates to attack Wancheng regardless of the interests. There are thousands of defenders in Wancheng, and once they fight, no matter how loyal and brave Liu Chong is, they are invincible. Liu Chong and Zhang Shao both died in the rebellion. Liu Chong's father Liu Jia and Zhang Shao's younger brother Zhang Zhu were not killed, but they were afraid that Wang Mang would investigate and apologize. Wang Mang wanted to imprison people's hearts and issued an edict for amnesty.

In the eastern part of the county, there are also volunteers rising, spreading the word to rebel, and the leader is the county guard Zhai Yi. Zhai Yibiao was a man of letters, an upright official, and when he saw that Wang Mang was about to usurp the Han, he couldn't help but be indignant and plotted an uprising. His nephew Chen Fengnian is only eighteen, but he is born with both courage and strength. Zhai Yi summoned Chen Feng to discuss: "Wang Mang, the marquis of Xindu, took the position of the son of heaven, and deliberately chose the young lord as the son, and he will usurp the Han family in the future." Now that the clan is weak, there is no strong domain, no one dares to resist the country's difficulties, my father and son are favored by the country and should be thieves, what do you mean? Chen Feng raised his eyebrows and clapped his palms, and promised loudly.

Zhai Yi was afraid that Chen Feng would not be able to help alone, so he asked Liu Yu, the governor of Dongjun, Liu Xin, the marquis of Yanxiang, and Liu Xin's brother Liu Huang to start the incident together. He appointed Liu Xin as the Son of Heaven and proclaimed himself General Sima Zhutian. Liu Xin was Liu Yunzi, the king of Dongping, so he was pushed to be called on. At the moment, it is rumored that the county country is slightly said that Wang Mang killed Emperor Ping, and the Son of Heaven wants to destroy the Han Dynasty. The righteous people near and far saw that he was right, but they were also happy to obey.

Zhai Yike Rixing Division, from Dongjun to Shanyang, about more than 100,000 people. When the alarm reached Chang'an, Wang Mang was so frightened that he could barely swallow. Hurriedly convened the party to meet the enemy, worshiped Sun Jian, the commander of the light car, as the general of Fenwu, the Hou Wangyi of Chengdu, the general of Huya, the Marquis of Mingyi, Wang Jun as the general of the crossbow, the captain of the city gate, Wang Kuang, the captain of the city gate, as the general of Zhenwei, Liu Hong, the marquis of Zhongxiao, as the general of Fenchong, and the Marquis of Zhenqiang Dou as the general of Fenwei.

When they were marching into the army one after another, Zhao Peng and Huo Hong, who were from Huaili, called themselves generals, killed the officials and gathered to discuss: "Today, Wang Mang will send his elite troops to the east to defend against the enemy, and the Beijing division is empty, if I attack Chang'an, I can break it with one drum." Everyone agreed, and there were more than 100,000 followers, all of whom went to Chang'an. Suddenly, the smoke and dust shouted to the sky, and the fire shot directly into the front hall of Weiyang Palace. Wang Mang became more and more panicked when he heard the news, and urgently ordered the king-level and Yan Qian as generals to block Zhao Peng and the others. At the same time, Wang Mang constantly mobilized large armies to suppress Zhai Yi's troops.

The seven generals will stay in Qi Chen, and have a big battle with Zhai Yi and others, first beheading Liu Huang, and then winning Zhai Yi, Liu Xin fled and did not know where to go. Zhai Yi was arrested and killed. The seven generals' squad moved west to attack Sanfu, Zhao Peng and Huo Hongli died in battle, and the rest fled for their lives.

Wang Mang was overjoyed with the good news, and immediately awarded the fifth-class knighthood to the generals. The queen mother knows that Wang Mang is full of treachery, but the power is reckless. Zhang Chong, the period of the gatekeeper, was quite loyal and righteous, and secretly invited five comrades to assassinate Wang Mang, and renamed Liu Su, the king of Chu, as the emperor. Unfortunately, they were all killed.

In the third year of Wuchen, Wang Mang claimed that his virtue was flourishing, and he received great help from heaven and man, so he ordered Su Xian and others to discuss the matter of ascending the throne. Wang Mang said: "The Han family has fallen, my fake child is the emperor, and now I have received a false name in vain, how will it be?" Su Xian said: "My lord is mighty and the sound of overseas is shaking Kyoto, and all the officials and people in the world are afraid of it. The child is the branch and leaf of the Han Dynasty, and he cannot be established as a king for a long time. Why don't you take advantage of this to destroy it, and take the world for yourself? Wang Mang happily replied: "What the general said is very true. In November, the third year of residence was changed to the first year of the new year, and Wang Mang was the position of the true son of heaven, and the country was named "new". The civil and military officials were all gifted, and they all thanked and retreated.

After Wang Mang usurped the throne, the imperial seal of the country was still in the hands of the empress dowager, so he wanted to ask her for it, so he summoned Wang Shun into the house and instructed a few words. Wang Shun went until the Changle Palace to take the seal from the Queen Mother. The queen mother scolded: "Your father and son and brother have not repaid the kindness of Menghan, and now they are entrusted to be orphaned, but they take the opportunity to usurp, so in the past, the dire dog will not eat the rest." Is there a brother like you in the world? And Wang Mang pretended that Jin Kui Fu would be the new emperor, and he could make his own seal, so what was the use of this dead national seal? I am an old widow of the Han family, dying and dying, I want to be buried with this seal, you are delusional! Saying that, she couldn't stop crying, the maids were all in tears, and Wang Shun also bowed her head and sighed. After a while, Wang Shun raised his head again and said: "The matter has come to this, and the ministers are irretrievable; If Wang Mang wants to get the seal, can the Queen Mother always refuse? The queen mother pondered for a long time, and then took out the imperial seal and threw it on the ground, and scolded: "I am going to die, see if your brother can not destroy the clan?" Wang Shun didn't answer, and the seal was handed over to Wang Mang.

Wang Mang saw that a corner was missing from the seal, and asked Wang Shun Ming, knowing that he was smashed by the Empress Dowager. It had to be repaired with gold as a last resort, and the defects were left in the end. This imperial seal is a relic of the Qin Dynasty, which was dedicated to the Han Gaozu by the Qin Ziying, and the Han Gaozu was left with the descendants, and it was temporarily returned to Wang Mang. Wang Mang renamed the Empress Dowager as the Empress Dowager of the new family, and Empress Xiaoping as the Empress Dowager of Ding'an, one is an aunt and the other is a daughter, so she still lives in the deep palace.

A few abandoned children and babies were Ding'an Gong, and the children and babies were ordered to move to their residences on the same day. Wang Mang was afraid that the ministers of the Liu family would go on a blind date with him, so he set up a number of guards and envoys to guard his house, prohibiting the ministers from coming and going, and forbidding the nursing mother to talk to the children and babies. The poor child was placed under house arrest, and when he grew up, he became a nerd, and he didn't even know the name of the six animals. At the beginning of the change, the people of Pingling wanted to establish him as the emperor, and Liu Xuan sent troops to kill the child, which is a later story.

However, it is said that when Wang Mang killed Wang Shu and Wang Yu, his wife Wang was in pain and cried all day long, until she lost her sight.

At this time, Wang Mang also had two sons, Wang An and Wang Lin. Wang An is unclear and in a trance all day long. Wang Linren was quite obedient, and was very loved by Wang Mang, and made him the prince. When Wang Mang saw that his wife was sick, he ordered the king to live in the inner palace and serve his mother.

Wang Lin lived in the palace, so he had an affair with his mother and maid Yuan Bi. Wang Lin learned that Yuan Bi had been favored by Wang Mang, and was afraid that Wang Mang would not forgive him after knowing about it, so he discussed with Yuan Bi to kill Wang Mang. At this time, his wife Liu Su came to tell him: "The concubine guesses that there will be a white-clothed meeting in the palace." Wang Lin was overjoyed when he heard this. It turned out that Wang Lin's wife was the daughter of the national teacher Liu Xin, who could learn stars. When observing the celestial phenomena at night, I saw that Jupiter and Venus would meet in one place, called the White Clothes Society, and the Lord had mourning clothes. Wang Lin thought that the bad omen must be on Wang Mang, and the murder would be successful. is really a traitor and a thief, Wang Lin and the maid fornicated and wanted to kill his father, and the retribution of heaven was unpleasant.

Wang Lin was about to plot with Yuan Bi, but who knew that a strong wind suddenly rose in the sky, blowing all the roof tiles and uprooting the big trees. Wang Mang suffered from this storm and could not explain it, so he issued an edict, saying that the yin and yang were not in harmony with the wind and rain. The blame is that Wang Lin has a brother but was made the crown prince, and the name is not correct. Wang Mang demoted Wang Lin to the king of Tongyiyang and moved out of the palace. After the king left the palace, he was not allowed to see his mother, nor his lover, and he was full of hope and was extremely bored, so he sent a book to his mother, and said that the father and the emperor treated their children and grandchildren very harshly, and the former brother and nephew died early in the prime of life, and the ministers were afraid that the mother would be unpredictable, and the son did not know when his life was. Wang's sadness when he saw the book was put on the case, and it happened that Wang Mang entered the palace to ask about the illness and saw the book, and took it to read, Wang Mang saw that Wang Lin said that he abused his children and grandchildren, and he was very angry. However, his wife was critically ill and had an inconvenient seizure, so she hid the book in her sleeve and came out angrily.

When his wife died, Wang Mang did not allow the king to come to mourn; Wang Mang took his wife and buried her in a site west of Weiling. Because the queen mother was buried in Weiling after her death, Wang Mang buried his wife here, thinking that he could serve the queen mother forever.

Wang Mang's burial of his wife has been completed, and then Wang Lin will be investigated, thinking that Wang Lin lives in the inner palace, and if there is any illegal behavior, he should not hide it from Yuan Bi. He then ordered the law enforcement officials to take Yuan Bi to be tortured and interrogated. Yuan Bi couldn't stand the torture, but confessed to adultery with Wang Lin and wanted to murder Wang Mang. Wang Mang had a big accident and ordered Yuan Bi to be killed. He was afraid that this matter would cause people to laugh when it got out, so he ordered all the judges to be killed and buried in prison. It is a pity that the innocent inquisitor of this class was killed, and the family still does not know whether he is alive or dead.

Wang Mang killed the interrogator, that is, he gave medicine and ordered the king to commit suicide. Wang Lin would rather kill himself and refuse to take the medicine, pull out a knife and stab his chest to die, Wang Mang gave him a confession.

After Wang Lin's death, Wang Mang issued an edict to inform the national teacher Liu Xin, saying that Wang Lin did not study stars, and heard Liu Xin say that there was a white-clothed society in the palace that committed a crime, and Liu Xin hurriedly summoned his daughter to blame after receiving this edict. Liu Su committed suicide by taking medicine. In that month, Wang Mang's son Wang An and Wang Yu's sons Gongming and Gongshou both fell ill and died. Wang Mang died so far, his wife died, his son was lost, his grandson died again, although he usurped the throne, he was left alone and widowed.

In terms of foreign relations, after a hundred years of cultural and martial arts in the Western Han Dynasty, the ethnic minorities in the Quartet have been tamed, and even the strongest opponent, the Xiongnu, has completely recognized and did not dare to go south to herd horses. After Wang Mang ascended the throne, all countries in the Quartet expressed their loyalty to him in the pragmatic spirit of "having milk is a mother", and begged for support, and none of them dared to cry out for the old Liu family.

But Wang Mang is not enough. In his grand vision, these Quartet tribes should be like the vassals of the Zhou Dynasty, they are not worthy of the names "king" or "shan yu", and the current names and utensils used have been "transgressed", and they should be given to change the rules.

In the first year of his reign, Wang Mang sent five envoys to various places, with the purpose of sending the new emperor's talismans and seals in exchange for the old seals of the Han Dynasty. These five-way envoys are called "five generals", each general is assigned to five marshals, all the way to the colorful flags and gongs and drums noisy, the pomp is quite big.

It doesn't matter at all to these small countries to say goodbye to the old and embrace the new, to whom to pay tribute is not tribute? But under Wang Mang's personal instruction, this diplomatic show, which was originally just a formality, made people angry and resentful.

The envoys who traveled south all the way to Yizhou and Sichuan changed the king of Jumachi on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau to the marquis of Jumachi; The envoys who traveled west all the way to the Western Regions and demoted all the kings of all countries along the way to marquises; The eastward envoys arrived in Liaodong and the Korean Peninsula, and because the king of Goguryeo was not convinced, he used his army to attack him, and mischievously changed "Goguryeo" to "Xia Juli".

The most serious consequences were caused by the envoys of the Xiongnu who traveled north. The seal letter granted by the Han Dynasty to the Xiongnu Shan Yu was engraved with the five words "Xiongnu Shan Yu Xi", but the new seal sent this time was the six words "New Xiongnu Shan Yu Zhang". The word "new" was added, which means that the Xiongnu are subject countries of the "new dynasty", and "Xi" is changed to "chapter", which means that you eat raw meat, and you are not worthy of using the exclusive vocabulary of the emperor like me.

Wuwei General Wang Jun and the others were a little drumming in their hearts, feeling that this errand was not easy to do, and they decided to use deception tactics after discussion. first gave Shan Yu a big gift, coaxed Shan Yu to be very happy, and took advantage of Shan Yu's dazzled eyes to tell him to change the new seal and let him hand over the old seal first.

Shan Yu had been confused by the pearl treasure, and he didn't want to untie the old seal from his body. The minister next to him reminded him: I haven't seen the new printed text, so don't rush to hand in the old seal first. Shan Yu said with a big grin: Can the Indian text still be changed? Stretched out his hand and handed it to Wang Jun.

The careless Shan Yu didn't open the new seal when he got it, and happily ate and drank with Wang Jun and them when he hung it on his body. After drinking the wine, Chen Rao, the envoy of the new dynasty, said that if Shan Yu found that the seal had changed tomorrow, he would definitely have to return to the old seal, so it was better to smash the old seal now! Wang Jun hesitated, and Chen Rao snatched the old seal and smashed it with an axe.

After sobering up the next day, Shan sent someone to ask for the old seal, and expressed strong dissatisfaction: The new seal demoted me to a vassal state of the new dynasty, and used "chapter" instead of "seal", which was too disrespectful, and I still liked the old seal.

Wang Jun held the old seal to the Huns: According to the regulations, we have destroyed the old seal, and this pile of ballast will be left as a souvenir if you want it.

Shan Yu began to resent the new dynasty and began to find a bulwark to gather an army to go south. However, Wang Mang, who was so happy, thought that the "five generals" promoted the national prestige, and made all of them viscounts, and the marshals to which they belonged were all barons.

In this round of diplomatic activities, Wang Mang's vanity was satisfied, but the evil consequences immediately followed-

The leader of the town of Ju Town, "Han", who was demoted to a marquis, was angry and refused to obey, and was lured and executed by Zhou Xin, the great Yin of Kejun in the new dynasty, and his brother "Cheng" raised troops to kill Zhou Xin, constantly disturbing himself;

The Marquis of Goguryeo was booby-trapped by Yan You, the local governor of the New Dynasty, because of his dissatisfaction with his remarks, and the head was sent to Chang'an, and the local raccoon dog and other tribes invaded the border on a large scale, and Liaodong was in turmoil;

The king of the Western Regions was angry and planned to flee to the Xiongnu, but the Western Regions protected Danqin and killed him, and his tribe surrendered to the Xiongnu. Subsequently, the Yanqi kingdoms rebelled one after another, killing Dan Qin, and the Western Regions Protectorate, which had existed for more than a hundred years, collapsed. The new dynasty general Shi Chenliang and others stationed in the Western Regions saw that the Western Regions were in danger of chaos, so they killed the captain Diao Hu and coerced 2,000 people to defect to the Xiongnu;

The new dynasty launched an all-out war against the most powerful Xiongnu. Wang Mang, who was a bit psychologically perverted, first became addicted to his mouth, and personally changed the title of "Xiongnu Shan Yu" to "surrender slaves and submit to me" (meaning slaves who surrendered, surrender to me), and mobilized hundreds of thousands of troops across the country to assemble on the border.

Wang Mang, who had a romantic temperament, ordered that all kinds of troops, horses and supplies should be transported from all over the country to the northern border counties, and all of them must be gathered before they can attack at the same time, and the goal should be to chase the Xiongnu until they reach Siberia (Ding Ling tribe) before they are allowed to collect troops.

But the Xiongnu did not wait for him to put on a good posture before he moved, they went back and forth on the long border line like the wind, grabbed and ran, the people of the border counties suffered heavy losses, and the Taishou of Yanmen and Shuofang counties were killed.

However, the troops of the New Dynasty who were constantly gathering on the border did not dare to attack the Xiongnu on their own, and their exuberant energy had nowhere to vent, and they began to cause trouble and disturb the people in the local area. Since Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, several generations of people in northern Xinjiang have not seen the beacon alarm, and the population has bred cattle and horses all over the field.

For a long time, Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty and obtained the throne, so he was regarded as a rebel and thief. However, in modern times, Hu Shi rehabilitated him, believing that Wang Mang was a socialist. Later, Fu Lecheng, Lu Simian, and Han Fuzhi also believed that Wang Mang's personality was no problem, and his erudition and Corporal Lixian were not fake.

Wang Mang's aunt was the then Empress Dowager Wang Zhengjun. The status of foreign relatives has always been important in the Han Dynasty, and people like Wang Mang generally hold important positions in the court. However, Wang Mang was known for his ability and humility when he was young, and among the children of many families, Wang Mang's character, ability and style were very unique.

Wang Mang was the first person in Chinese history to propose the abolition of slavery, put an end to human trafficking, and directly gave countless slaves and concubines from humble backgrounds their own personality and freedom in life. He paid attention to science, personally dissected corpses, and preached that everyone is human-oriented and equal. He invented the world's first "vernier caliper", which remains a mystery to this day.

Wang Mang nationalized the land and redistributed it, and the landless tenant farmers were given land by the government; All natural resources, owned by the state, can only be exploited by the government; A monopoly system of liquor, salt, and iron was implemented, and the central government issued currency in a unified manner. People can borrow money from the government for weddings and funerals without interest. The government only collects one-tenth of the principal and interest of the net profit for loans to agricultural and commercial undertakings, which can be said to be more humane than the current banks. The government controls prices and prevents businessmen from manipulating the market in order to eliminate inequality between the rich and the poor; When there is an oversupply, the government buys daily necessities such as food, cloth, and silk at cost, and when the demand exceeds the supply, the government sells them immediately to prevent prices from rising; Wait a minute. Wang Mang's original intentions were undoubtedly kind, and the biggest social contradiction in Chinese history was "inequality between the rich and the poor", and the most common slogans raised in all previous peasant uprisings were "equal wealth and poverty" and "fighting local tyrants and dividing the land". However, Wang Mang's policy touched the interests of private property and caused strong resistance in the process of implementation.