Chapter 265: Wang Mang usurped the government 1
Wang Mang killed all the enemies he thought were potential enemies, leaving behind a group of people who were the only ones who looked to him.
Looking at the trembling subjects crawling at his feet, Wang Mang hallucinated again and again, this world belongs to him.
In the fourth year of the first year of the Yuan Dynasty (4 A.D.), this illusion became more and more frequent, and under his instruction, Wang Shun of the Taibao took the lead and gathered 8,000 officials to write to the imperial court, asking the imperial court to further reward the Duke of An Han.
When Mrs. Wang received such a letter, she didn't read it carefully, and the whole person was stunned, she thought, Wang Mang has already achieved the Duke of An Han and the first auxiliary minister, how else can he seal it?
When she opened it, her figure couldn't help but tremble slightly.
"Yifeng Gong to Xinxi, Zhaoling two counties and Huangyouju, Xinnoda; Cai Yiyin, Zhou Gong titles, plus the Duke as Zai Heng, the position of the Prince, the three dukes said that they 'dare to speak'; the princess was called Gong Xianjun; the two sons and men were praised as the new marquis, and the two were rewarded as the marquis of the capital; after the addition of 37 million, the total was 10,000, with the Ming great gift; the queen mother was in front of the palace to worship, the Anhan prince worshipped, and the second son worshipped, such as the story of the Duke of Zhou. ”
"This Wang Mang is a bit excessive!" Mrs. Wang thought.
The next day, the old queen mother proposed the court to discuss the sealing matter, Wang Mang pretended to be surprised, so as if he had just heard about it, he hurriedly excused himself, and the old queen mother saw this, and felt a little relieved.
Wang Mang refused, but his henchmen did not agree, they not only thought that Wang Mang should be sealed, but also that it was not enough.
On the top of the main hall, it was noisy for a while, making the old queen mother one head and two big.
After the dispersal of the dynasty, Wang Mang did not dare to go to the court the next day in the name of the reward was too generous, in fact, the discerning person knew at a glance that Wang Mang was not resigning, but a disguised threat.
The old queen mother didn't expect this truth, she only knew that the current court couldn't do without Wang Mang, if Wang Mang didn't go to work, she would be uncomfortable with her old bones.
Therefore, at the suggestion of the important ministers, the old queen mother Wang sent Da Situ, and Da Sikong personally went to Wang Mang's mansion to issue a reward, and asked him to go to work on time by the way.
Wang Mang's plan succeeded, and naturally there was no reason to be a miner again, so he symbolically rejected a few fiefdoms, and accepted the rest in full.
The higher Wang Mang's status, the more sophisticated his methods of coaxing the Empress Dowager Wang became.
He took the initiative to crown the sister of the Queen Mother as the king, and the sister of the Queen Mother Wang got the benefit and naturally said good things for Wang Mang.
He knew that the old queen mother must be bored after living in the palace for a long time, so he thought of a way to coax the old queen mother.
He invited the old queen mother to go out of the palace and have fun with the people.
He arranged for many people along the way to sing praises to the Queen Mother, and for those who were poor, Wang Mang rewarded them in the name of the Queen Mother.
The Empress Dowager Wang was often coaxed by Wang Mang into a fog, and her vigilance and intervention in Wang Mang became smaller and smaller.
Wang Mang recruited all kinds of talents in case of emergency.
At the same time, he continued to increase the rewards for his clans and courtiers who depended on him.
He is not the only one who knows that Wang Mang now wants more than just the position of a powerful minister.
In the first five years of the Yuan Dynasty (5 AD), Wang Mang's life finally won a huge opportunity.
Of course, when this opportunity came, his henchmen had already planned for him to upgrade his specifications and ranks.
More than 480,000 people wrote to the imperial court before and after, demanding that the Duke of An Han be further crowned.
Wang Mang's henchmen spared no effort in this matter, and the posture seemed to say that if the Duke of An Han was not crowned for a day, the country would have no peace.
Regarding this situation, Wang Mang didn't even have the posture of pretending to excuse himself.
"Bunnies, work hard, you'll be indispensable in the future." Wang Mang laughed in his heart.
In May, the Empress Dowager finally couldn't stand the bombardment of rounds of invitations to Feng Xuanshu, and agreed to give Wang Mang Jiuxi, which was the highest specification given by the Son of Heaven to his courtiers.
Nine tin, nine tin one is called chariots and horses, two is called clothes, three is called musical instruments, four is called Zhu Hu, five is called Na Ma, six is said to be a hundred tigers, seven is called axes, eight is said to be bows and arrows, and nine is said to be a mustache.
At the same time, the old queen mother gave the old Chu palace to Wang Mang, and Wang Mang did not shirk and accepted it calmly.
This is not the end, Wang Mang's henchmen continue to frantically direct scenes of good dramas that praise virtue.
Wang Mang had sent eight wind collectors to inspect various places, and rushed back to Chang'an at this time.
These histories were delicious and delicious in the local area, and they had secret talks with local officials, asking each county to offer auspicious gifts and praise the virtues of Anhan Gong.
The historians of the collection also slapped Wang Mang's sycophants on the main hall, and under their encouragement, the auspicious gifts from all over the country were caused by the merits of An Han Gong.
Although everyone knows that it is a lie, everyone knows that it is good for everyone to shoot a good sycophant.
Wang Mang was in a good mood, and with a wave of his hand, he gave these rich rewards.
In the voice of singing praises of virtue, there are also some upright officials who are not afraid of death, such as Xiangguo Banzhi of Guangping County who refuses to sacrifice auspicious rui in life or death, and Sun Hong, who is too shou of Langya, to report the famine in a good situation.
The names of these two people soon entered the blacklist of the big Sikong Zhen Feng, and Zhen Feng fabricated evidence to frame the two and suggested that Wang Mang arrest the two.
Under Wang Mang's nod, the two were quickly arrested and taken to Chang'an.
"You say, why don't you offer auspiciousness?"
"What auspiciousness, this official can't do it." Ban Zhi said coldly.
"What about you, why do you want to report the famine even though it is a peaceful and prosperous world."
"Bullshit is peaceful and prosperous, you go and see, there are famines everywhere, hungry people everywhere, and thieves swarming." Gongsun Hong said angrily.
"You two, nonsense."
Zhen Feng saw that the two of them didn't know the current affairs, so he arbitrarily charged the two of them and reported them to the imperial court, just waiting for Wang Mang's approval.
In the end, Gongsun Hong was beheaded, and because Ban Zhi was the younger brother of Emperor Ban Jieyu of the Yuan Emperor, the Empress Dowager Wang remembered the old love and was spared death.
In the sound of auspiciousness, Wang Mang was in a panic.
He realized he had to toss something to do.
He started the idea of the dead.
"The Empress Dowager, the minister suggested excavating the tombs of Ding and Fu to set an example to the world."
When everyone heard this, they also looked at each other.
"Nephew, Empress Ding and Empress Fu have been dead for several years, forget it."
"Fu Ding's family, once pregnant with the Empress Dowager and Empress Dowager Seal, now has a clear decree to increase and degrade, if the seal is not destroyed, how to do the law? And the Fu family is more suitable for the burial of Dingtao, and the name is correct. Wang Mang argued.
"So, okay, it's okay to move the acupoint, but you must not be easy to coffin, and you can't make a taboo."
"Obey."
With Wang Mang's order, the tomb of Empress Ding Fu was turned upside down. After doing these things, Wang Mang destroyed the Gonghuang Temple of Emperor Liu Xin's father, and all the courtiers who opposed him doing this were sent to the frontier.
And this matter reached the ears of the fourteen-year-old emperor Liu Xun, as he grew up day by day, he became more and more dissatisfied with what Wang Mang did, it was because of Wang Mang that he was separated from his mother for a long time, and his maternal relatives were killed by Wang Mang.
Now that the tomb of Empress Ding Fu has been dug up, she thinks of her fate, so she unscrupulously released her words, saying that once she takes power in the future, she must make Wang Mang look good.
Liu Mang's words reached Wang Mang's ears, and Wang Mang's face was gloomy for several days.
At this time, another piece of music was sent to Wang Mang's desk, which made Wang Mang overjoyed, the music was written by Liu Qing, Marquis of Quanling, and the music meant that the emperor was young, and Wang Mang should act as the Son of Heaven like the Duke of Zhou.
When Liu Qing's recital was read out at the court meeting, the Manchu civil and military officials said in unison that it should be taken for granted, which frightened the little emperor to tremble.
In December of this year, on the day of Lari, Wang Mang presented a jue of pepper wine to Liu Jinjin.
Wang Mang's wine, Liu Yin didn't dare not drink it.
After this wine, Liu Jian never got up again.
Emperor Ping of the Han Dynasty, Liu Yin, in the 5th year of the Yuan Dynasty (5 AD), in December, collapsed in Weiyang Palace.