Wang Mang's domineering spirit was fully revealed when he elected the new monarch.

Emperor Yuan's vein was almost extinct, and the ministers set their sights on the Liu liehous, focusing on the five great-grandsons of Emperor Xuan, who were the same generation as Emperor Wai and Emperor Ping.

Seeing that many ministers tend to choose an adult heir, Wang Mang, who has always been unable to change his color, is also anxious, aren't these things that don't know life and death for him?

He stood up, his eyes filled with anger, and swept across the hall, which suddenly fell silent, and everyone shivered in their hearts.

Wang Mang cleared his throat and said in a loud voice: "The five princes and princes are all brothers of Emperor Daxing, and they cannot be successively followed, they should be elected among the great-grandsons of Emperor Xuan." ”

With just one sentence, the plan that the ministers had discussed for a long time was completely overturned.

Hearing him say this, Wang Mang's henchmen couldn't help but wipe the cold sweat on their foreheads, some were glad that they didn't say anything just now, and some were annoyed that they had said the wrong thing.

"Da Sima, what you said is extremely true." The new Taishi Ma Gong first agreed, Ma Gong is to take over the class of the former Taishi Kong Guang, Kong Guang died of illness two years ago, as we all know, Kong Guang went out of the mountain for the last time, his temperament changed greatly, and he became a complete sycophant, a sound worm. Compared with Ma Gong, the kung fu of the horse fart is not lagging behind.

As soon as Ma Gong expressed his position, all the officials immediately came back to their senses, An Han Gong had already expressed his position, and then he would nominate an adult monarch, which would be tired and crooked.

As a result, the ministers changed their tunes and seconded the proposal.

The next process doesn't need Wang Mang to say anything, just leave it to the people below.

Emperor Xuan's twenty-three great-great-grandsons also had many adults, and in order not to go against Wang Mang's wishes, they chose the youngest among the twenty-three.

This son's name is Liu Ying, the son of Liu Xian, the Marquis of Guangqi, who is only two years old.

The candidate has been approved by Wang Mang, after all, the election of the prince is a big deal, and he must always have an explanation to the government and the opposition, and he has to find a reason to block the mouth of Youyou.

The first thing that came to mind for Wang Mang and others was divination.

The imperial court issued an edict, and the result of Liu Ying's divination was the most auspicious.

Soon after the selection of the heir to the throne, a former Chang'an official named Xie Huan gave an extremely shocking performance in order to gain Wang Mang's appreciation.

It is said that Wugong County ordered Meng Tong to get a white stone in the well, and there was a Dan book on the white stone, and there were words on the Dan book, saying: "Tell An Han Gongmang to be the emperor." ”

Wang Mang was overjoyed when he saw the concerto, finally someone dared to pick this head, he believed that if there was the first, there would be a second, and Xie Huan's performance was exactly what he had been dreaming about recently.

Wang Mang found Wang Shun of Taibao and threw Xie Huan's recital to him, Wang Shun read it, and he was also ecstatic, as a member of the Wang family, if he could really take the Liu family's country to sit down, then his Wang family would be a royal family, and his status would be on a higher level.

There is no need to talk about superfluous nonsense, Wang Shun naturally knows how to do it.

Wang Shun took several important ministers to directly ask for a meeting with the Empress Dowager and made the matter of the talisman clear to the Empress Dowager.

When the old queen mother heard this, she was furious and said: "This is nonsense, and it cannot be implemented." ”

Although the Wang family sits in the world and the Liu family sits in the world, there is no substantial loss for her personally, but after all, she has been married into the Liu family for many years and has long regarded herself as a member of the Liu family.

Wang Shun saw that the old lady was very angry, so he simply said more bluntly: "The matter has come to this point, there is nothing to be done, it is beyond human power to stop it, and besides, An Han Gong is not really an emperor, but a regent, and he just subdues the world." ”

Listening to Wang Shun's words, the old lady suddenly also had a sense of powerlessness, although she was a □□ of the four dynasties, but now after all, she is old and can't stand the toss, as Wang Shun said, the situation is far beyond her control as an old lady.

The old lady waved her hand and sighed: "Our Wang family, the world is blessed by the country, you juniors, don't go too far." ”

"Is that a promise?" Wang Shun and several courtiers exchanged glances, and then went to the middle doctor to write an edict.

According to the edict of the Empress Dowager, Wang Mang's specifications are the same as those of the Son of Heaven, "Serve the crown of the Son of Heaven, stand between the households with the axe on his back, face the ministers in the south, and listen to political affairs; The car uniform enters and exits the police, and the ministers call the concubines", the book praises it as a "false emperor", the subjects call it "the emperor", Wang Mang calls himself "Yu", and the edict is "system".

Wang Mang became the "Emperor Regent", and Liu Ying was the crown prince, known as the "Ruzi Baby".

The agreement on the surface is that when the time is right, Liu Ying will ascend the throne, and Wang Mang will remove the title of "Emperor Regent", but in fact, Wang Mang has never planned to do so.

Wang Mang is only one step away from the emperor's throne, and his idea is to spend a few years of hard work to make everyone have a transition in their hearts and prepare for the change of dynasty, after all, the two-hundred-year-old Han has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.