In the first year (8 AD), after Wang Yi and others defeated Zhai Yi, they quickly moved their troops to various counties to sweep away those forces that were more or less large and small to occupy the mountains as kings.

After this sweep, the results were quite fruitful.

The slightly stronger forces are almost all uprooted, and the weaker ones are not vulnerable at all.

Wang Mang was very happy, and he greeted the soldiers who returned triumphantly with the grandest etiquette.

Soon, Wang Mang issued an edict and touted his kindness to have such a great victory, and he continued to prepare for his last step in public opinion.

Wang Mang's henchmen naturally won't let go of the opportunity to curry favor with the new master.

They went to the table one after another, asking Wang An, the son of the emperor, and Wang Linjue as the duke, and Wang Guang, the son of Wang Mang's brother, as the Marquis of Yangong; Wang Mang's grandson Wang Zong was named the new marquis.

In September of that year, Wang Mang's mother Gong Xianjun died of illness.

Wang Mang also put a lot of thought into his old mother's funeral.

His mother's funeral was raised to the level of the princes' royal family, and at the same time, the new capital Marquis Wangzong was ordered to mourn for him for three years.

In this way, Wang Mang's ambition is self-evident.

Now it can be said that everything is ready, only the east wind is owed.

In fact, it is not difficult to do this.

Xiangrui, Wang Mang needs a lot of auspiciousness.

If you want to change the dynasty, you can't be a little auspicious, with auspiciousness, you can see the change of dynasty as the meaning of God, otherwise, I'm afraid there will be many people who are not convinced.

Wang Mang's thoughts, the people below have already figured it out.

Liu Jing, Marquis of Guangrao, said a strange thing, Changxing Pavilion Chang Xin of Linzi County, Qi County, had several dreams one night, and someone said to him in the dream: 'I am the Minister of Heaven. The Heavenly Minister, I tell you, 'The Emperor should be true. If you don't believe me, there will be a new well in this pavilion. When the chief of the Changxing Pavilion inspected the pavilion in the morning, he found a new well 100 feet deep.

The general of the chariot and cavalry, Hu Yun, was born in the Bajun stone ox, and Zang Hong, who belonged to the Taibao, was born in the Fufeng Yongshi.

These stones are said to have written about Wang Mang.

All of a sudden, the auspicious words permeated the entire Chang'an City.

The faces of the people of Chang'an are full of red light, and when acquaintances meet, the first sentence is not to ask if they have eaten, but to ask if there is auspiciousness? It's as if auspicious is a bargain that can be bought everywhere.

Regardless of whether Xiangrui is cheap or not, but for the current Wang Mang, its role is indeed extremely huge.

If he wants to usurp the throne, he wants to change the dynasty, and he must have these mysterious things as an auxiliary, and the more mysterious he is, the more he can fool others.

In the name of auspiciousness, Wang Mang told the Empress Dowager, hoping to remove the word "receiving" from the emperor in his edict, and at the same time, in order to cover up his ultimate goal, he also suggested that the infant should wear the emperor's yuan clothes.

Wang Mang's intention was very clear, he wanted to start with the edict, so that his subjects would get used to Wang Mang issuing instructions in the name of the emperor.

The bottom line of the Empress Dowager Wang is very clear, as long as Wang Mang unknowingly announces the change of dynasty, she can accept it.

Therefore, the old empress dowager Wang does not have much significance, in her opinion, Wang Mang's move can also be understood as his edict on behalf of the emperor, so it is naturally inappropriate to call the emperor.

Wang Mang's plan succeeded again.

He had one important thing to do now.

Intensify efforts to eliminate the dark forces that oppose him in Chang'an City.

The wind in Chang'an City became tense for a while.

Wang Mang's henchmen watched over all the corners of this ancient city, and if they found anything unusual, they would not hesitate to pounce on them and wipe out the ill-intentioned people cleanly.

I have to admire Wang Mang's skill, and under his careful arrangement, he really found out Zhang Chong and others, who plotted to rob and kill Wang Mang and establish the king of Chu together.

For those who are not good for him, Wang Mang has always been cold-blooded, so once he finds out, regardless of whether it is true or not, he will be executed by thunder.

It was the end of the first year, and Wang Mang was ready to move, but he always felt that something was missing.

At this time, Chang'an came to a person called Mourning Zhang, Mourning Zhang is from Zitong County, he pretended to be a monk, with a copper coffin, there are two things in the copper coffin, one is the Emperor of Heaven Xingxi Jin Kuitu, the other is the Red Emperor's seal and the emperor Jin Ceshu.

Don't underestimate these two things, it is tailor-made for Wang Mang in the mourning chapter, and the glory and wealth of the mourning chapter depend on it.

Wai Zhang brought the bronze to the Gaodi Temple and handed it to the guards, and the appearance of a fairy wind bone made the guards think they had touched the gods. The matter was reported to Wang Mang.

Wang Mang took his ministers to the Gao Emperor Temple, opened the copper treasure tremblingly, picked up the policy book inside, opened it and looked at it, Wang Mang's face could no longer suppress the ecstasy, he laughed and said: "God help me!" ”

When it was passed to the ministers, everyone's eyes lit up: "Emperor Mang, as the true son of heaven...", even Wang Mang's auxiliary ministers in the book have been set, and the mourning chapter ranks himself fourth.

Seeing this, the ministers who knew each other hurriedly bowed down to Wang Mang, and shouted in their mouths: "Congratulations to Your Majesty, Your Majesty, long live long live, long live, long live." ”

Wang Mang did not refuse, he put the copper back into the temple, deliberately chose the auspicious day of the zodiac, Wang Mang led the ministers to visit the Gaozu Temple again, worship the Jin Kui Shenzen.

Coming out of Gaozu Temple, Wang Mang went to meet the Empress Dowager Wang, and made the matter of Jin Kui clear, indicating that he was going to be the true son of heaven, you should be leisurely.

The Empress Dowager Wang felt dizzy in her head when she heard this, and she was about to scold, but Wang Mang had already left, and the Empress Dowager Wang suddenly burst into tears. Wang Mang changed into the crown of the Son of Heaven, went to the front hall of Weiyang Palace, sat on the emperor's throne with his ass, and became the new emperor.

I only heard the sound of long live in front of the palace in front of Weiyang Palace.

The sleeping palace of the Queen Mother.

Wang Shun stood in front of the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother Wang scolded endlessly. Wang Shun turned a deaf ear, because he came to get the jade seal of the country.

"The old lady, things are already like this, what else can you do, is it because you don't give it to us?"

"Your brother has received the grace of the country, so why do you do this beast and take it." The old queen mother was furious, and threw the jade seal of the country to the ground, and with a "snap", the jade seal was missing a corner.

Wang Shun didn't care, he directly picked up the jade seal and walked out the door, not bothering to care about the old queen mother's howling cry behind him.

Wang Mang's first edict was to abolish the crown prince and his son as the Duke of Anding, change the name of the country to a new one, change the founding of the country from the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, and use yellow as the color of the banner.

A Western Han Dynasty that lasted for 214 years collapsed in the hands of a scholar, which is embarrassing.