The crossover drama of the first two years of the fire has made people have a certain interest in crossing. But there was indeed a king in Chinese history who was considered by posterity to be a crosser, because all the strategies he pursued in the dynasty were almost the same as in modern times, and his change of clothing strengthened his trust in the crosser.
The reason why he was suspected of being a crosser was that when archaeologists were mining his grave, they found the same skirt as the modern pleated skirt from his empress's funeral, which shocked the archaeologists and began to study whether he was a crosser, he was the emperor of the new dynasty - Wang Mang.
Born noble, flat and prosperous
Wang Mang was born in Daming County, Hebei Province in 25 AD, and was a member of the Wang family of foreign relatives of the Western Han Dynasty, and his aunt was Wang Zhengjun, the empress of the Han Yuan Emperor. And Wang Mang, who is a relative of the emperor and the state, is not as arrogant and luxurious as other family members, but he lives a simple and humble and courteous life. This made him alien to the family members.
When Wang Mang was a teenager, his father and brother died one after another, and he took care of his mother and the eldest son left by his eldest brother. He was attentive and thoughtful to his family, and behaved in a dignified manner; internally he served the elders, and externally he made a wide range of magi. And his unashamed temperament made the people of the Western Han Dynasty look at him with astonishment.
With his own ingenuity and strong social recognition, Wang Mang officially entered the court at the age of 24 to open the official road that belonged to Wang Mang.
He was conscientious and down-to-earth, and even though the courtiers were his uncles, he did not have any disciplined behavior. In the year of the death of Wang Feng, a powerful minister of the Western Han Dynasty, Wang Mang was promoted to Huangmenlang, and the road has been smooth since then.
Within six years of his entry into the officialdom, he was made the new capital of The HanCheng Emperor, the Grand Master of Guanglu, and the Attendant. Such a rapid promotion path, not only did none of the hundred officials of the imperial court refuse, but most of them had spoken to the emperor, hoping to promote Wang Mang to the rank of Grand Sima again.
Becoming the Great Sima and gradually showing ambition
Under Sima Da, above ten thousand people, is where everyone wants to sit. Wang Mang is naturally no exception, but he is good at hiding his ambitions, and he is still humble and courteous as usual, never respecting himself.
Seeing the poor people, he took out his own money to help them and let them live a better life. This made the whole country full of appreciation for Wang Mang, and Wang Mang was also favored by the Sages.
Wang Mang's ambitions were also revealed after the Chun Yu Chang incident, who was the nephew of Wang Zhengjun and behaved in the opposite way to Wang Mang. But he is good at flattery, seeing people talking about people, seeing ghosts and talking about ghosts.
He once helped Emperor Hancheng's favorite concubine Zhao Feiyan, who was aware of the grace map and often blew the wind around Emperor Hancheng. Chun Yu became a favorite of Emperor Cheng of Han.
Chun Yuchang was soon promoted to one of the Nine Secretaries and put in charge of the palace guards. Coupled with the fact that Sima Wanggen was preparing to retire at that time, Chun Yuchang kept an eye on this position.
Even before Wang Gen had abdicated, the imperial court acquiesced to his imminent becoming the next Sima (司馬). Chun Yuchang was too arrogant and even promised to give other people official positions in private, which caused Wang Mang's extreme dissatisfaction.
In order to make sima fall into his hands, Wang Mang arranged for his men to collect Chun Yuchang's guilt. Wang Mang approached Wang Gen and asked him to tell chun Yuchang about his crimes and his adulterous affair with the deposed Empress Xu.
Wang Gen was furious and asked Empress Wang to report the matter. Empress Wang had Emperor Hancheng depose Chun Yuchang, investigate his crimes, and kill him in prison.
And Wang Mang also successfully became the Great Sima (大司馬), but the power-saturated Wang Mang was not just the Great Sima (大司馬), he wanted to be emperor himself and establish a dynasty that belonged only to him.
But no one else knew that Wang Mang was still living in poverty even though he was in a high position, and his family was also very simple, and some courtiers once mistakenly recognized The plainly dressed Lady Wang as a domestic servant when he went to see him.
This incident was widely spread in the Western Han Dynasty, and people deepened their good impression of Wang Mang. During the reign of the Han Ping Emperor, Wang Mang's power reached its peak, and even the Wei family, a foreign relative at that time, was difficult to shake.
After emperor Hanping's death, Wang Mang feared that Emperor Hanping's eldest son would affect his plans, so he used his power to appoint Liu Bao, who was less than two years old, as Emperor Xuan of Han.
At this time, the empress dowager Wang Zhengjun did not understand Wang Mang's wolf ambitions, so he entered the trap that Wang Mang entered. Wang Zhengjun issued an edict ordering Liu Bao to let Sima Wang Mang act as an agent for the imperial government because of Liu Bao's young age.
At this time, his position was the same as that of the emperor, and the core of the court was guarded by Wang Mang's cronies, but this caused dissatisfaction among the Liu family, who launched a war to protect their own Liu family's throne.
However, the war they launched was not only quickly quelled by Wang Mang, but also intensified Wang Mang's ambition to become emperor. Finally, when Wang He was 54 years old, he forced Wang Zhengjun to hand over the jade seal, and he also established a new dynasty at the recommendation of the court.
Novel reform, Lady dressed is considered to be a crosser
Wang Mang began a series of advanced reforms after the establishment of the new dynasty:
First of all, the sale and purchase of land is prohibited,
The nationalization of all the land under the heavens, and the reform of the land national ownership system was not formally implemented until the founding of New China, which shows Wang Mang's foresight.
Second, he banned the slave trade nationwide,
He believed that slaves also had their own personality. They can no longer be bought and sold casually like items. In ancient times, Wang Mang, who mentioned human rights, was the first person, and the full popularization of human rights in our country was also after the founding of the People's Republic.
Secondly, he is also an important figure in the history of ancient science and technology in China.
After the establishment of the new dynasty, he invented the vernier caliper to try to unify weights and measures.
After this vernier caliper was mined, it was found that the scale of this caliper was very standard, and even the appearance was consistent with the appearance of modern society, which also made people more suspicious of whether he was a crosser.
And his wife's clothing is also one of the evidence that makes people suspect that he is a crosser.
After Wang Mang became emperor, Madame Wang dressed very fashionably. When a courtier went to see Madame Wang, he found that Madame Wang was wearing a short skirt up to her knees, which was also very surprising.
In ancient times, women had to wrap themselves thickly with a thick cloth.
But Madame Wang's dress is really inconsistent with social thought, but Wang Mang is very supportive of Madame's dress, and even popularized this kind of dress in the new dynasty, so that women have their own unique dressing style. It is precisely because of Madame's dress that people suspect that Wang Mang is a crosser.
In fact, there are too many rumors about whether Wang Mang is a crosser, and many of his initiatives are too advanced in thinking, which is extremely different from the society at that time. But whether he was a descendant of the crosser is unknown.
As emperor of the new dynasty, his frequent decrees led to national unrest and eventually led to the demise of the new dynasty. And Wang Mang himself is also in the records of posterity, mostly as a chaotic courtier, the image is extremely negative.