Today, I can talk to you about Wang Mang, why did he kill his son? And six sons.
Many people say that Wang Mang traveled back to ancient times from modern times. The reason is that he invented a lot of incredible things that seemed very difficult to understand at the time. For example, Wei Dou, short skirt. These were all important inventions of Wang Mang, and of course the most unbelievable thing was that he killed his six sons.
Three of the six children were forced to die, one died of illness, and two sons were buried.
Let's first talk about the first one who was forced to die, Wang Mang's political enemies gained power and were forced to step down from their posts and live in seclusion. During this period, his second son Wang Yu killed a domestic slave, and Wang Mang severely punished him and forced him to commit suicide. It turned out to be a suicide. This was the first son that Wang Mang killed.
The second one who was forced to die was Wang Mang's eldest son, Wang Yu. In 2 CE, Wang Mang was already in a formidable position, but he feared that emperor Hanping would divide up his power, so he drove these people to Zhongshan and forbade them to return to the capital. Wang Mang's eldest son, Wang Yu, feared that Emperor Hanping would resent revenge in the future, so he vigorously opposed the matter. However, the opposition was ineffective, and Wang Yu decided to use superstitious methods to make Wang Mang change his mind, hoping to use this as a vision to stop Wang Mang, but in the process of implementation, he was discovered by Wang Mang, and as a result, Wang Mang arrested Wang Yu and imprisoned him, and eventually forced him to die.
The third one who was forced to die was his younger son, Wang Lin was because he knew that his brother was forced to die, believing that such a thing would also fall on his head, so he told his mother about this fearful idea, and it turned out that Wang Mang found out that he was going to rebel. Not only that, Wang Lin had an adulterous affair with a maid by his mother's side, and this maid happened to have an affair with Wang Mang. In order to avoid his father finding out about this, he joined hands with his maids to murder Wang Mang. The result was discovered by Wang Mang, and the final result you know. Not long after this incident occurred, Wang Mang's third son Wang An fell ill and died.
Then the other two bastard sons of Wang Mang eventually became his funeral.
Perhaps, from the point of view of human nature, Wang Mang's forcing his son to commit suicide is incomprehensible, because his son is far from the level of threatening him. As long as you communicate with your son, you will not end up dying. As the saying goes, tiger poison does not eat children, but it is not true in Wang Mang.
Wang Mang is a person who pursues a perfect personality. Throughout his life, he tried his best to practice the perfect Personality of Confucianism. But the consequences of doing so are paranoid. There are many truths in life, but none of them are the best. He always put himself on the moral high ground. He didn't know he was mortal too. Before he died, he didn't also dye Blackbeard. Married a little wife. He has always been self-deceitful. Just like hypocrisy, while demanding others, he himself is doing dirty things, and historically, the emperor's rule over the country is a highly centralized system that violates the fundamental interests of the country. The lifetime reign will inevitably bring about the shackles of power.