There has always been controversy about Wang Mang, with some people believing that he was a traitor who sought power and usurping the throne, while others believed that he was "the first social reformer in Chinese history".
Because the idea of reform was too advanced at that time, many people today even wonder if he was a "time-traveler".
The new dynasty he established not only divided the Han Dynasty into the Western Han Dynasty and the Eastern Han Dynasty, but also the new dynasty was the only emperor of the Han Dynasty, and he was destroyed in only 15 years.
But in this short period of 15 years, Wang Mang showed a large number of ideas that were very advanced at the time, but in the end, because the reform was too cumbersome, it led to the emergence of an anti-reckless wave, among which the two most powerful anti-reckless teams were the Red Eyebrow Army and the Green Forest Army in the north and south.
In 45 B.C., when the young Wang Mang had no father to accompany him, he could only live with his uncle.
It can be said that Wang Mang's family was one of the nobles in the entire Western Han Dynasty at that time, and it was precisely because of the strong power of the family that he had the opportunity to become a real emperor from a fake emperor in the future.
However, Wang Mang became the emperor, and unlike many emperors in the past dynasties, who raised troops to resist before becoming emperor, Wang Mang became emperor by relying on "flickering" and "sophistication", gradually ascending to a high position, and finally usurping the throne.
When Wang Mang was a child, he was a very filial and good child in the eyes of everyone, and he grew up with his uncles and respected everyone very much.
And his other brothers and sisters, one is more arrogant and domineering than the other, and Wang Mang are two completely opposite personalities, and people naturally prefer Wang Mang.
So after the death of his uncle Wang Feng, Wang Feng hoped that Wang Zhengjun could take good care of Wang Mang, and recommended him to the road of official career, Wang Zhengjun was the queen of filial piety in the Western Han Dynasty at that time.
After embarking on the road of official career, Wang Mang did not become arrogant and arrogant because of his strong family power, but after he was in a high position, he treated the people very closely.
During Wang Mang's tenure as an official, his official position became higher and higher, and his income became more and more, but his life has always been very simple, because he used a lot of money to help the people.
Such a pro-people appearance gradually made Wang Mang highly praised in the mouths of the people, and with the gradual rise of his official position, Wang Mang showed his ambitions for the first time.
He used a trick to eradicate Chun Yuchang, and told the Queen Mother about Chun Yuchang's private dealings with the abolished queen, so far there are almost no strong opponents in Wang Mang's career.
After the death of Emperor Cheng of Han, Emperor Ai of Han succeeded to the throne, and most of the power of the royal family was slowly taken away by Emperor Ai's grandmother, Empress Dowager Fu, and the family of Empress Ding.
At this critical moment, Wang Mang chose to take the initiative to resign from his official position at that time and chose an almost secluded lifestyle, but he kept to himself, while his son was completely opposite.
Wang Mang was highly praised in the eyes of everyone, during his resignation, his second son killed the house slave, but Wang Mang forced his second son to commit suicide to make himself praised by the world again.
It is precisely because of this move that countless people began to speak out for Wang Mang, demanding that his official position be restored, and finally Emperor Han Ai recalled Wang Mang, although he did not restore his official position, but also let him serve by the side of the Queen Mother.
Emperor Han Ai went to collect, the jade seal of the country was reclaimed by the Queen Mother Wang Zhengjun, Wang Mang also after this, smoothly restored the position of Sima, and then after Emperor Han Ping ascended the throne, Wang Mang because of the full trust of the people and ministers, and Emperor Han Ping was young, he began to act as an agent for government affairs, and his ambition was slowly no longer hidden.
If you want to seek power and usurp the throne, the first thing is to put everyone in a key position, which can shake the royal family in the future, so Wang Mang secretly used his power to start promoting people who can be trusted around him.
In front of the people, he is still a well-loved image, helping the people, very modest, but in fact, in secret, he has already promoted his cronies to the position of managing confidential affairs.
In the face of the queen mother's reward, Wang Mang pushed his credit to others, and even gave him rewards such as back covers, but he was rejected by him one by one, and when the locust plague appeared, he took the lead in disaster relief and rescue.
Under Wang Mang's duplicitous style, Wang Mang almost became a "saint" image at that time, and when Emperor Ping of Han died, Wang Mang's idea of usurping the throne slowly began to be no longer disguised.
In order to further expand his power, Wang Mang relied on his reign at that time to make the two-year-old infant become the crown prince, and he could naturally intervene in the affairs of the court.
At this point, Wang Mang's power is getting bigger and bigger, it can be said that he had the power of the emperor at that time, but he still lacked a title, after all, this was still the Liu family's country at that time, so naturally the Liu family's clan felt uneasy and felt the threat from Wang Mang.
In the face of the rebel army from all directions, he seemed to be frightened on the surface, and prayed inside the temple every day, and also promised the world that he was only a temporary acting regent of the Son of Heaven, and when the Son of Heaven grew up, he would return to the throne.
This operation did deceive many people, but behind the scenes, he sent troops to suppress the rebels, and after quelling the rebellion, Wang Mang took the opportunity to directly proclaim himself emperor and build a "new dynasty".
Wang Mang called the emperor, because of the political corruption at the end of the Han Dynasty, etc., resulting in the displacement of the people at that time, people's hearts fluctuated, Wang Mang in order to stabilize the people's hearts, took many mitigation measures, although to a certain extent had an effect, but in the end still failed to solve the problem fundamentally.
Because many of his policies at that time were too advanced for the people of the time, they caused a commotion, and he could only keep explaining that these were good for the people in order to carry out the reforms.
But because it was still during the reform period, the people did not see the results at all, but during this period, Wang Mang used torture to forcibly promote the progress of the reform.
In the end, not only did the reform not make people taste the sweetness, but also because of the forced implementation of the reform, which punished the people, leading to the emergence of a large-scale rebel army.
In the end, in the large-scale anti-mangling wave, Wang Mang was killed, his head was beheaded, dozens of sergeants even split Wang Mang's body, and his head was collected by the royal family for a hundred years.