The only democratically elected emperor in Wang Mang's history compiled Hanshu, which was out of tune with the historical environment.

Liu Bang, Emperor Gaozu of Han Dynasty, was a noble monarch, but I beg to differ. I don't agree with Wang Mang that he is an ambitious usurper. Restore the real history, and maybe you will come to a different conclusion. Saying that Wang Mang is a villain has been criticized more than praised in history. Some historians believe that he also played a positive role and affirmed his reform intention. But conspiracy and hypocrisy have always been the hat on his head, and usurping the ambition of the Han Dynasty has become an irrefutable conclusion.

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Wang Mang's aunt is the queen of Emperor Yuan of Han Dynasty and the biological mother of Emperor Cheng of Han Dynasty. When his uncle Wang Feng was in power, most of his uncles and brothers lived in luxury. Only Wang Mang has always maintained a modest, humble and frugal attitude towards life. At the age of 24, he was promoted to a captain of shooting sound, which won the appreciation of court officials. They once recommended him to the Empress Dowager and Emperor Han Chengdi, and many celebrities also praised Wang Mang's character and talent, and jointly wrote a letter of praise. In BC 16, Wang Mang, who was only 30 years old, was made a new capital by Emperor Han Chengdi, and was promoted to riding a captain and doctor Guanglu, specializing in serving the emperor and participating in state affairs. At this time, follwed's power was in one's hand, but he couldn't see arrogance at all. On the contrary, he was more humble and respectful, made many celebrities and distributed the family money to the poor. Wang Gen of Qu Hou was Wang Mang's uncle and served as Fu Fu for many years. He complained several times that he wanted to retire. Wang Mang's cousin, the nephew of the Empress Dowager Chunyu, is the first of the nine wives. According to the convention, he should inherit the position of Fu Fu. After Chun Yuchang helped Cheng Di to make Zhao Emperor, Cheng Di was always grateful and named him Dingling Hou. The influence of the long spring rain began to swell. At this time, Chun Yuchang was carried away, constantly accepting bribes from all sides and living a luxurious life. Xu, the queen who was abolished by the emperor, also gave Chunyuchang property, hoping that he could help intercede for the emperor and let her be the left queen. After Wang Mang knew these things, he said to Wang Gen under the guise of visiting the sick: "Chang Chunyu is very happy to see you lying on the sickbed for a long time and feels that he should help you politically. He made many vows to help them get promoted and knighted. " Wang Gen was very angry, and immediately told the Empress Dowager that she would be the emperor, so she became a surname. Soon, Wang Li, another uncle of Wang Mang, accepted Chun Yu's son Wang Rong's treasure and interceded for him. Emperor Cheng began to investigate this matter, and Wang Li was worried that Wang Rong would commit suicide after being burned to death. More suspicious fraud, the emperor tried Chun Yuchang in Luoyang, and finally found his crime and put him to death in prison. After Wang Mang was promoted, he was more diligent in government affairs, self-denial, selecting talents, and lived frugally, but he was very kind to scholars. When his mother was ill, all the ministers sent his wife to visit, only to see a woman in rags coming out to meet the guests. All the ladies thought it was a servant, and they were surprised to learn that this person was Wang Mang's wife.

At the height of Wang Mang's fame, Emperor Cheng died and Emperor Ai succeeded to the throne. Cost emperor has no son, and the prince is his nephew Liu Xin. When Liu Xin ascended the throne, his mother became a consort. The Wangs suffered a heavy blow and all the relevant officials were dismissed. Follwed returned to the new capital, Houguo, which is now southwest of tanghe county. He stays indoors, keeps out of contact with the outside world, and is extremely respectful to local officials without any airs. His second son, Wang, was killed by a handmaiden, reprimanded by him and ordered to commit suicide to pay for his life. During the three years when Wang Mang was demoted to Sima, hundreds of ministers complained to Wang Mang. Finally, in the first year of Yuanshou, Aidi recalled Wang Mang in the name of serving Empress Dowager Tai. A year later, Aidi died of illness, and Dong Xian, Aidi's confidant, was fired and committed suicide. The empress dowager became the empress dowager again, and Wang Mang was named Fufu. They assisted nine-year-old Wang Zhongshan Ping as the Prince.

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After taking power again, Wang Mang quickly established his own confidant team. In the first year of Yuan Dynasty, that is, the first month of A.D., ministers suggested that Wang Mang should be commended for his achievements in the "Dingce Ancestral Hall". Wang Mang said that he made a decision with Kong Guang, Wang Shun, Zhen Feng and Han Zhen, and they should be praised. When the four men were banned, Wang Mang still refused to accept the commendation. So the Queen Mother issued a decree: Wang Mang was named a teacher and a public official, and more than 28,000 fiefs were established. As the official residence of the public, Xiao's former residence has formulated laws and regulations and always abided by them.

Wang Mang is afraid. Although he accepted the title, he didn't want to increase the land and the number of households anyway. After several refusals, the imperial court finally changed the world, and the people all over the country were favored by Wang Mang. This made the whole country full of praise for Wang Mang. At the end of this year, Emperor Ping died. At this time, the martial arts chief _ Dream dug a stone in the well and wrote in red: "Tell Han 'an Gongmang to be emperor." The ministers thought it was a sealed book and asked Wang Mang to "hold the son of heaven to make the princes", that is, "hold the son of heaven to make the princes" and be crowned as a "courtier".

At this time, it was obvious that Wang Mang wanted to be emperor, and he gradually began to remove all kinds of obstacles that prevented him from becoming emperor. At this time, various factors are helping Wang Mang. In the decades before he ascended the throne, there was frost in summer, thunder in winter, frequent earthquakes, meteorites falling from the sky and eclipses. God's tricks made people panic. What happened to the stone made people feel that it was a gift from heaven. It happened that after Wang Mang came to power, the disaster was greatly reduced, which made people believe that Wang Mang was a genius who fell from the sky.

After Wang Mang became the photographer of the emperor, the young official, the head of the Star Pavilion in Zibo County, went to the court and said, "I dreamed that God said to himself,' The photographer of the emperor should be real. If it is true, I woke up in the morning and saw a new well growing in the pavilion. "As a result, the next day, Tingchang found a deep well on the flat ground. At the same time, all parts of the country are scrambling to worship objects with the message of "destiny", saying that Wang Mang should comply with God's will and be emperor. Faced with these, Wang Mang just refused. The more he refused, the more eager his subjects were for him to ascend to the throne. The more selfless he is, the more enthusiastically his subjects recommend him to the throne.

Finally, in 8 AD165438+1October, when Wang Mang was appointed as "the photographer of the emperor" for three years, someone offered a miracle to the court and urged him to ascend to the throne. Wang Mang finally ascended the throne and became a real emperor. From then on, the country name was changed to "new". At the same time, Wang Mang abolished the title of Guan Liu Yuxi, named him Ding 'an Gong, named the land of Ding 'an Gong as Zai, and placed the Han Ancestral Hall here. Since then, 2 14 history of the Western Han Dynasty has ended. Now it seems that it seems reasonable to say that Wang Mang was the democratically elected emperor of that era. When Wang Mang proclaimed himself emperor, Yang Xiong, a well-known scholar at that time, wrote an article "The Drama of Qin Meixin", saying that Wang Mang was "innocent of five emperors and three kings" and "as promised by heaven" and praised Wang Mang for his boundless merits.

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Of course, some researchers believe that those "miracles" are just ugly dramas directed and staged by Wang Mang who wants to be enthroned, and can only expose Wang Mang's ambition to usurp the Han Dynasty. However, combined with various actual situations, in that environment at that time, it was more likely for subjects to act voluntarily, because Wang Mang had given many benefits to the people before. Perhaps it can be said that these behaviors actually hide the sincere expectations of the people. What Wang Mang did 30 years before he ascended the throne won the support and love of his subjects.

Wang Mang abolished the Royal Hu Chi Garden and moved all the poor people to live here. The food, equipment, livestock and crops needed for the relocation are provided by the local government. He also ordered the construction of low-rent housing in the capital to provide housing for the poor. He also expanded the enrollment scale of business schools, built schools and made more people receive education. Express the king