Judging from Wang Mang's personal struggle experience, he is by no means as unbearable as the little white collars imagined. Wang Mang is knowledgeable, likes the past to serve the present, and always pays attention to what he says. He is a genuine Confucian scholar, so he can be said to be the only intellectual in history who ascended the throne of the emperor by seizing power. Everyone remembers the famous saying of "his old man's house": it took a scholar three years to rebel. Wang Mang's example is a disproof of this famous saying. As a helpless scholar who drank ink, Mr. Wang Mang took the road of peaceful rise without relying on the coup and mutiny of the imperial court. Not only did he successfully seize power, but the process was so gentle and sincere that we can only describe it as "beautiful" or "cool" today.
"Wang Mang conjecture"
From the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period to the Qin Dynasty, politics has always been a freely competitive market, or a bus without a conductor, a cock crow and a dog thief, a warlord and a bully, and a warrior who is assassinated for others. Whoever can fuck is a hero. Therefore, in the hundreds of years of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, although there were too many competitors and the rules failed, just like the current youth idol drama, although it obviously deviated from the traditional drama theory, it was also heated with the help of a few pure idols and people without strength. The political arena of the free market is always very active. Laozi, Zhuangzi, Confucius and Mencius, the spiritual gods of China people, stepped onto the historical stage and became famous at that time. During this period, even because there are too many cattle people, some cattle people feel that they are not managed enough, and they only hate that they will not come out after hundreds of years.
However, in the Han Dynasty, after the Western Han Dynasty accepted Dong Zhongshu's suggestion of "ousting a hundred schools of thought and respecting Confucianism alone" and regarded Confucius and Mencius as the way to govern the country, the historical process of China's politics took a big turn and embarked on a strange road. Only by learning the way of Confucius and Mencius can you become an official, which is equivalent to assigning a conductor to the bus of politics. Everyone can't squeeze in on their own as before, and they must queue up to check in and get on the bus.
This is somewhat similar to the so-called management knowledge that we are most happy to discuss today, or to enlarge it, all the knowledge of economics is mentioned in various media in various ways. And this knowledge, especially the knowledge about enterprise management, basically comes from the west, because their capitalist era is much longer than ours, they have longer experience in exploiting (in today's words, managing) workers, and their research theoretical system is more complete. As a result, the theory of enterprise management from the west dominates the whole country, and consulting companies like McKinsey stand out from the crowd with the attitude of masters, waving sticks.
The situation in China is just equivalent to the Warring States period before Dong Zhongshu appeared. Although a hundred schools of thought contend, no one can stand out and prove that his theory is the most practical, correct and able to lead the enterprise on the road of long-term stability.
According to the new logic of Confucius and Mencius' principle of "harmony is precious", we should pay attention to "gentleness, courtesy and frugality", that is to say, it is not enough to get on the bus, you have to queue up; It's not enough just to line up. If you want to meet the standard of a qualified passenger, you have to give up your position to the people behind you. If we visualize this logic, we will see that at a bus stop, everyone is dragging the people behind to the premise and pushing back desperately at the same time. This image is a bit strange, but it is not unreasonable and groundless-if you recall the chaotic scene of us China people sitting on the wine table, you will understand that it was a bit too good and outrageous for people to behave like this in the Han Dynasty at that time.
Wang Mang studied Confucius and Mencius from an early age and knew the essence. He immediately understood that the political force field had been reversed in the Han Dynasty politics under the rule of Confucius and Mencius. Educated by Confucianism, people are convinced that only good people can be officials. Moreover, Wang Mang's outstanding point is that he did not stop at this definite principle, but made a bold inference based on it: if everyone adheres to the logic of "being gentle, respectful and frugal", then the last person in line is most likely to get on the bus first! Let's call it "follwed conjecture".
During most of Wang Mang's political career, he spared no effort to prove his bold conjecture and that he was right. Most of us in China know Goldbach's conjecture, which was put forward by a foreigner and finally proved by Chen Jingrun for many years. It seems that we are only one step away from 1+ 1, but we are still on 1+2, spanning the Qian Shan. Although Wang Mang's guess is not as difficult as this Goldbach's, it is bold enough to risk his life or future.
But on another level, according to the principle of political science, Wang Mang's conjecture should belong to the category of political philosophy and mathematical logic. Its theoretical height and breadth absolutely exceed Goldbach's conjecture, and it was put forward by Wang Mang alone, and his own conjecture was confirmed one by one on his later political road. It can be seen that Wang Mang is a great genius. Today, Wang Mang is not just the one who brought his sheep back with wit.
Good people don't just touch themselves.
Genius is born in the right soil. Even if the most beautiful rose blooms on the wrong planet, only a sad petty bourgeoisie prince can appreciate it, which is not a big deal. Wang, Wang Mang's aunt, married the Liu family and later became the Empress Dowager. Since then, Wang's family has become famous in the ruling and opposition circles: Wang Mang's uncles and uncles have all been marquees, but Wang Mang's father failed to be marquees among the eight brothers because of his early death. In this way, compared with other cousins, Wang Mang is at the end of the long snake team of politics.
According to the description in Zi Tong Zhi Jian, although Wang Mang was related to the royal family when he was young, he was quite "poor" compared with other relatives. If you are an ordinary person, maybe you don't think too much, or you may use a powerful uncle to dominate the market and seize women, just like the official's son who often appears in classical novels, or you may just complain, sneer and lament that I am born useless. However, Wang Mang has been a good student since childhood. He is familiar with the classic works of Confucius and Mencius. Coupled with his genius understanding, he found a glorious road from the bleak prospects. This shows that reading is still very useful.
Now there are some so-called professional experts who call themselves masters of management. In the first chapter of his book, he told readers that from his research results, top students who graduated from famous schools can only be talents within the system, and they are slowly developing in a relatively rigid system that lags behind the changes of the times, while those who are inferior are much more likely to become wealth-oriented talents. Because reform needs to break away from convention, poor students can make great achievements. The classic argument that the master used to prove his futility in reading was to listen to the story of Gates and Dale breaking out of their cocoon. However, I wonder if the so-called masters are aware of an obvious problem, that is, how big the IQ gap can be between those who are admitted to Harvard and those who study at their own expense for one day. I think the theory of reading uselessness is only a unique social phenomenon in the early days of reform and opening up, when the social form was still unstable. However, in this era when even sellers have to read a Bible for sale, it would be ridiculous to tell everyone that the more books you read, the less money you make.
Fortunately, in the era of Wang Mang, although I don't know if anyone wrote inspirational books, it seems that no one misled readers under the banner of experts. Therefore, while continuing his studies, Wang Mang summed up his own Wang Mang conjecture and made up his mind to realize the great conjecture buried in his heart: when he was a child, he was a three-good student-here, he was empty, meaning everything was fine-he was courteous, thrifty and diligent, worshipped celebrities as teachers, studied with an open mind and studied hard. Although my father died young, he left a widowed mother and sister-in-law for him to honor, and he was also responsible for educating the children of his dead brother. Wang Mang also made many friends and treated his uncles who were in charge of state affairs well. He can't let go. He is more filial than his own son. In 22 BC, Simomo, Wang Mang's uncle and the political giant of the imperial court at that time, was ill and recuperated at home. Wang Mang served him for several months in a row, and basically never left. In order not to burn his uncle, he tasted the medicine himself. He didn't unbutton his clothes for months and took a rest, so that in the end, his whole body smelled bad and his hair and beard were messy, just like wild dogs. This made Wang Feng extremely moved.
Wang Mang's hard work was not in vain. When Wang Feng died, he asked the Empress Dowager and Chengdi to appoint Wang Mang as an official, and the Empress Dowager and Chengdi agreed. Soon, follwed became Huang Menlang. Although the rank is very low, it is an official position around the emperor, and there are many opportunities for promotion. Sure enough, when he became emperor, he promoted Wang Mang to a captain, with a rank of 2,000 stone, equivalent to the local county magistrate, and his official position was already very high. At this time, Wang Mang was only 24 years old, and he had grown from an "outstanding youth" to a promising young cadre.
In BC 16, another focus of Wang Mang's work, his uncle Hou of Chengdu requested that the city where his household registration was located be enfeoffed to Wang Mang. At the same time, many celebrities have also signed autographs, praising Wang Mang's character and talent (making friends with achievements). Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty pushed the boat with the tide, named Wang Mang as the new capital Hou, and promoted to the assistant of Dr. Guanglu, the captain of the riding capital, with Shiyi 1500 households. The riding captain is a military attache, and Dr. Guanglu is a civil servant, who can participate in state affairs. As for serving the emperor, he can also serve the emperor. It is estimated that this arrangement, like today's comprehensive training for cadres, is to prepare for future promotion.
At this time, Wang Mang was only in his thirties, so he should be at the forefront of the political team and be satisfied. But people are lazy, just like recidivists who can't help doing another job when they are released. Accustomed to being a "good person", accustomed to being a "three good students", outstanding young people, model workers, etc., it is also difficult to stop the car. After people are used to "carrying", they are uncomfortable without "carrying". He is more humble, filial, thrifty and "respectable". He continued to make friends with celebrities, mingled with ministers, and often distributed his family wealth to help poor guests.
This shows that being a "good person" is beneficial, and it is a great benefit. Especially in the Han Dynasty under the shadow of Confucius and Mencius. From the emperor to the common people, who doesn't want to choose a good man to take charge of state affairs? Wang Mang detected the subtlety of social pulse and saw through the essence of things.
Wang Mang's self-packaging was so successful that his early political career was smooth sailing. Soon, General Fu's uncle Wang Gen recommended Wang Mang to succeed him as Regent. In 8 BC, Emperor Cheng promoted Wang Mang to Fu. At this time, follwed is less than forty years old.
After Wang Mang became an important official, he continued to maintain a good image of low-key and excessive. He found a virtuous man to be an official, and the emperor gave him money to everyone, but he was extremely frugal. He not only demands himself like this, but also strictly binds his family. Once, his mother was ill, and ministers invited their wives to visit him. Wang Mang's wife also greeted him outside the door, but because she was dressed too simply, she was regarded as a servant of the Wang Fu family by all the ladies. History books are skeptical about his model, because he has never been so frugal since he came to power as emperor, but has become extravagant. The Book of Rites "Zhou Guan" has six palaces and nine concubines. He also needs nine concubines, twenty-seven beauties and eighty-one concubines, which add up to 1 17 little wives to make his inner curtain look like Arabia. Perhaps there are some special faults behind the glorious image of Wang Mang, such as lust. When he was Fu, it was discovered that he made his family dress in rags, but at the same time he secretly bought a good-looking female slave. When people questioned him, he even said with a straight face that General XXX had no children for many years, and I bought him a gift at this time to settle things.
Wang Mang is careful to be a good person, but he swims like a duck. On the surface, he is calm, but his two little feet cling to him.
His biggest competitor at that time was Chun Yuchang. Chun Yuchang, a Wei general and a Shi Zhong, was very popular, trusted and valued before the emperor, and his power overwhelmed the officials. Chun Yu is no less flattering than Wang Mang. He made friends with princes, state shepherds and governors outside. Those people bribed his money, and the emperor rewarded him and accumulated a huge sum of money. However, he indulged in debauchery all day long, and was bold, and sexually harassed Queen Xu in the palace. Wang Mang was jealous of Chun Yuchang's love and secretly inquired about his bad things. Follwed in Quyang to wait on Hou when he was ill, took the opportunity to say (history books call "saying" "white"):
"Chun Yuchang was very happy when he saw that the general was ill for a long time. He thought it should replace the general's assistant government, and even talk to the scholar-officials and aristocratic children about the appointment of official positions. "Then the spring rain long sin one by one.
Wang Gen was furious and said, "If there was such a thing, why didn't you tell me! ("In that case, why not! " )"
Wang Mang said, "I don't know what the general thinks, but I dare not speak." Wang Gen said, "Go and tell the Queen Mother! ("Fun White East Palace! " )"
Wang Mang requested to see the Empress Dowager, and described in detail that Chunyuchang was arrogant and extravagant, and wanted to replace Quyanghou. After the abolition, he had an affair with Xu Shizhi's sister and accepted bribes such as Xu Shizhi's clothes. The queen mother was also angry and said, "This child is so presumptuous! Tell the emperor! (Go, Bai Zhidi!) )"
Wang Mang reported to Cheng Di, who dismissed Chun Yuchang as a relative of the Queen Mother, but did not cure him and sent him back to Guo Feng. In this way, follwed "white" to "white", destroyed the opponent.
Official rise and fall
However, the ranking of officialdom is not always carried out in a logical and orderly manner. There will always be another set of activities similar to street fighting under the pretentious veil of "being gentle, respectful and frugal". In political infighting, Wang Mang once pushed out his political opponents, such as Chun Yuchang, but he was incompetent and once lost. In 7 BC, Emperor Cheng died without a son. As a result, Yuan Di's grandson Liu Xin ascended the throne, that is, Emperor Ai of Han Dynasty. As a result, his mother, a relative named Fu, became a consort and had a power struggle with Wang's forces. In order to stabilize the state affairs, the Queen Mother asked Wang Mang to resign from his official position.
So Wang Mang resigned from the emperor many times and was finally allowed. Wang Mang lived in Beijing for two years, during which the emperor specially sent Zhonghuangmen to run errands at Wang Mang's house. Give meals every ten days. The emperor issued another imperial edict to increase the number of fiefs under Wang Mang's name. Although Wang Mang lost his official position, he can appear before the emperor on 1 and 15 every month and receive the same courtesy as Sangong.
Two years later, Wang Mang finally left Beijing and returned to his fief in Nanyang. Now it must be a big failure for Wang Mang. He lost his official position and stayed away from the emperor, which was worse than being sent back to the end of the political echelon. He was simply squeezed out of the team. No matter how good the emperor is to him, it is impossible for him to take the initiative to go to Nanyang to see him on the fifteenth day of every month. Wang Mang, as Beijingers say, goes to cool off when standing.
However, Wang Mang is not depressed. One of the important reasons is that he firmly believes that this is only a temporary arrangement, because his presence in the "Central Government" and his aunt Wang, Empress Dowager Tai, provided conditions for his reinstatement. Therefore, after taking a break, Wang Mang is laying a longer-term foundation for his future. He is polite to celebrities and has extensive contacts with various forces. At the same time, he summed up the experience and lessons, probably revising and perfecting his queuing theory. He realized that in the process of climbing the political echelon, he must be flexible. When he was still at the end of the team, everyone was willing to pull him forward, because he had no strength and posed no threat to others, and he was a good man, a model, a model and an excellent young man. But once he stood in front of the team and at the high end of the political ecological chain, the wrestling and killing between people became cruel. Here, the principle of "gentleness, courtesy and frugality" has been reversed. Follwed understands that it is not enough to be a good man to keep Fu's position, but also to improve his combat effectiveness.
During this period, Wang Mang's son killed a slave, which was not a big deal at that time, because the law stipulated that the owner had the right to kill the slave alive, even if it was a wrongful death, it could be solved through a little punishment, but Wang Mang used this topic to make his son commit suicide. To be fair, it's really unfortunate to be Wang Mang's family, because this guy can easily send his wife and children to the guillotine for his political future. In contrast, it is just a piece of cake to be treated as a domestic slave if you don't eat well and wear well. Wang Mang not only killed this son, but also killed his eldest son, Wang Yu. I'm afraid Wang Yu will be retaliated in the future. He opposes Wang Mang's suppression of other dignitaries, so he wants to create strange phenomena to intimidate his father so that he can be afraid. Wang Yu had his blood spilled at Wang Mang's house at night, but was discovered by the gatekeeper. Wang Mang caught Wang Yu and sent him to prison, so that he died by taking poison. Yu Wang's wife, Yan Lu, was pregnant and was put in prison until she gave birth to a baby. They all say "every generation is close", and grandpa should love his grandson more. But later Wang Mang became an emperor, and his grandson secretly made his own clothes and became fascinated with the emperor at home. As a result, he was killed immediately after he found out.
Wang Mang's "putting righteousness above family members" makes it convenient for his relatives to have a high political consciousness. Siwei Chen Chong reported that Wang Guang, the son of Wang Mang's brother, bought a murderer. Follwed was furious and gave him a good scolding. When Wang Guang came home, his mother said to him, "How do you compare yourself with Wang Yu?" The implication is that Wang Yu, Wang Mang's own son, just spilled a little dog blood and lost his head. Are you Wang Mang's nephew and closer than your own son? After that, this mother liar committed suicide consciously!
Palace, false emperor, true emperor
In fact, Wang Mang didn't stay in Nanyang for a long time, because many ministers in Beijing pleaded for this recognized good man and demanded that his office be restored. It happened that there was another solar eclipse this year. The solar eclipse was very terrible in ancient times. People don't know its principle, so it is regarded as the expression of God's angry gaze and a sign that the whole country will be punished. Therefore, once an eclipse occurs, it means that the emperor made mistakes in political affairs and central policies, and as a result, he angered God. Even Emperor Gaozu Lv Hou was a cruel man. When she was in power and her rule was quite stable, there was a lunar eclipse and she immediately reviewed it. She thought it was against heaven, so God created an eclipse the next day to condemn her and remind her. Lv Hou is timid guy, mourning for the emperor is even more unbearable, so this time became a good excuse for ministers to plead for follwed. Emperor Han Ai had to summon Wang Mang back to Beijing.
Wang Mang returned to Beijing for a year, and Emperor Aidi died. He had no son. So, with the support of his aunt, Empress Dowager, Wang Mang became the assistant minister of the new emperor, Emperor Han Ping, and returned to the political circle easily, which greatly increased Wang Mang's confidence in his theory and his political appetite also quietly expanded. ...
Wang Mang began to run his own image project at another level. One spring, Wang Mang suggested that local officials in Yizhou order the barbarians beyond the Great Wall to call themselves the Shang Yue tribe and present a silver pheasant and two black pheasants to the emperor. Wang Mang reported this matter to Empress Dowager Tai, and suggested that Empress Dowager Tai send a letter to worship the ancestral temple with pheasants. So the ministers praised follwed, thinking that he "made Zhou Chengwang lucky like Ji Dan, the Duke of Zhou". When Ji Dan was alive, he was called Duke Zhou, so Wang Mang should also be named' An Hangong' and increase his manor households to match the title of Duke Zhou. "
According to later research, the Shang Yue family is a tribe that exists in southern Vietnam. Vietnam has been covered by tropical jungles since ancient times. Even during the Vietnam War, Americans frantically sprinkled "Agent Orange", which only destroyed one-sixth of the tropical jungle in Vietnam. It can be seen that the geographical conditions in Vietnam are complicated. Besides, the Han Dynasty was two thousand years ago. It is estimated that the so-called Shang Yue is still a small tribe isolated in the dense jungle. It is said that people who come to offer pheasants have to go through several translations before they can communicate with Han Chinese. However, Wang Mang can know that we have to marvel at his rich knowledge of archaeology and anthropology. Even by today's standards, he is indeed a great scholar. This also shows that no amount of knowledge will be a burden-if you can use it.
The imperial edict of Empress Dowager Cixi named Wang Mang "Han Angong", and the tortuous process in the middle also made people eat. At the beginning, follwed resolutely refused to accept it and asked for rewards for several other ministers. Empress Dowager Tai insisted, and Wang Mang wrote four times to insist on abdication, saying that he was ill and could not go to court to show his determination. The left and right courtiers said to the queen mother, "Don't be Wang Change's humble heart, just reward Kong Guang and others for their merits." Wang Mang is willing to get up. According to Wang Mang's opinion, after Empress Dowager Cixi issued a letter to several ministers except Wang Mang, Wang Mang still hid at home and refused to go to court. The ministers went on to say, "Although Wang Mang is self-restrained and self-effacing, the court should reward those ministers who should be commended in time to show that he attaches importance to the founding fathers and should not let the officials and people down!" So Empress Dowager Cixi issued a letter: "Appoint Fu and Wang Mang, Duke of Xindu, as a Taifu, in charge of the four auxiliary affairs, and call them' An Hangong'." So follwed got up in fear and accepted the titles of Taifu and Han Angong.
Wang Mang's little feet with half her face hidden behind her guitar are disgusting, but they have always been effective.
Wang Mang wants to marry his daughter to Pingdi as the queen to consolidate his power. But he didn't say it directly, but suggested that the emperor widely choose suitable women to be queens. Empress Dowager Tai entrusted the matter to the relevant authorities, and the competent officials presented a list of daughters, most of whom were selected from the Wangs. Wang Mang was afraid that the other daughters of the Wangs would compete with his own daughter to be queen, so he wrote, "I have no noble character, and my daughter's qualification is inferior. She is not suitable to be selected with other women. " Empress Dowager Tai felt that he was sincere and modest, so she wrote a letter saying, "All the women in the Wang family belong to my family, so don't take part in the selection." In fact, this is also a reasonable decision to prevent close relatives from getting married and giving birth to mentally retarded children.
Since Wang Mang is knowledgeable, it is estimated that he should also have some knowledge of prenatal and postnatal care. But at this point, he doesn't care about this anymore. He secretly mobilized civilians, students, officials and above, waiting for books at the palace gate, with more than 1000 people every day. Doctors, some of them went to the imperial court, and some knelt at the gate of the palace, demanding: "An Hangong's great achievements are so brilliant that now he should make his daughter a queen." Why just exclude the daughter of An Hangong, and who will the expectations of the whole world gather on? " We hope that An Hangong's daughter can be the mother of the world! "Follwed and sent regular attendants and the following officials to persuade and stop the petition of officials and students, but more and more people wrote letters to petition. Empress Dowager Tai had no choice but to listen to the opinions of officials and choose Wang Mang's daughter as the queen. Wang Mang defended himself and said, "We should choose all the women widely." Gong Qing argued: "If you choose another woman, there will be two kinds of orthodoxy, which is wrong." Follwed had to say, "please look at my daughter. "
When Wang Mang was appointed as Han Angong, he actually gave him more land, but Wang Mang kowtowed and wept many times and refused to accept it. In the end, it triggered a vigorous national movement-487,572 people wrote before and after, and the princes, ministers, princes and relatives all kowtowed and said, "Han Angong should give it as soon as possible." You know, the total population of the Han Dynasty was only 50 million, and the number of people writing letters was so accurate, which really made people laugh and cry.
A major turning point in Wang Mang's journey to the throne of the emperor was the "Nine Tin". "Nine Tin" is nine symbolic things for Wang Mang, including a green kneepad and dragon crown, a dress, a sabre decorated with precious jade, a pair of shoes with protruding toes, a bell cart and a harness, a dragon flag decorated with nine bundles of tapestries, a leather hat and a pleated white shirt, a military vehicle and a harness, a red bow and arrow, and a black one. This is also based on ancient etiquette, symbolizing the royal family's incomparable trust and admiration for him. Why not just call it "nine times"? This is of course to make it more difficult for ordinary people to understand, so as to show that this is an ancient gift. This time follwed did not refuse, and immediately kowtowed and accepted. Interestingly, after that, treacherous court officials in all previous dynasties demanded "nine tin" from the emperor before trying to usurp power.
With these great glories, Wang Mang is already at the peak of power and basically has the final say. He doesn't need to spend a lot of energy to be a good man, because he is an example of a good man. After years of construction, he has been set up like a skyscraper, and his position has been shaken by monopoly power. The road to becoming emperor below is very easy.
Wang Mang proclaimed himself emperor in a very low-cost way, that is, he created one fate after another. Fate is some mysterious objects engraved with providence. Although cheap, it is powerful. Since ancient times, such things have swarmed out in troubled times. Wugong County ordered Meng Tong to dig a well and dig out a white boulder with a round top and a bottom. There are red words on the stone tablet, which read "Declare Han Angong Wang Mangkui as Emperor". That's when Fu Ming's rise began. Wang Mang asked the ministers to report the matter to the Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager disagreed, but it was too late, because Wang Mang's power actually exceeded that of the Emperor's family. So the imperial edict made Wang Mang emperor, which means acting as emperor. It is also called "fake emperor" on other occasions. Such a stone gave Wang Mang the real power to be emperor. However, Wang Mang was not satisfied, and he began to consider formally becoming king.
Guangrao Hou reported a new well in Qixian County, a thousand generals in Baxian County, and Taibao Zanghong reported a fairy stone in Fufengyong County. Wang Mang accepted all this, and then used it to scare his Empress Dowager menstruation, saying, "In mid-July, a township head in Linzi County, Shandong Province had several dreams, in which a voice said to him,' I am an angel of God. God sent me to tell the director that the acting emperor should be the real emperor. If you don't believe me, there will be a new well in this post. "The pavilion director got up in the morning to check the pavilion, and sure enough, a new well appeared."
The production process of the whole society is accelerating. Various speculators came into being. Zhang Ai of Zitong County studied in Chang 'an, and has always had bad conduct and likes to talk big. When he saw Wang Mang's throne as a regent, he made a copper cabinet and made two labels, one of which read "The Seal of Heaven and the Synopsis of the Golden Chamber" and the other read "The Seal of Chi Di and the Letter to the Yellow Emperor Jin Ce". The so-called "A" is the name of Emperor Gao. The strategy book says that Wang Mang is the true son of heaven, and the queen mother should act according to God's will. Both the map and the strategy book indicate who the minister of follwed should be. This guy took the opportunity to put his name in, and there were eleven people, even indicating the future office. This copper cabinet naturally went to follwed. Wang Mang took this cabinet and told his aunt Wang Zhengjun bluntly that he would take the emperor seriously.
After Wang Mang wanted to take the emperor's intentions seriously, the empress dowager was surprised, but she couldn't control Wang Mang. The court was full of people who spoke for Wang Mang. In 8 AD, Wang Mang succeeded to the throne under the enthusiastic persuasion of his followers, and announced that he would replace Han and change his country name to "Xin". At this point, Wang Mang's dream of being an emperor has finally come true, and his political road has reached a climax. Although we all know his absurd reform, his inability to resist the hero combination and his tragic ending, who said that the hero must end from beginning to end? Judging from Wang Mang's track in officialdom, he was simply a genius of that era. He knew the secret of success in that era. He boldly assumed, actively practiced and soon succeeded. Wang Mang's success is the success of climbing in the complex stratum of the bureaucratic system and finally reaching the top, and the success of actively mobilizing various social resources for self-hype. The secret is that in a hierarchical team, no matter where you are, you should try to let the people below you push you forward and the people in front pull you. With this push and pull, you will climb quickly. Until today, this iron law still has practical significance, because until today, grades still appear everywhere in the offices of companies and institutions, in the workshops of factories and mines, in the grades of universities, departments, primary and secondary schools, and even in the large classes of kindergartens. Our society is so crowded, all kinds of events have to queue up, queue up to buy a house, queue up for promotion ... As long as we are still in line, as long as we don't give up our little ambition to climb the crowded life ladder, Wang Mang will always be an example for us to learn.