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Both Liu Xiu and Wang Mang are people who pursue and seize power. Why are they different in historical evaluation?
Both Liu Xiu and Wang Mang are people who pursue and seize power. Why are they different in historical evaluation?

Liu Xiu won the world mainly from Wang Mang. But at this time, the history books all think that the Han family belongs to Liu, but the surname is different and can't be a king. In this way, Liu Xiu took the opportunity to get the world. After he won the world, he gave many supporters benefits, rectified bureaucracy, opened bookstores, cracked down on local thieves and maintained social order. In this way, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the supporters get huge farmland and property.

And follwed if improper monarch, he should be a perfect man. No matter in self-cultivation or humility to others, it is beyond reproach, and even this position is requested by everyone. However, after he came to power, the measures taken led to economic disorder, people's poverty, and even the Greenwood Uprising. As a result, Wang Mang was soon deprived of power. Wang Mang's reform is idealistic and he doesn't know how to compromise on some things. Therefore, he is a usurper.

The essence of Wang Mang is an intellectual, not a political player. We can know from Wang Mang's behavior that because he knew that his son had broken the law, many officials pleaded for his son, but he still killed his son. Isn't such a person a literati characteristic? Liu Xiu is a very interesting person who plays politics. He knows how to win people's hearts. He often drinks a lot of wine with the twelve generals of Yuntai and goes to bed after drinking. So these people can go out and say that they are still the same person. Such people are even more terrible!

The disadvantage of Wang Mang is that there were not so many supporters in that era, and he changed the world he faced with his passion. As a result, he was swallowed up by the world, so he was a loser, which just showed how stubborn people were at that time. what do you think?