Wang Mang is the nephew of the Han and Yuan emperors. When he was a child, his father Wang Man died, and soon his brother died. Wang Mang is filial to his mother and respects his sister-in-law. He lived a frugal life, read a lot of poems, made friends with wise men, and gained a wide reputation. Follwed is extremely obedient to his uncle Wang Feng who is in the position of fu. Wang Feng asked the king to take care of follwed. In the first 22 years of the Han Dynasty, Wang Mang first served as assistant minister of Huangmen, and later became a country captain. Corporal Wang Mang, honest and thrifty, often distributes his salary to the public and the poor, and even sells his carriage to help the poor, which is deeply loved by everyone. His uncle Wang Shang wrote that he was willing to give part of his fief to Wang Mang.
In the first year of Yongshi (BC 16), he was appointed as the new capital Hou, riding a captain, and was served by Dr. Guanglu. In the first year (the first eight years), he became a fu after his fourth uncle, at the age of 38. The following year, Emperor Hancheng collapsed. After Emperor Ai of the Han Dynasty succeeded to the throne, his grandmother, Empress Fu and his mother, Empress Ding, and other consorts gained power, and Wang Mang abdicated and lived in Xinye. In the meantime, the son killed the domestic slave, and Wang Mang forced his son to commit suicide, which was well received by the world.
Two years ago, Wang Mang returned to Beijing to live. The year before, Emperor Ai of Han Dynasty died childless. Wang handed over the imperial seal, and Wang Mang was appointed as a fu, in charge of military orders and the imperial army, and established Emperor Han Ping, which won the support of the ruling and opposition parties. One year, after repeated rejections, Wang Mang accepted the title of "An Hangong" and transferred his salary to more than 20,000 people. In 3 years, Wang Mang's daughter became a queen. In the fourth year of Yuan Dynasty, Jia Zaiheng was above the princes. Vigorously promote the education of rites and music, get the support of Confucian scholars, and be added with nine tin. At this time, Wang Mang's ambition has been extremely inflated, and the contradiction with Emperor Han Ping has also intensified.
In 5 years, Emperor Han Ping was poisoned by Wang Mang, and the two-year-old boy was made the Crown Prince. The queen mother ordered Mang to act as the emperor, calling him a "fake emperor" or "emperor". After living for two years (six years), Wang Mang was constantly dissuaded by various names. In the first year (8 years), Wang Mang accepted the abdication of the obedient child, proclaimed himself emperor, changed his country name to new, and Chang 'an became Chang 'an. This is the first time in the history of China that he became emperor through his whole life.
At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, there was a deep social crisis, political turmoil and changes in people's minds. The so-called "more orderly" is popular in the whole society. This trend of thought created ideological preparation for Wang Mang to replace Han Dynasty. In the late Western Han Dynasty, due to land annexation, famine and economic depression, people's hearts were floating, class contradictions were sharp, and people's uprisings continued. Wang Mang's substitution for Han just adapted to the basic ideological trend of the whole society at that time-the fact that people's hearts changed and society thought about governance.
He carried out the New Deal by imitating the system of the Zhou Dynasty. Repeatedly changing the currency system, the official system and the official name, and cutting off the rights of Liu nobles caused dissatisfaction among the powerful people. Because he looked down on the frontier governors, he cut the king as a Hou and constantly provoked wars against the Xiongnu and all ethnic groups in the northeast and southwest. Heavy taxes and heavy penalties. 1 1 year, the Yellow River was diverted and victims were everywhere. In the fourth year of Tianfeng (17), farmers all over the country rebelled one after another, forming a red eyebrow green forest uprising. In the fourth year of Emperor Huang (AD 23), outlaw heroes invaded Chang 'an. Killed by businessman Du Yu in the chaos, the new dynasty perished.