What did Wang Mang do to make people think he is a time traveler?

When it comes to the history between the Western Han Dynasty and the Eastern Han Dynasty, we have to mention two famous people, that is, the famous "traveler" Wang Mang and Liu Xiu, known as the "Son of the Plane".

Wang Mang was born into a prominent family and became a well-known celebrity at a young age. Later, with the help of his aunt Wang Zhengjun, the 24-year-old Wang Mang officially became the head of the CPC Central Committee. Because of his He is efficient at doing things and has a good relationship with the courtiers. It can be said that his IQ and EQ are both off the charts, and this laid the foundation for his subsequent promotion.

In the fifth year of the Yuan Dynasty, that is, AD 5, the powerful Wang Mang was tearing away his veil of hypocrisy. At this time, Wang Zhengjun and other people who opposed him had either died or been eradicated by him. , the court was full of his spies. At this time, Wang Mang was only one step away from the throne of emperor, and he was no longer willing to be that "one person is inferior to ten thousand people", so he usurped the Han Dynasty as a foreign relative. .

Essentially speaking, Wang Mang is very talented. Unfortunately, Wang Mang was unlucky enough to meet Liu Xiu, a "bug" who was even more powerful than him. He was nicknamed the "Son of the Plane" by others. Man, in the Battle of Kunyang, only 20,000 people defeated Wang Mang's 420,000-strong army. What's even more strange is that in the Battle of Kunyang, the history books also recorded a strange phenomenon at that time, that is, something fell from the sky during the battle between the two sides. The meteorite directly dispersed Wang Mang's formation, and the side that should have won was defeated. Therefore, this is why Liu Xiu is called the "Son of the Plane".

What about Wang Mang? Why is he nicknamed "the time traveler"? What exactly did he do then? This has to start with his "Wang Mang's restructuring".

The "Wang Mang Reform" was a reform carried out in response to a series of problems faced by the late Western Han Dynasty, such as land annexation. Wang Mang was a capable and courageous person. It is rare for him to start working on a problem when he sees it, but his thinking is so advanced that no one supports him. In the end, he was pulled from the position of emperor: advanced land reform, and went " "Mass Line", but was counterattacked by the landlords

We know what is the most important factor in the demise of the Western Han Dynasty? Land annexation. At that time, the wealthy families were very corrupt. All the wealthy nobles took away the land that should belong to the farmers in various ways. Unfortunately, at this time, there were successive natural disasters in the Western Han Dynasty, and the survival of the people was already very difficult. And the only land they had was also taken away by them. Wouldn't this cost them even more lives? It was precisely because of this that many people were displaced, resulting in extremely tense relations between ordinary people and wealthy families at that time.

Wang Mang actually saw this. The first thing he did after he came to the throne was to target "land annexation". His idea at that time was to suppress the wealthy families and win the support of ordinary people for his The position is consolidated.

So he issued an order that all land should be owned by the state and then distributed uniformly by the state. This is commonly known as the "king land system". At the same time, "slavery" that still existed at that time was abolished, and wealthy families were prohibited from buying and selling slaves.

His idea is very good, and it would be feasible in the 21st century. However, this idea was unrealistic in the late Western Han Dynasty. At that time, the ruling class of the Western Han Dynasty was mainly controlled by aristocratic families. In the hands of a wealthy family, Wang Mang also had this background. And isn't Wang Mang's move tantamount to offending all the landlords in the Western Han Dynasty? So the landowners were naturally dissatisfied with Wang Mang? Due to the resistance of the landowners, the land that was supposed to be given to the farmers was not successfully delivered to them. Isn't this tantamount to inconsistency?

As you can imagine, the implementation of this policy is very difficult. Wang Mang was courageous but not courageous. Many slaves seemed to be liberated, but because they lost the power they relied on and had no land, more and more people died of poverty and starvation, which was more serious than before the reform. Currency reform has put the country's finances into difficulty

Wang Mang's land reform has made a large number of nobles in the new dynasty hate him, but this matter is not over yet, Wang Mang plans to reform the currency.

At that time, due to the continuous natural disasters, prices rose, and some unscrupulous businessmen took the opportunity to raise prices. In response to this situation, Wang Mang issued a fatal order not to increase market prices at will. All prices were It needs to be stipulated uniformly by the state. Isn't this approach the "price bureau" today?

In a practical sense, this is a move that benefits the country and the people, but it has caused huge disasters for society. The currency reform, which was thought to be beneficial to the country and the people, encountered a big change like Wang Mang. He changed the rules in one day and the currency reform was changed four times.

Not only is this not conducive to conversion between buying and selling, some people use inferior coins to replace high-quality coins. The result was serious inflation, and many people couldn't even buy enough food to sustain themselves even with stacks of copper coins.

So under this situation, Wang Mang struggled for fifteen years. Wang Mang, who was supposed to be the savior, was opposed by everyone because of his random struggles. The people's calls for rebellion became more and more popular. The more intense it became, the more peasant uprisings were everywhere. The reforms have not yielded results for several years, resulting in frequent natural disasters across the country, making the entire country more and more difficult. However, the rebel forces are becoming stronger and stronger, among which the Red Eyebrow Army and the Green Forest Army are the most powerful.

Wang Mang himself did not expect that his reforms would end like this. In the end, he had no choice but to flee abroad amid nationwide opposition, and eventually died at the hands of the rebels.

Fundamentally speaking, Wang Mang’s thoughts were indeed avant-garde, but they were not suitable for the environment at that time. They were just too idealistic and too eager for quick success and instant benefits, which ultimately led to the failure of the reform. However, the words of the "traveler" are actually It's just a joke among netizens.