Chapter 62 Happy in the first quarter

In twenty-three years, there were two emperors in China at the same time—Wang Mang and Liu Xuan.As for the year name, it is the fourth year of Emperor Dihuang on Wang Mang's side, and the first year of Gengshi on Liu Xuan's side. For Wang Mang, this year is destined to be a year of suffering.Dongfang Chimei's momentum is growing day by day, and the Han army in Jingzhou even took advantage of the aftermath of the great victory in Bishui to support Liu Xuan and openly restore the restoration.The country's affairs were so corrupted that Wang Mang had no choice but to growl and get angry.

Among the founding emperors of all dynasties, Wang Mang is undoubtedly the worst in military ability. The rest of the founding emperors all came out of power from the barrel of a gun and were crowned in the blood and fire of the battlefield. Starting a business, he has never been on the battlefield for a day in his whole life, and he is a complete layman when it comes to commanding operations. Under the urgent situation of the military, the only way Wang Mang could think of to deal with it was to be happy—he wanted to get married again, which would not only sweep away his own bad luck, but also ward off the bad luck of the rebels.

Since Wang Mang's wife passed away two years ago, Wang Mang has never remarried, and now is the right time.So they recruited all the ladies from all over the world, and finally selected Amo, a daughter of Duling Shi's family, who was sixteen years old and made her queen.The dowry gift is thirty thousand catties of gold, and the chariots and horses, slaves, miscellaneous silks, and treasures are in the hundreds of millions.Amo's father, Shi Chen, because of the nobleness of his daughter, reached the sky in one step. He worshiped General Ningshi and was named Marquis of Peace. Old couples and young wives, although they are beautiful, are often ridiculed as old cows eating tender grass, and are often ridiculed.For example, Su Dongpo teased his friends to marry concubines when they were old, and presented a poem saying: "Eighteen brides, eighty-year-olds, with pale hair and red makeup. The mandarin ducks are twined in the night, and the pear blossoms press the begonias." Qian Muzhai married Liu Rushi in his later years. The parody of the dialogue in the bridal chamber is even more disappointing, followed by retching——Qian Muzhai: I love you with black hair and white flesh.Liu Rushi replied: I love you with white hair and black flesh.

However, according to Wang Mang's own statement, Wang Mang's marriage to the little queen, Amo, was not because the old cow was greedy for tender grass, but because there was another extremely serious purpose besides joy.At that time, Wang Mang was very fond of Zhaojun, a female Taoist priest in Zhuojun County. Under Zhaojun's guidance, Wang Mang began to study the art of the house, in an attempt to obtain Taoism and become a fairy.A Mo stood out among the many ladies, precisely because of Zhaojun's choice, and wrote poems saying: "Flawless eyebrows, good sexual desire, suitable skin and bones, long rhyme; and after pushing the horoscope, there is no Chongke, and it is said that Jiaqi is the king of medicine."

Since one wants to become a fairy, the little queen alone is not enough. It is best to harvest everything and plant a wide variety of crops.Wang Mang again selected three concubines, Hefei, Meiyu, and Heren, with the title of Duke; nine concubines, with the title of Qing; twenty-seven beauties, with the title of doctor; Therefore, in the name of becoming an immortal, Wang Mang practiced alchemy in the harem all day long and indulged in lust.Seeing Wang Mang fighting day and night without sleep, the ministers advised him, "Beauties are a disaster. In the past, Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty indulged Zhao Feiyan's sisters. As for the exhaustion of people and the failure of the country's fortune, Your Majesty must learn from it."

Wang Mang laughed and said, "It's not always the case that beauties cause disasters. The Han Dynasty is the virtue of fire, and the natural water will be destroyed when it is poured. My new dynasty is the virtue of earth. Water comes to cover it, and there is no harm." Wang Mang's intercourse was in full swing, and all the officials were well-informed, and no one dared to disturb him.Tian Kuang, who once served as the state shepherd of Qingxu Erzhou for a short time and defeated Chimei, was sitting on the bench in Chang'an at this time. When he met Wang Mang, he said, "I don't know something. Please boldly ask your majesty to clarify." Wang Mang is good at being a teacher, especially Tian Kuang's teacher who has always been very clever, so he said immediately, "tell me." Doubt is in a picture." Wang Mang said: "Present." Four strong and strong officials carried a long scroll from outside the hall and placed it in front of the steps.Tian Kuang said: "Please take a look, Your Majesty." Wang Mang went down to the palace, Tian Kuang slowly unrolled the long scroll, and a large character came into view: traitor.Wang Mang frowned, feeling secretly unhappy.Tian Kuang continued to unroll the scroll, and large characters appeared one after another: prostitute, whore, whore, prostitute, jealous, arrogant, greedy, demon, jealous, slave, concubine, maidservant... After Tian Kuang unrolled the scroll, the long scroll had been spread far from the hall. Outside the hall, it is more than ten feet long.Tian Kuang knelt down and said: "The one hundred and sixty-eight characters written by the minister are all written by women, and the meanings of the characters are all evil. Therefore, I wonder why once there are women, they become evil characters?"

Wang Mang understood, and dared to take such a big detour, but in fact he was still admonishing him, women are disasters, they can only do bad things, and they should not be messed with.Wang Mang looked at the one hundred and sixty-eight characters that Tian Kuang worked so hard to pick out from the dictionary, pondered for a while, and laughed loudly: "The widow will add two more characters for you, what do you think? Get a pen." The attendant hurried over with a pen, and Wang Mang picked up the pen and said, "There are also beautiful characters next to women." He wrote down a good word, saying: "Women are better." Then he wrote another wonderful word, saying: "Girls are better." .” After finishing speaking, he proudly threw his pen on the ground, looked up to the sky and left with a long smile.

Tian Kuang's lips were red and his teeth were white. He lost his temper completely, so he could only kneel and face Wang Mang's back, and said loudly, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your enlightenment."