Chapter 52 1. Regicide

Heaven guarantees that Wang Mang can finally marry a daughter.AD 4, February 7th.Two of the three princes of the Han Dynasty, Da Situ and Da Sikong, personally led the team, took the royal car and the guard of honor to Wang Mang's house, presented the queen's seal letter, and welcomed Wang Mang's daughter back to Weiyang Palace.On that day, pardon the world. At this time, the Queen Mother, who was played around by Wang Mang, must have thought that she could take a break.But old people, don't think too beautifully, it's still far from the end of the play! One day, Taibao Wang Shun suddenly led a group of officials and 8,000 people to Weiyang Palace.Then, outside the Weiyang Palace, they collectively shouted slogans, asking the Queen Mother to agree to their request.

By the way, Wang Shun, the party leader, is Wang Mang's cousin.It is thanks to his cousin Wang Mang that Wang Shun has come to this day.If the Han Dynasty is a football field and Wang Mang is Ronaldo, then Wang Shun is the cheerleader outside the field. With more than 8,000 so-called fans of unknown origin shouting and jumping outside the stadium, what else can it be if it is not a cheerleader?Cheerleader Wang Shun sent their petition to the palace and told the Queen Mother to reward Da Sima Wang Mang generously. To put it bluntly, it is a generous reward, but it is actually blackmail.What Wang Shun meant was that Wang Mang's marrying a daughter was originally a happy event, but he didn't expect that the happy event was not done, so the white things were done first, and the eldest son Wang Yu and his wife who were short-lived were beheaded.For this, the Queen Mother must make amends.

Soon, the memorial was passed into the palace, and the Queen Mother had no objection, and directly issued the memorial to the competent department.The leaders of the competent department worked hard for a long time, and soon came up with a plan to reward Wang Mang.First of all, the two sons of Wang Mang were named marquises; secondly, an additional 37 million yuan was added as the queen's dowry. Wang Mang gave all 43 million yuan to the poor relatives of the Wang family.In a blink of an eye, all the money that was thrown out was recovered.Of course, you still have to pretend to collect money.So Wang Mang wrote a letter and told the Queen Mother that he would accept the money for his son's title of marquis and additional dowry, so he should not use it.

At this time, Kong Guang stood up and spoke.He said: "Duke An Han takes care of all kinds of opportunities every day and devotes himself to everything. No amount of rewards can make up for his contribution to the country. Therefore, it is a trivial matter for the queen mother to add this little dowry money!" Seeing Kong Guang's eyes open and talking nonsense, the Queen Mother was about to lose her temper.But she didn't say much, and issued an imperial edict agreeing to give Wang Mang an additional dowry of 37 million yuan. To be honest, Kong Guang's face is getting thicker and thicker, and his mixing skills are getting more and more exquisite.But no one expected that when Master Kong Guang was eating and drinking spicy food with his reputation and thick skin in the center, a bunch of people were watching him drooling from behind.

Those people are Kong Guang's students.The so-called famous teachers produce outstanding apprentices, not to mention that Kong Guang is also a Confucian master, so there are not a few outstanding apprentices.Among Kong Guang's students, quite a few of them sneaked into the central government and became doctors, and everyone yearned for the teacher's promotion.As a result, Kong Guang does not recommend any of them. When you have been a student for so many years, seeing you gnaw your bones, why don't you give me a bowl of soup!But in the end, nothing was obtained, so Kong Guang's students scolded the teacher behind his back for being unkind, boring, and boring.

Teacher Mo is the one who knows the students; but the students don't necessarily understand the teacher's heart.Kong Guang knew he had been scolded, but he didn't regret it at all.It has been about seventeen years since he became the royal official of the Han Dynasty.Over the years, the students only saw the teacher gnaw on the bones, but they didn't know that the teacher had choked and almost died when he gnawed the bones. Politics is a big bone that not everyone can chew on if they want to.This is the political awareness that the old Jianghu Kong Guang spent his entire life in.Like his ancestor Confucius, he thought that politics could save the common people in the world, but he found that politics is a pot of water dirtier than washing feet.Those who jump into it will be suffocated to death even if they are not drowned.

You don't know, the current Kong Guang hears his heart fighting every day.One is ideal and the other is reality.In the end is to completely abandon the ideal or completely surrender to reality?These two strange things made Kong Guang almost unable to hold on. In the end, Kong Guang discovered that in today's world, he could no longer be firm in his political ideals, but he could succumb to the gloomy political future even more strangely.Since you can't afford it, you can always hide it!Ever since, Kong Guang decided that he must make up his mind to resign this time. So Kong Guangtie made up his mind to write a letter, saying that his health is failing, so please forgive me for not being able to play with everyone.

This time, Wang Mang seemed to have nothing to say.The Queen Mother issued an edict to allow Kong Guang to retreat.In the summer of the second year, on April 1st, Kong Guang passed away.Wang Mang held a grand funeral for him, and there were more than 10,000 vehicles for the funeral. It's over, Kong Guang. It should be said that it is very admirable for Kong Guang to advance and retreat with Wang Mang in a way of understanding current affairs during his lifetime.However, Master Kong Guang left the stage early, and Wang Mang felt sorry for him if he didn't see the more exciting performance below.

Everyone in the Han Dynasty knew that Wang Mang had great ambitions, but no one dared to say how big it was.Many people have already seen that the huge hole in Wang Mang's heart can't be filled up with money and titles alone.He is like a boa constrictor with a good appetite, he will not stop until he swallows the prey he most wants to swallow. Sure enough, the shouts and voices demanding a generous reward for Wang Mang still resounded over Chang'an City, deafening. As mentioned earlier, Wang Mang's political philosophy is unprecedented.If he was born in this world and participated in political contests, he would definitely be a master at creating public opinion and attracting votes.In the Han Dynasty, Wang Mang was the first to create public opinion and influence politics.The reason why he wants to create public opinion is because he wants to complete an unprecedented and ulterior conspiracy.

Wang Mang just completed the funeral for Kong Guang, and officials and public opinion representatives from all over the Han Dynasty gathered in Chang'an to petition for Wang Mang.In the end, the petitioning ranks of officials grew larger and larger. According to statistics, there are representatives of princes, marquises, and royal families in the petition team, and the number of the team is as high as 487,572 people.Not to mention anything else, the figures are so detailed that even the numbers are not missed, it can be seen that the official statistics work is really in place! Wang Mang looked at the crowds outside Weiyang Palace, and seemed unmoved.He wrote a letter to the queen mother, saying: "I am very busy now, and I am formulating new etiquette, and I don't want to be distracted by it. So, don't worry about what is shouted outside the palace, queen mother, please ignore it."

Indeed, Wang Mang is very busy.He was busy formulating a new etiquette plan, but this set was tailor-made for himself, so he had to be busy.This set of stuff is scary to say, but every man likes it. This is the famous Jiuxi etiquette. Before the Han Dynasty, Wang Mang did not let go of the highest honor enjoyed by courtiers in ancient China.The so-called nine tins are the nine utensils given by the emperor to the princes and ministers with special honors, and they are the expression of the highest courtesy.According to the "Book of Rites", these nine things are: chariots and horses, clothes, music, Zhuhu, Nabi, tiger ben, axe, bow and arrow, and scorpion. On the basis of ancient ceremonies, Wang Mang creatively set the nine tins for himself as follows: green 韨 (coloured silk used to cover knees), Gunmian (dragon cap), clothes (dragon robe), and 瑒琫 (knife handle decorated with jade). saber), 瑒珌 (saber decorated with jade on the scabbard), Julu (royal shoes with upturned toes), Luanlu (royal chariot dedicated to the emperor), riding a horse (four horses), dragon flag nine (Dragon flag with nine tails). In addition to the above items, Wang Mang also added a variety of items, which will not be listed here.In May of AD 5, Wang Mang officially accepted Jiuxi.Since then, Wang Mang became the first person in Chinese history to endow Jiuxi with special significance. To know what it means to accept Jiuxi, one has to look at who accepted it and who they became later on.For the convenience of readers, I will list the list.After Wang Mang accepted Jiuxi, Cao Cao was the second, followed by Sima Zhao, Sima Yan, Sun Quan, Huan Xuan, Liu Yu, Xiao Daocheng, Xiao Yan, Chen Ba, Li Yuan and so on. These people all did one thing that I was sorry for the royal family-usurpation of power.Ever since, Jiuxi has become synonymous with usurping the throne.If anyone wants to accept it, it means that he wants to be emperor.In this way, we can easily understand what Wang Mang wants to do.All the public opinion he created is to pave a solid road for him to abolish the emperor and stand on his own in the future. In layman's terms, it is to be the gravedigger of the unlucky Liu Jizi.In December, winter, Wang Mang couldn't hold back and was about to attack Liu Jizi. In Wang Mang's political philosophy, it is of course a good thing to be able to solve problems peacefully and save administrative costs.However, on the issue of Liu Jizi, he could no longer be peaceful. There is only one reason, Liu Jizi's mind and body are growing day by day, like a dark horse that is thriving, it is about to break free. Wang Mang had his eyes and ears planted everywhere in the palace, and he had already found out that Liu Jizi was already indignant at killing the Wei family.If this is the case, instead of waiting for Liu Jizi to clean up himself, it is better to act first. On the winter solstice, Wang Mang prepared pepper wine and sent someone to the palace to present it to Liu Jizi.Folks believe that drinking pepper wine can expel ghosts and gods.After Liu Jizi got the wine, he drank it without thinking.Immediately afterwards, he realized something was wrong, had abdominal cramps, rolled on the bed, and called for help. The world seemed to be cut off, no one heard Liu Jizi's call for help, and he was left to cry and howl.Soon, the sound faded away.Someone went to check, and Liu Jizi had been poisoned and died. Liu Jizi was only fourteen when he died.A lively and lively life has since left the world.This is not terrible. What is terrible is that no one asked about the cause of death, let alone opened a case for investigation.The Han Dynasty seemed to be still immersed in the mist of Wang Mang. Therefore, Wang Mang, as if nothing had happened, pretended to preside over the funeral, pardoned the world, and ordered all officials of the Han Dynasty with an annual income of 600 shi to mourn for Liu Jizi for three years. I saw the Iron Curtain, which was slowly being drawn down.