Who knows the story of Wang Mang in the Han Dynasty? Did he really usurp the throne?

Wang Mang relied on his status as a relative to cultivate party henchmen in the court, eradicate dissidents, gradually empty the emperor's power, and finally usurp the power of the Western Han Dynasty.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Wang Mang usurped the throne in this way, he was supported by his aunt, and he continued to fight against dissent in the court, excluding dissidents, and stepped up to the peak of power step by step.

Wang Mang is the family of the empress Wang Zhengjun, and has participated in the handling of government affairs many times in the court, and after the death of Emperor Ai of Han, he took power in the name of his relatives and usurped the throne when the Han Dynasty declined.

During the reign of Wang Mang, he carried out a series of political and economic reforms in the Western Han Dynasty. For example, cracking down on Haoqiang, strengthening the centralization of power, returning land to the country, and implementing the policy of equalizing land. However, these reforms violated the interests of the aristocracy and intensified social contradictions.

nationalization of land, private individuals are not allowed to buy and sell; encourage scientific experimentation and invention; Invented the vernier caliper, which is almost exactly the same as the modern Laqing, and also abolished the slavery system, prohibiting the sale of slaves, and put forward the plan to plan the economy of the bureau, and the people are in urgent need of money, as long as the reason is just, they can borrow from **.

The first reform of the currency system, the second change of the Xiongnu to fifteen single Yu, the third reform of the official system, the fourth modification of place names, the fifth implementation of the Wang Tian, private system.

During his reign, Wang Mang carried out a series of political and economic reforms in the Western Han Dynasty. For example, we should attack the powerful and strong, strengthen the centralization of power between the middle and the poor, nationalize the land, and implement the policy of equal distribution of land. But these offended the interests of the aristocracy and eased the social resistance of Brother Wang.

After Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty, he ruled for a total of 15 years. From 9 A.D. to 23 A.D., Wang Mang changed the name of the country to "Xin", and set up Chang'an in the west and Luoyang in the east.

At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, social contradictions intensified, and Wang Mang was considered to be the only person who could break the situation because of his outstanding political talent, and was even considered to be the "reincarnation of Zhou Gong".

However, in the last years of the New Dynasty, the world was in turmoil, and the rebel army invaded Chang'an. Wang Mang died in the chaos, he reigned for a total of 15 years, died at the age of 69, and the new dynasty became one of the shortest-lived dynasties in history, which is still not recognized.