Is Wang Mang a traveler?

The battle between traveler Wang Mang and Liu Xiu, the "son of the plane" who summoned the meteorite from the sky, has always been a topic of relish.

So is Wang Mang a traveler?

Let's talk about his life first.

Wang Mang, the nephew of the powerful minister and filial queen of the Western Han Dynasty, usurped the throne. The first emperor of the new dynasty was in office from 1.05 in 9 AD to 1.06 in 23 years.

Wang Mang is an important member of the Wang family in the Western Han Dynasty. According to the concept of "orthodoxy", ancient historians believe that although he is modest and polite, he is actually a man who pursues fame and fortune. Everyone knows.

At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, Emperor Ai of the Han Dynasty died young, and the imperial power fell, so Wang Mang took the opportunity to steal the power. In December of the first year of the new moon (65438+ 15 in 9 AD), Wang Mang built a new building on behalf of Han Dynasty, established Liyuan as the "beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China", built Ugly Zheng (changed December of the Han calendar to the first month), and announced the implementation of the New Deal, which was called "Wang Mang restructuring" in history.

In the last years of follwed, the world was in chaos. In the autumn of the fourth year of Emperor Huang (AD 23), the new army invaded Chang 'an. On October 3, Geng Xu (AD 23, 65438+ October 6), Wang Mang died of mutinous soldiers and the new dynasty perished. Wang Mang reigned for 15 years, at the age of 68, and the new dynasty became one of the short-lived dynasties in the history of China.

The evidence that Wang Mang is a traveler is that a series of policies introduced after he usurped the throne were simply too advanced at that time. Many policies are in line with some current national policies and guidelines. Some people say that Wang Mang is a modern man who has crossed the past.

With the continuous development of history, many people have made a new evaluation of Wang Mang, and Wang Mang has also been praised by many historians as "the first social reformer in the history of China".

He is regarded as a visionary and selfless social reformer. Mr. Hu Shi, a famous modern writer and philosopher in China, thinks that Wang Mang is Wang Mang and the first socialist in China. People even call Wang Mang a "traveler".

Many people say that Wang Mang is a traveler. For example, "Why is follwed a traveler? Because the three things he did can't be explained clearly, and other articles, the relevant arguments are as follows:

1. First of all, Wang Mang promoted land nationalization to prevent people from buying and selling privately. Wang Mang put forward this policy thousands of years ago, which is very prescient.

2. Second, abolish slavery. Wang Mang stipulated that the whole country could not buy or sell slaves or keep idle people. He hopes that the people of the whole country will take action. People who do nothing all day will be punished, and people will be paid accordingly during their labor, much like modern society.

3. Economically, the "planned economy" is implemented, all natural resources are nationalized, and private minting of coins is not allowed. The average price is also determined according to the quality of goods. Once the market price is high, the goods will be dumped to promote the price to fall back. Once the market price is low, it will be allowed to buy and sell.

4. Loans are also provided to citizens.

5. Invent vernier caliper.

Therefore, whether Wang Mang is a traveler or not, it is best to judge a person from what he has done.

After Wang Mang proclaimed himself emperor, he took a series of measures to benefit the people, which was called "Wang Mang's restructuring" in history.

In the first year of the founding of the People's Republic of China (AD 9), it was announced that the world field was changed to Wang Tian, and the private field was changed to Wang Tian; Handmaiden changed its name to private, farmland, and it was forbidden to buy or sell. Later, the monetary system and official system were reformed, stipulating that salt and iron were run by officials and mountains and rivers were nationalized;

Wang Mang also adopted a series of wrong policies towards the overseas political power of frontier ethnic minorities. He coerced the Qiang people to "donate" the land around Qinghai Lake and set up Xihai County, so as to combine with the existing Beihai County, Nanhai County and Donghai County in China to form the whole "Four Seas".

In order to make this wasteland look like a county, it is necessary to force immigrants, so 50 laws have been added and thousands of criminals have been added to meet the needs of immigrants. For this Xihai county, follwed attracted initial dissatisfaction.

He reduced the princes and rulers of Xiongnu, Koguryo, Western Regions and Southwest Yi who surrendered to the Han Dynasty from the original "king" to "Hou". It also recovered and destroyed "Xiongnu Khan Xi" and awarded "New Xiongnu Khan Xi"; Even Xiongnu Khan was changed to "surrender slave", and Koguryo was renamed as "Xiasentence Li"; So all ethnic groups refused to submit to the new dynasty.

In the next book, Wang Mang said, "All over the world, to remote areas in all directions, everywhere." The East Ambassador arrived in Xuantu, Le Lang, Koguryo and Fuyu; The messenger to the south, crossing Yizhou, lowered the king of Jumachi as Hou; The emissary to the western regions went to the western regions and changed the local king to Hou; The messenger from the north went to the Xiongnu tent court, awarded a single seal, changed it to Chinese seal, removed the word "seal" and changed it to "chapter".