Wang Mang is a giant, born in Yuan City, Wei County (east of daming county, Hebei Province). Nephew of the Han and Yuan emperors. When I was a child, my father, Wang Man, passed away, and soon his brother passed away. Wang Mang is filial to his mother and respects his sister-in-law. He lived a frugal life, read a lot of poems, made friends with wise men, and gained a wide reputation.
Follwed is extremely obedient to his uncle Wang Feng who is in the position of fu. Wang Feng asked the king to take care of follwed. Twenty-two years before Emperor Han became emperor, Wang Mang was appointed as Huangmenlang at first, and later promoted to a captain of the society. Corporal Wang Mang, honest and thrifty, often distributes his salary to the public and the poor, and even sells his carriage to help the poor, which is deeply loved by everyone. His uncle Wang Shang wrote that he was willing to give part of his fief to Wang Mang. In the first year of Yongshi (BC 16), he was appointed as the new capital of Hou, Qi and Dr. Guanglu. In the first year (the first eight years), he became a fu after his uncle, at the age of 38. The following year, Emperor Han Chengdi died. After Emperor Ai of the Han Dynasty succeeded to the throne, Queen Ding's consorts gained power, and Wang Mang abdicated and lived in Xinye. In the meantime, the son killed the domestic slave, and Wang Mang forced his son to commit suicide, which was well received by the world.
Two years ago, Wang Mang returned to Beijing to live. Emperor Aidi died 1 year ago, leaving no children. Wang handed over the imperial seal, and Wang Mang was appointed as a fu, in charge of military orders and the imperial army, and established Emperor Han Ping, which won the support of the ruling and opposition parties. 1 year, Wang Mang accepted the title of "An Hangong" after many refusals, and transferred his salary to more than 20,000 people. In 3 years, Wang Mang's daughter became a queen. In the fourth year of Yuan Dynasty, Jia Zaiheng was above the princes. Vigorously promote the education of rites and music, get the support of Confucian scholars, and be added with nine tin. In 5 years, Wang Mang poisoned Emperor Han Ping and made a two-year-old boy the Crown Prince. Empress Dowager Cixi ordered Wang Mang to take the place of the emperor, calling him a "fake emperor" or a "photographer". After living in the club for two years (six years), Zhai Yi began to oppose Wang Mang, and people constantly tried to convince Wang Mang in various names. In the first year (8 years), Wang Mang accepted the abdication of the ruziying and proclaimed himself emperor, changing his country name to "Xin" and Chang 'an to Chang 'an, which was the first year of the founding of the People's Republic of China (9 years). This is the first time that China became an emperor by usurping the throne. Because the traditional view of history despises usurpation as a way to transfer political power, Wang Mang has always been known as a hypocrite by historians in China.
After he proclaimed himself emperor, he implemented the New Deal, changed the currency system, changed the official system and the official name several times, resumed the well field system in the name of Wang Tian system, nationalized salt, iron, wine, currency system and mountains and rivers, and constantly returned to the ritual pattern of the Western Zhou Dynasty. Because the policy is too circuitous and untrue, the people did not benefit from it, but suffered first, constantly provoking the dissatisfaction of all the nobles and civilians in the world. Thus, in the fourth year of Tianfeng (17), farmers all over the country rose in succession, forming a large-scale rebellion against the red eyebrow green forest. In the twenty-third year of Emperor Huang, Wang Mang held a crying ceremony in the southern suburbs. In the same year, the outlaw hero invaded Chang 'an, and Wang Mang was killed by businessman Du Wu in the chaos. A captain and a guest beheaded him and hung him in Wancheng. The demise of the new dynasty.
Wangmang coin
After Wang Mang came to power, in order to weaken the influence of the old Han clan and plunder the wealth of the people, he carried out a series of monetary reforms in the name of "changing the ancient system". Knife coins and cloth coins were restored in the reform, but they were different in form from those in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Due to the complexity and confusion of the monetary system, private transactions are not smooth. And every time the size of coins is shrinking, the price is getting higher and higher, which is essentially exploiting the wealth of ordinary people. The failure of currency reform is also one of the reasons for the rapid demise of the new dynasty.
Although Wang Mang's reform failed, the series of coins he issued were masterpieces in the history of ancient money. Most of the money is in the font of hanging needle seal, which is very beautiful. Jingui Wan Zhi, a national treasure, is one of the most valuable ancient coins, and there are only two left in the world.
The picture shows the knife flat 5 thousand
Even 5,000 yuan is the newly minted currency after Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty-"Jin Cuodao Mother Money"? , also known as Ping 5,000. This kind of knife money cast by Wang Mang for "Tuogu restructuring" consists of a knife ring and a knife body and is cast in bronze. The knife ring is like a square hole with round money in it, and the word "one knife" is engraved on the perforation. The word "one knife" is made of gold, which is very bright and dazzling. Generally, it is 7.3 cm long and weighs 20-40 grams, with different thicknesses. The words "Wu Pingqian" are cast on the blade, which means that this A Jin pinch knife is worth 5,000 copper. Of course, in fact, the weight of gold in this coin is far less than the value of 5 thousand copper coins. Issuing this "undervalued" currency is actually a way for Wang Mang to plunder folk wealth. Therefore, this coin, which is guaranteed to circulate by violence, met with fierce resistance among the people. ?
The shape of this knife coin has a unique charm, and it is not limited to the shape of knife coins in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Gu Zhuo is steady and elegant. The inscription on the coin face "one knife and five thousand" is fluent, vivid and not rigid, and inherits the characteristics of the inscription on the coin face in the Warring States period. Xin Mang coins, Qian Wen slender, exquisite workmanship, many versions of coins, but Qian Wen mainly hanging needle seal, with fine and thick styles. The characters are rough and simple, and the production is inferior; The outline of a refined person is oblique and the strokes are thin. The profound and simple seal script is integrated with the heavy and honest money body, which has been praised as "absolute money" by collectors in past dynasties.