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Chapter 267 The Traverser "Wang Mang"... (Subscribe)
There are not many cultural relics about Chen Sheng.

This Chen Sheng sword is currently the only thing Chen Sheng has left in this world that belongs to him.

As for Chen Sheng's tomb.

Yes there is.

But Chen Sheng's tomb was stolen many years ago.

And the legend was stolen by Cao Cao.

As for why Cao Cao wanted to steal?
Very simple.

He just wanted to rob the gold and silver antiques in the tomb in exchange for food.

"Let's look at the second cultural relic."

After explaining Chen Sheng, Chen Fan came to the side, ready to talk about the second cultural relic.

"This is a silver box belonging to the Western Han Dynasty. The silver box is 12 centimeters high and weighs 576 grams. When it was unearthed, it contained ten boxes of pills. Let's take a look at the shape of this silver box. In its pattern, he The pattern, he is not the same as our middle-earth style, he looks very exotic. In fact, this silver box was not made in the Han Dynasty, but from Persia, and the pills in it came from Arabia. Found this silver box The location of the box is very interesting, he is not in Xi'an, nor in Luoyang, but in the country of Yue."

"Vietnamese?"

Many people were a little surprised: "Discovered in other countries?"

However, regarding this, Chen Fan shook his head: "Perhaps the current Yue Kingdom belongs to other countries, but during the Western Han Dynasty, the Yue Kingdom, or a considerable part of the Yue Kingdom, still belonged to the Western Han Dynasty."

"what?"

"Don't be surprised. Regarding Nanyue, let's take it slowly. Before the pre-Qin period, Nanyue was ruled by Baiyue people. Until the Qin Dynasty, the Qin Dynasty sent a general Zhao Tuo to attack Nanyue, and then divided the entire Lingnan into the territory of the Qin Dynasty. But not too many years later, the Qin Dynasty was overthrown by the Han Dynasty. But at that time, Zhao Tuo did not lead soldiers to serve as king. In order to protect his own vitality, Zhao Tuo established the Nanyue Kingdom locally and proclaimed himself king."

Speaking of it.

Chen Fan couldn't help but talk about the battle between Qin and Han.

At that time, the Qin Dynasty was destroyed so quickly, and it was also related to the fact that many main forces were assigned to South Vietnam.

According to historical records, Zhao Tuo led 30 soldiers to attack South Vietnam.

If Zhao Tuo had come back from South Vietnam to save the Lord, although the Qin Dynasty might have perished, history might have gone in another direction.

of course.

History does not repeat itself.

When the world was in turmoil, Zhao Tuo seized the opportunity, so the Nanyue Kingdom was born.

"However, although Zhao Tuo established a country in South Vietnam, he knew that his strength could not be compared with the Central Plains Dynasty, so he built a lot of defensive measures. Until Han Gaozu Liu Bang established the Han Dynasty, Liu Bang did not recognize the South Vietnam Kingdom Then, under the persuasion of the Han officials, Zhao Tuo accepted the seal and ribbon of the Nanyue king bestowed on him by the Han Dynasty, and surrendered to the Han Dynasty."

"But a few years later, Zhao Tuo went back on his word and proclaimed himself emperor in Nanyue. After Liu Bang's death, Empress Lu assumed power, and she sent a large army to South Vietnam. However, the terrain of South Vietnam is more complicated, and there are more mountains there, and the transportation is inconvenient. The army did not have much chance of winning. After Lu Hou died, he stopped attacking. But even so, the strength of the Han army still made Zhao Tuo very worried. During the reign of Emperor Wen, Zhao Tuo accepted the Han Dynasty's persuasion again. Removed his title of emperor and returned to the Han Dynasty again. However, despite this, Zhao Tuo proclaimed himself a vassal to the Han Dynasty on the one hand, but he still regarded himself as the emperor internally. After Zhao Tuo died, his descendants ascended the throne and passed on for several generations …Until the time of Emperor Wu, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent a large army to attack Nanyue, which lasted for a year and captured the Nanyue Kingdom. So far, the Nanyue Kingdom has perished, and the entire Yue Kingdom has also been incorporated into the territory of the Han Dynasty.”

The history of the Nanyue Kingdom is not long. It has only been handed down for five generations, which is only more than 90 years.

But although not long.

The Nanyue Kingdom established by Zhao Tuo became the first dynasty in the history of the Yue Kingdom.

"It is also because of the special relationship between South Vietnam and China. Therefore, we can see such a silver box in Yue."

Such a cultural relic is actually another cultural relic that proves that South Vietnam has been the territory of China since ancient times.

Just a pity.

Later, in 1802, Yue State officially broke away from Chinese control.

"I have long heard that the Yue Kingdom has always belonged to our China, but I have never been very clear about this period of history. Today I understand it."

"I didn't expect that the first dynasty of the Yue Kingdom was actually founded by our Qin Dynasty general Zhao Tuo."

"That's what you say, but Yue will not admit it."

"Well. Not only will they not admit it, they will even say that many territories in the south are actually owned by them."

A crowd of fans said excitedly.

……

"Let's take a look at the third cultural relic..."

Things in South Vietnam are actually more complicated.

But after all, the country of Yue doesn't belong to China, so Chen Fan didn't say any more.

Then, Chen Fan led the crowd to the side of the first cultural relic.

Compared with the first and second cultural relics, and the third cultural relic, it is quite shocking.

What is printed in front of everyone is a vernier caliper made of bronze.

But the year mark written on it comes from the new dynasty.

The Xin Dynasty is a dynasty that people don't quite understand. Chen Fan explained: "The Xin Dynasty is actually the dynasty established by Wang Mang at the end of the Western Han Dynasty."

But even though Chen Fan explained it, everyone was still too shocked by the bronze vernier card.

"Is this really a cultural relic from the end of the Western Han Dynasty?"

"It can't be a fake made out of an old one."

"Brother, this is a museum, do you think museums can deceive people?"

"This one……"

of course.

In fact, not all museum collections are authentic.

No, now is not the time to discuss this.

The vernier card style of this bronze style is indeed from the period of Wang Mang.

It's just that for Wang Mang, the world doesn't have much research on him.

Most historians think that he is a relative who usurped the Han Dynasty, so they don't recognize the new dynasty he founded.

So generally speaking, the historians are critical of Wang Mang.

but.

For Wang Mang's evaluation, an interesting change took place in his previous life.

Since the past and modern times, many historians have held a positive attitude towards Wang Mang.

Although it is true that Wang Mang usurped the throne, Wang Mang himself is still a very capable and vengeful monarch.

Simultaneously.

Compared with other emperors, Wang Mang may not be inferior to them.

"Don't be surprised, this is indeed a caliper unearthed during the Wangmang period of the new dynasty. It is more than 1000 years earlier than the vernier caliper we are using now. Many people may ask, such an advanced thing, in the dynasty at that time, How did he make it? Here, I would like to briefly introduce Wang Mang to you.”

"Wang Mang, he is the founding emperor of the new dynasty. However, before that, he was the nephew of the empress Wang Zhengjun of Emperor Han Yuan. After Han Gaozu founded the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty experienced many civil monarchs. Han Gaozu, Han Wendi, Han Dynasty Emperor Jing, Emperor Wu of the Han, Emperor Zhao of the Han, Emperor Xuan of the Han... But after Emperor Xuan of the Han, Emperor Han Yuan was very ordinary. And Emperor Han Cheng, the son of Emperor Han Yuan, was not only average in ability, but also indulged in sex. It was controlled by Wang Zhengjun, the wife of Emperor Hanyuan."

In fact, the Western Han Dynasty has always had the monopoly of foreign relatives.

However, the previous emperors were quite wise, and some of the relatives they encountered were also more powerful and even more loyal.

For example, Wei Qing, Huo Qubing, Huo Guang...etc.

But it's not when the relatives don't have bad intentions.

Perhaps the wife of Emperor Han Yuan, Wang Zhengjun, was still facing the Han Dynasty, but her good nephew, Wang Mang, usurped the throne when Emperor Han Ping was 3 years old and established a new dynasty.

"Brother Fan, Brother Fan, this Wang Mang doesn't seem to have a high opinion of history books."

"Wang Mang, the emperor, has some injustices and has been criticized by many people."

A brief introduction to the situation in the last years of the Western Han Dynasty caused many fans to discuss it for a while.

Chen Fan didn't have much comment on this.

Regarding Wang Mang, everyone has a different opinion.

But Chen Fan mentioned Wang Mang, that is, Wang Mang actually has many bright spots.

"Indeed, the origin of Wang Mang's throne is not correct. Although he said that Emperor Ping was in his place, it has never been recognized by historians. Many historians believe that Emperor Ping of Han should have been poisoned to death by Wang Mang. I will not comment here for the time being. Wang Mang, who founded a new dynasty, wanted to display his ambitions. At the same time, he knew that there would be no social conflicts after being an official for many years. At that time, the taxation and labor of the imperial court became more and more serious, and the ruling class "had many slaves and maidservants, and the fields and houses were unlimited." Extravagance and extravagance made the people impoverished and the country empty, land annexation and the vicious expansion of the number of slaves and refugees became serious social problems at the time, class conflicts and internal conflicts within the ruling class became increasingly sharp, and uprisings continued in various places."

"Because of seeing these phenomena and contradictions, Wang Mang, who founded the new dynasty, began to reform the system. In the ninth year of the new dynasty, the new dynasty issued the first decree, changing the name Tianxiatian to Wangtian."

"The fields in the world are Wang's fields, what does this mean?"

Many people are puzzled.

Chen Fan said with a smile: "It's actually very simple. The original land is privately owned, but if it becomes royal land, it is state-owned."

"State-owned system, I don't know... no way, this idea is too advanced."

The crowd was stunned.

They didn't expect that at the end of the Western Han Dynasty in 2000, someone proposed the public ownership of land?

To know.

Public ownership of land only became popular in modern times.

"Not only is it publicly owned, but the imperial court also determined that a family with eight male members can receive one well of land, that is, [-] mu of land; a family with less than eight male members but with more than [-] mu of land must distribute the excess to Clan neighbors; those who did not have land before, will receive the land according to the above system."

have to say.

As soon as this system of public ownership of land came out, it immediately caught the eyes of the entire live broadcast room and all the audience.

"Now I am suddenly very interested in Wang Mang."

"Me too. This person's thinking is too advanced. Doesn't this mean that everyone has a field and everyone has food?"

of course.

Wang Mang's restructuring is not only that, Chen Fan continued: "In addition to the public ownership of the land, Wang Mang also abolished slavery. Wang Mang believes that slaves are private and cannot participate in trading."

From this point, Wang Mang's reform has been approved by many people.

At least.

Many ordinary people agree.

And it really solved the contradictions in the society at that time.

To know.

Although many famous monarchs appeared in the Han Dynasty before, the strength of the entire Han Dynasty was also very strong.

But this is very powerful, and it does not mean that ordinary people are living well.

With the continuous advancement of the feudal dynasty, the land was continuously annexed.Many poor farmers, because of living problems, eventually changed from having land to having no land.For example, there are some ordinary people who had a very hard life, but they can survive by relying on Arita.However, suddenly I got a serious illness, and my family spent a lot of money, what should I do to save my life?Had to sell the fields to other landlords and nobles.

So, slowly, tens of hundreds of years passed.These ordinary people have changed from having land to having no land.

But this is not over yet.

Because there is no land, life is even more difficult.

In order to live, they have to sell themselves to some dignitaries.

The abolition of private ownership, the transformation of land into public ownership, and the prohibition of slave trading have given countless hopes to many ordinary people.

This allows them to have land again, and they will not be restricted in their freedom of life and become dependents of nobles.

"In addition to declaring public ownership of land and abolishing slavery, the new dynasty also established a loan system. The new dynasty stipulates that people can borrow from the government for funeral or sacrifice needs, and only need to return the principal without charging interest. If you are engaged in agriculture, Where commercial production borrows from the government, the government charges one-tenth of the net profit as interest.”

This transformation can also be called subversive.

It is also to solve the needs of ordinary people.

Once they encounter any difficulties, they don't need to sell the land to the nobles, they only need to borrow money from the court.

Although there is interest, one tenth of the interest is much better than other usury loans.

However, Wang Mang's restructuring has not yet ended, and he also allowed policy to intervene in the economy.Prices are controlled by the government to prevent merchants from manipulating the market.When the supply of daily necessities exceeds demand, the government buys them at cost, otherwise, the government sells them to prevent price rises.

And hear here.

All the audience were completely dumbfounded at this moment.

"So, after we learned about Wang Mang's New Deal, let's take a look at this bronze-style vernier caliper. Is he surprised?"

Chen Fan smiled.

Fans in the live broadcast room typed one after another: "No surprise, no surprise at all."

"Compared to public ownership, compared to others, what is this vernier caliper?"

Yes.

Public ownership, state loans, the abolition of slaves, the imperial government intervening in the economy... and so on. These policies have come out for more than 2000 years.

Not to mention this vernier caliper.

……

Just a pity.

Although Wang Mang's restructuring looked good, it encountered resistance from the traditional old aristocracy.

Why resist.

Very simple.

Wang Mang owns Tian Gong, so what do the former landlords live on?

Wang Mang abolished slavery again, so what did the nobles rely on to enslave the people?

Maybe Wang Mang's restructuring is very good, maybe the common people also agree with it.

But in the environment at that time, the strength of the common people was too weak.

The strength of the entire country is still in the hands of traditional landlords and nobles.

"Subsequently, Wang Mang's new dynasty suffered uprisings from all sides. Of course, the original uprisings were nothing more than that. Although Wang Mang had absconded, his ability was still very strong. After uprisings broke out in various places, Wang Mang sent a large army However, Wang Mang's restructuring was too far ahead. Although many reforms looked good, they did not necessarily achieve such results. In the end, Wang Mang's restructuring not only failed to solve the social contradictions at that time, but made the whole society It was even more turbulent. Under the rise of various rebel armies and other vassals, the new dynasty was only established for a decade or so before it was overthrown."

This is the end of Wang Mang.

but.

After Chen Fan finished talking about the series of new policies introduced by Wang Mang and his new dynasty, the fans were still amazed.

"Public ownership?"

"Abolition of slavery?"

"Government loan?"

"State intervention in the economy?"

"Isn't thinking too far ahead?"

"It's more than advanced, it's 2000 years ahead."

"I was thinking, who is Wang Mang?"

"How do you say this?"

"He can't be a time traveler!!!"

(End of this chapter)