Established a thousand-year family from the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 180 Wang Mang's New Deal ([-])

Three years later

Yongshi three years
Great General Wang Fengbang died of illness, and Prime Minister Wang Tong (son of Wang Fengbang) succeeded him as Great General Sima.

In this way, the position of prime minister was vacant.

Wang Tong wanted his younger brother Wang Jian to replace him as prime minister, but was unanimously opposed by all the officials.

"The chariot general is greedy for military expenses and lacks moral character. How can he be the prime minister?" Gu Yong, a doctor of Guanglu, publicly opposed Wang Tong.

"I also ask the general to take back the order!" The other ministers also objected.

The relatives of the Wang family have controlled the government for 16 years and made more than 100 billion yuan in money, which is almost equivalent to the total financial revenue of the Han court for a year. Finally, more and more people resent the Wang family, and they actually began to unite to stop the general Wang Tong. Appointment and removal of officials.

You know, during the period of Wang Hongnian, because the Wang family condoned the gentry to annex the land, the gentry supported the Wang family very much.

It may be that the Wang family has made too much money, so that these gentry may be jealous, or maybe the gentry are really loyal to the emperor and patriotic, and do not want the Wang family to continue to monopolize power. Now there is a tendency to unite to bring down the Wang family .

An ordinary self-cultivator has a total income of only about 100 yuan a year, and if he has made more than 200 billion yuan, that is equivalent to the total income of more than 200 million self-cultivated farmers for a whole year without eating or drinking. The total income of more than [-] million people for a whole year was taken away.

Looking at the officials who unanimously opposed him, Wang Tong was silent for a long time.

Chariot general Wang Jian has been embezzling military expenses, but only recently was he accidentally discovered, and then it became known to the world.

Wang Jian had to return the military expenditures of the latest embezzlement to the state treasury, and then spent a year in prison eating and drinking well, and was just released last month.

In the end, Da Sima General Wang Tong still compromised. Of course he could forcefully appoint Wang Jian as prime minister, but the consequence of doing so would be to offend the scholars of the world.

The Wang family has made enough money, and it is time to give up their position and give other noble families a chance to make money.

Everyone has a share in making money. The Wang family can't keep it alone. The result is that it is boycotted by the scholars.

The door is open, and the benefits are shared!
So he asked the officials: "Then who do you think can be the prime minister?"

"Today, there is only one person who is qualified to be prime minister!" Doctor Guanglu Gu Yong stepped forward and said.

"Who is it?" Wang Tong wondered, who is it that can be recommended as the prime minister by the scholars, even at the expense of offending him, the Great General Sima.

"Admonish doctor Wang Mang!" All the ministers said in unison.

"Huh?" Hearing this name, Wang Tong didn't react at first, and then he was very surprised. In order for the Wang family to leave safely, he could only agree: "Then the admonisher Wang Mang will be the prime minister."

He can see that if the Wang family continues to monopolize power, sooner or later the people of the world will unite and tear it apart. By then, the Liaodong Wang family will be the second Huo family, and the family will be wiped out.

Lao Tzu said: Hold it and make it full, it is not as good as it is; hold it and sharpen it, it cannot last forever.If the house is full of gold and jade, no one can keep it; if you are rich and proud, you will blame yourself.Gong then retreated, the way of heaven.

The Tao Te Ching is a must-read classic for the children of the Wang family. The children of the Wang family rely on the wisdom of the "Tao Te Ching" to succeed in officialdom.

For ordinary people, this sentence means not to do things too much.

But for the Wang family, Lao Tzu's words mean:
If you have made enough money, you must stop and leave in time (retire with merit), so that your successor will be blamed (the way of heaven). Although it is very cool to control the government (it is sharp), it cannot last long after all (no long-term insurance).

However, before he stopped, Wang Tong still wanted to get one last sum of money for the family. This last time, he wanted to get more than one billion at a time, and he would return home when he was done. Those scholars who are stupid in reading and reading go to govern this country with many holes and holes, and leave the big man, the mess that was hollowed out by the Wang family, to these fools to take over.

If Wang Mang and the scholars of ancient texts and classics can govern the world well, the Wang family will continue to return to the court and continue to make money. When they find a big man and feel that the country is about to perish again, they will quickly leave the field and continue to find new blamers.

If Wang Mang and the scholars of ancient literature and classics did not manage the world well, and even caused the people in the world to suffer more, it would be the fault of Wang Mang and the scholars of ancient literature and classics. Scholars of ancient Chinese classics take responsibility together.

In those years when Wang Tong was the prime minister, he saw too much bad news, such as how many people starved to death in a certain county, and cannibalism happened somewhere, so he was very disappointed with the future of the big man, and also I began to believe in the folk prophecies, thinking that Liu Han's power was about to end.

Since Liu Han Jiangshan is about to run out of energy, let's fish it again before his energy is completely exhausted, and see if his energy is exhausted after fishing.

Wang Tong believed that he was simply following the trend of the times.

After all, the scholars all predicted that Liu Han's power would be exhausted, so I, Wang Tong, would help the scholars to promote this prophecy, which would be considered a good deed.

When a country is going downhill, there must always be someone who continues to accelerate.

No matter how hard it is for a big man, I won't bear the blame.

When the ministers were happily celebrating Wang Mang, thinking that the big man was finally saved, General Sima Wang Tong was thinking who would be more appropriate to carry the blame of "the people in the world are in dire straits" for the Wang family.

It would definitely not work to blame those who are extremely disgusted with the Wang family. Before he could take the blame, he would use his power to liquidate the Wang family that had left the scene.

Fortunately, the Wang family and the scholars have always been in the same camp, and none of the noble families really hated the Wang family. At most, they were a little jealous of the Wang family's monopoly for too long. Let them fight for power, and naturally nothing will happen.

This is what Lao Tzu said: the highest goodness is like water, and water is good for all things without competing.To deal with what everyone hates, it is almost in the way.Live in a good place, have a good heart, be kind and benevolent, speak good faith, be good at governance, do good things and do good things at the right time.Husband only does not fight, so there is no preference.

For Wang Tong, this sentence means this: to be an official should be like water and adapt to the changes of the times.As the saying goes, the general trend of the world is mighty and mighty, those who follow it will prosper, and those who go against it will perish.Since everyone wants Wang Mang to take the position, the Wang family should follow the trend and let Wang Mang take the position, don't forcefully stop it, don't fight for it.

But it's not okay to let the Wang family take the blame. The Wang family is tantamount to the Wang family taking the blame.

Only an intermediate force between the royal family and the non-royal family, and between the royal family and the officials is suitable for taking the blame.

And this candidate, there is and only... Wang Mang!
Aren't you, Wang Mang, praised by the world as a saint?
Then who else is more suitable to take the blame than the saint?
Over the years, Wang Mang has repeatedly pleaded for orders for the people, and won the support of the people and the scholars of ancient literature and classics.

Wang Mang, who has won the support of everyone in the world, gradually separated from the Wang family, and even obstructed the Wang family many times to make money, which seems to be a little drifting.

"Jujun is known as a sage, so it is most suitable for Jujun to be the prime minister, haha!" Wang Tong, who had already made plans in his heart, didn't care about the fact that the scholars united to force him to make Wang Mang the prime minister, but It is to praise Wang Mang together with the scholars.

"Mang, you have little talent and learning, absolutely not worthy of the post of prime minister." Wang Mang was still very humble, respectful to everyone, and looked like a humble gentleman.

"There is no one in the world who is more suitable for governing the country than you." Liu Xin, a master of ancient Chinese classics, persuaded from the side.

"There are so many sages in the world, how can I, Wang Mang He De, steal the high position." Wang Mang continued to give in and refused to be the prime minister.

"The sages in the world are not as good as you, sir." Even Liu Xiang, a clan member of the Han Dynasty, persuaded him from the sidelines.

"Mang, I just want to plead for the people, do my duty well, and never dare to usurp the position of others. Since the position of prime minister belongs to Zikang (Wang Jian's character), Zikang should do it." Wang Mang also replied In resignation, I don't know whether it is for show or sincerity.

"You don't want to back down anymore, Jujun. There is no one in this world who is more suitable to be prime minister than you. For the sake of the common people in the world, I invite Jujun to be the prime minister!" Great General Wang Tong of Sima has already decided to let Wang Mang take the blame, so at this moment no matter what It is necessary to push Wang Mang to the fore, let Wang Mang be the prime minister or even the general, gradually transfer power to Wang Mang, let Wang Mang be at the forefront, and the Liaodong Wang family quietly retreats behind with the money they have earned in these years, from the people of the world. gradually faded out of sight.

This is called, when things are done, take off your clothes and hide your achievements and fame.

Wang Mang declined several times in a row, and after making up nine times, he finally sighed helplessly: "Your lords want to see me, Wang Mang, in an unjust place, alas..."

Wang Mang said this very helplessly, but Wang Tong vaguely saw the inadvertent smile on the corner of Wang Mang's mouth.

(End of this chapter)