New Dynasty Idealism Wang Mang

An idealist's life-long dream of utopia When he was seven years old, he cried when he read the four words "The world is one for all". When he was sixty-eight years old, "Zhou Rites" was stained with blood and he fell on the stage. Wang Mang, the most controversial emperor in Chinese history. For two thousand years, he was nailed to the pillar of shame as a "rebellious minister" and "hypocrite" and became synonymous with "ambitious". But aside from the layers of stigma, can we see a different figure - a sincere, stubborn idealist who wants to change the world at all costs? This book uses thirty chapters to restore Wang Mang's complete life from an orphan to an emperor, from a reformer to a subjugator in a novel style. Different from the moral judgment of traditional history books, this book attempts to penetrate into Wang Mang's inner world: Why was he willing to live a self-disciplined life like an ascetic? Why did he force his son to death with his own hands? Why did he send his daughter to the deep palace fire pit? Why did he insist on promoting land distribution, abolition of slavery, and stabilization of prices despite the opposition of the world? Every choice he makes stems from a simple belief - to let everyone in the world have food to eat, so that everyone will no longer be a slave. But the purer the ideal, the crueler the reality. Every one of Wang Mang's "good governance" turned into suffering for the people during implementation. He offended everyone - officials, powerful men, businessmen, common people, and the Huns. He went from being united by everyone, to being betrayed by everyone, and finally was beheaded by a businessman who hated him to the core on the day the city of Chang'an was destroyed. His head was painted and displayed in the royal arsenal for 272 years.