The Wang Mang period is generally recognized by the historical community, which is an important period that cannot be ignored in the history of ancient scientific and technological development in my country.

During this period, science and technology developed rapidly. In 18 AD, Wang Mang learned that a skilled craftsman could make a vehicle, which was made of wings made of feathers of big birds, and then installed on a human body, and could fly hundreds of steps.

Wang Mang immediately summoned him and watched his performance in person to support his flight experiment.

At the same time, as the emperor, he was also a great inventor.

One of his great inventions was the vernier caliper, which intended to unify the measurement of the whole country. From the perspective of principle, performance and purpose, this vernier caliper is very similar to modern vernier calipers, 1,700 years earlier than the West.

Wang Mang also hated slavery very much. The Han Dynasty was actually a semi-serfly country. Wang Mang believed that buying and selling slaves was contrary to the righteousness of "the nature of heaven and earth is precious", and stipulated that slaves were "private relatives" and were not allowed to buy and sell.

Wang Mang attempted to limit the expansion of the scope and number of slaves by restricting the purchase and sale of slaves, so that they would eventually die out naturally.

In addition, he also stipulated that for unemployed vagrants, each person would be fined one piece of cloth every year. If they were unable to pay, the government would force labor. During the labor service, the government would provide food and clothing.

Wang Mang was very concerned about people's livelihood. He abolished Huchiyuan, changed it to Anmin County, and moved the poor to live there.

After arriving along the way, the fields, houses, utensils, ox seeds, etc. were all supplied or borrowed by the government. Wang Mang ordered investment and construction in Chang'an City, with 200 low-rent residential communities in 5 miles (affordable housing, low-rent housing, and fortresses!) for the poor to live in. The power began to tilt towards people's livelihood!

Moreover, Wang Mang also attached great importance to education and expanded the enrollment of Taixue, and the number of Taixue students broke the record by more than 10,000.

He also ordered schools to be built in various places so that more children can study and increase their knowledge. "The Book of Han: Biography of Wang Mang" says that Wang Mang built 10,000 houses for scholars in the capital and built many research institutes.

Anyone who has some expertise in classical documents was summoned to the capital for research. After a thousand people came to the forefront and later, they were asked for a hundred schools of thought every day.

The land in the country was also renamed "Kingtian", abolishing the private ownership of the land, and implementing land nationalization, and private individuals are not allowed to buy and sell land. If a man in a family is less than 8 people and has more than 900 mu of land, the excess land should be distributed to the landless persons of the tribe or neighbors.

It turns out that people who had no land had 100 acres of land per male owner. However, this touched the big landlord class, which led to the overthrow of this policy by powerful landlords from all over the country or lip service.

How do you feel like a socialist?

Wang Mang was also an economic thinker, which was granted by later generations. He proposed the theory of planned economy very much. Chang'an, Luoyang, Handan, Linzi, Wan and Chengdu established the "Five Junsi City Envoys", namely "Five Junsi Officials".

The original order and chief executive were in charge of assessing prices, adjusting the market, handling credit loans, collecting taxes and other matters.

Evaluation of price refers to the Wujunsi Municipal Division (Price Bureau), which must regularly evaluate the prices of major products in the market. Adjusting the market refers to controlling market supply. When goods are unsold, they are purchased at reasonable prices, and when goods rise, they are sold at par to maintain market order.

Applying for credit loans means applying for interest-free loans or low-interest loans based on actual conditions to help the people and businesses alleviate their financial difficulties. Collection of taxes means levying Shanze tax and other miscellaneous taxes.

Every time I see this information, Zhu Zilong has an illusion.

It seems that I have seen the departments of the New China, Bank + Price Bureau + Futures + Tax Bureau + Development and Reform Commission?

To sum up:

Some policies implemented by Wang Mang include: first, the nationalization of land.

Private transactions are not allowed, and the ancient well-field system that was abolished 1,200 years ago was restored. Families with less than eight people must not exceed 900 acres of arable land. All land that exceeds the land shall be confiscated, or directly distributed to their neighbors or families by the landlord.

Second, redistribution of cultivated land: farmers (tenants) without land shall be distributed to the land by the government. Based on the principle of a couple of 100 mu, if less than 100 mu, the government shall make up for it.

Third, the freezing of slavery: Although it was not abolished immediately, all slaves and maids were prohibited from continuing to trade, so as to limit the scope and number of slaves to no longer expand, so that it would eventually be eliminated naturally.

Fourth, forced labor: If an unemployed vagrant is fined one piece of cloth and silk every year, and if he is unable to pay, the government will force him to work. During the labor service, the government will provide food and clothing.

Fifth, implement a monopoly system: wine, salt, ironware, and currency is issued by the central government (in the past, any wealthy man could make money, and the new government reclaimed this authorization). The natural resources in the mountains and waters are owned by the state and mined by the government.

Sixth, establish a loan system: People can borrow money from the government for sacrifices or funerals, without interest. However, if they borrow money to operate rural and commercial undertakings, the government will collect one-tenth of the principal and interest of the net profit.

Seventh, implement a planned economy: the government controls prices and prevents merchants from manipulating the market to eliminate unevenness of the rich and the poor. When food, cloth and other daily necessities are oversupply, the government will buy them at the cost. When demanding too much, the government will sell them immediately to prevent prices from rising.

Eighth, income tax is imposed: all industry and commerce, including fishing, hunting, divination, doctors, hotels, and women's families who raise silkworms and weaving silk, were free to operate, but now the new government levies an income tax of one-tenth of net profit.

From these measures, we can find that Wang Mang was engaged in a tremendous and comprehensive social reform. Socialism that emerged in the 19th century had concepts and practices as early as the first century.

The per capita land is 100 acres, and families who occupy more land, whether rich or ordinary people, must immediately hand over the land unconditionally and distribute it to the poor. The land is not allowed to be bought and sold and mortgaged.

Isn't it another version of land reform?

Therefore, it was a feudal system at that time, and it was the landlords. Wang Mang offended the landlords soon after this. Moreover, this was not good for Wang Mang. Obviously, it means that Wang Mang was a time traveler, and only time travelers would have the idea of ​​socialist system.

All natural resources and mines in mountains, rivers, rivers, natural resources and mines are state-owned. Private miners must be taxed and they must also register for business licenses. This is typical state capitalism. Isn’t this a state-owned monopoly? The state-owned economy is the main body and the market economy is controlled in a macro way!

It can be said that Wang Mang's thoughts should never have appeared at that time, because his thoughts were completely out of touch with the social productivity and development level at that time.

If we count the emergence of new ideas in world history, they are related to the development of social production at that time. Of course, there are also advanced ideas, but there has never been such advanced ideas as Wang Mang that have been nearly two thousand years ago.

Wang Mang's policy of reform was a completely replica of China's planned economy in the 1970s!

Wang Mang was born into a wealthy family and accepted Confucian culture at most since childhood, but why did such advanced ideas appear? This kind of ideas are absolutely impossible to appear in that era when the feudal system was not so perfect!

If Wang Mang appeared in the 19th century, he would undoubtedly be a successful reformer. However, Wang Mang's thoughts thousands of years ago were completely astonishing. He even proposed that in ancient dynasties (actually modern society), everyone was born equal, as well as Datong social thoughts, etc.

A relatively closed educational idea since childhood, a world and soil where feudal systems are rampant, will never have the idea of ​​Wang Mang.

To sum up, Zhu Zilong believes that he is a time traveler and a senior figure, but the reform failed in the end!

Of course, an indisputable fact is: because his strange reforms were too advanced, people's lives were chaotic. The people later hated him very much!

It is obviously out of touch with the times, violates the interests of the landlords, and the orders of the emperor are not met.

In addition, there is no powerful new army like Zhu Zilong in his hands, so he is a damn goodbye.

Therefore, it is not possible to not have an invincible army in your hands. The new policy of landlords to rebel together failed immediately, because they did not have a strong army in their hands.

If he was like Zhu Zilong, with the Zhu family army in his hands, whoever got up and wanted to rebel, and he would try to fight against the government. What policies could not be implemented under extreme high pressure?

I will destroy you in minutes!

Therefore, Zhu Zilong’s understanding of him is to summarize the lessons of his predecessors and inherit the past and the future.

Well, it's far.

Speaking of why Zhu Zilong knew Yin Lihua just now, that is because Yin Lihua is the wife of Wang Mang's mortal enemy Liu Xiu.

Otherwise, Zhu Zilong would not know who is called Yin Lihua or Yang Lihua!

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Chapter completed!