Wang Mang walked all the way to Chang'an, sending letters to all directions along the way.
During the era of Emperor Xiaoxuan, Zhao City was opened to the public, so people from all over the world could enter the Zhao Kingdom to do business, study, travel, and make pilgrimages. Except for the difficulty of becoming an official and some restrictions, there was basically no difference.
The openness of Duke Zhao is two-way. Not only outsiders can enter, but the subjects of Duke Zhao, except for a few special people, such as the descendants of Xiang Yu, others, especially the Luo clan, are also allowed to move freely.
When the Duke of Zhao first opened up, there were not many people migrating. However, as exchanges increased, especially the number of scholars studying, they made friends with each other, accepted invitations to serve, and even introduced their sisters to each other. People of the Luo clan.
The atmosphere of the Han Dynasty was open again, and there was no saying that a woman would never leave the house. The Luo family would not reject anyone who came, so naturally there were women who also came to study. After hundreds of years of integration and exchange, apart from the differences in household registration, There is no difference anymore.
Zhaocheng is a holy place for retirement and for those who like purity, but the Luo clan members are not just those who like purity.
After all, even the Luo clan members with the stigmata have different personalities, let alone the ordinary Luo clan members?
Over the past hundred years, the population has naturally continued to flow out, but the Duke of Zhao has been suppressing the population. The more people flow out, the more people will be born. Especially the female tribesmen, who have no chance to become officials, and most of them are unwilling to leave Zhaocheng.
Moreover, tribesmen who go out cannot use the name of the Luo family. It can even be said that they must directly take back the Luo family before they can leave.
Because Luo knew very well that Duke Zhao was different!
This is the real place where Su Wang looks down. Living here will naturally be affected, but the outside world is different.
If we use a more fairy-like expression, Duke Zhao's country is filled with pure air, while the outside world is filled with turbid air. The pure air makes people think upward, while the turbid air makes people think downward. Only a very small number of people can achieve the goal of "I am the only one in the world who is turbid." clear".
If these people leave Zhaocheng and cause any trouble under the name of Luo family, then the gain will outweigh the loss.
As the suzerain state of the Xia kingdoms with the most extensive territory and the largest population, the Han Dynasty also occupied almost all the fertile land in the Central Plains, so it was naturally everyone's first choice.
Those scholars who once lived in the Zhao Kingdom know best about the fatigue of the world today. These people are the most determined reformists, and many of them are Wang Mang's friends when he was studying in Zhaocheng.
Wang Mang is a person, regardless of his ability.
His personal moral cultivation is ridiculously high.
Moreover, he is the kind of person who is cautious and independent. Even many Luo people admire him for this. From this point of view, Wang Mang has his own unique charm.
A person who can be praised by countless capable people cannot be a useless waste.
When Wang Mang went to Chang'an, he naturally wrote letters to his friends, asking them to come and assist him.
He sent no less than a hundred letters all the way from Guandong to the west, including his friends, his disciples, and members of his clan whom he was more optimistic about. This network alone was beyond the reach of ordinary people.
"Chang'an."
Passed Luoyang, crossed Yiluo, crossed Weihan, and then arrived outside Chang'an City.
This is not the first time Wang Mang has come here.
In fact, he entered the imperial court a few years ago, and then resigned and returned home within a year.
Coming here this time is a rebirth.
It's because many people want him to come back, because there are too many conflicts in the court!
If a well-known wise man like Wang Mang does not serve in the imperial court, who will act as a facade?
The less Wang Mang cares about glory and wealth, and the less he wants power, the more the court wants to give it to him, and the more everyone in the world wants to give it to him!
People all over the world are flocking to those fat men. Why?
Because they want to profit from it!
This is a whole logical chain. Wang Mang doesn't want it, which means that he doesn't care about the interests it represents. He doesn't care, so he is trusted by others.
Wang Mang recalled the last time he had a conflict with the emperor because of lack of strength. He tried to do some things, but made more and more mistakes. In the end, he was seized of the opportunity and could only leave Chang'an sadly.
This time he will not make the same mistake again. He will quietly strengthen himself. Before he holds the highest power, he will never do things easily and leave no loopholes for anyone.
After Wang Mang entered Chang'an, the Wang clan members in Chang'an City came directly to greet him.
"Little Lord!"
The members of the Wang family came forward and bowed respectfully, and Wang Mang returned the same salute.
Starting from Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty Liu Ming, as one of the relatives of the family, the Wang family naturally embarked on a path to prominence.
However, the family of foreign relatives has always been one of the most prosperous and sudden deaths. If they want to maintain their wealth for a long time, they must either transform into military lords, or transform into a Confucian family that has completely emerged from the period of Emperor Xiaoxuan.
Wang Mang is the Qilin son of the Wang family and will be the recognized leader of the Wang family for decades to come.
Even though he is not the son of the head of the family, his reputation among the Wang family is second only to a few elders. Among the middle and young generation, he has no rivals. He is the next most popular heir of the Wang family.
In order to invite Wang Mang back to Guanzhong from Guandong, not only the imperial court was trying hard, but the Wang family was also doing the same. Fortunately, it was successful now.
The current power of the Wang family is due to the existence of the Queen Mother and Grand Sima, both of whom are indispensable. However, now that Shiqing Shilu has been abolished, once the head of the family dies and there is no suitable person to inherit the position of Grand Sima, the power of the Wang family will decline. affected.
Wang Mang returned to Chang'an. With his reputation, he could succeed to the position of Grand Sima in just a few years and maintain the power of the Wang family in Chang'an.
But no one knows that Wang Mang's goal is not just that. The Wang family was also so famous back then, but he was eventually forced to leave Chang'an!
Because although the Wang family was powerful, they could not act arbitrarily. The opposition was very strong. It could even be said that if the Queen Mother had not been supporting her in the palace, the Wang family would have left long ago.
"Everything that can't kill me will make me stronger. The methods that once defeated me will no longer be effective. This time I will not make the same mistakes again. I will defeat everyone one by one.
Until I grasp the highest power, turn the world into a scroll in my hand, and paint on it the peace of the country and the people, and the peace of the world! "
This was what Wang Mang was thinking before entering the palace.
He came here to meet the Empress Dowager, who is now the key to the prosperity of the Wang family.
This most noble woman in the world is indispensable to the Wang family, and everyone else, including Da Sima, is replaceable.
This is the current situation of the maternal relatives' family, which relies on one woman to become rich and powerful.
The emperor was also in the Weiyang Palace of the Empress Dowager, looking at Wang Mang, whom he didn't like very much, because Wang Mang had always criticized him and thought he was not a holy king.
Of course the emperor knows that he is not a holy king, but without what you keep saying, if I were a holy king, could I still watch the big man slipping and not be able to stop him?
After Wang Mang saluted the Empress Dowager, he saluted the Emperor again, bowed deeply and said, "May your Majesty be safe and blessed. I miss you very much. In the past, Mang was a little too reckless. It was Mang's fault."
The emperor looked at Wang Mang in front of him in surprise.
(End of chapter)
