Some people can only see from a distance, not near. is like many internet celebrity beauties. She put on makeup and looks terrible when she takes off her makeup.
Wang Mang is actually a similar person. If you only see his hypocritical performance art side, you will sincerely sigh that this is a truly noble and upright gentleman, but as long as everyone can dig deep into his behavioral logic, you will find that this person is more unsightly than most villains.
In the early years, many people advocated and joked about what kind of socialist socialist time traveler, but as the cognitive ability of the majority of people gradually improved, Wang Mang's reputation and reputation became worse and worse, and it is certain that it will become worse and worse in the future. Because Wang Mang has fallen into desire in the middle and late stages of his life, he has become a drama artist who truly deceives the world and steals reputation.
However, has something to say, Wang Mang's technique is still very clever. Life is like a play, all depends on acting skills. Wang Mang has truly achieved the highest level of performance in the unity of human and drama. His every move can cause a large number of fans to scream and go crazy about it, and everyone will not accept it.
But everyone must remember that 's natural performance often requires sacrifices to make background. Therefore, If a person always looks like a good person in front of outsiders, he is likely to be more harsh on the people around him. In order to establish and maintain his beautiful image, Wang Mang killed his three sons and one grandson one after another. How could such a person with a stalwart heart be truly the kind of bodhisattva that he showed outwardly?
Today, I will use Wang Mang to kill his son to deeply analyze the behavior logic under Wang Mang’s fake face and see what the performance routine of this drama actress is?
How did Wang Mang kill three sons
Wang Mang has a total of six sons, namely the eldest son Wang Yu, the second son Wang Huo, the third son Wang An, the fourth son Wang Lin , the fifth son Wang Xing, and the sixth son Wang Kuang , among which Wang Xing and Wang Kuang were born to Wang Mang and his maid, that is, they were not Wang Mang's legitimate sons. Although this identity with discriminatory attributes seems unfair to Wang Xing and Wang Kuang, is dependent on each other for good and bad luck. In fact, it is precisely this identity of a concubine's son that prevents them from being killed by their father Wang Mang in the end.
Wang Mang's son is destined to be a bad person, because this comrade wants to be a good person all over the world, and he is the kind of person who will do anything to be a good person. People like often gain a good reputation themselves, but the people around him are tormented by him. Among Wang Mang's four legitimate sons, except for the third son Wang An who was not very good at physical and mental health, he died of illness, the other three sons died of death at Wang Mang's hands.
The first son to die at Wang Mang's hands was his second son Wang Huo. At that time, Wang Mang was idle at home. Wang Huo secretly killed a slave for some reason. This made Wang Mang, who had just eaten a big frustrated from the hands of the Emperor Ai of Han , very angry. I, Wang Mang, is a national moral model. How can you, as my son, do such a thing? Aren't you letting others poke our backbone and calling us evil capitalists? So, don’t live anymore, go and die! So, Wang Mang forced his son Wang Huo to commit suicide and apologize.
, the "life pays off" thing, is actually nothing unreasonable in today's environment. After all, now advocates the humanism of everyone.
But in that era, Wang Mang's handling method of was a bit suspicious of setting up a arch for himself to win people's hearts. Because in that era, slaves were no different from livestock, and they were all the private property of the owner. Since you can "If the king wants his minister to die, the minister has to die; if the father wants his son to die, the son has to die", why can't a master to kill a slave privately?
In other words, Wang Huo's behavior was worthy of moral condemnation at most at the time, but he did not violate the law at all, and it was not unreasonable. Why do you Wang Mang want Wang Huo to die? Just because you are his father, did you give his life? Well, your son will kill a slave privately and let him die.So, if you kill your son privately, should you also die?
So, on the surface, Wang Huo deserves to be forced to commit suicide, but in fact he died quite unjustly.
The second son who died at Wang Mang's hands was his eldest son Wang Yu. Wang Yu, this child, died unjustly. He was confused by his father's appearance, and in fact he didn't know his father at all.
After the death of Emperor Ai of Han, Wang Mang returned to the peak of power. He and his aunt Wang Zhengjun supported Liu Jian, the 9-year-old king of Zhongshan, as emperor, and was Emperor Ping of Han.
Why did you choose Liu Xi to be the emperor? Isn’t it because Liu Xi’s father Liu Xing died early, Liu Xi is young, their family has a weak foundation and is not strong, and the children are easy to control! However, at this time, Wang Mang was also scared by Emperor Ai of Han, who was not afraid of tigers. What if Liu Wei's relatives took the opportunity to rise? So, to prevent problems before they happen, he forced Liu Wei to forbid Liu Wei's relatives, including Liu Wei's mother, , Wei Ji, , to come to Beijing, , just send the children here, you all stay in my hometown Zhongshan, and lie down for me honestly.
Wang Yu, this kid, didn't know if he was really kind-hearted or had a strong sense of character substitution, and he felt that this was not suitable for doing so. Aren’t our Wang family the five best families in the country? Isn’t our father a national moral model? How can we do such a thing that is contrary to human ethics? Liu Wei is still young and ignorant. If he grows up and holds grudges on this matter, then will our Wang family have no trouble?
Wang Yu didn't know that his father's moral model was actually a sign of his appearance, and didn't know that his father could not give Liu Xu the opportunity and ability to retaliate. Later, Liu Wei did die inexplicably at the awkward age of 16.
Wang Yu first sent someone to write a letter to Emperor Ping of Han, telling her to actively write a letter to request to enter the capital. Your son is the emperor, and you can't even enter Beijing. Who is qualified to enter Beijing? Don't be timid, you are arguing with reason, what are you afraid of?
However, Wang Mang, who has always regarded himself as a good man, does not take this trick at all. You want to see your son, but you don’t have a door. Don’t blame me, just blame Emperor Ai of Han, his grandmother Fu and his mother Ding before.
This child Wang Yu is also quite serious. When he saw that this trick was not effective, asked his teacher Wu Zhang and his brother-in-law Lu Kuan to find other good ideas. , the three of them discussed and finally thought of a bad move. Since Wang Mang is usually more respectful to ghosts and gods and believes in the will of heaven, why not turn this into a "god warning". Let's throw some blood on Wang Mang's door and tell him that if Wei Ji is not allowed to enter the capital, there will be a bloody disaster. Wouldn't this be done? The idea of
seems to be taking the right medicine, but it is actually a bad idea, because low-level routines such as bloody and intimidation are the easiest to reveal their true colors, and they are basically accurate when checking them. It seems that many times, three cobblers really can’t beat one Zhuge Liang .
Later, Wang Yu and others just splashed blood out, and the matter was exposed. Wang Mang was very angry, and the consequences were very serious. You guys, who were stingy inside and outside, should all die. Wang Yu was sent to prison to drink a bowl of poisonous chicken soup carefully prepared for him by his father, and the game over. His wife, Lu and his newborn child, were also killed by Wang Mang. The child of has , and no one who has touched his side can take it.
In addition, Wang Mang used this to make a big fuss and killed all the relatives of the Wei family except Emperor Ping of Han, Wei Ji, and forced a large number of powerful people to death, including Princess Jingwu, King Liang Liu Li, King Hongyang Wang Li, and Wang Ren.
The third son who died at Wang Mang's hands was his fourth son Wang Lin. This kid looks like he is still alive on the surface, but in fact he was forced to death by his father Wang Mang step by step.
Later, Wang Mang usurped Han and proclaimed himself emperor. Among the remaining two sons, the third Wang An was not physically and intelligently, so the position of the crown prince fell on the fourth Wang. But, Wang Lin, don’t be too happy too early, , your son was born to take the responsibility for taking the blame for his father.
After Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty, he was no longer the darling of God. God also lost his temper at him, a traitor. Wang Mang's series of absurd reforms also made more and more people begin to think that Wang Mang, a good man, is actually not reliable at all. That is a true anger.
How did Wang Mang give an explanation to the people of the world? He attributed all this to the prince Wang Lin. I, Lao Wang, is not wrong. It is because my little Wangde is not worthy of his position. I blame me for being too negligent. There is also an older brother above him. How could he be the prince? Doesn’t this disrupt the order of the high and low elders? If we know the mistake, we will correct it and vent our anger on the prince. So, Wang Lin demoted from the crown prince to the King of Tongyiyang and was sent out of the palace.
Wang Lin was suddenly caused by his father Wang Mang, and he immediately panicked. First, he was kicked out of the palace, the information channel became more blocked, and he was even more inaccurate in his father's pulse; second, he was indeed doing something that was sorry for his father, and he didn't know if his demotion was revealed this time.
Wang Lin developed a relationship beyond friendship with his mother's maid Yuan Bi in the palace. This is actually nothing, it's a man's true nature. The key to is that Comrade Yuan Biye Wang Mang once owned it. You can’t eat Lao Wang’s leftovers at will. Later, when Lao Wang gets angry, the consequences will be very serious. While Wang Lin and Yuan Bishan made a vow, they hoped that the old man Wang Mang would die quickly and not delay their happy time. Later, they couldn't wait, so they plotted to destroy Wang Mang together. Some time ago, Wang Lin's wife, Liu Yan, who could star-gazing, said that there would be a white-clothed gathering (funeral) in the palace recently, which made Wang Lin think that their conspiracy was about to succeed, but now his father suddenly ruined himself. Could it be that the matter was really exposed?
The more I think about it, the more I become more and more afraid Wang Lin wrote a letter to the mother in the palace, saying: The two brothers in the first place were killed at about 30 years old. Now he is almost 30 years old, and he has been deposed as the crown prince. It seems that his death is not far away.
Result Wang Lin's mother was seriously ill, and the letter fell into Wang Mang's hands by accident. The content in the letter made him suspicious. Not only did he not allow Wang Lin to meet his mother, but he did not even attend the funeral later, he also sent someone to conduct an in-depth investigation into Wang Lin. It doesn't matter if you check
, all the bloody plots of affair, regicide, and father-killing have surfaced. Wang Mang felt that such a thing could not happen to their Wang family. He first killed all the investigators and buried them in the prison. Then, he invited his son Wang Lin to drink poisonous chicken soup.
Wang was about to die and even brought some backbone. I didn't drink it if you told me to drink poisonous chicken soup. I would rather poke myself to death and be assassinated. After his son Wang Lin died, Wang Mang told his daughter-in-law Liu Yan again, "Hi maybe you know something, so don't live anymore, go on the road, child." Liu Yan was also forced to commit suicide.
Wang Mang's four legitimate sons were killed by him, and the third son Wang An was left with a poor health. When he saw that his brothers were all dead, he didn't have much intention to live. He probably had lived for a long time even if he wanted to live. So he died of illness a few days after his fourth brother Wang Lin's death. In fact, is more likely to be scared to death.
Finally, seeing that he became a real lonely man, Wang Mang had to put the two illegitimate sons he had never wanted to admit to, Wang Xing and Wang Kuang. If Wang Dahao has a unique seedling, he will never admit that these two illegitimate children are, because how could Wang Dahao do such a thing? If you really do it accidentally, you can only feel wronged and don’t see the sunshine.
How difficult is Wang Mang, a "good guy" family? His wife was killed by Wang Mang one after another because of his hard-working children. He was overly sad and blind in his eyes. His four sons had no way to survive in the end, so they all took one step first. His nephew, Wang Guang, who was regarded as his own, was also forced to death. His daughter, who was elected as the queen, died after Emperor Ping of Han, died; his legitimate grandson, Wang Zong, and his legitimate grandson, were also killed by him.
The story of Wang Mang is becoming more and more black as it goes. "Duke Zhou is afraid of rumors, Wang Mang is humble and has not usurped the time" . This guy was indeed hypocritical when he was not in power, but what he did after taking power is not an exaggeration to describe it as anger between man and god.
Wang Mang's psychological analysis of murder
As the saying goes, tigers do not eat their children . How cruel should a person's heart be to kill his children without hesitation?
There are many "son killing incidents" in history. For example, in order to let his king taste the taste of human flesh, Yi Ya killed his son; for example, the orphanage minister of Emperor Wu of Han , because his son teased the young lady in the palace, he felt that this kid was the root of disaster and killed his son; for example, the Ming Dynasty , the innocent official of Hai Rui, because his daughter privately accepted a piece of cake from a male servant, forcing her 5-year-old daughter to starve to death.
Carefully analyzes the above child killing motives, but in fact it is nothing more than the following: The first type is Yiya , who does not treat children as humans, or treats children as livestock or goods to flatter; The second type is Kim Il-jeong, who finds that the child is incorrect, and cuts the knot in a hurry to avoid disaster for the family; The third type is Hai Rui, who in order to fulfill his moral cleanliness and selfish desires, he exaggerates his child and forces him to death.
can be seen by a little comparison that Wang Mang is a person like Hai Rui. But if you think about it carefully, Hai Rui and Wang Mang are still a little different. Hai Rui is just a moral obsession with cleanliness and cherishes his feathers very much, so he is just ruthless to his children. . Wang Mang, on the other hand, has more careful calculations for his children.
So why did Wang Mang do this? We can analyze from a psychological perspective how this drama master who integrates human and drama is developed.
Although Wang Mang was born in the Wang family, the premature death of his father and brother made it extremely difficult for him and his mother, the orphan and widowed mother. The family's core resources are not at the forefront of them, and they usually suffer a lot of cold words from their tribe members. There is nothing we can do about it. soup is worse than water without salt, and people are worse than ghosts without money. society has always been so realistic.
Children from poor families have long been in the family, so Wang Mang was forced to develop the gene of tolerance and calculation since he was a child. Tolerance is to be the best, and to calculate is also to be the best. We usually say that most children from poor families are generally not very open-minded when they grow up, and this is the reason. Because they have lost too many things since they were young, the easier it is to care too much about more things as they grow up, especially those hard-won things.
This child Wang Mang is actually really smart. He had figured out a deep life problem very early on, that is, if a person wants to achieve a class leap, he usually has no obvious effect on his own and can do more with half the effort. must be helped by noble people to achieve twice the result with half the effort.
However, how can a child like him who is not favored easily meets a noble person? How could a noble man easily pull him? After studying Confucianism thoroughly, he quickly found a solution. Isn’t the mainstream culture now Confucian culture ? Doesn’t Confucian culture emphasize “benevolence and kindness as the basis”? So, as long as I insist on shaping myself in accordance with the requirements of Confucian culture, will I gradually be recognized and accepted by the mainstream of society? Wouldn't my chance come?
follows the mainstream. Many people understand this principle, but few people understand it so thoroughly like Wang Mang.When people are in a humble state, they usually don’t have much room for choice. Instead of not knowing how to choose, it is better to be yourself and wait for noble people to choose themselves. Wang Mang's idea is quite correct. After
, Wang Mang strictly referred to the bright spots of filial piety, friendship, kindness, humility, diligence and open-mindedness in Confucianism, strictly demanded himself, and created a flawless character for himself. If a person has reputation, reputation, popularity, traffic, etc. in any era or society, he will have other things he should have sooner or later. This is the same as today's "star effect".
As expected, Wang Mang finally moved his uncle, aunt, emperor, officials, the world, and even the heavens. What was he doing so easily? At the age of 38, he counterattacked and became the leader of all officials.
Of course, are there any loopholes and flaws in Wang Mang’s previous performance art? There are still some! For example, if his uncle is sick, he will show his kindness. Is it really the most filial piety? Then why did he force his uncle Wang Li to death in the end? For example, he often goes to comfort his nephew Wang Guang’s teacher and entertains his classmates. Why does he ignore his son’s teachers and classmates? Aren’t saints indistinguishable from each other? For example, when he rushed back to feed his mother medicine at his son's wedding, why did he have to face everyone? Just do good things, but why do you want to cover up the truth?
However, as many people climb higher and better, they will involuntarily fall into a "prejudice of successful people". What does mean? is that he will treat the things that make him rich as a universal winning weapon, and feel that as long as he does this, there is nothing he can't do. Wang Mang finally ruined this point. He believed that using a good character as a stepping stone will lead to no disadvantages, and it is not impossible for him to become an emperor.
So, what will a person do after he becomes confused about something in himself? will over-consuming this thing, and the other will over-protect the light of this thing.
So we can see that Wang Mang's life is actually always using "people's hearts" and "popularity", constantly obtaining resources, constantly buying people's hearts, and encouraging others to help him do what he wants to do. But whoever influences and destroys his reputation and imagination will be on his death list.
Wang Mang's life has achieved success because he is smart and stable, and he is too calculating. A person like him who gets up from the bottom, no matter what method he rises up, as long as he doesn't know how to stop when he sees it in time on the road of desire, sooner or later he will have to realize his true form.
Look at the things he did after becoming the Sima , it was simply unbearable. In order to make a name for himself, he didn't do anything? However, the person who was was paying more attention to his eating behavior at the beginning and understood the psychology of the characters at all levels. His specialty was to please and act like he wanted to please and act like he was good at it.
Seeing this, you may figure out why Wang Mang forced almost all of his sons to death.
The first son Wang Huo died mainly when this kid made the mistake of the time . At that time, Wang Mang was idle at home. If he wanted to make a comeback, he would either rely on the court to re-activate it or rely on public opinion to force it. Emperor Ai of Han had long been hostile to their old Wang family, so it was unlikely that he would re-activate it. So he can only rely on the people's sentiment to promote it. Although he had a good reputation among the people before, emotions need a point of explosion. As a result, Wang Mang used a trick to "force his son to death to pay his life to his servants", which successfully triggered public opinion. Because this kind of thing was incredible at the time, it was definitely a big news. Therefore, someone immediately petitioned that good people like Wang Mang cannot be idle at home and must return to the court.
The second son Wang Ning mainly died because this kid made a mistake . If you disgusted your father in other things, your father might not have to kill your whole family. As a result, you have to choose to make a fuss about the issue of relatives that your father is most taboo. Isn’t this asking for death? Your father seems harmless in his life, but he has really cheated people behind his back and has never been merciless in dealing with his enemies. Why are you worried about it? As a result, Wang Mang once again stated that he was a pure person and could not tolerate a grain of sand in his eyes. You all go to die. I can kill my own son if he gets involved in it. As for the rest of you, you have no objection to kill him, right? Therefore, Wang Mang took advantage of the situation and killed many potential and obvious political enemies.
The third son Wang Lin mainly died when this kid made both the wrong time and the wrong thing. Wang Mang ascended the throne and the state is not going well. Then I will blame you for your son. Don’t panic! Because it’s useless to panic, your arms can’t handle your thighs! Your father is just a son who can be used as you, just be a human being with your tail between them. In addition, there are so many women in the palace, why do you have to choose a woman your father once had? You are trying to murder your father. You don’t know how difficult it is to murder an emperor, right? If you do this, your father has an excuse to turn bad things into good things. Look, the country is not going well because the prince is not worthy of his position! I, Wang Mang, did nothing wrong!
In short, Wang Mang is actually an extremely selfish person. You cannot absolutely say that such a person is bad. As long as you have no damage to his interests and image, he will definitely be kind in front of you; But as long as you hurt his interests, or can further consolidate his interests, you are sorry, don’t die.
Wang Mang's behavior logic analysis
Life is like a play, all depends on acting skills. Wang Mang's life is actually very organized and particular.
Step 1: Find the right direction of the mainstream; is like an actor, first of all, you have to understand what kind of drama the audience likes to watch! Is it ancient costume or modern, palace fighting or martial arts, business war or spy war... This step can also be called market research. Wang Mang was very smart. He felt that Confucianism was gradually gaining popularity and he followed the requirements of Confucianism, and there was absolutely no problem.
Step 2: Create qualified products; the direction of is found and the market is also found, but you have to do it, and you have to have something real to show to others! Without specific products, how can others recognize you? Wang Mang is also a master in this regard. He just keeps himself low-key. When he changes from quantitative change to qualitative change, he has everything he wants.
Step 3: Create brand effect ; We can’t control anything else, but as long as someone mentions me, Wang Mang, he will involuntarily extend his thumb. This is a good person. Then my goal will be achieved. Since I am a good person, you are always embarrassed to always let good people suffer losses. You always like to get along with and work with good people, right? I will take this golden signboard and wait for you to come to discuss cooperation and win-win situations.
Step 4: Maintain the brand image; step is actually very critical, because the market is often tentative. Consumers will consciously watch whether your brand is a leek, so after your brand effect is formed, you must be stable and make people feel that you are building a brand down-to-earth. Therefore, even after becoming the Grand Sima, Wang Mang spared no effort to win people's hearts, which was to maintain his brand image. Come and see, I, Wang Mang, are not the kind of person who is successful and arrogant. I am a trustworthy golden sign that I truly do not forget my original intention.
Step 5: Expand traffic channels; In fact, this step is natural, because after your product and your image are gradually accepted, recognized and identified, the traffic from various channels will roar. This is also what we often say, "If you bloom, fragrance will come naturally."What is the effect of Wang Mang being a great person for half his life? That is, most people in the Western Han Dynasty regarded him as the only savior. He has become the only designated brand in the hearts of people in the Western Han Dynasty. He is still worried about not having traffic?
Step 6: Clever traffic monetization; all the efforts in are for the last step to pick peaches, so be sure to pay attention to your eating habits and not lose all your efforts. Look, Wang Mang wants to be the king, add Zaiheng, and add Jiuxi, including his daughter to become the queen, want to eliminate dissidents in the court, and want to fool his aunt Wang Zhengjun. He has adopted the "retreat to advance" approach. He first let his fans put their ideas on the surface, and then said that I can't do it, I don't want it, I don't want it... It makes the fans very unhappy. How can they be wronged by my idol? So, another request was made. If Wang Mang refuses again, he really can't do this. It's hard for me to be a human being; the fans are completely angry. If you don't enjoy such treatment, then no one is qualified to enjoy such treatment. If you refuse again, you won't give me a shame... In the end, Wang Mang got everything he wanted "rudely" to get everything he wanted. Is it very similar to the scene where some corrupt officials accept bribes?
In fact, there are many things worth studying and savoring in Wang Mang, but this person is unbearable to look at. The deeper he writes, the more he feels disgusting himself, so I won’t go into it.
Let’s briefly summarize it. Although Wang Mang feels particularly disgusting, he is still quite rigorous in his thinking. is a very clever person in the game.
In addition, Wang Mang did not necessarily want to live as a hypocrite at the beginning. is just that a person is moving too smoothly on the road of desire, which often stimulates him to run towards the cliff regardless of the consequences, because he will think he must be able.
Wang Mang actually always lacks the concept of "let go". The more he wants to catch, the more he wants, the tighter he needs. This kind of person is a vortex and will slowly bring people around him and even everyone around him. His sons are actually doomed.
If I really want to tell you something through Wang Mang's life, is that I hope everyone must learn to subtract their lives and desires at a certain stage of life. Don’t do some things when they reach a certain level, don’t make friends with some people when they reach a certain level, and don’t fight for some interests when they reach a certain limit... There are many things in the world, especially desires, that have no end. As long as you keep running forward, you will die sooner or later!
