The social crisis in the late Western Han Dynasty and Wang Mang s reform

Impact: Wang Mang has won the widest support for people from all walks of life and in all capacities. But in the absence of an increase in the wealth of society, such a policy has no material basis at all and can only accelerate the depletion of the treasury and the collapse of finances.

These interests have also induced the beneficiaries to have excessively high expectations for Wang Mang and Wang Mang's reform, and if things backfire, these supporters will immediately become opponents. This is true of intellectuals, and so will other classes and strata.

Wang Mang's name change in the restructuring. Wang Mang asked the Xiongnu to change it to "Gongnu" and "Slave Reduction", change "Shan Yu" to "be good at" and "obey", and change "Goguryeo" to "Xia Guli". He also rashly decided to use force, which not only led to border conflicts, but also caused hundreds of thousands of troops to be trapped in the border for a long time, unable to get out, and consumed a lot of manpower and material resources, causing a deep disaster for the people in the northern frontier.

Wang Mang set off an unprecedented campaign to change names, changing almost all the names of places, officials, and buildings, and arbitrarily adjusting the functions and powers of administrative divisions and administrative departments. It was enough to change it once in this way, but Wang Mang changed it again and again, and some county names were changed five times in a year, and finally changed back to the original. Officials and the common people could not remember it at all, so every time they issued edicts and official documents, they had to note the old name after the new name.

It not only affects efficiency and causes waste, but also causes psychological disgust among the government and the people.

1. The Wang Tian system embodies the Confucian social ideal of equality and has a positive impact on the creation of the Juntian system in later generations.

The Wangtian system was the predecessor of the Juntian system in later generations, which was implemented in 485 and was implemented until the 8th century, which was an important land system in the period of Chinese feudal society.

2. Wang Mang's currency reform is advanced and scientific, and he continuously improves the currency series, and finally forms a complete and complete currency grading. To this day, it is used by countries all over the world, including China.

Wang Mang's monetary ideas are very close to the modern monetary system. Two thousand years ago, he implemented the system of "imaginary money," which relied on the state power to guarantee it, forcibly circulated it in a legal form, backed by the financial and material resources in the hands of the state, and controlled prices by adjusting the amount of money issued in accordance with the rise and fall of the social productive forces. The advantage of imaginary currency is that it is convenient for the people to use money, promote the development of agriculture and commerce, and is an important means for the state to raise funds.

By borrowing and issuing imaginary currency, you can borrow a large amount of money from the private sector in advance. Some people see this problem as Wang Mang's act of grabbing a large amount of money from the people. In fact, it is still used by countries around the world today as an important means of raising funds, which is a remarkable invention.

Of course, the issuance of inflated currency, if not properly controlled, can lead to severe inflation.

Before Wang Mang usurped the throne, there were already many problems in the Western Han Dynasty, such as political corruption, serious land annexation, especially serious land annexation, which was irreconcilable in ancient times.