Since the end of the Han Dynasty, political corruption, extravagance of the imperial court, local exploitation and exploitation, coupled with a large number of land annexation by powerful landlords, have led to people's displacement, poverty, economic depression, floating people's hearts and intensified political crisis. Since Wang Mang came to power, in order to win the hearts of the people, he has adopted a series of policies to ease social contradictions, but he has never fundamentally solved the problem.
Wang Mang believed in Confucianism, so when he became emperor, he tried to realize his idea of governing the country and keeping the country safe by restoring the ritual system of the Western Zhou Dynasty, so he began to implement the New Deal by imitating the system of the Zhou Dynasty. The policy is: change the world to "Wang Tian" and restore the Jing Tian system in the name of Wang Tian system; Handmaiden changed its name to "private", and Wang Tian was not allowed to buy or sell. Later, the currency system was changed many times, and the official system and official name were changed. Salt, iron, wine, coins and mountains and rivers were nationalized. However, because these policies only seek retro, many of them are contrary to the actual situation, and the means and methods are incorrect when they are implemented. After fierce opposition, they tried to enforce it through harsh laws, so that countless governors, officials and even ordinary people were severely punished for violating laws and regulations, which aggravated social unrest. The people suffer first and then benefit, and the policies are constantly changing, which makes the officials of the people at a loss, thus leading to the dissatisfaction of all the powerful people in the world.