Wang Mang was ridiculed by history books for two thousand years because of the failure of reform.
As a doctor of modern sociology, my first reaction was his: reopening and reform is the right way!
I have the historical records of the famine in the late Han Dynasty for prediction and the modern economic model for analysis. If I don't believe it, I can't break this deadlock.
The aristocratic families conspired to obstruct it: "Let's see how you avoid natural and man-made disasters this time."
I smiled slightly and pointed at the account book: "Everyone, I'm waiting for you to take action."