Xin


 * Wang Mang (9-23)
 * during a time of children emperors
 * children emperors were getting killed
 * Wang Mang appointed regent for the dying child emperors
 * promises to quit after 10 years of power
 * finds stone at bottom of well that tells him he should rule (mandate of heaven)
 * claims the Han dynasty is over
 * Xin dynasty 9 AD
 * tries to fix issues
 * debt was a major issue
 * Chinese families were bankrupt because of funerals
 * loans had a 50 % interest per year
 * people had to sell their land and children
 * set up a system for government loans
 * inflation and currency also issue
 * he thought gold was the problem
 * he tried to suck out the gold from the economy
 * makes people turn their gold in for non precious metals
 * they can't trade with people outside of China, and so their ability to trade internationally is killed and the economy falls (even has an effect on the world economy)
 * he told people that they weren't allowed to sell their farms
 * big plantations (like roman latifundia )
 * he eventually tried to redistribute land
 * most of these things revoked after he lost the emperorship
 * Han dynasty restored after Wang Mang stops being emperor
 * the yellow river flooded and changed courses and split into two brances, big mandate alert for Wang Mang
 * Red eyebrows
 * started rebellion
 * Wang Mang chased out of office by 23
 * Han Guang Wu Di restores Han dynasty (eastern han) and changed capital from Chang'an to Luoyang.