Wang Anshi's new policies failed because
a. too much paper money was printed.
b. the government stopped minting coins.
c. there were high interest rates for loans made to peasants.
d. Chinese peasants could not earn enough money to repay loans.
e. the government paid all salaries in cheques.
d
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