Sui Dynasty Emperor Tuzhao
The Sui Dynasty Emperor Yang Guang (569 – April 11, 618), real name Yang Ying, was a native of Hongnong Huayin (present-day Huayin, Shaanxi). The second emperor of the Sui Dynasty (reigned 604-618), the second son of Emperor Yang Jian of Sui and Empress Dowager Wen of Literature.
The historical Sui Emperor was a famous tyrant, no other than he killed his father and brother, marched on Goguryeo three times, and dug the Grand Canal, which caused a great peasant uprising at the end of the Sui Dynasty and led to the demise of the Sui Dynasty.
However, Xiaobian believes that the contribution of the Sui Emperor to future generations is also enormous. First of all, in the third year of Daye (607), Yang Guang promulgated the "Law of Daye". Yang Guang revised the law, mainly to reform the more severe laws of the last years of Emperor Wen of Sui. Second, the establishment of the imperial examination system. In the second year of Daye (606), Yang Guang added the Jinshike and the canonical examination system, which was a major and far-reaching event in Chinese history, breaking the tradition that since the Wei and Jin Dynasties and the Southern and Northern Dynasties, only the door valves and the sons of the family could become officials.
Sui Dynasty Grand Canal
Finally, one of the sui emperor's most far-reaching measures for future generations was to dig the Grand Canal. Although the excavation of the Grand Canal wasted a lot of manpower and material resources, it also had a far-reaching impact on future generations. It has a total length of 2700 kilometers, running through the richest southeast coast of China and the North China Great Plain, passing through seven provinces and cities of Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Anhui, Henan, Shandong, Hebei and Beijing, connecting to the five major water systems of the Yellow River, Huai River, Yangtze River, Qiantang River and Haihe River, which is the main artery of north-south transportation in ancient China, has played a huge role in The history of China, is a great water conservancy construction project created by the working people in ancient China, and is also the earliest and largest canal excavated in the world.
Xiao Bian believes that some of the measures of the Sui Emperor have a far-reaching impact on future generations, and his merits and deeds should be viewed separately. The above are some of the views of the editor on the Sui Emperor, for reference only.