The Sui Dynasty was one of the shortest-lived dynasties in China's history, existing for only thirty-eight years, and the only people who really ruled the country were the Sui Wen Emperor Yang Jian and his son The Sui Emperor Yang Guang.
It is generally believed that the Sui Wen Emperor Yang Jian worked hard for the establishment of the Sui Dynasty, and after succeeding to the throne, he worked hard to govern, so that the country and the people were safe, and the world was stable, which was called "the rule of the kai emperor". After the Sui Emperor succeeded to the throne, he was very happy and cruel, which led to the weakening of the Sui Dynasty's national strength and the rise of popular resentment, and was eventually overthrown.
The Sui Emperor was so wrong about the country that it was inevitable that people would wonder: Why did Yang Jian want to pass it on to him?
One view that Yang Guang forcibly succeeded to the throne after killing his father Yang Jian was spread more and more fiercely, and in the process of dissemination, many people added and enriched the plot to it, and eventually formed a vivid and detailed version such as "Blood Splash Screen". So, was Yang Jian really killed by Yang Guang? These three pieces of evidence may reveal the truth.
The first piece of evidence is the official revision of the history book "Book of Sui". For the Sui Emperor Yang Guang, I believe that everyone is not unfamiliar, he is the second son of The Sui Emperor Yang Jian, and there is also an older brother Yang Yong on it. In the first year of the kai emperor (581), Yang Jian ascended the throne to establish the Sui Dynasty, and according to the rules of the primogeniture system, Yang Yong, as the eldest son of the concubine, became the crown prince.
According to the Book of Sui:
''The military and state affairs and Shang Shu's death penalty have been issued, and they are all ordered to participate in the execution. ''
However, although Yang Yong became the prince by virtue of his innate advantage, he failed to maintain it.
At that time, the hundred officials thought that Yang Yong would inevitably succeed to the throne in the future, so they went to the court one after another, and when Yang Jian heard about it, he thought that this was not in line with the etiquette system, so he began to decline in grace and gradually became suspicious. ''
Yang Yong likes beauty and luxury, which makes Yang Jian and dugu Jia luo, who advocate special affection and reference, feel dissatisfied, and gradually, Yang Yong's position in their hearts is getting lower and lower.
On the other hand, in order to cater to the preferences of his parents, Yang Guang made a look of not liking entertainment and single-mindedness, and over time, in Yang Jian's mind, Yang Guang undoubtedly became a more suitable heir.
The history books record:
After the Kings of Jin came to the dynasty, the attendants of the carriages and horses were all frugal, honored the courtiers, extremely humble in etiquette, and their reputation was very high, and they were crowned by the kings. ''
Finally, in the twentieth year of the kai emperor (600), under the joint persuasion of the important minister Yang Su and the Dugu Empress, Yang Jian abolished Yang Yong and established Yang Guang as crown prince.
Four years later, Yang Jian fell seriously ill, and Yang Guang came to take care of him as a prince, but he took the opportunity to "rape the palace". When Yang Jian heard about it, he was naturally furious and immediately recalled Yang Yong. But before he could set off, Yang Jian 'collapsed'.'
We know that as a newly established dynasty, the Tang Dynasty had some smear on the Sui Dynasty, which is reflected in many places in the Book of Sui. However, in the matter of Yang Jian's death, Wei Zheng and other writers did not directly say that Yang Guang did it.
Elsewhere, the Book of Sui did not praise Yang Guang, and if Yang Guang really killed his father, the Tang people had no reason not to use the title to point out his crimes. Therefore, judging from the records of the Book of Sui, it can be said that historians do not have evidence that Yang Guang killed his father.
In another great work, the Zizhi Tongjian, the record of Yang Jian's death is only: "'Russia collapsed.'' Therefore, there are quite different theories at home and abroad. ''
As for the explicit description of Yang Guang's father, it is the "Outline of the Great Cause" and the "General Calendar" and other barnyard official histories.
The second piece of evidence is behavioral logic. Today, when the police search for and screen prisoners, they often use the method of analyzing the motives for committing crimes, after all, in most cases, prisoners commit crimes for some reason. Then, from the perspective of analyzing the motive for the crime, let's look at the "''''case'" of Yang Jian's death. If Yang Guang is a criminal suspect, then what is his motive? At that time, the thirty-five-year-old Yang Guang was in his prime and was already a crown prince, while Yang Jian, who was over the age of flower armor, was terminally ill and was about to die soon.
Under such circumstances, Yang Guang could have waited for Yang Jian to die of illness or was too ill to handle government affairs and abdicate, and in fact, most of the government at that time was indeed managed by Yang Guang. Then, Yang Guang, who has been waiting for a long time, why bother to kill his father in order to succeed to the throne a few days earlier, leaving a handle for future generations to criticize himself? Judging from the motives for the crime, yang guang had no need to kill Yang Jian.
Finally, we can use the reaction of the person at the time as a third piece of evidence. It is reasonable to say that if it was the usurpation of the throne by the father, the folk would have spread the word long ago. During the Southern Song Dynasty, Liu Shao's father usurped the throne, which attracted the world to attack him, and was quickly overthrown, but after Yang Guang succeeded to the throne, the society was very calm, and no one disputed his succession.
It was not until the end of the Sui Dynasty that Zu Junyan said in the "For Li Mi Luo Zhou Wen":
''The former emperor was in the midst of the prohibition of illness, so he became a tyrant, and then he was poisoned.' ''
Although this article has high literary value, it is known as one of the three major texts in ancient China. However, in order to publicize Yang Guang's innocence and Li Mi's legitimacy, many facts were exaggerated and fabricated.
The reason why I say this is because there are also brazen words in the text, such as "I Wei Gong is clever and divine martial, Qi ShengGuangyuan, the total seven virtues are bowing, and The Nine Gongs are coming forward.""
If Yang Guang really did the act of killing his father, why was it not until more than ten years later that he was exposed by a person who only achieved such a petty official as Junzuo in the Sui Dynasty, and resented emperor Wen and Emperor Jue because they did not reuse him?