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The Sui Dynasty was one of the short-lived dynasties in history, both of which were overthrown after only two monarchs, but Emperor Wen of Sui at that time, in addition to the fierce Yang Guang, also had a benevolent eldest son Yang Yong. What can't help but make people wonder is why he didn't choose Yang Yong, the eldest son of the benevolent concubine, but chose the vicious Yang Guang? Today Xiaobian will give you the same puzzle.
The reason why the Qin Dynasty allowed Hu Hailai to succeed him was because his eldest son Fu Su was not welcomed by Qin Shi Huang and was relegated to the border to build the Great Wall, and when he died, he was also tampered with by the chancellor, and Hu Hai became emperor. Yang Yong, the eldest son of Emperor Wen of Sui, was also similar to his experience, because Yang Yong was not favored by Emperor Wen of Sui, so he was demoted to a commoner by Emperor Wen of Sui, and later wanted to promote Yang Yong again to inherit the throne before Emperor Wen of Sui died, but was tampered with by the fierce Yang Guang's joint ministers and gave Yang Yong death.
Speaking of Yang Yong, he was a benevolent and literary person, and Emperor Wen of Sui began to cultivate him at a very early age, not only giving him a great position in the imperial court, but also entrusting him with some unimportant political affairs at an early age. He also solved these political affairs perfectly because of his excellent ability, which was also recognized by the imperial court ministers and Emperor Wen of Sui. Coupled with the fact that in ancient times itself was the primogeniture inheritance system, so Yang Yong was the natural heir to the imperial throne, but unfortunately, it was the Sui Emperor Yang Guang who finally achieved the throne, which could not help but make people wonder, why did Emperor Wen of Sui choose Yang Guang to abandon Yang Yong? Xiaobian believes that there are three reasons.
First, Yang Yong is straightforward, Yang Guang is disguised
Yang Yong is a very straightforward person, no matter what he thinks in his heart, he will say anything. The difference between Yang Yong and Yang Guang can be seen from the lustful, Yang Guang disguised himself so perfectly during his tenure as crown prince, so that both his father, Emperor Wen of Sui, and many ministers of the imperial court thought that Yang Guang was a frugal and self-disciplined person, much like his father, the Sui Emperor, a person who had the ability to lead the whole country to prosperity, and Yang Yong, because of his straightforward personality and disdain for pretending to disguise himself, was still disliked by the Sui Emperor despite his very outstanding ability.
Second, Yang Yong gengzhi, Yang Guang speculated
The direct reason for Yang Yong's depose was because Neither Emperor Wen of Sui nor his mother, Empress Dugu, did not like him, his father not only disliked him, but also had a little jealousy of him, and once a hundred officials went to the court to congratulate him as the crown prince, which was a very small thing in itself, but was seen by Emperor Sui as an emperor, Emperor Wen of Sui's heart was definitely uncomfortable. He asked the minister next to him, should there be such a courtesy? The ministers around him said to him that He must, but chao could not. Another time, when Emperor Wen of Sui chose a bodyguard, he wanted to choose the best bodyguard, but Yang Yong's men told Emperor Wendi of Sui that the prince should also choose the best bodyguard. At that time, Emperor Wen of Sui's face was very ugly, after all, he was the monarch of the entire country, he was the most powerful person in the whole country, and he was only his heir, and he might be abolished by him.
Although these two things are not Yang Yong's initiative to let others do, when others do these things, he did not refuse but chose to accept, we can see that his personality is very straight, without any intentions. And the reason why his mother, the Lonely Queen, did not like him was because the woman he loved most was not his wife, but a concubine. The Dugu Empress herself was a rather domineering woman, and the reason why Emperor Wen of Sui only loved her alone in her life was because as long as she found that Emperor Wen of Sui loved other women, she would ruthlessly kill the killer. Yang Guang was completely different from him, Yang Guang could hide himself perfectly, and he also tried every day to please his parents, and especially knew how to seduce his mother, which also caused the Lone Empress to say good things about Yang Guang in front of Emperor Wen of Sui every day.
Third, Yang Yong is kind, Yang Guang is vicious
Yang Yong has always been in the position of prince, so he himself has a lot of power, after he was deposed by his father Emperor Wen of Sui, he also rebelled and did not show a rebellious action, but Yang Guang is different, although he has been disguised himself, but one day he will be exposed. After Emperor Wen of Sui saw Yang Guang's viciousness, he immediately wanted to depose Yang Guang and return the position of prince to Yang Yong, and Yang Guang's viciousness was directly demonstrated, he not only murdered his father, but also tampered with his father's edict and killed his eldest brother Yang Yong, of course, the world he seized by conspiracy did not take long before he was overthrown by Li Yuan.
In summary, the reason why Emperor Wen of Sui chose Yang Guang instead of Yang Yong was because he had been deceived by Yang Guang's disguise from the beginning, and by the time he found out later, it was already too late. Of course, he did not expect that his son could be so vicious, and he did not hesitate to let him die of serious illness and kill Yang Yong, believing that if Emperor Wen of Sui could live again, he would certainly not make such a mistake again.
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