In the fifth year of the Sui Dynasty (609), the Sui Dynasty came to its strongest period. According to the Sui Book, the Literature Tongkao and the Zizhi Tongjian, the Territory of the Sui Empire at this time consisted of 190 counties, 1,200 counties, 9,300 miles from east to west, and 14,815 miles from north to south. The population also reached 46 million, with more than 8.9 million households.
Stills of the Sui Dynasty Emperor
This figure seems inconspicuous in Chinese history, but it has nearly doubled compared to the national population (4.6 million) that followed Pingchen, and only 20 years have passed between the two.
Of course, this naturally has a lot to do with the Great Suo Maoyue during the Sui Wen Emperor period, but in the past twenty years, the world has been peaceful, and economic development is also one of the main reasons for population growth.
At this time, there were only 9 years to go before the fall of the Sui Dynasty. The development of history and the Sui Dynasty made a great joke, but the root cause of the subjugation of the country still lies in the Sui Emperor, the king of the subjugated country.
In recent years, there have been discussions about the Sui Emperor suddenly became very loud, and many so-called Internet public knowledge overturned the case for the Sui Emperor on the Internet, and even after comparing the Sui Emperor and Tang Taizong, the evaluation of the Sui Emperor was even comparable to that of Tang Taizong, so he also won the honor of one of the "Ten Philosophies of the Internet Temple".
Sui Dynasty Emperor, Yu Culture and Stills
Is it also frustrating that China's nearly 1,500 years of feudal imperial history has produced such a subjugated monarch? In this article, I will sort out the careful thoughts of the Sui Emperor and his road to the fall of the country.
In the fourth year of Emperor Renshou of Sui, Emperor Wen of Sui died, and the crown prince Yang Guang succeeded to the throne as Emperor Jue of Sui. The path of the Sui Emperor to the emperor was also very difficult, as the second son, he was the crown prince who ascended to the throne through disguise and framing the former crown prince Yang Yong, and the history books also vaguely recorded that Emperor Wen of Sui seemed to have been killed by Yang Guang's close confidant Zhang Heng, of course, this is only a historical doubt, do not speculate.
Yang Guang, who had ascended to the throne of the emperor, finally tore off his disguise, and in the face of the huge legacy left by his father, he began to squander unscrupulously. Some historians have pointed out that the Sui Dynasty Emperor had the characteristics of both the southern dynasty and the northern dynasty tyrant, on the one hand, he was erudite and literate, extravagant and debauched; on the other hand, he was jealous and fierce, and he was effective in killing.
After the Sui Dynasty Emperor came to power, he went on a killing spree, and the former dynasty heroes Gao Jiao, He Weakbi, and Zhang Heng, who helped him take his wife, could not avoid becoming the ghost of his sword, and even if someone wrote a poem well, he would kill him, and after killing, he was indignant and said that he could not write such a poem. (The Sui and Tang Dynasties records that the book Lang Wang Is not an emperor, and the emperor is every title.) He sat here to see the harm, and recited his aphorism: "'No one in the court grass is randomly green', can you do this again?" ”）
After ascending to the throne, a lot of tossing and turning, and finally buried the foundation of the Great Sui.
The first thing the Sui Emperor did after succeeding to the throne was to move to Luoyang. Some historians believe that the reason why the Sui Emperor moved to Luoyang was not because he listened to the advice of the warlocks, but because he wanted to divide the power of the Guanlong clique, and his starting point was reasonable. Naturally, it is not denied that he had this consideration, but a careful analysis of what the Sui Emperor did in Luoyang will understand its true intentions.
In order to consolidate the city of Luoyang, he recruited 100,000 people, dug a trench of nearly a thousand miles outside Luoyang City, and in order to build the eastern capital Luoyang City, he also ordered Yuwen Kai to recruit two million people to build Luoyang City according to the Daxing City built by Emperor Wen of Sui. At the same time, in order to make Luoyang City more prosperous, he forcibly moved the old Luoyang City and the rich merchants of various prefectures into it.
In addition, the Sui Emperor also ordered Yuwen Kai to build the Xianren Palace on the Luoshui River to collect rare treasures, flowers, trees, animals and animals throughout the country. He also built the West Garden, an area of 200 miles, there is a sea in the garden, ten miles around, and there are artificial mountains in the sea, and palaces are built on the mountains. After the completion of the Grand Canal, from Chang'an to Jiangdu, more than 40 palaces were set up along the way. In the fourth year of Daye (608), Fenyang Palace was built in Fenshui.
With a great deal of civil engineering and a great desire for poverty and luxury, how can the fortunes of the country not be decadent?
In the second year of Daye (606), the Sui Dynasty Emperor ordered He Chou to design the dresses of the emperor, the empress and the hundred officials, and recruited 100,000 craftsmen, because the emperor himself loved feathers, so he ordered the collection of feathers throughout the country to decorate clothes, and for a time the birds with feathers on land and water were captured as long as they met the standards. Not only that, the Sui Dynasty Emperor also loved music, and ordered the children of the musicians during the Southern and Northern Dynasties to be included in the music households for their enjoyment, and the music workers under the jurisdiction of the Jingshi Taichang reached 30,000 people.
The emperor's harem is even more like a city, conservatively estimated to be more than 10,000 people, and the absurd things he does are even more so.
Of course, the Sui Emperor was still not satisfied with this, and he wanted to travel to the country's famous mountains and rivers, so on the basis of the Sui Wen Emperor's excavation of the canal, he requisitioned conscription and excavated the Grand Canal. It is not denied that the Grand Canal has effectively promoted the development of Chinese history, and it is not an exaggeration to evaluate its ze to be used by all generations, but the purpose of the Sui Emperor to dig the canal was only for pleasure, and as for the series of conveniences generated by the Grand Canal in the future, he did not consider and could not see.
In the first year of Daye, the Jiqu Canal was opened to communicate between the Yellow River and the Yellow River, and more than one million people in Henan and Huaibei were requisitioned before and after this project. In the same year, the Sui Emperor encommunicated 100,000 servants to re-dredge the Hangou that had been dug in the past, and through these two projects, luoshui, yellow river, beishui, Hangou and Yangtze River were connected into a line, the river was standard forty steps wide, and there was a royal road along the river, and willow trees were planted on both sides of the canal, which was indeed a pleasant landscape. In the fourth year of Daye (608), the Sui Emperor requisitioned millions of soldiers in the counties north of the Yellow River and opened the Yongji Canal in order to connect several natural rivers in the north, which naturally had nothing to do with recreation, and its purpose was to prepare for the conquest of Goryeo. In the sixth year of Daye (610), he opened the Jiangnan River and dredged the water and land line from Zhenjiang to Yuhang, which was 800 miles long and more than 100 meters wide. At this point, the main section of the Grand Canal was built, connecting the north and south, and became the economic lifeline of the Tang Empire.
However, these had nothing to do with the Sui Emperor, he was just thinking about how to have fun. The Sui Dynasty Emperor went to Jiangnan three times, in the first year of Daye, the sixth year of Daye, and the twelfth year of Daye, and the last time he stayed in Jiangdu and never returned.
Not only that, the Sui Dynasty Emperor's good and great achievements could also rank among the top few among the ancient emperors. In order to allow the king of Goryeo to enter the dynasty, he did not hesitate to mobilize the country's elite troops and marched on Goryeo three times. Naturally, the purpose of his conquest of Goryeo was far more than this, but when he looked deeply, he was nothing more than a whim, wanting to "rely on the land of The Land of the Others, and the Land of the Yi Dynasty" was nothing more than that.
In the seventh year of Daye (611), the Sui army commanded Goryeo, and in the first month of the following year, the twelve armies set out at Zhuo County, a total of 1.12 million soldiers directly attacked Goryeo, Goryeo deployed at Liaodong City, the Sui army could not attack for a long time, and in June the Sui Emperor personally went to the front, but there was no gain. However, the Jianghuai water army, which took the water route, entered Goryeo but also encountered ambushes. In July, the Sui Army class division, no gains.
In the ninth year of Daye (613), the Sui Emperor personally conquered Goryeo, Yuwen Shu presided over military affairs, the two raided Goryeo in two ways, Yuwen Shu attacked Pyongyang, and the Sui Emperor himself besieged Liaodong City. However, the Goryeo army remained stubborn, and both sides suffered heavy casualties. At this time, the news of Yang Xuangan's rebellion came from the country, and the Sui Emperor could only return to the dynasty, discarding all of them and being captured by the Goryeo people.
In the tenth year of Daye (614), the Sui Emperor again conquered Goryeo, but at this time he could not even gather soldiers and horses, either the soldiers could not arrive on time, or the soldiers who arrived also fled, and the result of this time, although the King of Goryeo asked to surrender, he still refused to enter the dynasty, and the Sui Emperor had no way.
The three marches on Goryeo had no practical gains, but for the Sui Dynasty, it had reached the point of extinction. Among them, although there are many reasons that led to his three fruitless returns, but from a macro point of view, these three conquests are meaningless, as the initiator of the war, the Sui Emperor should be fully responsible for this.
We now go back to look at this history, it is only cold words, but behind these words, there is buried bone and blood through thousands of years. You will think of the peasants and porters along the canal, who are skinny but still have to be whipped and served in the service; you will think of the people who move bricks in Luoyang, who have not yet had time to go to the autumn harvest; you will think of the soldiers who are walking on foot in Goryeo, who are still moving forward against the wind and snow before their lives are uncertain, "Poor Zhengding river bones, like people in deep dreams."
Perhaps the point of concern is different, those who feel that the Sui Emperor has made some achievements, see the night song on both sides of the canal, see the golden splendor of the eastern capital Luoyang, and see the Majesty of the Sui Emperor Tianzi standing on the chariot, angry, and the majesty of the millions of corpses.
What do you think?
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