The Sui Dynasty Emperor Yang Guang, who lived in the shadow of his father, was excessively envious of the grand ambitions and hegemony of the Qin Emperor Han Wu, and in order to achieve his title of emperor of the ages, he had to break through the shackles of his father Yang Jian. Therefore, the Sui Dynasty Emperor opened his way to install X, by hyping up national strength, to achieve his own achievements, the construction of the Grand Canal is to facilitate his own promotion of national strength and monopoly of historical water conservancy projects.
Summary
The debut of the Sui Dynasty was the peak, the founding emperor of the Sui Wen Emperor Yang Jian created a prosperous world, Yang Guang was eager to make meritorious achievements, eager to surpass his father Yang Jian. Because he understands that only by surpassing his father can he achieve the hegemony of the ages, and he may be remembered by the world. Therefore, he began to hype up the national strength, proving that the Sui Dynasty under his rule surpassed the prosperity of Yang Jianshi, did not want to be blinded by the grand goal, excessive pursuit of results, and did not pay attention to the process, resulting in a large loss of national strength in the Sui Dynasty, and the people complained.
Then for Yang Guang's insistence on digging the Grand Canal, it is a big project to achieve his hegemony for thousands of years, water conservancy projects have always been an important indicator to evaluate the strength and prosperity of a country, Yang Guang wants to surpass the prosperity of the emperor's rule, how to achieve a great achievement in water conservancy? It became a question for him to ponder. After his research on water conservancy projects in history, he found that the construction of a Grand Canal can best achieve imperial hegemony, Yang Guang did not have a Grand Canal before, and Yang Guang could not reach this level after that, unprecedented.
We probably answered this question earlier, and below we will answer the reasons for the construction of the Grand Canal in detail.
Qin Shi Huang repaired the Great Wall, and the Sui Emperor built the canal
Qin Shi Huang made the Great Wall, and the Great Wall made Qin Shi Huang. Newton's three laws are only newton's summary and correction on the basis of his predecessors, which has already achieved Newton's status as a great god. The Great Wall already existed in the Western Zhou Dynasty, and during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the construction of the Great Wall became more and more ordinary, but it was very short. After Qin Shi Huang unified the six kingdoms, in order to resist the invasion of the Xiongnu, he ordered Meng Tian to process it on the basis of the originally repaired Great Wall, and finally, the first military project in ancient China, the Great Wall of Ten Thousand Miles, was completed.
The Sui Emperor had great respect for the First Emperor Qin Shi Huang of the Ages, and since the idol had built the first military project in ancient China, why didn't he build an ancient First? As a result, the Construction of the Grand Canal began shortly after the Sui Emperor ascended the throne. Qin Shi Huang took the money he earned to realize his ambitions, while the Sui Emperor took his father's money to achieve himself, which was essentially a big difference, and in order to pretend to be the Sui Emperor, he also took pains.
The opening of the Grand Canal has become inevitable
It is an indisputable fact that the Sui Emperor opened the Grand Canal in order to facilitate the display of wealth and promote national strength. If this is left aside, the most subjective reason is that the opening of the Grand Canal has become an inevitable thing, as any emperor in history would have done. Luoyang, as the political center, economic center and cultural center at that time, assumed the role of a central hub, and during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, due to the factors of war, the economic differences between the north and the south began to be revealed.
After the unification of the Sui Dynasty, the contradictions between the north and the south still existed, and if they continued to develop in this way, the Sui Dynasty would definitely split. Therefore, the Sui Dynasty Emperor built the eastern capital Luoyang, with Luoyang as the center to dig the Grand Canal, and quickly link the north and south, which has risen to the national policy, which is not something that Yang Guang can control, not to mention that doing so will greatly help to show off the national strength, and it is impossible for him not to do it.
summary
The Sui Emperor was an obvious hedgehog-type personality, with lofty ambitions to just rush forward, did not care about the twists and turns of the process and resistance, did not give up until he reached the goal, could not see his own defects, but felt good about his whimsical self.