When it comes to the dynasties that "died twice" in history, many people will think of the Qin Dynasty and the Sui Dynasty. It is true that these were two short-lived dynasties, but although the Sui Dynasty was short-lived, there were more than two emperors. Many people know that Emperor Wen of Sui, who worked hard to rule, but in the end he was defeated at the hands of the absurd and cruel Sui Emperor, but in fact, in the history of the Sui Dynasty, in addition to these two most famous emperors, there were four emperors, so who were they, and why did few people know about them?
The death of Sui Dynasty II is a public theory, just like many historians believe that "Ming Shi died in Wanli, died in Jiajing", in fact, it is not the same, many people think that after the Sui Dynasty, the Sui Dynasty was destroyed without an emperor, in fact, at that time, the Qunxiong still supported the Sui Dynasty Sect as the emperor, and wanted to command the world under the banner of the Sui Dynasty.
1. Li Yuan's Sui Gong Emperor Yang You
Yang You was the grandson of the Sui Emperor and the third son of Crown Prince Yang Zhao. The Sui Emperor still attached great importance to him, and was crowned king at the age of only 2 years old, staying in Chang'an for a little longer, and also worshiped Taiyuan Taishou and stayed in the capital division.
In 615, Li Yuan rebelled against the Sui, and in the same year invaded Chang'an, supporting Yang You as emperor and Emperor Yaozun as Emperor Taishang. Li Yuan did not really assist Yang You as emperor, but at that time, the time was not ripe to seize the throne and become emperor, and the Sui Emperor was still there.
In 618, Yang Guang was killed by Yu Wenhua and Yu Jiangdu, and Li Yuan saw that the time was ripe, and it seemed that Li Yuan was still in awe of Yang Guang. So Li Yuan deposed Yang You as the Duke of Gongguo, and soon sent someone to kill him, only 15 years old, Yang You became a puppet emperor for 177 days, and Li Yuan gave him the title of Emperor Gong (Yang You was indeed very respectful as a puppet), but better than his grandfather Yang Guang's Emperor Gong.
2. Yu Culture and the deposed Emperor Yang Hao
Yang Hao was the eldest son of Yang Jun, the third son of Emperor Wen of Sui, but his fate was very bad. In his early years, his father Yang Jun, the Prince of Qin, was poisoned by Princess Cui, and Yang Hao was stripped of the right to inherit the throne by Emperor Wen of Sui because of his mother's sins.
After his uncle Yang Guang succeeded to the throne, Yang Hao was again made the Prince of Qin and served as the governor of Heyang. However, during Yang Xuangan's rebellion, he had too close contacts with the rebellious Zuo Yiwei general Yuwen Shu and was impeached by the courtiers, so he was dismissed from his title.
Yang Guang should have taken him with him when he toured Jiangdu, and after the change of Jiangdu in March 618, Yu Wenhua and killed the Sui Dynasty clan and foreign relatives such as Yang Xiu the King of Shu, Yang Hui the Prince of Qi, and Yang Qi the Prince of Yan, but Yang Hao had close relations with Yuwen Zhihe and yu Wenhua and his younger brother, not only saved his own life, but was also proclaimed emperor.
Yang Hao has the name of the emperor, except for stamping and signing documents, everything is Yu Culture and the master, Yang Hao is even guarded by Yu Culture and troops.
In September 618, Yu Wenhua and Yang Hao led their troops back to Chang'an, but unfortunately were defeated by Li Mi, the leader of the Wagang Army, and led the army to flee east, Yu Wenhua felt that Yang Hao was a burden, so he poisoned Yang Hao and established himself as emperor.
Yang Hao was a puppet emperor for nearly 6 months, and after his death, he did not even have the title of emperor, which was really regrettable.
3. Yang Tong, the Sui Gong Emperor, who was killed by Wang Shichong
Yang Tong was the second son of Yang Zhao, the crown prince of the Sui Dynasty, and during the Sui Emperor's tour, he was responsible for staying in the eastern capital Luoyang, and he struggled to support the eastern capital, when the Wagang army had already occupied Xingluocang, and the army sent by Yang Dong to attack Wagangzhai was also beaten to pieces.
After the Jiangdu Rebellion in 618, Yang Tong was proclaimed emperor by Yuan Wendu and other ministers, with the era name Ofai, and he posthumously honored Yang Guang as Emperor Shizuming, and if the Sui Dynasty could continue, Yang Guang would be Emperor Ming instead of Emperor Zhao.
Yang Tong still had a certain personality charm, and soon after succeeding to the throne, he actually recruited Li Mi, who resisted Yu Wenhua's attack for them. However, at this time, Wang Shichong, who was lurking in Luoyang, was not accustomed to the development of Yuan Wendu, so he contacted his subordinates to launch a coup d'état, after which Yang Tong was controlled by Wang Shichong.
Wang Shichong also defeated Li Mijun of Wagang, and at this time his prestige reached its extreme, so he sent people to persuade Emperor Yang Tong to add nine gifts to himself, and later he simply had people persuade him to give Wang Shichong the throne. In 619, Yang Tong had no choice but to sit in Wang Shichong, demote him to the Duke of Lu and imprisoned in the Hanliang Temple, and was soon killed by Wang Shichong. Yang Tong reigned for 366 days, and Wang Shichong honored Yang Tong as "Emperor Gong".
4. Yang Zhengdao, king of Sui established by the Eastern Turks
Yang Zhengdao was the widow of Yang Guang, the second son of the Sui Emperor Yang Guang, and was spared death due to his unbornness during the Jiangdu Revolution. In 619, after Yuwen and dou jiande were defeated by dou jiande, the sui emperor empress Xiao shi and Yang Zhengdao fell into dou jiande's hands.
In 620, Dou Jiande handed over Xiao Hou and Yang Zhengdao to the Chuluo Khan of the Eastern Turk Khaganate, whose wife was Princess Yicheng of the Sui Dynasty, so he gave great preferential treatment to Xiao Hou and Yang Zhengdao, and handed over the Central Plains people who remained in the territory of Eastern Turkistan to Yang Zhengdao to rule, and the capital was Fixed, establishing the "Great Sui", known in history as Hou Sui.
In 630, the Tang Dynasty destroyed the Eastern Turk Khaganate, Yang Zhengdao and Xiao Hou returned to the Tang Dynasty, and the Sui Dynasty was officially broken.
The two emperors posthumously titled by the Sui Dynasty
After the establishment of the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Wen of Sui posthumously named his father Yang Zhong as Emperor Wuyuan of Taizu, and when Yang Zhong was alive, he followed Dugu Xin in the conquest and made countless contributions, and after the establishment of northern Zhou, he was made a general of the Pillar State and was given the title of Duke of Guo.
Another posthumous emperor was Yang Zhao, the crown prince of the Sui Emperor, who was a lenient crown prince compared to his father, but died young at the age of 23, and his son Yang You, the Emperor gong of Sui, ascended the throne and posthumously honored Yang Zhao as Emperor Sejong.
If you take the number of posthumous emperors, the Sui Dynasty had seven emperors and one Sui king Yang Zhengdao.