Yang You was the emperor of the Sui Dynasty, known in history as Emperor Gong of Sui, and Yang You was only twelve or thirteen years old when he ascended the throne, and it was Li Yuan who personally supported Yang You's ascension to the throne. Yang You, as Yang Guang's grandson and the last emperor of the Sui Dynasty, reigned for only a short period of one year before being forced to step down because of power struggles. So what else did Yang You go through in his short life, and how did Yang You die in the end?
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Brief biography of Emperor Yang You of Sui
Yang You was the emperor of the Sui Dynasty, the grandson of Yang Guang, the Sui Emperor, and the son of Yang Zhao, the Prince of Yuande. Yang You has shown an unusual temperament since childhood, and has been brilliant since childhood. Born in 605 AD, Yang You was created King of Chen in 27 AD, and later renamed Daiwang. Moreover, when the Sui Emperor personally expeditioned to Goryeo, it was Yang You who was ordered to stay in Chang'an. He also followed the Sui Emperor to inspect Jinyang, and the Sui Emperor also asked him to be the Taiyuan Taishou, and then the Zhen shou Jingshi, at this time Yang You was just a small hairy child in his early tens.
In 217, Li Yuan rebelled in Taiyuan, and soon after he invaded the Sui Dynasty's capital Chang'an. In order to appear to be righteous, Li Yuan honored the fleeing Sui Emperor Yang Guang as Emperor Taishang, and then corrected Yang You as emperor. In 617, on November 16, Yang You ascended the throne as emperor at Daxingdian Temple, and yang You was only twelve years old in this year, so Yang You was only a puppet emperor supported by Li Yuan.
How did Yang You die
In 618, the Sui Emperor Yang Guang died in the Jiangdu Rebellion, so Li Yuan seized the opportunity to force Yang You to abdicate. After Yang You's abdication, Li Yuan proclaimed himself emperor, changed the name of the country to Tang, and himself became Tang Gaozu. After his abdication, Yang You was demoted by Li Yuan to the title of Duke of Tongguo, and Yang You has been living idly in Chang'an ever since. In 619, the fifteen-year-old Yang You died tragically, some people said that he died of illness, and some people said that he was assassinated, and there is no accurate conclusion to this day.
However, in the records of Yang You, there is no record that Yang You was weak and sick, or suffered from any disease, and sudden sudden death left many doubts. That's why so many people have doubts about Yang You's death, and many people believe that Yang You died because of the assassination. After Yang You's death, Li Yuan also gave enough face, and the title of Emperor Gong, because Yang You had no heirs, and also sought out Yang Xingji, a descendant of the Yang clan, to inherit Yang You's title.
Yang You was born in a war-torn era, and enjoyed the throne of the prince at a young age, but the war and the change of dynasties did not preserve his life's glory, and his short life was manipulated by people without freedom, although he became the emperor, he still did not escape this fate, which is also the sadness of the children born in the imperial family. Moreover, if Yang You, who was intelligent and extraordinary from childhood, was born in the Taiping Dynasty, he should be a good emperor.