The Sui Emperor Yang Guang was the second emperor of the Sui Dynasty and the last emperor of the Sui Dynasty, and the establishment of the Sui Dynasty destroyed Southern Chen and unified China, and the people thought that they could live a good life comfortably, without suffering from the war. But who knows that when Yang Guang ascends the throne and takes power, the tragedy of history will repeat itself, and the nightmares of the people will continue to be staged. What did the Sui Emperor do during his reign, and why did it lead to the collapse of the Sui Dynasty?
In July of the fourth year of Renshou (604), Yang Guang officially ascended the throne and ruled the world. In fact, Yang Guang was not originally the crown prince, his brother Yang Yong was the crown prince, so it should have been Yang Yong who was called emperor, however, according to the Book of Sui, "Emperor Ji III: Gao Zu secretly ordered the good people to come and look at the sons, and he said: "The bones on the eyebrows of the King of Jin are bulging, and the precious is indescribable." "Even though Gao Zu was fortunate to live in the first place, he saw that the strings of the musical instrument were broken, and there was dust, and if he did not use it, he thought that it was not good to be a prostitute, and he was good." Shangyou self-mannerism, then known as Renxiao". This means that Yang Guanggui is indescribable and does not like to sing and dance beautifully, so the Sui Emperor Yang Jian admired him very much, and Yang Guang disguised himself even more, and people called him Renxiao at that time. Of course, I have to admit that Yang Guang still has some strength in fighting, and he also made great achievements when leading his troops south to pacify Southern Chen, and was even more appreciated by Emperor Wen of Sui. Compared with Yang Yong, Yang Yong was more addicted to the literature and beauty of words, and slowly Yang Yong also lost the love and trust of his mother,Dugu Jialuo, and Yang Guang also falsely accused Yang Yong of framing and slaughtering to the Du Lonely Empress. Later, in October of the twentieth year of the kai emperor (600), Emperor Wen of Sui deposed Yang Yong and in November made Yang Guang crown prince, sowing the seeds for the demise of the Sui Dynasty.
In the fourth year of Renshou (604), Emperor Wen of Sui fell ill and lived in Renshou Palace, surrounded by Shangshu Zuo's servant Yang Su, Bingbu Shangshu Liushu, and Huangmen Shilang Yuanyan.com. During his illness, although Emperor Wen of Sui regretted making Yang Guang crown prince, it was too late, and Zhao Yi recorded in the "Outline of the Great Cause" that Emperor Wen of Sui was poisoned by Zhang Heng, and Ma Zong recorded in the "Tong Calendar" that Emperor Wen of Sui was "blood spattered with screens" by Zhang Heng. But in any case, Yang Guang had already usurped the throne. After being called emperor, Yang Guang forced Yang Yong to commit suicide and killed his other brothers, and the ancient generals were more ruthless than one.
In the first year of Ōe (605), Tokyo was built, which was later changed to Dongdu. The construction of the Eastern Capital lasted ten months, using two million people per month, this is a major project, many people think that the construction of the Eastern Capital is only the Sui Emperor in order to covet pleasure, but in fact, this is Yang Guang's political considerations, in the process of many rehabilitations, the Sui Emperor deeply felt that "the Guanhe River is far away, the soldiers are not in a hurry" and Luoyang is in a moderate location, which is convenient for transferring fixed materials from the north and south to obtain sufficient supplies, so it is imperative to build the Eastern Capital.
In addition to building the Eastern Capital, the Sui Emperor also built a large number of civil engineering, built canals, and built dragon boats. On the one hand, the construction of the Grand Canal of the Sui Dynasty strengthened the exchange and convenient transportation between the north and the south, solved the problem of grain shortage in the north, on the other hand, it also provided convenience for Yang Guangxia's pleasure in Yangzhou, he had to go to Yangzhou once a year, it is said that every time he went to Yangzhou, he wanted a dragon boat four-fold, forty to fifty feet high, two hundred feet long, the decoration of the dragon boat was decorated with gold and jade, which can be described as luxurious, and there were one or two hundred thousand people such as kings, hundreds of officials, concubines, palace women, etc., the team was very large, and the land they passed through had to be contributed by the common people. I want to say, although you are the king of a country, the row of noodles is necessary, but more than a hundred and twenty thousand people follow, this is to fight or to enjoy ah, the old saying has clouds "success is caused by thrift and thrift by luxury", although the Sui Emperor did not hear this sentence at that time, but such extravagance and waste, it is easy to cause public anger, as an emperor, not only did not put his mind on how to make the country rich and strong, let the people get rid of poverty, live a happy life, but only cared about scavenging the people's fat and people's ointment, and coveting pleasure. Who will serve such an emperor?
Three marches on Goguryeo, wounding millions of soldiers. Goguryeo straddled the two banks of the Yalu River, located in the current eastern Liaoning, central Jilin and northern Korea, in order to capture Goguryeo, the Sui Emperor went out to attack three times, in order to highlight his combat ability and seize the first merit, Yang Guang ordered the Sui generals not to make any decisions about the operation without authorization, all the battle plans and decisions had to be issued by him, which led to the delay in military information, so that the Goguryeo army had a chance to breathe and adjust, so it was that the Sui Emperor had not been able to take Liaodong City. At this time, because of the war and the large-scale construction, millions of manpower were successively mobilized, countless deaths and injuries were killed and injured in the war and labor, the land on which the common people depended for survival was not cultivated, the social economy was seriously damaged, the peasants had no economic resources, and it was difficult to maintain their lives, and slowly evolved into gathering together to carry out sneaky robbery activities to maintain their lives, so that finally a large-scale peasant uprising broke out throughout the country, and the Sui Dynasty entered a period of turmoil and began to perish.
Looking back at the fourteen years of the reign of The Sui Emperor Yang Guang, in fact, it can be seen that the Sui Emperor also has lofty ambitions, has a heroic strategy, wants to do a great cause, and create a great empire, but these seemingly advantages are actually shortcomings that will eventually destroy the country, if Yang Guang can be like his father, more calm and composed, not so tossed, not only concerned about his own pleasures, maybe the Sui Dynasty will not perish, at least it should not perish at his hands. It's just that Yang Guang is too fond of the limelight, too much want to express himself, does not consider the people, does not care about the safety of the people, and finally can only be said to be self-inflicted, turning himself into the last emperor of the Sui Dynasty.