Chang'an, the capital of Sui, was the former capital of the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the capital of Emperor Wen of Sui Emperor Yang Jian, the father of Emperor Yang Guang of the Great Sui Dynasty, who had been in charge for 24 years. After Yang Guang ascended the throne, he wanted to move the capital to a place that could be used as the core of the Central Plains, controlling the Turks in the west, Fu Qilu in the east, Liaodong in the north, and Huaiyang in the south.

The dreams that the emperors of all dynasties could not realize can be realized here in Yang Guang. When the Sui Dynasty reached the Yang Guang period, it was the time when the seven virtues of the Great Sui Dynasty were both poured, the nine songs had been negotiated, the four seas were rich, and the horses were in their heyday, so that the capital Luoyang could be built to realize the glory and dream of the Great Sui Emperor Yang Guang.

"Bingshen, hundreds of thousands of digging trenches for Ding Nan, connecting Changping and Jijun from the east of Longmen, arriving at Qingguan, crossing the river, reaching Junyi and Xiangcheng, and reaching Shangluo to set up customs defense." This large-scale trenching project of hundreds of kilometers has built a large encirclement-like defense line, which is very important for the defense of Luoyang City. The defensive line in the west and north was used against the Turks, and in the east in Kaifeng and Xiangcheng, the Shandong rebels who had long been enemies of the Great Sui.

Lu Chang walked all the way, from the south bank of the Yangtze River to the Yellow River, and he had a rough look at the customs along the way. Generally speaking, the situation in Jiangnan is slightly better and relatively wealthy, all because the Great Sui Emperor Yang Guang is particularly kind to Jiangnan.

Taxes in Jiangnan are relatively low, and the labor used to develop the canal is also less than in the Central Plains.

In addition, Yang Guang's conquest of Goguryeo almost did not use the people from Jiangnan, most of them were northerners, especially the army where the main forces of the major gate lords were occupied.

The legendary Grand Canal is an insight, and it is definitely a feat.

Throughout history, it has been compared to the great feat of the Great Wall. Of course, the Great Sui Emperor Yang Guang also built the Great Wall.

In later generations, there was a red flag canal, and the people fought the heavens and the earth, and they just opened the heavenly river in the mountains. However, compared with the canal of Yang Guang in the Great Sui Dynasty, it is a small thing.

Although it is said that the journey of thousands of miles is a real thing. Facts speak louder than words, I have to say that Yang Guang, the emperor of the Great Sui Dynasty, is indeed eloquent! I didn't dare to say that I hadn't seen Lu Chang with my own eyes, but what I saw with my own eyes was really emotional.

Throughout the life of the emperor of the Great Sui Dynasty, Yang Guang is more legendary and tragic than any emperor in history, the first half of his life has made great achievements, and then the second half of his life has evolved into a tragic emperor who lost the country and was even killed by his subordinates. The most unfortunate thing is to die with an eternal infamy on your back. Yang Guang of the Great Sui Dynasty was probably the most wronged emperor in history.

The Emperor of the Great Sui Dynasty was actually very civil, martial arts, building canals, recovering the Great Wall, establishing imperial examinations, centralizing power, going to Haoqiang, removing future troubles, Wei Siyi, conquering the Western Regions, and connecting the world. How many emperors in the world have been able to do it throughout the ages? How many emperors were able to work tirelessly for the sake of the country's stable and safe development, and in that era when there were only wooden wheels, to go to Qinghai, Mongolia, and Liaodong?

The song "Song of the Death of the Waves of Liaodong without Direction" scolded the Sui Emperor's Eastern Crusade, which was to rebel and needed an excuse. The expedition to Goguryeo was indeed a loss of life and money, but it could not be done because of the cost of labor and money.

In history, it was not only the Great Sui Emperor Yang Guang who went on an expedition to Goguryeo, why did Li Shimin, who was recognized as a famous lord of the generation, and his usually weak son Li Zhi, be like a rooster with red eyes, and he had to take Goguryeo?

As long as we look through the historical materials of that year, we can clearly understand that Goguryeo at that time was by no means a so-called small vassal state, it was also a highly centralized military power with half herding and half farming, and it was already capable of subjugating the surrounding small countries and coercing the Central Plains.

Li Shimin's expedition to Goguryeo did not have the slightest discordant voice, didn't it also cost the people and money? So, it's not a question of right or wrong, it's a question of who's doing it.

Emperor Yang Guang of the Great Sui Dynasty transferred a thousand-mile army that year, totaling more than one million people, and the three eastern crusades were by no means just because Goguryeo was disrespectful and simple.

Emperor Yang Guang of the Great Sui once said: "Don't worry about future generations!" ”

One sentence says the truth!

Later generations cannot restore the history of that time, and perhaps from Yang Guang's words, we can understand that Goguryeo has become a great disaster for China.

History is not provable! If there had not been the Great Sui Emperor Yang Guang's three expeditions to Goguryeo, maybe the trend of history would have been different, maybe Goguryeo had really risen, maybe it would have ......

Although the three expeditions to Goguryeo did not win completely, they also dealt a heavy blow to Goguryeo and caused it to sink.

People only remember that Yang Guang, the emperor of the Great Sui Dynasty, once traveled to the south of the Yangtze River by dragon boat three times, but a few people remember how much the 4,000-mile Grand Canal made to China's prosperity and stability!

This is tantamount to completely rejecting a brilliant masterpiece just because the last line was not written. "As far as the Sui Dynasty died, it has been a thousand miles to the river. If there is no water temple dragon boat matter, Gongyu will not have much merit. ”

The Tang Dynasty inherited the Sui Dynasty and took advantage of the Great Sui Dynasty, but even so, Li Shimin, the British lord of the Tang Dynasty, did not catch up with the wealth of the Great Sui Dynasty in the end.

Yang Guang has been recognized as the worst emperor in Chinese history since his death with the defeat of the Sui Dynasty, and has been recognized as the worst emperor in Chinese history.

Many foolish people in later generations used the current social situation of later generations to evaluate ancient emperors, which is itself biased. Some wild histories, and even deeds of chasing after the wind and shadows, created the honor and disgrace of the life of Yang Guang, the emperor of the Great Sui Dynasty, and Yang Guang was treated unfairly.

The reputation of the worst emperor of the ages is mainly due to the father and son Li Yuan and Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty who succeeded him. The Li family overthrew the Great Sui Dynasty and would not say that the emperor of the previous dynasty was wise, in order to show that the Tang Dynasty was better than the Great Sui Dynasty, it was certain to pour dirty water on Yang Guang.

Don't forget that there is another important reason, Li Shimin's ascension to the throne is not glorious, after killing his brother and forcing his father to become the emperor, he needs strong public opinion support. At the same time, he also needed a notorious former emperor Yang Guang to back him up. Without Yang Guang's absurdity and immorality, how can Li Shimin's wisdom and greatness be revealed?

Li Shimin does not lack his subordinates, let alone Confucian scholars who have no morals. Later generations did not come in person, but followed the crowd. Yang Guang was very resentful, and was almost drowned by the saliva of later generations.

In the final analysis, it depends on the social significance of his historical activities, whether they are progress or mediocrity.

Yang Guang is a great historical figure because he is one of the emperors who made the most achievements in the history of Chinese feudal society, and it is the most glorious page in Chinese history that completely denies that he was finally lost in the blood and fire of the Peasant War.

Yang Guang's bad reputation is also a true reflection of the narrow-minded and fragile side of the traditional thinking model of Chinese scholars.

Yang Guang's greatest achievement in China is the digging of the Grand Canal, with Luoyang as the center, from Hangzhou in the south, to Beijing in the north, the Sui Dynasty excavated a total length of 2,700 kilometers, across more than 10 latitudes of the earth, running through China's richest southeast coast and the Great Plain of North China, through Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Anhui, Henan, Shandong, Hebei, Beijing seven provinces and cities, access to the Yellow River, Huai River, Yangtze River, Qiantang River, Haihe River five major water systems, constitute the main artery of China's north-south traffic.

The Grand Canal has played a huge role in the history of China, and is a great water conservancy construction project created by the ancient Chinese working people, and it is also the earliest and largest canal in the world.

Therefore, standing on the boat and looking at the busy Grand Canal, Lu Chang was extremely emotional!

It's a pity, a generation of majestic and majestic emperors of the Great Sui.

In the next few years, Yang Guang, who was once one of the greatest emperors in the world, will face a desperate situation full of dangers, and even his life will be short.