Du Yulu heard Zhang Chao talking about him left and right, but he was not discouraged, but took the initiative to say: "Emperor Yang of Sui was also an elegant person back then, in order to see the Qionghua in the south, he actually dug a grand canal, and then made the people and money, and the three expeditions to Goguryeo made the world rebel. In the end, the good Great Sui also ended up with a dead country, and he was also hanged on the dragon boat by Yu Culture, and a generation of faint monarchs ended up on the dragon boat, and my Tang Dynasty can also be established because of this. ”

Hearing Du Yulu's words, Zhang Chao suddenly sighed: "Maybe others are qualified to scold Emperor Yang of Sui, but I am not qualified to scold Emperor Yang of Sui." In any case, Emperor Yang of Sui has a lot of kindness to me, I can't scold him, otherwise I will forget my roots. ”

"Oh? Do you think Emperor Yang of Sui shouldn't be scolded? Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty conquered Goguryeo three times, working the people and losing money. The Grand Canal was built, and I don't know how many people died on the Grand Canal. And you must know that countless people are angrily scolding this Grand Canal, because the Grand Canal has ruined their families. Even, if there is no Grand Canal, everyone is living a good life, and as soon as the Grand Canal was dug it was requisitioned, countless conscripts were levied, and countless families were destroyed, is this still a good thing? ”

After Du Yulu finished speaking, she deliberately tried to look at Zhang Chao, hoping to take out some valuable words from Zhang Chao. However, this time Zhang Chao was really a little frowned, he heard this Du Yulu's words, and he was obviously very unhappy immediately.

"Do you also think that the Grand Canal should not be built?" Zhang Chao asked.

"Is it necessary? Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty did not hesitate to build the Grand Canal in order to see this Qionghua, so in order to satisfy his own selfish desires and harm the people of the world, should he be? Du Yulu asked.

Zhang Chao snorted: "Philistine! ”

Of course, Zhang Chao knew that this was actually a deliberate slander of Emperor Yang of Sui in ancient times, saying that Emperor Yang of Sui built the Grand Canal to see Qionghua, and there were many theories about this even in later generations. In later film and television dramas, in order to belittle Emperor Yang of Sui, the king of the fallen country, and elevate Li Shimin's status, in order to establish this theory that the Sui Dynasty must die and the Tang Dynasty must establish the return of the Mandate of Heaven, this statement is also cited. As a result, many young people thought that Emperor Yang of Sui built the Grand Canal to see Qionghua, which is too ridiculous. Zhang Chao didn't watch the historical film and television dramas of later generations at all, because he never watched those ancient film and television dramas after he became an official, because those film and television dramas had too many brainless things. Even Emperor Yang of Sui built the Grand Canal to see Qionghua said it so righteously, which is simply misleading to the audience.

"The Grand Canal, not to mention the present, even countless people in future generations will benefit. With the Grand Canal, then our China will not be divided into a situation of confrontation between north and south again in the future. And with the Grand Canal, then the next step will be able to put an end to the confrontation between the north and the south in the land of China, and it will be able to promote exchanges between the north and the south, and then the situation between the north and the south will not be formed. When the time comes, the country can dominate the world as quickly as possible. In addition, the Grand Canal has promoted the grain and grass of the south to feed the north, and the goods of the north can also be transported to the south for sale. How could the Grand Canal be useless? Zhang Chao couldn't help but say.

Zhang Chao refuted Du Yulu's words very unceremoniously, because Zhang Chao was also very aware of an important project in later generations, that is, the South-to-North Water Diversion Project. You must know that the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, which is actually the Grand Canal in the 21st century, is no different from the purpose of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in those years. In fact, the South-to-North Water Diversion Project is to use the method of building canals to connect the water systems of the north and the south, so as to send water resources from the south to the north. In addition, after the construction of the canal, it can promote the communication of commerce and trade and the circulation of goods.

The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is actually the ancient South-to-North Water Diversion Project, and the South-to-North Water Diversion Project is of great significance. Zhang Chao is naturally not so brainbroken that he thinks that the Grand Canal has ruined countless people, and he thinks that the Grand Canal is evil, and the role of the Grand Canal has been proved for thousands of years in the future. For more than 1,000 years in the future, the Grand Canal transported grain from that side to the north, and then fed the army of hundreds of people in the north, and then could resist the invasion of the nomads. Although China was eventually conquered by nomads, if it had not been for the continuous mobilization of grain and grass by the Grand Canal, I am afraid that it would have collapsed long ago due to the pressure of more and more population in the north.

Zhang Chao knew that even the Grand Canal in later generations was still playing its own role and bringing great benefits to the country's economic development. Therefore, of course, Zhang Chao will not deny the role of the Grand Canal, but recognizes the role of the Grand Canal. Even if Emperor Yang of Sui didn't build the Grand Canal, there would always be an emperor who would build it.

Zhang Chao was an official who mainly focused on economic development in later generations, so he was naturally very clear about this. The role of the Grand Canal is not much less than that of the Great Wall, but the Great Wall is a military role, and the Grand Canal not only takes into account the military, but also can bring great economic development. Even if there is no Grand Canal to connect the north and the south, China may face the consequences of division. During the period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, in fact, because there was no "road" between the north and the south to communicate, the northern army could not go south smoothly and quickly, and the southern army could not go north, which seriously hindered the unification of the country. But with the Grand Canal, the communication between the north and the south is very fast, and if you want to transfer troops and transport supplies, it can be easily mobilized. This will be conducive to the reunification of the North and the South and prevent the country from splitting. But many brain-dead fans of the Tang Dynasty really remembered that Emperor Yang of Sui went to see Qionghua and built the Grand Canal, and even said that the Grand Canal killed a lot of people and should not be built.

"If you want to look at it in two, if you don't have a look in two, you don't deserve to be a qualified official!" Zhang Chao said.

When Du Yulu heard Zhang Chao's introduction to the advantages of these Grand Canals, Du Yulu was also very shocked. Du Yulu has never heard of the Grand Canal having this effect, she is only sixteen or seventeen years old this year, and she has always thought that the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is something that has killed hundreds of people since she was a child. Because she was born during the turbulent times of the Sui Dynasty, the year she was born was Wang Bo's rebellion against the Sui Dynasty, and then caused chaos in the world. And then many rebel armies put the responsibility on Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty, especially the Grand Canal and the Three Expeditions to Goguryeo, which were the "sins" of the Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty.

But now Zhang Chao actually "overturned the case" for Emperor Yang of Sui, overturned the sins of so many peasant rebels who had deducted Emperor Yang of Sui, and even did not give face to the Tang Dynasty, directly refuting the characterization of Emperor Yang of Sui by the Tang Dynasty. And this is something that Du Yulu did not expect, she never thought that the Grand Canal also had a political and economic role. Because she hadn't learned anything like that at all, all she had learned was some literature and the like, at most some strategy. However, strategy does not represent the economy and the real political strategy of governing the country, and the means of political struggle are always only means, not the real end. The real purpose is to return to governing the country, and although Du Yulu thinks that he was born in a high family, he did not expect that the Grand Canal would have such an important role.

Zhang Chao turned his head and said to Du Yulu: "You are really a woman, what you see in your eyes are some superficial things, but you can't see a higher level of development at all. ”

"You!"

Du Yulu listened to Zhang Chao's unkind words, and her chest trembled with anger, obviously because she was aroused by these words. However, she also recovered quickly, after all, she is not an ordinary person.

"Then he conquered Goguryeo three times, how do you say that? The three expeditions to Goguryeo killed hundreds of people and brought countless disasters to the people. They also brought countless suffering to the people of Goguryeo, and then many people of Goguryeo also suffered heavy casualties, do you say that this should be? Yang Guang: How unkind is this? Goguryeo, should not be attacked. Du Yulu said.

"Yang Guang is not benevolent, then I admit it. But Goguryeo must perish, if Goguryeo is not destroyed, then our China will never have peace. Zhang Chao said.

"You're using strong words!" Du Yulu said.

Zhang Chao immediately said: "Are you familiar with my map of Huaxia since Liu Han?" ”

"Familiar!" Du Yulu said.

Zhang Chao asked rhetorically: "You compare, our map of China, about Liaodong." In Liaodong, we have occupied almost the north of the Han River since the Han Dynasty, and later the rise of the Goguryeo people continued to encroach on our Chinese territory. And later, they encroached on the territory of the northeast of Youzhou, what do you say is their situation? They took advantage of the troubled times in our China, and then continued to encroach on our Chinese territory, shouldn't we take it back? ”

Zhang Chao in the history of later generations, I also have to say that this Goguryeo people played a big game of chess, they took advantage of China from the middle of the Eastern Han Dynasty also began to encroach on Chinese territory, and then the late Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period together with Cao Wei to attack Liaodong, although later Cao Wei almost wiped out the nation, but later they took advantage of the Central Plains Wuhu chaos period, and then revived. In the end, it gradually encroached on Chinese territory, and then gradually occupied the surrounding areas of the later northeastern provinces and became the so-called Goguryeo territory. In later generations, many Korean idiots still really regarded the Northeast as the territory of Goguryeo. And those Korean idiots Zhang Chao are not worth appreciating, but this also shows that Liaodong was once eaten by Goguryeo.

Dealing with this kind of Goguryeo, if you don't destroy them, then China will never be at peace. If Goguryeo is not destroyed, then when the Central Plains are in turmoil in the next time, they will continue to encroach on more territories, and then eat away at the Central Plains step by step. This is not alarmist, they have been doing it since they were in the past. They all survived by encroaching on Chinese territory, and then even continued to encroach insatiably, from the Eastern Han Dynasty to the current Tang Dynasty, they never stopped.

Therefore, Goguryeo must be destroyed from the perspective of national strategy, and their wolf ambitions are never small. Even, anyone who really understands this process will know that Goguryeo's ambitions are definitely no less than those of later Japan. It's just that what Japan wants is to swallow China, and Goguryeo is to encroach. The cannibalization method is slower and less exposed. The people of this era did not know the ambitions of Goguryeo, so as a later generation, as long as Zhang Chao put a few maps together, he could also see this "big chess" played by the Goguryeo people.

"Therefore, Emperor Yang of Sui fought Goguryeo, this is absolutely not wrong." Zhang Chao said.

After Du Yulu heard this, he finally couldn't help it, that is, he said: "Since you said that Emperor Yang of Sui was not wrong, then the once powerful Great Sui will still lose the country because of this?" ”

Zhang Chao said directly: "He is too anxious, if he can divide the conquest of Goguryeo and the construction of the Grand Canal into several generations, the Great Sui will not only not lose the country, but will be very strong." Emperor Yang of Sui's purpose was not wrong, but he used the wrong method, and this is where he was wrong. ”

"Then you say that you are deeply favored by Emperor Yang of Sui, so what kind of favor have you received from him? I'm afraid, after you were born, the world has been in chaos, how can you get kindness? ”

"The kindness I received was because I became an official of the Tang Dynasty by relying on the imperial examination, and the imperial examination system was pioneered by Emperor Yang of Sui, wasn't I deeply favored by him?" Zhang Chao asked rhetorically.

Du Yulu can say that because Zhang Chao became an official of the Tang Dynasty through the imperial examination, there is no problem in saying that Zhang Chao has obtained the favor of Emperor Yang of Sui. The imperial examination system was truly pioneered by Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty and became a fixed system. The imperial examination system is the most important method for selecting officials in China in the future, and it has influenced China for more than a thousand years. Therefore, even if Emperor Yang of Sui was belittled more, then he created this imperial examination system, it was enough to be a reformer. In the eyes of Zhang Chao, a professional reformer, Emperor Yang of Sui was a truly great reformer, who changed the aristocratic class on which China depended, and he was tantamount to knocking down a class and then supporting the poor landlord class. Although Emperor Yang of Sui didn't see this, he was the one who really began to end the family.

If there was no Emperor Yang of Sui, how could China have a political system in which the capable are superior and the mediocre are lowered. If there is no imperial examination system, then it is impossible to talk about the next people to do their best. If the nine-product Zhongzheng system has been maintained, then Zhang Chao really can't imagine what China will become. Therefore, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty built the Grand Canal and pioneered the imperial examination system, and is definitely one of the most indispensable emperors in Chinese history, because his political legacy has influenced China for more than a thousand years, even in the later Republic era. If it weren't for Emperor Yang of Sui, what would China have become? Maybe it is not as strong as China's later dynasties, this is definitely not a joke.