Although Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty repaired the Grand Canal brought heavy conscription to the people of Hebei at that time, it was beneficial for thousands of generations, and when it came to the contribution to Chinese civilization, there were few descendants who could compare with it.

After the canal was repaired, it effectively diverted the floods of the Yellow River for hundreds of years, and until the Song Dynasty, when the flood occurred, this thousand-mile Sui embankment saved thousands of lives. Tang people Pi Rixiu once stayed on the bank of the Bianshui River, saw the endless stream of ships on the canal, the cargo ships and cruise ships, the prosperity of the world is inseparable from this river, so he made a poem "Bianhe Nostalgia" to comment on the merits of the Grand Canal.

As soon as this poem was completed, the world sang: "The end of the Sui Dynasty is this river, and it has been thousands of miles away from Laitongbo." If there is no water temple dragon boat matter, Gongyu will not have much merit. Not only praised the positive significance of the Grand Canal to future generations, but also compared the historical achievements of Emperor Yang of Sui to repair the canal with Dayu's water control, and the evaluation is extremely high.

The so-called "Water Palace Dragon Boat Incident" refers to Pi Rixiu's belief that Emperor Yang of Sui built the Grand Canal not for the comfort of the people, but mainly hoped to take a dragon boat to the south of the Yangtze River for pleasure, which is Pi Rixiu's erroneous opinion under the misdirection of public opinion in the Tang Dynasty.

However, because the Li Tang Dynasty was very successful in scandalizing him; In addition, the rebel army rose up at the end of the Sui Dynasty, so our dynasty, which has always supported the peasant uprising without asking questions, naturally also wanted to characterize Yang Guang, the enemy of the peasant army, as the villain, and further demonized him on the basis of the history distorted by the Li Tang Dynasty.

As a result, today's mainstream public opinion is opposed to Yang Guang's construction of the Grand Canal, and condemns him in unison for his great achievements, disregard for the people's strength, and arrogant construction of the Grand Canal...... Under such bias and misdirection, most people today have no idea how far-reaching the Grand Canal will be for the prosperity and stability of China in later generations.

I don't know that this project has brought benefits to tens of millions of people in the land of China for more than 1,400 years, and I turn a blind eye to Yang Guang's great courage and long-term vision to overcome all difficulties and insist on building the Grand Canal despite the resistance of all parties, but regards the Grand Canal as a tyrant project that costs the people and money, and thinks that Yang Guang should not implement it at all, which is undoubtedly a very unobjective and fair cognition.

In fact, in the previous dynasties, there was no shortage of people who scolded Emperor Yang of Sui, and many beneficiaries of the Grand Canal not only did not have the slightest gratitude and admiration for Emperor Yang of Sui, but also misinterpreted his original intention of building the Grand Canal as pleasure for cruising and enjoying.

Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty was ambitious after he first ascended the throne and wanted to achieve a career, in addition to expanding his territory, he hoped for long-term peace and stability internally. In his view, China has experienced the division between the north and the south for too long before, the people's hearts have been scattered, and the sense of belonging to the country is not strong, and only by integrating the north and the south can we effectively prevent further splits in the future, so that the land of China will once again fall into civil strife, create opportunities for foreign tribes in the north to enter the Central Plains, and once again stage the tragedy of the people's misery during the "five chaos in China."

In Yang Guang's view, the construction of the Grand Canal is the most effective way to integrate the north and the south. Facts have also proved that Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty has a very accurate vision, after the collusion of several major water systems, it has greatly enhanced the economic and cultural ties between Jiangnan and Jiangbei, and has greatly promoted the integration and exchanges between various ethnic groups, while the Central Plains culture has been brought to the north and south, it has also introduced the nomadic culture of the northern grasslands and the water town culture of the south into the Central Plains, realizing the diversification, complementarity and co-reproduction of Chinese culture, and later even benefiting international exchanges.

In addition to quickly breaking down the divide between the north and the south, the Grand Canal greatly improved its ability to transport troops and supplies to any area where there was a potential danger of resistance, and strengthened the central government's rule over the southeast.

After the completion of the Grand Canal, the capital city in the north was able to completely bring the southern territory under the rule of the dynasty, which was undoubtedly a landmark progress in China's 2,000-year-old feudal dynasty. The second motive of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty was to strengthen the north-south transportation capacity through guò to improve the overall economic level of the country and greatly improve people's livelihood and national strength. At the same time, it also pinned its hopes on "leading the area with points" to promote the development of the canal, both of which have achieved remarkable results later.

As we all know, in the long era of farming, human civilization has always been based on the river, after the emergence of the Grand Canal, directly led dozens of cities along the river to rise from the ground, directly created Yangzhou (including Hangzhou), Xi'an (including Luoyang, Kaifeng), Beijing (including Tianjin) these metropolises.

For nearly a thousand years, these cities have played a pivotal role in Chinese history, and their influence on China is both deep and far-reaching, thanks to the Grand Canal. During the Northern Song Dynasty, Bianliang was the most prosperous city in the world at that time, with hundreds of thousands of garrisons and millions of residents in the city, and the daily supplies required were astronomical, which could only be supported by the transportation of the Bianhe River. The Bianhe River is the Tongji Canal dug in the Sui Dynasty, and the most prosperous southeast six roads in the country at that time relied on this canal.

Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty dug the canal, in addition to the long-term vision and the establishment of the good karma of the people of Zebei in later generations, there was also a third important purpose, that is, to transport a large amount of grain from the south of the Yangtze River to the north, so that it could be used to conquer Goguryeo, a large country in eastern Liaodong.

Goguryeo was the second most powerful neighbor in the east of the Great Sui Dynasty at that time, and repeatedly burned and looted the border, and after the Sui Dynasty subdued the Turks and successfully divided them, Goguryeo became the primary disaster of the Sui Dynasty, and the complete conquest of Goguryeo became a compulsory course for the emperors of the Central Plains during the Sui and Tang dynasties. As early as the eighteenth year of the emperor's reign, Emperor Wen of Sui Emperor Yang Jian sent Gao Ying to lead an army of 300,000 to the east, but due to the lack of military food, he was defeated under the fortified city, and 300,000 soldiers were buried in the wilderness, and less than 3,000 returned.

In view of this, after Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty set up the national policy of conquering Liaodong, he took the opening up of water transportation between the north and the south and the guarantee of military food supply as a preparatory work that must be realized, and started construction in the south and north at the same time, which took several years, and finally connected the Yangtze River, Huai River, Yellow River, Hutuo River, Sangganshui and other major rivers in the world as a whole, and completely solved the problem of "sending grain from the south to the north".

Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty carried out the Grand Canal project mainly for three motives, these three points were finally realized, and the Grand Canal was indeed Ze by future generations, benefiting all the people, but Yang Guang, who made great achievements for the Chinese people, was finally ruined and scolded by later generations for thousands of years, which is inevitably quite chilling.

In today's office culture, it has always been "do more wrong, do less wrong, and don't do nothing", and those who live in a vegetarian position are free and risk-free; Those who do practical things are often reprimanded and blamed by many idlers who have nothing to do because of their negligence and imperfection in doing things, and even lose their official positions and are blamed for it, which undoubtedly achieves a unity of ancient and modern grotesque culture with the past.

Of course, in addition to hoping to make the Great Sui a rich country and a strong people, Yang Guangda did not have the slightest selfishness in repairing the canal. Judging from his character of attaching importance to the name behind him, it is likely that he also hopes to leave a name in the history books through the Grand Canal, a project that has been built by later generations. Comrades, remember one thing, history is written by victors, and the Great Sui Dynasty was detained by the Tang Dynasty for such an eternal crime after the destruction of the second generation, drifting and singing, gradually hiding his father's concubine, killing his father and killing his brother, all of which were given to Yang Guangzai.

I've never believed in real history, and primary school textbooks are all tempting. Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty ruled for a total of 14 years, and unlike most people's impressions, he was a diligent monarch for more than half of the first half of the time. Yang Guang rarely spends time in the imperial palace in Kyoto, let alone frolicking with his concubines, and spends most of his time touring around the country.

In the third year of his reign, Emperor Yang of Sui toured north to Yulin until the Great Tent of the Turkic Qimin Khan; In the fourth year, he went out of the Great Wall and traveled outside the fortress until Wuyuan; In 609, he traveled west to Zhangye and met with many envoys from the Western Regions; In 615, he toured the Great Wall to the north to deter Beihu, and his footprints can be said to have traveled all over the northwest.

Yang Guang toured around not to enjoy the mountains and rivers, but to learn about the customs and customs of various places along the way, so that he could understand the national conditions, govern reasonably, and not be deceived by his subordinates. Some of these parades were also accompanied by the purpose of expanding the territory, promoting the national prestige of the Great Sui, strengthening national defense, and deterring various surrounding forces politically and militarily. At this time, Yang Guang was ambitious, long-term, and positive, showing a kind of Mingjun atmosphere everywhere.

Counting the kings of various dynasties, how many emperors are willing to work so tirelessly for the stable development of the country? How many emperors were able to go to Qinghai, Mongolia, Liaodong and other bitter cold places outside the Seychelles without fear of hardships in that era when there were only wooden wheels?

However, after the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, Yang Guang's diligent and diligent appearance of traveling around was deliberately scandalized by the new dynasty, and his original intention was distorted into sexual pleasure, and then it became ironclad evidence that he worked hard for the people and lost money, and did not care about the lives of the people for his own fun.

Regrettably, this absurd claim has become mainstream rhetoric and is believed by most people. In fact, the flaws of this denigration are very obvious. As far as the western tour of Zhangye is concerned, it is mainly to open up the Silk Road, and it has a clear motive of expanding its territory and operating commerce, but how can it be biased to be attributed to touring the mountains and rivers?

Moreover, the environment of the western desert border pass was harsh, and the traffic at that time was extremely unchanged, so it was not a good place for amusement at all. In fact, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty experienced a lot of hardships and dangers in previous parades, and encountered a snowstorm in a canyon with an altitude of more than 3,000 meters and a temperature below zero all year round.

The northern tour of the Great Wall in 615 was because of the failure of the previous expedition to Liao, so he hoped to boost the morale of the army and the people, and it was completely for the country. The trip was difficult and dangerous, and in the end, Yang Guang was surrounded by hundreds of thousands of Turkic troops in Yanmen and almost taken prisoner. But now some people actually say that his trip is to go to the outside of the fortress to enjoy the scenery, which is really a big joke in the world, which emperor will go to the dangerous border to enjoy the scenery? Is your brain watered? Obviously, in order to ruin Yang Guang's reputation, many people don't even want their faces.

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