For historians, Yang Guang, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, was an emperor who was labeled as a tyrant who died and left a stench for thousands of years; And Tang Taizong Li Shimin is an emperor who has the reputation of a Ming monarch through the ages and praises the virtues of the past dynasties.

The two seem to be out of reach, but in fact, Emperor Yang of Sui was once very close to becoming a sage like Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, and in terms of martial arts, Emperor Yang of Sui was not inferior to Taizong of Tang. The same heroic young hero, Emperor Yang of Sui, showed outstanding military and political talent when he was young.

When he was only 20 years old, he was worshiped by his father, Emperor Wen of Sui, as the generalissimo of the Sui Dynasty's soldiers and horses, commanding an army of 510,000 troops, pacifying the Southern Dynasty Chen State in the south of the Yangtze River in one fell swoop, ending the chaotic era of division and separation between the North and the South, and completing a great unification in Chinese history.

Tang Taizong is also a young hero, he has been familiar with military and political affairs since he was a child, and he cleverly forced his father Li Yuan to raise troops in Jinyang, raised the banner of anti-Sui, and has been the main force of the Tang army's southern and northern wars, and has made pioneering contributions to the establishment and development of the Tang Dynasty.

Moreover, Emperor Yang of Sui had a better initiative than Tang Taizong. As soon as he became emperor, he spared no effort to start large-scale projects such as digging the Grand Canal and building the eastern capital Luoyang.

Although these projects are suspected of abusing people's power and being too extravagant, they have played a tremendous role in the communication between the north and the south of China, the consolidation of the rule of the Central Plains, and the shift of China's economic center of gravity from Guanzhong to the Central Plains and then to the south. Its far-reaching influence on later generations reflects the foresight of Emperor Yang of Sui.

The imperial examination system, which influenced China for thousands of years, was also the creation of Emperor Yang of Sui. Although the imperial examination system has natural drawbacks, its method of selecting officials, which attaches importance to talent and learning rather than family rank, provides opportunities for lower-class intellectuals to participate in politics, greatly expands the ruling base of the feudal state, and plays a powerful role in promoting the prosperity and development of the feudal dynasty. Tang Taizong was relatively lacking in innovation.

All he did was to further improve the Sui Dynasty system such as the imperial examination system and the three-province six-ministry system, merge prefectures and counties, renovate the abandoned water conservancy undertakings of the Sui Dynasty, and vigorously promote agricultural development and other recuperation undertakings. Considerable efforts to expand the territory

Expanding the territory was the lifelong career of Emperor Yang of Sui. As soon as he ascended the throne, he raised troops to defeat the Khitan, and then defeated Tuyuhun, opened up thousands of miles of territory to the west, and incorporated most of today's Qinghai Province into the official administrative division of the Central Plains Dynasty, completing a cause that had never been achieved by the previous emperors of the Central Plains.

After that, he personally led a large army to Zhangye County, a desert border pass in the Hexi Corridor, for a westward tour. This western tour is unique in history, and Emperor Yang of Sui has also become the farthest emperor of the Central Plains to reach the northwest. This western tour shocked the border countries and made them surrender one after another.

Until the eve of the imminent demise of the Sui Dynasty, there were still a large number of vassal states that submitted to the Sui, which shows the power of the Sui Dynasty at that time.

Tang Taizong completed a decisive victory over the Turks, but Tang Taizong did not blindly use force to conquer like Emperor Yang of Sui, but implemented pacification policies such as national autonomy, harmony, and respect for national customs and habits for the border peoples. This also allowed him to gain greater respect from the frontier peoples and the title of "Heavenly Khan".

This also reflects the difference between Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty and Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, although the expansion of Tang Taizong is not as good as that of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, but its wisdom in policy wins.

The gap between Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty and Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty The reason why Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty failed to become a saint admired by the world should start from the fact that Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty was most respected by later generations.

It is precisely because of Tang Taizong's ability to accept advice that a large number of ministers and capable ministers have emerged around him, which also reflects Tang Taizong's broad-mindedness as a politician, and his words are relaxed and conducive to progress.

Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty left behind many stories of jealousy and jealousy in history. In fact, after the enlightened rule of Emperor Wen of Sui, there were many capable people with lofty ideals, but Emperor Yang of Sui was jealous of the virtuous ministers in the court, and he just blindly guarded against the expansion of high-ranking ministers.

He believed that the courtiers were just trying to figure out guò and gain political reputation, and he was extremely disgusted with him, and would punish him under various pretexts if he did not go well. The blockage of speech made it difficult for the emperor to accurately understand the situation, so that all his measures were based on inappropriate public sentiment and people's strength, so it was natural to cause public resentment to boil.

The unbearable injury of national strength Emperor Yang of Sui is only the second generation of emperors of the Sui Dynasty, although he has experienced the prosperity of the rule of the last ** emperor, but this dynasty that has just ended hundreds of years of great division is still too young, although the treasury of the Sui Dynasty is rich enough, but this dynasty has not passed the test of time, and the accumulation of manpower, material resources, military strength, and people's hearts is far from enough.

Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty obviously did not take into account the destructive power of the long-term war on the society and the people's ability to bear it, just like an ignorant "rich second generation", relying on the huge social wealth accumulated by the previous generation, from the moment he ascended the throne, he unscrupulously carried out endless wars.

Indeed, victory after victory came, and the rivers and mountains of the Great Sui became more and more extensive, but the national strength accumulated in the short period of time of the Great Sui could not bear the weight of the war.

The protracted war plunged the people of the Great Sui into an unimaginable abyss of poverty and incomparably heavy servitude, and the spark of turmoil could be ignited at any time, but the high Emperor Yang of the Sui did not know that he had reached the top of the volcano.

With the rise of the unbearable people, this young dynasty, which has not yet formed a deep foundation, did not survive several crises like those dynasties in history that have accumulated over several generations, but quickly lost its cohesion and became a plate of scattered sand.

As Emperor Yang of Sui was forced to death by his subordinates, the Great Sui ended up in the second, and it was the aristocratic forces that had just transformed from the previous dynasty that forced Emperor Yang of Sui to death. On the other hand, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, who was also the second generation of emperors, deeply reflected on the historical lessons of the short death of the Sui Dynasty, comprehended the relationship between the monarch and the people, implemented the policy of recuperation and recuperation, and vigorously restored the social economy that was destroyed at the end of the Sui Dynasty.

The ending has nothing to do with it, as the king of the dead country, Emperor Yang of Sui is often talked about by later generations of historians about his personal character. Emperor Yang of Sui's personal character has indeed been despised by future generations, no matter whether the court rumors of his father's murder on the throne are true or false, he always can't get rid of the suspicion of blood, coupled with the scandal of his father's concubine, as well as his extravagant character, so that future generations did not hesitate to make a conclusion about his conduct, that is, moral degradation, no shame at all.

But in fact, there are very few ancient emperors who are not extravagant, and there are many people who kill relatives and seize power, in this regard, Emperor Yang of Sui is not the most shameless one. Even if it is a generation of Ming monarch Tang Taizong, his road to the throne is full of blood. However, these are rarely mentioned by later historians, and even deliberately avoided them, which is enough to explain the problem.

The success of an emperor depends on his political achievements, cultural and martial arts and contributions to later generations, and finally the comments of later generations.

Yang Guang is such an emperor, although he is a dead king, although he is nicknamed Yang (Yang is the worst nickname among Chinese emperors), although later generations regard him as a typical tyrant of the faint monarch, and compare him with Qin II Ying Huhai, but it is undeniable that Yang Guang is the most emperor in Chinese history regardless of political achievements, cultural and martial arts, influence and contributions of later generations, he reigned for thirteen years, and completed the great cause that other emperors could not complete in a lifetime or even several generations of kings, if Yang Guang's life stopped at the great cause for six years, or his footsteps stopped at the great cause for six years, then he is likely to be tied with Emperor Qin and Han Wu, Three Emperors and Five Emperors.

Yang Guang is one of the kings who was framed and scribbled by later generations, and has the most wild history, he is a smart, enthusiastic, life-loving person, and a man with a strong sense of dedication. If he had died "in time" in the fifth year of the Great Cause, Emperor Yang of Sui would have become one of the most prominent emperors in Chinese history. The main reason for his disgrace was that the ambition of the first emperor of the ages who became "the descendants of all generations can not peep" urged him to drive the car too fast, and finally the car was destroyed and died.

To tell the truth, it is said that the Tang Dynasty was the most prosperous era in China, but it is unceremonious to say that without Emperor Yang of Sui, the Tang Dynasty could not get up, and the Tang Dynasty was the most prosperous than the rule of Zhenguan, but it was too much worse than Yang Guang's great cause. For four consecutive years, the world was granted amnesty, and money and food were exempted many times, but wealth still rolled in, and the population continued to grow rapidly.

According to the statistics of this year, there were 590 counties and 1,255 counties in the territory of the Sui Dynasty, and the number of households controlled by the imperial court reached 8.9 million, and the population of the whole country was 46.03 million. "Zizhi Tongjian" said: "The prosperity of the Sui family is extremely important. ”。

However, 10 years later, the population plummeted to 2 million households in the early Tang Dynasty, with a loss of nearly 7/9. During this period, the social changes were so tragic that it can be called hell on earth. After another 20 years, to the thirteenth year of Li Shimin's Zhenguan (639), the population was 3.04 million households and 12.35 million people. After another 115 years, by the thirteenth year of Li Longji Tianbao (754), the population of the whole country had recovered to 9.07 million households, 52.88 million people, and the strength of the Tang Dynasty had also reached its peak. And the following year, An Lushan rebelled, and it was hell on earth. After the Anshi Rebellion, in the second year of Li Yu Guangde (764), the population of the country was only 2.9 million households, 16.9 million people, a decrease of 3.6 million > in ten years

It is said that Yang Guang is cruel and lewd, but it depends on the actual situation, is it rare that the great cause does not need to be chaste??? Moreover, Yang Guang has reduced taxes many times, and has continued to become rich and strong on this basis.

This is the economy and society, in looking at Yang Guang's martial arts, Yang Guang is 20 years old to take command of Ping Chen, you must know that Chen can be the Yangtze River natural danger as a natural barrier, when Fu Jian millions of people have not been taken, only 20-year-old Yang Guang with strict discipline, heroic and good at fighting and the people "autumn did not commit any crimes", and what is more valuable is to protect the resources of the treasury after taking Chen. It has won the affirmation of Emperor Wen of Sui and the people of the world, "the world is widely known as a virtuous".