[Although Yang Guang has many wrongs, the history of Tang and Sui has actually been distorted from the subjective political tendencies of the historians.

Therefore, many people in later generations also spoke out for Emperor Yang of Sui, and they believed: "Confucian historians' moral evaluation of Emperor Yang of Sui is indeed too harsh." 】

"Merit, the descendants of freedom say, alas." Seeing this, Yang Guang couldn't help but sigh, and the anger in his heart suddenly subsided.

[However, it is undeniable that in a culture that attaches great importance to filial piety in China, just the few things of 'conspiring to seize the heir, killing his father and slaughtering his brother, and stealing his mother' can make Yang Guang be nailed to the pillar of shame forever! ] 】

[You must know that even a rare Ming monarch like Li Shimin is often accused of the Xuanwumen Incident, not to mention Yang Guang, who did something worse than the Xuanwumen Incident. 】

Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty had a somewhat broken posture and said: "Everything has been done. Evaluate as you like. ”

[Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty, in his impression of later generations, is actually not too different from those authentic faint monarchs in history. 】

[For example, Song Huizong and Song Gaozong, they are more typical faint monarchs, and Tang Xuanzong in his later years is also. 】

Song Huizong Zhao Ji: "."

Tang Xuanzong Li Longji: "."

Song Gaozong Zhao Gou: "."

Zhao Ji and Li Longji obviously didn't expect that they had already been counted, and they would be pulled out by Su Qian and whipped again

And Zhao Gou, he himself thinks that he should actually be ranked in Mingjun, but now not only did he not enter Mingjun, but he was on the list of faint kings, and according to the current trend, his ranking is not low, which makes him very painful

[Yang Guang is actually very capable, and has a strategic vision that surpasses the vast majority of people. 】

When Yang Guang saw this, he suddenly had a feeling of finding a confidant, "It turns out that the one who understands me best is you Su Qian, I'm afraid only Ling Su Qian"

[In the fourth year of Sui Renshou (604 AD), Emperor Wen of Sui died, the temple name was Sui Shizu, and the new emperor Yang Guang ascended the throne in this year.

Yang Guang's biological mother, Dugu Jialuo, is the origin of the famous Dugu family, his grandfather is Dugu Xin, one of the Eight Pillars of the Western Wei Dynasty, and his grandfather Yang Zhong is the general of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. 】

[Perhaps it was from such a wealthy family that Yang Guang was more aware of the harm of the wealthy family to the imperial power and the country, and also made him determined to get rid of or even eliminate the family gate! (The family gate valve here mainly refers to the Guanlong aristocracy)]

"How dare Yang Guang do this?"

"Presumptuous! Who gave him the guts?! ”

"We thought this straw bale was easy to control, but it seems that we have lost our eyes after all, but I didn't expect this guy to hide so deeply!"

The Guanlong nobles who were born in the era of the Northern and Southern Dynasties were actually very corrupt by the time of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty.

These former ministers have huge power and great influence, which has caused a great obstacle to the imperial power, and is a huge threat to the country and the people.

In fact, not only Emperor Yang of Sui, but also his father, Emperor Wen of Sui, also intended to weaken the power of the Guanlong nobles. It's just that Emperor Wen of Sui is still in the stage of "thinking" for the time being, while Yang Guang boldly entered the stage of "doing".

[Yang Guang is an accomplished emperor, smart and crazy. 】

[Yang Guang is not an "emperor through the ages", he can even be called a faint monarch and a tyrant, but at least he was not a waste emperor during his reign. 】

[In the early days of Yang Guang's ascension to the throne, he made a lot of contributions to balancing various forces at home and abroad and maintaining national stability.

For example, the reform of the official system, the imperial examination system, the promulgation of the law of great causes, and the conquest of the Western Regions all played a positive role in the development and growth of the Sui.

Even the relocation of the Eastern Capital, the connection to the Grand Canal also has its far-reaching political goals and considerations, not just for its own pleasure.

In particular, the Grand Canal, since the Sui Dynasty, has greatly facilitated transportation such as grain transportation, strengthened north-south exchanges, and prospered the economy along the route. 】

[It's just that Yang Guang is too eager for quick success, and in just a few years, he has launched a number of national projects one after another.

In other dynasties, these projects had to be carefully discussed and planned before they could be launched.

And in Yang Guang's place, it is actually opened continuously, or even in parallel, which hurts the muscles and bones, labors and money, and it is impossible to bear it no matter what kind of economic conditions it is placed in. 】

[Not only that, but when the big project was underway, Yang Guang himself was not idle.

He prefers to travel around, during his reign, he visited Yangzhou three times, two patrols to the north, one tour to the right of the river, and three to Zhuo County.

And he also likes to talk about pomp and circumstance during his travels, making a huge noise, just afraid that others will not know that he has been released again. 】

[Yang Guangda has carried out these reforms and investments in a leap forward, on the one hand, breaking the interests of some original strata and having positive factors; But it has also led to the loss of some vested interests and the loss of support from some people. Yang Guang himself couldn't be clearer about these calculations hidden behind the facts, but he still did it, and he could only say that he was probably a drunkard and didn't mean to drink. 】

When Yang Guang saw this, he immediately scolded angrily: "*** You Su Qian!" My plans are about to be picked up by you, how do you let me deal with these wealthy families in the future?! ”

The others also seemed to have a slight understanding, and suddenly looked at this "faint king" a little.

[Yang Guang's policy has its positive side, but on the other hand, he conscripted troops externally, engaged in infrastructure construction at home, and extorted expropriation, but these measures greatly consumed the country's finances and touched the foundation of the country.

The long-term large-scale consumption made the finances unable to make ends meet, made the people miserable, and the foundation of the country was shaken, which eventually triggered a backlash at the bottom of the society, and the rebel armies from all over the Great Sui swarmed! 】

[If you want to say how absurd Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty is, it is not necessarily true, because most emperors are actually similar in this regard, but there are some problems with the object of Yang Guang's attack.

Yang Guang was married at the age of 14 and killed at the age of 50, with four sons (one of whom died young) and two daughters. Of the five surviving children, at least two sons and one daughter were born to Empress Xiao.

And Li Shimin, who later created the rule of Zhenguan, lived to be fifty-one years old, but left behind fourteen princes and twenty-one princesses, and was the father of thirty-five children, and Yang Guang's children were only a fraction of Li Shimin. 】

Yang Guang nodded and said, "Su Qian said a fair word this time, but I didn't expect that kid from the Li family to be so fierce in giving birth to a baby!" ”

"Isn't it a good thing for the royal family to spread out? Moreover, I'm afraid this can only show that I am stronger than Yang Guang, right? Li Shimin didn't care, and was even a little complacent.

[Yang Guang has only reigned for fourteen years, and in the long river of history, it is just a short moment. 】

[Thanks to Yang Guang's generosity, eagerness for quick success, and his invincibility in three expeditions to Goryeo, the domestic contradictions were finally completely detonated.

The strength of the peasant rebel armies in various places developed rapidly and grew stronger day by day, but he was unwilling to face up to the reality of the vigorous development of the peasant uprisings, and the ministers around him did not tell the truth, falsely claiming that the number of rebellious peasants was "decreasing".

At the end of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Guang saw that the world was in turmoil, and he was disheartened and hid in Jiangdu without any intention of returning to the north, and was finally killed by the people around him. 】

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