What are the main contents of Yangdi’s merits and demerits?

Gong: Establishing the imperial examination system to pass on from generation to generation, allowing more talents to have a place to use themselves. He searched westward for Zhangye and became the first emperor to visit the Western Regions. In order to strengthen China's territory, he conquered Korea three times. In order to strengthen transportation between the north and the south and consolidate the strength of the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty used his existing economic strength to recruit millions of people. Starting in 605, he successively dug a grand canal connecting the north and the south.

Explanation: Years of wars have left the people in dire straits and hungry people everywhere. It was these mistakes that triggered nationwide peasant uprisings and chaos, which eventually led to the collapse of the Sui Dynasty.

Evaluation of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty

Yang Guang was the only emperor of the Central Plains Dynasty who personally visited the Hexi Corridor. He once went to Zhangye, Gansu to convene the Conference of Nations. At that time, the Western Regions, West Asia, and the Middle East , small Eastern European countries sent envoys to worship, which greatly promoted the integration of nationalities, the exchanges of Eastern and Western civilizations, and the stability of a unified country.

Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty was "beautiful and clever," and more than 40 of his poems were recorded in "The Complete Poems of the Sui Dynasty." The masterpieces that have been passed down to this day include "Spring River Flower Moonlight Night" and "Drinking Horses in the Great Wall Grottoes" "Xing", "Jiangling Girl's Song", etc. He is very talented and has profound literary attainments, and his poems are full of romanticism. If he had not been the emperor of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Guang could have left a rich and magnificent chapter in the history of Chinese literature, leading the way and leaving his name forever.