Emperor Yang Di Yang Guang
Yang Guang is English, fine print. Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty, the second son of Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty, was the second emperor of Sui Dynasty (reigned 604-6 18). Yang Guang is talented, handsome and outstanding in literary talent. In the first year of Jian 'an (58 1), Yang Guang was made King of Jin, and later took part in the battle to pacify Chen Nan. In the 20th year (600 years), Emperor Wen of Sui made him the Crown Prince.
In the fourth year of Renshou (604), Yang Guang officially proclaimed himself emperor. During his reign, Yang Guang built the Grand Canal in China, made Luoyang the capital and moved the capital to Luoyang. He was arrogant and extravagant, abused people's resources, imposed heavy taxes, and the people complained.
Frequent wars were waged abroad, Tuguhun was conquered, and the Koguryo Three Signs caused serious social and economic damage, making it difficult for the people to survive, which eventually led to a large-scale peasant uprising and the collapse of the Sui Dynasty.
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Yang Guang has a high literary attainments. Among them, Moonlit Night on the Spring River embodies the achievements of the blending of the northern and southern poetic styles in the Sui Dynasty, and also points out the direction for the development of poetry in the early Tang Dynasty, which is its most artistic and highest achievement. Sui Shu Jing Ji Zhi recorded 55 volumes of Yang Di Ji, 4 volumes of Quan Sui Wen and 45 poems of Quan Sui.
In fact, most of the canals opened in the Sui Dynasty used natural rivers or dredged canals left over from the previous generation. The canal dug by Yang Guang was actually dredged by using the old rivers dug by many dynasties. Yang Guang ordered more than one million people in two counties in northern Henan to build a collection canal. Xigu water is drawn from Xiyuan, Luoyang, Luoshui follows the old course of Yangqu, and Dongbian bends into Huaishui.
He also recruited 10 million migrant workers from Huainan to repair the straight ditch opened by Chen Deng in the Eastern Han Dynasty. From Yang Shan to the Yangtze River, the width of the canal entering the Yangtze River is 40 steps. A neat and flat imperial road was built on both sides, and willows were planted. From Chang 'an to Jiangdu, more than 40 detached palaces have been built.
Then, he sent people to Jiangnan to build tens of thousands of dragon boats and miscellaneous boats. Then, Yang Guang ordered the dredging of Tunshi River in the Han Dynasty and Baigou opened by Cao Cao as Yongji Canal, and the dredging of Wu Yunhe, Qindantu Waterway and Southern Dynasties Canal in the Spring and Autumn Period as Jiangnan River, which was later called Sui Grand Canal.