If you say that Yang Di is a notorious emperor, I admit it, but if you say that Yang Di is a capable emperor, I object.
Some people may say, I think Emperor Yang Di is incompetent only because he is a loser, and it is inappropriate to judge heroes by success or failure. I don't deny this, but it's not all.
Give the simplest example, Xiang Yu. Xiang Yu is a complete failure. It took him only a few years to feel extinct from great superiority. However, although Xiang Yu was defeated, it did not prevent others from addressing him as the overlord and writing it down? Live as a hero and die as a ghost? A hymn
This is absolutely incomparable to Emperor Yang Di.
First, Emperor Yang Di, the black sheep at the forefront in ancient times.
I respect Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty, even if he usurped the Northern Zhou regime. From the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Western Jin Dynasty, and then to the sixteen countries of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the people of the Central Plains have been living in exile for hundreds of years.
Its tragic degree is even worse than that in the Spring and Autumn Period. After all, during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Central Plains was still in an advantage in the face of nomadic people, and it did not happen. Five random China? Things.
Therefore, whoever ended this chaotic situation should be respected. Emperor Wen not only ended the troubled times, but also started the troubled times on this basis? Open the emperor's prosperity? .
This is rare in so many dynasties in ancient times.
Generally speaking, it is difficult for the founding emperor to achieve prosperity, because he ended the troubled times and the people were in a state of exhaustion. It is not easy to achieve prosperity, and it usually takes several generations to achieve it, whether it is the Western Han Dynasty or the Eastern Han Dynasty.
In Qingping Music, which was popular some time ago, the Song Dynasty under Song Renzong was called Qingping Music because of its developed economy and weak martial arts. Renzong Shengji? .
The difference between words tells the hardships of the prosperous times.
But Emperor Wendi did it, the population increased several times, and the Sui Dynasty flourished.
Emperor Yang Di, himself, was destroyed. It is no exaggeration to say that he was the black sheep in the front row of ancient times.
Generally, a dynasty thrives in the middle period, and dies after several generations of consumption. It took only a generation for Emperor Yang Di to do this. To tell you the truth, I still admire it a little.
Secondly, if Emperor Yang Di succeeded militarily, he could improve my evaluation of him, but unfortunately he didn't.
Emperor Yang Di's achievements are as follows:
The start of the imperial examination system. Excavation of the Grand Canal. Three symbols of Korea. Chen said the imperial examination system first. It is generally believed that it appeared in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, but when it appeared has been controversial. When I saw a group of people saying that Emperor Yang Di initiated the imperial examination system, I also made a careful investigation, but I still didn't come to a conclusion. Some people put it directly on Yang Di, which I don't understand.
Let's talk about the excavation of the Grand Canal. This is indeed the achievement of Emperor Yang Di. When some TV programs say that he wants to have fun, I don't believe it.
But the key is how much manpower it takes to dig the Grand Canal. I don't understand why he has to do what several generations should have done.
In such a hurry, is it just for future generations to praise him more? If so, it is obvious that his goal has been achieved, but at the cost of a large number of people being displaced.
The third expedition to North Korea was similar to the Grand Canal, and it took a lot of manpower and material resources, but it didn't succeed in the end.
As for Chen, the coach at that time was indeed, but it was He Ruobi who really led the troops to fight. Is this Yang Guang's achievement?
Yang Guang, Emperor Yang Di of Sui Dynasty, was not a bad king in general. At least he still has ambition, but it is also accompanied by quick success and instant benefit.
Concluding remarks
Yang Di Yang Guang, Emperor Yangdi of Sui Dynasty, was a man who had an ideal but could not realize his dream. The price of his failure was a sharp drop in population. If this can be blown, I don't think those innocent people who died tragically will agree.