It is said that Yang Di is a bad king, so why did he swear to build the Grand Canal?

It was during this period that Yang Guang established a good relationship with people in the south of the Yangtze River. However, it was during this period that Yang Guang realized the prosperity of Jiangnan and had the desire to build the Grand Canal. It was also during this period that he developed the idea of arrogance and extravagance.

A generation of arrogant Yang Guang, literary and artistic efforts, and a big talk to the West, ordinary people can't understand the emperor's feelings for him. He has his own unique view on life. He won't be a hypocrite like Li Shimin, but in fact he has hidden dangers. At that time, the "Five Rebellions" in China had just ended, but the Great Sui Dynasty still faced a great threat from nomadic people in the Mongolian Plateau. The Great Sui Dynasty needed to conquer the Northeast (Korea), and then attack the Mongolian Plateau from east to west, and it needed to wage war abroad.

Forcing civilian workers, if they don't farm, they can't eat, and if they don't eat, they will go hungry. Hunger means I will die. If you want me to die, I will disown you as an emperor. Whether he rebelled or not, it's all the same to the emperor as long as you give me a bite to eat. Whether he is a tyrant or a bad king, it has nothing to do with Yang Guang anyway. After all, it is a fact that the world was in chaos at the end of Sui Dynasty and the people were miserable. Yang guang himself is the initiator of all this.

These so-called solutions are ultimately expedient. With the Grand Canal, the traffic in Beijing and other places is more convenient, and the court can control all places more effectively. Finally, it laid a curse for the collapse of the Sui and Tang Dynasties. The collapse of the Sui Dynasty was closely related to the construction of the Grand Canal, and our time was also an important murderer leading to the collapse of the Tang Dynasty. Besides, Yang Guang's killing of his father, Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty, is just a family statement, not a historical conclusion. After he acceded to the throne, he did kill his younger brother, that is, the deposed Prince Yong Yang, but Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong, also killed his younger brothers Li Chengjian and Li Yuanji. Fourteen years later, China's population was less than 400 million, and he returned to the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty. How cruel and terrible the incompetent emperor was to the country and people. But so far, people are praising him, which is really a big joke and a big sorrow.