Since Yang Guang is a bad king, why should he build the Grand Canal?

First of all, here is an idea. I thought that Yang Guang didn't want to fix the Grand Canal before he died, but the Grand Canal, as one of many projects that wasted people's money, further consumed people's strength, which led to more exultation of people's grievances and more social unrest, thus accelerating the demise of himself and the Sui Dynasty. In addition, Yang Guangyi was not a bad king at first, but he has always been a tyrant. One mind Boy Yang Guang

Life is like a play, it all depends on acting, which is well explained by Yang Guang. Yang Guang is a rich second generation and an official second generation. Just born, it was still the world of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and he inherited the Yanmen County Duke of his father Emperor Wen of Sui. After the establishment of the Sui Dynasty, he was named King of Jin at the age of 13. Arguably, this condition, for the average person, noble and rich salted fish life is very comfortable. But he doesn't want to dawdle. He has all kinds of great ambitions. If he wants to practice without scruples, he will have to take over the throne, so he will not only leave a good image for his parents, but also kill his eldest brother Yong Yang!

No, Emperor Wen of Sui, the Emperor Wen, privately asked the fortune-teller to show the fortune-teller to the princes. Yang Guang was admired for his unique disguise. Therefore, Wendi went to his house in person, only to see a musical instrument covered with dust and broken strings, and Wendi went away with joy.

Prince Yong Yang is straightforward and can't pretend. Therefore, his two actions directly led to the dissatisfaction of both father and mother. He retouched his armor, and when Emperor Wen saw it, he thought it would bring extravagance. He also favored many concubines, which led to the dissatisfaction of his mother, the Queen Dugu. Just at this time, the Princess Dugu suddenly died, and the Queen Dugu even thought that the concubines favored by the prince killed the Princess Dugu, so she became more and more dissatisfied with him.

After hearing this, Yang Guang tightened his tail to get a good image. Concubine only according to the standard gather together a number, but even so, he only with Xiao Fei days together to show single-mindedness. Every time Yang Guang entered the DPRK, the frame was refined and simple, and he was respectful to the courtiers. Then he seized Yong Yang's handle and added fuel to the fire, and the position of the Prince was smoothly obtained. Second, a bad king ≠ tyrant

I quite agree with Professor Meng Man's idea. Look at Yang Guang's hypocritical cover-up and scheming for winning the position. From a big point of view, he will do whatever it takes to get something done, and he won't stop until he reaches his intention. This is a real Boy with a desire. At best, he has a bad personality, but he has a strong ability to do things. Look at what he did after he succeeded to the throne. Politically, reform the official system, announce the "Great Cause Law" and "build the East Capital"; Economically renovate the Grand Canal; Looking at this resume, you can say that he is militaristic, but you can never say that he is a fatuous and incompetent person. But why did he gradually become fatuous?

I thought it was when he first came to power that he felt high-spirited, eager for quick success and quick success, and misused people's resources. Practicing many aspirations without reality leads to exultation of people's resentment and instability of state affairs. As a result, not only many aspirations have not been realized, but they have fallen into one mess after another. Multiple blows and pressures made him start to get confused. Three? Standing on the shoulders of giants runs through the Grand Canal

I use the word "running through" in the subtitle because during the Sui Dynasty, there were already large and small canals dug by predecessors, and Emperor Yangdi expanded its communication, but it was still a big project. The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal was built in the Spring and Autumn Period and ended in Sui Dynasty. The Spring and Autumn Period is an era of war, and the Grand Canal was naturally dug to facilitate the war. However, in the Sui Dynasty, the primary intention of exchanging the North-South Canal was in politics and economy, because at this time, the Great Sui Dynasty was a unified dynasty, and there was no need to fight as in the Spring and Autumn Period!

Politically, during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the clan's power was appropriately overbearing, such as Sima clan and Wang clan in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, all of which were strong enough to oppose the existence of imperial power. These aristocratic families are mainly entrenched in the south of the Yangtze River, so it is appropriate and necessary for the Sui Dynasty to exchange canals in order to consolidate its rule.

Economically, for a long time in China's ancient history, the economic center of gravity was in the north, which followed Soochow's development of the south of the Yangtze River at the end of the Han Dynasty. Later, the northern dynasties were separated by war and the southern dynasties were relatively stable and unified, which brought about the influence that most of the resources and productivity in the north came to the south, which greatly promoted the economic development of the south and shifted the economic center of gravity to the south. However, Chang 'an, the capital of the Sui Dynasty, needs to be built to facilitate the officials and people in the capital to eat and to promote the integration of national resources.

Conclusion The official history of the former dynasty was revised by the later dynasty, and the monarch who perished in the country must have his own personal and administrative shortcomings, but it is also essential for successors to embellish the black material in order to show their own justice. Yang Guang has an ambition, and the final failure can only show that he used the wrong method and went the wrong way!