In people's impression, Yang Guang is a tyrant who killed his father and brother, and he did not end up well in the end. However, from the perspective of the entire history, although many of his practices are indeed tyrant behaviors, his achievements are also remarkable. You should know that The Sui Dynasty has two dynasties, which is very similar to The Great Qin dynasty. Although the Qin Dynasty was destroyed by Hu Hai , it was Qin Shihuang that did too many overloaded things in his lifetime, which made the people unable to bear it. In the end, the people rose up to resist and subverted the Great Qin dynasty. The same is true for Emperor Yang of Sui Yang Guang. He also has great ambitions. He wants to accomplish more than his era could bear in his limited time in his life. Whether it is to open the Grand Canal of or the Three Conquests of Goryeo, this requires extremely huge national strength to support it. Obviously, the Sui Dynasty did not meet this condition. He was eager to complete these things, which eventually caused the people to be overwhelmed and could only raise an army to rebel.
In fact, Yang Guang was very wise and powerful in the early days. Yang Jian founded the Sui Dynasty and was naturally very cautious about his heirs. Therefore, he once secretly ordered people who were good at seeing their eyes and read all their sons, and said that King of Jin (Yang Guang) is indescribable. This made Emperor Wen of Sui look at Yang Guang with admiration. Later, Emperor Wen of Sui personally visited Yang Guang's mansion and saw that most of the strings of the instruments were cut off and dusty, which seemed to be unused. He thought that Yang Guang did not like singing and dancing geishas, ββand he was very fond of his favor, and everyone called him benevolent and filial. When Emperor Wen of Sui ascended the throne, he was determined to pacify Chen as his goal (such as the appointments of Han Qinhu and He Ruobi). He Ruobi was in Jingkou, and Han captured Hu Ji and quarrying, which caught Chen Jun off guard. The Sui army broke through the Yangtze River in one fell swoop. Wherever he went, he was invincible. After pacifying Chen, he entered Jiankang , killed the treacherous minister and favorite concubine Zhang Lihua , sealed the treasury, and brought Chen Shubao and his queen back to Suijing. This time the coach was Yang Guang. After the army, Yang Guang was promoted to the title of Taiwei, and was given a garment of chariot, horse, crown, and one Xuangui and white jade. It can be said that Yang Guang was in the limelight for a moment.
On the other hand, Prince Yang Yong , his political skills are much worse than Yang Guang. He is not good at speculating on his parents' wishes. He once decorated his Shu armor. Emperor Wen of Sui was unhappy when he saw it, which may lead to a luxury. Empress Dugu very much dislikes her son and ministers who have a concubine who is pregnant. Crown Prince Yang Yong favored many beauties, but Crown Princess Yuan died suddenly. Empress Dugu believed that it was the prince's beloved concubine Yun. Since then, Yang Yong's status in the hearts of his parents has plummeted. With Yang Guang's excellence, Empress Dugu gradually began to blow the wind by Yang Jian, wanting to abolish the position of Prince Yang Yong and make Yang Guang the crown prince. Then Yang Guang seized the opportunity, and he and Empress Dugu continued to frame Yang Yong. Finally, in October of the 20th year of Kaihuang (600), Emperor Wen of Sui deposed Yang Yong, and in November, Yang Guang was renamed the crown prince.
Yang Guang is a very tolerant person. He always has a wise and powerful face in front of his parents. However, when Empress Dugu passed away, when Emperor Yang of Sui was seriously ill, he began to show his fox tail. At that time, Yang Guang and Yang Jian's concubine, Mrs. Xuanhua, were serving her. Yang Guang had long been salivating about the beauty of Mrs. Xuanhua, but because of her father's face, she was not easy to deal with. That day, Mrs. Xuanhua took her medicine after serving Yang Jian. When he went back to change his clothes, Yang Guang followed him secretly. When Mrs. Xuanhua changed her clothes, Yang Guang suddenly broke in. Mrs. Xuanhua was frightened and turned away. Then she carried it out. Emperor Yang of Sui to intimidate Yang Guang. Yang Guang hesitated. Mrs. Xuanhua fled and directly found Emperor Wen of Sui Yang Jian to complain: "The prince is rude!" When Yang Jian heard this, his head buzzed and said angrily, "Dugu misled me!" So he recruited the Minister of War Liu Shu and the Huangmen Minister Yuan Yan, and issued an edict to summon the deposed prince Yang Yong. After writing the edict, the two men gave it to Zuo Pushe Yang Su.
Yang Guang also knew that he had caused trouble this time, so he simply did not stop. He was about to kill his father and usurp the throne. After he conspired with Yang Su, he directly asked his confidant Zhang Heng to enter the bedroom to transfer all the concubines and those who served him. Sure enough, the news of Yang Jian's death was not long after, and Mrs. Xuan Hua changed her appearance after hearing the news. However, Yang Guang was still somewhat intimate. After he successfully ascended the throne, he sent a knot to Mrs. Xuan Hua. The meaning of this can be imagined. Mrs. Xuan Hua also had a knot in his heart because of this. She was depressed all day long. Not long after, she died of illness.
Perhaps because he was suppressed for too long, after becoming emperor, Yang Guang's nature was exposed. Although he created the imperial examination, repaired the Grand Canal, and also conquered Goryeo three times, he was too ambitious, did not consider the actual situation, and took too fast, and his people could not keep up with his pace. He wanted to complete the things that others had accomplished in ten or hundreds of years in a short time. The people could not survive and naturally rose up to resist. In the end, the Sui Dynasty was destroyed in his hands, which was very sad.
