Editing history: the opening inventory of the top ten emperors

When it comes to Emperor Sui Yang, the first thing most people can think of.

It should be the Grand Canal of Emperor Sui Yang and the imperial examination system.

The first is the Grand Canal. Emperor Sui Yang's idea of ​​digging the Grand Canal was actually not too wrong.

The excavation of the Grand Canal was first of all to strengthen the rule.

This is a very easy thing to understand, because in ancient times, road traffic itself was a rather difficult thing.

From south to north, it is quite a long distance.

Once there is a rebellion, it will take a long time for the imperial army to slowly enter the rebellious area.

But if there is a grand canal that runs from north to south, it would be much easier to transport and deploy troops by water.

The large-scale reduction in the time that can be reached in each place will naturally further maintain the rule.

Because in the event of a rebellion, the imperial army can arrive quickly.

It can be said that this is a very meaningful thing.

But the question is, did Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty dig the canal purely to strengthen his rule?
No, there are other reasons as well.

The reason for this is enjoyment.

In other words, squeeze the people in Jiangnan.

Although it is said that the large-scale conscription of labor in ancient times will definitely give food and money.

But how much is a very puzzling thing, and logically speaking, if the construction period is not tight and the money and food are sufficient, then too many people will not die.

Or cause too much public resentment.

Obviously, Emperor Sui Yang did not do this, because in the subsequent rebellion, the slogan of popular uprising was no different from that of other dynasties.

It is to open a warehouse to release grain, and opening a warehouse to release grain can pull up a banner of rebellion, and there is a large number of people to follow, which means that they are indeed somewhat unable to survive.

As for pleasure, in the first year of the great cause.He ordered the excavation of the Tongji Canal, and then sent people to the south of the Yangtze River.

Start building the ship.

These things are extremely luxurious.There were tens of thousands of ships, and when the Tongji Canal was opened in the same year, Emperor Sui Yang couldn't wait to start the journey of pleasure.

In terms of the number of ships, there are thousands of ships, and the number of husbands among them is a huge number, a total of 8.

These people are the people who pull the boat.Then they arrived there, returned again, built chariots again by land, and recruited more than [-] laborers, more than [-] people.

These things are naturally oppressing the people in the south of the Yangtze River.

This kind of play actually caused considerable damage to everything around.

This is the reason why Emperor Sui Yang dug the Grand Canal, and the excavation of the Grand Canal is not all due to Sui Yang Emperor.

In fact, he only occupies a small, even insignificant point of it.

The digging of canals has been going on since ancient times.

What Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty did was to rely on the abundant manpower and material resources left by the Northern Zhou Dynasty to dredge the old river channels that had been excavated by many dynasties from the Spring and Autumn Period to the Southern and Northern Dynasties.

And one thing that needs to be distinguished here is that there are two Grand Canals, one is the Sui and Tang Dynasty Grand Canals, and the other is the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.

And the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal has almost nothing to do with the Sui and Tang Dynasties.

Because the channel of the Sui and Tang Dynasties was not followed, it was excavated additionally.

As for the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the Grand Canal used almost a large number of channels dug by all previous dynasties.

For example, Hangou is a river channel dug in the Eastern Han Dynasty; the Jiangnan Canal is the canal opened by the Wu State, the Qin Dantu Canal, etc., the canal opened by the Han Dynasty and the Six Dynasties; The natural channel of the Yellow River was also used; the Yongji Canal was used to dredge the Baigou opened by Tunshi Gudu and Cao Cao, etc. In addition, natural channels such as Qinshui and Qingshui were also used.

Therefore, instead of bragging about the achievements of the Grand Canal, it is better to brag more about the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.

Because the Grand Canal of the Sui and Tang Dynasties actually took the credit of the predecessors, and not only that, the role of the Grand Canal of the Sui and Tang Dynasties was not as great as everyone imagined.

Because even during the excavation period, it was the era of Emperor Sui Yang.

In fact, the canal has already begun to clog.

Afterwards, frequent dredging was required before it could be used. It can be said that later generations devoted far more effort than Emperor Sui Yang to maintain this so-called Grand Canal.

Moreover, this Grand Canal is called the Sui and Tang Grand Canals, and the credit cannot be attributed to Emperor Sui Yang.

This is about the canal. Even if it is the so-called groundbreaking of digging the Grand Canal, this groundbreaking is actually not very good.

Because the canal has existed since ancient times, the Grand Canal is more like something that will definitely appear.

What Emperor Sui Yang did was undoubtedly eager for success, so that the symbolic significance of this canal was far greater than the actual significance.

Perhaps it can be seen just from the name of the Grand Canal in Sui and Tang Dynasties.

Then there is another aspect.

Imperial examination system.

The establishment of the imperial examination system did not happen overnight, nor did it happen that the so-called emperor did everything in one step.

Among them, Emperor Sui Yang was more like an insignificant existence, but for some reason, he was constantly mentioned, which made people feel that he seemed to have done a very remarkable thing.

But in fact, the creation of the imperial examination system lies in Yang Jian.The earlier germination should have come during the Southern and Northern Dynasties.

Moreover, the imperial examination system here is quite different from the imperial examination in imagination.

It can be said that apart from the fact that the name of the imperial examination system is constantly being used, in fact this thing has nothing to do with the real imperial examination.

The imperial examination system created by Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty was to a large extent, or almost, the same as the examination system of the Han Dynasty.

There is a very funny thing here, since the core of the imperial examination system is the examination.

Then someone must lose the election and someone will be on the list.

But in the era of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty and Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, although there was the concept of separate examinations.

But there is no concept of dismissal, and not everyone can take part in this imperial examination.

What you need are recommendations from others.

Yes, the first qualification to enter the imperial examination is the recommendation of other great Confucian scholars or local respected people.

And after the exam, you can become an official, there is no such thing as not passing the exam.

Is it similar to the probation system in the Han Dynasty?
Well, it could even be said to be exactly the same.

The imperial examination system we are talking about must meet three conditions.

First, you don't need to be recommended by others, you just need to rush for the exam by yourself.

Second, there must be a dismissal relationship, that is, winning the list, or failing the list.

The third is that this thing must be held on a regular basis, and it must be on an incomparably grand scale.

But it is a pity that the real expansion of the scale will have to wait until the time of Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty, and it will have to wait until the time of Wu Zetian when the humble family selects scholars.

What Yang Guang, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty did, did not promote development.

Instead, he reversed the car, because at least before, there was a saying of surrendering self-advancement, but in the reign of Emperor Sui Yang, it was not allowed.

Therefore, the imperial examination system has little to do with Emperor Sui Yang.

Then what?What else?Of course there are more things, similar to the Guanlong Group.

Similar to open up frontiers?And the peak value similar to the population, but these are all nonsense