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Chapter 187 Common Problems of Mingjun
  Ancient people from all dynasties shook their heads when they saw how absurd Emperor Xuan of Zhou was.

A monarch who ignores government affairs and only cares about his debauchery is a disaster for the people and is not worthy of being an emperor at all.

At this moment, everyone was expecting Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty to change the dynasty quickly.

Letting such a mediocre monarch serve as emperor for one more day will mean that the common people will suffer one more day.

Especially the common people during the period of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty felt this most deeply.

Due to Emperor Xuan of Zhou's ignorance, their people's lives were miserable, and they had no meal at all.

Thanks to His Majesty's change of dynasty, their lives are slowly getting better.

"In 580, Yang Jian was appointed as the general manager of Yangzhou. Before taking office, he suffered a foot illness and postponed his trip. This coincided with the critical illness of Emperor Xuan of Zhou Dynasty."

"After Emperor Xuan of Zhou died of illness, Emperor Zhou Jing came to the throne. Because Yang Jian was the father of Queen Yang, he was appointed as the prime minister in charge of all officials to assist in government affairs."

"Yang Jian changed the harsh punishments of Emperor Xuan of Zhou Dynasty and won the hearts of the people in the world."

"Yang Jian was worried that the Zhou kings would have trouble in the vassal state, so he summoned the vassal kings to the capital on the grounds that King Zhao Yuwenzhao was going to marry a Turkic girl. A total of five kings came to Chang'an."

"Wei Chijiong, the general manager of Xiangzhou, considered himself a famous general with great reputation. He was aggrieved by Yang Jian's dictatorial power, so he raised an army."

"Yang Jian quickly put down the rebellion and killed the five kings who took the opportunity to conspire to rebel. He completely eliminated the reactionary forces among the Xianbei people and cleared the way for him to replace the Northern Zhou Dynasty."

Liu Bei: It seems that this Yang Jian is just another Dong Zhuo, but Yang Jian succeeded in replacing him in the end.

As soon as Emperor Xuan of Zhou died of illness, the six-year-old Emperor Jing of Zhou came to the throne, and Yang Jian took over the power. This plot was exactly the same as that of Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shao, and Cao Cao when Emperor Xuan ordered the princes.

The only difference is that these Han thieves could only stop at monopolizing power, while Yang Jian directly succeeded in usurping the throne.

Although Emperor Xuan of Zhou was mediocre and foolish, it was not a good thing for Yang Jian, the minister of Tuogu, to usurp power and seize the throne.

Having said that, this Yang Jian is a descendant of Yang Zhen, the Taiwei of the Eastern Han Dynasty, but he is also a thief who usurps power.

Cao Cao: Yang Jian is Gu's role model. I hope Gu can also eliminate the opposition forces as soon as possible like Yang Jian.

Now at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the world is divided into three parts. As long as he can completely eradicate Liu Bei and Sun Quan, no one can hinder his hegemony.

He was also the emperor of Niao who ordered the princes, so Yang Jian was so good at sweeping away all the opposition forces cleanly.

But he still has to deal with the two forces, and he doesn't know when he will be able to completely dominate the world.

But he soon became full of fighting spirit. In the past, Cao Wei succeeded in unifying the world. Now, although the historical trajectory has changed, he believes that he will still succeed this time.

"In 580, Emperor Zhou Jing promoted Yang Jian to the rank of prime minister, promoted him to the title of king, and named him King of the Sui Dynasty."

"Emperor Jing of Zhou issued an edict saying that Yang Jian could go to the palace with swords and shoes. He would not follow the rules when he entered the court, and he would not be called by his name when he paid homage. He was prepared with the etiquette of nine tins, so that his status would be higher than that of other princes and kings."

"Yang Jian declined many times, and in the end he only accepted the title of king and the fiefdom of ten counties."

"In 581, Yang Jian accepted Jiuxi's etiquette. Later, Emperor Jing of Zhou issued an edict to abdicate the throne, but Yang Jian declined three times before accepting."

"Yang Jian wore ordinary clothes from the Prime Minister's Mansion and entered Linguang Hall and assumed the throne of emperor according to the ritual system. He named the country Sui, changed the year to Kaihuang, and announced a general amnesty to the world."

"After Yang Jian ascended the throne, he made Queen Dugu the queen and Crown Prince Yang Yong the crown prince."

"Delegated Emperor Jing of Zhou Dynasty to the title of Duke of Jie Guo. In May, Yang Jian sent people to kill Yuwen Chan and held a mourning ceremony for him in the court hall. He was given the posthumous title of Emperor Jing and was buried in Gongling."

Cao Pi: Yang Jian is not good. He is too small-minded. He has already usurped the throne of Emperor Zhou Jing, and in the end he will kill him with poison. He does not have the courage of the founding emperor.

The world was already in Yang Jian's hands, and the young Emperor Zhou Jing could not pose any threat to Yang Jian at all.

But Yang Jian did not let Emperor Zhou Jing go in the end, and even held a hypocritical mourning ceremony. It was really hypocritical.

He has a much bigger heart than Yang Jian, which gives him a sense of superiority.

He remembered clearly that Yang Jian was one of the six eternal emperors, which was enough to illustrate Yang Jian's importance in the minds of future generations.

But now he, the founding emperor of the Wei Dynasty, has done much better than Yang Jian, the founding emperor of the Sui Dynasty, in terms of treating the subjugated king kindly.

After Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty gave him the Zen throne, he did not do anything to Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty and even gave him preferential treatment.

Even Liu Chan, the subjugated king of the Shu Han Dynasty, was not in trouble and provided him with good food and drink.

Look at what he did, and look at what Yang Jian did, the two are at odds.

"In 582, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty issued an edict stating that when he became the common master of the world, he was in a state of decline, so he temporarily lived in the palace of the previous generation."

"The princes and ministers persuaded Yang Jian to build a new capital, so Yang Jian ordered the construction of a new capital, moved it to the new capital Daxing the following year, and granted amnesty to the world."

"In 588, the State of Chen invaded the Sui Dynasty, so Yang Jian issued an edict to attack the State of Chen and began the war to destroy Chen."

"In 589, Han Qinhu led his army to attack Jianye and captured Chen Shubao, the monarch of the Chen Kingdom. The Chen Dynasty was destroyed and the world was unified."

When ancient people from various dynasties heard Han Qinhu's name, they always felt that they had heard it somewhere before and had a familiar feeling.

Then some people with good memories spoke up to remind everyone, and then everyone recalled it.

Tianmu has played a video before, which mainly introduces which ancient people became gods after death.

And Han Qinhu is the other one, and he is also the majestic King of Yama.

Now hearing the anchor talk about Han Qinhu's heroic deeds, everyone suddenly realized.

Han Qinhu captured the king of a country and destroyed the country, which shows his extraordinary power. It is no wonder that he can become the king of Yama after his death.

Han Qinhu: Capturing Chen Shubao and destroying the Chen Dynasty can be said to be the most proud achievement in my life.

As a general, who doesn't want to make achievements and win every victory?

Conquering a country is the biggest long-cherished wish of every general, and Han Qinhu did it and successfully destroyed the Chen Kingdom.

"After unifying the country, Yang Jian put an end to the chaotic situation of division and separatism in China's feudal society that had lasted for three hundred years since the end of the Western Jin Dynasty."

"Yang Jian began to carry out a series of reforms for the declining country. The efficiency of the implementation of government orders was improved, and the situation of official domination was avoided. Agriculture, industry and commerce were developed, and the Sui Dynasty's economy was rapidly restored."

"Yang Jian worked hard to achieve short-term prosperity after the long-term division of the Sui Dynasty, and created the glorious Kaihuang rule."

“During the Kaihuang period, the cultivated land area across the country was nearly three times that of the Eastern Han Dynasty, totaling more than 3 million hectares.”

"The population grew rapidly, from 450 million households in the early Sui Dynasty to about 606 million households in 900, with a total population of about million."

Li Shimin: Although my uncle did some wrong things in his later years, he ended the chaotic situation that had lasted for three hundred years since the end of the Western Jin Dynasty. Based on this alone, my uncle’s historical achievements cannot be erased.

Although there were endless wars in the last years of the Sui Dynasty and the people were in dire straits, my uncle's end to three hundred years of chaos is still worthy of recognition. And strictly speaking, the prosperity and strength of his Tang Dynasty was also thanks to the foundation laid by his uncle.

Without my uncle's series of determined reforms, there would be no profound foundation accumulated by the Sui Dynasty, and there would be no prosperous Tang Dynasty.

Zhao Kuangyin: Yang Jian worked hard to govern and created a glorious founding emperor. From this point of view, he did a good job as the founding emperor.

Emperors of all dynasties, Yang Jian's situation is very similar to him.

The two of them also ended centuries of chaos and created a new dynasty.

But strictly speaking, his achievements are not as good as those of Yang Jian, there is still a slight gap.

After all, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Jian, completely unified the world and established a unified dynasty.

And he said that he wanted to unify the world and establish the Song Dynasty.

But it was only a partial unification, and foreigners from the north had not yet been wiped out.

Despite the original historical trajectory, he did not completely unify the world until his death. Even the Song Dynasty was still suppressed by foreigners.

But now he has full confidence that he can completely eradicate the foreigners, and he believes that he can also achieve Yang Jian's achievements.

"After Yang Jian established the founding emperor, he entered his later years of power."

"Yang Jian changed his previous diligence and prudence and liked to use severe punishment to control his ministers. He easily listened to slander and was suspicious of meritorious officials. He punished him harshly. In his later years, he even killed ministers indiscriminately."

"In 589, because someone falsely accused Shangzhu of treason, Yang Jian believed the slander and executed the founding hero. After that, many heroes were killed."

"Prince Yang Yong has a generous temperament. He once decorated the exquisite armor made by the Shu people with gold and silver jewelry. Yang Jian, who advocates frugality, was very unhappy when he saw it."

"The Crown Princess Yuanshi did not receive Yang Yong's favor and died of a heart attack. Queen Dugu suspected that there was something wrong and thought that Yang Yong was responsible for her death, so she sent someone to observe Yang Yong secretly."

"The King of Jin, Yang Guang, was relatively hypocritical and cunning. He often curried favor with Queen Dugu, colluded with ministers in the court, especially the powerful minister Yang Su, and actively carried out activities to seize the crown prince's status."

"In 600, after Yang Guang and Yang Su conspired, and Yang Jian believed what Queen Dugu said, the crown prince Yang Yong was deposed, and Jin Wang Yang Guang was established as the crown prince."

"The deposing of the crown prince implicated a large number of officials. Yang Jian reversed loyalties and traitors, dismissed the virtuous prime minister, and appointed Yang Su as prime minister, which intensified the conflicts within the ruling group."

Zhang Juzheng of the Ming Dynasty: He was an enlightened king in the early period, but became mediocre in his later years. There were too many such emperors, such as Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and Li Longji, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty.

He finally discovered that most wise monarchs have this common problem.

Therefore, sometimes emperors cannot live too long, otherwise they will easily lose their old age.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Liu Che, attacked the Xiongnu in the early stage and strengthened the character of the Han people.

But in his later years, he forced the prince to death and made a series of big mistakes, which almost caused the great man to be doomed.

The same was true for Li Longji, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty. In the early period, he had such great political achievements as the Kaiyuan Dynasty.

But in his later years, the Anshi Rebellion directly turned the Tang Dynasty from prosperity to decline.

Today's Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Jian, has also followed in his footsteps. He ended three hundred years of chaos in the early stage, established a unified Sui Dynasty, and even created such outstanding achievements as the Kaihuang Rule.

In his later years, all bad habits came out. He killed the founding heroes indiscriminately and changed the prince, which directly led to the death of the second generation of the Sui Dynasty.

Even speaking of it, the same was true for their great ancestor of the Ming Dynasty.

Taizu ended the rule of foreigners and restored the Han family. This achievement is not insignificant.

But it is a pity that in his later years, he killed the founding heroes indiscriminately, and countless innocent ministers died tragically.

"In 602, Queen Dugu died in Yong'an Palace at the age of fifty and was buried in Tailing."

"After the death of Queen Dugu, Mrs. Chen of Xuanhua and Mrs. Cai of Ronghua were both favored by Yang Jian."

"In 604, Yang Jian fell ill and stayed in Renshou Palace. He summoned Prince Yang Guang and some ministers to enter Renshou Palace to take care of his illness."

"Yang Guang considered that if Yang Jian died, precautions must be taken in advance, so he wrote a letter by himself, sealed it, and sent someone to send it out to ask Yang Su."

"Yang Su wrote down the situation one by one and replied to Yang Guang. The palace official sent the reply to Yang Jian's palace by mistake. Yang Jian was extremely angry after reading it."

"At dawn, Mrs. Xuanhua went out to change clothes, but Yang Guang forced her to do so. Mrs. Xuanhua refused him and was able to escape."

"Mrs. Xuanhua returned to Yang Jian's palace. Yang Jian was surprised that she looked wrong and asked why. Mrs. Xuanhua cried and said that the prince was rude."

"Yang Jian beat the bed angrily and cursed Yang Guang as a beast. He regretted his decision to establish a crown prince too late. He believed that Yang Guang's character was not enough to entrust him with the important affairs of the country. He also believed that Queen Dugu's proposal to establish an heir was the last resort. It will harm the country if things go wrong.”

"So Yang Jian called the minister attending the illness and said that he wanted to summon his son. The minister wanted to call Yang Guang, but Yang Jian said it was Yang Yong."

"The minister left Yang Jian's palace and drafted an imperial edict."

"After Yang Su found out, he told Yang Guang the news."

"Yang Guang falsely conveyed Yang Jian's will to arrest the minister who drafted the edict and put him in jail."

"Yang Guang quickly mobilized soldiers from the East Palace to defend Renshou Palace. Access to the palace gates was prohibited, and he sent his confidants to dispatch and command, ordering his men to enter Renshou Palace to serve Yang Jian. All the people in the harem were driven to other rooms."

"Shortly afterwards, Yang Jian died in the Dabao Hall. He reigned for 23 years at the age of 64. His temple name was Gaozu and his posthumous title was Emperor Wen."

Queen Dugu: Alas, I was deceived.

She had always thought that Ni Zi was virtuous, but she never imagined that all of this was false, and even she was deceived.

She originally thought that the cruelty revealed by the traitor after becoming emperor would be at its limit, but she never expected that she underestimated the traitor's potential and actually committed a heinous act for the sake of the throne.

Yang Jian: Yang Guang, this beast, is so audacious that even I dare to kill him. He is a rebellious son with no king and no father.

Although Yang Guang is no longer the prince, when he thinks that in the original history, he was actually killed by his own son, he trembles with anger.

Although he was critically ill at that time and expected to have only a few days to live, the traitor could not commit such a heinous crime.

The rebellious son deceived the queen, seduced his concubine, and finally committed patricide.

He was really blind. How could he not see that Nizi's character was so low before?

Thinking of this, the more he thought about it, the angrier he became, feeling that he couldn't let it go.

Although the traitor has not committed these crimes now, he still needs to be punished in order to relieve the hatred in his heart.

Yang Jian: Someone is here to demote Jin King Yang Guang to a commoner, beat him up thirty times, and drive him out of the palace.

(End of this chapter)