The Sui Dynasty did not have only two emperors, why did the second emperor die?
"New Tang Book·Benji·Volume 1·Gaozu" records: "In Wuchen, Emperor Sui entered The Tang Dynasty appointed the prime minister and other officials to serve as prime minister of the country. In April, Zhang Changxun surrendered. On the seventh day of the fifth month, Emperor Sui ordered Tang Wang Mian to build the emperor's banner and send the police to Jiayin. Wang Deren surrendered. The emperor's seal was given to the king of Tang, and he accepted three concessions."
So today we will explore why the Sui Dynasty did not have only two emperors, but it was said that they died in the second generation?
According to historical records, the Sui Dynasty officially fell in the second year of Huangtai (i.e. 619 AD). Before that, the Sui Dynasty enjoyed the country for thirty-seven years. Emperors Zhao and Gong Yang You, Yang Hao and Gong Emperor Yang Tong and other emperors, but why is it said in history that the Sui Dynasty died after the second generation?
In fact, it should be said differently. The Sui Dynasty did not die after the second generation. , but died in the second generation. As we all know, the second emperor of the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Yang Guang, was eager for success and conquered Goguryeo three times. He abused the people's power and indulged in extravagance. As a result, the world was in chaos and the Sui Dynasty collapsed. It is for this reason that even the later emperors such as Emperor Xiaocheng Yang Zhao, Emperor Gong Yang You, Yang Hao and Emperor Gong Yang Tong were unable to save the collapsed Sui Empire.
The reason why the second generation of the Sui Dynasty died is because only Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty Yang Jian and Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty were the real rulers of the Sui Dynasty. Emperor Xiaocheng Yang Zhao, Emperor Gong Yang You, Yang Hao and Gong Emperor Yang Tong and other emperors do not count.
First of all, Emperor Xiaocheng Yang Zhao died of illness in the second year of Daye and was posthumously named Prince Yuande. His posthumous title of Emperor Xiaocheng was still given after his son Yang You, Emperor Gong of the Sui Dynasty, came to the throne. Next is Emperor Gong Yang You. "Book of Sui" records that Emperor Gong Yang You was "intelligent and generous". Unfortunately, in the thirteenth year of the Great Cause (617), Li Yuan, the Duke of Tang Dynasty, invaded Chang'an and proclaimed him emperor. Located in Li Yuan, he was granted the title of Duke of the State of Wu and was imprisoned in Chang'an. "On that day, Shangxun was located in the Tang Dynasty, and he thought he was the Duke of Wu. He died in the summer of May of the second year of Wude, at the age of fifteen."
After that, there was Yang Hao, the grandson of Yang Jian, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty. , he was not the son of Emperor Yang Guang of Sui Dynasty, but he became the emperor because in the fourteenth year of Daye (618), Yu Wenhuaji launched the Jiangdu Revolution and killed Yang Guang, but he was later killed by Yu Wenhuaji Deposed and poisoned. "Book of Sui, Volume 45, Biography, Ten, Wen Sizi" says: "At the beginning of Yu Wenhuaji's killing of Ni, he established Hao as emperor. Huaji was defeated by Liyang, went north to Wei County, and took the false name. Therefore, he was harmed."
The last one was Emperor Gong of the Sui Dynasty Yang Tong, the last emperor of the Sui Dynasty. Since childhood, Yang Tong "had a fondness for reading, especially Confucianism", and was "intelligent, intelligent and beautiful. Emperor Yang especially loved him among his grandsons and always kept him at his side." When Emperor Yang Guang of Sui Dynasty visited Jiangdu, he was ordered to stay in Dongdu. Later, in the fourteenth year of Daye (618), after Emperor Yang Guang was killed, he was supported as emperor by the seven nobles of Luoyang, and he was located in Luoyang. Unfortunately, Wang Shichong, one of the Seven Nobles of Luoyang, wanted to proclaim himself emperor after defeating Li Mi, so he deposed Yang Dong and proclaimed himself emperor, with the name of his country Zheng and the reign of Kaiming.
Since then, the Sui Dynasty has officially perished, and history has also followed the rolling wheels of the Tang Dynasty.