In the eyes of many people in ancient and modern times, it is undoubtedly Yang Di's patent to dig the Grand Canal. In fact, in the Sui Dynasty, Lao Yang was the first person who thought of digging a canal, and also the first person to put it into action.

In the fourth year of Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty, seeing that "the Wei River is changeable in size, and the sand is shallow and deep, which often hinders water transportation", he ordered people to "lead the Wei River from the northwest of Xingcheng, slightly follow the old road of Cao Qu in Han Dynasty to the east, and reach Tongguan to enter the Yellow River", and dug a canal "more than 300 miles long". Because this canal passes through Guangtong warehouse in Weikou, it is named Guangtong Canal.

Before the excavation, there were different voices inside and outside the imperial court. However, when the canal was dug up, everyone saw the benefits and tasted the sweetness. "Since then, water transportation has been favorable, and Guanzhong relies heavily on it, so it is also called Fumin Canal". At that time, in one's hand and in one's hand, Lao Yang was full of praise.

Yang guang, who was still the king of Jin at that time, was very envious when he saw that his father, Yang Cun, had done such a good job. He is not only in his eyes, but also in his ears and in his heart. When he became emperor, he couldn't wait to enter the business world.

Due to the population explosion, the food supply in the north has become a problem. * * * The report shows that there is food shortage, but after research, Emperor Yang Di found that food shortage is only a false proposition. Food is enough, but the problem is that regional development is uneven, with more people in the south and less people in the north; Unfortunately, the land transportation is inconvenient, and the rice in the south has arrived, and people in the north are estimated to have starved to death. So it seems that there is a lack of food on the surface, but in fact there is a lack of transportation.

Is there a solution? Of course, land is inconvenient, so let's take the water! However, there is no waterway! Simple, just build a waterway!

In the early years of Daye (AD 605), Yang Di drew a line on the map: "There must be a canal." So there was the Tongji Canal. Three years later, he drew another line: "There must be a canal." Then there is the Yongji Canal. Two years later, Emperor Yang Di said, "There must be a river". This is the river in the south of the Yangtze River. Ministers leaned in and looked at it. Well, it's a line. This line is the world-famous Grand Canal.

When it comes to the Grand Canal, everyone will think of "Looking Back on the Bianhe River" by Pi Rixiu, a poet in the Tang Dynasty: "When Tao Sui died, this river became a thousand miles away. If there is no water temple dragon boat, * * * Yu will not teach much. " In fact, it's not just people in the Tang Dynasty. Today, we are different, but also because of this thousand miles of communication!

What's this called? This is called future work. However, if you ask ordinary people living in that era, I'm afraid no one will say yes. Things are good things, but things are done in the wrong way. Merit lies in later generations, and sin lies in the present.

Digging the Grand Canal is an unprecedented huge project, which can only be realized by using huge manpower at that time. When Jiqu was opened, Emperor Yang Di levied "more than 100,000 people in Henan and Huaihe counties" and "more than 100,000 people in Huainan" for free. When the Yongji Canal Project started, "more than 500 troops in Hebei mobilized" and "Ding Nan didn't offer", Emperor Yang Di patted his forehead and pulled out the woman as a man.

As soon as Tongji Canal was opened, Yang Di couldn't wait to go to Jiangdu, his second hometown where he had lived for many years. The dragon boat he rode alone was nearly 80 meters high, and there were four pavilions on board. It is accompanied by 6,000 ships, stretching for nearly 100 kilometers, and there are more than 80,000 optical fiber drives. Within 500 miles of Fiona Fang, Fiona Fang, "there is no shortage of food, and land and water are extremely rare"; If you can't finish it, "you should abandon it when you want to send it."

So extravagant and wasteful, ordinary people can be happy!

This is just the grand canal project.

In March of the first year of Daye, the Luoyang New Town Project broke ground, serving 2 million people every month, and was completed in the first month of the following year. A city the size of Xicheng District in Beijing was built in ten months.

In May of the third year of Daye, "Dingnan, Shiyu County, Hebei Province was assigned to chisel Taihang Mountain". When Yu Gong saw so many people coming, he was very happy. Once again, it turned out that the emperor was going to bing and didn't want to go far, so ...

Only two months later, he "announced that Ding Nan had built more than one million Great Wall". The three important ministers left to him by Lao Yang ―― He Ruobi, the doctor of Guanglu, Gao Ke, the wife of Taichang, and Yu Wenbi, the minister of rites ―― unanimously opposed: Your Majesty, don't fix it. History has proved that it can be used as a bird at a critical time, except wasting people's money?

Emperor Yang Di wouldn't listen, but Qin Shihuang could repair it. Why can't I fix it? It took only twenty days to complete the project. Afterwards, Gao G and others are still talking privately. Yang Guang was impatient and beheaded all three people on the grounds of "slandering state affairs". In July of the following year, he "sent more than 200,000 Ding Nan to build the Great Wall from Yugu to the east". Keep repairing. How?

The above are just a few super-large projects, and the construction of leaving the palace and the garden is a trivial matter. Ren Xian Palace in the east, Jiangdu Jianjiang Dugong, Jinyang Jin Yanggong, Fenyang Palace in Fenshui and Linshuo Palace in Zhuo Jun are all beautifully decorated.

From the first year of Daye to the sixth year of Daye, in less than six years, the number of projects undertaken by Yang Di exceeded the sum of 300 years in the Tang Dynasty. The Grand Canal was not built in the Tang Dynasty, but he did. The Great Wall was not built in the Tang Dynasty, but he did. There was no Taihang Mountain in the Tang Dynasty, and neither did he. In fact, these projects were not carried out in the Tang Dynasty because Emperor Yang Di had done a good job for them.

And these large and small projects need two things, people and money. In fact, money also comes from people. Therefore, all kinds of bad things have to be paid by the people in the end. Let you contribute your money to marry your beautiful daughter-in-law, but it was Emperor Yang Di who entered the bridal chamber. Who can be happy about it?

In the sixth year of Daye (AD 6 10), a small-scale * * * movement broke out outside Du Dong Palace. A group of fake monks calling themselves Maitreya Buddhists, numbering about dozens, robbed the guards' weapons and tried to attack the political center, but failed. Although the incident was small, it was the first rebellion in the Sui Dynasty recorded in Zi Tong Zhi Jian, and it was the first sound of the troubled times at the end of the Sui Dynasty.

However, Emperor Yang Di didn't notice this, and then he flaunted his wealth with brain damage. 14 days later, during the Lantern Festival, he called chiefs and envoys from all over the world to "perform a hundred plays". As many as18,000 artists participated in the performance. "When I heard dozens of miles, I was stunned and brightly lit." Finally, it costs a lot of money. "

Businessmen from all countries need to do foreign trade in Du Dong. Emperor Yang Di agreed, and immediately ordered the city's businessmen to "set up shops, set up accounts with the eaves, accumulate treasures and accumulate wealth, and make people prosperous", and even the vegetable sellers should be covered with dragon chairs. When foreign businessmen pass by the hotel restaurant, the boss has to pull his arm and leg to invite others in. After dinner, he not only didn't charge a penny, but also put on the posture of aunt Baiyun and shouted the slogan: "China has money, but the food and wine are not correct."

I wonder if even the ladies of the Sui Dynasty should "entertain" foreign guests for free.