Daming Super Dimension Company, President Zhu Yuanzhang!

Emperor Wen of Sui, Yang Jian, always planned before deciding. He wanted to unify the north and the south, so he also chose to make adequate preparations.

Xiao Ran said in a deep voice, "In the second year of Kaihuang, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Jian, founded a new capital, Daxing City, because Chang'an City had been declining for a long time. There are two markets in the city, the East Market is called Metropolis, and the West Market is called Li Ren. Because it is close to the capital, Daxing City is very prosperous and has become the largest commercial city. In view of the previous chaos in the currency system, Yang Jian minted standard Wuzhu coins, unified the currency, and stipulated that one foot is one foot, one liter is one liter, and one catty is one catty. He adopted copper buckets and iron rulers to unify the weights and measures. At the same time, he issued many laws that are conducive to the development of merchants."

"The national treasury gradually became richer with the help of Daxing City. After Yang Jian put down the rebellion, the only rivals for unifying the world were the Chen Dynasty in the south and the Western Liang Dynasty in a corner of Jiangling. Therefore, in the seventh year of Kaihuang, Xiao Cong, the last ruler of the Western Liang Dynasty, was deposed and the Western Liang Dynasty fell. The next year, Yang Jian led the Jin Wang Yang Guang to Liuhe, Yang Jun to Xiangyang, and Yang Su to lead the navy to Yong'an, a total of 518,000 troops, and led three armies to attack Chen. Yang Su defeated the Chen Dynasty's riverside defenders along the Yangtze River, but because the emergency documents were detained, the Chen Dynasty was unable to transfer the army out of the capital Jiankang City."

"In the ninth year of Kaihuang, the Chen Dynasty fell. The Chen army in various places either surrendered or was eliminated under the order of Emperor Chen Houzhu. Only the Lingnan region remained intact. The following year, the Sui Dynasty sent envoys such as Wei Guang to pacify Lingnan, and all the states in Lingnan became part of the Sui Dynasty. At this point, the world was unified."

"From this point of view, Emperor Wen of Sui, Yang Jian, can be called a capable emperor," said Huo Qubing.

Xiao Ran smiled and said, "Of course he has the ability, but he is not a wise ruler."

"How to say?"

"Although he had some achievements, Emperor Wen of Sui, Yang Jian, was ambitious and pursued rapid development. He was at least half the blame for the demise of the Sui Dynasty."

"Yang Jian initiated the glorious Kaihuang Reign. He ended the Xianbeiization policy of Yuwen Tai of the Western Wei Dynasty and restored the Han surnames of all Han ministers and military commanders who had been changed to Xianbei surnames. He also abolished the Nine-Rank System and replaced it with the Five-Province Six-Ministry System, which was later renamed the Five-Province Six-Department System."

"After a long period of wars during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the people were exhausted and in hardship. Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Jian, accepted the suggestions of officials and reduced taxes many times to reduce the burden on the people. In addition, Yang Jian promoted the equal-field system. The equal-field system can increase taxes and stabilize economic development, and the Southern Dynasty gentry gradually disappeared. At that time, the Sui Dynasty took Guanzhong as its base. Guanzhong was short of food and needed to rely on the grain transport from Guandong. Therefore, Yang Jian set up official warehouses such as Changping Warehouse in many places to store grain transported from Guandong, and set up charity warehouses, and people donated grain to prevent disasters."

"Yang Jian eliminated the malpractice of concealing household registration since the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, revised the criminal law, and reduced the penalties. The death penalty only had two types: hanging and beheading, to show the leniency of the Sui Dynasty towards the people."

"What I have said above all happened during the ninth year of Kaihuang, during which time we also fought foreign wars."

Huo Qubing was extremely surprised. After experiencing the war, the people of the world needed rest and recuperation.

Even if the policies that Yang Jian agreed to were beneficial to the country and the people, it would take time for them to take full effect.

If we pursue short-term improvements, the disadvantages will be very serious.

"Didn't the ministers stop it?"

Xiao Ran sighed, "There are always some common problems when being an emperor. When you get old, you tend to think too much."

"In the first few years of the Kaihuang period, Emperor Wen of Sui, Yang Jian, was still able to listen to the advice of officials. He was suspicious and harsh by nature, and was too easily deceived by slander. In his later years, he killed ministers indiscriminately, and meritorious officials and old friends were killed one after another. Later, the originally established legal system was gradually destroyed, and the law was no longer applied according to the law. Many harsh criminal laws were promulgated, and the people were terrified. Yang Jian was also keen on beating in court, and officials and palace ladies in the palace often suffered from it."

"In the 13th year of Kaihuang, Yang Jian issued an edict to build Renshou Palace in the north of Qizhou and ordered Yang Su to supervise the construction. Due to the strict supervision, tens of thousands of people died. After the construction of Renshou Palace, Yang Jian saw that the palace was very magnificent and thought that Yang Su was wasting money and wanted to make him hated by the people of the world. But Empress Dugu was very satisfied. The next day, Emperor Wen summoned Yang Su and gave him a million yuan and 3,000 pieces of brocade."

"Yang Jian's achievements were concentrated in a few years, and he made too many mistakes later on, so later generations have never considered him a wise ruler."

Huo Qubing, who was frowning, hesitated to speak after a moment of silence, and then urged.

"You should go and finish the order first. The sooner you go, the sooner you can return."

……

AD 600

Twenty Years of Kaihuang
Renshou Palace

Several officials and ministers knelt in front of the middle-aged man in the dragon robe, their expressions solemn.

"Your Majesty, the Crown Prince just spoke out of turn after drinking. Why is it so serious?"

"The Crown Prince has been in office for many years, and there is a clear order of seniority. Your Majesty, please think twice!"

An official walked into the hall slowly and glanced at the kneeling people. "My Lords, what are you doing?"

Although dissatisfied, the kneeling official did not dare to curse back openly, but continued to persuade Emperor Wen of Sui, Yang Jian.

"Your Majesty, deposing and enthroning the crown prince is a serious matter and should not be handled so lightly."

Some officials spoke boldly.

"I am willing to depose the crown prince, so why do you need to say more?" Looking at them impatiently, Emperor Wen of Sui, Yang Jian, had a gloomy face.

He had long been dissatisfied with Crown Prince Yang Yong and suspected that Yang Yong intended to rebel.

Now that the crown prince has been deposed with great difficulty, how could he still listen to advice?

"Yang Su, what do you think about this?"

Emperor Wen of Sui, Yang Jian, set his eyes on the official who had just entered the hall.

Yang Su's eyes flashed with pride. He strode forward and said in a deep voice: "When I entered the palace today, I heard the deposed prince climbing up the wall and shouting loudly, looking like a madman. Your Majesty, I have been worried about the prince's condition for some time."

The crazy prince has no chance of regaining his position as crown prince.

Upon hearing this, Emperor Wen of Sui Yang Jian showed disappointment, "As my son, you can't even bear such a blow."

"What other reasons do you have for admonition?"

In an instant, the officials in the hall looked at each other and realized that the prince's dethronement was a foregone conclusion.

"Okay, get out of here." Seeing that they didn't say anything, Yang Jian drove them away irritably.

Yang Su followed everyone and left.

Suddenly, a figure in strange clothes appeared in the hall.

Emperor Wen of Sui, Yang Jian, changed his expression slightly, drew his sword and shouted, "Who dares to break into the palace?!"

When Xiao Ran saw the tip of the knife clearly, his expression was calm.

"Hello, I'm Xiao Ran from Super Spacetime Company. I just took your order."

Yang Jian was stunned. "What order?"

Reluctantly explaining the wishing matter with the spirit stone, Xiao Ran said, "Your need is to select a suitable successor. I can tell you about the future actions of several heirs and then select them."

Yang Jian said solemnly, "Then I'll trouble you, Mr. Xiao."

"Can you first tell me about my second son Yang Guang?"

He deposed Yang Yong and thought of making Yang Guang the new crown prince.

Xiao Ran smiled and said, "Yang Guang did become the emperor later, but the Sui Dynasty also perished in his hands."

"What?!" Yang Jian couldn't believe it. (End of this chapter)