Unofficial History of the Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 1

Xing Gongshi cut the ribbon for flowers, Emperor Sui Yang's surname was Yang Mingguang, the small character was Amo, and he was from Hongnong Huayin.The descendant of Han Taiwei Yang Zhen, the son of Emperor Wenjian.He is quick to distinguish people, greedy, abused and licentious.When he was first crowned King of Jin, he was not greedy enough and wanted to seize the position of his brother Yang Yong as Prince.There was nothing to do, so Yu Wen, the general manager of Anzhou, said: "My brother is weak and has no virtue. Father and emperor established him as the heir of the family. He was disappointed and not enough to inherit the great rule. From my point of view, the generals of the Manchu Dynasty are not in control. The only one who can push a hero carefully is the public ear." Yu Wenshu was startled and said: "Why did your Highness say this? Some people have great virtues, and the praise is too much." Guang said: "I have something to tell you, don't worry about it." It must be leaked." Yu Wenshu said: "I would like to hear the details." Guang said: "I have the capital of bravery, and I am the important task of the country. I want to seize the power of my brother, but I have no good strategy. Let me plan it?" Shu said with emotion. Xu said: "Your Highness wants to plan for the East Palace. How difficult is it? You must have someone to assist you, and this will be a success." It." Shu said: "I saw my servant shoot Yang Su, the emperor's close servant and favorite minister. This person forgets righteousness when he sees profit, and spends a lot of gold and silk to tie his heart, so that he will use his intentions in front of the emperor day and night, and things will be harmonious. "Guang is to explore Yang Su's birthday, and live with a thousand pieces of gold.Yang Su was overjoyed, accepted it, and taught him how to practice filial piety, express his son's love, and obey his father's will.So Shu and Su conspired to abolish Li, day and night in front of Emperor Wen, they admired Jin Wang's benevolence and filial piety, respectful and polite, humble and humble, enough to be worthy of a king.The crown prince is cowardly and greedy, not good enough to be a big man.When Emperor Wen heard this, he became suspicious, and gradually lost his love for Yu Yong.If you are brave and don't know what to do, the licentiousness will become even worse.The emperor was furious, so he abolished him as a commoner and made Guang the crown prince.In less than a few days, Guangyou tried to be brave and killed him.In the fourth year of Renshou, Emperor Wen killed his father and established himself in Taibao Hall, named Emperor Yangdi, and changed to the first year of Yuan Daye.Yang Su was granted the title of Shang Shuling, Yu Wenshu was granted the title of Xu Guogong, and Kaifu Yitong was granted the third division.Since Emperor Yang ascended the throne, he had indulged his heart in pleasure, wanting to have a better view of the eyes and ears, so he ordered his family, Feng Deyi and Yu Wenkai, to build the Xianren Palace in Luoyang according to the imperial edict.It connects Zaojian in the south and crosses Luobin in the north.Starting from the south of Dajiang River and north of Wuling Mountains, strange materials and stones were ordered to be sent to Luoyang.He also asked for beautiful flowers, rare birds and monsters from all over the world to live in the real garden.From Chang'an to Jiangdu, there are more than forty palaces.He sent Wang Hong, the servant of the Huangmen, to the south of the Yangtze River to build tens of thousands of dragon boats for travel and luck.The canal of Yongji was also opened, reaching the Yellow River in the south and connecting Zhuojun in the north.It also crosses the river south of the Yangtze River, from Jingkou to Yuhang, more than 25 li.Put Luokou Warehouse in Gongcheng, [-] miles around, with [-] cellars inside.Set Xingluo warehouse in the north city of Luoyang, ten miles around, with three hundred cellars inside, and each cellar can hold [-] stones of millet.He also built Xiyuan, with a circumference of two hundred miles.The interior is the sea, and the surrounding area is ten miles, forming the Fangzhang and Penglai mountains, more than a hundred feet high, and countless towers and palaces are listed on them.Outside there is the Longlin Canal, where the swirling water pours into the sea.Sixteen courtyards were built beside the canal, connected end to end, and each courtyard was headed by a four-rank female official.The halls and buildings are carved with images of dragons and phoenixes and painted with colorful patterns, which are extremely gorgeous.A royal road is built next to it, and pines and cypresses are planted.As for the fall in autumn and winter, the ribbons are cut into flowers and decorated on the branches, often like a spring scene.They also cut ribbons in the swamp as lotuses, and every time the emperor traveled, he went to the water and distributed them.At that time, the concubines of the sixteen courts competed to be beautiful with delicacies, so as to flatter the emperor.Every moonlit night, thousands of court ladies are sent to ride around in Xiyuan to compose a Qing night tour song, and the court ladies who are good at singing and dancing can play it on horseback.Since then, when swimming in the canal or playing in the garden, they are all accompanied by female music, lewd and feasting, and there is no time to rest.Whatever you want, no matter the cost, make it as you wish.The sun and the beautiful women were intoxicated in the Xianren Palace, and the music and songs filled the ears, and they were heard several miles away.Such a heart is still not enough, and I want to travel far away.It was Empress Xiao, who was also a prostitute in Yangzhou.First the crown prince was brave enough to be his wife, and later the emperor killed the crown prince and took him as the queen.The queen is extremely beautiful, and is even favored by the emperor.One day, he said: "Your Majesty's music is not surprising. If you want to see it poorly, you must go to Yangzhou." The emperor said: "You are a female stream, living in the inner room of the palace. How can you know the scenery?" Later said : "My concubine grew up there, so I don't know anything. Although I haven't seen it all over, I always hear that it is the happiest place in the world, the hometown of famous sages. There are flowers that don't thank you at four o'clock, and the eight festivals are like the scenery of Changchun. North and South The people who come and go are always looking up at them. Now Jiangdu has Li Palace, isn’t it beautiful to visit there?” The emperor was overjoyed when he heard that Zuo, and immediately issued an edict, ready to drive forward.At that time, all the ministers were horrified when they heard that the emperor wanted to travel far away.The next day at the court meeting, suddenly there was a minister, with a crown and a broad belt, with a bright head and thick eyebrows, who came to the court to admonish him.Everyone looked at him as a man from Jingzhao Wannian. His surname was Gao, his name was Jiong, and his style name was Zhaoxuan.The table of admonitions is presented, and the emperor reads it in the imperial case.Biao said: I have heard that since ancient times, the rulers put politics first, and sensuality as a warning.Extravagance is the foundation of misfortune, and adultery is the root of misfortune.In the past, when Zhou Mu was on a tour, the rubber boat was lost; when the first emperor traveled far, the sand dunes died.Today, if your Majesty does not cultivate morality, he will strengthen his power externally, build construction projects internally, waste his financial resources, and benefit from enemies and enemies.Living in the Yao Palace and the Qiong Palace, the banquet and entertainment are perfect, but it is still not enough, and you want to travel far away?Moreover, the son of a thousand gold can't sit down in the hall, let alone the honor of ten thousand chariots, he is tired and wants to get out lightly, if an enemy takes advantage of the emptiness and enters, there will be unexpected accidents, will your majesty be at ease?Begging to take the two monarchs as a warning, to stop traveling, to slander sycophants, to depose beauties, and to manage the state affairs, and the society will live and the people will have boundless blessings.The minister now wears his liver and gall, subdues only the holiness and virtue, takes care of the foolishness of the minister, and will not hesitate to die.After the emperor read it, he said angrily: "in today's Taiping world, I am governing by imitating the ancient times, and the plan has been made. Why do you speak harsh words to disobey my wishes?" The memorial said: "What the servant played is wrong, your Majesty's holy lesson is good. In ancient times, the emperor had the principle of patrolling hunting, and the princes had the duty of reporting. For example, the farmer Weng received ten more dendrobium wheat, that is, he sang songs from morning to evening, and sang songs from east to west. Happy Journey to the West, not to mention that your Majesty is the son of heaven and rich in the world! And life is like a white horse passing by, and you can enjoy yourself with the common people. Misfortune. Today, the world is at peace, the army is strong and the country is rich, the supervision of the country is strict, and the guards are cautious. Even if you travel thousands of miles, what is there to worry about?" The emperor said: "What you see is very clear and reasonable. Gao Jiong's appearance, emotion I really disobeyed, and I wanted to add punishment, because I was a veteran of the previous dynasty, and I had the right to dismiss him from his post, and he was exempted from being a commoner." So he ordered Yue Wang Dong, Duan Da, Guanglu doctor, Yuan Wendu, minister of the government, Wei Jin, secretary of the Ministry of Ministries, You Wuwei General Huangfu Wuyi, You Silang Lu Chu and others always left behind.The emperor wrote a poem to stay in the palace and said: "I dream of rivers, and it is also accidental to conquer Liao." So he sent more than [-] civil servants and generals, led [-] soldiers to leave Xianren Palace, arranged fragrant cars, BMWs, and jade horses. Go all the way to Wangjiang.But I saw the boats riding side by side, and both water and land.The emperor sits on a dragon boat, and the style of the boat towers, pavilions, halls and palaces is just like that built in Chang'an.There are colorful girls in the palace, drums and music, and a variety of operas, singing and dancing in the front.There are more than [-] ships of different sizes accompanying them, and they are more than [-] miles long from end to end.There are more than [-] boatmen on both sides of the strait.At night, candles are held, shining like day.The cavalry assisted Yi to walk on both sides of the bank, with flags covering the fields and swords and halberds heavily guarded.In the prefectures and counties they passed, the officials ordered to offer wine and food to the sergeants within five hundred miles.There is a poem in Liquan that goes: in the ninety autumns of the year of great cause, millions of people will be driven away from Shenzhou.

It was only because Jiang Dule lost his master that the hero shed blood and tears.

The general critics: Emperor Yangdi succeeded to the great rule by conspiracy, so he can no longer rule the world; he is extravagant and indulgent, and wants to travel far in his car, so that he can see it with poor eyes and ears.Although there is Gao Pushe's righteous advice, why is it like Yu Shiji's flattery?If the way of death is like this, it can protect him from killing the country and destroying it!

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