Peace Across the Realm

First of all, the Sui Dynasty was established when Yang Jian usurped the throne of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. It was the powerful official Yuwentai of the Western Wei Dynasty who laid the foundation for the unification of the north in the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the prosperity of the Sui Dynasty. He was in power for more than 20 years and established the Eight Pillar State. Later, Yang Jian's father, Yang Zhong, was also awarded the title of General of the Zhu Kingdom due to his meritorious service during the Yu Wenyong period, and was awarded the title of Sui Kingdom Merit. Yang Zhong died of illness in 568, and his eldest son Yang Jian inherited the title of Duke of the Sui Kingdom.        560,, In 572, Emperor Wu of Zhou executed Yu Wenhu, the prime minister of power, and took sole control of the government. He carried out internal reforms, rectified official administration, and destroyed Buddhist temples. In 576 AD, Emperor Wu of the Zhou Dynasty led an army to attack Qi. In 577, the Northern Qi Dynasty was destroyed and unified northern China, covering the vast areas of the Yellow River Basin and the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. In 578 AD, Emperor Wu of Zhou led troops to conquer the Turks in the north. He died of illness in the same year and passed the throne to his eldest son Yuwen Yun. After Yu Wenyun came to the throne, Yang Jian's eldest daughter Yang Lihua came to the throne, and Yang Jian was promoted to the general and chief minister of Zhuguo. In the same year, Yuwen Yun killed Qi King Yuwen Xian, which caused the clan's power to weaken and the power of his relatives to rise. In 579, Zen enthroned his eldest son Yuwen Chan (at the age of 6), while Yuwen Yun was still in power behind the scenes. In May 580, Yang Jian was appointed as the general manager of Yangzhou to prepare for the defeat of Chen. When he was about to leave, Yuwen Yun was critically ill, so the imperial official Liu Fang and the internal history official Zheng Yi forged an imperial edict to ask Sui Duke Yang Jian to accept his death and assist in the government. After that, Yang Jian roped in generals such as Yuan Xie, Yuan Yuanzhou, and Yu Wenxin to kill those who opposed him. In 581, Yang Jian usurped the throne and established himself as the Sui Dynasty. The establishment of the Sui Dynasty was not like Cao Cao who led his troops to conquer the Wei State established in northern China like Cao Cao in troubled times, but like Sima Yi who was just someone else's minister, and then other heroes and famous generals died and their sons became powerful and usurped the throne. It's just that the Sui Dynasty was not as good as the Western Jin Dynasty. Although the Sima family did not have an absolute controlling presence in the early Western Jin Dynasty, it was still an absolute major shareholder, far more than other families. When the Sui Dynasty was first established, Yang Jian's family was only the largest shareholder, and there were many other less powerful families. The situation was just like the Republic of China. Chiang Kai-shek was the boss, but there were also major warlords such as the Guangxi clique and the Feng clique. This is also the reason why during the reign of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, many civil and military ministers dared to slam the table and curse in front of the Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty. It was Emperor Wu of Zhou who unified northern China, and the Sui Dynasty enjoyed its success. Although Yang Guang was nominally the commander-in-chief of all the troops and horses in the southern expedition, it was Gao Xi who made the decision on the marching strategies of the troops and horses, and there were other generals Yang Su, Han Qinhu, He Ruobi, etc., These people had fought with Emperor Wu of Zhou during the Northern Zhou Dynasty. During the Northern Zhou Dynasty, they were generals who were good at conquering and fighting. Although Yang Guang was not a military idiot, he was not far behind. In 605 AD, Yang Guang ascended the throne and initiated the great cause of reforming the Yuan Dynasty. The construction of Tokyo took 10 months, using 2 million migrant workers every month. Ordered to build canals and build tens of thousands of dragon boats and other types of ships. The palaces, gardens and annexes were overhauled. The famous ones include Xianren Palace, Jiangdu Palace, Jinyang Palace, Linjiang Palace, Xiyuan, etc. These projects exhausted tens of millions of civilians and caused the desolation of large areas of cultivated land, which later led to widespread uprisings by the people to rob granaries, and subsequent years of turmoil led to no harvests. In just 18 years from 604 to 622, the population dropped from 60 million to 16 million. How many were killed in battle? How many died of hunger? There are still people who advocate that the food of the Sui Dynasty was enough for the Tang Dynasty for more than ten years. Are they thinking with their buttocks? In 612 AD, Yang Guang led more than 1 million soldiers and more than 2 million civilians to conquer Goguryeo, but his troops and wealth were lost in Liaodong City. It has to be said that Yang Guang was no different from a military idiot. When he was fighting against Chen for the King of Jin, there were people suppressing him from above. He obeyed the military command of Gao Xi and other generals, so he was able to conquer all the attacks. He ascended the throne as the empress, could not recognize himself, formulated his own strategy, and remotely commanded the frontline officers. After the surrender of Goguryeo, he was not allowed to attack the generals. When Shi entered the city to surrender, he had to wait for him to go over and compete with the generals for the first credit. Later, Goguryeo slowed down and beat the Sui army terribly. In doing so, even President Chiang, who was a master of remote micro-operation, was far inferior. At least President Chiang had the ruthlessness to kill his enemies rather than let them go all the way to the end. There was a peasant uprising in 611 AD. After 612 AD, war broke out across the north and south of the country, and the dynasty came to an end. Many people in the Sui Dynasty thought that Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Jian, was great when they saw that the Sui Dynasty was able to confront the Turks militarily when it was first established. Then they ignored Liu Bang, Li Yuan, and Li Shimin at the beginning of the founding of the country, but they did not look at who laid the foundation for the Sui Dynasty and how many years it took to lay the foundation. From the more than 20 years of monopoly power of Yuwen Tai in 535 to laying the foundation of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, to the unification of northern China by Emperor Wu of the Zhou Dynasty in 577, to the usurpation of the throne by Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty in 581, nearly 50 years have accumulated. If you include the Western Wei Dynasty usurped by the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the accumulation time will be even longer. Even so, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty failed in his first war against the Turks after he ascended the throne, and could not win until 584. The Han Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty both raised troops and conquered one city after another during the turbulent years. After unification, the population declined and the economy tended to collapse. After the founding of the country, they had to accumulate resources again. The Han Dynasty was founded on ruins. When the Qin State conquered Liuhe, it not only depleted its own national power, but also plowed the other six countries. The rebels were mostly peasant armies with few professional soldiers. After more than 70 years of accumulation, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty attacked the Xiongnu in the north, and conquered Minyue, Dongou, and South Vietnam in the south to expand the territory. The Tang Dynasty was founded in 518 and unified China four years later. Guanzhong and Kansai retained a little vitality. After 12 years of accumulation, they defeated the Turks in 630. At this point, the Tang Dynasty began the era of super empire that lasted for more than 120 years.      ,,,,? In terms of military affairs, he was inferior to his father Yang Jian by an unknown number of levels. He was the immediate emperor. Yang Guang was just a prince from a deep palace. He had no experience in leading troops before. After he was 20 years old, he was praised by a bunch of ignorant people as a great strategist for attacking Chen in name. It was ridiculous!

Five hundred chapters have passed, and Yang Guang has not yet become the crown prince. What do you want to do, author? It will be more than ten years until Yang Guang dies. Is it possible that you want to imitate Yang Xuangan? Rebellion halfway?

It's too procrastinating and wordy. There is no need to explain the cause and effect of everything so clearly. The plot develops too slowly. It has been over 400 chapters. Yang Guang has not yet ascended the throne. After Yang Guang becomes emperor, he will rule for more than ten years...

Yang Jian is awesome, but look at Yang Guang, he still used slander to create a prosperous emperor, and then let Yang Guang collapse in more than ten years. 🥱As long as there is a bit of pressure, it will not be like that.

I hope the author's books will get better as he writes more!

It's not easy to control the clans. I remember there was an author who wrote something very good. It offended the clans, and it was normal for several counties to surrender collectively. There were only so many scholars, and those who could read all lined up among the clans.

I recommend a big novel, "The Ancestors of the Han Dynasty", which has an ancient flavor and doesn't feel inconsistent.

The Sui Dynasty itself should perish. The founder of the country, Yang Jian, was a piece of garbage. He was mediocre in his later years. Almost all his sons were imitating him. How could it not perish?

I think the setting of the protagonist is also very problematic. Since ancient times, there have only been people who defiled themselves with money, how can there be those who defiled themselves with beauty? Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao, Gao Huan, which one is not a pervert? Will being lustful lead to lack of ambition? This is a paradox in itself. It can even be said that those who are lustful and ambitious will be a great danger to the country. Yang Jian is old in the world, can't you see this? The protagonist's showmanship is too fake. I think anyone with a discerning eye can see that the protagonist is "a traitor but yet a loyal one".

I want to laugh when I read this introduction. The history of this street stall