Sky Curtain: The Overlord Charges into Battle, Shocking Emperors of All Dynasties

When did Emperor Yang of Sui become known as one of the greatest emperors of all time?

Have the later generations lost their minds?

Hongwu,

Zhu Yuanzhang was shocked upon hearing this, but could not believe it. He scratched his head vigorously, falling into a state of self-doubt.

"Have we been reading history books incorrectly?"

"Can Emperor Yang of Sui really be called one of the greatest emperors of all time?"

"If you say that Qin Shi Huang is the greatest emperor of all time, we can reluctantly accept it, after all, he did establish the imperial system."

"But Emperor Yang of Sui? Or Emperor Ming of Sui?"

"Pah!!!"

Zhu Yuanzhang spat out a mouthful of phlegm, as if trying to fly across the sky, travel through time and space, and spit it onto Yang Guang's face.

"father..."

After a moment's hesitation, Zhu Biao spoke, "Emperor Ming of Sui was indeed the posthumous title and temple name given to Yang Guang by Prince Yang Tong of Yue."

"But after the Tang Dynasty was established, Li Yuan abolished this posthumous title."

"And the way my son looks at the sky seems to suggest there's something hidden there."

"At the very least, the time spent was not mentioned."

"But the evaluations of later generations on the heavens cannot be faked."

Zhu Yuanzhang was very puzzled. Who were these people who could recognize Yang Guang's achievements? These were the people who should be sent to repair Luoyang, the eastern capital, and to build the Grand Canal!

Let's see if they can still say such things!

"Dad, there are probably people like that at all times."

"When our Ming Dynasty was first established, didn't many people still miss the former Yuan Dynasty and consider themselves loyal subjects of the Yuan Dynasty?"

Zhu Biao used examples of scholars within the Ming Dynasty to explain to Zhu Yuanzhang,

"That's right, like that scoundrel Liu Bowen!"

Zhu Yuanzhang grew angrier the more he thought about it. If it weren't for Zhu Biao and Empress Ma stopping him, he would have already beheaded Liu Bowen.

"By the way, how's the renovation of our old home in Fengyang going?"

Zhu Yuanzhang changed the subject and inquired about the construction progress of Zhongdu Fengyang.

"It's been four or five years, and we still don't know what it looks like now."

As an emperor with a strong peasant mentality, Zhu Yuanzhang was particularly attached to his homeland and had a deep attachment to his hometown. In addition, due to Zhu Yuanzhang's political considerations, Fengyang was strategically important, so in the second year of Hongwu's reign, he ordered the construction of Zhongdu Fengyang City.

An enormous amount of manpower and resources were used to build Fengyang City, which covered an incredibly large area.

Faced with this question, Zhu Biao hesitated for a moment, a rare occurrence; he didn't know how to begin.

Zhongdu Fengyang, Dongdu Luoyang.

The only difference between the two may be that Fengyang took longer to build.

During the Daye era,

"Emperor Ming of Sui Dynasty!!"

"Hahahaha!!"

Yang Guang looked up at the sky and laughed wildly, his laughter filled with a sense of relief and ecstasy.

"My achievements are recognized by future generations!!"

"I am not a ruler who will bring about the downfall of his country!!"

"Yes, it must be a smear campaign by the Tang Dynasty!! Later generations can still see through it!!"

Before Yang Guang could recover from his joy, an even more torrent of text overwhelmed the few lines that had preceded him.

"They're trying to whitewash Hiroshi again!!"

Did Emperor Yang Guang know that he had so many filial sons?

"Even a dog would be better than Yang Guangqian!"

"Even if Emperor Hui of Jin, Sima Zhong, were to go, he couldn't bring down the Sui Dynasty!"

"Yang Guang was the worst emperor in history!!!"

The barrage of insults and sarcastic remarks turned the entire sky white, assaulting everyone's minds.

As Yang Guang looked at the barrage of insults, it was as if countless white arrows were shooting down from the sky, piercing his heart!

His face flushed redder and redder, completely obscuring his previous joy and ecstasy.

"puff!!!"

A cloud of blood mist suddenly appeared in front of Yang Guang and gushed out from his mouth.

Instantly, Yang Guang's face turned deathly pale, and he looked as if he had aged ten years.

"Emperor Hui of Jin, Sima Zhong, haha."

"That foolish emperor."

"I'm actually inferior to him?"

Yang Guang staggered a few steps and slumped down on the steps, while the court was already empty.

Yang Guang's laughter echoed in the empty hall, sounding like self-mockery and resignation.

He could already hear the shouts of battle outside the palace.

No, there's no sound of fighting, it's the sound of an army entering the city.

Yang Liang has arrived!

Why is Yang Guang considered the worst emperor in history? Let's examine his boasted achievements one by one.

The eastern capital Luoyang, built at the beginning of his reign, was indeed intended to control the Guandong and Jiangnan regions, and the capital was extremely large in scale.

The total area of ​​Luoyang, the eastern capital, was approximately 50 square kilometers, much larger than the then-Daxing City, also known as Chang'an, and twice the size of Chang'an during the Han Dynasty.

In addition, for his own enjoyment, Emperor Yang of Sui built a super garden covering an area of ​​200 li (approximately 100 kilometers) on the west side of the palace. Modern archaeological discoveries suggest that the actual area was over 400 li (approximately 200 kilometers), which is more than 200 times the size of the Forbidden City during the Ming and Qing dynasties.

How long did it take Emperor Yang Guang to build such a massive palace?

"Two Chang'an? Or even a garden spanning four hundred li? It would probably take at least ten years to complete!"

Liu Che did some mental calculations. He used to enjoy building palaces, so he had a lot of experience in this area.

[If I told you that Emperor Yang Guang essentially completed this incredibly vast palace complex in just ten months, how would you rate it?]

"Idiot!"

Huo Qubing spoke with conviction, using the new vocabulary he had learned from the celestial canopy, and offered his evaluation.

This comment displeased Liu Che and Wei Qing, who glanced at him as if to say, "Why are you being so rude!"

One was her maternal uncle, and the other was her paternal uncle-in-law, who was also the emperor.

Huo Qubing had no way to resist, so he could only retort.

"I am a military officer, and that's how military officers speak!"

Like Huo Qubing, the ancients who learned of this number all tried to think of the most fitting word, but in the end, they found that...

The two words on the sky earlier were still the most apt, the most fitting, the most to the point, and the most direct expression of feelings.

Besides the emperor and his ministers, the common people were also full of complaints.

Such a massive palace was completed in ten months; I wonder how many people must have died!

In the end, we're the ones who have to fix it!

In order to complete the construction of this capital city as soon as possible, Yang Guang conscripted more than two million laborers, and this was done every month, so that the huge construction site in Luoyang was always maintained with more than two million people.

Historical records indicate that during the construction process, the mortality rate among the laborers was extremely high, reaching 40-50%. Carts carrying corpses were continuously transported out for over a hundred miles.

By the time Luoyang was completed, approximately 80 to 100 million people had lost their lives in this magnificent eastern capital.

At this time, the total population of the Sui Dynasty was 4600 million, and the total number of conscripts was around ten million.

[Emperor Yang Guang caused one-tenth of the Sui Dynasty's conscripts to die during the construction of Luoyang in just one year.]

The screen moves and changes.

The dusty construction site was teeming with strong men, like a school of sardines, scorched by the sun.

Laborers, wielding picks and shovels, pushed carts laden with stones; millions poured their blood and sweat into the glorious eastern capital, Luoyang.

The foreman cursed and raised his whip, lashing the laborer who was pushing a cart of stones and trying to catch his breath.

A moment later, the cart was pushed again, but this time by a different person.

The cart no longer carried stones, but a corpse.

The car was pushed out of the construction site and merged into the line of cars on the road.

Vultures, crows, and other scavenging birds covered the sky like dark clouds, watching the convoy below, ready to feast at any moment.

The car pulled the body over, and the camera panned back.

A colossal beast, constructed from countless rare timbers, stones, flesh, and human lives, stands in the center of the frame.

It chewed on bones, drank blood and flesh, and rose from the ground.

In just ten months, the world's largest city—Luoyang, the eastern capital—was completed!