In everyone's mind in China, national unity is very important. In China's historical books and folk historical legends, China's unified dynasty is a serious dynasty. For example, the Sui Dynasty experienced two emperors, Wendi and Yang Di, for only 38 years, but history gave it a real status. When we recite the chronology of dynasties, it is often Xia, Shang, Zhou, Spring and Autumn, Warring States, Sui, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. Why? Because these dynasties are unified except the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. It took nearly 300 years from the late Western Jin Dynasty to the Sui Dynasty. China is divided into many countries, and the history in this divided state is often ignored in our history textbooks. It was not until Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty took Zhou, unified China, established the Sui Dynasty, and put history on the normal track that our historians breathed a sigh of relief, and then continued to write a unified history.

It was quite easy for Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty to come to earth. Sui Wendi Sui Wendi and his father Yang Zhong were officials of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Zhou Jingdi was only eight years old when he ascended the throne. Emperor Wen of Sui easily took his place and became emperor himself. Ancient historians once lamented: "The ancient times are easy to come to the world, and there is no one in Sui Wendi." After Emperor Wendi of the Sui Dynasty replaced the Zhou Dynasty, he took the terror of exterminating the royal family of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, thus establishing the Sui Dynasty in northern China. Then, after the northern part of China was stabilized, Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty pacified Chen with powerful force, ending the nearly 300-year history of China's division since the end of the Western Jin Dynasty and unifying China. The process of pacifying Chen is a process of armed war. Chen's officials and ministers all had the intention of submission, and Emperor Wendi of Sui adopted the policy of appeasement, which made the south develop rapidly.

Wendi was born in buddhist nun and raised by a nun named Ji Xian. He didn't return to China until 13 years old. In this long process, Wendi's biological mother couldn't ask anything about Wendi Sui. Even if the mother misses her son and occasionally hugs her son, the wise fairy nun will loudly reprimand her. Said, "Why do you dare to touch my son?" Make mother sad and angry. Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty, who grew up in a temple, has a soft spot for Buddhism. During his reign, he built many buildings and repaired temple towers on a large scale. On June 30th, the 60th birthday of Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty, 30 towers were built in 30 states. During the Renshou period, Emperor Wendi of Sui ordered the construction of pagodas in 1 13 state three times, and a total of 1 13 pagodas were built, reaching one in each state. With stupa, there must be monks and nuns. Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty spread monks and nuns all over the country. According to historical records, during the reign of Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty, 300,000 people in China became monks. At that time, the national population was 46 million, and there were so many monks and nuns, with a huge proportion. Emperor Wendi not only built temples and pagodas, but also wrote Buddhist scriptures all over the country. Buddhist scriptures were introduced into China from India, and there were forged Buddhist scriptures in the Sui Dynasty. Emperor Wendi asked the monks to identify the authenticity and copy it again. During the reign of Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty, more than 30,000 volumes of Buddhist scriptures/kloc-0 were copied, which can be said to be overwhelming. When Emperor Wendi of Sui believed in Buddhism, he made friends with monks and regarded the monks in the world as his best friends. Monks can not only go in and out of the palace at will, but also often travel with cars. If that courtier doesn't make friends with monks and nuns, Emperor Wendi of Sui will be furious.

Emperor Wendi was a Buddhist and a miser. While flaunting himself, he said that he was an emperor who "bowed his head as a willing ox" and "treated the people poorly". At that time, the hoarded grain could be used for 50 years in the treasury of the Sui Dynasty. However, in the autumn of Huang Kai 14, drought and famine occurred in Guanzhong. Although the national treasury was "rotten", Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty was not allowed to open the granary to release grain and lead the hungry people in Guanzhong to eat Luoyang. According to historical records, Emperor Wendi led the people to eat more than once in the famine years, but when there was another drought in Guanzhong, Emperor Wendi refused to give relief and ordered the people to eat Shandong. What's wrong with the food in the Wen Imperial Library? He went to prepare hay for Shi Biao and Tang Gaozu, and provided munitions for overthrowing his own army. How much food is there in the treasury of Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty? By the time of Zhenguan 1 1 in the Tang Dynasty, more than forty years had passed, and the grain in the two capitals of the Sui Dynasty had not been used up. Emperor Taizong said: the "world reserve" at the end of Sui Dynasty can be used for 50 years. Wang Fuzhi commented on Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty: "Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty is also a master of bargaining. Wendi's frugality is not frugality, but also stingy! "Wang Fuzhi denounced Emperor Wendi's stingy practice for the people:" Millet rotted in the warehouse, people drowned in Tao, people showed off, the poor died, fighting for wealth, thieves started, the country broke, the family died, and the husband mourned! "As an emperor of envelope Buddhism, the treasury is full of food. It is a mockery of Buddhism not to give in when it is time to popularize.

Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty was extremely stingy with Buddhism, but he was very strict with corrupt officials in the Sui Dynasty. Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty was an emperor full of suspicion, and he was very uneasy about the incorruptibility of his officials. He thinks that as long as a courtier is greedy, he will be greedy and take bribes. Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty had a huge secret service agency to deal with courtiers, which supervised officials of the imperial court and local governments. Once officials are found to be at fault, they will be convicted of a felony. Some people who shouldn't be sentenced to death are often sentenced to death. As an emperor, Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty was not as generous and upright as an emperor. He likes to perform tricks such as villains to deal with officials and make ministers physically and mentally haggard. Even Emperor Wendi, the hero of the founding of the People's Republic of China, was executed for taking bribes. One of the greatest inventions of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty was to order some people to quietly give some gold and silver treasures and money, as well as some silk and satin produced in the south to some ministers and officials, so as to measure whether a minister and official were greedy or not. If the minister accepts gold, silver and money, he will be regarded as accepting bribes, and his head will be cut off in front of the minister in court as an example. Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty used this experimental bribery method to make the civil and military officials in the Qing Dynasty tremble with fear and walk on thin ice. Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty was the most unsafe dynasty in China. An emperor who is so dishonest and conspires against his courtiers can be regarded as creating the best emperor.

There is an old saying in China: At first, you cheated others, and at last, you lost yourself. The demise of Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty fulfilled this sentence. In 604 AD, when Wendi was seriously ill in bed, his son Yang Guang ordered his henchmen to enter Renshou Palace, killing Wendi who was ill in bed. History records: "Blood splashes on the screen, and the sound of injustice is heard outside." Then Yang Guang killed Wendi's eldest son, his own brother Yong Yang, and became emperor, which is the famous sinister and extravagant emperor Yang Di in history.

Wendi was emperor for 25 years, Yang Di was emperor for 13 years, and the Sui Dynasty perished. Under their heavy historical background, we have seen a heavy page in history.