The unification of the Sui Dynasty ended the long-term division and conformed to the historical development trend of a unified multi-ethnic country. After the reunification of the Sui Dynasty, the economy was developed and the household registration was determined, which unified the monetary system and the weights and measures system in the north and south. Strengthen centralization and improve administrative efficiency.
The Sui Dynasty opened the Grand Canal running through the north and south, and established the imperial examination system, which had a far-reaching influence on later generations.
This series of measures promoted the rapid recovery and development of social economy, greatly increased the population and cultivated land area, and made the Sui Dynasty a dynasty with a vast territory and strong national strength.
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The demise of the sui dynasty
Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty practiced frugality and once taught the prince that since ancient times, emperors have never lived in luxury. However, Yang Di, the second emperor of the Sui Dynasty, was overjoyed, indifferent to the power of the people and addicted to luxury. During his reign, he built a series of major projects and launched wars many times, which made people miserable and intensified social contradictions.
Every year, Yang Di collects a large number of laborers, spending millions at every turn, driving them to build Luoyang, the eastern capital, dig the Grand Canal, and build the Great Wall and the ruler road. In order to strengthen his rule over various places, he also cruised many times, riding tall and gorgeous dragon boats, accompanied by huge ships, accompanied by hundreds of thousands of soldiers and migrant workers along the way, which consumed a lot of manpower and financial resources.
Yang Di also levied Liaodong three times, forcing a large number of peasants to perform military service and become civilian workers, so people could not engage in productive labor normally. Emperor Yang Di's brutal rule made the people unbearable, which eventually led to a large-scale peasant uprising. The uprising first broke out in Shandong province, where the people suffered the most, and then quickly spread to the whole country, and many anti-Sui teams were formed in various places. Under the attack of the rebel army, the rule of the Sui Dynasty faced disintegration. ?
In 6 18, Yang Di was killed by his men in Jiangdu. The sui dynasty in its heyday perished.
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