Chapter 392: Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, who is comparable to the First Emperor
Some black lines suddenly appeared on the foreheads of Ying Zheng and others. As they were talking about this, they ended up talking about food again.
"We are very happy that Sir can enjoy delicious food for us." Feng Quji said, "According to Sir, the land of Bashu is very prosperous now?"
"Of course, he is famous in the world." Qin An said.
Feng Quji smiled and said: "Sir, you misunderstood. What I meant was that the land of Bashu was very rich during the Qin Dynasty."
"Of course." Qin An said, "The reason why everyone thought the Bashu land was very poor at that time was because the transportation at that time was inconvenient, and there was only one plank road leading to the territory.
Later, after Han Xin arrived in the land of Bashu and took refuge with Liu Bang, he found another small road, Chencang small road.
The eight words "Build the plank road openly and use Chen Cang secretly" were used by later generations to refer to using a certain action to confuse the other party on the surface, but secretly taking another action to achieve the goal.
This is also a strategy that is often used in both business and military affairs. "
"Build the plank road openly, but secretly invade the warehouse." Meng Wu murmured to himself, "What a good strategy, what a good strategy.
Han Xin can deceive anyone with this strategy, not just Xiang Yu, even me will be deceived. "
"General Meng." Qin An said, "You will be deceived, so it only means that you only see the surface, or that like Xiang Yu, you are an extremely conceited person, and no one can change what you believe.
What if Xiang Yu made a plan to build the plank road openly and assassinate Chen Cang secretly? Han Xin will definitely be suspicious.
Is it that easy to build a plank road? It's not easy, and it's done so eagerly, regardless of the soldiers' lives, which makes people even more suspicious.
You have to know that Liu Bang has always been known as a wise man, how could he let his soldiers work so desperately? "
Meng Wu was speechless. He had no idea who Liu Bang was, who Xiang Yu was, or who Han Xin was. He had just heard the names of these people, and he could only answer one or two sentences based on what Qin An said.
Meng Yi said: "Sir, what you said is very reasonable. This is indeed very suspicious. If Xiang Yu was not an arrogant person, he would have killed Liu Bang long ago."
"That's true." Qin An agreed with Meng Yi's words.
"Sir, let's continue talking about the Land of Baiyue." Meng Yi said.
Qin An nodded and said: "The land of Baiyue was developed in many places after the Han Dynasty. The land of Wuyue became the land of fish and rice in the south of the Yangtze River and the granary of the entire China.
The land south of the Yangtze River has become very rich, no worse than Guanzhong, even very good.
But there is still a piece of land in the Baiyue Land that will be called Lingnan in later generations. Although Lingnan has many good places and a very developed economy, overall, Lingnan is considered by the world to have a lot of mountain people and a smoky atmosphere.
However, it was later developed, and Lingnan's resources were very rich, which directly drove the entire Lingnan economy.
Father-in-law, I didn’t give you a map of China. I have marked every province.
You can read ancient books, find the map of Baiyue, and check it to know where it is?
If you want to build ports, my suggestion is to build ports in Guangzhou, Shanghai, Ningbo, Xiamen University and other places.
And there is one thing that is very troublesome. The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in Daqin is not as perfect as it is now. "
"Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal?" everyone said at the same time.
Ying Zheng asked: "What kind of river is this? Why didn't it exist in Great Qin? When did it exist?
I remember that there was a river in Da Qin that was dug by Fu Chai, King of Wu, to conquer Qi. . "
Everyone looked at Qin An curiously.
Qin An said: "This is it. It is now called the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. This is a grand canal started from the Spring and Autumn Period. It is the longest grand canal in history. The total length of the grand canal is about 1,794 kilometers.
It has played a huge role in the economic and cultural development and exchanges between the north and south of China, especially in the development of the industrial and agricultural economy in the areas along the route.
The reason why the land in the south of the Yangtze River became prosperous so quickly was because of this Grand Canal.
Although the reason for the excavation was that King Wu Fucha wanted to conquer Qi, few people excavated this canal afterwards.
Nearly a thousand years later, in the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty mobilized five million laborers to dig the Grand Canal. The canal now has its current scale, and Yang Guang is indispensable.
The demise of the Sui Dynasty was also closely related to the Grand Canal.
Of course, there are three conquests related to Goguryeo. Each conquest was a defeat. The entire army of one million was defeated. In the end, the people would rather break their own legs than join the army. "
"What a waste." Meng Wu said.
Qin An shook his head and said: "Hey. It's hard to say this person. Before he became the emperor, he was pretty good. After he became the emperor, there were good and bad things, but no matter whether he was good or bad, he did everything to the best of his ability.
Just take the Grand Canal. Yang Guang mobilized five million laborers to dig it. Although this was a good thing and a great thing for future generations, it was a disaster for the time.
There were also three expeditions to Goguryeo. The original intention was to increase the territory. Unexpectedly, they failed, and they lost three times in a row.
You must know that the founding emperor of the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Jian, was a truly wise king. Under his governance, the rule of Kaihuang appeared.
Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty gradually unified China, which had been divided for hundreds of years, ended Yuwentai's Xianbei policy in the Western Wei Dynasty, and restored Han surnames to Han ministers and soldiers who had been changed to Xianbei surnames.
This achievement is no less than that of the First Emperor's unification of the six kingdoms. "
"How can he be compared with the First Emperor?" Meng Wu said solemnly, with dissatisfaction in his tone.
Ying Zheng was also slightly dissatisfied and said: "Even if Yang Jian ends the war in China, can he be compared with the First Emperor?"
"Father-in-law, the First Emperor's achievements are unparalleled. He established the unification of China, but it cannot be said that there are one or two people who can compare with him in the future generations.
However, the people of later generations will never forget the First Emperor, but they may forget Yang Jian.
Because the first person will always be remembered, the second person may be forgotten.
Although we may forget Yang Jian, we will not forget his achievements and the Sui Dynasty.
And this Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty made huge contributions whether politically, economically, nationally, etc.
If you want to know, I can tell you, by the way, he invented the imperial examination system.
Moreover, he abolished the original imperial court system and established three provinces and six ministries. The six ministries were: Ministry of War, Ministry of Industry, Ministry of Rites, Ministry of Officials, Ministry of Punishment and Ministry of Civil Affairs.
These six parts lasted until the end of the Qing Dynasty, that is, they did not disappear until the feudal dynasty was completely over.
As for the imperial examination system, it is still popular today, it just changed its name. "
Some people died, but not completely...
