I watched Er Chuang’s short video, and everything went numb!

[The Sui Dynasty was like a capitalist with landlord-like ideas. It had been exploiting its people by various means. ]

[Not only did they not let them have enough to eat, but they also forced them to open the Grand Canal and go on expeditions to Goguryeo. ]

[Over time, more and more people left the government and became thieves, and more and more thieves gathered together to launch peasant uprisings. ]

[When things were going in a bad direction, many crises would erupt one by one. One of the crises was called: the state (county) system. ]

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The Great Qin Plane.

Qin Shihuang looked puzzled.

Why did the county system become a crisis?

“Could it be that the Sui Dynasty made some different changes to the county system?”

Qin Shihuang thought of the Sui Dynasty’s small move to unify weights and measures.

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[During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, due to the large number of political regimes and the need for hereditary officials to hold official positions, many prefectures were divided into several prefectures, and many counties were also divided into several counties. ]

[For example, before the Sui Dynasty usurped the throne, the states of various political regimes changed from 19 in the Western Jin Dynasty to 211 states, 508 prefectures, and 1,124 counties. ]

[Yang Jian believed that with so few people and so many officials, the taxes collected would not be enough to pay salaries. ]

[So, he changed the three-level system of states, prefectures, and counties since the Eastern Han Dynasty to a two-level system of states and counties, and abolished and merged a large number of administrative regions. ]

[Later, he considerately changed the state to a county, and turned it into the familiar two-level county-county system. ]

[However, the Qin Dynasty had 36 counties, while the Sui Dynasty set up 190 counties. ]

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Daqin plane.

Qin Shihuang frowned.

Under the two-level county system, the central court directly manages it.

How to manage these 190 counties?

There are too many, and it is impossible to manage them, unless the central court increases the number of officials.

But if that happens, the personnel burden of the central court will be too heavy.

And the most important thing is that Qin Shihuang thinks this approach is completely unnecessary.

Although he knows that the territory of the Sui Dynasty is larger than that of the Qin Dynasty, it is not as large as more than 0 counties.

It is purely to increase the difficulty of management for the central court.

Qin Shihuang guessed in his heart.

He thinks Yang Jian probably wants to control local forces in this way to prevent local forces from becoming too powerful and separatist.

After all, if a county has a small territory, it will have less power.

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[What consequences will this lead to? 】

[First, although the large-scale merger of administrative regions and financial officials has reduced salary expenditures, how can laid-off officials find new jobs? 】

[Second, this big task of letting the central government directly manage 190 counties cannot be said to be a piece of cake, but it can only be said to be quite difficult. 】

[Therefore, when central officials cannot take care of the counties below, many policy autonomy lies in the hands of grassroots officials. 】

[And grassroots officials’s style of doing things is often lazy governance and one-size-fits-all. 】

【Finally, the largest local military and political division is the county, and the peasant army often roams in more than one county. 】

【This is where the bug appears. There is a lack of unified command between counties, and the county governors are afraid of being punished for not completing the task in time, so they simply drive the rebels away instead of eliminating them. 】

【In this way, there are no peasant armies in my jurisdiction. 】

The barrage flew out:

“No problem, who said it’s not like this? (dog head)”

“In fact, many borders between counties later became no-man’s land, and the peasant army liked to operate in these places the most.”

“Hardship in the neighboring county.”

“…”

The plane of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

Liu Che shook his head slightly.

It is normal for the official system of the Sui Dynasty to have problems.

190 counties are too fragmented.

It is too difficult for the central court to manage directly.

His Han Dynasty only had 102 counties, and 13 supervisory areas, namely 13 provincial governors, were set up above them.

And the 190 counties of the Sui Dynasty were all directly managed by the central court. In this case, it was almost impossible for the central government to accurately grasp the situation of each county, and it could only hope that the county governors of each county would consciously fulfill their duties.

This is obviously unreliable.

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[Faced with such a situation of passing the buck, Emperor Yang of Sui had no choice but to restore the position of the general manager. ]

[But at such a time of great chaos in the world, would this imperial envoy really be loyal to the Sui Dynasty? ]

[I believe everyone knows the answer. ]

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Many ancient people also knew the answer to the many dynasties after the Sui Dynasty.

At the end of the Sui Dynasty, there were many Sui generals who rebelled.

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[So, in addition to this, are there any reasons for the Sui Dynasty central government and Emperor Yang Guang himself? ]

[Of course. ]

[Because the performance of officials is tied to their career treatment, the central officials of the Sui Dynasty tried their best to conceal the true situation of the country from Emperor Yang Guang for their own glory and wealth. ]

[For example, in 616, when the uprising was already in full swing, Emperor Yang Guang asked his ministers: How many rebels are there? ]

[Yuwen Shu said that there are less than one-tenth. ]

[There are also Pei Yun and others who are still suppressing the outspoken loyal ministers represented by Su Wei. 】

[As Yang Guang's personal secretary, Yu Shiji, the Minister of Internal Affairs, in order to prevent Yang Guang from knowing the real situation, directly imprisoned the envoys sent by various counties to ask for help, and falsely accused them of slandering the achievements of the Sui Dynasty. 】

[He also reported to Yang Guang that under Yang Guang's wise leadership, the national situation was not just a little better, but a great good. 】

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The plane of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty.

Jiangdu.

Yang Guang looked at the huge screen in the sky, extremely angry, and kept cursing:

"Rebellious ministers and traitors."

"I will execute you all!"

As soon as the words fell.

There was a huge noise outside the palace.

A eunuch ran in with a panic on his face.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Yu Wenzhi and others have rebelled!"

"They have already led their troops to attack!"

As soon as he saw Yang Guang, the eunuch screamed.

Hearing this.

Yang Guang's face turned pale instantly

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[Of course, if the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked. ]

[The rebellion of the treacherous ministers in the central government is inseparable from Yang Guang himself. ]

[Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty was a man who was stubborn to a certain extent. He did not allow his ministers to speak differently from him. ]

[For example, a minister wrote an article praising his father Yang Jian, but Yang Guang thought he was using the past to satirize the present, so he directly made him commit suicide. 】

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The Great Sui Emperor Wendi plane.

Yang Jian was furious and shouted:

"Rebellious son! Rebellious son!"

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[From then on, no minister dared to tell the truth to Emperor Yang of Sui, and naturally there were more and more treacherous ministers around him. 】

[In addition to his long-term excessive indulgence, the failure of the expedition to Goguryeo and the loss of face, and the continuous peasant uprisings that constantly stimulated his mental state, Yang Guang's record in history books can be said to be a pure biological mental illness. 】

[So sometimes, it can't be said that the treacherous ministers in the court are in chaos, because these people are completely flattering Yang Guang. 】

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Many ancient people in the dynasties nodded slightly.

In fact, in the final analysis, if a court has many treacherous ministers, it must be caused by the emperor's incompetence.

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[To sum up. 】

【Since the Sui Empire was founded by usurping the throne, and the process of pacifying the Southern Chen was too peaceful, the entire empire did not undergo a large-scale top-down blood transfusion, so the domestic contradictions were not eliminated. 】

【By the way, when the Tang Dynasty was established, Li Shimin shot all the people who created the contradictions, wouldn’t the contradictions be temporarily eliminated? 】

【In other words, facing the domestic contradictions, the means by which the leaders of the Sui Empire solved them were too rough. 】

【He was like a capitalist, first stimulating officials with treatment, and deceiving the population and land into household registration. 】

【But in order to get promoted and increase their salaries, officials directly falsified and concealed the facts, and the ever-expanding book strength gave the central court of the Great Sui Dynasty confidence. 】

【As a result, taxes and corvée were based on false data, and the output of the people was taken for their own use. In the end, under the self-intoxication and the blindness of vested interest officials, the Sui Empire was torn apart in the surging peasant uprising. 】

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Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty.

Yang Jian pondered in his heart.

He did not fully believe the content and views of this video.

He could feel that the person in the future who was speaking on the giant screen in the sky did not approve of him and criticized him a lot. (To read the violent novel, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

Of course, in Yang Jian's view, those were allThe prejudice of later generations.

But despite this.

Yang Jian still did not completely deny some of the views in this video.

For example, the problem of false reporting by officials and the problem of 190 counties being too many.

He felt that these really needed to be corrected. []

The most important thing, of course, was the issue of the crown prince.

In this life, he naturally could not let Yang Guang inherit the throne.

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[There has always been a saying that the Sui Dynasty's extinction came from the aristocratic families, and the Sui Dynasty moved its capital to Luoyang to counter the Guanlong nobles. ]

[But in fact, a large number of Guanlong nobles such as Yuwen Shu and Yuwen Huaji followed Yang Guang to Jiangdu. ]

[I think these aristocratic families did not want to plot against the Sui Dynasty, but on the contrary, they were too kind to the Sui Dynasty. ]

[Because the demise of the Sui Dynasty was purely because it did not treat the people as human beings. 】

【As long as it doesn't treat people as human beings, people will let it taste the power of the iron fist. 】

【This is also the true feeling of the successor Li Shimin as a witness, saying "water can carry a boat, but it can also overturn it." 】

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The plane of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty.

After watching the entire video, Li Shimin said to Li Zhi:

"Zhi Nu, you must remember the lesson of the demise of the Sui Dynasty and be more sympathetic to the people."

"Don't worry, father, I will remember that water can carry a boat, but it can also overturn it."

Li Zhi's face straightened and he replied solemnly.

Hearing this, Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction.

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In the high-altitude giant screen.

The video is refreshed.

A new video appears on the high-altitude giant screen.

【How does eating "grass" ruin a country? 】

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After this line of headlines, there is a preface.

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[There is such a country, the people are so poor that they eat dirt, but they are willing to spend a lot of money on a grass, and even build a room for it. 】

[And this country, which could have been rich, was delayed by this "little grass" and once fell into the brink of collapse. 】

[So, what magical power does this grass have? Can it make people so addicted? Why does it cause such great harm to this country? 】

[Today, let's uncover the truth about this "grass" and see how it destroyed a country? 】

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After reading this preface, many ancient people in all dynasties became very curious about the content of the following video.

What kind of "grass" can have such great power?

What kind of bizarre story is this?

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[Yemeng, located at the junction of Asia and Africa in the Middle East, is adjacent to the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden and the Arabian Sea. It guards the "golden section" of the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea and has abundant shipping resources. Countless ships pass through here every year. ]

[And it is also a very resource-rich, oil and natural gas are their main natural energy sources. It is reported that the oil reserves can reach 4 billion barrels and the natural gas reserves can reach 1.85 billion cubic meters. 】

【From a geographical perspective, it is no exaggeration to say that it is a "chosen country". 】

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Accompanied by narration subtitles.

The geographical location map of Yemeng appeared on the high-altitude giant screen.

The plane of Taizu of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the map carefully and nodded slightly.

Yemeng's location is indeed very good. Just collecting tolls can make a lot of money.

Not to mention that there are so many oil and natural gas resources.

He already knew how valuable these two things are from the previous video.

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【Such a country should be "eating hot pot and singing songs", making money while lying down, but the reality of Yemeng is simply shocking. 】

[In 2022, the per capita GDP of Yemeng is only 620 US dollars. In contrast, across the sea from it, Jibuti, which is full of sand dunes and has an extremely harsh natural environment, has a per capita GDP of 2,490 US dollars. 】

[Yemeng can be said to be a land of dirt, and it has lived up to expectations and become one of the least developed regions in the world. 】

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"Ah?!"

Many ancient people from all dynasties were stunned.

This shouldn't be?

According to the geographical location and resource situation of Yemeng, it is not rich, but it shouldn't be so poor, right?

"What is going on?"

Many ancient people from all dynasties were immediately confused.

Then.

Some ancient people with quick minds and quick reactions thought of the content of the video preface.

"Could it be that grass that caused it?"

After this thought came to their minds, the ancients became more and more shocked and curious.

What kind of "grass" could have such great power that it could make a country with a treasure land so poor?

So, the ancients looked at the giant screen in the sky more attentively.

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["Sitting on a mountain of treasures but being penniless" is the true portrayal of Yemeng, and there are many reasons for all this, and they are also very complicated. ]

[However, Yemeng's biggest crisis still comes from Yemeng's own people. ]

[You may not believe it, but this country is "chewing" itself to death. ]

[On the streets of Yemen, you can often see such a scene: groups of men and women with dull eyes, their cheeks bulging, lying in the shade of trees, as if they were in a deep state of meditation. ]

[Don't be afraid, this is not a disease, but they are chewing a kind of grass. 】

[This grass is a plant native to the Arabian Peninsula (Zhao Dehao) - Khat, also known as Arabic tea. 】

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"Tea?"

Many ancient people in all dynasties were increasingly confused.I don't understand.

Chinese people are naturally very familiar with tea, and many people drink it frequently.

Although I don't know what kind of tea this Arabic tea is, it is tea after all.

Well, chewing tea leaves raw is indeed a bit strange and a bit outrageous.

But it shouldn't be harmful, right?

How could it cause such great harm to the country of Yemeng?

The ancients became more and more curious.

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[You may say, isn't it just chewing fresh tea leaves? This is nothing strange. ]

[If you think so, you are wrong. ]

[This thing is not tea from Arabia, but a terrible drug, so it has an even more terrifying name - "East African poppy". ]

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"It's actually a drug?!"

The ancients of all dynasties were shocked.

They have already seen the harm of drugs in many previous videos.

It is definitely the source of national disaster and chaos.

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[From the outside, Khat does look like a bunch of inconspicuous weeds. ]

[But this little weed has great harm. Scientific research shows that Khat contains 40 compounds. ]

[Among them, cathinone and norephedrine are both amphetamine substances, which can stimulate the autonomic sympathetic nervous system and produce central nervous system excitement. They are the most important nerve excitatory active substances and have been included in the United Nations Convention on Psychotropic Substances of 1971. ]

[Long-term chewing of Khat can cause a variety of adverse reactions, including serious damage to the oral cavity, cardiovascular system, central nervous system, respiratory system, etc., and lead to tachycardia, hypertension, anorexia, insomnia and other diseases. 】

[Like all drugs, it is highly addictive. Even if the body's functions are completely destroyed, it cannot break the chewer's addiction to khat. 】

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"It's really poisonous!"

The ancients of all dynasties were shocked.

They didn't expect that such a grass could cause such great harm. .