Emperor Yang Of Sui China

Yangdi, ruling from 604 to 617 , committed to several large projects during his rule, most notably the completion of the Grand Canal . He also caused the reconstruction of the Great Wall , a project which took the lives of nearly six million workers. These expeditures, along with a series of Disastrous Campaigns against Korea , left the empire bankrupt and the people in revolt. An uprising forced Yangdi to flee to South China , where he was eventually Assassin ated.

Yangdi committed almost eight million people to constructing roads, palaces, the Grand Canal, the Great Wall and ships. The re-designing of Luoyang alone consumed a quarter of that amount, and the building of the Grand Canal took up 2 million men.

Equally manpower-consuming were the 3 expeditions against Korea, each one needing about a million men. Due to tactical errors, though, the huge army was unable to conquer Korea. A million people died in the 3 campaigns.

Even with many books describing his achievements, Yangdi is still considered a tyrant in China, and the reason for the Sui Dynasty's relatively short rule.

Legend claims Yang send a series of messengers to Hua Mulan with the message to come to him as his Concubine . She refused and committed Suicide , afterwards. The Emperor then held a Funeral with honors for her.

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Emperor Yang Of Sui China