Sui

• Emperor Yang Di’s campaigns cost huge sums of money. • Riots broke out by peasants who had lost their lands due to flooding in the Yellow River region. • Yang Di was assassinated in 618 spent large amounts of money and was cruel to the people. • Defeated by Korea • The Great Wall was repaired at an enormous cost in human life. • A prolonged and costly campaign against a kingdom in southern Manchuria and northern Korea ended in defeat. • The Sui dynasty fell in 617 to domestic rebels led by Li Yuan.