In the morning, we set out to recruit the priests, and when we travel, we feel sorry for our hometown.
The sound of chickens echoes in the moonlight of Maodian, and the frost of Banqiao is everywhere.
The oak leaves have fallen on the mountain road, and the orange flowers are bright on the post wall.
Thinking of Du Ling's dream, the wild geese filled the pond.
——"Morning Journey to Shangshan" by Wen Tingyun (Tang Dynasty)
This night is destined to never end.
Yang Guozhong was half drunk and half awake, lying on the spacious carriage. Two concubines were gently massaging his head, neck, waist and legs. There was wind and snow outside, and the red sleeves inside the carriage were fragrant. As the carriage rocked gently, yesterday
Reappear...
Yang Guozhong, formerly known as Yang Zhao, was from Puzhou and a distant cousin of Concubine Yang. Yang Zhao's ancestors were also the Yang family of Hongnong, a well-known family.
…
According to the "Tongzhi Clan Brief", the Yang family of Hongnong is a descendant of the Yangyu family in the Spring and Autumn Period. The descendants of Yangyuji fled to Huashan Fairy Valley to live in seclusion and lived in Huayin. By the Han Dynasty, Huayin belonged to Hongnong County.
That is the origin of the Yang family in Hongnong.
Since Yang Dao left the mountains and forests and re-entered the political stage, the Yang family has been an official of the Zhou Dynasty for more than ten generations, either as a doctor, a Sima, a Taifu, or a state pastor. At the end of the Qin Dynasty, Huayin Yang Shuo led his eight sons to follow him.
Liu Bang's campaign. Before the Battle of Gaixia broke out, his sixth son Yang Xi set out with the army as a cavalryman. In order to boost morale, Liu Bang promised that whoever takes Xiang Yu's head would be rewarded with thousands of gold coins and granted ten thousand households.
The Battle of Gaixia ended with Xiang Yu committing suicide in the Wujiang River. Stimulated by Liu Bang's reward, Han officers and soldiers swarmed in and snatched Xiang Yu's body. In the end, Xiang Yu's body was divided into five pieces, and each of the five people got one piece. Among them, Yang Xi got Xiang Yu's body.
One leg. Liu Bang later fulfilled his promise, and Yang Xi was granted the title of Marquis of Chiquan, with a population of over 1,000 households. From then on, Yang Xi went to temples and received high-ranking officials and generous salaries, which laid the foundation for the prosperity of the Yang family. The other seven sons of Yang Shuo were all granted the title of general.
Yang Shuo himself was granted the title of Taishi.
Sun Yangchang, the fourth generation of Yang Xi, married Sima Ying, the daughter of Ma Qian of the Taishi Company. He was appreciated by the general Huo Guang and supported him all the way. He served successively as chief minister, censor and prime minister. He was the first prime minister of the Yang family and Hongnong Yang.
The ancestor of the clan.
Yang Chang's great-grandson Yang Zhen was rich in economics and was known as the "Kansai Confucius". He later entered the officialdom and became a Situ and a Taiwei. He was an upright and upright official, and was known as an "innocent official" in history. The allusion of "Gold at dusk"
, is related to Yang Zhen. When Yang Zhen was transferred to Donglai Prefecture, Wang Mi, the magistrate of Changyi County, was grateful for his support and prepared ten kilograms of gold to give to Yang Zhen overnight. Zhen said: "I know you, I know you.
Why do you not know your old friend?" Mi said: "You are ignorant in the evening." Zhen said: "Heaven knows, God knows, I know, and you know. What is ignorance?" Wang Mi left in shame. Yang Zhen was also remembered by future generations for this.
He was called "Mr. Sizhi". From then on, the Hongnong Yang family regarded Yang Zhen as the founder of the foundation and took the hall name "Sizhi Hall".
After Yang Zhen, Yang Bing, Yang Ci, and Yang Biao successively rose to the rank of Taiwei. There was a grand occasion of "Four Generations and Three Dukes". Their disciples and former officials were all over the world, and the Hongnong Yang family became a prominent family at that time. During the Three Kingdoms period, all the heroes came together.
Since then, wars have been frequent. Yang Biao's son was outstanding in literary talent and served as the chief secretary of Cao Cao's Prime Minister's Mansion. This person was Yang Xiu.
During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, Yang Yan and Yang Zhi, the two empresses of Sima Yan, Emperor Wu of Jin Dynasty, were both from the Yang family in Hongnong. During the two Jin Dynasties, the Yang family's relatives held important positions in the court one after another, and they were powerful and prominent.
During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the Hongnong Yang family continued to grow. Yang Zhen's 13th descendant, Sun Yangzhong, was a talented general. At the end of the Northern Wei Dynasty, following the Erzhu family, Duguxin conquered the south and the north and made many military exploits. The Northern Wei Dynasty was divided into the Eastern Wei and the Western Wei
Later, Yang Zhong joined the Western Wei camp and successively captured Dou Tai, defeated Shayuan, and defeated Nanliang. Due to his meritorious service, he worshiped General Hussar and was granted the title of Duke Chenliu.
After the establishment of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Yang Zhong was promoted to the general of Zhuguo and was granted the title of Sui Guogong, becoming one of the core members of the Northern Zhou ruling group. After his death, his eldest son Yang Jian inherited the title.
Emperor Yuwen Yun of the Northern Zhou Dynasty made Yang Jian's eldest daughter Yang Lihua the emperor. After Yu Wen Yun's death, Yang Jian controlled the affairs of the Northern Zhou Dynasty as a powerful man and a relative.
In the first year of Dading in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Yang Jian accepted the abdication of Emperor Jing of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, changed the name of the country to "Sui", and changed the name of the Yuan Dynasty to Kaihuang. He was known as Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty in history. After fourteen generations of unremitting efforts, the Yang family of Hongnong finally reached the pinnacle of power. Yang Jian
After reigning for twenty-three years, he achieved outstanding political achievements and was well-connected with people. Yang Su, Duke of Yue, Yang Xuangan, Duke of Chu, and other Yang clans were also influential figures in the Sui Dynasty.
After Yang Jian's second son, Yang Guang, came to the throne, he was overjoyed in his achievements, arrogant and extravagant, and fought for years, which eventually triggered a civil uprising and caused chaos in the world, which directly led to the fall of the Sui Dynasty.
The Hongnong Yang family did not disappear with the decline of the Sui Dynasty. In the Tang Dynasty, four powerful families appeared, namely "Li Wu, Wei Yang". The Hongnong Yang family included eleven people, including Yang Gongren, Yang Shidao, Yang Zaisi and Yang Hongli, who successively served as prime ministers.
Emperor Taizong's concubine Yang and Wu Zetian's mother were both descended from the Hongnong Yang family.
…
Such a prominent family had completely fallen into decline by Yang Zhao's father's generation. Yang Zhao had no education and skills since he was a child. He ate, drank, whored and gambled, and wandered around the market. Later, he joined the army in Shu and had little development. When he was desperate, he just wandered around.
While waiting to die, I met the noble Xianyu Zhongtong.
At this time, Xianyu Zhongtong served as the interview envoy under Zhangqiu Jianqiong, the Jiedushi envoy of Jiannan, and was Zhangqiu Jianqiong's confidant. Xianyu Zhongtong had a keen eye for pearls and took a fancy to Yang Zhaohongnong's identity and ability to manage money.
, thinking that Yang Zhao could live in a rare place, he donated generously and often helped him.
Zhangchou Jianqiong wanted to enter the court as an official, but was worried about being squeezed out by Prime Minister Li, so he asked Xianyu Zhongtong to go to Chang'an to manage the affairs of the court and mediate with public relations in order to climb high.
In the fourth year of Tianbao, Yang Yuhuan was canonized as a noble concubine, with unparalleled honor and favor. Xian Yu Zhongtong realized that the opportunity had come. Yang Zhao and Yang Guifei were both members of the Hongnong Yang family. If Yang Zhao was allowed to contact Yang Guifei as a distant cousin
A noble concubine would get twice the result with half the effort. So he recommended Yang Zhao to Zhangchou Jianqiong to go to Beijing.
Zhangchou Jianqiong then made an appointment to meet with Yang Zhao. At the first meeting, he was overjoyed. Because Yang Zhao was not only good-looking, but also had many years of experience in the world, making him good at observing people, eloquent, and full of clever ideas. More importantly, he was Concubine Yang's.
The elder brother and the Yang sisters have known each other since they were young. With all these qualifications, he is the perfect choice for the public relations office in Beijing.
Therefore, Zhangchou Jianqiong made an exception and promoted Yang Zhao to the position of promotion official, and he cared for him ever since. In the autumn of the fourth year of Tianbao, he asked Yang Zhao to go to Beijing with dozens of carts of Bashu rare birds and animals, as well as exotic flowers and stones. Yang Zhao was overjoyed.
He drove non-stop and traveled under starry night to Chang'an.
When he arrived in Chang'an, Yang Zhao quickly contacted the three cousins of the Yang family and bribed him with a lot of money. With the help of the three cousins, Yang Zhao fulfilled his mission, and Zhang Qiu Jian Qiong was transferred to the court as he wished, and was promoted to Minister of Household Affairs.
.And Yang Zhao’s benefactor, Xianyu Zhongtong, was quickly promoted to Jiannan Jiedushi not long after.
And Yang Zhao himself relied on nepotism to rise through the ranks and rise rapidly. From being a doctor in Duzhi and serving as a censor, he was quickly promoted to a doctor in Duzhi and serving as a censor.