The Legend of Shushan Xuanjian

Chapter 89
In the morning, we start to conquer the duo.

Jishengmaodian month, people trace Banqiaoshuang.

The mistleaf falls on the mountain road, and the trifoliate flower is on the wall.

Because of the dream of Du Lingmeng, the mallard geese are full of return to the pond.

——Wen Tingyun (Tang Dynasty) in "A Morning Journey to Shangshan"

This night is destined to be non-stop.

Yang Guozhong was half drunk and half awake, lying on the spacious carriage.Two concubines are gently massaging his head, neck, waist and legs.The wind and snow are blowing outside the car, and the red sleeves in the car add fragrance.With the gentle shaking of the carriage, yesterday reappeared...

Yang Guozhong, once called Yang Zhao, a native of Puzhou, is the distant cousin of Yang Guifei.Yang Zhao's ancestor was also the famous Hongnong Yang family.

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According to the records in "General Annals · Clan Briefing", the Hongnong Yang family is the descendant of the Spring and Autumn Yang Tong family.The descendants of Yang Tongue fled to Huashan Xiangu to live in seclusion and lived in Huayin.In the Han Dynasty, Huayin belonged to Hongnong County, which is also the origin of Hongnong Yang's family.

After the Yang family came out of the mountains and forests from Yang Dao and re-entered the political arena, more than ten generations have been officials of the Zhou family, or they have been doctors, Sima, Taifu, and Zhou Mu.At the end of Qin Dynasty, Huayin Yang Shuo led his eight sons to fight with Liu Bang.

Before the Battle of Gaixia broke out, his sixth son, Yang Xi, set off with the army as a cavalry soldier.In order to boost morale, Liu Bang promised that whoever takes Xiang Yu's head will be rewarded with a thousand pieces of gold and ten thousand households will be sealed.

The Battle of Gaixia ended with Xiang Yu's suicide in Wujiang.Inspired by Liu Bang's reward, officers and soldiers of the Han army rushed forward 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 one of Xiang Yu's legs.Liu Bang fulfilled his promise afterwards, and Yang Xi was named Marquis of Chiquan, with thousands of households in the city.From then on, Yang Xi went in and out of the temple, high-ranking officials and generous salary, which laid the foundation for the prosperity of the Yang family.Yang Shuo's other seven sons were all named generals, and Yang Shuo himself was named Taishi.

Yang Chang, the fourth generation grandson of Yang Xi, married Sima Ying, the daughter of Ma Qian from the Taishi Company.Appreciated by General Huo Guang, he supported him all the way. He served successively as Da Si Nong, Doctor Yushi and Prime Minister. He was the first prime minister of the Yang family and the ancestor of the Hongnong Yang family.

Yang Chang's great-grandson, Yang Zhen, is full of economics and is known as "Kanxi Confucius".Later, he became an official, and the officials went to Situ and Taiwei. He was an upright and upright official, and he was upright and upright. He was known as an "innocent official" in history. "The Yang family of Hongnong also regarded Yang Zhen as the founder of the foundation, and took the name of the hall "Sizhitang".

After Yang Zhen, Yang Bing, Yang Ci, and Yang Biao became the Taiwei successively. There was a grand occasion of "four generations and three princes".During the Three Kingdoms period, all heroes rose together, and wars continued frequently.Yang Biao's son has outstanding literary talents, and he is the chief bookkeeper in Cao Cao's prime minister's mansion. This person is Yang Xiu.

During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, Yang Yan and Yang Zhi, the two empresses of Jinwu Emperor Sima Yan, were both born in the Hongnong Yang family.During the Jin Dynasty, Yang's clan relatives held important positions in the court one after another, and their power was poured into the court and the public, and they were prominent for a while.

During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the Hongnong Yang family continued to grow.Yang Zhen's No.13 grandson, Yang Zhong, has the talent of a general.At the end of the Northern Wei Dynasty, he followed the Erzhu family and Duguxin to fight in the north and south, and made many military exploits.After the Northern Wei Dynasty was divided into the Eastern Wei Dynasty and the Western Wei Dynasty, Yang Zhong joined the camp of the Western Wei Dynasty, successively captured Dou Tai, Poshayuan, and defeated Nanliang.

After the founding of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Yang Zhong was promoted to General of the Zhu Kingdom, granted the title of Sui Guogong, and became one of the core members of the ruling group of the Northern Zhou Dynasty.After his death, his eldest son Yang Jian inherited the title.

Emperor Yu Wenyun of the Northern Zhou Dynasty made Yang Jian's eldest daughter Yang Lihua the emperor.After Yu Wenyun's death.Yang Jian took control of the Northern Zhou Dynasty with his dual identities as a dignitary 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, and changed the name of the country to "Sui" and Yuan Kaihuang.Known as Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty in history.After fourteen generations of unremitting efforts, the Hongnong Yang family finally reached the pinnacle of power.Yang Jian has been in power for 23 years, with remarkable achievements and harmonious administration.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 very happy, extravagant and lustful, and fought for years, which finally aroused civil uprisings and chaos in the world, which directly caused the collapse of the Sui Dynasty.

The Hongnong Yang family did not disappear with the decline of the Sui Dynasty.In the Tang Dynasty, the four giants of "Li Wu, Wei Yang" appeared.The Hongnong Yang family has 11 members, including Yang Gongren, Yang Shidao, Yang Zaisi, and Yang Hongli, who successively served as prime ministers.Tang Taizong's concubine Yang and Wu Zetian's mother all came from the Yang family of Hongnong.

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Such a prominent family has completely fallen in Yang Zhao's father's generation.Yang Zhao was ignorant since he was a child, eating, drinking, whoring and gambling, and wandering in the market.Later, he joined the army in Shu and did not make much progress.Just when he was desperate and waiting to die, he met a noble person, Yu Zhongtong.

At this time, Xianyu Zhongtong served as an interview support envoy under Zhang Qiu Jianqiong, the Jiedu envoy of Jiannan, and was Zhang Qiu Jianqiong's confidant and staff.Xianyu Zhongtong has a discerning eye and has taken a fancy to Yang Zhao Hongnong Yang's identity and ability to manage money and money. He believes that Yang Zhao's rare goods can be lived in, so he generously donates money and often helps him.

Zhangchou Jianqiong wanted to become an official in the court, but he was worried about being squeezed out by Prime Minister Li, so he asked Xianyu Zhongtong to go to Chang'an to manage affairs in the court, mediate in public relations, and climb high.

In the fourth year of Tianbao, Yang Yuhuan was canonized as a noble concubine, and she was unparalleled in honor and favor.Xianyu Zhongtong realized that the opportunity had come.Yang Zhao and Concubine Yang are both members of the Hongnong Yang family. If Yang Zhao is allowed to contact Concubine Yang as a distant cousin of Concubine Yang, it will be twice the result with half the effort.So he recommended Yang Zhao to Zhangchou Jianqiong to go to Beijing.

Zhangchou Jianqiong then asked Yang Zhao to meet.At first sight, I was overjoyed.Because in addition to being handsome, Yang Zhao's many years of experience in the rivers and lakes made him good at observing words and demeanor, being able to speak well, and having a lot of ghost ideas.More importantly, he is the elder brother of Concubine Yang, and he and the sisters of the Yang family have known each other since they were young.With all these qualifications, he is actually the best candidate for Beijing-based public relations mediation.

Therefore, Zhang Qiu Jianqiong made an exception and promoted Yang Zhao as an official, and he cared more and more from then on.In the autumn of the fourth year of Tianbao, Yang Zhao was asked to take dozens of cars of Bashu rare birds and animals, exotic flowers and stones to Beijing for management.Yang Zhao was ecstatic and rushed to Chang'an without stopping.

When he arrived in Chang'an, Yang Zhao quickly contacted the three cousins ​​of the Yang family and bribed them heavily.Under the tireless efforts of the three cousins, Yang Zhao fulfilled his mission, and Zhang Qiu and Qiong got his wish and were transferred to the imperial court, where he was promoted to Minister of the Household Department.And Yang Zhao's benefactor, Xianyu Zhongtong, was quickly promoted to Jiannan Jiedu envoy soon after.

And Yang Zhao himself relied on his nepotism to rise to the top and rise to prosperity. He was quickly promoted from being a doctor in Duzhi and serving as a censor to serving as a censor and serving as a censor.
　Later generations of Hongnong Yang still produced many celebrities.The loyal "General of the Yang Family" in the Northern Song Dynasty is the descendant of Yang Feng, the fifth son of Yang Zhen.During the Southern Song Dynasty, there was Yang Wanli in Wen, Yang Dayi in Dali Temple, and Yang Zaisi in Wu.Yang Shen, the head of the three talents in the Ming Dynasty, was also a descendant of the Hongnong Yang family.It can be seen from this that the "four knowledges of integrity", "innocent heirs" and the legacy of the Yang family's family of "serving the country loyally" started by Yang Zhen in the Eastern Han Dynasty have had a profound impact on later generations.

　　
　　
　
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