Song Dynasty Due to the unique system and atmosphere, the combat power of the Song Dynasty army was relatively weak. But this does not mean that there was no general in the Song Dynasty who could conquer warlike, such as the famous Yue Fei , and the loyal and brave " Yang Family Generals ".
Nowadays, most people understand the Yang family through film and television literary works, and the objects they understand are limited to the stories of Yang Laoling Gong Yang Jiye and his sons. So what about the descendants of the Yang family?
In fact, the descendants of the Yang family had a lineage that had ruled the land for 600 years and went through the Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties.
1. Yang Family Generals
Nowadays, the "Yang Family Generals" that people call mostly refer to the three generations of the Yang family since Yang Jiye, namely Yang Jiye, and Yang Jiye's son's generation representative Yang Yanzhao , and Yang Wenguang, the representative of Yang Jiye's grandson's generation.
Yang Jiye was originally a famous general in the th dynasty period. After surrendering to Northern Song , he was placed on the front line and was responsible for resisting the Liao army.
During several battles with the Liao army, Yang Jiye fought bravely and led his subordinates to make many military achievements and rarely lost. Therefore, he is also called Yang Wudi.
Yang Jiye has made many achievements, and many stories about the "Yang Family Generals" focus on Yang Jiye's deeds. However, it is a pity that such a loyal and brave general did not die on the front battlefield of defending his country, but was captured by the enemy because of the design of a treacherous minister.
After being captured, Yang Jiye was unmoved in the face of the enemy's temptation and torture. He finally went on a hunger strike for three days and committed suicide.
Yang Jiye's deeds are touching. The Yang family is also a loyal and fierce family, and most of his sons were sacrificed in the battle with the Liao army.
The representative of the second generation of Yang family generals is Yang Jiye's sixth son, Liulang Yang Yanzhao.
Although Yang Yanzhao's achievements are not as good as his father, he is also a famous hero in the Song Dynasty.
He has had an extremely strong interest in military tactics and battle formations since he was a child. When he grew up, he often followed Yang Jiye to fight. With his talent, he also made many contributions to the battlefield.
After Yang Jiye's death, Yang Yanzhao's son inherited his father's business and guarded the border. He had resisted the invasion of the Liao army several times and made outstanding achievements. His official position was promoted to Gaoyang's official and deputy chief deployment at the age of fifty-seven.
After Yang Yanzhao's death, Yang Yanzhao's third son Yang Wenguang became a representative of the new generation of "Yang Family Generals".
Compared with his grandfather Yang Jiye and his father Yang Yanzhao, Yang Wenguang is far from them in terms of both their achievements and fame, but he has never insulted the reputation of the Yang family's loyal and wise generals.
He once made contributions to the attack on the pirates. By chance, he met Fan Zhongyan.
Since then, Fan Zhongyan has been supporting him, and has also made his career very smooth. During the battle of Xixia , Yang Wenguang drew formation diagrams and wrote strategies, but he unfortunately died of illness before the court approved it.
Now, what people call Yang family generals actually only bring these three generations. As for the , old lady She , female generals of the Yang family, Yang Bamei, etc. mentioned in many film and television literary works, although some characters do exist, no relevant records of them fighting to kill the enemy or command battles have been found.
Since Yang Wenguang, the Yang family has gradually declined and slowly faded out of people's horizons. Therefore, there have been fewer records of the Yang family since then.
2. Descendants of the Yang family
After Yang Wenguang's death, where did the descendants of the Yang family go? There is no clear record in history. However, as a descendant of a famous family, especially for such a loyal and martyrdom family, descendants never gave up on finding the descendants of the Yang family.
Finally, in various information, it was found that a descendant of the "Yang Family Generals" actually dominated the land for 600 years.
According to the content of the Ming Dynasty Song Lian 's "The Family of Yang Family", it can be found that it mentions another descendant of Yang Yanzhao Yang Chongguang .
Yang Chongguang was originally just the governor of Mozhou. When he was on his mission to Guangxi, he made friends with someone, who was Yang Zhao, the Xuanfu envoy of Bozhou at that time.
Through understanding, it was found that Yang Chongguang was a descendant of Tang Dynasty Yang Duan. They have lived and developed in Bozhou for hundreds of years. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are the local overlords of Bozhou.
In this way, Yang Chongguang and Yang Zhao are of the same clan. The two had a certain friendship, and the relationship between the same clan made the two more intimate.
Since Yang Zhao had no children, Yang Chongguang adopted his son Yang Gui to Yang Zhao.
After Yang Zhao passed away, he passed the position of Xuanfu envoy to Yang Gui. Since then, those who guarded and ruled Bozhou have become Yang Gui's lineage, that is, Yang Jiye's lineage.
Xuanfu Envoy has a special status, and coupled with the hundreds of years of operation in Bozhou, their lineage has had a great influence in the local area. To put it bluntly, the orders of the Yang family in the local area are more useful than imperial edicts. After Yang Gui took over, on the basis of the original Yang Gui, he once again expanded his local military strength and economic strength, allowing Bozhou to develop again.
3. Separation of Bozhou 600
At the end of the Song Dynasty and the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, because Yuan Dynasty was hampered by the strength of the Bozhou Yang family, the policy of recruitment was adopted when treating the Bozhou area. At that time, the Yang family in Bozhou saw that the Song Dynasty was in a desperate situation, and in order to preserve its strength, they also agreed to the Yuan Dynasty's surrender.
Although Bozhou will be under the control of the Yuan Dynasty, in fact, the Yang family is still the one involved. In this way, the Yang family and the Yuan court of Bozhou were tacitly informed about the management of Bozhou until the Yuan Dynasty was destroyed.
At the end of the year, the Yang family in Bozhou re-used the same trick and once again threw themselves into the arms of the Ming Dynasty. The Ming court treated Bozhou's control issue, just like the Yuan Dynasty, the Yang family's status in Bozhou has not changed.
Until Wanli 28th year, Yang Yinglong, the representative of the Yang family in Bozhou at that time, openly rebelled against the Ming court, and eventually died in the Battle of Bozhou. Yang Gui's lineage also quit the stage of history.
Starting from the time Yang Gui was adopted by Yang Zhao in the Song Dynasty, until Yang Yinglong died in the Ming Dynasty. Their lineage has been "occupation of land as king" in Bozhou for more than 600 years, and has gone through three dynasties: Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties.
As descendants of the "Yang Family Generals", although their lineage is different from the loyalty and patriotism of their ancestors Yang Jiye and others, it has to be admitted that they live a more glorious life than the "Yang Family Generals" of the first generation.
