Although it sounds a bit mysterious, this matter is true, and all the descendants of this family, there are far more powerful people than mentioned above.
Origin of the title
The Marquis of Chiquan was originally only a young general, because he was more courageous, and he served as an official such as a bodyguard in the palace. At the end of 202 AD, Xiang Yu was besieged by the Han army, with few soldiers and a shortage of food, and he also fell into the treacherous scheme of the Han army, thinking that Chu Land was lost, so the whole army collapsed.
After the breakthrough failed, Xiang Yu was eventually besieged by the Han army, and finally there were only more than twenty guards left around him. But Xiang Yu was mighty after all, and even a few people still killed hundreds of Han troops.
In order to boost the morale of the whole army, Liu Bang specially ordered that whoever could get Xiang Yu's corpse could get the marquis. At that time, Xiang Yu committed suicide, and many Han generals around him immediately rushed up, and many people also killed each other because of the competition.
Marquis Yang Xi of Chiquan, with his good skills, obtained a thigh, and when he returned, he was sealed Hou.
1. Two descendants became emperors
Since winning the knighthood, the Yang family has spread its branches and leaves, multiplied a large number of people, and hundreds of years have passed in the blink of an eye, so that when it was passed to the 21st generation, a very famous person came out - Yang Jian.
Yes, this is the founding monarch of the Sui Dynasty, such a powerful figure, the ancestor is just a palace guard, because of one leg and trace.
Another emperor was Yang Guang, who, after ascending the throne, ruled the country in chaos and eventually died, but he was indeed an emperor.
2. Twelve prime ministers
There are many prime ministers in the Yang family, and they have existed since the Western Han Dynasty. His great-grandson Yang Chang, who was Sima Qian's son-in-law, was very cautious, strict in his handling of affairs, and rose all the way to his official position, and finally became a chancellor, with outstanding political achievements, and was a famous minister of the Western Han Dynasty.
However, the period of the Yang family's swarming was in the Tang Dynasty, and there were 11 names as follows: Yang Gongren, Yang Shidao, Yang Yan, Yang Guozhong, Yang Zaisi, Yang Zhirou, Yang Qi, Yang Shuo, Yang Shi, Yang Hongwu, and Yang Sifu.
After these people claimed to be the Yang family of Hongnong, there were so many prime ministers in the Tang Dynasty alone.
3. Hongnong Yang clan
There are many descendants of the Yang family, and many descendants have settled elsewhere, Yang Xi's eighth grandson Yang Zhen, who was born in Hongnong. This man was only born at the age of fifty, but he was a clean and honest official, a righteous man, and he persuaded the emperor and stopped many traitors in the dprk.
But later he was framed and committed suicide by taking poison. However, later Liu Bao ascended the throne to settle his grievances, and his descendants were able to develop again, and later Yang Jian and many prime ministers of the Tang Dynasty were all descendants of his lineage.
From his beginning, the Yang family produced eight lieutenants in a row, which was the largest official position at that time, and after such a development, the Yang family developed rapidly again, and the population multiplied tremendously. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, only one Yuan family could barely match it.
We know that there is a very talented person in the Three Kingdoms called Yang Xiu, this person is from this vein, don't look at him was beheaded, but the Yang family did not shake its status, in the Wei Kingdom, the Two Jin Dynasty, everywhere can see their shadows, until the late Southern and Northern Dynasties, the Yang family is still a very prominent family.
Because of the extreme power and the large number of talents in the clan, this gave Yang Jian the capital to claim the title of emperor. After more than two thousand years of development, a small military attaché at that time, because of a human leg, bred a huge clan, and now the descendants are all over the world, similar to such a miracle, thousands of years is also such a one.