In today's Shuangjiang Town, Tongnan County, Chongqing, there is a family surnamed Yang, which is a large local household. When the ancestors were at their widest, they had more than 5,000 acres of land, and they were definitely a big landlord. In modern times, families have been divided generation by generation.
It was passed on to a man named Yang Xuanyong, who did not take the meritorious name, and was not a good doctor, that is, a good doctor. Yang Xuanyong's mother was often ill, in order to take care of his mother, he actually learned medicine without a teacher, which is also a case of the ancients saying that a long illness has become a good doctor.
(A family full of heroes)
Yang Xuanyong inherited the family business from his ancestors, but he was charitable and charitable, he did not hang up signs, gave people medical treatment for free, and responded to every request. It is very strange that Yang Xuanyong never treats his relatives. He explained that to see a relative, it is impossible to prescribe heavy medicine.
Later history proved that Yang Xuanyong was a very patriotic and enlightened landlord, he had a total of 12 children, Yang Xuanyong sent them out to study, and even studied abroad, the second and fourth elders all went to Japan to study, and a son went to study in the Soviet Union.
The children conformed to the needs of the times, and many embarked on the road of revolution. Of the 12 children, 6 are members of the Communist Party of China. The number of party members can be said to be the first family in China. At that time, the Communist Party was still in an underground state of operation, white terror, and could be in danger of life at any time.
A tribute to such a family. It is worthy of being a contemporary Yang family general. Yang Xuanyong's fourth son, Yang Mingong, was brutally killed by the enemy. Although Yang Mingong was the fourth eldest, he was the revolutionary guide of this family, and several brothers and sisters were taken to the revolutionary road by him.
Yang Mingong joined the Party in 1925, was the first secretary of the Chongqing Prefectural Executive Committee, and was also a revolutionary comrade-in-arms of Zhu De and Liu Bocheng. He used his home as a fighting fortress for the party, often organizing meetings at home and letting his wife avoid it.
For his son's activities, Yang Xuanyong did not interfere, but did not let him observe, Yang Xuanyong felt incomprehensible, very unhappy, under the heavens, where is the son hiding the truth of Lao Tzu? Yang Mingong allowed his fifth brother, Yang Shangkun, to observe.
Yang Xuanyong complained that this old fifth who enjoyed special treatment said that you and your fourth brother were together and would not tell me anything. Marshal Liu Bocheng was also a member of the meeting, and he later recalled that sometimes the meeting was held until the middle of the night, and Yang Laobo went downstairs to visit and said, You people don't sleep most of the night, what can't be said. I know you're in a meeting, but you also have to be in good health.
Of course, Yang Xuanyong would not understand that the activities of the Communist Party had strict organizational discipline, even to his own son and wife, and they must keep it strictly confidential. Yang Xuanyong was a landlord who was not a Communist Party, but sympathized with and supported the activities of the Communist Party.
Many of Yang Mingong's comrades-in-arms, including Wu Yuzhang, often came to his home to rest and work. Yang Xuanyong expressed his understanding of this, always saying, you go busy, tired to come back to rest, eat. So much so that Wu Yuzhang also regarded Yang Mingong's home as his home.
In 1927, Yang Mingong was unfortunately arrested and tortured to death. The white-haired man sent the black-haired person, and the 59-year-old Yang Xuanyong was very sad and painful, but there was nothing he could do. He probably can also understand his son's belief: life is like a horse's shoe iron, grinding fang Xiu.
(Yang Shangkun and Yang Baibing)
One son was sacrificed, and the other children will march forward on a very dangerous revolutionary road. The biggest achievement is the old fifth Yang Shangkun, several eldest brothers have gone to Japan to study, but Yang Shangkun chose to study in the red Soviet Union, and after returning to China, he served as the political commissar of the Red Third Army in the Central Soviet Region.
Yang Shangkun has a wealth of theoretical attainments and super work ability, he stayed in the Party Central Committee for a long time, stayed with Chairman Mao to work, served as director of the General Office of the Central Committee and secretary general of the Central Military Commission, and in his later years served as vice chairman of the Central Military Commission and president of the state, and was at the level of zhengguo.
Yang Shangkun had a younger brother named Yang Baibing, whose family name was Yang Shangzheng, who had served as director of the General Political Department, was the last secretary general of the Central Military Commission in the history of New China, and was awarded the title of general in 1988. Yang Shangkun held a high position, but no military rank. Yang Baibing made up for the lack of a general in the Yang family.
Yang Shangkun also has a younger sister named Yang Bailin, who died at the age of 99 at the end of 2021, just past. Yang Bailin's husband is founding lieutenant general Liao Hansheng, He Long's beloved general, who served as vice chairman of the National People's Congress.
Yang Xuanyong's other children are also very prominent. If the children are like this, he can smile at the Nine Springs.