The Yang family will be the Yang family generals we usually know, with Yang Ye as the ancestor, in fact, there is another yang family general, with Yang Ye's younger brother Yang Chongxun as the ancestor, why is his reputation not obvious?
Yang Chongxun, a branch, later saw through the northern Song Dynasty court's national policy of emphasizing literature over military force, and actively participated in civilian work.
Let's look at Yang Chongxun's life deeds!
Yang Chongxun was born in an ominous year, his real name was Yang Chongxun, yang Ye's younger brother, father Yang Xin, in the Later Zhou period to avoid the later Zhou Gong Emperor's training, changed his name to Yang Chongxun.
As a local strongman in Linzhou, after the death of his father Yang Xin, Yang Chongxun inherited the position of Linzhou Assassin, and his elder brother Yang Ye followed Liu Chong, who had followed the Northern Han Dynasty since childhood, and was also given the surname of Liu Chong, so Yang Jiye was also known as Liu Jiye, and due to his brother's reasons, Yang Chongxun also defected to the Northern Han.
Due to the chaos of the war, Yang Chongxun defected to Later Zhou in the second year of Later Zhou Guangshun, the two brothers were in different forces, and later surrendered to the Northern Han Dynasty, and after Chai Shizong Chai Rong ascended the throne, in October of the fourth year of Xiande, Yang Chongxun once again defected to Later Zhou, this time promoted to defensive envoy in Later Zhou.
Things have taken a turn again!
Zhao Kuangyin Chen Qiaoyi mutinied successfully, established the Great Song Dynasty, Yang Chongxun was a vassal of Later Zhou at that time, and naturally defected to the Northern Song Dynasty Zhao Kuangyin, naturally became a vassal of the Northern Song Dynasty, so that he and his brother's force, the Northern Han, became the enemy, Yang Chongxun had repeatedly repelled the Northern Han's attack on the Song Dynasty.
Because Zhao Kuangyin started in the military and was mutinied by the army, he was very taboo about the military family or the local strongman, and Zhao Kuangyin also took measures against Linzhou, setting up the Jianning Army in Linzhou, and Yang Chongxun was promoted to the post of Jianning Army.
In order to crack down on the powerful forces of the shi family, Zhao Kuangyin had once again produced a moth, Yang Chongxun, as the local governor of Linzhou, was naturally also in the scope of the attack, Zhao Kuangyin transferred the military attachés of Lingzhou and Linzhou, and sent another military attaché to take over, so that it was not the end, in order to further attack the powerful forces, Zhao Kuangyin thought of a way, that is, to relocate, relocate the local powerful forces in Lingzhou and Linzhou in the interior of the Central Plains.
Yang Chongxun stepped down from the Jianning Army in Linzhou and left the Jianning Army to a post of official, and changed to the post of Suzhou BaojingJun Jieduliu, which now belongs to anhui province, and later Yang Chongxun was promoted to the post of Jiedu envoy, and in 975, Yang Chongxun died in Suzhou BaojingJun Jiedushi envoy.
This is the other yang family that is very famous in the future, as for why Yang Chongxun is not famous? Because since Yang Chongxun, his descendants have seen through the northern Song Dynasty's administrative policies, so they slowly transformed into civilian officials, and his son Yang Guangxuan was sent to the west to serve the officials and the soldiers and horses of Linzhou.
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