The Xue family, for a long time in history, can be regarded as a Wang clan; according to records, after the Xue clan of Hedong was the Taishou Xue Yong of Shu Han County, Xue Yong's son Xue Qi moved to Fenyin, Hedong due to the death of Shu. Xue Qi's eldest son, Xue Yi, had three sons, divided into three rooms, of which the second son Xue Diao was called "Nanzu". Xue Diao's fourth grandson was Xue Andu, the Eastern King of the Northern Wei Dynasty. Xue Andu's sixth grandson was Xue Rengui. Later, the Xue family fell into the middle of the road due to Xue Lu's early death, and by the time of Xue Rengui, the family was poor and humble, and they were engaged in farming. But fortunately, Xue Rengui had extraordinary qualifications and rose again, and after at least five generations of prominence, but one of them had betrayed the Tang Dynasty.
First generation: Xue Rengui
After the Xue family did not fall, because the family was poor, Xue Rengui even moved the idea of relocating the graves of his ancestors, fortunately his wife dissuaded him and let him join the army, Xue Rengui listened to his wife's advice and joined the Tang Dynasty Tang Taizong's army to destroy Goguryeo; Xue Rengui started as a small soldier, but he was born brave and brave, made many achievements on the battlefield, and was personally received and appreciated by Tang Taizong.
However, Xue Rengui's rise was during the reign of Emperor Gaozong of Tang, attacking the Western Turks, destroying Goguryeo, and surrendering the Nine Surnames of Tiele with three arrows to dingtianshan, but later when attacking Tubo, the army was defeated by Dafeichuan, so he was dismissed from his post and removed from his post as a civilian. Until more than ten years later, because of the rebellion of the Goguryeo remnants and the Turkic remnants, Xue Rengui was activated again, and as a result, Xue Rengui "took off his hat and retreated to all enemies", and then won the great victory of Yunzhou.
The year after the victory in Yunzhou, Xue Rengui died at the age of seventy. Later Emperor Gao of Tang made him the Grand General of Zuo Xiaowei and the Governor of Youzhou. The government provided carriages and horses to escort the coffin back to his hometown, and Xue Rengui had five sons, named Xue Ne, Xue Shenqiu, Xue Chuqing, Xue Chuzhen, and Xue Chuyu; among them, Xue Neguan to Zuo Yulin General, Xue Chuyuguan to Fanyang Jiedushi; next, mainly talk about this Xue Ne.
The second generation: Xue Ne
Xue Ne was the eldest son of Xue Rengui, who entered the army as a city gate lang and later served as the commander of Lantian County; in 698, the Turkic Ashina Mo invaded Hebei, and Wu Zetian promoted Xue Ne to the general of Menhuzi and promoted him to the rank of General of Zuo Wu Wei Wei and the Governor of Andong Province. Shortly afterwards, he was also made the governor of Youzhou and the protector of Andong. Transferred to the governor of the prefecture, Shi Shi, and also the inspector of the Left Guard General. He guarded the frontier for many years and was full of merit.
In 713, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang was teaching martial arts in Xinfeng, and Xue Ne was then the Commander of the Left Army. The Tang army was not in order, and Tang Xuanzong was enraged, and exiled Guo Yuanzhen, the head of the army, and killed Tang Shao, who was in charge of the affair and knew the etiquette. The troops and horses were shocked and confused, and the formation was scattered, and only the soldiers and horses led by Xue Ne and Xie Huan, the grand commander of Shuofang Dao, did not move. Emperor Xuanzong of Tang dispatched light horses to summon Xue Ne in an attempt to enter Xue Ne's camp. However, Xue Ne ruled the army strictly, and it was strictly forbidden for emissaries to enter the barracks at will. Tang Xuanzong greatly praised and specially encouraged Xue Ne for having the style of Zhou Yafu.
In 714, Xue Ne was ordered to lead an army against the Khitan with the general Du Ke and others. Suffering from the scorching heat, the sergeant marched to Luanzhou, where he encountered the enemy unexpectedly, lost military defeat, and was reprimanded by the imperial court and stripped of his official title. However, when Tufan invaded Lintao, Weizhou, Lanzhou and other places, he was still used, as a civilian to capture yu Lin's army, as a defensive envoy of Long Right, and fought hard to resist, and won a great victory. After Emperor Xuanzong of Tang received his retribution, he also made Xue Ne the Grand General of Zuo Yulin ,in charge of the guards of the Capital Division, and restored the title of Duke of Pingyang Commandery(s). This Xue Ne had three sons, Xue Huiguan to General Zuo Jinwu, Xue Zhiguan to Suizhou Assassin Shi, and Xue Changguan to General Zuo Yulin.
The third generation: Xue Song
But the third generation leader of the Xue family was not Xue Ne's three sons, but Xue Chuyu's son Xue Song. It is said that this Xue Chuyu official to Pinglu Jiedushi envoy, later, with his brother Xue Ne to carry out military reforms, was ostracized by the conservatives, on the pretext of dereliction of duty, removed from his official position, replaced by the soldier and horse envoy Zhang Shoujue. His departure hastened the outbreak of the Anshi Rebellion. And this Xue Song was born in the land of Yan Ji, angry and heroic, unwilling to engage in profits, practicing martial arts all day long, famous for riding and shooting with strength, but also because of this family road.
At this time, the chaotic world of the world had already appeared, and during the Anshi Rebellion, this Xue Song was involved in the rebel army and awarded the envoy of Ye County with merit. After the defeat of the Shi Dynasty's righteous soldiers, the four prefectures of Xiang, Wei, Huan, and Xing returned to the dynasty, and met with the right servant of the inspection school and the envoy of Zhaoyi Jiedushi, and was crowned the King of Pingyang. Participating in the reconstruction work after the chaos, he made a significant contribution, which made the town of Zhaoyi quickly recover its vitality. He loves to bow and dissuades hermits. This Xue Song was posthumously given the title of Taibao after his death, which can also be regarded as prominent. By the way, Xue Gang in "Xue Gang Against Tang" is based on Xue Song.
Fourth generation: Xue Ping
This Xue Song had a son named Xue Ping, with the help of his father Xue Song, who, when Xue Ping was twelve years old, served as the Assassin of Cizhou under Xue Song's jurisdiction; after Xue Song's death, the military officials intended to follow the old practice of the three towns of Heshuo and support Xue Ping as the empress dowager. Xue Ping did not prevaricate, and superficially agreed to come down. Later, he gave up this position to his uncle Xue Wei, but he quietly escorted his father Lingshu back to his hometown at night.
After the completion of the mourning period, Xue Ping was appointed by the imperial court as a general of the Right Guard. Since then, he has lived in Nanya for a total of thirty years. The chancellor Du Huangshou was quite important to Xue Ping, and specially recommended him as the Assassin of Ruzhou and the Imperial History of Zhongcheng, and had considerable political achievements during his tenure. In 812, Emperor Xianzong of Tang sent troops to fight against the rebellious Huaixi Jiedushi envoy Wu Yuanji, and specially promoted Xue Ping to the post of Assassin of Huazhou, and concurrently served as the envoy of the Yicheng Army Jiedushi and the imperial historian. Huazhou bordered Huaixi, and Xue Ping made many military achievements on the front line of the crusade against Huaixi; finally he was envoyed by Baihezhong Jiedushi, and was enfeoffed as the Duke of Korea, and in his later years he was summoned as the Crown Prince Taibao, with Situ Zhishi, and after his death, he was given the title of Taifu (太傅) with the courtesy name "Chengsu".
Fifth generation: Xue Cong
This Xue Ping had eight sons, of which the third son Xue Wenduguan to supervise Yushi Lixing, the fourth son Xue Xiangguan to Xuzhou Sishi joined the army, the fifth son Xue Yiguan to Jia Lingcheng, the sixth son Xue Congguan to the left leading Wei Shang general, and the seventh son Xue Lianguan to the judicial participation in the army of Yuzhou; and the main thing mentioned here is the sixth son Xue Cong, about Xue Cong, there are not many historical records, but Bai Juyi once wrote an article "Xue Congyou Can Right Qing Dao Lead The Fu Cang Cao System", which was later sealed as he was posthumously awarded the Ministry of Works Shangshu.
However, after Xue Cong, it should still be very prominent, but there are few records in the historical records, probably because it has been in the late Tang Dynasty, the situation is turbulent; but the Xue family has produced several jiedushi envoys, the so-called jiedushi is the local feudal town division force, which can be seen from Xue Song's death, his people supported his son Xue Ping, the Xue family should not fall, and Xue Cong's status is not low, the Xue family is really low-key prominent throughout the Tang Dynasty period!