If you look at the current Yuan family, you will know how deep the Hongnong Yang family is hiding behind their backs.
Moreover, judging from some future development trajectories, it can also reflect part of Yang's influence.
Who is Yang Biao? It is estimated that many people are unfamiliar with him. He has a son named Yang Dezu, also known as Yang Xiu. Cao Cao found an excuse to kill Yang Xiu. The interesting thing is that Cao Cao did not touch Yang Biao in the end.
Cao Cao could kill Kong Rong and even his whole family, but he didn't dare to really touch Yang Biao. Did Cao Cao have any desire to kill Yang Biao? Of course there is, and it has actually been implemented, but it has not been successful.
Yuan Shu was in chaos, and Cao Cao asked Yang Biao to marry him, falsely accusing him of trying to depose him, imprisoning him, and impeaching him for treason. ——"Taiping Yulan·Personnel Department·Volume 69"
Cao Cao's excuse was that Yang Biao and Yuan Shu were related by marriage, Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor, and Yang Biao conspired, so he was imprisoned for this crime. However, in this incident, in addition to Cao Cao who wanted to kill him, all his men wanted to protect Yang Biao, and heavyweights from the Cao Wei Group such as Xun Yu and Man Chong all appeared one after another. Later, under pressure, Cao Cao even wrote a "Book with Taiwei Yang Biao" and attached a lot of gifts.
Later, when Cao Cao found an excuse to kill Yang Xiu, Yang Biao used Jin Rixi as an introduction to express his dissatisfaction with Cao Cao for killing Yang Xiu, and finally forced Cao Cao to apologize on the spot.
The identity of Cao Cao who apologized at this time was different from the identity that had sent Yang Biao to prison. Cao Cao at this time was already the king of Wei. Not everyone can make Wei King Cao Cao apologize on the spot.
Cao Cao is not that easy to mess with. Referring to the final fate of Xun Yu, who can almost be said to be Cao Wei's greatest hero, we can see how difficult it was for Yang Biao to make Cao Cao apologize to him.
Although during the Three Kingdoms period, they seemed to be the same four generations and three princes, the Yang family was inferior to the Yuan family by countless ways. But looking from a distance, the Yuan family cannot compare with the Yang family.
Since Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, the Runan Yuan family has made its curtain call on the big stage and entered a low-key period. Later, the Yuan family in Runan also experienced a brief revival, but the situation where Yuan An's lineage could dominate the world for several generations has never happened again.
On the contrary, another relatively low-key Yuan family of Chenjun began to rise to prominence, and once became a powerful family alongside the Wang family of Langya, the Xie family of Chenjun, and the Xiao family of Lanling, influencing China for hundreds of years.
As for the Yang family, although during the Three Kingdoms period, compared to the Runan Yuan family at the same level, they were not as active on the surface. In comparison, they even seemed a little unable to live up to the title of Fourth Generation and Three Dukes.
But it was extremely prominent during the Sui and Tang Dynasties. Yang Jian claimed to be the fourteenth generation grandson of Yang Zhen. After the establishment of the Sui Dynasty, the Hongnong Yang family became the royal family. The prime ministers of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Su and Yang Xiong, and some other officials were all descended from the Hongnong Yang family.
In the Tang Dynasty, Wu Zetian's mother was also from the Hongnong Yang family. "New and Old Tang Books" records that when Wu Zetian was emperor and queen, she promoted more than twenty third-rank officials of the Hongnong Yang family. In the Tang Dynasty, the first and second ranks were basically honorary positions, and the third rank prime minister was the highest official with real power.
There is such a behemoth under his hands, and the most important thing is that this behemoth is obviously not of the same mind as him.
Li Xiang will naturally not remain indifferent to this. Whether it is to weaken, suppress or conquer, Li Xiang must seize the opportunity, or even create the opportunity, and take initiative.
As one of the top aristocratic families in the world, the Hongnong Yang family is naturally different from other small families. Li Xiang can't kill them by using such small means.
Like the Yuan family, the Yang family of the fourth generation and the third father-in-law had disciples and old friends all over the world, and they formed marriage relationships with each other, and their roots were intertwined in various ways. How can a family of this level be killed just by killing it?
Not only the Yang family, but also the family group, it is impossible for Li Xiang to completely get rid of them for the time being. After all, Li Xiang cannot do without them now. All Li Xiang needs to do is to find ways to weaken them and not let them exceed his control.
Although papermaking and printing technology have now spread all over the world, in theory everyone in the world has the possibility of reading and literacy, and then the imperial examination can be launched to make full use of talents from poor families and common people.
This idea looks wonderful, but unfortunately it is only theoretically possible, and reality cannot be compared with theory. Even if civilians have books, since they are civilians, whether they have the time and money to support learning is a problem. After all, the biggest problem for civilians is life. Moreover, who will teach them is another question!
What's more, even if the imperial examination system comes into being, who dares to say that the learning effect of civilians can be as good as that of children of aristocratic families who have advantages in learning resources and environment.
Therefore, although the emergence of printing, papermaking and even the imperial examination system in the future will impact the aristocratic class, it will not be possible to replace this class in a short time.
Moreover, Li Xiang comes from a noble family. There are also the civil and military personnel under his command, large and small. Although they also come from many aristocratic families, they also come from powerful, humble and even common people. But even if it is the latter, if Li Xiang achieves great things in the future, if nothing unexpected happens to these people, they will grow into one of the new aristocratic families in a few generations.
In a force, various high-level talents are important, but they are even more inseparable from middle- and low-level officials or talents. And where do these talents come from? It is naturally from the aristocratic families in the world.
Therefore, among the princes in the world, the more powerful the princes, the more they cannot do without the support of the families under their command. After all, the more powerful the princes are, the more talents they need, and the greater the talent gap created.
Returning to the Yang family's problem, this time, although Li Xiang will never be able to overthrow the Yang family at once, Li Xiang also wants to use these things to test this family of four generations and three fathers. If it goes well, he can also use this to weaken the opponent. Fan.
During this outing, Li Xiang took Xun Yu with him in order to keep him away so that Wang Meng and the others could attack the imperial party as much as they wanted in Luoyang. By bringing Yang Lian with him, he had already planned to make him a sacrificial part of his plan.
From the moment he stepped out of Luoyang, his future was already decided. Next, Li Xiang will not let him live, not even the Yang family.
Although this Yang Lian has surrendered to him, he only came here on Yang Biao's order. It's not yet certain where his heart truly lies.
Yang Biao, an old man, while siding with the imperialists, secretly ordered some family members to defect to Li Xiang. This approach gave Li Xiang more and more ideas about this old man. Today, don’t blame him for Li Xiang’s sacrifice of Yang Lian.
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