Bozhou, in the 13th year of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty, was established in Langzhou in the north of Zhang Ke County in the Sui Dynasty, and it also has jurisdiction over six counties: Gongshui, Gaoshan, Gongshan, Keying, Xie Shi and Shiyan. Zhang Ke County was changed to Zunyi County (now Zunyi City) as Bozhou Prefecture.
Since then, due to the continuous decline of the Tang Dynasty, Bozhou has changed hands in Nanzhao several times. After working for three years, Yang Duan, who created Yang Huihuang's inheritance, made a grand debut. (Originally from Yangqu County, Taiyuan District, Shanxi Province) led the army to defeat Nanzhao, which occupied Bozhou, and the court made Yang Duan the Hou of Bozhou, becoming a local tyrant who ruled Bozhou, which also opened the era when the 29th generation Yang Li ruled Bozhou in 725.
About the origin of Yang Duan's family, according to their Yang Jiachuan, their ancestors were from Quyang County, Taiyuan, and even from the era of the seventh Yang Guiqian after Yang Duan, they were associated with the famous loyal and righteous family "Yang Jiajiang":
"Ancestor Yang Xin, great-grandfather Yang Ye, great-grandfather Yang, grandfather, father Yang Chongguang. Yang Chongguang's Southern Expedition
According to the spectrum of Bozhou Yang Zhaotong, because Yang Zhao had no children, he moved Zigui to Yang Zhao, so all the people who kept broadcasting were descendants of Yang Ye. "
In the Song Dynasty, it was officially recorded that Yang was a "Bozhou native". Many people in later generations also think that Yang Duan was a minority who moved to Bozhou from Luzhou (now Luzhou) and Xuzhou (now Yibin) in the late Tang Dynasty. Their descendants gradually became China people. In order to make their family look more beautiful, they climbed onto Yang Ye, a loyal minister of the Central Plains, and wrote it on their genealogy.
Whether it is true or not, it is an indisputable fact that it has been broadcast for 720 years under Yang's rule.
The reason why the Yang family can endure for a long time has a very important relationship with its sensitive political sense and powerful Bozhou army.
After the death of the Tang Dynasty, Song Taizu was in office for the third year. Shi Yang, the boss of Bozhou at that time, became alert and joined the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty knew what their substantial rule meant, and sowed the country with high mountains and dangerous roads. The imperial court is proud enough to know that Bozhou is still Yang's world.
By the end of the Song Dynasty and the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, Bozhou Army was once the main force against the Yuan Dynasty, with superior combat power and the ability to fight and kill. The powerful Yuan Army was quite afraid. Later, I didn't want to fight hard, and Yang didn't want to fight hard. In the 12th year of Zhiyuan, Yuanzu summoned Bozhou. In the 14th year of the Yuan Dynasty, Yang Bangxian, the master of the Yang family, reduced the Yuan Dynasty. Just like Yang Luosong, the Yuan court still set up the Bozhou appeasement department on the spot, and let Yang Bangxian be the messenger of peace.
Iron-blooded Yang family, flowing court, familiar taste, familiar formula. Later, Yang adopted the same routine and joined the Ming Dynasty. Since then, Yang has been regarded as the chief of the Miao area. In the next six years, the leader of Zhengquan Yang succeeded Xuanwei. The inheritance of the four dynasties of the Yang family for more than 700 years was officially wiped out in the hands.
By the time Yang's regime spread, Bozhou had become rich and powerful. Especially in the remote and poor southwest, when many places in Yunnan and Guizhou need government funds for disaster relief every year, Bozhou, where Yang is located, is donating taxes and materials to the state treasury every year. In addition, the Bozhou army was brave and good at fighting, and made many achievements in the east and west for the imperial court. Yang Yinglong was also named a general in title of generals in ancient times by the court. In this case, people will inevitably float. Besides, Yang Yinglong himself is stubborn and arrogant. Not only did he often despise the imperial court, but he was also unfriendly to other tribes under his rule, which often caused widespread indignation and resentment.
In the eighteenth year of Wanli, the governor of Guizhou impeached Yang Yinglong for evil and demanded that the court severely punish him. But Li Hualong, the governor of Sichuan, was about to use Bozhou soldiers to meet the enemy, so he begged the court to allow Yang Yinglong to make amends.
In the twentieth year of Wanli, Yang Yinglong accepted the court's inquiry and decided to behead him according to law. Yang Yinglong is willing to redeem himself with twenty thousand gold. In addition, this time coincides with Daming's anti-Japanese and aid Korea. Yang Yinglong is willing to lead 5,000 Bozhou soldiers into the DPRK to resist Japan. The court allowed it after deliberation. However, the anti-Japanese situation is changing rapidly. Before Yang Yinglong entered Korea, the Japanese army had already lost to North Korea. Yang Yinglong continues to be held accountable, but there is no redeemable military achievement. In the process of returning to Bozhou, Yang Yinglong actually "killed the loyalist and sent him back to his lair". At this point, the contradiction between Yang Yinglong and the imperial court became more and more intense. Later, Yang Yinglong's second son who stayed in Chongqing died suddenly. Not only was the cause of death strange, but the local government also asked Yang Yinglong to pay a large sum of money to retrieve the body. This incident completely angered him, and Yang Yinglong officially embarked on the road of opposing the imperial court with a clear knife and a clear gun.
In the twenty-first year of Wanli, the imperial army was divided into three roads, which was quite close to Bozhou. When going to Loushanguan, Yang Yinglong surrendered, and the imperial army that came to attack was caught off guard and almost completely annihilated. In the following years, Yang Yinglong pretended to surrender and fought hard, which was cheaper than not letting the official take it.
Until the twenty-seventh year of Wanli, the court sent Li Hualong to crusade. In the impregnable Bozhou City, after suffering, he thought of the plan behind the surprise attack and defeated Yang Yinglong. Knowing that the tide had passed, Yang Yinglong bowed to his ancestors and hanged himself.
At this point, the Yang family, which ruled Bozhou for more than 700 years, was officially destroyed and became a past tense in history. As the last major conquest of the "Three Great Expeditions of Wanli", the Battle of Bozhou also caused tens of thousands of deaths and injuries in the imperial court, and the state treasury was further depleted, which had a far-reaching impact.