There is an interesting phenomenon in the ancient feudal dynasty of China, which lasted for thousands of years. This is the famous 300-year curse. China's dynasties, whether the Qin Dynasty established by Qin Shihuang, the Jin Dynasty in a cowardly country or the Tang Dynasty, which once deterred the world, failed to break through the 300-year history. However, there was not a unified dynasty in the history of China, but a country within a country, which ruled for more than 700 years. It was the Yang family that ruled Bozhou for more than 700 years.

The location of Bozhou Shi Yang

The present Zunyi area in northern Guizhou was first established during the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty? Bozhou? . At the end of the Tang Dynasty, Yang Duan captured Bozhou and became the new owner here. From then on, the Yang family spread to the 27th century and ruled Bozhou for 725 years. Because Bozhou is located in the southwest plateau, far away from the Central Plains and rich in material resources, Yang Jiacai has established a stable rule in such a closed geographical environment.

In addition, every time the old and new dynasties changed, the Yang family always complied with the historical development trend and quickly surrendered to the new dynasty, making Yang's rule a miracle in the history of China Tusi's rule. However, since the Yang family ruled Bozhou for more than 700 years and always supported the new dynasty, why did they rebel during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty?

Yang Yinglong Steels

First of all, the last toast of the Yang family, compared with the previous chiefs, had a bad personal conduct, which laid a great hidden danger for the demise of the Bozhou toast system. According to Shi Minglu, when Xuanwei of Bozhou made Yang Yinglong the first chieftain, he was seriously negligent. He is usually extravagant and extravagant, even imitating the emperor of the Central Plains Dynasty, building palaces, wearing robes and sleeping in ivory beds. Let's not discuss whether Yang Yinglong has a rebellious heart. His behavior is completely disrespectful to the imperial power, which is equivalent to committing treason.

Map of ancient Bozhou

In addition to trespassing, he also used the wealth of the Yang family to strengthen the army in Bozhou and brutally ruled the seven-surname Hao family in Bozhou, which eventually intensified the internal contradictions in Bozhou. Yang Yinglong's behavior, broadcast status? Five divisions and seven surnames? He reported to the court that he had the intention of rebellion, so the Ming court intervened in Bozhou civil strife, and Yang Yinglong clashed with the army of court officials many times. His behavior was regarded by the court as open rebellion. In fact, Yang Yinglong, who has always been domineering, initially killed officers and soldiers to vent his anger because he couldn't stand the court's interrogation, which was not a real rebellion. However, due to the intensification of the contradiction between him and the imperial court, he was forced to rebel and finally led the Yang family to a dead end.

Location map of Bozhou in Ming Dynasty

Secondly, the toast system has fatal drawbacks. With the continuous strengthening of centralization, it is only a matter of time before the contradiction between Tusi and the central dynasty breaks out. In fact, there are huge defects in the toast system. Toastmasters are responsible for relatively backward remote areas, and the Central Plains dynasty is often beyond its reach. Moreover, Tusi, who seemed extremely obedient to the central dynasty, had his own army and territory, which made Tusi have the ability to wage war.

In addition, under the management of the Yang family for a hundred years, the social, economic and cultural development of Bozhou is much higher than that of other backward Tusi areas. The Yang family's growing prestige and abundant financial and material resources will inevitably arouse the fear of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, when there was a crack in the Yang family, the Ming Dynasty would naturally take this opportunity to destroy Yang Tusi in the name of quelling the rebellion.

Bozhou Hailongtun

Finally, in order to strengthen the rule of southwest China, the Ming Dynasty was also one of the reasons why the Ming Dynasty was determined to destroy the Yang family. At first, the establishment of Bozhou Tusi system was due to a governance method adopted by the central dynasty before, which made this Tusi independent kingdom stronger and stronger. Compared with the previous dynasties, the population, economy and culture of the Ming Dynasty developed greatly. In order to eliminate the border unrest and prevent the southwest from running counter to the central dynasty, and Yang Yinglong took the opportunity to rebel, the Ming court took advantage of this? The Battle of Plane Broadcasting? Finally, Yang's toast was ruined.