In the recent hit " Tang Dynasty Weird Stories ", in addition to Chang'an County Wei Su Wuming, the protagonist also has Jinwu Wei Zhonglang general Lu Lingfeng. In the following plot, Lu Lingfeng was dismissed because he broke the "Chang'an Black Tea" case, Su Wuming was promoted to Nanzhou Sima, and the two went all the way to Nanzhou .
However, halfway through the road, passers-by and Nanzhou censor heard Lu Lingfeng's name and knew that he was from the Fanyang Lu family, so they did not dare to provoke him and were afraid.
So, what is the origin of Lu Lingfeng? Although
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"Story of the Tang Dynasty" is fictional, this drama is based on the background of Tang Dynasty and imaginatively adapted.
At the beginning of this drama, the identity of Lu Lingfeng was explained - Fan Yang Lu's.
In the play, in addition to the big family of Fan Yang Lu, another one is mentioned, which is Qinghe Cui .
So, what kind of status did these big families have in the Tang Dynasty?
In the early Tang Dynasty, there was a word about famous families called " Five Surnames and Seven Hopes ", referring to Longxi Li's , Zhaojun Li's , Boling Cui's, Qinghe Cui's, Fan Yang Lu, Xingyang Zheng, Taiyuan Wang .
Since the Li family in Longxi and the Li family in Zhaojun are the main family, the Cui family in Boling and the Cui family in Qinghe are also two branches from the original Cui family, so they are and the five surnames are ; and Qiwang means that these seven are different. The big family, the noble status and fame they have. In the final analysis, the "five surnames and seven hopes" of are the product of clan politics, just like the four major families of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and . With the change of dynasties, the development of clan clans has also experienced a process of rise and fall.
According to historical records: "Fanyang Lu came from the surname Jiang, originally from Qi, because divided Luyi and named Lu as his clan." County Wang, the world called "Fan Yang Lu".
The peak of Fan Yang Lu's fame was probably during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, when he married with other prominent families such as Cui and Li to further consolidate the status of his descendants; Royal family intermarriage, such as the Queen Hu of Northern Qi Dynasty Wucheng Emperor Gao Zhan, whose biological mother was born in Fanyang Lu.
More importantly, what can support Fan Yang Lu's reputation is that there are officials and important positions from generation to generation. According to the "New Book of Tang·Biao·The Lineage of the Prime Minister", arrived in the Tang Dynasty, and there were eight prime ministers who were born in the Fanyang Lu family.
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However, there has never been an undefeated flower in the world. At the end of the Tang Dynasty, the Fan Yang Lu family gradually declined.
Although Fan Yang Lu's intermarriage with the royal family was frequent during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, in the Tang Dynasty, it became rare and hardly ever happened.
What's more, with the development of the dynasties, the way the imperial court selects talents has undergone earth-shaking changes. For example, the original inspection system has become , the nine-rank middle-ranking system, , and later it has gradually become the imperial examination system. Until the imperial examination system prevailed, talents who were originally from poor families could also enter the imperial court through the imperial examinations, hold important positions in officials, and serve the imperial court.
At the same time, it means that the Tang Dynasty rulers' attack on the clans and nobles is bound to be no small thing.
Take the Taiyuan Wang family as an example, it can have such a high reputation, it is inseparable from the ancestral official position and the marriage of the family daughter. Wang Yun in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, ranked third, he came from the Taiyuan Wang family, and it was he who raised the Taiyuan Wang family's reputation a lot.
is also from Taiyuan Wang family, and Li Zhi 's queen , when she married Li Zhi, she was fundamentallyNot the Queen, not even the Crown Princess. During the Zhenguan period, Li Zhi was still the King of Jin. Because of the marriage between the Wang family of Taiyuan and the Li family of Longxi, the Wang family of Taiyuan chose the daughter of the family to marry Li Zhi as the princess of Jin. Later, Li Zhi became the crown prince, and the Wang family's daughter was canonized as the crown princess; Li Zhi ascended the throne, and as the original match, she was the queen. After
arrived, Tang Gaozong Li Zhi because he favored Wu Zetian , so he believed Wu Zetian's remarks, charged the original wife Queen Wang with the charge of "murdering the princess", and abolished the Queen. Queen Wang was born in the famous Taiyuan Wang family in the Northern Dynasties. If it wasn't for the decline of the clan and the gentry, could the Queen be abolished if she said it was abolished?
If the status of these clansmen did not decline, they would still be in full swing. Even if Queen Wang really made a mistake and wanted to abolish her, I would have to take care of Taiyuan Wang's face.
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Thinking back to the beginning, the four major families of the Wang Family of Langya, the Xie Family of Chen County, the Yuan Family of Chen County, and the Xiao Family of Lanling during the Eastern Jin Dynasty were the highlight of clan politics. Among them, there are many talents, the glory and halo of the family bring a good foundation to the descendants of the future generations, and the excellence of the descendants "feeds back" the family, especially the marriage of major families, intertwined, especially during the Eastern Jin Dynasty to the Sui and Tang Dynasties before the political voice. Langya Wang's even achieved "the king and the horse share the world", regardless of power, status or status and glory, they are incomparable to later generations.
, however, rises and falls, and the end of clan politics will inevitably be accompanied by the increasing decline of clan clans. Looking back at that period of history from a later age, I still feel a peculiar charm.
Author: Our team Moon Falling Star Shen
References: "New Book of Tang·Biao·The Lineage of the Prime Minister", "The Story of Tang Dynasty"
