Sui and Tang · Official

Yang Guozhong 楊國忠

Attested AD 713 - AD 756

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Yang Guozhong was an official.

IdentityHistorical · Male

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References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 134Volume 134 Biographies 59: Yuwen, Wei, Yang, Wang · 2 passages
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於是韋堅、楊慎矜、王鉷、楊國忠各以裒刻進，剝下益上，歲進羨緡百億萬為天子私藏，以濟橫賜，而天下經費自如，帝以為能，故重官累使，尊顯烜赫。 Then Wei Jian, Yang Shenjin, Wang Hong, and Yang Guozhong each rose by ruthless extraction, squeezing the people to enrich the throne. Each year they forwarded tens of billions in surplus coin into the emperor's private hoard to fund lavish gifts, while ordinary state expenses seemed untouched. The emperor took this for competence and heaped offices and commissioner posts on them until they blazed with rank and power.