Liu Yu

Liu Yu

Liu Yu (March 1, 463 - August 1, 477) was born in suiyuli, Pengcheng, Xuzhou (now Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province). The eighth emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty (472-477). The eldest son of Liu Yu, Emperor Ming of Song Dynasty, and the eldest brother of Liu Zhun, Emperor Shun of Song Dynasty, was born to his concubine Chen miaodeng.

Liu Yu was smart and active when he was young. In 466, Liu Yu was made the crown prince. In April of the first year of Taiyu (472), the throne was established. In May 474, Liu Yu appointed Xiao Dao as prime minister. Liu Yu was cruel and cruel, which led to the chaos of the government. From then on, the government was controlled step by step by Xiao Daocheng. In 477, Liu Yu was killed. He was only 15 years old. He became king Cangwu and was known as the emperor after Song Dynasty.

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Life of the characters

Early experience

In the first month of the seventh year of the Ming Dynasty, Xin Chou (March 1, 463), Liu Yu was born in Wei Wei's house. At that time, Liu Yu was serving as Wei Wei. Before the birth of each of Liu Yu's sons, they all used Zhouyi to make small characters for divination, so Liu Yu's small character is Huizhen.

In November of the first year of Yongguang (465), Liu Yu killed his nephew to support himself. He was the first emperor of song and Ming Dynasties to reform the Yuan Dynasty. In October of the next year, Liu Yu was appointed crown prince. In 467, Liu Yu officially named it "Yu".

In 470, Liu Yu formally went out to live in the East Palace, made a ceremony for the prince to celebrate the Yuan Dynasty, and married Jiang Jianyu, who came from the Jiang family in Jiyang. Liu Yu only studied when he was five or six years old, but he didn't like to study. He only liked to play. At that time, the officials in charge of him couldn't control him, so they had to report to Liu Yu, emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Liu Yu only ordered Chen Guifei to strictly urge Liu Yu.

Brutal rule

On April 7, 472, the first year of Taiyu (472), Liu Yu, the emperor of song and Ming Dynasties, passed away and Liu Yu succeeded to the throne the next day. Yuan can and Chu Yuan were appointed ministers to assist the government. However, the real power of the government was always in the hands of Ruan Dianfu, Wang Daolong and Yang Yunchang, who were the confidants of the Ming emperor Liu Yu. The government of Liu Yu at the beginning of his accession to the throne was controlled by these three people.

In May of 474, Liu Xiufan invaded the capital Jiankang in the name of "Qing junbian", which shocked both the government and the public. Liu Zhe and his powerful minister Wang Daolong were killed in battle. The rebels invaded jiankangtai city and once hit the South Gate of the imperial palace city. The imperial guards stationed in Baixia and Shitou broke up one after another. Shi chucheng, commander of Fujun, opened dongfucheng and sun Qianling, a scholar of Zhongshu, also opened chengmingmen (North Gate of Taicheng). At that time, Taicheng was in chaos. Liu Yu took the hand of Empress Dowager Wang Zhenfeng and burst into tears. However, the chaos was finally settled under the command of right guard General Xiao Daocheng. With the victory of this war, Xiao Daocheng also established a high prestige in the court and outside, and soon became the "Duke" of the Jin Dynasty, that is, the Duke of Xiyang County. He was promoted to be the leader of the central army and commander in chief of the forbidden army, and made friends with Ruan Dianfu, the minister in charge of the inner court. In November of the same year, Liu Yuyuan took clothes. Since then, Liu Yu has become more and more crazy.

In the autumn and winter of 475, Liu Yu traveled many times, and his mother, Princess Chen, followed him many times. However, he became more and more unrestrained, and Princess Chen was helpless. Liu Yu didn't take the guards when he went out. He just took a few of his entourage and wandered around. He didn't come back until sunset. At that time, both the government and the public were very disappointed with the emperor's behavior.

In 476, Xiao Daocheng was promoted to Zuo pushe, the Minister of state. He was known as "Si GUI" with yuan can, Chu Yuan and Liu Bing. In July of the same year, Liu Jingsu, the king of Jianping, was forced to rebel in Jingkou. Under the supervision of Xiao Daocheng, Liu Jingsu was defeated. So far, the power of the elder lineage of the Song Dynasty was completely destroyed. In the southern and Song Dynasties, the situation of "the emperor was young, the situation was chaotic, the imperial ministers were incompetent" and "the poor people controlled the power and the government indirectly".

Brutality and death

In 477, Ruan Dianfu, the governor of Liyang, saw that Liu Yu was so unscrupulous, so he secretly joined forces with Zhige general Shen bozong, infantry captain Zhu you and Yu Tianbao to scrap Liu Yu when he was on a trip and set up Liu Zhun as king of an. However, Yu Tianbao later reported Ruan Dianfu's plot to Liu Yu, and Liu Yu killed him and others. Ruan Dianfu's confidant Zhang Yang ran away at that time, but he was still caught. Liu Yu ran him to death in Chengming gate.

Before long, Liu Yu suspected that Du Youwen and others, who were good friends with Ruan Dianfu, were killed by Liu Yu. Du Youwen's elder brother, Du Shuwen, was arrested in Xuanwu Hubei. Liu Yu rode a horse and killed Du Shuwen himself. As long as he didn't kill people for a day, he was unhappy, so people in the court were in danger.

At that time, Xiao Dao brought down Liu Xiufan and Liu Jingsu successively, and his merits and reputation in the government and the public were growing. Liu Yu was even more suspicious of him.

A few months later, Xiao Daocheng was driven to the limit by Liu Yu, so he held a secret meeting with yuan can and Chu Yuan to launch a coup with them to depose Liu Yu. However, yuan can felt that Liu Yu was just young and ignorant, and that there was a possibility of correction in the future. He opposed abolishing the legislation. Xiao Daocheng then turned to contact Zhige General Wang Jingze, who used a lot of money to buy 25 Liu Yu's personal guards, including Yang Yufu and Yang Wannian. When they learned that Xiao Daocheng wanted to overthrow Liu Yu, they were overjoyed, and they were rewarded with a lot of money. They immediately agreed, but they couldn't find a chance. Xiao Daocheng worried all day, and even asked yuan Chongzu to entrust his family to Huangfu Su, who was stationed at the border. If his plan failed, he would take them to the Northern Wei Dynasty.

On July 7 (August 1), Liu Yu took an open-air Caravan and left and right attendants to Taigang to compete in the high jump. After the high jump, he went to Qingyuan nunnery. In the evening, he went to Xin'an temple to steal the dog. He killed the dog in the temple and forced Taoist tandu to drink and eat dog meat with him. Liu Yu was so drunk that he was sent back to Renshou hall to sleep. July 7 is just the Qiqiao Festival. Before going to bed, Liu Yulin said to Yang Yufu, "you are waiting for Zhinv to cross the river in the courtyard. If you see it, report to me immediately. If you can't see it, you will be killed." Yang Yufu and Yang Wannian use self-defense knife to kill Liu Yu who is sleeping. Yang Yufu then cuts off Liu Yu's head and delivers it to Wang Jingze. He sends it to Xiao Daocheng's house and knocks on the door to inform Liu Yu of his death. However, Xiao Daocheng thinks that Liu Yu's army is outside. In order to deceive him into opening the door, he pretends that the emperor is dead and insists on not opening the door. Wang Jingze had no choice but to throw Liu Yu's head over the wall into the house. After Xiao Daocheng confirmed that the head was Liu Yu himself, he rode straight to the palace. When everyone knew that Liu Yu had been killed, they all cried long live.

The next day, Xiao Daocheng went into the palace again and issued an imperial edict in the name of the Empress Dowager to abolish Liu Yu as the king of Cangwu Prefecture and welcome Liu Zhun, king of an Cheng, as emperor. Liu Yu was later buried in Tanxi, a suburb of moling County, Danyang.

Political initiatives

Politics

During Liu Yu's reign, the chaotic Liu Song Dynasty became more dark. Because of Liu Yu's brutal rule, Liu Jingsu, the son of Liu Hong, the king of xuanjian in Jianping, set up a rebellion, but was defeated by Liu Yu in the end. During the reign, the imperial government was abandoned, and Xiao Daocheng, a powerful minister, was powerful. During his reign, he loved to be submissive.

Sociology

Liu Yu once issued an imperial edict calling for the elimination of the gorgeous style in diet and clothing, and for simplicity. Because of Liu Yu's tyrannical rule, pedestrians on the road, no matter men and women, old and young, cattle and livestock, as long as they are met by Liu Yu, they will be killed immediately. As soon as people heard that Liu Yu was coming, they all scattered and hid. Doors and windows were closed, commercial shops were closed, and pedestrians were cut off.

Historical evaluation

Shen Yue: the leader of a country or a family who lost his country or family. Although he was suitable for the same way at the end, he was different. The former Emperor of the Qing Dynasty was the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, and the emperor of Cangwu was the emperor of the Qing Dynasty. As for the death of the body, the reason is the same. Ji and Xia Zhilong are different in quality and culture, and the way of subjugation is the same!

Cai Dongfan: ① the 14-year-old is so cruel, which is unheard of in history. ② It's just like this when he lost virtue in his childhood. It's too late for the court to hate him. If he is ten years old, it's hard to know the rise and fall of the Liu family.

Anecdotes and allusions

Eccentric character

Liu Yu doesn't wear formal uniform, but often wears small pleats that are convenient for activities. He also casually starts to hit people. He also changes the names of dozens of big sticks, and he must take needles, chisels, saws and other lethal weapons with him to kill people at any time. No matter the queen or the bodyguard, they will be killed on the spot if they don't like it. Liu Yu often wears shorts and blouses when he travels. He goes everywhere. He sleeps in hotels at night and sometimes sleeps by the road when he is tired during the day. He does what he wants. He goes out every day. He goes back in the morning or goes out in the morning. When he went out, he rode in front of him, followed by his entourage with weapons in hand.

To bestow titles at will

Liu Yu often rewards and punishes excessively. After the coronation ceremony, he gave all the men the first rank of nobility, and all the parents, the three elders, the filial piety, and those who devoted themselves to farming the second rank of nobility.

Love fool

When she was 15 years old, she went out to Beijing to make love with a fool. Liu Yu is very proud of this silly girl. She often makes an appointment with this silly girl with flowers in her hand. People jokingly call that silly girl "concubine Lu".

Be afraid of

Liu Yu is very violent and loves to kill people. If she doesn't kill people, she will be unhappy. He asked his entourage to take tools of torture such as pliers, cones, chisels and saws. When he saw who was not pleased with him, he grabbed the weapon and killed him on the spot. Dozens of people are often punished every day. All the court ministers were afraid of him. They were trembling all day. They could not eat and sleep safely. Xiao Daocheng is very afraid of Liu Yu's indiscriminate killing, and his courtiers are panicked. Wang Minbei, the captain of Yueqi school, takes refuge with Xiao Daocheng, the leader of the Chinese army. He often wears cloth clothes at night, hiding in the roadside, spying on Liu Yu's whereabouts, secretly taking Liu Yu's bodyguard

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