Liu Yigong

Liu Yigong

Liu Yigong (September 18, 413-465) was born in Pengcheng County, Pengcheng county (now Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province). In the Southern Dynasties, the imperial clan and Prime Minister of the Song Dynasty, the fifth son of Liu Yu, Emperor Wu of the Song Dynasty, and the younger brother of Liu Yifu, Emperor Shao of the Song Dynasty, and Liu Yilong, Emperor Wen of the Song Dynasty, were married to Yuan Meiren.

At the beginning, he was a champion general and a governor of Southern Yuzhou. Emperor Wen of Song Dynasty ascended the throne and was granted the title of king of Jiangxia. He successively governed Southern Xuzhou, Jingzhou and southern Yanzhou. He became a situ and a Shizhong, and moved to Taiwei. During the northern expedition of Yuanjia, the commander in chief went out of the town of Pengcheng. He was demoted to the rank of general. After being killed, Emperor Wen of the Song Dynasty took part in calming down Liu Shao's rebellion, supported emperor Xiaowu Liu Jun, worshipped Taifu, Da Sima, recorded the book affairs, and moved the book orders. He was quiet and did nothing, and was trusted by Emperor Xiaowu. When Emperor Xiaowu was seriously ill, he was selected as a minister to help Liu ziye, the former deposed emperor. He paid homage to taizai, zhongshujian and Lushang, abolished redundant administration and stopped construction.

In the first year of Yongguang (465), in the face of the former abolishing emperor, Liu Yuanjing and Yan Shibo conspired to abolish the emperor. SHIXIE was killed at the age of 53. After he ascended the throne, Liu Yu, the emperor of song and Ming Dynasties, bestowed posthumous titles and documents to the Shizhong, the prime minister, the Taiwei and the Dudu, and enjoyed the title of emperor Xiaowu.

Life of the characters

Family background

Liu Yigong is the fifth son of Liu Yu, Emperor Wu of Song Dynasty. His biological mother is yuan Meiren, and he is a brother of different mother with Liu Yifu, Emperor Wen and Liu Yilong. He is smart and handsome since childhood. He is most favored by Liu Yu among the seven brothers and is often taken with him.

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In the second year of Jingping (424), Liu Yigong served as the champion general and the governor of nanyuzhou. He guarded Liyang (now Hexian County, Anhui Province) and supervised the military affairs of nanyuzhou, Yuzhou, Sizhou, Yongzhou, Qinzhou and Bingzhou. In the same year, Prime Minister Xu Xianzhi, together with Fu Liang and Xie Hui, deposed Liu Yifu and established Liu Yilong. Cheng Daohui, a servant, proposed Liu Yigong as emperor at that time, but Xu Xianzhi refused. Later, Liu Yigong also granted envoys to keep the integrity of the city. He became a general of the army, granted the king of Jiangxia, and ate 5000 households in the city.

In the third year of Yuanjia (426), Liu Yigong was appointed governor of Southern Xuzhou. He still led the general of Fujun, and was the commander in chief of Southern Xuzhou, Yanzhou and Jinling County of Yangzhou. However, he was left in central Beijing and was unable to leave zhenjingkou (now Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province). Later, Liu Yilong killed Xu Xianzhi and Fu Liang to destroy Xie Hui.

In the sixth year of Yuanjia (429), Liu Yikang, the governor of Pengcheng in Jingzhou, was recruited into the court and served as prime minister. Jingzhou was an important town in the Southern Dynasty, with a vast territory and powerful troops, and Liu Yu was ordered to be guarded by various scholars in turn. Liu Yilong called Liu Yikang as prime minister, and then transferred Liu Yigong from southern Xuzhou to Jingzhou. Liu Yigong guarded Jiangling (Jingzhou Prefecture, now Jingzhou, Hubei Province) as a general of the Fujun army and a governor of Jingzhou Prefecture. He was also the governor of Jingzhou, Xiangzhou, Yongzhou, Yizhou, Liangzhou, ningzhou, Qinzhou, and southern Qinzhou. He was also a military officer of Sanqi and Changshi.

In 432, Liu Yigong was appointed governor of Southern Yanzhou. He was in charge of the six prefectures of Southern Yanzhou, Xuzhou, Yanzhou, Qingzhou, Jizhou, Youzhou and Liangjun of Yuzhou. He moved the town of Guangling (Southern Yanzhou, now Yangzhou of Jiangsu Province) and became a general of conquering the north. He was also granted the title of Kaifu Yitong.

To live in Zaifu

In the 16th year of Yuanjia (439), Liu Yigong entered Sikong from Kaifu Yi and the third division. He was ranked as the third Duke and was still the governor of Southern Yanzhou. In 440, Liu Yigong went from Guangling to Jingkou to worship Xingning Mausoleum (the mausoleum of emperor Xiaomu Liu Qiao) with Prince Liu Shao. At that time, Liu Yikang, the king of Pengcheng, was suspicious of Liu Yilong because of his power. Liu Yilong then sent Liu Yikang out to Jiangzhou in October, and called Liu Yigong to be the Assistant Minister of the imperial court. He was awarded the titles of Shi Zhong, Si Tu, Lu Shang Shu Shi, and led the crown prince and Taifu. Liu Yigong, as prime minister, also supervised the military affairs of Yangzhou and southern Xuzhou.

In the 21th year of Yuanjia (444), Liu Yigong paid homage to Taiwei and still took the post of situ. He learned from Liu Yikang's failure and was cautious. Although he was the prime minister, he never sought power. All government affairs were left to the emperor to decide, and he was only responsible for signing documents. There is no doubt that the emperor and the prime minister are at peace with each other. In the 26th year of Yuanjia (449), Liu Yigong also led the Guozi sacrificial wine.

Commander in chief of the Northern Expedition

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In July of the 27th year of Yuanjia (450), Liu Yilong launched a three-way army to attack the Northern Wei Dynasty. Liu Yigong was relieved of his duty as the son of the state to offer wine. He led all the Northern Expeditionary Forces and settled in Pengcheng (now Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province). At that time, the Northern Expeditionary Army of the East Route moved westward along the Yellow River from Qingzhou, and captured the strategic place along the Yellow River (in today's Chiping County, Shandong Province). Later, due to the defeat of Wang xuanmo, the vanguard, they had to withdraw to Licheng (governing Jinan City, Shandong Province). He was left behind by Wang xuanmo.

Tuobatao, the emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty, led the army southward and launched a counterattack against the song army from the eastern front. Song army "all generals rush back.". Tuobatao soon attacked Zoushan (in today's Zoucheng City, Shandong Province), and sent troops to Xiaocheng (in today's Xiaoxian County, Anhui Province) and Liucheng (in today's Peixian County, Jiangsu Province). Liu Yigong sent Ma Wengong and Ji xuanjing to observe the movement of Wei army. The two armies met with the Wei army successively. Ji xuanjing defeated the Wei army with the help of the local people, while Ma Wengong fled back.

The Wei army in Xiaocheng was only ten li away from Pengcheng at that time. Although there were many garrisons in Pengcheng, they were short of military provisions and the situation was very critical. Liu Yigong wanted to abandon the city to escape, but he hesitated between the two escape plans, so he had to summon his staff to discuss again. Zhang Chang, the prefect of Pei County, admonished him with his death and urged him to stick to Pengcheng. Liu Jun, the governor of Xuzhou and king of Wuling, also opposed running away. Liu Yigong then gave up the idea of escape, determined to stick to Pengcheng, in order to avoid the complete collapse of the already shaken morale of the army. Before long, tuobatao arrived in Pengcheng and commanded the army to attack the city, but many attacks were defeated by the song army.

Tuobatao was unable to capture Pengcheng because it was strong, so he bypassed Pengcheng and crossed the Huainan River to the North Bank of the Yangtze River and settled in Guabu (now Liuhe District, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province). At that time, the Wei army demolished houses, cut reeds and built rafts, claiming to fight across the Yangtze River. Jiankang was shocked and entered a state of martial law. Liu Yilong made extensive military service, strengthened the defense along the river, and recalled the West Route Army, which had been conquered many times, from the front line. However, the Wei army was just bluffing and was unable to advance further. Tuobatao knew that the rear area was unstable because Pengcheng and other fortified cities had not been broken, and the soldiers of the Wei army were not acclimatized to the situation, so they had a disease, and soon withdrew from Guabu and returned to the north.

Liu Yigong closed the city in Pengcheng all the time when the Wei army went south. He thought that he could not be defended, so he ordered Wang xuanmo to withdraw from the army. The Wei army seized the opportunity to recapture Hom. Soon, the retreating army of the Northern Wei Dynasty passed through Pengcheng. Liu Yigong allowed the Wei army to cross the border and did not dare to send troops to intercept. He did not send troops to pursue until the next day when he received the emperor's imperial edict of "making every effort to pursue.". Most of the Wei army had escorted Liu Song's demobilized people back to the state of Wei, while the rear of the Wei army was in Tuoba, which was near the river in Guangling. So Tuoba's headquarters killed all the people they captured and rode away. So far, the second Northern Expedition of Yuanjia ended with the defeat of the song army, in February 451, the 28th year of Yuanjia.

Liu Yigong presided over the northern expedition. First, he failed to resist the enemy, and then he was afraid of the enemy. Therefore, he was removed from the post of Taiwei and situ, and was demoted to the post of general Hushi and Kaifu Yitong. However, Liu Yilong's trust in Liu Yigong remained unchanged. Only three months later, he was asked to take charge of the governor of Southern Yanzhou to guard Xuyi, and included Southern Yanzhou, Yuzhou, Xuzhou, Yanzhou, Sizhou, Yongzhou and other 11 prefectures in his jurisdiction. Under Liu Yigong's jurisdiction, he reached thirteen prefectures, covering almost all the territory of Huainan and Huaibei in the Southern Dynasties.

Turn over the enemy and build righteousness

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In December 452, the 29th year of Yuanjia period, Liu Yigong entered the court and was given the title of general and Lu Shangshu. He also led the governor of Southern Xuzhou and supervised the military affairs of Yangzhou and southern Xuzhou. At that time, Prince Liu Shao and King Liu Jun of Shixing practiced witchcraft in the palace. Liu Yilong told Liu Yigong that he did not want to go into the matter. However, Liu Shao was uneasy. In February of the following year (453), he secretly launched a coup and led the imperial guards of the eastern palace into Taicheng to kill Liu Yilong. He first won the support of Liu Jun, and then called Liu Yigong into the palace.

Forced by the situation, Liu Yigong had to cooperate with the coup and took the initiative to hand over military power in order to protect himself. Liu Shao immediately became emperor, with Liu Yigong as the imperial protector, the governor of Huizhou military, leading the great master. At that time, Liu Jun, King Wuling, Jiangzhou governor, and Liu Yixuan, King Nanqiao, Jingzhou governor, all set out to attack Liu Shao. They assembled their forces and formed a rebellion army, which moved from Jiangzhou to Jiankang. Liu Sheng, the governor of Kuaiji, raised his troops in the southeast direction of Kuaiji (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province), and attacked Jiankang from east to west.

Three towns of soldiers, Jiankang shock. Liu Shao ordered martial law inside and outside the capital and intended to kill all the family members of the officials of the three towns who stayed in Beijing, but they were finally dissuaded by Liu Yigong and he Shangzhi. At that time, the rebel ships were simple and crude, which was not conducive to water war. Liu Jun suggested that Liu Shao personally lead the water army up the river to fight against the rebels. However, Liu Yigong claims that this will create a defensive emptiness in Jiankang, which will allow Liu Sheng to take advantage of the emptiness and suggest Liu Shao to stay in Jiankang and wait for work. As a result, Liu Shao stood still and missed the opportunity. The rebels were able to drive straight in.

However, Liu Shao was not at ease with Liu Yigong and worried that he would betray Liu Jun, so he forced Liu Yigong to live in Xiasheng, the minister in the palace, and put his 12 sons under house arrest. Soon after, the rebels attacked Xinting in the south of Jiankang city. Liu Shao led his army to fight, and was forced to retreat to Taicheng. At that time, Liu Yigong

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