Liu Yilong

Liu Yilong

Liu Yilong (407-453, March 16) was born in Pengcheng County, Xuzhou (now Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province). The third emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty (424-453), the third son of Liu Yu, Emperor Wu of the Song Dynasty, and the younger brother of Liu Yifu, Emperor Shaodi of the Song Dynasty, whose mother was empress dowager Hu Daoan.

He is tall, well read and good at writing official script. In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, he served as the governor of Xu, Si and Jing, and was granted the title of Pengcheng county. In the second year of Yuanxi (420), he was granted the title of Zhenxi general and Yidu county king. Yuan Jia (424), officially took the throne, after the removal of the right minister, continued the Song Dynasty emperor Liu Yu's strategy of governing the country, and registered residence registration on the basis of "Yi Xi's broken soil", relieving the "rent rent debts", implementing a series of measures such as persuaded learning, promoting agriculture and recruiting Yin, and actively recuperated, social production developed, and economic and cultural prosperity became more prosperous. Militarily, general Pei Fangming destroyed Qiu Chi, and general Tan Hezhi severely damaged Lin Yi. He went out to the Northern Expedition three times and failed in the Northern Wei Dynasty.

In 453, he was killed by the crown prince Liu Shao. He was 47 years old. His posthumous title was Wen and his temple title was Taizu. He was buried in Changning mausoleum.

Life of the characters

Early experience

Liu Yilong was born in the third year of Yixi's reign (407) in Jingkou (now Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province). As an adult, he was seven feet five inches (181.5 cm). He read a lot of books and was good at writing official script.

In the sixth year of the reign of Yixi (410), Liu Yu ordered Liu Cui to assist Liu Yilong, who was only four years old, to guard against the chaos of Lu Xun.

In 409, Liu Yilong's mother, Hu Daoan, was convicted and executed. Liu daogui, Liu Yilong's third uncle, raised Liu Yilong because he had no son. In addition, Liu daogui took Liu Yiqing, the second son of his second brother Liu Daolian, as his heir.

In 412, Liu daogui died and was granted the title of Duke of Nanjun. He should have given Liu Yilong the title of Duke of Huarong County before Liu daogui, but Fan Tai thought that there were no two heirs for Li. Liu Yu followed Fan Tai's advice and Liu Yilong returned home.

In 415, Liu Yilong was appointed the Duke of Pengcheng county. In the 13th year of Yixi (417), Liu Yu's northern expedition made Liu Yilong stay as the champion general, and the Eastern Jin Dynasty granted him the title of Governor Xu Yanqing, military officer of four prefectures in Hebei Province, and governor of Xuzhou.

In the 14th year of Yixi (418), after Liu Yu recovered Guanzhong and returned Pengcheng (now Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province), he added Liu Yilong as the commander of Huaixi Yanzhou in Yuzhou, Chen Liujun, former general and governor of Sizhou, and ordered him to guard Luoyang (now Luoyang City, Henan Province). Before he was appointed, he was renamed as the governor of jingyining, Yongliang, qinliuzhou, and Yicheng of Henan, Guangping and Yangzhou in Yuzhou He is the general of xizhonglang and the governor of Jingzhou. Liu Yu originally intended to let his son Liu Yifu guard Jingzhou, but he didn't do so after Zhang Shao's persuasion. Later, Liu Yilong was appointed governor of Jingzhou, and Liu Yu asked his young son Liu Yiji to follow him to Jiangling, so Liu Yilong especially loved Liu Yiji.

To be emperor

In the second year of Yuanxi (420), Liu Yilong was granted the title of king of Yidu. He ate 3000 households in Yidu and was named the general of Zhenxi.

In the third year of Yongchu (422), Liu Yu, Emperor Wu of the Song Dynasty, died, and Liu Yifu, the crown prince, succeeded to the throne (i.e. Shaodi of the Song Dynasty). Because of his extravagant play, he was banned and killed in a coup in May of the second year of Jingping (424).

Liu Yifu had no son, and Liu Yizhen, the second younger brother of Liu Yifu, should succeed to the throne. However, because Xu Xianzhi thought that he was not suitable to be a king, he first abolished Liu Yizhen as a common man before abolishing the emperor, and then sent someone to kill him.

After the abolition of Liu Yifu and Liu Yizhen, Cheng Daohui, the servant, once asked Liu Yigong, the fifth son of Emperor Wu, to be established. However, Xu Xianzhi preferred Liu Yilong, so the officials went up to welcome Liu Yilong, the third son of Emperor Wu of Song Dynasty, and Liu Yilong, the king of Yidu and the governor of Jingzhou, as emperor.

In July, Fu Liang led his way to Jingzhou to welcome Liu Yilong to Beijing. At that time, it was mid July, and Jiangling had heard the news that the young emperor had been killed. Liu Yilong and some officials were suspicious of the team and did not dare to go east. However, under the advice of Wang Hua, Wang tanshou and Dao Yanzhi, they decided to set out. He arrived in Jiankang on August 8 and became emperor the next day, changing yuan to Yuanjia.

Jian Chuquan

Emperor Wen of the Song Dynasty has been on guard against Xu Xianzhi and others since he went down to the east of Jiangling. That is to say, on the journey to the East, the officials of Jingzhou Prefecture who accompanied him were all strict in self-defense, and all the officials in Taiwan could not get close to him. Zhu RongZi, a member of the Chinese army, had been guarding outside the cabin with a knife for decades.

After Emperor Wen of the Song Dynasty ascended the throne, he gave special care to Xu Fu and Xie, and Xu Xianzhi was appointed as his situ. Fu Liang, together with Kaifu and Yi, agreed to Xie Hui's request to be appointed as governor of Jingzhou. At that time, Xie Hui was very worried about Emperor Wen's hatred for killing his brother and would not let him go or allow others to go to Jingzhou. Xu Xianzhi and others were worried that Emperor Wen's confidants would come to Yanzhi, and expected that Emperor Wen would take him as the leader. Therefore, Xu Xianzhi and others prepared to let the then temporary town of Xiangyang (now Xiangyang City, Hubei Province) as Yongzhou governor. Emperor Wen resolutely refused Xu Xianzhi's proposal, and insisted on calling Yanzhi to Beijing to take over Xie Hui as the leader of the Chinese army and entrust him with military administration. At the same time, Emperor Wen took Wang tanshou and Wang Hua, the former confidants of Jingzhou, as his attendants, Wang Tan's leader, right guard general, Wang Hua's leader, valiant cavalry general, Zhu RongZi's leader, and Cheng Yanzhi's leader. So far, Emperor Wen controlled the power of the forbidden army. In the face of a series of measures taken by Emperor Wen to strengthen their power and the pressure of public opinion at that time, Xu Fu and Xu Fu felt the threat and took the initiative to return to power in the second year of Yuanjia (425). However, under the admonition of Cheng Daohui, Xu Peizhi and Wang Shaozhi, they still "resumed their duties under the imperial edict", and the two provinces of Shangshu and Zhongshu were still controlled by them. At that time, Fu Liang and Xie Hui tried to make friends with Wang Hua and Dao Yanzhi for many times to ease their mind. However, Wang Hua and Kong ningzi slandered Xu Xianzhi, Fu Liang and Xie Hui to Emperor Wen for many times, and constantly created and spread public opinion offensive against Xu Fu and Xie Hui's regicide. Emperor Wen also had the intention to kill the powerful officials. Considering that Xie Hui was the governor of Jingzhou at that time, he excused the Northern Expedition and paid a visit to the mausoleum to build ships. At the same time, Emperor Wen successfully won the support of Tan Daoji.

In the third year of Yuanjia (426), Liu Yilong announced that Xu Xianzhi, Fu Liang and Xie Hui were good at killing Shaodi and Liu Yizhen, and wanted to punish Xu Xianzhi and Fu Liang. He decided to fight Xie Hui himself, and ordered Liu Cui, Yongzhou governor, Tan Daoji, Yanzhou governor, and Zhongling to lead the army to Yanzhi. Xu Xianzhi committed suicide after hearing the news. Fu Liang was caught and killed, while Xie Hui sent troops to fight against him. However, knowing that Tan Daoji assisted Liu Yilong in his crusade, he was terrified and helpless. Soon Xie Hui's army broke up, and Xie Hui tried to escape, but he was arrested and executed.

Create a prosperous age

After eliminating Xu Xianzhi and other powerful officials, Liu Yilong, Emperor Wen of the Song Dynasty, issued an imperial edict to send ambassadors to patrol the four places to report on the performance of local officials and rectify the administration of officials. He also announced that some old, widowed, young, bereaved, and those suffering from serious illness and living difficulties could seek help from prefectures and counties to get support. He was more open-minded and welcomed the people to accept useful opinions and strategies. Emperor Wen also went to Yanxian hall many times to hear criminal lawsuits.

In the 17th year of Yuanjia period, the Shanze area, which was forbidden to be used by civilians, was also forbidden to recruit the old and the weak to serve as soldiers. All officials were required to act in accordance with the law. In addition, in all previous natural disasters, relief or tax relief will be given to comfort the people.

Emperor Wen of the Song Dynasty also encouraged farming and mulberry production. In the eighth year of Yuanjia reign, he ordered counties to reward farmers who were diligent in farming and sericulture, teach them correct farming methods, and report some excellent farmers to the higher authorities. In the 17th year of Yuanjia, the government ordered that the "Zhufu debts" owed by the peasants should be reduced and remitted. Later, in the 21st year of Yuanjia, all the "Zhufu debts" owed by the peasants before the 19th year of Yuanjia were remitted. The government also ordered that the peasants rent seeds and rations to those who wanted to participate in farming but lacked materials, and gave cloth and silk to reward the officials and the people who managed thousands of acres of land. In the summer of Yuanjia, the floods occurred due to continuous rain, which affected the agriculture In addition to giving relief, Liu ordered officials to encourage farmers to cultivate rice and wheat in autumn, and to reclaim land for cultivation in the coming year. In the 22nd year of Yuanjia, he reclaimed thousands of hectares of abandoned land.

During the reign of Emperor Wen of Song Dynasty, he adopted the policy of restraining the strong and powerful, made great efforts to carry out the policy of economic prosperity, paid attention to agricultural production, and shared taxes and servitudes equally. As a result, the national production economy was greatly promoted, which is known as the rule of Yuanjia.

The dispute between the two parties

After Emperor Wen of the Song Dynasty removed Xu Xianzhi and others, Wang Hong was appointed as governor of Yangzhou. However, under the pressure of the public opinion created by Emperor Wen, Wang Hong gave up the posts of Sima and Lu Shang in the sixth year of Yuanjia (429), and Liu Yikang, the fourth younger brother of Emperor Wen, was appointed as governor of Yangzhou. At that time, Wang Hong often referred the political affairs to Liu Yikang on the ground of illness, so Liu Yikang was gradually in charge of the government. In 432, after Wang Hong died, Emperor Wen granted Liu Yikang a governor of Yangzhou. So far, Liu Yikang was in charge of politics alone.

During the dictatorship of Liu Yikang, the king of Pengcheng, Emperor Wen often fell ill. In fact, all political affairs were handled by Liu Yikang. Moreover, Liu Yikang did not take off his clothes to take care of Emperor Wen, so the affairs of the inner court and the outer court were controlled by Liu Yikang. Even in the 13th year of Yuanjia (436), because Emperor Wen of Song Dynasty was seriously ill, Liu Yikang worried that once Emperor Wen died, no one would be able to control Sikong and Tan Daoji, who had great talent. So he pretended to make an imperial edict and, with the consent of Emperor Wen of Song Dynasty, took and killed Tan Daoji and his relatives and generals.

However, Liu Yikang regarded the emperor as a close relative and acted freely. He did not avoid suspicion and did not have the courtesy of monarchs and ministers. At that time, Liu Yikang's cronies, Liu Zhan and others, tried to push Liu Yikang to the throne of God. When Emperor Wen was seriously ill, they said that he should take the throne as the eldest king. They even went to Yi Cao's office to get the information of emperor Jin Kang's elder brother and his younger brother in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and framed some ministers who were loyal to the country and did not agree with Liu Zhan's group. When Emperor Wen recovered from his illness, he knew these things

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