Chapter 37 Sixteen, endless rotten

When Liu Jun passed away twelve years later, the posthumous title he received was Xiaowu. Character.Except for not committing such a treasonous thing as killing his father, this newly enthroned emperor is only worse than the culprit Liu Shao. The throne was taken from his elder brother. In order to ensure the legitimacy of his throne, Liu Jun began planning to kill other members of the royal family who posed a threat to him as soon as he came to power.It stands to reason that after the death of Liu Shao and Liu Jun, the third eldest brother, he is indeed the most qualified person to be emperor, but he is not at ease.

Only a few months after he became emperor, he attacked his fourth brother Nanping Wang Liu Shuo.Liu Shuo was held hostage by the two culprits in the incident of Liu Shao's rebellion, and he was the last to escape.This person has always been contemptuous of Liu Jun, and he has long been regarded as a thorn in Liu Jun's side, so he will be the first to get involved.Suffering from the lack of evidence of fabricating treason, Liu Jun sent someone to secretly poison Liu Shuo's food and drinks, and easily settled a political opponent. The fifth younger brother, Liu Shao, adopted him as a godson to Liu Yizhen, who died early and had no heirs, at a very young age, and it is basically impossible to inherit the throne from a legal point of view.The sixth younger brother Jingling King Liu Dan joined Liu Jun in the army. Although Liu Jun was always on guard, he didn't dare to move him for a while.And there is another person in the royal family that makes him very worried, that is Emperor Wen's younger brother, his sixth uncle Nanjun Wang, and Jingzhou governor Liu Yixuan.

If Liu Jun is really a monarch with both ability and political integrity, these so-called royal relatives should not pose a threat to him. In fact, when he first came to power, Xiao Jian in Guangzhou, that is, the younger brother of Xiao Bin who was defeated and killed, rose up to make trouble. quarreled and was soon suppressed.Other powerful figures are willing to submit to him.But he was a complete scum in terms of personal life style, and many of his behaviors were outrageous, which eventually led to another civil strife. Liu Jun is extremely lustful by nature, and his sexual orientation is different.For Freud, the Oedipus complex is just a man's subconscious, but Liu Jun "has the courage" to put it into practice.Liu Jun's biological mother, Lu Shuyuan, had outstanding looks when she was young, and was selected into the harem of Emperor Wen. Later, because she had no good background, she gradually fell out of favor.

One is a vigorous young man, and the other is a middle-aged widow without losing her charm. The love between the two gradually deepens, and finally an incestuous relationship occurs on a certain full moon night, and it has been out of control ever since.Liu Jun is not very interested in the concubine (later queen) Wang who he married through normal channels, but he likes to stay in his mother's palace very much, the mystery of which is self-evident.After becoming emperor, Liu Jun felt even more unsatisfactory. The daughters of ministers, daughters of the clan (that is, his cousins), and folk beauties, whoever he liked, let them go to visit the Queen Mother Lu, and broke into the palace by himself. It is a lucky thing to enter the mother's palace.Among these women, he was most interested in the four daughters of his uncle Liu Yixuan.

These cousins ​​are very pretty, probably related to Liu Yixuan's own genes.Liu Yixuan was known in history as "fair-skinned, with beautiful eyebrows", very handsome, and also a very perverted guy with a strong personality. Not only did he have many concubines, but he also liked to keep nuns and old women.All her daughters were favored by Liu Jun and summoned into the harem to share the love of siblings. Liu Yixuan was a person who made great efforts in the process of Liu Jun's ascension to the throne. How could his daughters do this to his nephew?Zang Zhi, the governor of Jiangzhou, took the opportunity to talk to him and persuaded him to raise troops to get rid of Liu Jun.Zang Zhi's ambition is not small. He thinks that his intelligence is first-rate in the world, and he has coveted Liu Song's throne for a long time.After observing for a period of time, he decided that Liu Yixuan had no ability and was a typical outsider who was strong but middle-aged, so he decided to help Liu Yixuan achieve great things, and then control him to achieve his goal.

Zang Zhi's vision was really accurate, and Liu Yixuan immediately burst into confidence after hearing a few flattering words from him.They also sent people to secretly contact Lu Shuang, the governor of Yuzhou, and Xu Yibao, the governor of Yanzhou, and agreed to jointly launch an incident in the autumn of the first year of Xiaojian (AD 454). Lu Shuang couldn't stand Liu Jun's promiscuous behavior for a long time.When the envoy arrived at his residence in Shouyang, he happened to be drunk, half asleep and half awake lying on the table to rest.As soon as Liu Yixuan's secret letter arrived, it was exactly what he wanted, and he didn't know when to raise troops, so he gave the order to fight against the flag.A few days later, Xu Yibao followed suit and sent troops to attack Pengcheng.

Liu Yixuan's move was still under planning, when he suddenly heard that the alcoholic Lu Shuang had rebelled, he had no choice but to follow suit and hastily raised his troops.He and Zang Zhi gave Liu Jun a form, saying that he wanted to clear the king's side.Liu Jun saw it, wow, the soldiers of the four states, and his own uncle was going to beg him, so he was very scared, so he discussed with his younger brothers, saying that if we can't, we should just give up the throne to the uncle. Liu Dan resolutely disagreed, saying: "How can this seat be given away at will!" It is understandable for Liu Dan to say such a thing, Liu Jun is on the stage, he still has a chance to get his hands on the throne; Don't want to be an emperor for the rest of your life.Thinking about it, Liu Jun did not reach the point of despair. There are good generals such as Shen Qingzhi and Liu Yuanjing around him, so he would not surrender without fighting, so he appointed Liu Yuanjing as the general of the Fu army, and Wang Xuanmo as the governor of Yuzhou to meet Liu Yixuan. (Although Liu Jun is a mediocre person, he has good luck. If it weren't for the fact that there are always people around him to help and persuade him every time he cries and surrenders, he would have been deposed to the 18th floor of hell long ago.)

In Jiangling, Liu Yixuan claimed to be the commander-in-chief of all Chinese and foreign military forces, and spread the word to all states and counties. Then he sent 100,000 troops down the river. The ships stretched for hundreds of miles, and the momentum was very scary. However, his army is only intimidating, and it will wilt when it encounters a tough battle.Xu Yibao was the first to lose the battle. He couldn't take Pengcheng, so he had to burn Hulu City, which was defending, and joined forces with Lu Shuang to attack Liyang (now Hexian County, Anhui Province) from Shouyang.Liu Yixuan's forward troops, led by Zang Zhi, also attacked Liyang from the waterway. In Nanling (today's Fanchang South, Anhui), they were blocked by General Shen Lingci, and suffered a lot.Zang Zhi had no choice but to retreat to nearby Liangshan and confront the official army.

Liu Jun appointed Xue Andu and other generals to guard Liyang, and sent Shen Qingzhi to cross the Yangtze River to the north to lead the generals to attack Lu Shuang's army.Lu Shuang had little food to accompany the army, so he had to retreat.Xue Andu pursued with light cavalry, and caught up with Lu Shuang in Xiaoxian (now north of Hanshan, Anhui).Lu Shuang is worthy of being a drunkard, and he has to drink a few big cups before going to war.Seeing him drunk from a distance, Xue An leaped forward and stabbed with a spear. Lu Shuang had no power to resist, turned over and fell off the horse, and was beheaded by his subordinates.Xu Yibao fled alone to the East China Sea (now Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province) and was killed by the locals.

Shen Qingzhi sent someone to send Lu Shuang's head to Liu Yixuan's camp, and the emperor's uncle was in chaos.Liu Yigong in the court sent him a letter, saying: "I think that when Yin Zhongkan handed over the military power to Huan Xuan, Huan Xuan killed his whole family; Zang Zhi has had problems with his character since he was a child, brother, you should be aware of that. Now he is relying on Jingzhou's military power to plot evil; if he succeeds, he may no longer be a thing in the pool, and you can easily subdue him." Liu Yixuan Sure enough, Zang questioned.At this time, Zang Zhi proposed to lead the main force to directly attack Stone City. Liu Yixuan was afraid that he had other plans, so he refused to accept the proposal, and only focused on attacking Liangshan.

Liangshan was divided into two fortresses, the east and the west. It happened that the southwest wind was blowing, and Zang Zhi attacked with the wind and took the west city.Liu Yixuan's main force was approaching Liangshan, and Zang Zhi proposed to continue to lead the army to attack Dongcheng. He consulted with Yan Lezhi, who joined the army, and persuaded Zang Zhi not to let Zang Zhi specialize in his work. He dispatched his confidants Liu Chenzhi and Zang Zhi to attack the east city together, while setting up a camp in the west. In Liu Yixuan's eyes, Liu Chenzhi is the supervisor of the army, but he is also the weakness of the whole army.Wang Xuanmo sent Xue Andu's cavalry to attack Liu Chenzhi's camp and killed Liu Chenzhi.Then Liu Jizhi and Zong Yue's troops captured Zang Zhi's army, and Liu Yixuan's entire army was defeated.The officers and soldiers set fire to the ships on the Yangtze River, and the riverside became a sea of ​​flames.Liu Yixuan no longer had the will to fight, so he jumped into the boat and fled westward, weeping desperately in the cabin alone, scolding Zang Zhi in his heart for the idea that the damned god gave him. Seeing that Liu Yixuan had retreated, Zang Zhi was at a loss, so he also fled westward.He knew that Liu Yixuan had scruples about him, and he didn't dare to look for him again, so he took a bunch of wives and concubines to join his brother-in-law, Wuchang County Sheriff Yangchong. He didn't know that Yangchong had been killed by his men until he arrived in Wuchang.Zang Zhi lost his shelter and fled to the nearby Nanhu Lake to become the "Lotus Picking Immortal". As soon as the pursuers came, he covered his head with lotus leaves and submerged himself in the water with only his nose exposed to breathe.His whereabouts were so secretive that a small military officer discovered during the search that Zang Zhi was hacked to death by soldiers. Liu Yixuan, a polished commander, was left, and fewer and fewer soldiers around him fled.Liu Yixuan, who was pampered and pampered since he was a child, didn't walk much, his feet hurt so much that he couldn't walk, so he had to rent a broken car with no roof from the local people and barely set out on the road.After going through all kinds of hardships, they arrived at Jiangling City. There were still more than 10,000 soldiers under the command of Zuo Sima Zhu Chaomin who stayed behind in the city. Left and right urged Liu Yixuan to reward the soldiers and regroup.The morale-boosting speech was written and handed over to Liu Yixuan, which probably meant something like this: "Zang Zhi violated the order and caused our army to lose. Now we must train seriously, re-arm, and plan for future victories. I have failed countless times, and finally achieved a great cause..." (Hundreds of high-spirited and inspiring words are omitted below) Liu Yixuan was born with a shorter tongue than others, so he couldn't speak clearly. Standing on the podium facing tens of thousands of soldiers, when he got nervous, he suddenly fell into trouble.When it came to the climax, the speech became "Xiang Yu failed countless times back then". When the soldiers heard it, they couldn't help laughing.Liu Yixuan was ashamed and didn't want to rectify the army anymore, so he went back to the inner room in a daze, only making out with his wives and concubines every day, and didn't want to see anyone.A few days later, Zhu Xiuzhi, the governor of Jingzhou newly appointed by Liu Jun, approached Jiangling. Liu Yixuan chose his favorite son, Liu Min, from sixteen sons, and selected five concubines, intending to escape from the city.The attendants on the left and right ignored him, and at night Liu Yixuan was desperate, so he ran back and found an empty house to stay. When Zhu Chaomin in the city saw such a worthless prince, he was so angry that he wanted to hit the wall.He stopped defending the city and sent someone to put Liu Yixuan in prison, waiting for the officers and soldiers to take him over.At first Liu Yixuan enjoyed the treatment of sharing prison with five concubines, but soon the concubines were removed by the jailer.Liu Yixuan then said the last sad words: "Usually those sufferings are nothing, but now being separated from my concubines is the greatest suffering in my life..." Zhu Xiuzhi's army entered Jiangling and ordered to kill Liu Yixuan and his sixteen sons.According to the biography of Liu Yixuan in "Song Shu" and "Southern History", Liu Yixuan died in prison in advance (depressed and disappointed, which is also reasonable).Liu Shao, Liu Jun, Liu Yixuan, the descendants of the hero Liu Yu, turned out to be worse than the other.