Chapter 17 "Son Inheriting Father's Business" Evil Younger Ascension to the Throne

In May of the eighth year of the Ming Dynasty (464), Emperor Xiaowu Liu Jun of the Southern Song Dynasty died of illness, and the crown prince Liu Ziye ascended the throne. Ordinarily, when Lao Tzu died, the son should be sad and sad.Even those emperors who killed Laozi and ascended the throne had to howl a few times at the funeral of the first emperor to show his filial piety and to deceive others.But the new emperor Liu Ziye behaved differently.Not only did he not cry loudly, but on the contrary, he looked happy and seemed to be pleased.Cai Xingzong, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, personally presented the emperor's seal and ribbon, and Liu Ziye lazily took it in his hand, without any dignity.So Cai Xingzong was worried, and said to others in private: "Looking at today's situation, the disaster of the country is not far away."

The country is indeed in trouble, and Liu Ziye's various jaw-dropping behaviors after that have shown this.But the misfortune did not start at this time. The naughty Liu Ziye, as his name suggests, is the "son" who inherits his father's "karma". It's just an enlarged and enhanced version of his dad. Liu Ziye's father, Song Xiaowu Emperor Liu Jun, was extravagant during his lifetime.He overhauled the palace and tried his best to do extravagant things; he rewarded him arbitrarily, and he would not hesitate to wipe out the treasury.He demolished the simple palace of his grandfather Liu Yu, and built a luxurious "jade candle" new palace on the original site.Before the new palace was built, Liu Jun and his officials went to see the house where Liu Yu lived. They saw an earthen barrier at the head of the bed, paper lanterns and a whisk made of hemp rope hanging on the wall.So the minister praised Liu Yu's frugality and virtues in front of him, but he thought that his grandfather was originally a "farmer", and it was not bad to be able to get to this point, and it was too much to live in such a house.As for himself, the grandson of "Tian She Gong", he doesn't intend to live in such a poor life anymore.Since he was so disrespectful to his grandfather, his son Liu Ziye was also very disrespectful to him, showing no sorrow at his funeral.After Liu Ziye ascended the throne, he once went to the Taimiao and found that there were only ancestral tablets in the temple and no portraits, so he summoned painters to come in and paint the remains of Emperor Wu of the Song Dynasty from Liu Yu down one by one.When the painting was finished, Liu Ziye went to the Taimiao to watch it, commenting on it while watching it.First he pointed to the portrait of Emperor Wu Liu Yu and said: "He is considered a great hero, he can capture several emperors alive." Then he pointed to the portrait of Emperor Wen Liu Yilong and said: "He is not bad in appearance, but it is a pity that in his later years, his son beheaded him." Later, when he saw the portrait of his father, he pointed to it and said, "This guy has a rosaceous nose, why didn't you draw it?" Immediately, a painter was called to add a rosacea nose to Liu Jun, and he returned to the palace satisfied.

In addition to being extravagant, Liu Jun also has one of the biggest problems, that is "rudeness in the boudoir".He fell in love with the daughters of his uncle Liu Yixuan, so he took advantage of their opportunity to enter the palace to meet the Queen Mother, and forced them to stay in the palace. At that time, his own father had only died a few months ago, and the mourning clothes had not been removed yet.When Liu Yixuan learned of this, he was very angry and began to rebel, which was later suppressed by Liu Jun.So, Liu Jun grandly brought his cousins ​​into the palace.He liked one of them the most, so he changed her surname to Yin to deceive others, and then named her Shuyi, which was extremely favored.Later, this Yin Shuyi gave birth to a son for him, named Liu Ziluan.Liu Jun liked this child very much and named him King Xin'an, but he became more and more displeased with Liu Ziye, who was born to Queen Wang.Once, when Liu Jun was out on a west tour, Liu Ziye wrote a letter to say hello. Instead of being happy when Liu Jun saw the letter, he blamed him for his illegible handwriting.Liu Ziye was terrified and apologized after hearing this.But Liu Jun scolded him again, and said that his handwriting is not good enough, he doesn't pay attention to his studies, and he is always so naughty, how can this be done.Liu Jun wanted to make Liu Ziluan the prince several times, but he gave up after many times of dissuasion by the ministers.Liu Ziye was well aware of this, but he had no choice but to hold a grudge in his heart.

Now that the old emperor is dead, his chance for revenge has finally come.So as soon as he came to the throne, he immediately sent someone to kill Liu Ziluan, the king of Xin'an who was only seven years old.Before the poor child died, he said to the left and right: "I hope that the next generation will not be born again in the emperor's family!" After Liu Ziluan was removed, Liu Ziye angered his mother Yin Shuyi and ordered her grave to be dug.He still felt puzzled, and wanted to dig up his father's Jingning Mausoleum, but Tai Shi said that digging Jingning Mausoleum would be bad for him, so he gave up.But the bad breath still wanted to come out, so he ordered his subordinates to dump the feces in Jingning Mausoleum, and he himself went to the scene to insult wantonly.After Yin Shuyi's death, Xie Zhuang wrote a eulogy for her, including the words "praise Yaomen".According to legend, Yao's mother was pregnant with him for 14 months, and later Mrs. Gouyi, the concubine of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, was also pregnant for 14 months and gave birth to Liu Fuling.Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was very happy and felt that this was in line with Yao's story, so he announced that the palace gate of the palace where Liu Fuling was born was renamed "Yao's Mother Gate", and made Liu Fuling the crown prince, that is, Emperor Han Zhao.Liu Ziye thought that it was Xie Zhuang who deliberately compared Yin Shuyi to Mrs. Gouyi, so wouldn't her son be equivalent to Han Zhaodi Liu Fuling.In this way, this Xie Zhuang was implying that Liu Ziluan should ascend the throne as emperor, and he really deserved to be punished, so he ordered Xie Zhuang to be beheaded.Some ministers persuaded him, saying that everyone is going to die, even if it is painful, it will only be a matter of a while.For a person like Xie Zhuang who enjoyed all the glory and wealth in the world, it would not be cheap for him to die like this.He should be put in prison, let him suffer the world, and then it will not be too late to kill him.Liu Ziye thought so, so he put Xie Zhuang in prison.In this way, this great talent survived, and he was not released until Liu Ziye was killed.

Liu Ziye hated his father deeply, which is quite understandable, after all, his father had thought of destroying him, but he was also very indifferent to his mother, the Queen Mother.The Queen Mother was seriously ill, and he never went to visit her.Later, when the queen mother was dying of illness, she asked the maid to go to Liu Ziye, probably to leave her last words.But Liu Ziye shook his head and said: "The patient's room is so spooky, it's frightening to death, how can I go?" The queen mother was furious when she heard this, and said angrily to the maid: "Get the knife quickly, and wait for me to cut open the stomach. Look at how I gave birth to such a good son!" The palace maid hastily comforted her, but a seriously ill person couldn't bear the anger, and the queen mother passed away soon after.Liu Ziye was so angry with his mother that he felt a little uneasy.He dreamed that the Queen Mother said to him: "You are not benevolent or filial, and you don't look like an emperor at all; your father is tyrannical and innocent, and he has provoked the anger of heaven and earth, and none of his sons can be an emperor." In the future, the emperor should let Emperor Wen's sons do it." Liu Ziye woke up, feeling very scared, and became suspicious of his uncles.

Therefore, he took advantage of the time when these uncles entered the court, detained them all in the palace, and insulted them to the utmost, with all sorts of tricks, and extremely perverted.Liu Ziye also nicknamed them all: Liu Yu, the king of eastern Hunan, was called the pig king, Liu Xiuren, the king of Jian'an, the king of killing, and Liu Xiuyou, the king of Shanyang, the king of thieves.He is most interested in the fat "pig king" Liu Yu and often teases him.Dig a hole in the ground, pour water and mud to make a pigsty.Then he took off Liu Yu's clothes and threw them into the pit.Put the leftovers in a wooden trough, stir in mixed vegetables, and let Liu Yu crawl to the wooden trough to eat like a pig on all fours.He himself laughed beside him.Once when he was in the mood, he took off Liu Yu's clothes, tied his hands and feet left and right, and carried him into the imperial kitchen with a wooden stick, saying that he was killing pigs today.Liu Xiuren saw Liu Yu's fate, so he smirked and said, "Pigs shouldn't die." Liu Ziye asked him what he was asking, and he said, "It's a pity to kill this pig now. I will kill it after His Majesty's birthday." Wouldn't it be better for him to take out the liver and lungs?" Liu Ziye laughed and said, "Okay, let's kill the pig another day." Later, Liu Ziye tried to kill Liu Yu many times, but it was all because of Liu Xiuren's pretending to be crazy and making jokes. past.

Liu Ziye was also very cruel to the ministers. He listened to the eunuch Hua Yuan'er's slander, killed his father's important minister Dai Faxing as soon as he came to the throne, and later poisoned Shen Qingzhi, who had made outstanding contributions and was very famous in the court. Danger.According to historical records, he liked to read since he was a child, he has a good understanding of history, and he has a bit of literary talent, but his little talent is useless in serious places.When he went to read history books, he didn't feel much about the major events of success or failure, and he didn't intend to learn from them. Instead, he was interested in the tomb robbers such as "Faqiu Zhonglang General" and "Mojin Xiaowei" set up by Wei Wudi Cao Cao. The thief officer was very interested, so he also set up these two officials to play.All kinds of absurd behaviors are shocking.