Chapter 137 Chapter 136 Ming Emperor Liu Yu

Liu Yu (439-472 AD), the eleventh son of Emperor Wen of Song Dynasty Liu Yilong.The word Xiubing, the small character Rongqi, was born in October of the 16th year of Yuanjia (AD 439). He was first named King of Huaiyang, and changed to King of Xiangdong in the 29th year of Yuanjia (AD 452).Later, he killed his nephew and succeeded to the throne for Liu Yu. When Liu Yu was young, his biological mother Shen Jieyu passed away and was raised by Liu Jun's biological mother Lu Shuyuan.When Liu Yu was young, he was mild-tempered, prudent and elegant, and was deeply loved by Lu Shuyuan.His third brother, Liu Jun, is the empress dowager, and respects his mother as the empress dowager.Liu Jun has a violent and suspicious personality, and many of his younger brothers were suspected or even killed for no reason, except Liu Yu, who had a harmonious and intimate relationship.After Liu Jun died and Liu Ziye came to the throne, Liu Yu's disaster began.At that time, among the 19 sons of Emperor Wen, only Liu Yi, Liu Yu, Liu Xiuren, Liu Xiuyou, and Liu Xiuruo were left in the south. Xiuruo is still young, so he can be tolerated by Liu Ziye.Liu Yu, Liu Xiuren, and Liu Xiuyou are older, and have served as governors of Chongzhou. They have political and military experience, and have a strong army. They are surrounded by a group of civil and military generals, who are the biggest threat to the throne. Seeing it as a confidant's trouble, he often keeps the three of them by his side and is not allowed to leave the palace without authorization.The three kings lost their freedom of movement, and they were often abused by Liu Ziye in various ways.

Among the three kings, Liu Yu was the elder, so he naturally became the main target of Liu Ziye's persecution.Whenever at this time, he was extremely angry in his heart, but on the surface he pretended to be submissive and obedient.There were many times when Liu Ziye wanted to kill, but even though he didn't do it, he was very frightened.For this reason, he secretly watched the outside movement closely, waiting for the opportunity to kill Liu Ziye.Ruan Dianfu and Li Daoer, his cronies, were active in finding dissatisfied people among Liu Ziye's guards.Liu Ziye is moody and murderous, not only the princes and ministers, but also the guards on the left and right are in danger and have different ambitions, because they are afraid of Liu Ziye's minions Zong Yue, Tan Jin, Tong Taiyi and so on, so they dare not act rashly.Among Liu Ziye's left and right, there is a master named Shou Jizhi, who is not suitable for Liu Ziye's eyes, so he is terrified all day long, and he doesn't know when the catastrophe will come.When Ruan Dianfu and others learned of this situation, they took the initiative to contact him and conspired to abolish and kill Liu Ziye, and the two hit it off.At this time, there was a popular rumor among the people that "the emperor should be born in central Hunan". Liu Ziye was very disturbed when he heard about it, and decided to kill the king of Eastern Hunan, and then patrolled Xiangzhou and Jingzhou to completely suppress this rumor and consolidate the throne.Knowing the urgency of the situation, Liu Yu quickly and secretly ordered his cronies Qian Lansheng to keep a close eye on Liu Ziye's actions so that he could act at any time.

On the night when Liu Ziye was about to kill Liu Yu, on the night of November 29th in the first year of Jinghe (465 A.D.), Liu Ziye shot ghosts in Zhulintang himself. Jianan King Liu Xiuren, Shanyang King Liu Xiuyu, Kuaiji The princess and others went with them, but Liu Yu was not called, which showed that he was about to face disaster.At this time, Liu Yu was trapped in the secretary's province alone, unable to communicate with the outside world.In anxiety, I saw Liu Xiuren stepping in, saluting him as a minister.Before he could react, Liu Xiuren dragged him to the west hall, boarded the throne, and summoned all the officials.Shou Jizhi announced in public: "The King of Xiangdong has been pacified by the order of the Empress Dowager to get rid of the mad lord." Although the ministers were terrified, they all rejoiced when they learned that the violent Liu Ziye had died. Yu.Although Liu Yu has not formally ascended the throne, he has become the actual emperor with the full title of order to implement everything.

That night, Liu Yu issued an order in the name of Empress Dowager Lu, enumerating Liu Ziye's crimes and announcing that Liu Yu, King of Eastern Hunan, would inherit the Emperor.The next day, several of Liu Ziye's confidantes, Zong Yue and others, entered the palace to ask for an audience. Liu Yu treated each other with courtesy and comforted them, and everyone was at ease.After Liu Yu appeased Zong Yue and others, he ordered in the name of the Empress Dowager that Liu Ziye's brother and younger sister, Prince Yuzhang Liu Zishang and Princess Kuaiji, should die. After Liu Ziye's death, his corpse lay in the mouth of the Imperial Physician's Pavilion, and no one cared about it.When Cai Xingzong saw it, he hurriedly found Liu Yu's brother-in-law and the right servant of the Shangshu, She Wanghe, and said, "Although he is vicious and innocent, he is also the master of the world. It is better to make his funeral thick; if it is like this, the world will surely die." Take this opportunity to use this as an excuse to launch a crusade." After hearing this, the king came to Liu Yu and told him what Cai Xingzong had said.After hearing this, Liu Yu secretly thanked Cai Xingzong for his reminder: at this time, it is still unknown whether Sifangzhou Town will support him or not, so he needs to be careful not to leave any tricks behind and give people opportunities to take advantage of.Therefore, he hurriedly asked people to collect Liu Ziye's body and held a funeral.

In order to further win over and stabilize people's hearts, Liu Yu specially promoted the queen mother's nephew Lu Xiuzhi as the servant of Huangmen, and Lu Maozhi as the servant of Zhongshu to comfort the heart of the queen mother. On the auspicious day of the twelfth month, Liu Yu officially became the emperor, and his reign name was changed to Taishi.Pursue the deceased biological mother as the "Queen Dowager Xuan", and set up the concubine Wang as the queen. After Liu Xie succeeded to the throne, he quickly issued an imperial edict to the general of the Jinzhen Army and the governor of Jiangzhou Jin'an Wang Liu Zixun as the general of chariots and the third division of Kaifu Yitong.Liu Zixun is the third son of Emperor Xiaowu Liu Jun. He is only 10 years old. The affairs of the prefecture are all in charge of the governor Deng Wan.Before Liu Ziye died, he ordered someone to take poison to kill his younger brother Liu Zixun. Deng Wan raised an army to resist. The edict to increase officials and promote them was also sent to Jiangzhou.Jiangzhou officials were very happy when they saw the decree, and they came to see Deng Wan together, but Deng Wan didn't take it seriously. He thought: Liu Zixun, King of Jin'an, was the third brother, and his father, Emperor Xiaowu Liu Jun, was also the third. Liu Jun raised an army to seize the throne in Xunyang (now Jiujiang, Jiangxi) when he was the governor of Jiangzhou. All this indicates that Liu Zixun will be able to succeed immediately if he raises an army!After Deng Wan took the initiative to raise troops, Liu Zixun's seventh younger brother, Jingzhou Inspector Linhai Wang Liu Zixu, and his sixth younger brother, Kuaiji prefect Xunyang King Liu Zifang were all led by his long history and raised troops to respond.In the first month of the second year of Taishi (AD 466), Liu Zixun assumed the throne in Xunyang, changed his Yuan to Yijia, and formally fought against Liu Yu. From this, a war of filial piety between the kings of the Wendi line headed by Liu Yu and Liu Zixun broke out. A great melee among the kings of Emperor Wu's family.

After Liu Yu heard the news that Xunyang raised troops and the Quartet responded, he was extremely anxious, and hurriedly called all the ministers to discuss the big plan.Cai Xingzong suggested: "The whole world is rebelling today. People have different aspirations. It is better to be quiet and treat others with trust. The relatives of the rebels are all over the palace and provinces. If their relatives and friends are brought to justice, our dynasty will immediately collapse. Father, son, brother's crimes are not related to each other. Things are established, people have the will to fight, and they will be able to defeat the enemy. Please don't worry about it." Liu Yu listened and praised him again and again.Therefore, he widely applied benevolent government, and took "the crime is irrelevant" as the main policy to disintegrate the enemy army and strengthen the morale of the army.

Soon, the news that Yin Yan, the governor of Yuzhou, raised troops to respond to Xunyang spread to Jiankang.Liu Yu knows that Yin Yansu has no military power, and has been constrained by Du Shubao, who was born in a local tyrant and joined the army. It was not his original intention to send troops to Xunyang.Therefore, there is no sense of embarrassment in consoling Yin Yan's family in Jiankang. After everything was ready, Liu Yu personally dispatched troops and generals to attack the rebels.Liu Xiuyou, the king of Shanyang, supervised Liu Mian and others to discuss Yin Yan in the west.He also sent Liu Xiuruo, king of Baling, to supervise Shen Huaiming, Zhang Yong, Xiao Daocheng and other armies east to discuss Kuaiji.The Eastern Dispute Army is the main force, and most of the officers and men are from the Eastern Territory. Father, son, and brother have all joined Liu Zifang.When Liu Yu saw the army off, he made a special announcement: "We will enforce morality and simplify punishment, so that father and son will not be related to each other. Don't worry about relatives." Liu Yu also fulfilled his promise. Those who are officials, let them stay in their posts as before.

Not long after the Dongdou army left the army, the Empress Dowager Lu died suddenly.Legend has it that Liu Yu was poisoned to death.Ever since Liu Zixun raised troops in Xunyang and proclaimed himself emperor, Empress Dowager Lu secretly prayed for her grandsons to win.One day, she invited Liu Yu to drink and secretly put poison in the wine.When Liu Yu was about to raise his glass to drink, the waiter next to him secretly tugged at his skirt, he immediately understood, stood up respectfully, raised his glass to persuade the Queen Mother to drink.On that day, Empress Dowager Lu passed away, and Liu Yu held a grand funeral for her.

Soon, Liu Yu received a good news: Dongchao army won a big victory, captured Xunyang King Liu Zifang alive, beheaded the leader of the army, Kong Yu, etc., and the rest were all forgiven. After the eastern border was pacified, Liu Yu mobilized reinforcements to deal with the military pressure in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River.After a fierce battle, they invaded Xunyang, beheaded the 11-year-old King of Jin'an Liu Zixun, and handed him over to Jiankang.Soon, it fell into Jingzhou again.Liu Yu ordered: Liu Zixu, King of Linhai, Liu Zisui, King of Anlu, and Liu Ziyuan, King of Shaoling, died.Among Liu Zixun's generals were many talented people. Liu Yu wanted to recruit them for his own use, so he issued a decree to pardon them, but many of them were loyal to their old masters and refused to live in the world, so they committed suicide.Liu Yu also issued an edict to these officials who died at the festival.

Liu Zifang, the king of Xunyang, was captured alive and sent back to the capital. Liu Yu forgave him and demoted him to Songzihou to support him.The other 9 sons of Liu Jun are still treated as usual.After Liu Xiuyou pacified Xunyang, he returned to the capital and offered advice to Liu Yu: "The brothers Songzihou are still here, and it will not be a plan for the community in the future. It is better to arrange their affairs as soon as possible." Liu Yu finally ordered: Songzihou Liu Zifang, Yongjia Wang Liu Ziren , Shi'an Wang Liu Zizhen and others were all given to death.Liu Jun's 28 sons were all dead by this time.Empress Dowager Lu's two nephews, Lu Xiuzhi and Lu Maozhi, were also killed at the same time.

In the sixth year of Taishi (470), Liu Yu named Xiao Zan, his newborn ninth son, the King of Wuling, and succeeded him to Liu Jun to support this family to show his fraternity. Liu Yu was born fat and white, with kind eyebrows and kind eyes, elegant demeanor, fond of diction and reading.Before taking the throne, he once wrote "Jiangzuo Since the Articles", and continued to annotate two volumes, all of which are in the current world.After ascending to the throne, many talented and learned scholars were brought in by his side.He also asked people to lecture on "Book of Changes" in Hanfang Hall of Hualin Garden, and often went to listen to the lectures in person.His behavior was completely different from his elder brother Liu Jun and nephew Liu Ziye at first, and he was a benevolent and studious king. However, Liu Yu, who was only 27 years old, soon discovered that his health was deteriorating and he was not a long-lived person.He was most worried about the young prince, fearing that someone would replace him in a hundred years, so he took particularly severe suppression measures against those people and things that threatened the throne, and his suspicion became more and more serious. In the fifth year of Taishi (469 A.D.), Liu Xinwei and others wanted to support Taiwei Lujiang Wang Liuyi.Liu Yi is Liu Yu's starling. Because of his mediocre talent, he is not valued by the world, and his younger brothers also despise him.After Liu Yu ascended the throne, he was appointed as the Supervisor of Zhongshu and Taiwei, but he never discussed state affairs with him.Although Liu Yi was not very smart, he knew that he was dissatisfied with this. Later, Liu Xinwei and others rebelled and wanted to support him, so he echoed them.After Liu Yu received the report, he issued an edict to lower Liu Wei as the general of chariots and the governor of Nanyu Prefecture, and sent his confidant Yang Yunchang to lead the army to monitor.Later, Liu Yu ordered a supervisor to play, accusing Liu Yi of dissatisfaction with the emperor, and asked him to be punished.After receiving the performance, he first pretended not to play it, then ordered Liu Yi to be exempted from the official title, and sent someone to follow the imperial edict to force him to commit suicide. In the seventh year of Taishi, Liu Yu was seriously ill, and he became more and more worried about his younger brothers, so he began to plan to get rid of them. Jinping King Liu Xiuyou ranked thirteenth among his brothers. He had a violent temperament and no talent. He often disobeyed Liu Yu's will, and the relationship between the brothers was not good.During Liu Xiuyou's tenure as Hushi General and Jingzhou Inspector, he was greedy for money and sex, and cruelly exploited.The people of Jingzhou were unbearable and complained a lot.Therefore, Liu Yu transferred him to serve as the governor of South Xuzhou, but only allowed him to stay in the capital, such as Changshi and Sima, to handle state affairs. One day in February of the seventh year of Taishi, Liu Yu led his officials out to shoot pheasants.When he was about to return in the evening, he saw a pheasant refusing to enter, so he ordered Liu Xiuyou to shoot the pheasant, and said to him: "If you don't want a pheasant, don't come back." Liu Xiuyou got the order and galloped away alone. , and his entourage was behind the army and did not follow him.Looking at the back of Liu Xiuyou going away, Liu Yu smiled slightly, and winked at Shou Jizhi and the others. Shou Jizhi understood, and led a few strong warriors to follow behind.When Liu Xiuyou was looking around for the escaped pheasant, he suddenly saw Shou Jizhi and others and asked him to dismount immediately and die.When Liu Xiuyou heard this, he became furious. Relying on his bravery and strength, he swung his fists left and right, and no one could get close to him.Later, someone secretly attacked from behind, causing him to fall off the horse, and everyone rushed up and beat him to death.Afterwards, Shou Jizhi sent someone to report to Liu Yu on horseback: "The hussar fell off the horse." After hearing this, Liu Yu understood that the matter had been settled, but on the surface he pretended to be surprised and replied: "The hussar is big, and it is not easy to fall off the horse." Ah." After finishing speaking, he hurriedly ordered the imperial doctor to go to see him.At this time, Liu Xiuyou's left and right attendants also came after hearing the news, and saw that Liu Xiuyou had been dead for a long time.Liu Xiuyou was only 28 years old when he died. After Liu Xiuyou's death, Liu Xiuren, the king of Shi'an, knew that the next one who would be killed would be their own brothers.Liu Xiuren ranks second only to Liu Yu among the brothers. Both of them are fond of diction and have a very good relationship since childhood. Witty and humorous, he saved Liu Yu many times.After Liu Ziye was killed, it was Liu Xiuren who was the first to concede to Liu Yu and put him on the throne.In the early years of Taishi, when the Quartet rebelled, Liu Xiuren personally supervised the army to confront Jiangzhou, and made great contributions to the suppression of Xunyang.He was Liu Yu's capable arm, and he held important positions such as Situ, Shang Shuling, and Yangzhou governor.Seeing that Liu Xiuren was very powerful and respected, Liu Yu gradually became unhappy.Liu Xiuren was a smart man, so he hurriedly submitted a letter requesting to be dismissed from the position of governor of Yangzhou, and Liu Yu followed suit and allowed him to play.In the sixth year of Taishi, Liu Xie ordered Liu Xiuren to become Taiwei and lead Situ, but Liu Xiuren refused to accept it. One day, Liu Yu summoned his confidant Yang Yunchang to secretly discuss the plan behind him.Yang Yunchang is used to watching words and demeanor, and he knows that Liu Yu intends to get rid of Liu Xiuren to protect his young son. In addition, he has always been ambitious and wants him to be in the middle and maintain power after Liu Yu's death. He is afraid that Liu Xiuren will make his plot fail. So he strongly supported Liu Yu's proposition, and asked Liu Yu to get rid of Liu Xiuren to avoid future troubles.Seeing that Yang Yunchang also advocated killing Liu Xiuren, Liu Yu secretly made up his mind. Suddenly one day, Liu Yu's condition worsened and he fainted many times. People inside and outside the court were in panic. Everyone believed that Liu Xiuren would be able to take charge of the government after Liu Yu's death.And those officials who are on duty in the palace and cannot go out are panicked.After Liu Yu's condition improved, he heard about this and hated Liu Xiuren even more.One day in May, Liu Yu called Liu Xiuren into the palace and said to Liu Xiuren, "Stay overnight in Shangshu tonight, and come to see me tomorrow morning." That night, he sent someone to bring medicine to Liu Xiuren to die. .Liu Xiuren was so angry that he cursed: "The lord won the world, by whose power! Emperor Xiaowu murdered his brother and exterminated his descendants, and today he repeats the same mistakes. How can Song Zuo last long!" After cursing, he drank the medicine angrily.After Liu Yu sent someone to leave, he was afraid that something would change, so he insisted on being sick and drove out of Duanmen. Hearing that Liu Xiuren was dead, he went in to have a look before he was relieved.Later, an edict was issued saying that Liu Xiuren planned to rebel and committed suicide.He was afraid that the ministers would not accept it, so he issued an edict to enumerate Liu Xiuren's crimes in order to reassure people's hearts. Liu Xiuruo, king of Baling, was the youngest among his brothers and the nineteenth son of Emperor Wen.After Liu Xiuyou's death, there was a rumor among the people in Jiankang that Liu Xiuruo had a noble face.At that time, Liu Xiuruo was serving as governor of Jingzhou, Liu Yu deliberately reported the rumor to him, to see how he reacted, Liu Xiuruo was really worried.Then, Liu Yu transferred Liu Xiuruo to be the governor of South Xuzhou.Liu Xiuruo's confidants and generals all thought that if he went to Beijing, disaster would be unavoidable.Wang Jingxian, the Chinese soldier who joined the army, advised Liu Xiuruo to support the army and occupy the state without being dispatched. The advantage is that the emperor can be punished and treacherous ministers can be eliminated, and the country can be protected and the whole body can be protected.Liu Xiuruo was cautious and timid at ordinary times, on the surface he agreed to Wang Jingxian, and sent someone to capture him when he went out, reported to Liu Yu and killed him. When Liu Xiuruo came to Jingkou (now Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province), he was even more frightened when he heard that Liu Xiuren was dead.Liu Yu was afraid that he would seize the young master in the future, so he could only avoid future troubles by killing him.However, if Liu Xiu is not in the capital, he is serving as the governor of southern Xuzhou, and he has a heavy army in his hands, so it is not appropriate to make a move easily.For this reason, Liu Yu was very thoughtful.At first he wanted to send someone to kill Liu Xiuruo, but he was afraid that Liu Xiuruo would not obey the order; later he planned to call Liu Xiuruo to Beijing, but he was afraid that Liu Xiuruo would be suspicious and frightened.After repeated consideration, a plan was decided: pretend to move Liu Xiuruo to be the governor of Jiangzhou, and enlist him to return to Beijing to worship officials.Liu Yu wrote letters to Liu Xiuruo many times in his own hand, asking him to return to Beijing for the banquet on July 7th.As soon as Liu Xiuruo returned to Beijing, Liu Yu immediately sent someone to his mansion to give him his death. After the 24-year-old younger brother Liu Xiuruo died, Liu Yu had only one younger brother, Liu Xiufan, King of Guiyang.Because other people are inferior in talent and will not threaten the young master, they are saved from the disaster of killing themselves. Liu Yu, who has been the emperor for several years, is no longer as diligent as he was when he took the throne, and put the state affairs first. Instead, he has become greedy for pleasure, superstitious about ghosts and gods, and suspicious of killing ministers. Once, Liu Yu ordered all the officials to offer gifts, and the ministers offered rare treasures and a lot of coins to please him. Only Sun Fengbo, the prefect of Shixing, who was ignorant, only offered Qin books.Liu Yu was furious, and sealed the medicine to give him death. Fortunately, he calmed down for a while, and Sun Fengbo was saved from his violent death. At the end of Liu Yu's reign, he was superstitious about ghosts and gods. He had a lot of taboos, and he was very particular about his words and documents. There are hundreds of thousands of forbidden words that should be avoided for misfortunes, illnesses, and doubts. Anyone who commits a crime must be severely punished. .Taboos are often feared inside and outside the palace, and everyone is frightened and in danger. The folks call "Xuanyangmen" "White Gate", and Liu Yu thinks "Baimen" is unlucky and is especially taboo.Once, Shangshu Youcheng Jiang Mi accidentally said the word "Baimen", Liu Yu immediately changed his expression, and sternly reprimanded: "Bai your family!" It took a long time for Liu Yu to calm down his anger and let him leave. There are especially many taboos in the palace. For small things such as moving the bed and repairing the walls, Liu Yu has to sacrifice to the earth god first, and ask the scribes to write poems and blessings, just like a large-scale sacrifice. Due to many years of fighting against the Northern Wei Dynasty, the national treasury was exhausted, and the salaries of hundreds of officials inside and outside became a problem, but Liu Yu lived a life of debauchery.The items he needs must be exquisite and gorgeous. For each item, he must make 30 sets of Zhengyu, 30 sets of Yuci, and 30 sets of pieces, adding up to 90 sets.The people can't afford it and suffer unspeakably. Liu Yu, who had a premonition that he would die soon, stepped up his funeral arrangements, eliminated those who might harm or threaten his youngest son, and placed people he trusted: The brave and vicious Shou Jizhi was the one who killed Liu Ziye and made Liu Yu the emperor. Although such a person has meritorious service, he cannot be trusted, especially not passed on to the next generation.It just so happened that there was Si Zuo Shouji who was good at killing Luo Wei, and Liu Yuling moved him to Yuezhou and killed him on the way. Wu Xi was brave and good at fighting, and he was able to sympathize with the people and contact the courtiers, so Liu Yu issued an edict: Wu Xi died in the house. Once, Liu Yu dreamed that someone reported that Liu Min, the prefect of Yuzhang, wanted to rebel.After waking up, Liu Yu did not distinguish between black and white, and immediately ordered people to Yuzhang County to kill Liu Min. The queen's brother Wang Jingwen knew that Liu Yu was not at ease with him, so he hurriedly submitted a letter requesting to be relieved of the post of governor of Yangzhou. His words were sincere, but Liu Yu did not approve.One day in February of the first year of Taiyu (AD 472), Liu Yu sent someone to bring poison to Wang Jingwen and give him death.At that time, Wang Jingwen was playing chess with others, and he opened the imperial edict in Liu Yu's handwritten letter brought by the visitor, and saw that there were words of death on it, and Liu Yu's explanation: "I have dealt with you, and I want to protect your family, so I have this order." Punishment." After reading the edict, Wang Jingwen's expression remained unchanged, and he continued to play chess with the guests.After a game of chess, he put all the chess pieces in the chess box in an orderly manner, and then slowly uttered a sentence: "I am ordered to die." and showed the imperial order to the guests.Because the death was only Wang Jingwen's death and did not implicate the whole family, Wang Jingwen also sat down and wrote a letter to thank Liu Yu in person, and then died of drinking poison. Those who don't trust are killed, who is the one who trusts? Chu Yuan followed Liu Yu before Liu Yu ascended the throne. He was gentle and elegant, knowledgeable, stable in dealing with affairs, but timid and fearful.Liu Yu valued him very much. When he was seriously ill, he was called back to Beijing urgently from his post as prefect of Wujun.After the two met, Liu Yu said in tears, "I'm close to danger, so I call you in, and I want you to write Huang Luo." The so-called Huang Luo is the clothes of the nursing mother.When Chu Yuan heard the words, he hurriedly bowed down to accept his orders.Liu Yu once discussed with Chu Yuan about the matter of punishing Liu Xiuren, the king of Jian'an. Chu Yuan thought it was impossible. Liu Yu was very angry and reprimanded him, "You idiot! It's not enough!" After persuasion, Liu Yu quickly agreed to kill Liu Xiuren, and Liu Yu became happy.Later, he was appointed as Shangshu Zuo Pushe. Shangshu ordered Yuan Can to be an upright person with a quiet temperament and did not admire fame and power. Liu Yu trusted him very much and was ready to rely on him. In April, when Liu Yu was critically ill, he issued an imperial edict to appoint Liu Xiufan, the eighteenth younger brother of Guiyang King, as Sikong, the right servant of Shangshu, Chu Yuan as the general of the guard army, the middle general Liu Mian and his right servant, and also ordered Chuyuan, Liu Mian, Yuan Can, Cai Xingzong, and Shen Youzhi are ministers of Gu Ming, assisting the young master.Chu Yuan usually had a good relationship with Xiao Daocheng, and recommended it to Liu Yu, so he made Xiao Dao the general of the right guard, leading the guard, and sharing the military affairs with Yuan Can and others. On the night when Minister Gu Ming was appointed, Liu Yu passed away at the age of 34.Buried in Gaoning Mausoleum, the temple name is "Taizong", and the posthumous name is "Emperor Ming".