Chapter 138 Chapter 137: Empress Emperor Liu Yu

In April of the first year of Taiyu (AD 472), Emperor Song Ming of the Southern Dynasty died of illness. At the age of 10, Liu Yu succeeded his father and became emperor.It is the eighth emperor of the Song Dynasty in the Southern Dynasty, "Emperor Abandoned". When Emperor Ming was dying, he made careful arrangements for the young Liu Yu, with Yuan Can and Chu Yuan assisting him.But things didn't go his way.His favored ministers Ruan Dianfu, Yang Yunchang, and Wang Daolong lived in the court for a long time, and their power was very hot. At this time, they were still in charge of the government and bribed in public. Yuan and Chu could do nothing about it.Yuan and Chu are nominal assistants, while Ruan and Wang are in charge of the real power.

During the less than six years of Liu Yu's reign, the country was turbulent and rebellious.It was his uncle Liu Xiufan who first raised troops to seize power.After Liu Yu came to the throne, he thought that he was in the position of the most respected relatives and should enter the court as the prime minister, but he didn't know that he had no role at all. He couldn't help feeling aggrieved, so he had a different intention and plotted to raise troops in Xunyang (now Jiujiang, Jiangxi).In 473 A.D., Liu Yu changed the emblem of the Yuan Dynasty to the Yuan Dynasty and granted amnesty.In May of the following year, Liu Xiufan rebelled from Jiangzhou, and the army went down the river, pointing directly at Jiankang, and the court was terrified.Xiao Daocheng stepped forward in the crisis, led his generals to break the enemy's siege, killed Liu Xiufan and his followers, and the world was peaceful again.

Liu Yu was stubborn since he was young. When he came to the throne, he was afraid of the queen mother internally and the ministers externally, so he didn't dare to play recklessly.At first, he was just messing around in the palace. Since the autumn of the third year of Yuanhui (AD 475), he has often gone out to play.His biological mother, Concubine Chen, was worried and always followed behind in a car to supervise.However, as time went on, Liu Yu gradually became unrestrained, and the concubine could no longer restrain him.When going out, he often gallops on horseback, with only a few confidants around him, leaving the big team far behind. Sometimes he goes out for 10 or 20 miles, sometimes goes for a stroll in the city, and sometimes runs to the camp office. Returning late means going out at night and returning in the morning.

Unexpectedly, Liu Jingsu, the governor of South Xuzhou and King Jianping, rebelled.Liu Jingsu is the eldest son of Liu Hong, the seventh son of Emperor Wen. He is famous among the grandsons of Emperor Wen for his studious, frugal, and courteous reception of scholar-bureaucrats.At this time, all the sons of Emperor Wen had passed away, and he was counted as the elder among his grandsons, and Liu Yu played too much, regardless of the community, so both the government and the people wanted to embrace him as the throne.But Liu Yu's mother, Concubine Chen, and her family were deeply afraid of losing their status as relatives, and hated Liu Jingsu deeply.Ruan Dianfu, Yang Yunchang, etc. started from authoritarian government and did not want to establish an elder king, so they tried their best to get rid of Liu Jingsu.Facing threats from Ruan Dianfu and others, Liu Jingsu secretly made friends with talented people, and sent people to Jiankang frequently to inquire about news.In July, Liu Jingsu rebelled according to Jingkou, but was quickly put down by the imperial army and Liu Jingsu was killed.

After Jingkou was pacified, Liu Yu thought that the throne was stable and there would be no future troubles, so he played wildly and went out every day.He galloped ahead alone, and his followers followed closely behind with spears in their hands. Anyone who was unfortunately hit by him, no matter pedestrians, dogs, horses, cattle and donkeys, all became ghosts under the spear.People in Jiankang City were panicked, vendors were afraid to open their doors for business in broad daylight, and there were few pedestrians on the street.People complained bitterly in secret, cursing secretly: "This doesn't look like an emperor, he is clearly a broom star."

Liu Yuxing likes to kill people, so he can't stop killing them for a day.He has dozens of white sticks for beating people, and each one is named.In addition, murder weapons such as needles, vertebrae, chisels, and saws are always around.Anyone who dares to disobey the order will be tortured immediately.In April of the fifth year of Yuanhui (AD 477), Ruan Dianfu and others conspired to abolish Liu Yu, and Liu Yu captured Ruan Dianfu and his gang and killed them all.In June, Du Youwen, Shen Bo, Sun Chaozhi and Ruan Dianfu were accused of conspiring with Ruan Dianfu. Liu Yu immediately led his guards to arrest the three families.Shen Bo knew that the time of his death had come, and that disaster was inevitable, so he twisted his hands on Liu Yu's ear and cursed: "Your crime is more than Jie and Zhou, and you kill innocent people every day!" Liu Yu was furious, and stabbed Shen Bo with a knife, blood spattered all over.On this day, Liu Yu killed him happily, and after returning to the palace, he ordered an amnesty.

Zhang Yang, Ruan Dianfu's confidant, fled abroad and was later arrested. Liu Yu was so enthusiastic about killing him that he was not allowed to do anything left and right, so he drove him over to death in person.Hearing Zhang Yang's screams, he was so excited that he danced his arms and legs, and the left and right could only cheer along with him. If anyone dared to show a little bit of unbearable expression, he would be killed immediately. The queen mother was very dissatisfied with Liu Yu's various evil deeds, and often admonished him in the name of her elders.Therefore, Liu Yu also hated the queen mother.During the Dragon Boat Festival, the queen mother gave Liu Yu a hair fan. Liu Yu picked it up and thought that the hair fan was not gorgeous enough.Fortunately, the left and right were dissuaded in time before giving up.

One day at noon, Liu Yu swaggered into the leader's mansion and saw Xiao Daocheng sleeping naked because of the heat, so he woke him up and made him stand by the wall.Seeing that something was wrong, Xiao Daocheng hurriedly said, "The old minister is not guilty." Liu Yu's right and left Wang Tianen also laughed and said, "The leader has a big belly, so he is a good target for archery. If you shoot him to death with one arrow, you won't be able to do it in the future." If you want to shoot again, it’s better to wrap the arrow and shoot again.” Liu Yu heard the order to change the arrow, and the arrow hit the bull’s-eye——Xiao Daocheng’s belly button.He triumphantly threw the bow to the ground and said with a big laugh, "Look at my skill!"

Another day, Liu Yu was grinding his collars in the palace himself, and while grinding, he said to himself: "Kill Xiao Daocheng tomorrow." Because after Xiao Daocheng pacified Liu Xiufan, king of Guiyang, he gradually took control of the government. He also knew that he hated Xiao Daocheng's reputation and wanted to kill him.Concubine Chen was very angry when she heard about it, she scolded Liu Yu severely, and reprimanded: "Xiao Daocheng has contributed to the country, if you kill him, who will do your best for you!" Dispelled the idea of ​​killing Xiao Daocheng. He was almost killed several times, which aroused Xiao Daocheng's fear, so he conspired with Yuan Can and Chu Yuan to abolish the emperor and establish another.Yuan Can immediately objected when he heard this, but Chu Yuan remained silent, his heart had already turned to Xiao Daocheng.Yueqi School Captain Wang Jingze also secretly took refuge in Xiao Daocheng. Under Xiao Daocheng's instigation, he contacted 15 people including Yang Yufu and Yang Wannian, waiting for an opportunity to start an incident.Wang Jing put on black clothes every night, lay down on the road, and monitored Liu Yu's activities for Xiao Daocheng.Liu Yu was completely unaware of all this, and still wandered around day and night.

On the evening of July 6th in the fifth year of Yuanhui (AD 477), Liu Yu went to the gate of the leader's mansion in a micro-clothes. Some people suggested: "The whole mansion is sleeping, why don't you climb in through the wall?" Liu Yu replied: "I I want to go to a game tonight, let’s talk about it tomorrow night.” July 7th is the Qixi Festival. Liu Yu took a dew car to Laigang in Taicheng during the day, and had a great time betting with the left and right on who could jump the highest.In the evening, I went to Xin'an Temple to steal a dog, then went to Taoist Tandu to cook it, ate meat and drank wine with everyone, and returned drunk.Back at Renshou Hall, he asked Yang Yufu to observe the sky for him before going to sleep, and then woke him up when he saw Zhinu crossing the river, and said angrily, "Report to me immediately if you see it, and if you don't see it, I will kill you." !” After speaking, he fell asleep.

Originally Liu Yu was very nice to Yang Yufu, but for some reason recently, whenever he saw him, he gritted his teeth and said, "Tomorrow, I will kill this kid for his liver and lungs!"There is such a ghostly job on the stall tonight, maybe I will lose my head!The more Yang Yufu thought about it, the angrier he became, and his evil thoughts rose sharply.He saw that all the doors were not closed, and the guards were hiding far away for fear of disaster, so he took advantage of Liu Yu's deep sleep and quietly joined Yang Wannian, took off his self-defense knife, and stabbed him.The 15-year-old little emperor became a ghost under the knife in his sleep. After Liu Yu's death, Xiao Daocheng issued an imperial edict in the name of the Queen Mother, enumerating his crimes, and posthumously named Cangwu County King.Buried in the west of the altar in the suburb of Moling County, Danyang.History calls Liu Yu King Cangwu or Empress Dowager Emperor.