Chapter 62 The prince's culprit caused Xiao Qiang's misfortune

All kinds of history books have a special title for Liu Shao, the prince of Emperor Wen of Song Dynasty: Yuan Ji Shao. Liu Shao, courtesy name Xiuyuan, the eldest son of Emperor Wen, was born to the Empress.On the third day after his birth, Emperor Wen went to see him. The hat on his head was fastened firmly, but it fell beside Liu Shao in the absence of wind.In this regard, the superstitious Emperor Wen was very unhappy.At first, I named the child NFDAB. Later, I felt that the combination of the word Zhaodao was very unlucky, so I changed the name of the child. When Liu Shao grew up, he had a handsome face, big eyes and a square mouth, and was seven feet four inches tall. He was an out-and-out handsome man.

Liu Shao's elder sister, Princess Dongyang, had a maid named Wang Parrot. She knew a witch named Yan Daoyu, and the princess liked this witch very much.The siblings usually have a good relationship. The two watched Yan Daoyu's performance together. When the witch raised her hand, a stream of light entered the suitcase. When she went to open it, she was surprised to see two lovely round green beads shining inside the suitcase.This little magic convinced the siblings that witches have strange magic.Although Liu Jun, the king of Shixing, had a different mother from the prince, he also had a close relationship with Liu Shao. They prayed to God day and night together, carved a jade statue representing Emperor Wen and buried it in front of Hanzhang Hall, cursing Emperor Wen to die soon, so that Liu Shao could succeed quickly.

Princess Dongyang had a servant named Chen Tianxing who had an affair with Wang Parrot.Princess Dongyang died of illness soon, and the servant girl should get married.Wang Parrot is far-sighted in nature, worried about the leakage of his affair with Chen Tianxing, and writes to ask Liu Shao to kill Chen Tianxing.After Chen Tianxing was killed, Qingguo, the eunuch of the Yellow Gate who buried the jade statue of Emperor Wen with him and cast a curse, was terrified. He felt that he would be silenced soon, so he reported these things to Emperor Wen of Song. Emperor Wen was surprised and sighed, searched Wang Parrot's house, and obtained criminal evidence such as letters from Liu Shao, Liu Jun, Yan Daoyu and others.

Yan Daoyu shaved his hair and disguised himself as a nun. He first hid in the Prince's East Palace, and was later taken by Liu Jun to Jingkou.This little prince Liu Jun is talented and good at literature, and his adoptive mother is Concubine Pan Shu, who is favored by Emperor Wen.Liu Shao's biological mother, Empress Yuan, was furious to death because Concubine Pan Shu was favored.Liu Shao originally hated the two of them deeply, but Liu Jun was afraid that the prince would kill him when he ascended the throne, so he kept flattering him, and the two became close friends. When Emperor Wen knew about Yan Daoyu's hiding, he summoned Liu Jun to question him severely.Liu Jun didn't answer, but bowed his head to the ground in the hall to apologize.

Concubine Pan Shu loved her adopted son very much. She went back to the palace to hug Liu Jun and cried, "The thing you cursed the emperor has been revealed, and you thought you would repent on your own. Why are you hiding Yan Daoyu again? Give me the poison and let me drink it. I can't bear to see the day when you die." Liu Jun walked away with all his sleeves, and said viciously before leaving: "The truth of the world will soon come to light, and I will definitely not implicate you!" That night, Emperor Wen conspired with Xu Zhanzhi, the minister's servant, to abolish the crown prince and bestow Liu Jun to death.Such a big event, Emperor Wen even whispered to Concubine Pan Shu as husband and wife.

Concubine Pan was eager to love her son, pretended to go to the bathroom, and immediately secretly sent someone to notify Liu Jun.Liu Jun was shocked and immediately sent someone to report to Liu Shao. Liu Shao didn't dare to delay, so he raised his troops overnight, covered his armor with red clothes, and entered the palace from the Wanchun Gate on a painted wheel cart.Originally, according to the palace rules, the prince's guards were not allowed to enter the palace gate, but Liu Shao claimed that he was ordered to enter the palace because there was an urgent matter, and the guards did not dare to stop the prince, so he let the troops in.

The prince's confidant Zhang Chaozhi and dozens of people entered the Forbidden City, drew their swords and went straight to the Hedian.Emperor Wen spent the whole night with Xu Zhanzhi discussing the matter of abolishing the prince, and the candle was still on.At that time, there were not many guards on duty in the palace, and they were all asleep in the guard room. While looking up, Emperor Wen suddenly saw Zhang Chaozhi charging in with a knife, and instinctively raised the stool to defend himself. Zhang Chaozhi quickly chopped off the knife, and all five fingers of Emperor Wen fell off. He was killed indoors at the age of forty-seven.

Liu Shao sent people to kill dozens of people close to Emperor Wen, and entered the inner room to kill Concubine Pan Shu, and sent people to open her abdomen to see where Concubine Pan's heart grew.The person who went to kill Concubine Pan wanted to flatter the crown prince, and when he came back, he reported that "Concubine Pan's heart is evil", and Liu Shao was satisfied. Liu Jun brought people to meet him, but Liu Shao told her that "Concubine Pan was killed by the rebels" and watched his reaction.Liu Jun was stunned for a moment, but his reaction was fast enough, and he hurriedly said: "This result is exactly what I hope to see." The two of them lived together peacefully.

Liu Shao is the emperor, and changed to Yuan Taichu.In order not to leave future troubles, he immediately ordered the killing of Changsha King Liu Jin and other members of the clan. The third son of Emperor Wen, Wuling King Liu Jun, raised troops, and ministers Shen Qingzhi, Liu Yuanjing, Zang Zhi, and Nanqiao King Liu Yixuan all supported him, and gathered people to attack Liu Shao. Along the way, state capitals surrendered one after another.Liu Shao closed the six gates of Jiankang to guard the battle, and the soldiers in the city jumped out of the city one after another.The emperor's uncle Liu Yigong also ran out in disorder. Liu Shao was angry and immediately killed Liu Yigong's twelve sons in the city.

Zhu Xiuzhi, the general of the auxiliary state, and others attacked the city, and the troops conquered the city.Zhang Chaozhi, who personally killed Emperor Wen, ran to the place where he used to kill Emperor Wen to hide in the royal bed of Hedian, but was found and killed by all the soldiers.The generals cut up his intestines and heart, chopped off his flesh, and ate it raw to relieve his hatred. Liu Shao fled to the well of the arsenal, where he was captured by a team leader, Gao Qin. Zang Zhi, Liu Yigong and other ministers went to watch the execution, but Liu Shao wanted to beg for a living, so he asked Zang Zhi, "Can you exile me to a remote place and spare my life?"

Zang Zhi said: "The lord (Liu Jun) is near Hangnan, and he will punish himself at that time." Liu Shao was bound on the horse and escorted to the military gate. In front of him, the crowd first beheaded his four young sons.Liu Shao was tied to the saddle and couldn't move. He watched his beautiful children crying and begging, but they were still pushed to the ground, and their beautiful little heads were chopped off with a big knife.The father-killing and rebellious son also felt heartbroken, and said to his younger brother Liu Shuo, the king of Nanping, who was watching: "How could such a thing happen?" After the killing of the four sons, when Liu Shao came to Liu Shao, this handsome man sighed, "Unexpectedly, the Song family can kill each other to such an extent!" When Liu Jun escaped from the city, he met Liu Yigong. Seeing that he couldn't escape, he pretended to surrender and asked the uncle, "Hutou (Liu Jun's own nickname) is coming now, is it too late?" Liu Yigong replied, "Unfortunately, it's too late." He asked again, "Can you spare me my death?" He replied: "You can go to the emperor to apologize." Then he asked: "I wonder if you can give me a position to work for the new emperor?" Liu Yigong was both angry and funny, and replied: "I don't know." He ordered him to get on his horse and walk back. As soon as Liu Jun got on the horse, the soldiers immediately held down his left and right sides, and the people behind immediately poured their swords into the top. After the event, the bodies of Liu Shao and Liu Jun were thrown into the river by Song Ting, and the rest of the children and concubines died in prison, and the prince's east palace was also smashed.Yan Daoyu and Wang Parrot were whipped to death in the street, and then their bodies were burned and ashes were thrown into the river. If Liu Shao took filial piety as the foundation, he was born of the empress and inherited by the first son, and he was the unquestionable heir apparent recommended by the whole world.Born a rebellious son, he dared to risk the disapproval of the world and did such a rebellious thing that "heaven and earth will never cover". He deserved his own death and the slaughter of his wife. In fact, Liu Jun, Emperor Xiaowu who succeeded the emperor of the Song Dynasty, was not a good thing either.When Liu Shao came to the throne, he originally sent Shen Qingzhi to kill Liu Jun. Liu Jun was just a bare prince with no soldiers and no power at that time.Shen Qingzhi, Yan Jun and others not only did not kill him, but supported him with his uncles Liu Yixuan, Liu Yigong, Minister Zang Zhi and others. It was the support of these officials that Liu Jun was able to ascend to the throne of God. After he became emperor, Liu Jun "prostituted all the women of Yixuan", provoking the rebellion of this uncle who is the king of Nanqiao, minister Zang Zhi and others, and they were all defeated and killed in the end. When Liu Jun joined the army, he was always seriously ill because of excessive fear. Yan Jun, his close minister, often held him in his arms, fed him soup and medicine, and helped him sign documents.After succeeding to the throne, Emperor Xiaowu imprisoned Yan Jun because of minor grievances, tortured his feet first, and then beheaded and killed him. After all, it can be seen that he is very cruel and ruthless. According to "Northern History", the emperor's boudoir was so filthy that even his biological mother was not spared, and he was the only scum in the twenty-four history who steamed his mother. In the last years of Liu Jun's life, he was addicted to alcohol and indulged, and his political platform was disordered. He died in the palace at the age of thirty-five.But this person is capable of literary work and poetry, which is beyond his reach.Liu Xie believes that "filial piety and martial arts are many talents, and talents are talented."However, Zhong Rong placed his poems in the lower rank in the "Preface to Poems", thinking that "carved text and weaving colors are too precise". However, his poem "Thinking of the Room" is very delicate in writing boudoir thoughts: "Since the king left, the gold and green are dark and impotent, and thinking of the king is like the sun and the moon, returning to life day and night." It is indeed sincere. good poem. Later, Liu Ziye, the crown prince of Emperor Xiaowu, succeeded to the throne. He was cruel and violent, murdered his subjects, and was absurd and arrogant. He assigned more than 30 "face heads" to his sister Princess Shanyin. Not long after, he was killed by his subordinates at the age of seventeen.Liu Jun's eleventh younger brother, Liu Yu, King of Eastern Hunan, succeeded to the throne as Emperor Song Ming.The Ming emperor was lenient to his ministers, but he was very afraid that the royal family surnamed Liu would compete with his son for the throne.Liu Jun had twenty-eight sons, Emperor Ming killed sixteen of them, and the remaining twelve were all killed by Emperor Ming's son Liu Yu, the deposed emperor of Liu Song Dynasty.Investigating the reason, probably the culprit, Liu Shao's brutality, has become the spiritual inheritance of this family. All in all, Liu Yilong, Emperor Wen of the Song Dynasty, reigned for thirty years. He was intelligent and benevolent, dedicated to political affairs, and harmonious with the government and the public. Before the Northern Expedition in the twenty-seventh year of Yuanjia (450), the national power of Jiangnan reached its peak.In addition, Emperor Wen of the Song Dynasty was very frugal in nature and did not like extravagance. He even used cheap black leather for the leather cushions of his chariot, which is beautiful in history books.It's a pity that in his final years, he was so rejoicing that he started the war lightly, causing his life to suffer.In addition, at the critical moment, the decision should be made constantly, the abolition of the establishment and the important matter were casually told to Concubine Pan Shu, the woman was conspired, the plot was vented, and finally the head was left in a different place, and the emperor suffered a disaster that has never been seen in ancient and modern times. The reason is thought-provoking.