Chapter 66 The national power is taken from the licentious young master

Reading the biography of Xiao Daocheng, the founding emperor of Qi State in "Southern History·Qi Benji 1", there is also a description of "unusual signs and appearances" unique to Chinese history books. all over” and so on.In order to attach the emperor to become the dragon son of heaven, there are many similar records of strange powers and gods in the history books.In addition, there is a description of "double pupils" - Shun in ancient times, Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu, and Li Yu, a great poet, all have "double pupils", and of course Gao Yang in the Northern Qi Dynasty has "heavy ankles".In short, apart from the "red light soaring to the sky", "the room is full of strange fragrance" or the mother's dream of intercourse with the god (dragon), the physical appearance also accounts for a large part.In fact, "double pupils" are just premature cataracts, scales all over the body are psoriasis, and heavy ankles are also a kind of deformity with a protruding bone on the heel. Anything that gets on the emperor will be covered by historians. I don't know. To fool people or to lie to yourself.The history books of each dynasty are compiled by the descendants or the ministers of those who destroyed their country. History writers are still so fond of talking about the supernatural differences between emperors and mortals. The dragon seat is born for one year and two years, but it is always the "Lord of True Life".

In the "Southern History" Xiao Daocheng Ji not only recorded his many ancestral graves smoking, prophecy nursery rhymes, dragon shadows hazy and other "auspicious omens of dragon light", but also his dream that a god said to him "children and grandchildren should be prosperous" nonsense.From Xiao Daocheng who usurped the Song Dynasty and built Qi in 479 to the emperor Xiao Baorong who gave the Zen throne to Xiao Yan and was killed, there was only one generation of Qi in just four generations and 22 years.Moreover, in the past twenty-two years, the children and grandchildren slaughtered each other miserably, and the little emperor's tyranny caused disasters. It is not too much to describe it with the eight words "the crime of books is not exhausted" and "too many books to write".

Xiao Daocheng's throne was won from Liu Yu, the young master of the Liu Song Dynasty. In the end, the defeat of his own country was also attributed to several unsatisfactory young masters of the Xiao family, and they flourished, one was worse than the other. The foundation of Southern Qi began with Xiao Daocheng.The reason why Xiao Daocheng founded the country in the future was also caused by Liu Yu, the deposed emperor of Liu Song Dynasty (who was demoted to King Cangwu after his death), who committed suicide and indiscriminate killing. In the second year after the death of Emperor Song Ming (474), Guiyang King Liu Xiufan rebelled, and the right guard general Xiao Daocheng was ordered to put down the rebellion. In 476, Xiao Daocheng was promoted to Shangshu Zuo Pushe (Prime Minister).

Liu Yu, the deposed emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty, was only 12 years old when he came to the throne.In the Prince's East Palace, this child liked to climb poles and play like a monkey since he was a child. When he first succeeded to the throne, there were empress dowagers and concubines in the palace to control the affairs of state, and outside the palace there were noble ministers managing state affairs. Liu Yu hadn't dared to act presumptuously.At the age of fourteen, after Liu Yu added Yuanfu (performing the coming-of-age ceremony), everyone inside and outside the palace treated him like an adult. Liu Yu began to be unscrupulous and went out of the palace frequently.

At the beginning, Liu Yu still looked like an emperor, with a complete team of guards at the front and rear.Afterwards, he went in and out in low clothes, with only a few servants by his side, either out of the countryside or into the city.Concubine Chen was afraid of accidents, so Chang Qin followed him in a cart.As soon as he entered the wilderness road, Liu Yu Qingqi ran very fast, and disappeared in an instant. Concubine Chen couldn't catch up, and the rest of the guards were also afraid of causing trouble, so they could only stop there and watch the little emperor's flying horse dust from a distance.

When Concubine Chen was young, Emperor Ming of the Song Dynasty was so happy that he bestowed her on Li Daoer, his male favorite and gay partner.Soon, remembering the old good times, Emperor Ming took Chen Taifei back to the palace, and later gave birth to Liu Yu.Liu Yu himself heard this story from left and right, so he often called himself "Liu Tong" or "General Li" when he went out to play.Every time he went out to play, he wore narrow clothes, followed several people, or stayed in guesthouses at night, or reclined by the roadside during the day, and traded with a group of traders around him who sold firewood and raised horses, and was scolded and insulted. I also accept it happily, and I really have the taste of a commoner emperor who enjoys with the people.

According to historical records, Liu Yu "cutting clothes and making hats can be done by looking at all kinds of trivial things; if you have never played a chi, you can rhyme when you hold the pipe." He was born as a craftsman and musician.In the fourth year of his accession to the throne, Liu Yu "goes out every day", often protruding from the Chengming Gate at night, leaving at night and returning in the morning, leaving at night and returning at dusk, each of his servants holds a spear and stick, and he meets men, women, pedestrians, dogs and horses on the road. The oxen and donkeys were killed immediately, causing the people to be disturbed, and there were no pedestrians on the road.

The little emperor's servants often carried pliers, chisels, axes and saws. They often executed punishments of beating the brain, vertebrae, and cutting the heart for fun. They killed dozens of prisoners every day.If one of the servants who followed him showed an expression of resentment during the torture, Liu Yu would make that person stand up straight, and personally pierce him with a spear and kill him. Liu Yu is also an animal lover. He raises dozens of donkeys in the Yaoling Temple, and feeds the royal horse he rides by his bed.When going out, when encountering weddings and funerals, Liu Yu got off his horse and sat down with those young men pulling carts and loading goods, singing and drinking for fun. No one else knew that this ordinary boy in ordinary clothes was the current emperor.

This young man also likes to kill people by himself, and he often kills the rebel leaders captured by the court himself.Once, a close friend named Sun Chao tasted garlic in his mouth. In order to prove that he had eaten garlic, Liu Yu asked Sun Chao to be immobilized by holding him left and right, and opened his abdomen with a knife to see if there was any garlic in his stomach.Soon after hearing that the minister Sun Bo's family had a lot of gold and silver treasures, Liu Yu led his troops to plunder, and charged forward with swords drawn, "leading the way", and was the first to rush in.At that time, Sun Bo was at home in mourning. Seeing the emperor leading the troops, he knew that the family would inevitably die, so he rushed forward and grabbed the little emperor by the ear, cursing: "You are worse than Jie and Zhou, and you will not escape the slaughter in the future!" After killing Sun Bo, Liu Yu hated the minister for daring to pull his ears and cut up the corpse himself to relieve his hatred.

If one day he didn't kill someone, Liu Yu would be unhappy.The young man was annoyed by the empress dowager's many lessons and reprimanded himself, so he asked the imperial doctor to cook poisoned wine and prepare to poison the empress dowager.People from left and right persuaded him: "The Queen Mother is dead, Your Majesty, you will be able to attend those complicated funeral ceremonies as a filial son, so you won't have time to go out and play." Liu Yu then gave up the idea of ​​sterilizing his mother. Once, Liu Yu suddenly broke into the Lingjun mansion on a hot day, and saw Xiao Daocheng taking a nap with his big belly.He ordered Xiao Daocheng to stand up, stand upright by the wall, and draw an archery target on the old general's belly with a pen, draw the bow fully and aim to shoot.Xiao Daocheng was so frightened that he didn't dare to move, but kept saying "the old minister is innocent".

One of Liu Yu's confidants saw this and persuaded him: "General Xiao's big belly is a good archery target. If you shoot one arrow to death, you won't be able to use it later. It's better to use a substitute arrow for fun." Liu Yu changed branches and substitute arrows, With a shot that hit his navel, he threw his bow and laughed loudly: "How is this job?" Afterwards, suddenly getting angry for no reason, Liu Yu gritted his teeth while sharpening his sword, "Xiao Daocheng must be killed tomorrow." His biological mother Chen Taifei scolded him: "Xiao Daocheng has contributed to the country, killing him, who will help you." So Liu Yu didn't think about killing Xiao Daocheng for a while.Even so, Xiao Daocheng felt uneasy, and he and several ministers wanted to take the opportunity to abolish Liu Yu.Wang Jingze, the leader of the imperial guards, also secretly contacted the cronies around the little emperor, waiting for opportunities to act. Liu Yu was happy, angry and obedient, and if he didn't like it, his cronies would inevitably die.First, Sun Chao was cut open, and then Zhang Wuer fell into the lake before he could catch up with him on horseback. Liu Yu was so angry that he turned his horse and galloped over. Liu Yu pierced through with a spear, and then was cut into several pieces.An attendant named Yang Yufu was originally very popular, but Liu Yu suddenly hated him for no reason. Seeing him, he gritted his teeth and cursed: "Tomorrow, I will kill you boy, take out your liver and lungs and drink." According to legend, the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl crossed the river to meet, so he ordered Yang Yufu to sit outside the hall and watch, saying that if he could not see the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, he would beheaded the next day, and then he went to camp in the yurt he had built. Wang Jingze and others found out the news, together with the panic-stricken Yang Yufu, they summoned twenty-five of the little emperor's usual cronies, broke into the yurt at night, and killed the little emperor who was still sleeping. He was only sixteen years old at the time. Wang Jing and others took Liu Yu's head to the leader's mansion to report to Xiao Daocheng. The old man was afraid that the little emperor would trick him into leaving the mansion so that he could kill him, so he closed the gate tightly and dared not go out.Wang Jing and others threw the bad boy's head into the mansion.Xiao Daocheng washed it with water and looked at it. It was found that he was indeed the little devil king of the world. Then he was so heartbroken that he mounted his horse and went out in military uniform to deal with the country's funeral as an important minister. In the name of the empress dowager, Xiao Daocheng demoted Liu Yu who had been killed as King Cangwu, and welcomed Liu Zhun, the third son of Emperor Ming, as emperor at the age of eight. In 479, when the opportunity was ripe, Xiao Daocheng proclaimed himself emperor, and pretended to make Liu Zhun the king of Ruyin.Soon, there were horses galloping outside Prince Ruyin's house, and the guards, fearing that someone would kidnap the deposed emperor, rushed into the room and chopped off the eleven-year-old prince's head.Xiao Daocheng was overjoyed when he heard the words, not only didn't blame the warden, but also rewarded him as an official of the governor of Dazhou.