Sima Da, this is a very prominent military general official position in ancient times. For example, during the Western Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu of Han made Wei Qing and Huo Fuyi the Title of Grand Sima (大司馬). By the end of the Han Dynasty, during the Three Kingdoms period, Sima Da, as the head of the military generals, received more canonizations. As far as liu Yu, which I want to talk about today, although he obtained this official position. However, because of the decline of the Han Dynasty, Liu Yu naturally could not take charge of the world's soldiers and horses. Of course, Liu Yu, as a prince who divided Youzhou, still had a sense of existence. Moreover, like Liu Bei, Liu Zhang, Liu Biao, and others, Liu Yu was also a descendant of the Han Dynasty.
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Specifically, Liu Yu was from Donghai County, Xuzhou, and was a descendant of Liu Qiang, the Prince of Donghai. Liu Yu's grandfather Liu Jia served as Guanglu Xun, his father Liu Shu served as The Taishou of Danyang, Liu Yu was proficient in the Five Classics, initially honored as a filial piety, served as a Cao official, was promoted to a county official because of his ability to perform his duties, and later because of his accumulated achievements, he was promoted to youzhou assassin history.
When Liu Yu was in charge of Youzhou, he had high prestige among foreign tribes such as Xianbei, Wuhuan, Fuyu, and Yuqi, and paid tribute at any time and did not dare to invade, and the people sang songs and praised Liu Yu's merits. However, Liu Yu was briefly deposed from his official post. Of course, the outbreak of the Yellow Turban Rebellion not only changed the fate of Liu Bei and other descendants of the Han Dynasty, but also had an impact on Liu Yu's life trajectory.
In the first year of Zhongping (184), the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out, and the Yellow Turban Army attacked the counties of Jizhou. After that, the imperial court appointed Liu Yu as the minister of state of Ganling to pacify the people after the famine. At that time, Liu Yu took Jianpu as an example for his subordinates, and soon rose to the rank of Zongzheng. During the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zong Zheng held the imperial family's name book, respectively, their concubine status or blood relationship with the emperor, and every year they discharged the genealogy of princes with the same surname. In this regard, in the author's opinion, Liu Yu, as a descendant of the Han Dynasty, is undoubtedly more appropriate to obtain the official position of Zongzheng.
In the fourth year of Zhongping (187), the former Zhongshan State Minister Zhang Chun and the former Taishan Taishou ZhangJu allied with Wuhuan, launched a rebellion, attacked Jixia, burned the city, attacked the people, killed the Wuhuan colonel Ji Chou, the right Beiping Taishou Liu Zheng, the Liaodong Taishou Yang Final, etc., the troops reached more than 100,000, and tun lived in Feiru. Zhang Ju called himself "Heavenly Son", and Zhang Chun called himself "King and King of Anding of the Mitian General", and sent a letter to the prefectures and counties, saying that he would replace the Han Dynasty. Zhang Chun also sent 50,000 troops, including King Wuhuanqiao, into Qingzhou and Ji Prefectures, to break through the Qinghe River and plains, and to kill the officials.
By this time, Zhang Ju, Zhang Chun and others had obviously become a major threat to the Eastern Han court. In the fifth year of Zhongping (188), the imperial court reappointed Liu Yu as the pastor of Youzhou because of his high prestige in Youzhou and other places. Compared with the previous history of youzhou stabbing, youzhou mu strengthened his grasp of military power. And this, of course, is also convenient for the state pastors everywhere to quell the rebellion.
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After Liu Yu arrived at Jicheng, he streamlined the troops, that is, in Liu Yu's view, there were not many soldiers but fine. In the face of the rebels in Youzhou and other places, Liu Yu widely extended favors and sent emissaries to inform the king of Qiao and other imperial courts that lenient treatment could be exempted from the crimes they had committed. However, in the face of Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun, the two leaders, Liu Yu offered a reward for the two wanted, which was undoubtedly dividing and disintegrating the rebel army.
In this context, Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun fled to Saiwai, and the rest also surrendered or fled. In March of the sixth year of Zhongping (189), Zhang Chun was killed by his subordinate Wang Zheng and sent to Liu Yu. When The Han Ling Emperor Liu Hong learned of this news, he was very happy, so he sent emissaries to promote Liu Yu to be a lieutenant and make him the Marquis of Rongqiu.
In this regard, Liu Yu first pushed back, and recommended wei wei Zhao Mo, Yizhou Mu Liu Yan, Yuzhou Mu Huang huan, and Nanyang Taishou Yang to continue to hold this position, but Emperor Hanling eventually worshiped Liu Yu as a lieutenant. During the Eastern Han Dynasty, Taiwei and Situ and Sikong were called the Three Dukes, and their status was very prominent. Of course, Liu Yu's later post as Grand Sima was called Shanggong (上公), meaning higher than the Third Duke. However, no matter what, the Three Dukes and the Shanggong were the few official positions at that time.
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In 189 AD, the Han Ling Emperor died and the Han Shao Emperor took the throne. Because emperor Shao of Han was young, the general He Jin temporarily took over the power of the imperial court. However, He Jin's foreign relatives were also threatened by the eunuch forces, so the two sides launched a fierce contest. Soon after, after the general He Jin was killed, Dong Zhuo took the opportunity to come to Luoyang and usurped the power of the imperial court. For Dong Zhuo, deposing Emperor Shao of Han and establishing Liu Xie as emperor was Emperor Xian of Han.
Of course, Dong Zhuo only controlled the soldiers and horses around the capital, which prompted him to win over the princes everywhere. Therefore, he sent emissaries to Youzhou and crowned Liu Yu as the Grand Sima (大司馬). In this regard, in the author's opinion, Liu Yu, as a descendant of the Han Dynasty, also commanded the soldiers and horses in the Youzhou region, and if he called on the world to fight against Dong Zhuo, naturally many people would respond. Therefore, Dong Zhuo took the initiative to show his overtures to Liu Yu, the prince, by means of the canonization of the Grand Sima (大司馬).
However, in the context of Dong Zhuo's hostage-taking of the imperial court, Liu Yu obviously could not really have the power of Sima Da. Correspondingly, during the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Ren, Cao Xiu, and Cao Zhen, as the great simas of Cao Wei, actually controlled the world's soldiers and horses. By 190 AD, Dong Zhuo wanted to recruit Liu Yu to the imperial court, which should be because he was worried about Liu Yu's alliance with Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu and others. However, due to reasons such as impassable roads and frequent wars, the orders of the imperial court did not reach Youzhou.
In the same year, he faced the crusade of Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Yuan Shu and other Kwantung princes. Dong Zhuo chose to move the capital to Chang'an and continued to hold Emperor Xian of Han hostage. In 191 AD, in order to make Dong Zhuo lose the advantage of holding tianzi hostage to order the princes, Yuan Shao, Han Fu and other princes prepared to support Liu Yu, a descendant of the Han dynasty. However, Liu Yu, who was loyal to the Han Dynasty, directly rejected the idea of becoming emperor. Although the Han Dynasty was in decline, once a prince arrogantly claimed the title of emperor, he would undoubtedly be attacked by the world's heroes and thus become the target of everyone. Moreover, Yuan Shao may have done this to hold Liu Yu hostage and order the world. In this regard, Liu Yu was naturally unwilling to aid in the abuse.
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Finally, when Liu Yu was serving as the pastor of Youzhou, gongsun Zan from Youzhou naturally became the former's subordinate. Because of his bravery and good fighting, Gongsun Zhan often made military achievements in battles with nomadic peoples such as Wuhuan, and even had the ambition to replace Liu Yu. At that time, Gongsun Zhan advocated the use of tough tactics against nomads, and correspondingly, Liu Yu believed that it should be mainly appeased and try not to use troops frequently.
In 193 AD, after the contradictions between the two men completely intensified, Liu Yu led a large army to attack Gongsun Zhan. Moreover, for the generous Liu Yu, he also said to his subordinates that this time do not hurt more people, only kill Gongsun Zhan. The so-called Ci does not control the soldiers, although Liu Yu's side has many soldiers and horses. However, Liu Yu's soldiers were not good at fighting, and as a result, there was no way to eliminate Gongsun Zhan. In the end, Gongsun Zhan not only won the victory, but also successfully captured Liu Yu and seized the land of Youzhou in his name. On this basis, Gongsun Zhan killed Liu Yu in this year.
It is worth noting that Liu Yu was very popular in Youzhou, and after he was killed, the people of Youzhou wept bitterly. Moreover, Liu Yu's subordinates such as Xian Yufu, Qi Zhou, and Yan Rou insisted on fighting Gongsun Zhan, which laid the groundwork for Yuan Shao to eliminate Gongsun Zhan. In general, among the princes at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Yuren was generous and loyal to the Han Dynasty, which was more similar to Liu Bei. However, in the context of the herds competing for the central plains, Liu Yu was obviously not suitable for this era, which prompted him to eventually lose his life.