The Song Ming Emperor Liu Yu died of illness after only six years on the throne, and in order to keep his son firmly in this family business, Liu Yu went on a killing spree before his death, slaughtering almost all imaginary enemies.
At the beginning, the power structure set up by Emperor Xiaowu of Song, Liu Jun, was broken by the emperors, so when The Song Ming Emperor Liu Yu was alive, he regarded the emperors as his own life and death enemies. Except for Liu Xiufan, all the other imperial uncles were killed.
The brothers and sons of Emperor Liu Yu of Song were all dead at this time; the brothers and sons of Emperor Wen of Song, Liu Yilong, at this time there was only one Liu Xiufan (son of Liu Yilong); the brother and son of Emperor Xiaowu of Song, Liu Jun, and at this time there was only one Liu Xiufan (Liu Jun's eighteenth brother); the brother of Emperor Liu Yu of Song Ming was still only one Liu Xiufan (Liu Yu's eighteenth brother).
In this detail, in addition to the sons of Liu Yu, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, only Liu Xiufan, a close branch member of the Liu Song imperial family, was still alive. Liu Xiufan was able to escape the disaster because he was relatively incompetent, Liu Yu believed that he could not pose a threat to his successor, and that an elderly person needed to be left among the members of the imperial family.
Only Hu Fan is assiduous and talentless, not inclined by material feelings, so he has to protect himself. —— Book of Song, vol. 79, Liechuan 39, The Birth of King Jingling of the Fifth King of Wen
The members of the distant branch of the imperial family are relatively far from the vortex of power, and many of them survive, the most famous of whom are Liu Jingsu and Liu Bing.
Liu Jingsu was the nephew of the Song Ming Emperor Liu Yu, and his father (Liu Yu's seventh brother Liu Hong) died relatively early, so he was not involved in a brutal political struggle, and Liu Jingsu lived until the death of the Song Ming Emperor Liu Yu, and had a higher status and position: he was then the Assassin of Southern Xuzhou and sat in Jingkou.
He was appointed as the military commander of the six prefectures of Ji, the governor of Nanxu, Nanyan, Yan, Xu, Qing, and Ji, the general of the Zhen Army, and the assassin of Southern Xuzhou. - Book of Song, vol. 72, Liechuan 32, King Wenjiu
Liu Bing was the grandson of Liu Daopi (Liu Yu's younger brother) and a cousin of Liu Yu, the Emperor of Song. Because he was estranged from the royal family, he was away from the whirlpool of royal infighting. After the members of the imperial family were purged out in batches, Liu Bing also became more and more important: the then Yingzhou Assassin History. Shortly after Liu Yu's death, the assistant chancellor transferred Liu Bing back to the central government and became one of the central government's important ministers in order to compete with Zhongshu Tongshi for power.
After deposing the emperor and taking the throne, he changed the capital to the military forces of the two counties of Yiyang in Xiyang Prefecture in Yuzhou, And the history of the Assassination of Yingzhou. He did not worship, remained as a shangshu left servant, and ran for election. —— Book of Song, vol. 51, Liechuan 11, Emperor Jingwang Daopi of the Imperial Household
At this point, everyone should have seen the pattern after the death of Liu Yu, the Emperor of SongMing: the members of the imperial family had huge military and political resources, but they were very young (the oldest Liu Yu was only ten years old), or their abilities were very poor (Liu Xiufan).
Among the members of the imperial family's distant branch, except for Liu Jingsu and Liu Bing, who have more military and political resources, others do not seem to be worth mentioning. From this point of view, the imperial power is simply not enough to threaten the imperial power.
And the auxiliary ministers personally selected by The Song Ming Emperor Liu Yu were not wolf-like figures. Wu Xi, who was proficient in power change, and Wang Jingwen, who had a powerful background, were both killed by Liu Yu on trumped-up charges.
Yuan Cang, Chu Yuan, Liu Xun, Cai Xingzong, and Shen Youzhi were all ordered. - Book of Song, vol. VIII, Benji VIII, Emperor Ming
As for zhongshu tongshishe people, they are themselves attached to the imperial power, and there is no need to restrain them with much power, not all of them are as arrogant as Dai Faxing.
However, to the surprise of Liu Yu, the Emperor of Song Ming, the power structure he arranged was broken after his death, and it was an unexpected place.
The members of the royal family have huge military and political resources, but they are very young or incompetent. But the first to jump up was actually Liu Xiufan, who had very poor ability in the near branch royal family.
The Song Ming Emperor Liu Yu did not kill Liu Xiufan, only because he believed that Liu Xiufan's ability was too poor to threaten his son. In a sense, Liu Yu did not misread this younger brother. But he miscalculated one thing: People with poor abilities often have no self-knowledge.
Liu Xiufan did not have the ability to threaten the imperial power, but he preferred to think that he did. Soon after the death of The Song Ming Emperor Liu Yu, Liu Xiufan began to deliberately rebel. After the rebellion broke out, Liu Xiufan hit the capital with a single blow, and even almost attacked the capital.
In his year, he was enthroned as a lieutenant. In May of the following year, the army will be raised. —— Book of Song, vol. 79, Liechuan 39, The Birth of King Jingling of the Fifth King of Wen
Liu Xiufan's rebellion quickly caused an irreparable crack in the power structure laid out by the Song Ming Emperor Liu Yu. Because Emperor Liu Yu was only eleven years old at that time, the other princes were younger, and the rebels were the only imperial uncles, none of the members of the imperial family could lead the suppression of the rebellion.
In this context, the people who lead the qinwang are naturally the military and political chiefs of various places, and the people who sit in the central government to defend the capital are the auxiliary ministers. In this context, when the rebellion is quelled, the power of these people will certainly be increased to varying degrees.
In a sense, the power resources of the Empire were in a sense fixed. The power of the military and political governors and the central auxiliary ministers in various localities was increased, and the power of the imperial family naturally declined.
Although the princes of The Song Ming Emperor Liu Yu had powerful military and political resources, they were too young to be used effectively. More importantly, in the rebellion of Emperor Liu Xiufan, the power of the princes would naturally be inadvertently lost a lot. Because in the rebellion of Emperor Liu Xiufan, the military and political resources of the princes would be temporarily allocated to the local military and political governors and central auxiliary ministers. When the rebellion is over, it is somewhat unrealistic for the princes to want to take back all these powers.
After quelling the rebellion of Emperor Liu Xiufan, the only people in the imperial family who could really exert their strength were Liu Jingsu and Liu Bing, who were far away. Liu Jingsu was then the Assassin of Southern Xuzhou and sat in Jingkou; Liu Bing was one of the four great men of the central government.
However, Liu Jingsu failed to become an important force in Gongwei's imperial power, because Liu Jingsu later rebelled.
Jing Su believed in it, even if he raised an army, thousands of people were defeated. - Book of Song, vol. 72, Liechuan 32, King Wenjiu
Liu Jingsu's rebellion was mainly promoted by the following three reasons.
First, with the weakening of the imperial family, the interest groups around the imperial family hoped to introduce a strong representative figure to defend their interests, and Liu Jingsu was the best candidate at that time. They supported Liu Jingsu, not necessarily Liu Jingsu's rebellion, but they obviously all wanted Liu Jingsu to become the consul of the empire.
Second, in order to protect their vested interests, military and political leaders naturally regard Liu Jingsu as the biggest threat. In the face of such an ambitious and influential imperial family, the interest group centered on Emperor Liu Yu naturally believes that this is a huge threat.
Third, when these three forces began to clash, the interest groups surrounding the imperial family naturally found a problem: they were surrounded by two forces: they were surrounded by two forces: the military and political tycoons and the interest groups around Emperor Liu Yu. In this context, the consul is not thinking, and there seems to be no good way to do it except to take risks.
In this context, Liu Jingsu did not have many choices, so he finally embarked on the road of rebellion step by step.
When Liu Jingsu's rebellion was put down again, the power structure laid out by the Song Ming Emperor Liu Yu had completely changed.
When Liu Jingsu rebelled, the princes were still too young to lead the suppression of the rebellion. Except for Liu Bing, none of the other members of the imperial family had a commendable person.
Liu Bing's biggest advantage is gentleness and modesty, this kind of person may be good as a friend, but at a critical moment, don't expect him to lead the way to do big things. In this context, the person who led the suppression of Liu Jingsu's rebellion was still a military and political governor outside the imperial family.
When Liu Jingsu's rebellion was once again put down, the Liu clan had become vulnerable. Because the princes were still young, the power and resources they had had long been seized and said to be very little.
The royal family leaders Liu Xiufan and Liu Jingsu were both cleared out of the political arena due to rebellion, and only Liu Bing could support the scene in the Liu royal family, but Liu Bing was only one of the four big men of the central government, and he was not the first big man.
Against this backdrop, the political landscape of the Liu Song Dynasty seems to have regressed to the Eastern Jin Dynasty: imperial power was weakened, and many military and political tycoons jointly controlled the empire. But this power structure did not last long, and soon ended with Xiao Daocheng's dictatorship.
Xiao Daocheng's ability to replace Liu Song was based on many coincidences.
If Liu Xiuren's heavyweight royal family is still alive, it should not be Xiao Daocheng's turn; if Wang Jingwen's heavyweight magnate clan is still alive, it should not be Xiao Daocheng's dictatorship; if Wu Xi's kind of person who is proficient in power change and has great influence is alive, it should not be Xiao Daocheng's turn to become an authoritarian.
The fact that these people were killed by The Song Ming Emperor Liu Yu without specific fault can only explain one thing: in Liu Yu's view, these three people are more dangerous than Xiao Daocheng. From this point of view, Xiao Daocheng should thank Liu Yu for helping to eliminate Xiao Daocheng's competitors.