Liu Yu was born in 363 AD, although his ancestors were the younger brothers of Liu Bang, the ancestor of Han Gaozu, but by his generation, the family had long since lost its former glory and was very depressed. In order to live, he once fished, sold straw shoes and farmed, and almost all the work that could make money was done, but he had not really done anything, but he was despised by the villagers, in order to prove himself, Liu Yu chose the road of joining the army.
Liu Yu, who joined the army, was like a changed person, brave and good at fighting on the battlefield, and made great achievements in just a few years, as if he was born to fight. In a battle with the enemy army, Liu Yu led a large army to defeat the enemy army, but it was obviously a victory but after the end of the battle, Liu Yu did not see Liu Yu return, one of the generals went to check it out, and returned to the battlefield to find that Liu Yu was alone in pursuit of more than 3,000 enemy troops who were struggling to escape.
At the end of this battle, Liu Yu also became famous, and successively recovered many military strongholds for the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and his official positions were also promoted all the way and never stopped. The north has always been a threat to the Eastern Jin Dynasty, in order to solve this threat Liu Yu led his troops north and made a great contribution to breaking the Great Wall in one fell swoop, at this time Liu Yu was already a more famous person than the emperor in the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
In 420 A.D. in the second year of Yuan Xi, Liu Yudai jin proclaimed himself emperor, changed the name of the country to Song, changed the yuan to Yongchu, established the Liu Song regime, sat on the emperor, he attached great importance to the people, vigorously improved the social status quo, and broke his heart for the country, but unfortunately he did not live long, and the emperor only did it for 2 years before he died of illness. At the time of his death, his eldest son Liu Yifu was only 10 years old, and in order to stabilize Liu Song's power, Liu Yu also followed Liu Beituo's example before his death, and specially called four of his own confidants.
Hoping that they could assist Liu Yifu well, these four ministers also promised Liu Yu in front of Liu Yu that Liu Yu would assist the little emperor well. This Liu Yifu is such a son that Liu Yu had a hard time having when he was forty or fifty years old, Liu Yu was also very precious to his son, and he was pampered in every way, and he was crowned as a prince at birth, and liu Yifu, who was deeply loved, gradually became arrogant and arrogant, and only cared about fun and did not care about his studies at all.
On weekdays, there is still a father who can manage his studies and let him not spend a lot of time playing again, but when Liu Yu fell ill in bed, no one could manage Liu Yifu. He spent almost a day on the boat, playing with Maihime in the water, playing until he was tired and returning to the cabin to rest, not caring at all about his terminally ill father and the unattended government, even his father's funeral still couldn't stand his heart to play.
In the face of the emperor's lack of government affairs, the ministers had all admonished, but Liu Yifu was not willing to listen at all, even in the face of war, he did not care, only his own happiness. The four ministers who originally wanted to assist the emperor in managing the government could only choose to establish a new monarch under such circumstances to stabilize the construction of the country.
In 424, the chancellor led his troops into Liu Yifu's cruise ship, and at this time he was still asleep, without knowing what was happening, and the ministers took the imperial seal he had, and deposed him as the king of Yingyang in the name of the empress dowager, and was killed shortly after. Liu Yifu, who likes to have fun so much, actually did a good thing for the country, that is, when he ascended the throne, he was amnesty for the world, and there was nothing else. Liu Yutuo's failure was not because the ministers coveted power, but because Liu Yifu did not want to forge ahead.