(Liu Shao image)
Liu Shao was only six years old when he was made crown prince.
In the era of feudal monarchy, the relationship between father and son in the royal family was often very contradictory.
On the one hand, the empire must have successors, and it is impossible to pass it on to others casually, so the emperor must appoint a prince, and he also needs to cultivate the prince carefully, hoping that he can become a generation of Ming emperors in the future and take over his own class.
Taking a step back, even if you can't become a generation of male lords, you must at least be a shoucheng king, and you absolutely can't allow the prince to "pit daddy" anyway.
But on the other hand, the emperor did not want the prince to be too good, or even better than himself.
Because after all, he has not hung up, he is still the emperor, and if the momentum of the prince overwhelms himself, it will pose a threat to his own position.
Therefore, from this point of view, cultivating the prince is a technical job, you can't make him not excellent, but you can't make him too good, and the proportions in it are really to be well grasped.
But The Song Emperor Liu Yilong apparently did not take this into account, and his deep favor for the crown prince Liu Shao was rare in Chinese history.
(Portrait of Liu Yilong)
In the year that Liu Shao was made crown prince, the old emperor built a very ornate palace for him, far larger than his own bedchamber.
It was not enough to build a house, and the emperor also arranged for Liu Shao to have a guard of the Eastern Palace of more than 10,000 people, and gave full authority to Liu Shao to command.
Friends, the prince can control an army of 10,000 people, which is basically the same as the number of the emperor's janissaries Yulin army.
With such a move, the author can only think of two things, one is that the old emperor lacks roots, and the other is that he absolutely does not believe that this prince who has been hurt by himself from childhood to adulthood will rebel.
Father's love is deep, I can only wish Liu Yilong and Liu Shao, the royal father and son, and will eventually usher in a happy ending.
The book says that it is short, and as soon as the time flickers, it comes to the twenty-seventh year of Yuan Jia, that is, 450 AD.
In this year, Liu Yilong, the Song Emperor who had always cultivated moral government within and external neighboring countries as the governing program, suddenly made a decision that shocked the government and the opposition, and he wanted to raise an army of 100,000 on land and water to conquer Northern Wei.
Here to give readers and friends a background of popular science, Liu Yu, the founding emperor of the Liu Song Dynasty, established the Liu Song regime on the basis of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and gradually unified the south, and the Xianbei tribe that emerged from the army also basically pacified the northern grasslands and established the Northern Wei regime.
The world is divided into two parts, facing each other across the river.
(Xianbei)
Any emperor with a long-term strategic vision should understand very deeply that if he is satisfied with the current situation and takes a peaceful corner, he will inevitably incur greater disasters in the end.
Emperor Wen of Song, Liu Yilong, was arguably the most prestigious and capable emperor in the Liu Song regime, and of course he also had the ambition to dominate the world.
In the seventh year of the emperor's ascension to the throne, he once carried out a Northern Expedition, but because the strength of the two sides was really a bit disparity, he touched a nose of ash and returned without success.
Now, many years later, the economy of the Liu Song Dynasty has prospered, agriculture has developed, and military strength has also improved, so the emperor has put the idea of the Northern Expedition on the agenda.
If the idea of the Northern Expedition has never been indelible in Liu Yilong's heart, then the person who really promoted the Second Northern Expedition was Liu Songchao's minister, Jiang Zhan.
Jiang Zhan, zihuiyuan, a native of Jiyang Kaocheng, was then an official of the Liu Song Dynasty.
This official Shangshu was a very radical main war faction, so as long as he had the opportunity, he would do his best to encourage the emperor to go out to the Northern Expedition and unify the world.
What a heroic oath to unify the world, what a glorious achievement, no emperor can not be moved.
Of course, Liu Yilong is also very impressed.
Since the war and chaos in the world at the end of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the land of China has been torn apart, and it has not been a long time since a national unified regime has emerged.
If he can overthrow the Northern Wei Dynasty, he will inevitably leave his name in history and his merits will be passed down through the ages.
At the instigation of Jiang Zhan, the emperor decided to go out on a campaign at once, pointing his sword at the north, not destroying the Northern Wei Dynasty, and not returning to the dynasty.
There were the main war factions that supported the Northern Expedition, and there must also be the main factions that opposed the Northern Expedition, and the one who opposed the main factions the most belonged to The Crown Prince Liu Shao.
Liu Shao was twenty-six years old at this time, and he was no longer the child who was waiting to be fed in swaddling, but had grown into a wise and intelligent youth.
He deeply understood a truth, although the development of the Liu Song Dynasty in the past two years was prosperous, the dynasty was still known for its governance, and the military aspect was a short board.
(Northern Wei Dynasty)
Although the economic level of the Northern Wei Dynasty was far behind that of the Liu Song Dynasty, it was probably unparalleled in the world when it came to leading the battle.
The failure of the First Northern Expedition is still vividly remembered, which door is smoked this time? Do you have to take an egg and touch the stone?
Liu Shao heard that the emperor wanted the Northern Expedition, it was a thousand words of advice, he thought that with the affection between himself and his father, he would inevitably be able to impress his father, cancel the idea of the Northern Expedition, and also enable the Liu Song generals to avoid innocent sacrifices, but what he did not expect was that his father, who had always been kind to him and favored, was very resolute in this matter, and Liu Shao was not persuaded.
As Liu Shao predicted, the Second Northern Expedition still ended in failure.
Liu Shao was very angry, because such a fiasco was completely caused by his father's disobedience to advice, but he was a son-in-law, and his father was the Son of Heaven, and there was no reason for a courtier to educate the emperor in this world, so he could only spread his resentment on another person.
This person was Jiang Zhan, the minister who was vigorously encouraging the emperor's Northern Expedition at that time.
Shao is also known as Shang yue: "The Northern Expedition was defeated and humiliated, several states were destroyed, and the unique Jiangzhan could be thanked to the world." ——" Song Shu Jiang Zhan's Biography
Liu Shao said that the Northern Expedition was fruitless, and several border states fell, so a fiasco should not have been.
The country has suffered defeat, what do the officials think, and how do the people talk? How will the media friends report?
Under such pressure from public opinion, only Jiang Zhan, the culprit, could be executed to apologize to the world.
I am a son, you are a lao tzu, I can't persuade you, I have no problem cleaning up the minister, right?
Liu Shao ran to Liu Yilong angrily and demanded that Jiang Zhan be executed, but the reply he received was still the same: I do not agree.
Shang: "The Northern Expedition is self-conscious, but Jiang Zhan's ears are not different." ——" Song Shu Jiang Zhan's Biography
The emperor said, What about the Northern Expedition, I am willing, and what does it have to do with Jiang Zhan?
(Image of Jiang Zhan)
At this point, the conflict between the crown prince Liu Shao and the emperor Liu Yilong finally broke out.
Liu Shao finally understood a truth, the father who was good to himself and good seemed to have given himself a graceful and luxurious and respectful life, but he had invisibly become a canary raised by his father in a cage.
As long as his father reigned for one day, his ideas and ambitions would all be rejected by him.
So what is the use of my position as prince?
Liu Shao began to hate his father, remember his own identity, and hate this world so that his talents could not be used as he wished.
Of course, although there was a deep contradiction between father and son, Liu Shao was not stupid enough to directly lead the 10,000 people of his Eastern Palace to the palace to fight with the emperor.
At this time, he was not full of wings, and he could only choose to be silent and patient.
Saying that it was hidden forbearance, Liu Shao still made a little small action in private.
He had been a prince for more than twenty years, and to be honest, every day was very painful.
The emperor's son was not his own, and he wanted his brothers to take away his throne at any time.
He must always grasp the balance between himself and his father, not too sharp, causing his father's suspicion and jealousy, nor too dim-witted and mediocre, so that his father doubts his ability.
Neither is it going in, nor is it retreating, this day is really bad.
Yes, not only did the life of The Crown Prince Liu Shao be very bad, but I estimate that most of the princes in Chinese history had a bad life.
If it does not involve the dynasty, it involves the homeland, the father is still the father, the son is still the son.
But once the father becomes the emperor, then the father is no longer the father, but a symbol of power, and the son is no longer a son, but an important part of the division and inheritance of power.
(Throne)
Liu Shao obviously understood this as well, and at this moment, he couldn't help but have a very cruel and vicious thought in his mind, he hoped that his father would die quickly and take over quickly.
If my father does not die one day, he will not be liberated one day.
But Liu Yilong's body was doubly good, eating Ma Ma Xiang, and had no intention of asking the dragon to ride the guests and go away.
If the emperor lived another ten years, then Liu Shao would have to worry about another ten years.
If the emperor lived another twenty years, he would still have to walk on thin ice every day for the next twenty years.
Later, he became a witch, with the image of a jade person, buried in front of the Hanzhang Hall. - "The Tale of the Yuan Murderer of the Book of Song"
Liu Shao was really a little overwhelmed, and the prince's heart was so anxious that he once made a jade statue of Liu Yilong's appearance, buried in the ground, and cursed Liu Yilong for returning to heaven as soon as possible.
The feudal era was very superstitious, but history was not feudal, and it was obvious that the method of cursing the little people had no effect on Liu Yilong.
The emperor is full of energy every day, and it is not a big problem to live for another twenty or thirty years.
Finally, Liu Shao raised the butcher knife to Liu Yilong.
Father, you have been sitting on the emperor's throne for forty years, how long will you sit?
You make meritorious achievements, you open up the prosperity of Liu Song, you create your own "Rule of Yuanjia", the sky is you, the earth is you, and all things are you.
(Liu Song Dynasty)
What about me?
I want to live trembling, I want to live in humiliation and sorrow, and I want to bear all the pressure you put on me as an emperor.
Why don't you listen to me?
Why did you veto my opinion?
Why do you want to protect Jiang Zhan?
Why? Why can't you die with dignity? Do you have to force me to do it myself?
Liu Shao's heart is full of dissatisfaction with his father, he thinks that he has done nothing wrong, he believes that the current situation is all caused by his father.
But is that really the case?
According to the author, this is not the case.
Perhaps Liu Yilong had never oppressed Liu Shao, let alone targeted Liu Shao, and in the eyes of the old emperor, the crown prince Liu Shao was still his most beloved son.
The real trigger for the father-son pair to fight each other is this enduring imperial power.
The royal family has had no family affection since ancient times, and there is no father and son in the face of power.
Any seemingly indestructible, unbreakable emotion seems vulnerable in the face of power.
The greedy, selfish and brutal Liu Shao raised a butcher's knife and launched a mutiny in the thirtieth year of Yuan Jia, that is, in 453 AD, brutally killing his father, usurping the throne, and becoming the new leader of the Liu Song Dynasty.
(Mutiny)
And Liu Yilong, who fell at the feet of his son, was just an innocent political victim of that era.
Liu Shao ascended the throne.
Now, he can finally be in charge of the house, and he can't say one thing or the other.
His mood was very excited, and now, he sat firmly on the throne, enjoying the kneeling of hundreds of officials, and the mountain shouted long live.
He stared into the distance, the golden, majestic palace, the world he had taken with his blood-stained hands.
He believed that he was much better than his father Liu Yilong, and his future imperial career would be more brilliant and more brilliant.
But what he didn't know was that the debts in this world often needed to be repaid.
The Liu Song Dynasty was like an abyss, and like a cruel shuluo field, where there was never a real victor.
And Liu Shao's final ending in this cultivation field will not be the worst, it will only be worse.
How he brutally killed his father, in the future he will usher in the end of his life with a death method that is a hundred times more painful than this.
This, of course, is not out of resentment or nonsense, because history has its own testimony.