Since ancient times, emperors are the most ruthless, but ordinary people want to enter the emperor's family when they squeeze their heads. According to the world's thoughts, even if he was born in the imperial family and did not ascend to the throne in the end, it was also a prince and nobleman who had no worries about food and clothing, and lived a luxurious life that ordinary people did not dare to think. But is the truth really so good?
The protagonist introduced today was born with a golden spoon, but his life is only a short decade. He was only a child, but he was also the youngest minister in history, and he was Liu Ziluan, the beloved son of Emperor Xiaowu of the Song Dynasty during the Liu Song Dynasty.
Born noble, his mother was favored by the emperor
Liu Ziluan was the favorite son of Emperor Xiaowu of Song, a favor that is evident in history. Why did Emperor Xiaowu of Song favor Liu Ziluan among all his heirs? It all started with his birth mother.
Liu Ziluan's biological mother was Yin Shuyi, the daughter of Liu Yixuan, the prime minister. But at that time, Liu Yixuan launched a rebellion, and the whole family was killed. Only Yin Shuyi, instead of being killed, entered the palace and became the favorite concubine of Emperor Xiaowu of Song.
Yin Shuyi and Emperor Xiaowu of Song have known each other since childhood, and Emperor Xiaowu of Song especially admired and loved her. More important is Yin Shuyi's good looks, and Emperor Xiaowu of Song has admired her beauty for a long time. After becoming emperor, she was included in the harem, and from then on, the three thousand favors of the palace were all on Yin Shuyi.
Pampered, Yin Shuyi soon became pregnant with the imperial heir, and Emperor Xiaowu of Song was very happy after learning that she was pregnant, and he was even more obedient to her. Soon Yin Shuyi gave birth to the crown prince, Liu Ziluan.
After Yin Shuyi gave birth to a crown prince, Emperor Xiaowu of Song even wanted to depose Yin Shuyi as the new empress, but it was not resolved because the ministers of the court opposed this matter.
He was crowned king at the age of five and worshipped at the age of eight
Since Liu Ziluan was born, the degree of eating and wearing has been higher than that of others, all due to Emperor Xiaowu of Song's preference for him and Yin Shuyi. Even Emperor Xiaowu of Song intended to make Liu Ziluan crown prince, but this was finally strongly discouraged by the hundred officials of the court and did not implement it.
In 461, liu Ziluan, who was only five years old, was made the Prince of Xiangyang by Emperor Xiaowu of Song. In 461, he was also given the title of Zhonglang General and Southern Xuzhou Assassin, and led the Southern Lang Evil Taishou to become the King of Xin'an.
At that time, everyone in the court could see Emperor Xiaowu's favor for King Xin'an, so many officials who wanted to curry favor with Emperor Xiaowu of Song turned to Liu Ziluan's mansion.
Seeing that Liu Ziluan's scenery was infinite, at this time, bad news came out of the harem: Yin Shuyi was unfortunate to drive the crane to the west. This was not a small blow to Emperor Xiaowu of Song, and it was even more a collapsed sky for Liu Ziluan!
As a young man, he lost his birth mother. Emperor Xiaowu of Song crowned Yin Shuyi as a concubine after her death, and after the death of Concubine Xuan, everything was in accordance with the specifications of concubines, and after the death of concubine, Liu Ziluan added a little bit of love from Emperor Xiaowu of Song.
When Liu Ziluan was eight years old, Emperor Xiaowu of Song deliberately promoted him, and Liu Ziluan, who was only eight years old, was promoted to prime minister. Two years later, Liu Ziluan was added to the post of Zhongshu Ling and took charge of the cardinal of the imperial court. Of course, because Liu Ziluan was too young to perform the duties of prime minister, the specific affairs were still handled by subordinate officials to help him.
The grace of all this on a child who was less than ten years old not only made people feel the emperor's grace, but Emperor Xiaowu of Song did not expect that because of his infinite love for Liu Ziluan, it became the fuse that finally killed him.
Liu Ziye, out of jealousy, issued an edict to kill Liu Ziluan
Emperor Xiaowu of Song's favor for Liu Ziluan was looked at by Liu Ziye. And Emperor Xiaowu of Song's favor for Liu Ziluan increased by one point, and the anger in Liu Ziye's heart would also be one point more. So why would Liu Ziye be jealous of his younger brother? It all started with his childhood.
Liu Ziye was the eldest son of Emperor Xiaowu of Song, and his biological mother was Empress Wenmu. In fact, according to his identity, Liu Ziye was far more honorable than Liu Ziluan, but because of his childhood, he lacked the love of Emperor Xiaowu of Song. Liu Ziye had an extreme personality from an early age, which made Emperor Xiaowu of Song himself slightly dissatisfied.
But what made Emperor Xiaowu of Song even more dissatisfied was that Liu Ziye did not love to read since he was a child, did not read any ancient books and classics, and did not meet the requirements of the children of the royal family, and he himself did not think so, which made Emperor Xiaowu of Song feel that he was not self-motivated and did not care much about him.
Liu Ziye obviously did not find it his own problem, he felt that his father did not spoil himself because Liu Ziluan stole everything that belonged to him, which also led to Liu Ziye's only disgust for his brother.
After the death of Emperor Xiaowu of Song, Liu Ziye ascended to his coveted throne, or for him the greatest effect of ascending to the throne was to kill and avenge those he was dissatisfied with. Therefore, the death of Emperor Xiaowu of Song also implies that Liu Ziluan's life is also coming to an end.
After Liu Ziye ascended the throne, he abolished Liu Ziluan's identity layer by layer. In 465, Liu Ziye demoted Liu Ziluan to the rank of Shuren and issued an edict to kill Liu Ziluan. In this way, Liu Ziluan, who was only ten years old, died at the hands of his brother.
After his death, his last words were passed down through the ages, and he was reinstated by Emperor Ming
After drinking the poisoned wine, Liu Ziluan said this sentence: May he not be reborn in the Imperial Family. This sentence has also become a famous sentence that has been passed down through the ages.
After Liu Ziluan's death, Liu Ziye began his tyrannical reign. In history, Liu Ziye was a famous tyrant who did no evil. Dissatisfied with the fact that Dai Faxing, a major minister of the court, had made remarks contrary to his own, he directly gave the minister to death.
And Liu Ziye's moody emotions are also frightening, he takes killing people as his pleasure, but anyone who says a wrong word will be immediately executed.
This made people inside and outside the court panic, and Liu Ziye's deeds made the empress dowager very sad, according to historical records, before her death, the empress dowager said that she would open her stomach to see how she gave birth to such a heinous son. It can be seen that Liu Ziye is tyrannical and paranoid.
Not only that, but he was also a very perverted person in his heart, not only requiring the palace maid to serve him naked in the palace, but also robbing his own aunt. And as long as there is resistance, he will be killed.
In this way, during the time of Liu Ziye's reign, the people did not have a good life, complained about it, and finally caused a large-scale rebellion. In 466, the 17-year-old Liu Ziye was killed and Succeeded by Liu Yu. Liu Yu was the Emperor Ming of Song, who restored Liu Ziluan's identity and posthumously honored him as the Prince of Shiping, while Liu Ziye was only the deposed emperor of the former dynasty.
The imperial family itself is a group obscured by power, and in the face of power, many people have lost their original intentions. Liu Ziluan was only ten years old, and the ten-year-old child said that he would never enter the imperial family again in this life, which could not help but make people feel the ruthlessness of the imperial family.