The ascension of the emperor to the throne is a major event, and a grand ceremony is generally held. Liu Jun of the Southern Dynasty and song dynasty, on the other hand, was on the battlefield, killing the enemy in blood while declaring himself emperor, which is also a strange story in history.
Liu Jun's brother Liu Shao,who usurped the throne by killing his father and committed a terrible crime, spread the news, the people were indignant, and various places rose up to fight, and Liu Shao's camp also rebelled. In the end, Liu Jun, the third son of Emperor Wen of Song's least favored, led an army to attack the capital, killed Liu Shao, avenged his father, and ascended the throne as emperor. Ridiculous Liu Shao, the dragon chair has not yet sat hot, it is a life whimper, and it stinks for thousands of years.
The Book of Song records that after Liu Shao killed his father, although he became emperor as he wished, he knew that his sins were deep and his heart was weak, and after he took the throne, he was sick, hid in the inner palace, and easily did not dare to come out, and even did not participate in his father's funeral ceremony. When Emperor Wen of Song was mourning, Liu Shao had to come out, and he knelt in front of his father's spirit, weeping bitterly and mourning to the extreme. At this moment, I don't know how Liu Shao feels in his heart?
Liu Shao was not an incompetent man, and he knew that his throne was extremely disgraceful, so he took several measures in an attempt to consolidate his rule. The first is to win over the clan. Liu Shao gave his uncles Liu Yigong and Liu Yixuan, his second brother Liu Mao, his third brother Liu Jun, his fourth brother Liu Shuo, his sixth brother Liu Sheng, and some foreign relatives all of whom were given the title of Jiaguan Jinjue, hoping to gain their support. The second is to promote cronies. Those who participated in the coup d'état were rewarded with a large number of rewards, each of whom was given 200,000 yuan in money, and promoted and placed in important posts. The third is to eradicate dissent. Xu Zhanzhi and Jiang Zhanzhi's henchmen were quickly cleared. The fourth is to appease the people. After Liu Shao ascended the throne, he issued an edict to reduce taxes, suspend servitude, relieve the poor, and distribute some fields and mountains to the poor, so as to buy people's hearts.
In addition, Liu Shao also put on a humble appearance, visited the ministers one by one, asked them about the way to govern the country, and at the same time sent people to inspect the four directions to observe the people's feelings and try to stabilize the situation as soon as possible. It can be said that these measures taken by Liu Shao are still very good. But his sins were too great to be repaired and would not be forgiven.
Sure enough, Liu Shao's crime of killing his father did not go away, and soon spread all over the world and was despised by people. Many people in Liu Shao's camp were initially kept in the dark, but after learning the truth, they also despised Liu Shao, and many people left. Liu Shaozhong rebelled and left.
At that time, Liu Shao's third brother Liu Jun, who served as a general in Zhengnan, led an army to fight the barbarian rebellion in the Hubei region. Liu Jun was witty and intelligent, both literary and martial, and Liu Shao was very jealous of him. Immediately after Liu Shao killed his father, he sent his close associate Dong Yuanfeng to Liu Jun's office to convey the situation that Xu Zhanzhi and Jiang Zhanzhi conspired against the emperor in an attempt to blame others. At the same time, Liu Shao wrote a secret letter to Liu Jun's general Shen Qingzhi, asking him to wait for an opportunity to kill Liu Jun and take over Liu Jun's position. Shen Qingzhi had served as a lieutenant in the prince's infantry and was promoted by Liu Shao, who Liu Shao thought was very reliable.
Liu Shao took a two-pronged approach and considered it quite thoroughly. Unexpectedly, after his close associate Dong Yuanfei met Liu Jun, he revealed the truth and interrogation of Liu Shao's father. Liu Jun listened, crying incessantly, and was devastated. When the generals in the army learned of this, they were all enraged, and scolded Liu Shao for being inferior to the beasts, and demanded that they fight against the rebel thieves.
At this time, Shen Qingzhi suddenly realized, and handed Liu Shao's secret letter to Liu Jun, saying that he would never collude with the rebel thief and was willing to help Liu Jun to get the thief. After consulting with Shen Qingzhi and other generals, Liu Jun appointed Shen Qingzhi as a general of the Conquest, led his army to Jiankang, and along the way issued a letter of rebellion, announcing Liu Shao's crime of killing his father. Liu Yixuan of Jingzhou, Liu Shi of Huijian Taishou, and Zang qian of Yongzhou also raised troops to attack Liu Shao.
In the face of the surging crusading army, Liu Shao quickly took a number of measures. The first is to declare martial law in the Beijing Division, strengthen defense, and prevent civil unrest. The second is to put his uncle Liu Yigong and other clans under house arrest in case they should cooperate with each other. The third is to detain the relatives of Liu Jun and Liu Yixuan and use them as hostages. The fourth is to order his loyal generals to separately command the troops and prepare to resist. Fifth, personally inspect the army, comfort the soldiers, and offer heavy rewards to the soldiers. Liu Shao's deployment was orderly and very meticulous, however, his crime was really too great, it was a great rebellion that had never been seen in eternity, and no one was willing to help him except for a few hardcore henchmen.
Liu Mao was very serious about him, and suggested: "Liu Jun's army is not used to water warfare, and His Majesty can personally lead the water army, go up the river, and fight a decisive battle with it, even if it cannot be won, there is still a large room for maneuver outside." ”
After Liu Yigong knew about it, he quickly dissuaded him and said, "Absolutely not!" When His Majesty leaves the city, Jiankang will be difficult to protect. Liu Yigong wanted to trap Liu Shao in the city so that he could catch turtles in the urn of the crusade army.
Liu Shao was also worried that after he left the city, there would be civil unrest in the city, so he wanted to rely on the tall city wall to defend. Liu Shao ordered that all the men in the area around the Beijing Division be conscripted into the army, and the women should also build fortifications to further strengthen the city defenses. Liu Shao did not know that the strongest city defense was the people's hearts, and only the will of the people could become a city, if the hearts of the people were contrary to each other, even if the walls were even taller, what was the use?
The crusading army did not encounter any major resistance, so it quickly approached the city of Jiankang, and immediately launched a fierce attack, quickly capturing Xinting in the south of the city, building a fortress on the mountain, and occupying a stable foothold. The people in the city were panicked and chaotic. Liu Yigong took advantage of the chaos to escape and ran to Liu Jun's camp outside the city. Liu Shao was furious and ordered Liu Mao to kill all twelve of Liu Yigong's sons. Liu Yigong was the uncle of Liu Shao and Liu Mao.
Liu Shao knew that he had reached the critical point of life and death, and he personally put on a robe, urged the generals, and organized forces to counterattack Xinting in an attempt to save the defeat. The battle was fierce, with heavy casualties on both sides.
After Liu Yigong fled to Xinting, he urged Liu Jun to immediately claim the throne in order to disintegrate the enemy army. As a result, Liu Jun declared himself emperor in the midst of the war and was known as Emperor Xiaowu of Song. Liu Jun claimed the title of empress dowager, and in the name of the emperor, ordered the enemy generals to surrender. This move worked, and many of Liu Shao's close generals surrendered or fled, and the morale of Liu Shao's army collapsed.
After Liu Shao's loyal general Lu Xiu surrendered, in order to atone for his sins, he counterattacked and personally led a death squad of 500 people to climb the city wall and attack the city of Jiankang. The crusading army marched into the city, Liu Shao's soldiers all surrendered, and the streets were full of discarded knives and guns.
Liu Shao wanted to escape from the city, but at this time it was impossible, so he had to hide in a well, but he was searched out, and it was really a turtle caught in an urn. Liu Mao took advantage of the chaos to escape from the city, and happened to bump into his uncle Liu Yigong. When Liu Yigong saw the murderer of his son, his eyes were extremely red, and he personally took his life.
Liu Shao was tied up by Wuhua and escorted to Liu Jun. When Liu Jun saw it, his eyes were on fire and he scolded incessantly. Liu Shao shrugged his head and did not say a word. Liu Jun ordered that Liu Shao be beheaded and his body thrown into the Yangtze River. Liu Shao and Liu Mao's wives and concubines were all executed, and Zhang Chaozhi and other dead parties were all killed. The witch Yan Daoyu was flogged in the street and burned to ashes. The city was full of people, and everyone spit and hated.
Liu Shao's father usurped the throne, and Liu Jun killed his brother to quell the chaos, which was the first large-scale clan cannibalism in the Southern Song Dynasty, and the social response was great. At that time, the folk song said: "Looking at jiankang city from afar, the small river is haunting." The former son kills the father, and the latter sees the brother kill the brother. ”
Liu Shao used despicable and evil means to usurp the throne by killing his father, but after only two months as emperor, he was killed, his head was in a different place, and his entire family was killed. This shows that if a great rebellion is not the way and goes against the heavens, it will certainly be angry with the heavens and the resentment of the people, and the people and gods will be indignant, and there will certainly be no good end.
The Southern Dynasty and the Song Dynasty suffered this great calamity, what will be the future fortunes of the country? When Liu Jun ascended to the throne, how did he deserve as an emperor? Please watch the next episode, Emperor Xiaowu failed to succeed.