In the third year of the Ming Dynasty (459 AD, the fifth year of the Northern Wei Dynasty), on the seventh month of Xin Wei (the fifth day of the first month), Liu Jun, who had quelled the rebellion of Liu's birthday, issued an edict announcing a general amnesty for the world, and then rewarded the meritorious ministers for their meritorious deeds. Shen Qingzhi, the first minister of merit, was appointed Sikong and still served as the Assassin of Southern Yanzhou, and everyone else also had their own gifts.
Liu Song seemed to be returning to its former tranquility again, but at this time, Liu Jun began to change. On the 27th day of September of that year, Liu Jun ordered the construction of a royal garden in the north of Xuanwu Lake, called xiyuan. (During the Southern Liang Period, it was renamed Shanglin Garden.) Its scale is jaw-dropping, and it is the first in the Southern Dynasty. Since Liu Jun succeeded to the throne, although he has carried out many reforms, large and small wars have also continued, and the construction of such a garden can be described as a labor and loss of money.
In fact, the construction of gardens is just the beginning. Perhaps because he felt that the car he was riding in was not good enough, Liu Jun ordered Shangshu Zuo Cheng Xun Wanqiu to make five kinds of cars of jade, gold, elephant, leather, and wood, and according to the appearance of the golden root car, the top cover of precious feather decoration was added to each car, and its luxury was amazing. In the first month of the fourth year of the Ming Dynasty (460 AD, the first year of the Northern Wei Dynasty and the first year of peace), Liu Jun personally went to the suburban royal ancestral temple to hold a sacrifice activity, taking this opportunity to ride the jade car for the first time, and the test drive effect also made Liu Jun very satisfied.
Even in the Taiping Era, liu Jun was inappropriate to do so, let alone in this not very peaceful era. The relationship between Song and Wei was quite delicate at this time, on the one hand, Northern Wei Scattered Rider Chang Shi Feng Xianlai asked Liu Song to hire, but in March of that year, he invaded Northern Yinping, fortunately, Liu Song Zhu Ti Taishou Yang Guizi repelled the Northern Wei army. On the other hand, Liu Song's country was not completely peaceful, and the barbarians along the Yangtze River harassed from time to time, and Liu Jun, forced by helplessness, could only issue an edict to let Shen Qingzhi lead an army to go on a crusade. Therefore, it is undoubtedly very inappropriate to indulge in enjoyment in this situation.
What is more worrying is some changes in Liu Jun's employment. Zong Yue, a lieutenant of Changshui, was born in the cold gate, but he had made a military achievement in quelling Liu Jun's rebellion before, so he began to be used by Liu Jun. Although Zong Yue had military merits, this person liked to kill, as early as the time of pacifying Liu Yixuan, Zong Yue killed a lot of people in Jiangling, and coerced and plundered Liu Yixuan's children, so he was dismissed from office and imprisoned in prison for hard labor. However, it was not long before he was forgiven, not only restored to his original official position, but also given the title of Zhuyang County, four hundred households. When it came time to quell the rebellion of Liu Zhi, Liu Jun ordered the slaughter of the city of Guangling, and Zong Yue was the one responsible for implementing it. In this process, his brutality was once again revealed, Zong Yue personally came to preside over the killing, and for those who wanted to be killed, they first tarted, sometimes whipped to the face, every time they saw such a scene, Zong Yue was overjoyed, and a total of thousands of people were killed by him. Later, Zongyue was renamed Shi'an County, and the food was the same as before.
But Zong Yue still has his own advantages, that is, the management of the army is very strict, and he is good at setting up camps. Whenever tens of thousands of people camped in the village, Zong Yue himself rode in front, letting haohao's army follow behind him, and by the time he stopped riding, the camp was already set up, and there was no confusion or mistake. For appointing such a person, it is difficult for you to say that Liu Jun is wrong.
There are reusable and discarded, and Shi Zhoulang in the former Luling Tomb was repeatedly hated by Liu Jun for doing things absurdly and irresponsibly and against Liu Jun's will, so he asked the relevant departments to impeach Zhou Lang, saying that he did not behave properly during the funeral of his mother, and then sent him to Ningzhou, but killed him on the road. Zhou Lang may still be to blame for his own killing, but he did not want to tire Cai Xingzong, and it turned out that when Zhou Lang resigned before leaving, he was on duty in time for Cai Xingzong, the attendant. Cai Xingzong requested to say goodbye to Zhou Lang, and as a result, Cai Xingzong was also stripped of his official position and replaced by a civilian.
At the end of the year, Liu Jun recruited Yan Shibo to serve as a waiter in the dynasty. Although Yan Shibo performed well in the previous Qingzhou War, he was also a person who was good at flattery and flattery, so he was very pleasing and trusted by Liu Jun, and other ministers could not compare with him at all. Yan Shibo also took the opportunity to accept bribes in a big way, and the family property accumulated as much as a thousand gold. At this time, Liu Jun liked gambling again, and often looked for Yan Shibo and others to play puqi to gamble. Once Liu Jun rolled down the dice, all five of them were "pheasants", thinking that he must have won, and he was very happy. Who knew that after Yan Shibo rolled the dice, he actually threw five "Lu" and won Liu Jun. Liu Jun was suddenly stunned, and Yan Shibo also cleverly secretly collected the dice, and then said: "Almost all 'Lu'." Then Yan Shibo lost a million dollars to Liu Jun in one go.
Seeing Liu Jun become like this, how will Liu Song develop?