In June of the first year of Xiao Jian (454 AD, the third year of Northern Wei Xing'an), with Liu Yixuan killed by Zhu Xiuzhi, Liu Yu had one less surviving son, as a generation of male lords, how many sons did Liu Yu have? How many are left by this point?
Because Liu Yu had been fighting outside for many years, liu Yu was already over forty years old when he had a son, and the number was not much, there were only seven in total, and his ability and character were uneven, but the ending was not good.
The eldest son, Liu Yifu (劉義符), a small-character chebing soldier, was born in the second year of the Reign of Emperor Sima Dezong of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (406 CE), and Liu Yucai, who was already 44 years old, gained his first son, Liu Yifu, whose mother was Lady Zhang. In the twelfth year of Yixi (416 AD), Liu Yifu, who was only ten years old, was worshipped as the Duke of Yuzhang, followed by the Son of the State of Song and the Prince of Song. In the first year of the Yong Dynasty (420 AD), Liu Yu was proclaimed empress dowager, and Liu Yifu was made crown prince.
Due to Liu Yu's busy official duties and middle-aged children, liu Yifu is naturally extremely doting, so Liu Yifu has been a small group of foxes since he was a child and likes to have fun. In the third year of the Yongchu Dynasty (422 AD), on may, Liu Yu died, and Liu Yifu took the throne. Although Liu Yu left behind a seemingly perfect auxiliary political team, he overestimated Liu Yifu's ability and underestimated the ambitions of the four auxiliary ministers. In the end, Liu Yifu lost the game with Xu Xianzhi and others, and was deposed by four ministers in the second year of Jingping (424 AD), and was killed shortly after, at the age of 19.
The second son, Liu Yizhen (劉義真), was born in the third year of Yixi (407 AD) to Sun Xiuhua. For this son, Liu Yu was also very fond of him, and in September of the ninth year of Yixi (413 AD), Liu Yizhen, who was only seven years old, was given the title of Duke of Guiyang County and had a thousand households. However, in terms of the ability to break into trouble, this brother is also one of the best among Liu Yu's sons, and the things he did in Guanzhong, I have written many times, which directly led to Liu Yu's loss of Guanzhong at the same time, and his elite soldiers and strong generals lost everything. Liu Yizhen actually retrieved a small life, but even if he committed such a major crime, Liu Yu did not do much punishment, but only demoted himself.
After the establishment of Liu Song, Liu Yizhen entered the luling king and ate three thousand households. He also successively served as Situ, Che Riding General, Kaifu Yi Tongsan Division, Envoy Jie, Shizhong, Governor Nanyu, Yu, Yong, Si, Qin, and Liuzhou Military, Southern Yu Prefecture Assassin History, out of the town of Liyang. Because of Liu Yizhen's close relationship with the sons of the Gate Valve Clan, Xu Xianzhi and others from the Han Gate were very jealous, and Xu Xianzhi, Fu Liang, and others plotted to abolish Liu Yifu. Since Liu Yizhen was Liu Yu's second son, he was appointed emperor in order. As a result, Xu Xianzhi did not want to establish him, and on the charge of discord between him and Liu Yifu, he deposed Liu Yizhen as a shuren before deposing the emperor and exiled him to Xin'an County, but in the end he could not escape death, and Xu Xianzhi sent someone to kill him, only eighteen years old. It was not until Liu Yilong killed Xu Xianzhi and others that he restored Liu Yizhen's title and gave him the title of King of Filial Piety, and then made his fifth son Liu Shao the Prince of Luling, succeeding Liu Yizhen.
The third son, Liu Yilong, needless to say, is Emperor Wen of Song. There is a lot of writing in the previous article, and I will not introduce it too much here, and its end is that in the thirtieth year of Yuan Jia (453 AD), he died in a coup d'état launched by his son Crown Prince Liu Shao, at the age of forty-seven.
The fourth son, Liu Yikang, was born in the fifth year of Yixi (409 AD), and his mother was Wang Meiren. Liu Yikang has also introduced many times in previous articles, and his life can be described as ups and downs. During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, at a young age, he held the posts of Yuzhou Thorn History and Sizhou Thorn History. After the establishment of Liu Song, he was given the title of King of Pengcheng and three thousand households, successively serving as the assassins of Southern Yu Prefecture and Southern Xuzhou, and after Liu Yilong took the throne, he first worshiped the generals of the Horse Riders, the Scattered Horse Chang Shi, and the Kaifu Yi Tongsan Division, and moved the History of The Thorns of Jingzhou. Later, he entered the dynasty to assist his brother Liu Yilong, becoming a veritable one person above ten thousand people. Liu Yikang was also quite effective in handling things, stabilizing the situation in the case of Liu Yilong's poor health and repeatedly critical illness.
However, as time passed, he disregarded the etiquette of the monarch and gathered his henchmen, which aroused Liu Yilong's suspicions, and eventually his henchmen were purged, and Liu Yikang was exiled to serve as the assassin of Jiangzhou. Later, because Fan Ye and Kong Xixian plotted to establish Liu Yikang as emperor, he was deposed as a Shuren and moved to Ancheng County for resettlement. In the twenty-eighth year of Yuan Jia (451 AD), when Yuan Jia Caocao won the Canghuang Northern Gu, Liu Yilong was worried that someone would take advantage of the chaos to elect Liu Yikang as emperor, so he sent someone to assassinate him, and at the age of forty-three, he was buried in Ancheng County as a marquis.
The fifth son, Liu Yigong, was born in the ninth year of Yixi (413 AD), and his mother was Yuan Meiren. He is Liu Yu's favorite son and is often taken with him. Due to his young age, Liu Yu did not give him the title of king during his lifetime, and in the second year of Jingping (424 AD), Liu Yigong served as the champion general, the assassin of Southern Yu Prefecture, and the town guarded Liyang. In the same year, when Xu Xianzhi and others deposed Liu Yifu, some people proposed to make Liu Yigong emperor, but they were refused. After Liu Yilong ascended the throne, Liu Yigong also added envoys to hold the festival, enter the general of Fujun, seal the King of Jiangxia, and eat five thousand households. After Liu Yikang entered the dynasty, Liu Yigong was transferred to Zhenshou Jingzhou. After Liu Yikang was exiled, Liu Yigong was recruited into the positions of Situ, Shizhong (侍中), and Taiwei (太尉), and succeeded Liu Yikang. However, he learned the lesson of Liu Yikang, and was usually cautious and did not take power, and all administrative affairs were left to Liu Yilong to decide, and he was only responsible for signing documents.
When Liu Yilong launched the Second Northern Expedition, Liu Yigong led all the Northern Expeditionary forces as a lieutenant and stationed themselves in Pengcheng. However, his performance is indescribably outstanding, first he was ineffective against the enemy, and then he was afraid of the enemy and did not fight, so he was dismissed from the posts of lieutenant and Situ, and demoted to the rank of general of the Hussars and the kaifu Yi Tongsan Division, but only three months later he was entrusted with a heavy responsibility. After Liu Shao's father usurped the throne, Liu Yigong was forced to temporarily serve him, and then took advantage of Liu Shao's defeat, regardless of his son's safety, resolutely turned to Liu Jun, Liu Jun was also quite important after he took the throne, specifically I will mention in the following article, as for his end is also very tragic, the details will be temporarily sold.
The sixth son, Liu Yixuan, was born in the eleventh year of Yixi (415 AD), and his mother was Sun Meiren. After Liu Yilong ascended the throne, he made Liu Yixuan the King of Jingling, with 5,000 households, and conferred the post of Right General out of the town of Stone City. Later, he was reappointed as an envoy, the governor Xu Yanqing, the military of you five prefectures, the history of xuzhou thorns, the governor of southern Yan, and the history of yanzhou thorns, but they were all remotely led and did not leave the town. In the tenth year of Yuan Jia (433 AD), Liu Yilong changed Liu Yixuan's title to the King of Nancheng because of the serious problems of barbarians in the Area of Jingling. In the thirteenth year of Yuan Jia (436 AD), Liu Yixuan was reappointed as the governor of Jiangzhou and the three military commanderies of Xiyang, Jinxi, and Xincai in Yuzhou, and the general of Zhennan and the assassin of Jiangzhou. In the twenty-first year of Yuan Jia (444 AD), he left the town of Jingzhou. The latter things have just been mentioned in the previous article, and I will not say more here. In June of the first year of Xiao Jian's reign (454 CE, the third year of the Northern Wei Dynasty), he was killed by Zhu Xiuzhi for failing in a rebellion at the age of forty.
The seventh son, Liu Yiji ( Liu Yiji ) , was born in the eleventh year of Yixi ( 415 AD ) , and was the mother of Lü Meiren. He is the youngest son of Liu Yu and Liu Yilong's favorite younger brother. When Liu Yilong was sitting in Jingzhou, Liu Yiji followed Liu Yilong to Jiangling to follow him. After Liu Yilong ascended the throne, he made Liu Yiji the King of Hengyang and had 5,000 households. He then successively served as the general of Zhengyu, the envoy of The Envoy, the military of Southern Xuzhou, the right general, the assassin of Southern Xuzhou, the military of Jing, Yi, Xiang, Yong, Liang, Ning, Nanzhou, northern Qin, the general of Anxi, the assassin of Jingzhou, the general of Zhengxi, the general of Jiashan Riding Changshi, and the lieutenant of The Southern Barbarians. After Liu Yikang was deposed and exiled, Liu Yiji, in order to protect himself, drank day and night, rarely waking up. Finally, in the twenty-fourth year of Yuan Jia (447 AD), he died in Pengcheng, when he was three years old Chinese New Year's Eve, and was posthumously awarded the title of Shizhong (侍中), Sikong (司空), and King Wen of Yu (谥文王). Although he died of self-abandonment, he was also considered to have a better ending among Liu Yu's sons.
Looking at Liu Yu's seven sons, none of them ended well, which inevitably made people sigh.