Slanting grass trees, ordinary alleys and strange, humane slaves once lived.
This is a fragment of the "Jingkou Beiguting Huaigu" written by the Southern Song Dynasty poet Xin Shuyi, which tells the story of Liu Yu, the Emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty who was born in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province, when he was very poor, and there was no difference between him and ordinary people's families, and he could only live by fishing and farming.
As a person born poor, it is difficult to succeed in finally ascending to the throne, in addition to having his own superiority, it is difficult to succeed without the situation to create a hero. Liu Yu's success was due to the chaotic situation during the Southern and Northern Dynasties of wei and Jin. Liu Yu joined the Beifu soldiers after joining the army, and in the Jin'an Rebellion, he relied on his bravery and fierceness to make many achievements, and quickly became a member of the Beifu soldiers and even the entire Eastern Jin Dynasty.
Because the Jin'an Rebellion greatly depleted the eastern Jin dynasty's troops, the eastern Jin forces were empty, which created an opportunity for Huan Xuan, a powerful minister who had been waiting for an opportunity. In 402, Sima Yuanxian rebelled against Huan Xuan, and when Sima Yuanxian was defeated and killed, Huan Xuan invaded the Capital of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Nanjing, changed the name of the country to Chu, and called him emperor.
However, huan xuan was not an emperor's material, and his ability in all aspects was extremely poor, and he was also arrogant and lascivious, and built a lot of civil engineering, which made the people complain and complained, and he was an authentic emperor.
In 404, Liu Yu saw the opportunity and led the remnants of the Beifu army to revolt against Huan Xuan, and all localities responded with the trend, and finally, Liu Yu drove Huan Xuan to the Jingzhou area through the Battle of Fuzhou Mountain. After Liu Yu occupied Nanjing, he did not claim the title of emperor, but invited Emperor An of Jin back. Because of his merits in restoring the Jin Dynasty, Emperor An of Jin placed special weight on Liu Yu and made him the King of Song.
Liu Yu, who had made great contributions to the revival of the Jin Dynasty, was not willing to be only the King of Song, and he had wanted to wait for emperor Jin'an to die and set up a puppet emperor, but he did not want Emperor Jin'an to live too much, so he had to send out a killing to assassinate Emperor Jin'an.
Liu Yu chose Liu Yu as a puppet of Emperor An of Jin, who was his younger brother Emperor Gong of Jin. Emperor Gong of Jin was very aware of his role and had always been his own puppet. Soon after, Emperor Gong of Jin ceded the throne to Liu Yu.
In 420, Liu Yu ascended the throne and changed the name of the country to Song. After ascending to the throne, Liu Yu fully summed up the previous lessons learned, strengthened the centralization of power, suppressed land annexation, established education, rectified the rule of officials, reused the sons of the Han Dynasty, unified the south, ended the era of the Gate Valve clan, and laid a solid foundation for the subsequent rule of Yuan Jia.
Incidentally, it is also mentioned that poor Emperor Gong of Jin thought that he would be safe by handing over the throne, but how could Liu Yu's style leave hidden dangers for himself? In the second year of Emperor Gong's abdication, he was killed by a soldier sent by Liu Yu with a quilt, becoming the sixth emperor to fall into Liu Yu's hands.