The emperor summoned his aunt late at night, and the eunuch brought out the female corpse the next day, and my uncle was furious and would kill you
In China's more than 2,000 years of feudal history, imperial power is supreme and powerful, but too much power also means great risks. Whether it is the power struggle within the royal family or the struggle for hegemony between different regimes, the word power is inseparable.
The scenes in history seem to be a big drama of "you sing and I will appear". However, the characters on the stage are ever-changing, some of them will last for thousands of years, and some will be remembered for thousands of years.
From 420 to 589 A.D., China entered a period of chaotic rule, and in just 170 years, there were four dynasties in the south: Song, Qi, Liang and Chen. The first emperor of the Southern Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Song Dynasty, Liu Yu, began with him, and the emperors of the Southern Dynasty seemed to have started a vicious circle of short-lived and tyrannical life.
One of the most representative emperors was Liu Ziye, who summoned his aunt late at night, but the next day the eunuch brought out a corpse, which angered his uncle and swore that "I will kill you."
Although the Liu Song Dynasty ruled the longest among the four regimes of the Southern Dynasties, it still seemed short-lived compared to the long history. However, in this short period of 60 years, there have been many murderous and tyrannical short-lived emperors.
Emperor Wu of the Song Dynasty Liu Yu died after only two years of reign, and was led by the crown prince Liu Yifu**. Liu Yifu not only had no intention of political affairs, but was also extremely suspicious, first killing the three important ministers who assisted him, and then began to secretly poison his brothers.
This kind of behavior made the members of the royal family have the psychology of seizing power and being vigilant, and since then, the blood relatives within the Liu Song royal family have not stopped.
History is always full of drama, and Liu Yifu eventually died at the hands of his son Liu Xun, who swept away the royal men in order to prevent others from following suit. However, members of the royal family, Liu Jun and Liu Yigong, did not give in, and they plotted and succeeded in killing Liu Xun.
The sentence "If you have been drenched in the rain, you will tear apart other people's umbrellas" reveals their hearts. After Liu Jun ascended to the throne, he forgot his painful experience and began to use the same methods to mutilate members of the royal family.
Liu Xun and his children did not escape, not even Liu Jun's two younger brothers. After getting rid of his henchmen, Liu Jun began to enjoy a luxurious life, and his absurdity was eye-popping.
Liu Jun's perverse behavior made the world stunned. It was not that no one resisted, and Liu Yixuan paid the price for it. However, he did not succeed and ended up with a full house of beheadings.
Liu Jun was not only ruthless to his political opponents, but also notorious for his extravagance. After consolidating the throne, he recruited stunning beauties from all over the world, and the prosperity of the harem was also a symbol of imperial power.
But Liu Jun's greed transcends common sense, no matter which woman he fancies, he has no scruples, even regardless of ethics. Among them, the most outrageous thing is that he actually fell in love with his cousin, in order to hide people's eyes, he changed his cousin's name and surname, included it in the harem, and eliminated those who knew it one by one.
Liu Jun is affectionate to his cousin Yin Shuyi, and the two are extremely affectionate and have six sons together, among which Liu Ziluan is deeply favored by Liu Jun. However, Yin Shuyi's early death made Liu Jun grief-stricken.
After her death, Liu Jun was in a trance, and her physical condition deteriorated rapidly. Maybe it's overindulgence, maybe it's longing, Yin Shuyi's death is a huge blow to Liu Jun.
Although he did not die under the enemy's sword, Liu Jun's life was shortened because of it. What's even more distressing is that Liu Jun's successor, Liu Ziye, is even more brutal and unreasonable, and his tyrannical crimes are too numerous to mention.
In the ruthless environment of the Liu Song royal family, Liu Ziye went through his deformed growth process. Witnessing the brutal struggle between his relatives as a child left a deep mark on him.
In repeated coups, he almost lost his life several times, as if the fate of the royal family was"Kill or be killed"。Such an environment has made Liu Ziye form a perverse and violent character since he was a child, and he will be angry with the minions around him if he is slightly dissatisfied.
Although his father, Liu Jun, should theoretically have improved his life after he came to power, in reality, Liu Jun was not a loving father and did not care about his children's education.
Before Liu Jun seized power, he had no time to care about Liu Ziye's education, and only wanted to protect himself. Once he had gained power, he was busy eliminating his rivals and taking a large number of concubines.
Especially after accepting Yin Shuyi as a concubine, he was very fond of the child born to Yin Shuyi. In contrast, Liu Ziye's incompetence made Liu Jun very annoying, and he often reprimanded and scolded Liu Ziye.
If Liu Jun had not died early, Liu Ziye's status as the crown prince might not have been stable. For ordinary people, the early death of his father is the biggest blow to the family, but for Liu Ziye, it is a good thing.
Liu Jun's brutality has made Liu Song's country crumbling, and the people and the imperial court are looking forward to a Ming monarch to revive the country. But Liu Ziye was superior to his father in terms of tyranny and immorality.
Since ancient times, he has been "a son of heaven and a courtier", and it is understandable that Liu Ziye cleaned up the opposition in the court, but his methods were too cruel. To make matters worse, he had no respect for his old emperor's father.
Liu Ziye has always held a grudge against his father, and after succeeding to the throne, he always wanted to take revenge, and if it wasn't for the dissuasion of the ministers, he even wanted to dig up his father's mausoleum. The son dug up Lao Tzu's mausoleum, this kind of behavior is simply intolerable, although it was not realized in the end, but Liu Ziye came up with other ways to retaliate.
Liu Jun once doted on Yin Shuyi, and even almost abolished his position as the crown prince for her son. However, this favor annoyed his younger brother Liu Ziye, and he decided to take revenge on Yin Shuyi and her children.
Liu Ziye brutally dug up Yin Shuyi's body, threw it in the wilderness, and ordered the killing of her children, all of whom were his half-siblings.
Although Liu Jun and Yin Shuyi caused harm to Liu Ziye, his biological mother, the Queen Mother, always thought about him. When the Queen Mother was seriously ill and wanted to see her son, Liu Ziye rejected her on the grounds that the room was not clean.
Liu Ziye's ruthlessness and cold-bloodedness were a disaster for both the royal family and the people of Liu Song.
Liu Ziye, the short-lived emperor, not only killed people like hemp and careless people, but his extravagance was also extremely rare in history. He even copied his absurd behavior to his cousin.
Princess Xincai is his aunt, and despite the beautiful women around him, he still can't resist his desire for his aunt. He boldly summoned his aunt into the palace and then forcibly took her for himself.
In order to be able to possess his aunt for a long time, he came up with a clumsy strategy of stealing beams and changing pillars. The next day, he asked the eunuch to bring out the body of a palace maid and hand it to his uncle, falsely claiming that his aunt had died violently in the palace.
When the uncle saw the body that was not his wife, he angrily said that he must kill Liu Ziye.
In order to ensure long-term benefits, Liu Ziye got rid of his uncle for a seemingly reasonable reason, and then changed his aunt's name and placed her in the harem. Once someone is beyond the shackles of ethics and rules, any unimaginable evil can be easily committed.
Driven by the desire for excitement and novelty, Liu Ziye ordered his harem concubines to stand in a row and let his cronies violate them at will. If someone refuses, all that awaits them is the fall of the head, which will affect the family.
Liu Ziye was young, but he did all kinds of absurd and shameless things, and his cruel behavior and abnormal behavior also caused anger and dissatisfaction among other members of the royal family.
Liu Yu, Liu Ziye's uncle, was often ridiculed and teased by Liu Ziye because of his obese figure. He was brilliant and managed to escape being killed many times. As a member of the royal family, he naturally couldn't bear the repeated humiliation, so he secretly planned to assassinate Liu Ziye.
In the end, he succeeded, and Liu Ziye ended his cruel life after only a year and a half as emperor. Liu Ziye's perverse behavior had already caused dissatisfaction, but they were deeply shocked when they found out that Liu Yu was an equally ruthless and despicable person after Liu Ziye's death.
This may be the fate of the Liu Song Dynasty.
Although the Southern Dynasty was as short-lived as a drop in the ocean, its historical significance cannot be ignored. Since ancient times, it is easy to fight the country, but it is difficult to defend the country. In a feudal society where imperial power was supreme, the intelligence of the emperor was directly related to the rise and fall of the state.
The misfortune of the Southern Dynasty was that there was no emperor who could exert himself in the country, which led to frequent regime changes and turbulent dynasties. Among the many emperors of the Southern Dynasties, the tyranny of faint kings is not uncommon.
Although it is very old, we can still see those absurd deeds from the historical materials, perhaps this is just the tip of the iceberg, and the real situation is much worse. The lives of the people, as the famous saying goes, between rise and fall, are miserable.
1.Ni Fangliu described a ridiculous story in his book "Rare Star Family Scandal: Splashing Dung and Humiliating the Tomb". 2.In his book "Faint Kings in Troubled Times", Shi Zongyi ** those faint kings born in chaotic times.
3.Wang Debao, in his work "The Young Tyrant Liu Ziye", describes in detail a young and tyrannical ruler. 4.Xia Tingguang in his article "Another Faint King", talked about another faint monarch in history.
5.In the "Zizhi Tongjian: Song Ji XVI", we can find more detailed information about this faint king. 6.In "The Biography of Nanshi Enxing", we can learn about the favor and the situation of those close to this faint king.
7.In the Book of Song: The Former Abolition of the Emperor, we can find more information about this faint monarch and his reign.