The Wei royal family was in turmoil, and Liu Song certainly could not miss such a good opportunity. Emperor Wen Liu Yilong launched the third Northern Expedition.
But, unfortunately, this time there was still no success. Although the Wei royal family was unstable, the Wei state as a whole was not scattered, so it did not lose the ability to resist Liu Song's invasion.
This is another reason why Tuoba Jun did not forcibly detain Ning Yu and Xun.
Why did Liu Yilong's repeated Northern Expeditions fail repeatedly? One of the reasons is that he did not know how to introspect himself.
Wei State has a large territory and strong strength, and the foundation of Wei State, Daibei, is far away from the Central Plains. It is not easy to destroy it in one fell swoop. If you want to attack Daibei, you must use Hebei and Guanzhong as the basis. .
However, it does not mean that only capturing Hebei is enough. If we only capture Hebei, we will fall into the dilemma of fighting alone during the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Therefore, if we want to capture Hebei, we must first consolidate Henan, and if we want to consolidate Henan, we must first enrich the Huaihe soil.
As for Guanzhong, if you want to control Guanzhong, you must first capture and manage Nanyang, Luoyang, Shu and Han (referring to southern Shaanxi).
It can also be seen from this that this is not something that can be achieved overnight. It requires careful planning and preparation to achieve it. However, after the "Yongjia South Crossing", the north was left for a long time. Although there was also a Northern Expedition, the north was not successfully recovered. Therefore, Neither the Eastern Jin Dynasty nor the Liu Song Dynasty had roots in the north.
In addition, Liu Song's cavalry was weak.
As mentioned before, the cavalry played a decisive role in this period, no, not only in this period, but also in a long period of history in the future. The cavalry was equivalent to a high-level military unit, and the number of cavalry often determined the outcome of a battle.
There was no foundation, the cavalry was weak, and Wei's foundation was far north and far away from the Central Plains, which added a lot of difficulties to Liu Song's Northern Expedition.
Because of the superiority of the Wei cavalry, and during the period of Emperor Taiwu Tuoba Tao, the Northern Wei Dynasty still relied on the tactics of nomads, relying on the superiority of the cavalry to plunder the borders of Liu and Song Dynasties and plunder all resources. Therefore, it caused damage to fields, villages, and population. of reduction.
If you want to go to the Northern Expedition, if you don't plan well, how can you succeed?
Looking at Liu Yilong again, Liu Yilong appointed people not based on their talents, but based on his preferences. This led to the situation of using inhumane people. Liu Yilong did not accept the advice of others, so the "Northern Expedition" became There are no strategies on paper.
There were problems like this and that, but Liu Yilong did not learn from his failures. He still talked on paper and sent troops rashly. This was also the reason why the three Northern Expeditions failed three times.
Although "look forward and backward" is not a complimentary word, it is not a bad thing to think more before and after doing things.
In the second year after Tuoba Tao was assassinated (453), Liu Yilong was also killed by Prince Liu Shao.
Liu Yilong's prince Liu Shao was made a prince when he was six years old. According to historical records, Liu Yilong doted on Liu Shao very much. He not only built a beautiful palace for him, but also responded to Liu Shao's requests. Could this be a spoiled child?
Liu Shao had been the crown prince for many years, but Liu Yilong was in good health and had no intention of abdicating the throne. So Liu Shao couldn't help it. He and his half-brother Liu Jun believed in witchcraft and used witchcraft in the palace. Liu Yilong discovered it.
Seeing that Liu Shao and Liu Jun had a good attitude in pleading guilty, Liu Yilong did not investigate further. However, later, the two not only hid people who used witchcraft, but also interacted with them. After Liu Yilong found out about it, he had the idea to depose Liu Shao and kill Liu Jun. idea.
However, on the issue of choosing the prince, it was difficult to reach consensus. Everyone had a prince they wanted to support, and Liu Yilong also had a son he liked, so the discussion failed.
Some ministers were worried that secrets might be leaked and advised Liu Yilong to make a quick decision, but Liu Yilong was always hesitant. Maybe Liu Yilong didn't want to depose Liu Shao from his heart.
Liu Yilong told Liu Jun's mother concubine Pan Shufei about this matter. Judging from this move, maybe he really didn't want to depose Liu Shao, and wanted to tell Liu Shao through Pan Shufei's mouth to make him restrain himself. Unfortunately, this became He received his reminder.
Concubine Pan Shu told Liu Jun, and Liu Jun told Liu Shao. As a result, instead of restraining Liu Shao, he launched a palace coup and killed Liu Yilong.
Because Liu Shao was the first person in the history of the Han nationality to kill his father and seize the throne, he was criticized by historians, calling him "the culprit Shao", "the thief Shao" and "the rebel Shao". They did not recognize him as Liu Song's Orthodox emperor.
Gou Xiong feels that literati are sometimes very hypocritical, smelling sour and saying pedantic things, but what they can do is really far from what they advertise.
Ahem, that’s too far off topic.
Whether historians admit it or not, Liu Shao was the fourth emperor of the Liu Song Dynasty. However, Liu Shao killed his father to seize the throne, which caused a lot of instability. After he took the throne, there were too many killings, and the situation became even more unstable. , after reigning for seventy-two days, he was killed by his younger brother Liu Jun, who ascended the throne as Emperor Xiaowu.
After Liu Jun came to the throne, Liu Shao's party could be said to have died miserably, especially Yan Daoyu and Wang Yingyou, who had bewitched Liu Shao and Liu Jun used witchcraft, and were really crushed to death.
During Liu Jun's reign, he carried out many reforms and created a grand situation of national peace and prosperity. However, Liu Jun failed to start well and end well. In the later period, he was arrogant and complacent, built a lot of construction projects, drank extravagantly, abused people's power, and was extravagant. A large-scale drought has brought a sharp turn to the previously good situation.
Hey, why are these people so complete? What a pity.
After Liu Jun came to the throne, he put down the rebellion of Liu Yixuan, Liu Hun, Liu Dan and other clan members. In order to consolidate the throne, he excessively weakened the clan power, triggered intra-clan fighting, shook the foundation of rule, and laid the groundwork for subsequent clan chaos. Hidden dangers.
Lu Simian said, "As soon as the murderous intention started, those who came after him got worse and worse, and they couldn't stop it."
Liu Jun only reigned for twelve years. He died of illness at the age of thirty-five and was succeeded by Prince Liu Ziye.
Liu Ziye, this great man is great. His "great achievements" are simply too numerous to describe. When he succeeded to the throne, he was only sixteen years old. How could a sixteen-year-old child be so cruel and lewd!
However, this also corresponds to the saying that if the upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked, Liu Jun has many "great achievements". Liu Ziye has been praised by his ears and eyes since childhood, and the chance of growing up to be an upright person is simply a pie in the sky.
Parents and family are the most influential teachers for children. If parents cannot practice what they do, the family does not have a good atmosphere. Even if the school teachers teach well, their influence cannot be equal to that of the family.
Liu Ziye reigned for one year, but was killed by his uncle Liu Yu, the king of eastern Hunan, and others. He was seventeen years old and was called the former deposed emperor.
Originally, Liu Yu killed Liu Ziye and ascended the throne. However, Jiang Governor Deng Wan established Liu Zixun as emperor in Xunyang City, with the reign name "Yijia". This move was supported by the Xiaowu kings and the governors of various prefectures and counties. The Eastern Expedition to Jiankang was known in history as the "Yi-Jia Difficulty".
However, this rebellion did not last long. In the autumn of the same year, Liu Yu's army defeated them, and Liu Zixun was also executed at the age of eleven.
Liu Zixun had an eye disease since he was a child and was not favored by Emperor Xiaowu Liu Jun. After Liu Yu came to the throne, he appointed Liu Zixun as the general of chariots and cavalry.
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Is it true that children born into an imperial family are born with a golden key in their mouths? Gou Xiong believes that in ancient times, children born into a commoner's family were born with a golden key in their mouth. Children born into an imperial family not only cannot choose their birth, but also cannot control their own life.
, even death cannot be chosen. Unless one can sit on the highest position without control, there is no possibility of living. Perhaps this is also the reason why the princes compete for the throne?
After Liu Yu put down the rebellion, the rebels were not punished and were pardoned. Some talented and learned people were even reused. In order to protect themselves, Xue Andu and others in Huaibei Town asked for help from the Northern Wei Dynasty.
After that, they successively captured Huaibei and the Shandong Peninsula area.
Internally, in order to prevent Emperor Xiaowu and Liu Jun's sons from seizing the throne, they massacred the royal family members, killed heroes and famous generals, and weakened the power of the ruling class.
During the Liu and Song Dynasties, wars continued, the national power declined greatly, and the people suffered miserably. Moreover, meritorious soldiers had to be given promotions, titles, and rewards, which caused serious damage to the gentry system.
As a result, the general Xiao Daocheng took advantage of the situation to rise.
Liu Yu reigned for six years and died of illness in 472 at the age of thirty-three. He was posthumously named Emperor Ming.
In response to Lu Simian's words, once the murderous intention was started, it could not be stopped.
Liu Yu died of illness and his eldest son Liu Yu succeeded him.
Do you think the Liu family has the same cruel and debauched genes as the Shi family? Liu Yu is crowned the youngest tyrant in history.
Liu Yu was only nine years old when he succeeded to the throne. Of course, he could not control the government. The real power of the government had always been in the hands of Ruan Dianfu, Wang Daolong, Yang Yunchang and others who were close confidants of Emperor Ming Liu Yu during his lifetime.
In 474, Liu Xiufan, the governor of Jiangzhou and King of Guiyang, invaded Jiankang, the capital, in the name of "Qingjun side". The rebels invaded Jiankang Taicheng and once reached the south gate of the imperial palace.
At this time, another Song Dynasty Emperor Liu Yu was born! Xiao Daocheng, known as the 24th grandson of Xiao He, the Prime Minister of the Western Han Dynasty! Just like Liu Yu kicked Huan Xuan out of Jiankang, Xiao Daocheng also kicked the rebels out of Jiankang.
and put down the rebellion.
After this battle, Xiao Daocheng became famous in one fell swoop. He established a very high prestige both inside and outside the court. He was promoted and promoted, and established good relations with the powerful. In short, his power increased day by day, and another Huan Wen was born. However, Xiao Daocheng was not as good as Huan Wen.
Aggressive and diplomatic.
Although Liu Yu had no real power, as a nominal emperor, no one dared to say anything about him. After the Canadian version, he became more and more arrogant.
In 476, King Jianping Liu Jingsu was forced to raise his troops to rebel in Jingkou, which was known as the "Liu Jingsu Rebellion" in history. Under the supervision of Xiao Daocheng, Liu Jingsu was defeated. At this point, the power of the elder clan of the Song Dynasty was completely dead.
The Song Dynasty has formed a situation of "weak imperial family" in which "the emperor's childhood was difficult and the clan was weak", and "the Su family was in power and Jin Xi was in charge of the government".
The clan of the Liu Song Dynasty was already so dilapidated. Not only did Liu Yu, the great god, not know how to restrain himself, he became even more cruel and arrogant, with all kinds of atrocities comparable to those of King Zhou of Yin.
Such a tyrant was of course unpopular. In 477, Ruan Dianfu and others conspired to kill Liu Yu and establish Liu Zhun as king of Ancheng. However, after being reported, Liu Yu killed Ruan Dianfu and others, and also killed many others because of suspicion.
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Later, Xiao Daocheng couldn't stand this little tyrant anymore, and conspired with everyone. However, before it was implemented, Liu Yu was killed by his subordinate Yang Yufu and others. He was fourteen years old, and he was known as the deposed emperor in history.
Xiao Daocheng issued an edict in the name of the Empress Dowager, deposing Liu Yu as the Prince of Cangwu County and welcoming Ancheng King Liu Zhun as the emperor, that is, Emperor Shun.
Shun Emperor Liu Zhun was only ten years old when he came to the throne, so all the power was in the hands of Xiao Daocheng. Two years later, in 479, he was forced to cede his throne to Xiao Daocheng. On May 6 of the same year, he was killed in Danyang Palace at the age of thirteen.
Xiao Daocheng ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor in the southern suburbs of Jiankang. The country's name was changed to Qi, Yuan and Jianyuan, and it was called Southern Qi in history. The Liu Song Dynasty came to an end. It passed down four generations, experienced nine emperors, and enjoyed the country for fifty-nine years. (To be continued)