How did Liu Yu become the emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty?

Biography Early Life

Liu Yu was born into a farming family, and lacked education and morality since childhood, stealing his classmates' white gold pellets and sarongs. During the Yuanfu period (1098-D1100), Liu Yu passed the entrance examination. In the second year of the reign of Emperor Zhenghe (1112), he was appointed as a royal historian in the palace, and was attacked by an admonition officer. Emperor Huizong of Song did not want to expose his past scandalous behavior, and issued an imperial edict not to pursue the matter. Soon after, Liu Yu wrote several times about the Bureau of Rites, and Song Huizong said, "Liu Yu is a planter from Hebei, how can he understand the rites?" Liu Yu was relegated to the post of inspector of Jiangsu and Zhejiang. In the sixth year of Xuanhe (1124), he was sentenced to the State Prison, and was paid to be the Hebei Tidings.

Bending the knee to surrender to the Jin Dynasty

The Jin Dynasty invaded the Song Dynasty, and Liu Yu abandoned his post to avoid the chaos in Yizhen. Liu Yu was a good friend of Zhang Kou, the minister of the Central Committee, and in the first month of the second year of the Jianyan era (1128), Liu Yu was appointed governor of Jinan because of Zhang Kou's recommendation. At that time, Shandong thieves rise, Liu Yu do not want to go, request to change to a county in the southeast, the ruling hate him, not allowed, Liu Yu angrily went to the office. In the winter of the same year, the Jin army attacked Jinan, Liu Yu sent his son Liu Lin to fight, the Jin army heavily surrounded Jinan, deputy governor Zhang Cambodia reinforcements to help, the Jin army to withdraw. Jin took advantage of the opportunity to send people to persuade Liu Yu, Liu Yu remembered the previous hatred, so he plotted to rebel, kill his general Guan Sheng, rate the people to surrender to the Jin, the people did not follow, Liu Yu offered the city to surrender. Jianyan three years (1129 years) in March, Wan Yan Zongbi heard that Zhao Jiu has crossed the Yangtze River, he sent Liu Yu know Dongpingfu, Beijing East and West, Huainan and other roads to appease, the control of Daiming, Kaidefu, Pu, Bin, Bo, Dai, De, Cang and other states, Liu Lin for the Jinan governor, the south of the Yellow River, by the command of Liu Yu.

Ubiquitous name of the emperor

Jianyan four years (1130) July 27, the Jin Dynasty sent Datong Yin Gao Qingxu, know the system Han R sealed Liu Yu as emperor, the country's name of Daqi, the establishment of the capital of Da Mingfu. Earlier, Beijing Shunyu Gate grows a Ruihe, Jinan fishermen caught eels, Liu Yu thought this is his throne of the charm, so he sent Liu Lin with heavy gifts to bribe the gold left supervisor Wanyan Chang, requesting that he be crowned as emperor. Wanyan Chang agreed, sent to Liu Yu's department to ask the soldiers and civilians who should be established as the emperor, the people did not have time to answer, Liu Yu's fellow countryman Zhang Duan beyond the order to answer, requesting the establishment of Liu Yu, so it was decided to establish him, ordered Gao Qingxu, Han Rifang ready to seal ribbons and treasure book to enthrone him.

On the ninth day of the ninth month, Liu Yu assumed the throne as the pseudo-emperor, amnestied the territory, and followed the year of Jin, which was called the eighth year of Tianhui. Zhang Xiaochun as the prime minister, Li Xiaoyang as the left minister, Zhang Gan as the right minister, Li Companions for the supervision of the imperial censor, Zheng Yinian for the Ministry of Public Works, Wang Qiong for the Bianjing stay, his son Liu Lin for the Taizhongdafu, leading the troops and horses, and know the province of Jinan. Zhang Xiaochun began to defend Taiyuan, very loyal, Zhao Jiu because of Wang Yi and Zhang Xiaochun is a close friend, let him go to pacify Zhang Xiaochun, coincidentally, sent Wanyan Zonghan people from the cloud to send him back to Liu Yu, and then lost in the rebels.

Liu Yu back to Dongping, Dongping was promoted to Tokyo, Tokyo was changed to Bianjing, Nanjing was lowered to Guidefu. He took his brother Liu Yi as the governor of Beijing, and soon changed to the governor of Bianjing. He also downgraded Huaining, Yingchang and Xingren prefectures to prefectures. Since he was born in Jingzhou, served as governor of Jinan, controlled Dongping, and usurped the position of Daimyo, he recruited thousands of strong men from the above four counties and called them "children from the clouds". He issued a pseudo edict to ask for straight talk. In October, he made his mother Zhai the Empress Dowager and his concubine Qian the Empress. Qian, is the Xuanhe when the court, familiar with the palace, Liu Yu wanted to imitate the various rules of the palace, so she was established as queen. November, change the next year's year for Fuchang.

Perverse Acts

When Liu Yu did not have his own name, he sent people to persuade Shangguan Wu, the deputy governor of Tokyo, and bribed Qiao Sigong, a close friend of Shangguan Wu, to persuade Shangguan Wu to surrender to the Jin Dynasty, but Shangguan Wu killed them all. He also recruited Zhao Li, the governor of Chuzhou, to surrender to Jin, but Zhao Li beheaded his emissaries without reading his letters. He also sent Zhao Li's friend, Liu Park, who was a friend of Zhao Li, to say, "I am an old friend of yours." Zhao Li said, "I know that there is a ruler and father, but I do not know that there is an old friend." Put Liu meal account feed 2 Calamus leakage of Japanese mold and Rayon onion surging Ao staggers the Shinto, Liu Yu imprisoned him for a hundred days, he did not yield; and give him an official to do, he did not accept.

Liu Yu searched for the Song dynasty's royal family, and Yan Qi, who hid the Song dynasty's royal family, was beaten to death by Liu Yu. Enlisted Digonglang Wang Chong, Wang Chong did not arrive. Wenlin Lang Li Jiji and Yushi Order Yao Bangji both abandon their posts. Chaofeng Lang Zhao Jun to jiazi chronicle instead of writing Liu Yu year, Liu Yu also can not take him. Hong Hao had been trapped in the Jin Dynasty for a long time, and Wanyan Zongwang persuaded him to become an official for Liu Yu, but he refused and was exiled to Hao Leng Mountain. When the hermit Yin heard that Liu Yu called him, he fled to the valley and went far away from Shu. When Song Ruwei, the deputy envoy of Guoxin, urged Liu Yu to be loyal and righteous with a letter from Lu Yi Hao, Liu Yu said, "Haven't you seen Zhang Bangchang? It is already so, what more to say!" Xing Xizai, a scholar from Cangzhou, wrote a letter to Liu Yu requesting for friendship with Song and was killed. In the same month, Liu Yu set up a temple for Chen Dong and Ouyang Che in Guide, a double temple system like that of Zhang Pan and Xu Yuan in Tang Dynasty.

In May of the first year of Shaoxing (1131), Zhang Jun crushed and defeated Li Cheng, who fled to Liu Yu. Wang Youzhi, a great broker in Xiongzhou, had written to Liu Yu to pacify Li Cheng, saying that Liu Guangshi and Lu Yihao were not the generals of the country's middle class, but was later denounced, and an imperial edict was issued to interrogate him and punish him with a criminal law. In June, Liu Yu made Liu Lin the military governor and the left prime minister of Shangshu. He set up the Recruitment Department in Suzhou to tempt Song fugitives.

The Jin people registered Liu Yu, the Yellow River as the border, afraid of the two rivers area trapped in the enemy's territory of the people fleeing back, ordered a big search, some were sold to other countries, some escorted to the cloud, the actual defense Liu Yu. in October, Liu Yu invaded Song, sent general Wang Shichong rate of tomato, Han soldiers attack Luzhou, Luzhou minister Wang Heng lured beheading Wang Shichong, defeated his army. In November, the marshal Ye Mengde recruited and surrendered Liu Yu's general Wang Cai. False Qin Feng Shuai Guo Zhen invasion, Wang Yan, Guan Shi Gu defeated him. In the second month, the pseudo-Qin Feng's commander Guo Zhen invaded the country and Wang Yan and Guan Shigu defeated him.

In the second month of the second year of Shaoxing (1132), Dong Xian, the governor of Shangzhou, offered the states of Shang and Guo to rebel against Liu Yu. The court ordered Sang Zhong, the governor of Xiangyang, to punish Liu Yu for his crimes. The court ordered Sang Zhong to take charge of the military and horses in support of the capital city, and to review the situation and recover the states and counties captured by Liu Yu. Still ordered Henan Zhai Xing, Jingnan Xie Qian, Jin, Fang two states of Wang Yan, De'an Chen Gui, Herb, Huang two states of Kong Yan Zhou, Lu, Shou two states of Wang Heng mutual aid, do not miss the opportunity. In March, Sang Zhong was killed by his general Huo Ming, Emperor Gao Zong heard that, the two sons of Sang Zhong was authorized to be the generals Lang. When Zhai Xing, the governor of Henan Province, was stationed in Yiyang Mountain, Liu Yu thought it was a scourge and sent his men to beckon him to surrender and promised to grant him a royal title. Zhai Xing burned the fake edict and killed the fake envoy. Liu Yu then secretly collaborated with Yang Wei, one of Zhai Xing's subordinates, to seize Zhai Xing. Yang Wei killed Zhai Xing and surrendered to Liu Yu with Zhai Xing's head.

On the fifth day of the fourth month, Liu Yu moved the capital to Bianjing. He then enshrined the spirit of his ancestors in the Imperial Temple of Song Dynasty and honored his grandfather as Emperor Hui Zu Yi Wen and his father as Emperor Deng Zu Rui Ren. He personally sacrificed to heaven and earth. On that day, the storm wind rolled the flag, the roof tiles shook, and the people were afraid. Liu Yu gave a general amnesty in Bianjing and said to the people, "From now on, there will be no abusive amnesty, no use of eunuchs, and no monks and Taoists. There is no qualification for the mixed use of civil and military." At that time, the river, Huai, Shaanxi and Shandong were stationed with Jin soldiers, Liu Lin recruited more than 100,000 rural soldiers for the thirteen armies of the Imperial Household. In Henan, Bianjing respectively set up the sand officer, so that the two capitals of the mound tomb was excavated. The people are not happy with their lives.

In May, Liu Yu heard of Sang Zhong's death, and sent people to beckon Suizhou Li Dao and Dengzhou Li Heng to surrender, but they did not accept the surrender, so they captured Liu Yu's ambassadors to report to the court. The Emperor's ministers, Ling Tangzhuo, Li Gan, and Song Ru, the deputy envoy of Guoxin, stayed at the pseudo-court, and had planned to write a wax report about Liu Yu to the court, which was leaked, and Liu Yu killed Ling Tangzhuo and Li Gan. Liu Yu made Li Ye the right minister of Shangshu and Dong Xian the vanguard general of Henan Zhenfu Si (河南镇抚司都统制董先). In December, Li Heng, the Xiangyang governor, defeated Liu Yu's troops at Yangshi and ran to Ruzhou, where the fake defender Peng Wangji offered his city to surrender. Liu Yu sent Liu Kui to invade Shu with Jin Shuai Sa Li Hao. Liu Yu was advised by Xue Ci, a scholar, that he should make an early plan for the future and save his clan, but why should he be a rebel with his wife and children? Liu Yu was furious and wanted to kill him with his weapon, but he relied on Zhang Xiaochun to intercede, and only then was he spared.

Aiding the Golden Age

On the fourth day of the first month of the third year of Shaoxing (1133), Li Heng defeated the Yingshun army, and the pseudo-guardian Lan He surrendered. On the sixth day of the first lunar month, he defeated Liu Yu's army at Changge. On the eighth day of the first month, Li Heng led his troops to Yinchangfu, the pseudo-pacifier Zhao Bi defended the city, Li Heng attacked fiercely, Zhao Bi fled and recovered Yinchang. In March, Li Ji (李吉), the commander of Hennan Zhenfu Si (河南镇抚司), defeated Liang Jin (梁進), a general of Liu Yu (劉豫) at Yiyangtai (伊阳台), and Liang Jin was killed. In March, Liu Yu heard that Li Heng captured Yingchang and asked Jin for help. Wanyan Zongwang sent Wanyan Zongbi to reinforce him, and Liu Yu also sent Li Cheng with 20,000 men to intercept the Song army at Moumaoka, northwest of the capital. Li Heng was defeated and Yingchang fell. Li Heng's army was originally a group of thieves, brave but without military discipline, and when they defeated, they scrambled for their children's gold and silk, hence the defeat. In April, Guozhou fell. Xie Gao, the commander of the Zhenfu Division, pointed to his abdomen and said to the enemy: "This is my bare heart!" He disemboweled himself and died. Xie Gao was a native of Kaifeng. In the same month, Xu Wen, the defender of Mingzhou, arrived at Yancheng from the sea with 60 sea ships and more than 4,000 official troops under his command and surrendered to Liu Yu. Xu Wen said that the Song coast was undefended, and he could attack and take the two Zhejiang provinces. Liu Yu was so happy that he took Xu Wen to know Lai Zhou and added twenty sea ships for him to attack the Song army between Tong and Tai.

In May, the Song Dynasty sent Han Xiaozhu and Hu Songnian on a mission to Pseudo-Qi. Liu Yu wanted to meet them with the courtesy of summoning a courtier, but Han Xiao-hui said nothing, and Hu Song-nian said, "We are all Song courtiers." Then he arched his hand and bowed instead of kneeling, and Liu Yu could not make them yield. So he asked Zhao Jung how he was doing, and Hu Song Nian said, "Long live the Holy Lord." Asked Zhao Gong's intention, Hu Songnian said, "We must recover the old border." Liu Yu has a shameful color.

At this time, Liu Yu completely occupied the land of Liang and Wei, Zhai Cong stationed in Yiyang Fengniu Mountain, a lone army without help, broke out to Xiangyang. On October 18th, the thief general Li Cheng captured Dengzhou, which was defended by Qi An; on the 22nd, he captured Xiangyang, Li Heng fled to Jingnan, and Li Dao, who knew Suizhou, abandoned the city and fled. Li Cheng occupied Xiangyang, to Wang Song know Suizhou. On the 23rd, captured Ying state, the defenders Li Jian fled, Liu Yu ordered Jing Chao know Ying state. Wang Yanxian led troops from Bozhou to Shouchun, and will advance to Jiangnan. Liu Guangshi garrisoned Jiankang, guarding the Majiadu, sent Li Qiong rate of troops stationed in Wuwei army, for Hao, Shou solidarity, pseudo-Qi troops only retreat.

In December, the Jin Dynasty sent Li Yongshou, Wang Yiyi to hire. Li Yongshou and other indulgent arrogance, requesting the release of Liu Yu's prisoners and the Northwest people living in Jiangnan, but also to cut the land north of the river to Liu Yu. Supervisor of the Guangzhou salt tax Wu Shen petitioned for the crusade against Liu Yu, said: "Although the Jin people are powerful, the actual is not worth worrying about, although the rebel Liu Yu is weak, really can worry about. Now the enemy envoys in the court, should be openly agree to their conditions and secretly seek them, while they do not suspect, can be a battle and captured Liu Yu."

Gan for the front pawn

Shaoxing four years (1134) in the first month, Hanlin scholar Qi Chongli said: "Liu Yu father and son rely on the Jin people, and Li Yongshou, etc. is from Liu Yu that, drawing the river as a boundary must be Liu Yu's idea. Look at his treacherous plot, is spying on our territory. I'm afraid that has been envoy, the human condition will be slack, should warn the generals and commanders to guard the border more strictly. Even if the peace negotiation is successful, also can not relax the defense." Soon, the court sent zhang yi envoy gold. To the cloud, Wanyan Zongwang answer letter does not allow the Song garrison in Huainan, Zhang Yi did not yield, back when passing through Bianjing, Liu Yu wanted to stay him, he used a scheme to get away. Xiehe road horse foot army chief Guan Shigu in Zuo Yao Ling and Liu Yu army battle failed, so surrendered to Liu Yu. The whole area of Tao and Min was occupied by Liu Yu.

In February, Liu Yu Ce jinshi. In May, the Shouchun Luoxing rebel surrendered Liu Yu. Shu, herbs and other state commissioner Yue Fei recaptured Xiangyang, Li Cheng fled, and soon recaptured Tangzhou. In June, Yue Fei recaptured Suizhou and beheaded Wang Song, the pseudo-guard of Suizhou, in Xiangyang. In July, he recaptured Dengzhou. When Liu Yu heard that Yue Fei had captured Xiang and Deng, he asked Jin for help. Liu Yu was delighted when Luo Lian, the pseudo Fengshilang, reported his plan to go on a southward expedition. Liu Yu snatched 500 civilian boats and loaded them with war equipment, and claimed to attack Dinghai with Xu Wen as the vanguard. in September, Liu Yu under the pseudo-zhao, "mixed a six" words, sent his son Liu Lin invasion of Song, and lured the Jin people Wanyan Zongfu, Wanyan Chang, Wanyan Zongbi Road south invasion, infantry from Chu, Cheng into the army, cavalry from Sizhou run Chuzhou. And sent pseudo-knowledge of the Privy Council Lu Wei to the Jin Emperor Wanyan Sheng please troops, Wanyan Sheng called the generals to discuss, Wanyan Zongwang, Wanyan Xiyin opposition, only Wanyan Zongfu that can be. So to complete Yan Zongfu right left vice marshal, complete Yan Chang right vice marshal, transfer Bohai, Han army 50,000 support Liu Yu. Because Wu Shu had crossed the Yangtze River and was familiar with the terrain, he was allowed to be the vanguard. Liu Yu used Liu Lin to lead the Southeastern Road as the Shangshu Order. Song Dynasty was shocked. Some advised Zhao Gong to go elsewhere. Zhao Ding said, "It is not too late to leave when we do not win the battle with the enemy." Zhang Jun said, "Where to avoid the enemy?" It was then decided to march in person. On the 26th, Liu Yu's army and the Jin army crossed the Huaihu River on separate routes, Fan Xu, the defender of Chushu, abandoned the city and fled, and Han Shizhong, the prefect of the Huai Dong Xuandao, retreated from Chengzhou to protect Zhenjiang.

On the first day of October, Zhang Jun was ordered to reinforce Han Shizhong, and Liu Guangshi moved to Jiankang. Han Shizhong back to Yangzhou. Rise Zhang Joon as a reader, 13th, Han Shizhong war in Daiyi, 14th, Xieyuan war in Chengzhou, both won. On the 21st, Liu Yu's notice contained words about spying on Jiangnan. On the 23rd, the emperor set out from Lin'an. On the seventh day of the eleventh month, he issued an imperial edict against Liu Yu, only to enumerate Liu Yu's evils. The Song army was so energized that they wanted to cross the river to fight with the pseudo-Qi army. Zhao Ding said, "Retreating is not possible, and crossing the river is not a good plan. Liu Yu has not yet come in person, how can your majesty fight with the rebellious fledglings?" The generals Wang Shisheng and Zhang Qi recaptured the South Shouchun Prefecture and captured the pseudo governor Wang Jing. On December 18th, Yue Fei sent his generals Niu Gao and Xu Qing to defeat the Jin army in Luzhou. On the 26th, the Jin Dynasty retreated and sent an envoy to inform Liu Lin, who threw away his provisions and fled at night.

In the first month of the fifth year of Shaoxing (1135), Li Qiong, a general of Huaixi, recaptured Guangzhou, and Xu Yao, a pseudo-guardian, surrendered. In July, Liu Yu abolished the Mingtang and turned it into the Lecture Hall, which was stormed for days. In August, he captured Guangzhou. In October, Liu Yu ordered the people to sell their sons and pay taxes according to the commercial tax law, i.e., according to the amount of money they sold. Liu Yu presented the charts of the sea lanes and models of warships to Jin Xizong Wanyan.

In the first month of the sixth year of Shaoxing (1136), Liu Yu gathered troops in Huaiyang, and Han Shizhong led his army to hurry up the siege. The defenders raised the alarm six times in a row, and Wanyan Zongbi and Liu Geibi combined their forces to come to their aid, but all of them were defeated by Han Shizhong. In June, Liu Yu built Liu Long Cheng to observe the movement of Huaixi, but it was broken by Wang Shisheng, who captured Hua Zhigang and captured his men and returned. In September, Liu Yu dismissed the coastal market. Zhang Xiaochun said to Liu Yu, "I heard that the southern people have been building ships for a long time, and once they come north with the wind, it will be unfavorable to me." Liu Yu was afraid, so he stopped the market.

Liu Yu heard of Zhao Jiu's expedition, to the Wanyan emergency, leading the three provinces, Wanyan Zongpan said: "The late emperor set up Liu Yu, is the hope that Liu Yu to open up the border to protect the territory, I can press the troops to rest the people. Now Liu Yu can't get in, can't retreat to defend, soldier even trouble knot, rest indefinitely. Sending reinforcements is Liu Yu benefit, but actually I suffer from the disadvantage, how can I agree with him?" Wanyan replied to Liu Yu to let him do his own thing, and temporarily sent Wanyan Zongbi to lead the troops in Liyang to see the opportunity to act.

So Liu Yu to Liu Lin led the Southeast Road, the Shangshu Ling, Li Ye for the right executive of the line, Feng Changning for the line of the Ministry of households, Xu Qingshen for the army and horses, Li Cheng, Kong Yanzhou, Guan Shigu for the generals, the organization of the 300,000 militia, divided into three invasion of the Song Dynasty, Liu Lin led the middle road soldiers, Shouchun into the attack of Luju, Liu Geibi rate of the east road soldiers, take the road of the Zijing Mountain out of the vortex mouth into the invasion of Dingyuan; the west road soldiers run to the state of the attack of Lu'an, by Kong Yanzhou. The west road went to Guangzhou to attack Lu'an under the command of Kong Yanzhou. In October, Liu Geib's army was stopped by Han Shizhong and returned to Shunchang. Liu Lin's army crossed the Huaihe River from the western part of the city by building three pontoon bridges. 100,000 thieves were stationed between Hao and Shou. Zhang Jun, the governor of Jiangdong, resisted the enemy and ordered all Song troops in western Huaixi to listen to Zhang Jun. Yang Yizhong, the commander of the palace, was ordered to go to Sizhou to meet with Zhang Jun. By the time Yang Yizhong arrived at Haozhou, Liu Guangshi had already given up Hefei. Zhang Jun sent people to the night to Cai Shi said to Liu Guangshi ": there is a dare to cross the Jiangnan beheading." Liu Guangshi had no choice but to return to Luzhou to echo Yang Yizhong. Commander Wang De and Li Qiong marched out from Anfeng, met the three enemy generals and defeated them. Tens of thousands of Liu Geibi's army crossed Dingyuan and tried to run to Xuanhua to invade Jiankang. Yang Yizhong met Liu Geibi's army at Yuejiafang and defeated the pseudo-Qi army. He also met them at Lotus Pond and defeated the pseudo-Qi army. Liu Gei fled, and when Liu Lin heard about it, he also escaped by pulling out a hut, and there were soldiers in Liu Lin's army who hanged themselves after writing down their hometowns and names, and Liu Yu lost his heart because of this. When the Jin people heard of Liu Lin's defeat, they blamed Liu Yu for his sins and started to think of abolishing Liu Yu. When Liu Yu realized this, he asked Liu Lin to be the crown prince to spy on the Jin's intention. The Jin replied to Liu Yu, "Take your time, you should send people to inquire and seek the opinion of the people of Henan."

In the spring of the seventh year of Shaoxing (1137), Liu Yu curated a scholar and sent spies to set fire to Liu Guangshi's warehouse in Huaidian. In February, he also burned Zhenjiang. Liu Yu was frustrated since the defeat of Liu Lin. The people under Liu Yu's rule in the Central Plains were looking forward to the Song army every day. In March, Zhao Jiu entered Jiankang. In August, the commander Li Qiong captured Lu Zhi and led 30,000 soldiers to surrender to Liu Yu, and soon killed Lu Zhi. Liu Yu was very happy to hear of Li Qiong's surrender and received him at the Wende Hall, where he was given the title of the minister of the Jingnan Army and the title of the governor of Hongzhou. Li Qiong persuaded Liu Yu to invade the Song Dynasty, and Liu Yu once again asked Jin for reinforcements, saying that Li Qiong wanted to serve in person. The Jin Dynasty was afraid that Liu Yu's army was too large and difficult to control, and wanted to get rid of him by a trick, so they lied that Li Qiong's surrender might be fraudulent, and ordered Liu Yu to disband Li Qiong's army.

Death of Liu Yu

The Jin Dynasty had already intended to depose Liu Yu, and Liu Yu also increasingly requested troops from the Jin people, so the Jin Dynasty took the female Jin wanhu Shuangbak as the marshalship of the left capital supervisor of the army in Taiyuan, and took the Bohai wanhu Dahtarbu as the right capital supervisor of the army in Hezhang. So the province of Shangshu bounced that Liu Yu had no achievement in ruling the country and should be abolished. On November 18, Jin abolished Liu Yu as the king of Shu.

Earlier, Wanyan Xian made Wanyan Chang and Wanyan Zongbi say that they invaded south to Bian, tricked out Liu Lin to Wucheng, commanded the cavalry to encircle and capture Liu Lin from both sides, and then ran into the city. Liu Yu is Lecture Hall archery, Wanyan Zongbi rate three cavalry burst into the East China Gate, dismounted and grabbed his hand, together to Xuande Gate, forced him to ride on the won horse, both sides of the people exposed sharp edges to hostage him, was imprisoned in jinmingchi. On the next day, he summoned all the officials to declare an imperial edict to rebuke Liu Yu, surrounded the palace gate with thousands of iron cavalry, sent a small school to patrol the streets and alleys, and threatened to say, "From now on, I will not issue you soldiers, will not charge you money for free traveling, will kill for you people who look like fierce beasts, and will invite your old master, the young emperor, to come here." So the people's hearts were a little stabilized. In Bian, he set up the Hsingtai Shangshu Province, with Zhang Xiaochun as the left prime minister of Hsingtai. False Prime Minister Zhang Ang became the governor of Meng Zhou, Li Ye knew Dai Zhou, and Li Cheng, Kong Yanzhou, Li Qiong, and Guan Shigu were also governors of one county each. The female realist Hu Shahu was appointed as the governor of Bianjing, and Li Companions were appointed as the deputy governors. All the armies made the soldiers return to agriculture, and the palace people could get married. The government has also gotten more than 1.2 million taels of gold, more than 16 million taels of silver, more than 900,000 ducats of rice, 2.7 million pieces of silk, and more than 9,870,000 coins of money.

Liu Yu begged and said, "Our father and son have nothing to apologize to the Great Jin." Wanyan Chang said: "Once upon a time, Zhao's young emperor left the capital, the people have self-immolation to death, the sound of sobbing can be heard near and far. Now you have been abolished, no one has pity on you, how can you not blame yourself?" Liu Yu had no answer and forced him to go, and he expressed his willingness to live in the mansion of Han Qi in Xiangzhou, which was allowed. Later, he was moved to Linxiang with his son Liu Lin, and Jin named Liu Yu as the king of Cao and gave him fields to make him live.

On the time of Liu Yu's death, the "Song History" and "Jin History" records are different, the "Song History" records that Liu Yu died in June of the thirteenth year of Shaoxing (1143, three years of the Jin Huangtong), and was abolished when he was sixty-five years old. The Jin Shi records Liu Yu's death in the sixth year of Huangtong (1146).

Government Initiatives

After the establishment of the puppet regime of Liu Yu's pseudo-Qi Dynasty, he followed the will of the Jin Dynasty, practiced political brutality and oppression, economically amassed wealth, and militarily assisted the Jin Dynasty in attacking the Southern Song Dynasty.

Politics

Liu Yu in order to maintain the existence of the puppet regime of pseudo-Qi, in accordance with the ruling methods of the Jin Dynasty, the townships and fortresses, five for the insurance, recommended the landlord for the fortress long, double Ding who went to war, single Ding is the night patrol, try the bow and horse, such as those who are qualified to make up for the regular army. Each transfer of a person, with the four families are prepared clothing, food, equipment, armor, etc., the government has no cost.

"Jin Guo Zhi" Volume 32 "Qi Liu Yu biography" contains: "Yu Palace concubines more than a hundred people, pregnant body of nine. His son Lin, servant girl hundred and twenty people. Father and son are outside to show thrift, and inside for the obscene."

Liu Yu regime, there are many people because of the dedication of the daughter, dedication of the wife and the protection of the official, because into the sister, into the sister and get sent, such as Gao Li Zhi and so on. There are even more such as Lian Gongzhu, to serve Lin with his daughter. Lin and two people into Liu Yu, and then used Lian Gongzhu to supervise the material warehouse. There was a man named Sustainability, whose corruption was exposed, so he offered his daughter to Liu Yu, who thought that it was better to appoint the one who had merits than the one who had faults. So he promoted Sustainability to the position of "Gold Angel", and was appointed as the governor of Shaanxi.

Military

Liu Yu's regime, in order to cooperate with the Jin's master plan of destroying the Southern Song Dynasty, desperately gathered troops and recruited the bandits in the south of the Yangtze River to form the puppet army of twelve armies. To Li Qiong, Li Cheng, Kong Yanzhou, Xu Wen and other group of thieves to strengthen the pseudo-Qi military force, especially after the gold of Shaanxi to Liu Yu, more strengthened the pseudo-Qi military force.

Liu Yu in Shaoxing five years (1135 years) in the first month and Shaoxing six years (1136 years) in September, twice with troops to attack the Southern Song Dynasty, with a signing army of 200,000, called 700,000, divided into three ways to the south of the invasion, by his son, Liu Lin army, by Shouchun, the invasion of Hefei, from the army of Kong Yanzhou from the light of the state to attack the Liu An. Liu Ni, Liu Yu's nephew, commanded his army to attack Tingyuan from Tingkou and tend to Xuanhua. As a result, on October 4, Liu Yu's army was first defeated in Anfeng; on October 8, Liu Ni's army was defeated in Dingyuan; on October 11, Liu Lin's army was defeated in Luzhou. This time, Liu Yu's army lost 7,000 vehicles, more than 700 boats, lost weapons and armor, money and military supplies such as gold and silver rewards, can not be counted. Liu Yu still did not give up, and tried every possible means to persuade the Jin regime to attack the Southern Song Dynasty. Shaoxing seven years (1137) in August, Liu Yu sent the Ministry of households, Han Yuanying to the gold to ask for troops to attack the Song Dynasty, in September, and sent the Ministry of households, Feng Changning again to the gold to ask for the attack on the Song Dynasty, the Jin Dynasty did not agree.

Economy

Liu Yu to meet the needs of the pseudo-Qi ruling group and the rule of Jin, accept the request of the Minister of the Household, Feng Changning, the establishment of the "tithe law". The tithe law is to collect one tenth of the people's annual income for the tax, which is the heavier tax in history. In addition to the tithe law, there are a wide variety of names, a variety of miscellaneous taxes, "the convergence and the flotsam, cut to vegetables and fruits, where the folk vegetables and gardens of the field, are divided into three seasons of tax. Even the graves of the people had to be dug up in order to collect the burial goods in the coffins. The people in the four territories, no matter male or female, old or young, did not pay taxes every day. The people under the rule of Pseudo-Qi lived an extremely miserable life, while Liu Yu lived a life of corruption to the core.

Historical Evaluation

Yu Yan Zong Pan: Yu can not be taken into the retreat can not be defended, the soldiers even the disaster knot, the rest has no time.

Tuo Tuo: The position of the ruler and the minister, such as the crown and sandals fixed points, can not be changed in a moment. The five seasons of chaos, program net slack A peony Taizong, slow desecration of God's weapon, inverted the crown and sandals, aid in the establishment of Shi Jin, to ministers to change the king, the universe since one of the great changes. Jin people follow suit, and Zhang Bunchang, Liu Yu thing out of it. Although bonchan is not the heart, to death, who said it is not. Yu multiply the time by mere profit, the Jin people want to rely on as a merit, is not there is a reason to do so. Tart lazy first recommended Liu Yu, after Shaanxi, Henan to Song, depending on the casual, the beginning of no solid will to deal with this also. The first time I saw this, I was so happy to see it. I was so happy to see it, and I was so happy to see it!

Anecdotal References Yue Fei's Counter-Interference

When Song and Qi are at war, Yue Fei's subordinates capture a secret agent of the Jin army. Yue Fei decided to use the spy to carry out a counter-plan. He ordered the spy to be brought to the hall and interrogated in person. Instead of torturing him, he pretended to be mistaken. After the spy was brought in, Yue Fei asked: "Aren't you the Zhang Bin that our army sent to Liu Yu? Let you agreed to Liu Yu with a plan to lure catch Jin Woodruff, how do you delay to come back? I later sent people to Liu Yu to inquire about the situation, Liu Yu has promised to and Jin Wuzhu *** with the Yangtze River as bait, in the Qinghe will be captured alive. You even a go no news, to now be captured back, what is the intention? Still not quick to tell the truth!" The Jin Dynasty secret agent was afraid of being killed by Yue Fei and obediently pretended that he was Zhang Bin. Yue Fei then wrote a letter, the letter said with Liu Yu **** plan to capture the Jin Woodruff's plan, and used wax to seal the envelope, handed over to the secret agent. He also instructed him to be careful on the road, and must deliver the letter safely to Liu Yu without fail. The Jin secret agent said that he wanted to pay for his sins and hoped that the Great General would forgive him.

This secret agent naturally ran quickly back to the Jin camp and gave the letter written by Yue Fei to Wanyan Zongbi. After seeing the letter, Wanyan Zongbi's cynicism and suspicion of Liu Yu deepened. He immediately rushed to Wanyan's place and made a report. The first time I saw this, I was able to see the whole world, and I was able to see the whole world, and I was able to see the whole world.

Hundred days of trouble

At first, the Qi land many times strange things, a lord in the back of the garden, a dragon shook Xuan De door destroyed "Xuan De" two words, a star in the plains town fell. The insightful person thought that there would be a disaster in less than a hundred days, and Liu Yu killed him in anger. Soon, Liu Yu was really abolished.

Family Members

Grandfather: Liu Zhong, whom Liu Yu honored as Qi Huizu

Father: Liu Xuan, whom Liu Yu honored as Qi Yan

Mother: Zhai, whom Liu Yu honored as Empress Dowager

Spouse: Empress Qian

Brother: Liu Yi

Son: Liu Lin

Nephew: Liu Ni.

Historical Records

The History of the Song Dynasty - Volume 475 - Legends 234

The History of the Jin Dynasty - Volume 77 - Legends 15

Artistic Image In the novels "Water Margin", "The Story of Yue", "The Knot Dangkou Zhi", and the Peking Opera "Three Thieves", Liu Yu appears as an antagonist. Liu Yu appeared as an antagonist.