When Liu Shao killed Liu Yilong and Liu Jun attacked Liu Shao, and the whole Liu Song Dynasty was in chaos, why didn't Northern Wei take advantage of the opportunity to go south to take advantage of the fire and robbery, what was Tuoba Mao busy with? Such an opportunity was missed.
Not to mention whether Tuoba Mao had the ambition to expand the territory like his grandfather, the actual conditions at that time did not allow it, and the Northern Wei Dynasty fought two battles with Liu Song in succession (that is, the second and third Northern Expeditions of Yuan Jia), and also needed to strike and recuperate. Although Tuoba Mao used high-pressure means to purge a number of ministers after he took the throne, this did not completely calm the Northern Wei, and there was still an undercurrent within the Northern Wei.
In November of the first year of Xing'an (452 AD, the twenty-ninth year of Liu Song Yuanjia), before Tuoba Liang's throne was hot, Jingwen, the king of Longxi Tu, chose to rebel against the Northern Wei court, and Tuoba Mao ordered the general of Wancheng Town, Tuoba Huishou, the king of Nanyang, and the grand official of the outer capital Wan Niu Yuba (Yu Luoba) to oversee the suppression of the rebellion. This Wan Niu yu is not small, and his father is the black sentry general Wan Niu Yu Li Li (Yu Li Ling), who even Liu Yu is jealous of. Soon this small rebellion was put down, but it also seemed to indicate that northern Wei and Tuoba Mao would not face less trouble.
In order to appease the hearts of the people, in the first month of the second year of Xing'an (453 AD, the 30th year of Liu Song Yuanjia), Tuoba Mao promoted Sikong Du Yuanbao to the title of King of Jingzhao, but at the same time his father Du Qi, the King of Guangping, died. The status of the Du family in the Northern Wei Dynasty is not simple, why do you say so? Du Wei is Du Chao's younger brother, and Du Chao is Tuoba Si's concubine Du Shi, and Du Fei has another son, it is Tuoba Tao, so the status of the Du family can be imagined. Du Yuanbao also relied on this relationship to move the general of Zhenxi, and Tuoba Mao served as a sikong after he took the throne.
Along with Du Yuanbao, tuoba chong' son Tuoba Li was crowned king, and he was made the king of Jinan. Tuoba Li was crowned king more because of Tuoba Chong's merits. Tuoba Chong, a great-grandson of the Northern Wei ancestor Tuoba Shiyi, was a calm and loyal man who was favored by Tuoba Tao. He served as a state assassin and achieved outstanding political achievements during this period. He also consulted Rouran many times with Tuoba Tao, and his military merits were not small.
It is understandable that such an old minister, Tuoba Mao, wants to make a roundup. But Du Yuanbao obviously did not buy it, perhaps because he felt that Tuoba Liang was young, so in February of this year, Du Yuanbao decided to rebel, for which he constantly wooed Tuoba Chong, Tuoba Li father and son. However, his plot did not succeed, Du Yuanbao was eventually sentenced to death, and Tuoba Chong, Tuoba Li's father and son were also implicated by Du Yuanbao and were given to commit suicide. It was also in this month that a major change broke out in Liu Shao's father's usurpation of the throne, but Tuoba Mao had just experienced Du Yuanbao's incident, and naturally did not dare to risk using troops.
Perhaps because the dprk was too much trouble, or to strengthen its rule, in the following months, Tuoba Mao began several inspections of Northern Wei territory, and in July of that year, Tuoba Mao went to Yinshan. Who expected that there were discordant factors within the Northern Wei Dynasty, and this time it was Tuoba Ren, the great general of the Northern Wei Dynasty and the king of Yongchang. Tuoba Ren was the son of Tuoba Jian, the king of Yongchangzhuang, and the nephew of Tuoba Tao. Tuoba Jian was an important general during the Tuoba Tao period and the first minister to destroy Northern Liang. Tuoba Ren was also brave and good at war, quite his father's style, and made great contributions to northern Wei.
Perhaps the father and son have made great contributions, and seeing that Tuoba Lian is too young, Tuoba Ren also began to be foolish, so he contacted the king of Puyang, Lu Ruowen, and prepared to plot a rebellion. The result was similar to Du Yuanbao, Tuoba Ren's rebellion was not successful, and on July 1, Tuoba Lian gave Tuoba Ren a suicide in Chang'an, and Lu Ruowen was directly executed.
After Tuoba Ren's death, his wives and concubines were escorted to Pingcheng Palace to become palace maidens, including One of whom was Li Shi, the daughter of Li Fangshu, the taishou of Liu Song Jiyin. As a result, once when Tuoba Mao climbed the White Building, he saw Li Shi and thought that she looked very beautiful, so he asked the people around him, "Is this woman beautiful?" Everyone around me replied that it was beautiful. Tuoba Li then went down the stairs and met Li Shi in the side room, and soon after Li Shi became pregnant.
In the third year of Xing'an (454 AD, the first year of Liu Song's filial piety), on the day of the seventh month (the fifth day of the first month), Li gave birth to a son, tuoba mao named him Tuoba Hong (Tuoba Hong's father). For the birth of his eldest son, Tuoba Mao was very happy, announced the amnesty of the world, and changed the yuan Xingguang.