Liu Yu was born in the first year of the reign of Emperor Xingning of the Jin Dynasty, and was the twenty-second grandson of Liu Jiao, the prince of Chu Yuan, the younger brother of Liu Bang, the ancestor of Han Gaozu. At that time, his family was poor, and his mother died of illness shortly after giving birth to Liu Yu, and his father Liu Qiao, because his family was poor and could not afford to support him, once planned to abandon him, but fortunately his aunt helped him to survive.
Portrait of Liu Yu
When Liu Yu grew up, he was known for serving his stepmother filial piety and was extraordinary. When he was 15 years old (379 AD), he met the first nobleman in his life was his father-in-law Cao Zangjun, who was the county gong at the time, at that time, Liu Yu was shouting and selling straw shoes on the street (alas, selling straw shoes, limited edition straw shoes, pure handmade, Tong Shu is not deceived, don't miss it when he walks by), Zang Jun saw Liu Yu and looked at this young man at the first sight. Just smiled and squinted in front of Liu Yu, Liu Yu was seen as straight hair, and hurriedly stooped down: "I don't know what the adults are looking for me for?" "Is it okay to be my son-in-law?" Without waiting for Liu Yu to speak, he pulled Liu Yu home, and on the road, while walking, he praised how virtuous and beautiful his daughter was.
When I saw that my fiancée Zang Aiqin was surprised and happy, and I was happy that since there were giants who looked at themselves (I could eat soft rice immediately, oh no, I could get rich right away), but I thought that my poor jingle had nothing, how could I encounter such a good thing? Isn't there something wrong with him? After thinking about this clearly, Liu Yu immediately knelt down and begged: "Adult Mingjian, the boy's family is poor, there are still old mothers and two younger brothers to raise, there is really no money to marry a wife." Zang Jun had already seen his thoughts and laughed: "Although you are poor now, I think you have an extraordinary temperament." In the future, with my help, it will become a big thing in the future, so I will marry my daughter to you, and as for all the money for marriage, my Zang family has come out. ”
Liu Yu exhaled: "It turns out to be so." Zang Aiqin was just 18 years old when he married Liu Yu, and after marrying, he was indeed as his father-in-law said that he was virtuous and virtuous, when Liu Yu's family was really poor and there was an old mother and two younger brothers. Only Liu Yu went up the mountain to cut firewood and woven straw shoes to sell in exchange for a few dollars. But how much can this be exchanged, how to feed this family of five, and have to rely on Zang Aiqin's dowry to make a living.
Maybe it is a young maniac, Liu Yu is good at gambling when he is young. One day, because of the huge gambling debts owed outside, he was caught by the creditor Diao Kui, and he was almost beaten to death, but this person, there is a destiny is to have luck and luck, hey, I didn't expect Liu Yu's second nobleman to appear, this person was Wang Mi, the grandson of the prime minister Wang Dao at that time. Wang Mi was a guest at Diao Kui's house at that time, and when he saw Liu Yu being beaten up without saying a word, he had a heart of love for Cai. HelpEd Liu Yu pay off all his gambling debts. Liu Yu, who had made a bad decision, planned to change his former wrongs, so he bid farewell to his wife and daughter under the recommendation of Wang Mi and defected to Sun Wu, the champion general of the Northern Province at that time.
At this time, Liu Yu was 36 years old, but since Liu Yu surrendered, it was as if he had opened a hanging, he was victorious in every battle, and he had made many miracles. In the fifth year of Long'an (402 AD), Sun En rebelled, but was repeatedly defeated by Liu Yu, and was finally forced to throw himself into the sea and die. Later, huan xuan, the emperor of Huanchu, was killed in order to support the Jin dynasty, huan xuan was a powerful minister of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the son of Sima Huanwen, and the duke of NanJun, known as "Huannan County". He successively eliminated Yin Zhongkan and Yang Qi, removed the father and son of the ruling Sima Daozi, held the power of the dynasty, and in the first year of the tycoon (403 AD), he coerced Emperor An of Jin to take the throne and establish Huan Chu. He was later attacked by Liu Yu and finally killed by Feng Qian, the governor of Yizhou, at the age of 36.
In the fifth year of Yixi (409 AD), the Southern Yan Emperor Murong Chao took the throne and wreaked havoc in Huaibei. Liu Yu sent troops to fight against Southern Yan, and in the sixth year of Yixi, Southern Yan was destroyed, and Murong Chao was escorted back to the division and beheaded in the streets of Jiankang. In the ninth year of Yixi (413 AD), he was surrounded by liu yu's army and successfully destroyed the Shu regime. In the twelfth year of Yixi (416 AD), Liu Yubei destroyed Yao Hong of Qin, and Later Qin was a regime established by the Qiang people.
Because of the huge military industry, Liu Yu's position in the DPRK was incomparably prominent. However, Liu Yu was not satisfied with the status quo of being a subject, so in the fifteenth year of Yixi (419 AD), Liu Yu assigned Wang Shaozhi to kill the bedridden Emperor An of Jin, and then installed his brother Sima Dewen as emperor, and a year later Liu Yu forced Sima Dewen to give way to himself, Liu Yu declared himself emperor of Jin, and the Eastern Jin Dynasty fell, and he changed the name of the country to "Song". After Liu Yu took the throne, he learned the lessons of his predecessors and made many measures, laying a solid foundation for the "rule of YuanJia". He was praised by the Ming Dynasty philosopher Li Zhenzhi as "the king of the chaos and rejuvenation".