In June of the second year of Yuanxi (420), Liu Yu was proclaimed emperor on behalf of Jin, and Emperor Sima Dewen of Jin was reduced to the king of Lingling, and the Eastern Jin Dynasty perished.
To be honest, Sima Dewen was still very happy to learn the news of his imminent abdication, after all, the Eastern Jin Dynasty has been established for a hundred years, and almost no emperor has real power, and he was cautious when he was in power, and he was persecuted by the ministers if he was not satisfied.
Now that he can abdicate, he no longer has to worry about it all day, besides, the emperors who were previously on the throne were treated well, such as Emperor Liu Xie of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Cao Huan of Wei Yuan, Liu Chan, the queen of Shu, and Sun Hao, the late Emperor of Wu, etc., all had a good life in the Jin Dynasty.
Therefore, Sima Dewen felt that after Liu Yu became emperor, he would also live a very comfortable life.
At first, Liu Yu was really good to Sima Dewen, and his Zhengshuo, driving, and clothes were all according to the specifications of the Jin Dynasty.
Liu Yu is old enough to have a son, and he knows by looking at his daughter's names Liu Xingdi, Liu Rongnan, and Liu Xinnan that he longs for a son
But soon, Liu Yu had murderous intentions, it turned out that Liu Yu was too poor to marry a daughter-in-law, and he did not give birth to several sons until he was middle-aged, so when it was time to become emperor, Liu Yu's eldest son Liu Yifu was only fifteen years old.
Compared with the Sima family after the usurpation of the throne, Liu Yu's own family is too weak, obviously, it is not conducive to the Liu family's continued control of the imperial court, and Liu Yu is also afraid that someone will use Sima Dewen to make trouble, so in desperation, he can only poison Sima Dewen.
At this point, Liu Yu started the viciousness of the slaughter of the royal family of the previous dynasty.
Of course, Liu Yu killed more than Sima Dewen, Emperor Sima Dezong of Jin An, Huan Xuan of Huan Chu, Murong Chao of Southern Yan, Qian Zong of Western Shu, and Yao Hong of Later Qin all died directly or indirectly at the hands of Liu Yu.
I don't know if it's Sima Dewen's curse before he died, after Liu Yu's death, a group of descendants continued to fight for the throne, and slaughtering the clan was commonplace, even if the Liu family could survive again, it would not be able to catch up with the sharp butcher's knife.
Maybe there is really a curse, when Liu Song perished, there was only one descendant of Liu Yu, and he still fled to the Northern Wei Dynasty.
Liu Song was the largest dynasty in the territory of the Southern Dynasties
Liu Yu: Seven sons, six heirs
Liu Yu had a total of seven sons during his lifetime, namely Liu Yifu, Liu Yizhen, Liu Yilong, Liu Yikang, Liu Yigong, Liu Yixuan, and Liu Yiji, among which the eldest Liu Yifu was appointed as the crown prince.
Considering that Liu Yifu was too young, Liu Yu arranged for four auxiliary ministers to assist, but not long after his death, the four auxiliary ministers joined forces to depose Liu Yifu.
As for the reason, it is natural that Liu Yifu grew up, and together with his second brother Liu Yizhen, he wanted to take back the imperial power, but several auxiliary ministers refused, first killed Liu Yizhen, and then abolished Liu Yifu, and welcomed Liu Yilong as the emperor, which was for Emperor Wen of Song.
During the reign of Emperor Wen of Song, Liu Song reached prosperity, but because of the abolition of the crown prince, he was killed by the crown prince Liu Shao and died.
The reign of Emperor Wen of Song was the first prosperous era of the Southern Dynasty
The fourth Liu Yikang, because he was in charge of the government with Emperor Wen of Song, was suspicious of Emperor Wen of Song and was abolished and killed by Emperor Wen of Song.
The fifth Liu Yigong conspired to abolish the emperor during the period of the former Song Dynasty, and was dismembered by Liu Ziye, the former emperor of the Song Dynasty.
The sixth Liu Yixuan also died unexpectedly, and after quelling Liu Shao's rebellion, he wanted to rebel, and died in prison after failure.
The only one who died well was Liu Yiji, the seventh child, but when he saw Liu Yikang being abolished and killed by Emperor Wen of Song, he knew that he was also suspicious, and he drank all day long, so he died well.
And in this prince, Liu Yifu was too young when he was abolished and killed, and he had no descendants;
Liu Yizhen: He also had no sons, but Emperor Wen of Song arranged his fifth son Liu Shao as his heir, and several of his sons were killed in the civil strife of Liu and Song, so Liu Yizhen was an heir;
Liu Yikang: He had three sons, but he died in Liu Shao's rebellion and had no heirs;
Liu Yigong: There are many sons, there are sixteen sons, but twelve died in Liu Shao's rebellion, four were killed by Liu Ziye, and they were also extinct;
Liu Yixuan: He can also give birth, he has more sons, there are eighteen, but they all died in Liu Yixuan's rebellion and are no heirs;
Liu Yiji: Although he didn't make trouble, he only had one son, and his son gave birth to two grandsons, of which the younger grandson was killed in a rebellion during the Song Shun Emperor, and Liu Yiji's family was also extinct.
It can be said that among Liu Yu's seven sons, only Emperor Song Wen has descendants.
Emperor Wen of Song: Nineteen sons, only one descendant
Emperor Wen of Song was a fertility expert, and gave birth to nineteen sons, of which the eldest son, Liu Shao, was the crown prince.
But Emperor Wen of Song has been hesitant to abolish the prince in his later years, Liu Shao was afraid of being deposed, so he started in advance, and directly united with his second brother Liu Jun to kill the monarch and stand on his own, causing the "rebellion of the culprit".
But not long after he became independent, he was jointly resisted by other brothers, and finally Liu Jun, the third son of Emperor Wen of Song, was able to claim the title of emperor as Emperor Xiaowu of Song.
"Laughing Ancestor and Frugal Detu", it is said that Emperor Xiaowu of Song laughed at Liu Yu's frugality
And Emperor Xiaowu of Song was the emperor of the clan, and in order to stabilize the throne, he began to slaughter several brothers, and the first to bear the brunt were naturally the brothers who participated in the "Culprit Rebellion".
Liu Shao, Liu Jun: The whole family was poisoned
Liu Shuo: Because of acquiescing in Liu Shao's murder of the monarch and resisting Liu Jun, he was also poisoned, and his three biological sons survived, but after Liu Ziye succeeded to the throne, he wanted to rape his princess Jiang, but Jiang did not obey, Liu Ziye killed her and his three sons.
Liu Ziye's evil achievements are well known
Liu Shao: was passed on to Liu Yizhen, as mentioned earlier, he was also an heir after some changes;
Liu Dan: Because of the suspicion of Emperor Xiaowen of the Song Dynasty, he was forced to raise troops, and his whole family was killed in defeat, and he was extinct;
Liu Hong: His son Liu Jingsu was falsely accused of rebellion after the Song Dynasty deposed the emperor Liu Yu, and the whole family was killed and the heir was extinct;
Liu Yuan: During the period of Emperor Song Ming, he was implicated in Liu Xinwei's rebellion and was ordered to commit suicide by Emperor Song Ming, but his son Liu Chongming survived, but Liu Chongming had no children after his death and no heir;
Liu Chang: Because Liu Ziye wantonly slaughtered the clan, he was so frightened that he immediately fled to the Northern Wei Dynasty, which was regarded as leaving a trace of blood for Liu Yu, after all, he was a descendant of Liu Yu, and the Northern Wei Dynasty gave him extremely high treatment, but the eldest son Liu Wenyuan participated in the rebellion during the period of Emperor Xuanwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty and was killed, and the youngest son Liu Chengxu died early, only the second son Liu Hui survived, and even married Princess Lanling, the daughter of Emperor Xiaowen.
It's just that Liu Hui repeatedly died in the Northern Wei Dynasty, and even killed Princess Lanling, and the Northern Wei court was angry and put him on death row.
However, fortunately, Liu Hui was able to leave his descendants, but since then, the family has declined, and the inheritance cannot be examined, and the people who claim to be Liu Yu's bloodline in the future are actually handed down by Liu Hui.
Liu Hun: During the period of Emperor Xiaowu of the Song Dynasty, he was deposed as a concubine because he arrogantly called himself the king of Chu, and then forced him to commit suicide, and he was only seventeen years old when he died, with no children and grandchildren, and no heirs;
Liu Yu: Liu Ziye was called emperor after being killed, and he was the emperor of the Song Ming Dynasty;
Emperor Ming of the Song Dynasty
Liu Xiuren: After Liu Ziye was killed, he supported Emperor Song Ming, but was suspicious of Emperor Song Ming and was given death, and his two sons, one nineteen years old and one eleven years old, died in Liu Jingsu's rebellion and became heirs;
Liu Xiuyou: was suspicious of Emperor Song Ming, was deposed as a concubine, had no sons, and had no heirs;
Liu Xiumao: During the Song and Ming Dynasty Emperor rebellion, he was killed, had no son, and had no heir;
Then Liu Xiuye, Liu Xiuqian, and Liu Yi's father all died early;
Liu Xiufan: During the period of Liu Yu, the emperor of the Song Dynasty, he rebelled and once hit Jiankang, but the rebels invaded Jiankang, but Liu Xiufan was comically beheaded by Xiao Daocheng in the rear, making a joke, and this rebellion also contributed to the rise of Xiao Daocheng;
Liu Xiuruo: Suspicious of Emperor Song Ming, he was given death, and he was the heir.
So far, Emperor Wen of Song has a family, full of calculations, and only three sons have descendants, but only Liu Chang really has descendants.
Liu Jun, Emperor Xiaowu of the Song Dynasty: Twenty-eight sons, all of whom are extinct
Liu Jun was considered a fertility expert among the Liu Song Emperors, and gave birth to twenty-eight sons, but these sons all died at the hands of the eldest son Liu Ziye and his brother Liu Yu.
Liu Ziye can be called the master of the Liu Song version of the royal family cleanup, although Emperor Xiaowu of the Song Dynasty also cleaned up the clan, but they were all cleaned up, but Liu Ziye was good, staring at his brother to kill.
Then Liu Yu assassinated Liu Ziye and competed for the throne with Liu Jun's son Liu Zixun, and the victorious Liu Yu killed all Liu Jun's sons.
What's even worse is that most of Liu Jun's sons are young, after all, Liu Ziye was only fifteen years old when he ascended the throne, how old can the other sons be.
Liu Ziye has basically not done anything serious in his life
So don't look at Emperor Song Xiaowu's many births, but there are no descendants, including Liu Ziye himself, after all, Liu Ziye was only seventeen years old when he was killed, and he didn't have a son and a half daughter.
Emperor Liu Yu of the Song Ming Dynasty: Twelve sons, all of whom are heirs
After Liu Ziye was killed, Emperor Xiaowu of Song Dynasty succeeded to the throne as Emperor Song Ming, and Emperor Song Ming had many sons, twelve sons, ten of whom survived.
However, during the period of Emperor Song and Ming, the clan continued to be cut off, and after the cleanup of Emperor Xiaowen of the Song Dynasty, the former Emperor Liu Ziye of the Song Dynasty and the three generations of emperors of the Song Ming Dynasty, the population of the Liu and Song clans was greatly reduced, except for a few who really had no ability, such as Liu Xiufan and others, there were basically the sons of the Song Ming Emperor left.
Facts have proved that even if you don't have any skills, you have the dream of being the emperor, not long after Emperor Song Ming died, Liu Xiufan raised troops, but he really couldn't support the wall in the mud, and ended in a funny way.
Liu Xiufan's rebellion
Look back at the sons of Emperor Song Ming.
Liu Yu: Emperor Song Ming succeeded to the throne after his death, and like Liu Ziye, he was a stubborn and fierce monarch, which caused Liu Xiufan's rebellion and contributed to the rise of Xiao Daocheng, and was finally deposed and killed by Xiao Daocheng, at the age of fifteen, and the heir;
Liu Zhun: After Liu Yu was deposed, Liu Zhun was proclaimed emperor, but he was basically a puppet, the government and government were all controlled by Xiao Daocheng, and he was killed after the Zen throne, at the age of thirteen, no heir;
Liu Zhijing: was passed on to Liu Xiuqian, died early, and was an heir;
The rest of Liu Xie, Liu You, Liu Ji, Liu Zan, Liu Hui, Liu Song and Liu Xi were all slaughtered by Xiao Daocheng after the fall of Liu Song, and Emperor Ming of Song was completely extinct.
Xiao Daocheng
Therefore, after the fall of Liu Song, in addition to Liu Chang and his descendants who fled to the Northern Wei Dynasty, Liu Song, who had been established for 60 years, was slaughtered in the internal strife, and was cleaned up by Xiao Daocheng after the death of the country.
Don't look at Xiao Daocheng killing Huan now, but his descendants soon embarked on the path of Liu Yu's descendants and were almost slaughtered.
To tell the truth, the Liu Song clan is considered to be the more miserable clan in each dynasty, during the two Jin Dynasty, although there were few emperors who had children, but the side line was extremely prosperous, and also left a lot of descendants, even the two Song Dynasty who were accustomed to extinction, the emperor's bloodline fertility was worrying, but the fertility of the clan was one by one, resulting in even if they died in the country, there were still many descendants.
But Liu Yu is different, he is really the kind of heir.
However, although Liu Yuyan's line was extinct in the Southern Dynasty (Liu Chang was in the Northern Dynasty), his half-brother Liu Daolian and his descendants were active in the Southern Dynasty, but with the fall of Liu Song, they were also unsatisfactory in the Southern Dynasty.