When it comes to the imperial killing in Chinese history, the first thing that comes to mind is that Qin II at the end of Qin killed 33 of his brothers and sisters in one fell swoop, which eventually led to the collapse of the Qin Empire. After Xiang Yu entered Guanzhong, he killed all the Qin Dynasty clans. Both Qin II and Xiang Yu set a bad precedent, one was for the royal family to kill each other, and the other was to kill the former imperial family. However, the later Cao Wei and Western Jin Dynasties did not continue this "fine tradition", but were better for the former imperial family.
In the last year of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the killing of the former imperial family reappeared.
In 420, Liu Yu, the commander of the Northern Prefecture Army, was proclaimed emperor with the state name Song, opening up the Southern Dynasty. Liu Yu was the most prominent emperor of the Southern Dynasty, who had recovered the Shandong Peninsula, Henan, and Guanzhong regions during his two Northern Expeditions; he attacked the forces of the Shi clan and promoted Hanmen, which had a profound impact on the political system of later generations. He promoted recuperation and recuperation, laying the foundation for the emergence of the "Rule of Yuanjia".
Liu Yu was a figure from the Han Gate, and after he came to power, he naturally had to take the Shi clan to open the knife, and the Sima Clan should be the largest Shi Clan. So Liu Yu killed 6 emperors in one fell swoop and killed sima shi's powerful men. Of course, Liu Yu could not kill all the Sima clans, after all, the nobles of the tribe would not pose any threat to themselves. Since then, China's imperial family has basically had no good results in the next dynasty, and it has to be said that Liu Yu's influence is huge.
In order to stubbornly adhere to his rule and prevent local forces from gaining power, Liu Yu also sent a large number of Liu clans to guard the localities. At that time, Jingzhou, the defensive stronghold of the upper reaches of the south, had been tail-wrenching during the Eastern Jin Dynasty, threatening the central government. Liu Yu then stipulated that only the sons of the clan could guard Jingzhou. After Emperor Wen of Song ascended the throne, he continued to implement Liu Yu's policy, with Liu Yikang and Liu Yigong successively serving as the assassins of Jingzhou, and also enfeoffing Liu Yiqing the King of Linchuan, Liu Yiji the King of Hengyang, Liu Yixuan the King of Nanjun, Liu Yilong the Prince of Yidu, Liu Yiji the King of Hengyang, Liu Ziyan the Prince of Linhai, Liu Xiuyou the Prince of Shanyang, Liu Xiuruo the King of Baling, Liu Jingsu the Prince of Jianping, and Liu Zan the King of Wuling. At that time, in addition to Jingzhou, the important prefectures and towns were also guarded by the sons of the clan.
Zongmu Town guarded the area around Jingzhou, with the purpose of "Ping Fan Imperial Chamber" to make Jingyang one. However, liu yu and Liu Yilong's move not only did not solve the threat of Jingzhou to the central government, but also exacerbated the contradictions between the Liu clans. At the end of the YuanJia period, Emperor Wen of Song was ill, and Liu Yikang, who successively served as the assassin of Jingzhou and Yangzhou, took charge of the imperial government, "overwhelming the world", so that the contradictions between the clans began to erupt. In 440, Emperor Wen of Song finally took measures to kill Liu Zhan, Liu Bin, and more than 10 of his people who supported Liu Yikang, and to reduce Liu Yikang to the title of Assassin of Jiangzhou. In 445, Liu Yikang was reduced to a commoner and eventually died. This was the beginning of the murder of the Liu Song Dynasty.
At that time, Liu Yilong was worried that "the clan was strong and prosperous, and there were internal difficulties", and strengthened the defense of the Eastern Palace where the crown prince stayed, "so that it was similar to Yulin, and there were tens of thousands of people". Liu Yilong's original crown prince was Liu Shao, but he was fierce and fierce, and there was a suspicion of rebellion. In 453, Liu Yilong had the idea of creating another crown prince, so Liu Shao preemptively led the Eastern Palace army to launch a coup d'état, killing Emperor Wen Liu Yilong and the chancellor Jiang Zhan, and establishing himself as emperor. The reign of Motokazu ended hastily.
Liu Yilong
At this time, Liu Yilong's third son, Liu Jun the Prince of Wuling, was leading the armies of Jiang, Yu, Jing, and Yong prefectures to attack the "Five Water Barbarians" around the Dabie Mountains. After the news of the coup came, Liu Jun led a large army to attack Liu Shao, and Liu Shao was defeated and retreated to Taicheng. At this time, Liu Yigong, the king of Jiangxia, defected to Liu Jun, and Liu Jun killed Liu Yigong's twelve sons, Liu Jin the Prince of Changsha, Liu Ye the Prince of Linchuan, and many other clan sons. In May of that year, Taicheng was breached, and Liu Jun immediately killed Liu Shao and his fourth son, as well as his co-conspirator Liu Mao (jùn) and his three sons. At that time, there was a folk song circulating: "Looking at Jiankang City from afar, the small river is haunting against the current, before seeing the son kill the father, and after seeing the brother kill the brother."
After Liu Jun succeeded to the throne, he was emperor Xiaowu. At that time, his uncle Liu Yixuan, the king of NanJun, had been sitting in Jingzhou for 10 years, which could be described as a wealth and a strong soldier. Liu Jun was worried that he would become a big man, so he transferred Liu Yixuan to the position of Chancellor of The State and Yangzhou Assassin, but Liu Yixuan was dissatisfied and launched a rebellion. The rebellion was quickly suppressed, and Liu Yixuan and his sons were killed by the newly appointed Jingzhou assassin Zhu Xiuzhi. Emperor Xiaowu reigned for 10 years and killed Liu Shuo the Prince of Nanping, Liu Hun the King of Wuchang, Liu Xiumao the Prince of Hailing, and Liu Shi the Prince of Jinling. Among them, Liu Shi was the assassin of Southern Yanzhou, stationed in Guangling (Yangzhou), Liu Jun was jealous of him, so he led a large army to besiege Guangling, and after breaking the city, ordered the slaughter of the city, killing thousands of people; the female mouth was used as a "military reward" and became a slave of the soldiers.
In 465, Liu Jun died and Liu Ziye ascended the throne, and he continued to kill the Zongfu, first killing Liu Yigong and his four sons, and then killing Liu Ziluan and Liu Zishi, who not only killed the Zongfu, but also killed the chancellor. He also planned to kill all six of his uncles. Liu Ziye's mass murder sparked panic inside and outside the imperial court, including the Janissaries. The following year, Liu Ziye was killed by his cronies Shou Shuzhi and Jiang Chanzhi.
After Liu Ziye's death, Liu Yu took the throne as Emperor Ming of Song. At this time, Deng Huan of Jingzhou supported Liu Zixun as emperor, and Liu Zixun's younger brothers, Liu Zixiang the Prince of Linhai and Liu Zifang, the Prince of Linhai, also responded with troops. After the rebellion was put down, Liu Zixun and the other twelve sons of Emperor Xiaowu Liu Jun were all killed. Liu Yu was also worried that his brother was threatening him, so he killed four of his five younger brothers. In 472, Liu Yu died and Liu Yu took the throne. At this time, Liu Yu's only remaining younger brother, Liu Xiufan the Prince of Guiyang, launched another rebellion, which was eventually eliminated by the Right Guard general Xiao Daocheng. Later, Liu Jingsu, the king of Jianping, rebelled again, and his soldiers were defeated and killed.
In the midst of the clan fighting, the great power fell into the hands of Xiao Daocheng. In 477, Xiao Daocheng killed Liu Yu and made his younger brother Liu Wei emperor; in 479, Xiao Daocheng officially declared himself emperor and established Southern Qi, and The Liu Song regime collapsed. Xiao Daocheng became empress dowager, and immediately killed Liu Wei, "the prince of Song, all the young men died." According to statistics, there are more than 150 Liu clans, 25 died before the age of 15, 4 died of smallpox, 8 were killed without illness, and 107 were killed in political struggles, of which Xiao Daocheng killed 7. Liu Song's clan was largely killed in a protracted civil strife, and only Emperor Wen of Song's ninth son, Liu Chang (chǎng), surrendered to Northern Wei while serving as the Assassin of Xuzhou.
The internecine warfare of the Liu Song dynasty proved the backwardness of the sub-feudal system. During the Western Zhou Dynasty, the implementation of the sub-feudal system was conducive to the rule of conquered areas. After the Qin Dynasty abolished the sub-feudal system, the implementation of the sub-feudal system is to reverse the history, and eventually lead to intra-clan wars. For example, the western Han dynasty's sub-feudal system triggered the "Rebellion of the Seven Kings", the Western Jin Dynasty's sub-feudalism triggered the "Rebellion of the Eight Kings", and the Liu Song clan also led to the cannibalism of the clan, which eventually led to the demise of this Liu Song bloodline. And when the clan fights, the people also suffer, which can be described as "prosperity, the people suffer; death, the people suffer."