Chapter 81 The erector became famous

In the Yongjia Rebellion of the Western Jin Dynasty, the people of the Central Plains moved south with the Jin Dynasty to stay in Jiangnan in order to avoid the war, and Liu Yu, the general of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, moved south after the people. Although his ancestor was Liu Jiao, the younger brother of Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, by the time Liu Yu was born, it had been more than 500 years, and the family had long been ruined, and it was no different from the homes of ordinary people.

Liu Yu was born in a humble background, he is really a son of a poor family, but the Eastern Jin Dynasty and government are controlled by the family, Liu Yu has no hope of entering the office, but his hometown Jingkou (now Zhenjiang, Jiangsu) is the elite division of the Eastern Jin Dynasty Beifu Soldier Station, the local people are living in the army, Liu Yu became an adult, and also joined the army with the clan to make a living.

Liu Yu is eight feet long, dignified, and ambitious, diligent and hard-working, serving in the army, like a fish in water. At this time, the Eastern Jin Dynasty favored the south of the Yangtze River, has gone through ten emperors, ruled half of the Jiangnan for nearly 100 years, the reigning emperor Sima Dezong has no ability to govern the country, faint and mediocre, just like his ancestor Jin Hui Emperor Sima Zhen, so that the national political situation is in crisis, the royal family and the family are vying for power in the court, the momentum is like fire and water, the court is full of smoke and miasma, and the guards in the south of the Yangtze River see that the emperor is weak, and the chaos in the court is numerous, and it is even more self-respecting, ignoring the orders of the court, the Eastern Jin Dynasty has been in a storm.

At the end of 399 A.D., Sun En, a descendant of the scholars who moved south, took advantage of the chaos in the Eastern Jin Dynasty to rebel in Huiji (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang), and the scholars from all over the southeast coast also raised troops to respond, for a time the land south of the Yangtze River was full of wolf smoke, Sun En's troops increased to more than 100,000, coerced Jianye, the momentum was huge, the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the opposition were shocked, Sima Yuanxian, the minister of the clan who presided over the government, had to use the elite Beifu soldiers in the country to quell the rebellion, which lasted three years, and finally put down Sun En's rebellion, and Sun En committed suicide by throwing himself into the sea.

In the process of quelling Sun En's uprising, Liu Yu fought bravely, and he must take the lead in every battle, and he was brave and strategic, won many battles, made great achievements, and was constantly promoted because of his merits, and even won the appreciation of Liu Gaozhi, the commander of the Beifu army, and became one of the generals under Liu Gaozhi. After Liu Yu was the general, the army was strictly organized, and the law and discipline were strict, and the generals of the army were all plundered by arson, only Liu Yu strictly restrained the soldiers under his command, and his department went to a place, and there was no crime in the autumn, and it was even supported by the people in the south of the Yangtze River.

However, a wave of unevenness has arisen again and again.

In 402 A.D., the patriarch of the family entrenched in Jingzhou, Huan Xuan, saw that Sun Entong led the righteous army to approach the capital of the Eastern Jin Dynasty Jianye, the Eastern Jin Dynasty court was in danger, so that Jingzhou rebelled, went east along the river, and went straight to Jianye, Sima Yuanxian, the minister of the clan who presided over the Eastern Jin Dynasty government, had to personally lead the Beifu soldiers to meet the battle, and the commander of the Beifu soldiers, Liu Jiaozhi, was a general under the Huan family during the battle of Weishui, and the Huan family has always been friendly, imprisoned the Eastern Jin Dynasty Emperor Sima Dezong, and established himself as the Great Chu Emperor, known as Huan Chu in history.

After Huan Xuan became the emperor, he was afraid of the elite soldiers of Beifu and wanted to use it for his own use, so he adopted the method of rising and descending to Liu Gaozhi, the commander of the Beifu soldiers, and transferred him out of Beijing, guarding Huiji, and sent his cousin Huan Xiu as the commander of the Beifu soldiers, stationed in Beijing, Liu Xuanzhi was afraid that Huan Xuanen would take revenge, so he remembered that the soldiers rebelled again, but his subordinates did not want to bear the infamy and scattered, Liu Gaozhi was disheartened and hanged himself.

Huan Xuan usurped the throne and forced the handsome Liu Gaozhi to death, Liu Yu, who was in the Beifu military camp in Jingkou, was not convinced, but he knew that his strength was weak, so he could only temporarily accept the official position received by Huan Xuan, and the commander of the Beifu army, Huan Xiuxu and the snake. But Liu Gaozhi led the Beifu soldiers for many years, and won the hearts of the army, Liu Gaozhi's death, the Beifu soldiers were upset for him, Liu Yu took the opportunity to connect the soldiers, win the hearts of the army, and wait for the opportunity to change the flag and restore the Jin room.

In February 404 AD, Liu Yu saw that the time was ripe, so he took the opportunity of hunting, gathered more than 1,700 soldiers of Beifu, entered the camp to kill Huan Xiu, the commander of the Beifu soldiers, and the soldiers of Beifu pushed Liu Yu as the commander, and started an incident in Jingkou, in the name of restoring the Jin room, spread the Quartet, Huan Xuan usurped Jin, unpopular, the guards from all over the south of the Yangtze River raised troops in response, and the Zhulu Righteous Army pushed Liu Yu, the commander of the Beifu soldiers, as the leader of the alliance, and crusaded against the Great Chu Emperor Huan Xuan, and most of the soldiers and horses led by Huan Xuan were born in the Beifu soldiers. In a few months, Huan Xuan's main force was lost, Liu Yu led the troops to attack Jianye, Huan Xuan had to lead the remnants of the defeated army to flee back to Jingzhou, but the defeat was like a mountain, Huan Xuan's troops were scattered a lot, he had to flee to Liangzhou, and was killed by his subordinates on the way, Liu Yu led his troops to welcome the Eastern Jin Dynasty Emperor Sima Dezong to restore the throne.

At this time, Liu Yu has become the mainstay of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and he continued to lead the troops to attack and pacify the separatist forces in the south of the Yangtze River, and after several years of conquest, he finally restored stability to half of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and at the same time, the political power of the Eastern Jin Dynasty was gradually in the hands of Liu Yu.

At the beginning of 410 A.D., Liu Yu, the general of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, led the Northern Expedition and destroyed the Southern Yan, which was more prestigious in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and Liu Yu had become the uncrowned emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty after several years of fighting and conquering political enemies.

In 417 AD, Liu Yu led the Northern Expedition again, defeated the Northern Wei Dynasty, destroyed the Later Qin, and recovered Luoyang, Chang'an and other places. Although Liu Yu led the troops back to Jianye, and Guanzhong was occupied by Hu Xia, his position in the court was still extremely prominent, and the change of dynasty was in Liu Yu's hands.

If you know how the fortunes of the Eastern Jin Dynasty are, and where the general trend of the world will go, please see the next chapter.