However, Song Shu lists a dazzling family background for Emperor Wu of Song: after his younger brother made friends with Wang. Jiao Fu, Fu Sheng Biqiang, Bi Shengqiang Yang Miao Houde, Shi Jieduhou, An Minsheng Yang _ Hou Qingji, Shengyang Su Houcen, Censheng Zong Zhengping, his whole life, Dong Wucheng Lingmou, Donglai Taishou Jing Mousheng, Jing Jingqi, Sheng Doctor Hong, Hong Sheng Lang Ya Duwei. Dongan is the satrap and Jingsheng County is the hero, which is a test for the emperor.
In other words, Emperor Wu of Song is a descendant of Liu Bang's younger brother in the Western Han Dynasty. Among his ancestors, the title of general was easy. This string of family lineages is basically bullshit. It can only prove how much the royal families in the Southern Dynasties and the Song Dynasty cared about family ties, so they spared no effort to put gold on their faces.
To say the least, even if the lineage exists, it can only show that although Emperor Wu of Song is a descendant of Wang Jiaoliu of Chu Yuan in the Western Han Dynasty, it has declined. At least according to Song Shu's records, by the time Liu Qiao, the father of Liu Yu, the Liu family had declined. Liu Qiao's life is only in the position of the county magistrate Cao, and even the position of the county magistrate Cao is likely to be fictitious. Because the county magistrate Cao is also a local gentry official and has some money at home. However, judging from the abject poverty of Emperor Wu of Song, how could his father Liu Qiao leave his son no property, and how could he look at his son without food and clothing? Therefore, it is very likely that Qiao Liu himself is just a low-level official of the government, or simply a low-level farmer.
According to Song Wudi's biographical data, Liu Yusheng was born in Renyin Night in March of the first year of Xingning. At birth, my mother died in childbirth, and my father Liu Qiao was unable to support his son because of his poor family, and wanted to abandon Emperor Wu of Song. Just when Emperor Wu of Song was about to become an abandoned baby, Liu's mother, a relative of the county with Emperor Wu of Song, heard about it and stopped Liu Qiao, promising that she would bring up the poor baby. At that time, the respectable mother gave birth to her son Liu before the full moon, so she resolutely broke Liu's milk to feed Emperor Wu of Song, who was not her own.
Emperor Wu of song was grateful to Liu's family all his life. When he became emperor, Liu Yu named Liu Jiaer, who was not related by blood, as the prince.
There is another legend that Emperor Wu of Song was born as a slave. There is also a Chinese herbal medicine called Liu, named after Emperor Wu of Song. When Emperor Wu of Song was young, he went out hunting one night and hit a boa constrictor with an arrow. But the snake disappeared in an instant. Emperor Wu of song felt very strange and wanted to find the injured snake, but it was getting late and he had to give up. The next day, he came to his original place to look for it. When he was looking for a small river, he heard the sound of oak mortar deep in the jungle. Emperor Wu of song followed the sound and found two children playing tricks. The two men talked about drugs while working.
One of them said that our king was badly hurt. Who was so bold to shoot him? Another said: It was taken by Liu Yi Nu yesterday.
Your majesty has such great ability, why not kill Wei Liu for revenge? You can't kill Liu, you will become an emperor in the future. This is what the king said.
Emperor wu of song listened curiously, shout at top of voice, jump out. The two children hurried away and disappeared. Seeing that the two men had left a mortar and herbs, Emperor Wu of Song tried to treat trauma with this herb, which proved to be very effective. Later, Emperor Wu of Song galloped through the battlefield, always carrying this herb. During his stay in southern operations, he cured countless wounded soldiers with that herb. At that time, people didn't know the name of this herb, because it was first discovered by Emperor Wu of Song, and it was named after the birth name of Emperor Wu of Song.
This is just a legend, not a fact. However, according to Sui Shu's records, it is true that Emperor Wu likes to study medicine. He widely collected folk prescriptions and edited a volume of miscellaneous Rong Difang, but it is a pity that it has been lost now.
Of course, when Emperor Wu of Song was young, he certainly didn't know that he could be an emperor, and no one thought that this poor child could be an emperor. In feudal society, people usually measure and predict a person's future by his family background. Emperor Wu of song belongs to the kind of child who is neglected because of poverty. Emperor Wu of song grew up in a bad environment, and his hero was generous. He was seven feet six inches long and had a strong personality. He never did anything cheap.
The first half of the sentence is usually embellished in history books, which only shows that Emperor Wu of Song is tall, and the second half is the key. Emperor Wu of song is not engaged in production in his hometown, nor does he do some business like children from ordinary families with the same background. He knows a few words, but he can't get into the government; In order to make a living, he sporadically engaged in some manual labor despised by literati, and sometimes did some small businesses such as making chairs and selling shoes. Because of his poor family background, Emperor Wu of Song was often bullied.
Emperor Wu of song also has a bad habit that most people can't accept: he likes gambling. But his luck is very bad, and he often loses everything. Finally, because of gambling, Emperor Wu of Song owed the rich and powerful Diao Kui thirty thousand yuan. Because he couldn't pay his gambling debts, he was caught by Diao Kui, tied to his horse and humiliated. At that time, Wang Mi, a royal family, visited Diao Kui's house and met Emperor Wu of Song by chance. He thought this was a young man who would behave well in the future, so he paid off the debt for Emperor Wu of Song. Diao Kui got the money, and look at the wangs' face, this just put the emperor wu of song. Wang Mi said to Emperor Wu of Song: You should be a hero.
Wang Mi took the initiative to associate with Emperor Wu of Song, not because of the disparity in identity and status, which moved Emperor Wu of Song very much.
Emperor Wu of song is very grateful. After taking power, even if Wang Mi is an important person in the hostile camp, he will get lifelong preferential treatment. For an enemy like Diao Kui, he will definitely be killed.
Because of his background, Liu Yu doesn't know a few words and hasn't read many books, so he is semi-illiterate. Later, because of administrative relations, I gradually got to know some words, read proclamations, and wrote short orders and proclamations myself. In the officialdom of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the level of literary talk and calligraphy is an important criterion for mutual exchange and evaluation among officials. Especially some big families, they really look down on those poor children who lack systematic literature education.
Even if Liu Yugui later became a minister in charge of the imperial court, it is inevitable that some nobles will laugh at his literary accomplishment and demeanor behind his back.
Liu, the counselor of Emperor Wu of Song, reminded him to pay attention to his manners, because this is not only related to his personal dignity, but also directly related to the future of his political struggle. Emperor Wu of song entrusted Liu with almost everything. So he began to pay attention to his words and deeds and try to downplay the military color. But his own bad handwriting can't be changed, and he naturally doesn't like reading and writing, which makes Emperor Wu of Song feel distressed. Liu suggested that although writing is a trivial matter, people who are interested in the world must pay more attention to it. Generally, you can always write big characters, and it doesn't hurt to write a one-foot word. Chinese characters can hide shortcomings and have momentum.
Emperor Wu of song readily adopted this suggestion. Later, emperor Wu of song's proclamation was written in a mighty way, with only six or seven words on a piece of paper, which were plastered all over the wall. From a distance, his proclamation is very imposing and suitable for his status.
In short, the early Emperor Wu of Song was a teenager with bad birth, bad behavior and bad reputation.