Dynasties of ChinaNorthern and Southern DynastiesLiu Song
Yongguang · Jinghe · Reign 464—465
The eldest son of Emperor Xiaowu, after he came to the throne, he killed auxiliary ministers indiscriminately, insulted the clan, was debauched and violent, and was killed after one and a half years in power.
Liu Ziye was the eldest son of Emperor Xiaowu. He came to the throne in 464 at the age of sixteen. He had a violent temper, and the year after he came to the throne, he killed Dai Faxing, Dazai Liu Yigong, Shangshu Ling Liu Yuanjing, Pushe Yan Shibo, etc., and forced the veteran Shen Qingzhi to death. He had an affair with his sister, Princess Shanyin, and arranged for her to be visited by thirty people. He imprisoned his uncles Liu Yu, Liu Xiuren, and Liu Xiuyou in the palace, humiliating her in every possible way, and called Liu Yu the "Pig King." In November 465, Liu Yu contacted Liu Ziye's attendant Shou Jizhi and others and killed him in the Zhulin Hall of Hualin Garden at the age of seventeen.
PoliticsAscension to the throne
Emperor Xiaowu died of illness in leap May, and the sixteen-year-old Crown Prince Liu Ziye came to the throne. The next year, it was changed to Yuan Yongguang, and soon to Yuan Jinghe.
PoliticsKill the minister
Dai Faxing was sentenced to death one after another, and Taizai Liu Yigong, Liu Yuanjing, Yan Shibo and other auxiliary ministers were killed on charges of treason. Liu Yigong was brutally dismembered; then he forced veteran Shen Qingzhi to commit suicide.
PoliticsZhulintang was murdered
He imprisoned his uncle Liu Yu and others in the palace and tried to harm him many times. In November, Liu Yu, together with Shou Jizhi and other attendants, took advantage of Liu Ziye's opportunity to shoot ghosts in the Zhulin Hall of Hualin Garden and killed him.
The fifth son of Emperor Wu of the Song Dynasty, he served as Emperor Wen and Emperor Xiaowu. He was the prime minister and assistant minister and was known for his cautious self-preservation. The Earlier Deposed Emperor came to the throne and was assisted by imperial edicts. In 465, he was falsely accused of rebellion and was brutally killed.