However, Song Shu listed a dazzling family lineage for Emperor Wu of Song: after Emperor Han Gao's younger brother Chu Yuan made friends with Wang. Jiao Sheng Hong Yi Hou Fu, Fu Sheng Zong Zheng Bi Qiang, Bi Sheng Qiang Yang City Miao Hou De, De Sheng Yang City Festival Hou Anmin, An Minsheng Yang City _ Hou Qingji, Qing Ji Sheng Yang City Su Hou Cen, Censheng Zong Zhengping, all his life, Dong Wucheng Ling Mou, some students Dong Lai Tai Shou Jing, Jing Sheng Ming Jing Qi, QIA Sheng Dr Hong, Hong Sheng Lang Ya Du Wei, \ \. It is a test for the emperor that Dong 'an is a satrap and Jingsheng County is a hero.
That is to say, Emperor Wu of Song is a descendant of the younger brother of Liu Bang in the Western Han Dynasty. Among his ancestors, it was easy to seal the title of general. This string of family lineages is basically nonsense. It can only prove how much the royal family in the Southern Dynasties and the Song Dynasty cared about their 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 Liu Jiao, the king of Chu Yuan in the Western Han Dynasty, he has already declined. At least according to Song Shu's records, by the time Liu Qiao, the father of Emperor Wu of Song, the Liu family had declined. Liu Qiao's life, only in the position of county gongcao, even the position of county gongcao is likely to be fictional. Because the county gongcao is also a local gentry official, and the family has some money. But judging from Emperor Wu of Song's abject poverty, how could his father, Liu Qiao, not leave property for his son, and how could he watch his son lack food and clothing? Therefore, it is very likely that Liu Qiao himself is only a bottom official of the government, or simply a bottom farmer.
According to the biographical data of Emperor Wu of the Song Dynasty, 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 wanted to abandon Emperor Wu of Song because his family was poor and it was difficult to support his son. Just when Emperor Wu of Song was about to become an abandoned baby, the mother of Liu Huaijing, a relative of the same county as Emperor Wu of Song, heard about this matter and was busy coming to stop Liu Qiao and promised that she would raise the poor baby. At that time, the respectable mother gave birth to her son Liu Huaijing before the full moon, so she resolutely broke Liu Huaijing's milk to breastfeed Emperor Wu of Song, who was not her own.
Emperor Wu of song was grateful to Liu Huaijing's family all his life. After becoming emperor, Liu Yu named Liu Jiaer, who was not related, as the prince.
There is another legend about Emperor Wu of Song's birth name as a slave. There is also a Chinese herbal medicine called Liu Jinu, which was named after Emperor Wu of Song. When Emperor Wu of Song was young, he went out hunting one evening and shot a boa constrictor with an arrow. But the snake disappeared in a flash. Emperor Wu of song felt very strange, so he wanted to look for 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 searched 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 were talking while working on drugs.
One of them said, our king is badly hurt. Who is so bold as to shoot him? The other said: It was shot by Liu Yinu yesterday.
Your majesty has such a great ability, why not kill Liu Jinu for revenge? Can't kill, Liu Jinu is going to be an emperor in the future. This is what the king said.
Emperor wu of song listened with curiosity, shout at top of voice, jump out. The two children fled in a hurry and disappeared. Emperor Wu of song saw that the two men left a mortar and herbal medicine, so he tried to treat trauma with this herbal medicine, which turned out to be very effective. Later, Emperor Wu of Song galloped across the battlefield, always carrying this herbal medicine. In the process of fighting in the south, he used that herbal medicine to cure countless injured soldiers. 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 Emperor Wu of Song's birth name.
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 collected folk prescriptions extensively and edited a volume of Zarong 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 emperor, and no one thought that the children of this poor family could be 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 not valued because of poverty. Emperor Wu of song grew up in a poor environment, and his hero was generous, seven feet six inches long, and he had a strong character, so he didn't do anything cheap.
The first half of the sentence is the usual embellishment in history books, which only shows that Emperor Wu of Song is relatively tall, and the second half is the key. Emperor Wu of song is not engaged in production in his hometown, and he doesn't do some business like ordinary people's children from 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 manual labor that was despised by scholars and officials, and sometimes did some small business such as making seats and selling shoes. Because of his poor family and no 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 Diao Kui, a rich and powerful man, 30,000 yuan. Because he couldn't pay his gambling debts, he was caught by Diao Kui, tied to a horse, and was insulted. At that time, Wang Mi of the royal family visited Diao Kui's home, met Emperor Wu of Song by chance, and thought that 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 for a generation.
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.
Emperor Wu of song is very grateful. After taking power, even if Wang Mi is a VIP in the hostile camp, he will be given preferential treatment for life. For enemies like Diao Kui, they will be killed.
Because of his background, Liu Yu can't read a few words, and he hasn't read a few books, so he is half illiterate. Later, because of the administrative relationship, he gradually got to know some words, and he could read proclamations and write short orders and proclamations himself. In the officialdom of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the level of literary talk and calligraphy is an important criterion for officials to communicate and evaluate each other. Especially some big families, they really look down on those children of the cold family who lack systematic literature education.
Even if Liu Yugui later became the minister in charge of the imperial court, it is inevitable that some aristocratic people will laugh at his literary accomplishment and manners behind his back.
Liu Muzhi, the counselor of Emperor Wu of Song, reminded him to pay attention to his manners, because this is not only related to the personal dignity of Emperor Wu of Song, but also directly related to the future of his political struggle. Emperor Wu of song confided in Liu Muzhi, almost bidding. So he began to pay attention to his words and deeds and tried his best to downplay the military color. However, his own bad handwriting can't be improved, and he doesn't like reading and writing by nature, which makes Emperor Wu of Song distressed. Liu Muzhi suggested that although writing is a trivial matter, people who are interested in the world must pay more attention to it. General, you can always write big characters, and it doesn't hurt to write a word as big as a foot. 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 huge way, with only six or seven words on a piece of paper, which was plastered all over the wall. From a distance, his proclamation is very imposing and very suitable for his status.
In a word, the early Emperor Wu of Song was a teenager with bad birth, bad behavior and bad reputation.