When it comes to the king of ancient Chinese during the feudal society, countless later generations will be very envious. After all, since these kings were born, they were destined to be missing.
But in fact, the emperor in the prosperous era was fine, everything was under control. If it was an emperor in troubled times, some would worry about .
does not have the ability to control the world and be in power in the government and the country. It won’t take long for the throne to be snatched away by others.
Take Qing Dynasty Qianlong Emperor and Southern and Northern Dynasties Southern Song Emperor Liu Yu as an example. The former successfully enjoyed decades of life with the glory of grandfather Kangxi and father Yongzheng . However, because the latter was worried that the throne would be unstable, he tried all kinds of ways to preserve the throne.
Not only that, Liu Yu even forced ,000 soldiers to to drink dumb pills and dress up as "ghost army" to intimidate the enemy. After the war, he secretly executed all these ghost soldiers.
Liu Yu's experience
Things will start with the sixth emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty Liu Ziye , inherited the throne. During the period when Liu Ziye succeeded to the throne, the entire Central Plains society was in turmoil. In the huge capital, there is even a quiet desk.
Faced with such a situation, Liu Ziye has always been worried that the royal family members would threaten his throne , so he thought of a loss trick, throwing all the royal nobles into prison, and trying every means to torture them.
As for his uncle Liu Yu , it was even more miserable. He was thrown into the pigpen by and . You should know that Liu Yu is already obese. After being thrown into the pigpen, he even liked to be called "Pig King" .
is so humiliating that anyone can't stand , and Liu Yu is naturally no exception. But Liu Yu is more tolerant than everyone else. He understands that he needs to wait for an opportunity, sleeps on firewood and tastes gall, and strives to overthrow Liu Ziye in one go.
Finally, when time came to in 465 AD, Liu Ziye's brutal rule led to the betrayal of his relatives and relatives from , and Liu Yu finally waited for the opportunity to kill Liu Ziye.
He took advantage of Liu Ziye's outing and led many confidants to launch an coup, killed Liu Ziye and successfully ascended the throne.
Liu Yu, who could sit on the throne of the Song Dynasty in the Southern Dynasty, did not have to live the life of being worse than in the past, but because of his previous experiences, he always suspected and . Like Liu Ziye, he was worried that other people would threaten his safety.
Establishing the Ghost Army
For this reason, Liu Yu began to do everything possible to suppress the other Song nobles of the Southern Dynasty . Although the methods are not as cruel as Liu Ziye, they are still very extreme. Soon, the previous voices against Liu Ziye gradually became against Liu Yu .
and even across the Southern Song Dynasty, waves of resistance have been set off. Faced with such a situation, Liu Yu's generals came up with a method, that is, imitate Su Jun of the Eastern Jin period, and train a "ghost army" to protect him.
You should know that in the feudal society, the theory of ghosts and gods has much more effective on the common people than other means. Liu Yu did what he said and immediately asked his subordinates to prepare and spent a lot of money to build the "Ghost Army".
After the scale of the 3,000-man ghost army gradually formed, it immediately began to train night combat ability. This group of ghost troops hiding out of at night, which soon made hostile forces feel feared. In their opinion, such an elusive army cannot compete with human power.
Not only that, in order to make the ghost army more realistic , Liu Yu also used dumb medicine to poison all of them and applied black, white and gray on their faces. If you look at at night, you will feel very scary.
Many armies originally had the power to fight, but when they saw this army, they immediately fled at an extremely fast speed. Liu Yu also consolidated his rule with his "capability" .
But not long after, Liu Yu's suspicious habit was re-defeated. In his opinion, although Ghost Army can ensure his safety, it is also possible to expose his true strength.
Once some hostile forces or other countries know the true face of the Ghost Army, wouldn’t the past efforts be to waste ?
So he cruelly ordered all the "Ghost Army" to be executed secretly. One night, 3,000 ghost soldiers were forced to the shore by other soldiers, and there was no way out.
Seeing the extremely shrill scene in front of you, Liu Yu finally felt relieved. But since then, Liu Yu often dreamed that the "ghost army" asked him to pay his life one by one, which made him suffer from mental torture.
When it was the worst, Liu Yu didn't even dare to sleep, was afraid that the evil spirit of the "Ghost Army" would appear when it came to his dream. For this reason, the emperor also specially invited many Onmyoji to do it for him to save the souls of the ghost army. As a result, after the ritual was completed, the ghost army was still in dispersed.
Finally, when was only 33 years old, the poor Liu Yu passed away due to mental torture. Until the moment of death, he did not get rid of the harassment of the ghost army.
In fact, this emperor has never understood a truth. What should soldiers who know the truth after arranging soldiers to kill the ghost army?
does not solve the problem in the right way, and will eventually only lead to the new problem of . At that time, how should he solve ?
