Liu Yu's Road to Founding a Dynasty

The true life of Liu Yu, a young man from the north of the Yangtze River: rising from humble beginnings, he was a top military and political leader during the Two Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties. Internally, he pacified Sun En, Huan Xuan, and Lu Xun, suppressed the separatist regime in Western Shu, and ended a century of internal strife in Jiangnan. Externally, he launched two northern expeditions, destroying Southern Yan and Later Qin, recovering Luoyang and Chang'an, and expanding his territory to the largest among the Southern Dynasties. He implemented land reforms, suppressed aristocratic clans, promoted commoners to key positions, broke the monopoly of the gentry, reduced taxes and corvée, and laid the foundation for the Yuanjia era. His military career was nearly flawless, and his strategic brilliance was unmatched in Jiangdong.