The chief eunuch
Su Peisheng is a very important and complicated supporting role in "Zhen Huanzhong". The Qing Dynasty learned the lessons of the Ming Dynasty and strictly prohibited eunuchs from intervening in politics. Therefore, there were no eunuchs such as Wei Zhongxian, Wang Zhi, and Wang Zhen who dominated the government and the government.
The activities of eunuchs in the Qing Dynasty were mostly confined to the court, and the wealth and power they could control were also tightly bound to the status of the master they served.
as the personal eunuch beside the emperor, Su Peisheng is undoubtedly the eunuch closest to the power center in the Forbidden City , Queen, Hua Fei , Zhen Huan and others all respect him, and he looks infinitely beautiful.
is different from the "eunuch party" image that often appears as the villain in film and television dramas. Su Peisheng in "Zhen Huanzhong" is not only not a ruthless person with no bottom line, but often flashes some human brilliance in some small things.
Throughout the whole drama, Su Peisheng's principle of dealing with people and can be summed up in eight words - revenge for revenge, and revenge for kindness.
Eunuchs are inevitably discriminated against by princes and nobles and harem concubines due to special physiological reasons, even the chief eunuch is no exception. In the play, there are many people who have offended Su Peisheng openly or secretly, and all of them have used his own way to fight back or take revenge.
For example, Nian Gengyao who looked down on eunuchs, was given a lot of eye drops in front of Yongzheng by ; ; Mrs. Miaoyin, who bullied Eunuch Su's apprentice Xiaoxiazi, was hanged alive with bows and arrows.
And for those who treat and respect themselves, Su Peisheng has given the same kindness. For example, although Concubine Hua is usually arrogant and domineering, she has always been polite to Eunuch Su. After her downfall, she clashed with the nobles of Qi, and Su Peisheng also excused her in front of Yongzheng. From this point of view,
sees that in the harem that is trending and becoming popular, although Su Peisheng is shrewd and sophisticated, has not grown into a villain who sees the wind and gets in the way.
is on the contrary. He can distinguish right from black and white, and knows how to reciprocate. Years of court life have not wiped out his sense of justice and kindness. However, what is surprising is that such a person, in the end, betrayed the monarch he had served since childhood and got along with each other for Zhen Huan.
Step by step towards Zhen Huan
Su Peisheng took refuge in Zhen Huan and betrayed Yongzheng did not happen overnight. For Su Peisheng, the early Zhen Huan was not much different from other women in the palace. The only difference may be that Zhen Huan is more favored and needs to be served more carefully.
And Zhen Huan has a good family since childhood, has always been kind and generous towards the palace people, especially towards Su Peisheng with respect and courtesy. The real relationship transformation happened at Ling Yunfeng.
At that time, everyone mistakenly thought that King Guojun was dead. In order to find out the cause of her lover's death, avenge the family, and give her posthumous son a legal identity, Zhen Huan had to return to the palace. However, before she left the palace, she broke with Yongzheng, and was hated by the queen again, and it was as difficult as going back to the palace.
At this critical moment, Cui Jinxi sacrificed himself, and used his old friendship with Su Peisheng and his admiration for him to help Zhen Huan complete the transaction. Su Peisheng chose to help Zhen Huan return to the palace for two reasons, one was to get Jinxi, and the other was to flatter Yongzheng. After
Yongzheng Zhen Huan left, he never really forgot and let go of this person who was once regarded as a substitute, and even shouted " Huan Huan " when he was sick, just couldn't take her back to the palace because of his face.
, Su Peisheng, who is a confidant, naturally understands this. On the premise that Zhen Huan is willing to step down Yongzheng's steps, helping the two reconcile is a business that pleases both sides.
Later, in order to attack Zhen Huan, the queen used Jingfei to expose the affair between Su Peisheng and Cui Jinxi. At this time, everyone in the harem tacitly agreed that Eunuch Su was Zhen Huan.Huan's confidant. But at this moment, Su Peisheng is still loyal to the emperor.
At that time, Yongzheng was still in his prime, and his body was still healthy. The crown prince was undecided, and new favorite concubines and princes might appear in the future. Zhen Huan may not be able to prosper forever. What's more, the Queen's faction still had quite a powerful force at that time, and they could stand against Zhen Huan in court.
In this situation, Su Peisheng would never put all his life on Zhen Huan's side, and honestly serving Yongzheng was the safest choice he could make.
Therefore, in the plot of Zhen Huan's fierce fight with the queen after returning to the palace, Su Peisheng did not intervene too much in the struggle between the two factions. Although he had close contacts with Yongshou Palace , he still maintained a relatively neutral image on the surface.
His most outrageous behavior during this period was to instruct the guards to kill Mr. Qi. At that time, the entire family of the Guerjia clan was destroyed, and the noble person Qi himself became the abandoned son of the queen, and the emperor did not care about her life or death. Su Peisheng killed her just to breathe a sigh of relief for Cui Jinxi, and would not touch anything. core interests of one party.
And the plot progresses to the time when Su Peisheng really chooses to betray Yongzheng, and it has come to the end of the whole drama.
's final betrayal
Su Peisheng's betrayal is a dark line in the plot. The screenwriter of did not write much, but the audience still perceives the changes in the characters' behavior through two important plots.
The first episode is that after the death of King Guojun, Su Peisheng handed over to Zhen Huan the letter that the prince had written to Huanbi over the years. At this time, Su Peisheng had fully understood the relationship between Zhen Huan and the King of Guojun, and had realized the truth of the emperor's gift of his dead brother. The letters that he handed over by himself were the nomination papers suggesting that he was about to find another way out.
The second episode is the death of Yongzheng. Ning Guiren had been secretly poisoning the emperor for revenge. When the emperor fell ill, he had been completely emptied, and there was no one around him. Zhen Huan finally dismissed all the people who served in front of the emperor, killing the emperor alive.
Su Peisheng, the chief eunuch, could not have been ignorant of these matters, but he took a completely laissez-faire attitude towards Yongzheng's death and did not take any measures to prevent Zhen Huan and others from "slaying the dragon". As for why Su Peisheng betrayed, is not for the sake of the future or Cui Jinxi.
Speaking of glory and wealth, since ancient times, "the seven-rank officials in front of the prime minister's gate", the emperor's personal eunuch cannot lack wealth, limited by physical disability, and there is no more room for promotion. It is mentioned in the play that Su Peisheng has his own mansion and servants outside the palace. It can be seen from that money is no longer a rare thing for him.
Speaking of women, as a leader of eunuchs who has lived in the palace for a long time, and who has wandered between various forces, Su Peisheng has already grown into a mature politician, and every step of the politician's actions has a precise calculation of interests. It is impossible to easily change political stance for the sake of love.
In the final analysis, there is only one reason for him to finally turn to Zhen Huan - to save his life.
The end of losing trust
Su Peisheng has lost Yongzheng's trust in the later stage of the plot, He has to plan for his future. Eunuch Su has a special relationship with Yongshou Palace, which is well known in the harem, and the emperor himself knows it.
Yongzheng was extremely smart and thoughtful. At the beginning, Ling Yunfeng met Zhen Huan by chance and welcomed her back to the palace. It seemed like a coincidence and destiny, but once Yongzheng came back to his senses, he was likely to realize that this encounter was actually a well-arranged drama.
And in this scene, Su Peisheng, who first encouraged himself to go to the Ganlu Temple to offer incense, undoubtedly played an important middleman role.
Yongzheng is actually well aware of the harem's methods of winning favor. For example, Zhen Huan used a butterfly to regain favor after he fell out of favor for the first time. This is quite enjoyable.
Therefore, even if Yongzheng understood the transaction between Su Peisheng and Zhen Huan, he would not blame Su for his love for Zhen Huan at that time. becauseIn the final analysis, this slave is still flattering himself and pleasing himself.
But with the death of King Guojun, the relationship between Zhen Huan and the emperor came to a dead end, and there was no possibility of reconciliation between the two. At this time, Su Peisheng had to make a choice between two interest groups. and it was the existence of Xia Kui who made him finally completely defect to Zhen Huan.
Since ancient times, there have been irreconcilable contradictions between eunuchs and the emperor's private spy organization, such as Dongchang and Jinyiwei in the Ming Dynasty; eunuchs and blood drops in the Qing Dynasty. Although the two are both the emperor's confidants and are directly under the emperor's management, there is a fierce competition between them. After
King Guojun died, because of Yu Rao's unintentional remarks, Emperor became suspicious of Liu's life and sent Xia Gu to investigate the matter. Once this secret is revealed, the party of Xi Guifei will immediately fall, and the entire Yongshou Palace and Guojun Wangfu will be wiped out.
Su Peisheng was the emperor's personal eunuch and confidant, but he was completely excluded from the top-secret operation of investigating the life of the sixth brother.
Then with Zhen Huan's resignation, Su Peisheng has only one fate - death. Whether it's to punish his special relationship with Yongshou Palace, or to prevent this royal scandal from leaking, Yongzheng will not allow him to live. Because of his knowledge of Yongzheng, Su Peisheng was well aware of the outcome he might face.
reluctantly chose
as a child to serve Yongzheng, accompany him through the bloody storm of " nine sons win ", an old eunuch who has experienced the brutal political struggle in the early days of Yongzheng, Su Peisheng knows better than anyone that "accompany the king as a company" What is it like to be a tiger?
Whether it is the Yongzheng in history or the Yongzheng in " Legend of Zhen Huan ", treats political enemies without mercy.
In the early years, the eighth elder brother and ninth elder brother , who competed for the throne, were imprisoned by decapitation, and life was better than death; Longkeduo and Nian Gengyao, who had made great contributions in seizing the throne, were given poisoned wine, A whole family was copied; even his own son, Sange, had his yellow belt cut off just because he pleaded for 's eighth master .
In addition to being ruthless, Yongzheng in the play is also endowed with a layer of hypocritical personality. For example, he did not kill Long Keduo and King Guojun himself, but sent their beloved women to send poisoned wine, and pretended to be sad after the incident. By borrowing a knife to kill people, the can preserve its own reputation.
And as a cold-eyed bystander of these things, Su Peisheng couldn't help feeling cold.
From Yongzheng's point of view, Su Peisheng is positioned as a useful minion who has been using it for many years. Out of the friendship from childhood to adulthood, he may give this minion certain privileges, but he will never give up the principle of doing things he has always upheld for him, and he will not allow him to threaten the majesty of the supreme ruler.
Because of this, the emperor did not express too many objections after the queen exposed the affair between Su Peisheng and Cui Jinxi and sent the two to the Department of Sanitation and Punishment.
On the one hand, it is in line with the rules for the empress to exercise the power of the central palace and punish the maids and eunuchs who eat food. But Er Er, without him, another person will serve him.
If it wasn't for Zhen Huan running around and trying his best to rescue the two, it is very likely that Su Peisheng would never have the chance to return to the imperial court for the rest of his life. Compared with Yongzheng, Zhen Huan is obviously a more humane and emotional leader. In addition, there is such a relationship as Cui Jinxi, Zhen Huan will definitely not treat him badly.
What's more, at the end of the plot, Yongzheng is terminally ill and may die at any time, while the queen is imprisoned, and no one in the palace can compete with Concubine Xi.
The third elder brother has been cut off the yellow belt, the fifth elder brother is frail and sickly, and the only two remaining thronesOne of the heirs is Zhen Huan's adopted son, and the other is Zhen Huan's biological son. No matter who the fourth elder brother or the sixth elder brother ascends the throne, Zhen Huan is a well-deserved empress dowager.
In this situation, Su Peisheng has no choice. Betraying the emperor, turned to Zhen Huan as his only way to survive.
Conclusion
As the saying goes, is the emperor and the courtier. Every time the dynasty is changed, it is also accompanied by a major purge of power. Countless high-ranking officials and aristocratic families collapse overnight because of the new emperor's ascension, old interest groups are liquidated, and new interest groups take the opportunity to rise.
When the Yongzheng and Qianlong dynasties were replaced, Su Peisheng was able to judge the situation, and with his sensitive political sense, he successfully stood in line at the critical moment of the handover of the new and old emperors, and finally retired, and got the ending of enjoying his old age with his beloved. The character's extraordinary vision and wisdom.
