You can watch it as a detective drama, but what cannot be avoided is that these cases and the process of solving them, as well as the fate of the characters in the drama, are all related to political struggles. The eight strange cases in the
- play are the products of the times and derivatives of political struggle; the investigation team in the
- play is not only the guardian of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, but also the whistleblower of the prosperous crisis; Numerous figures, both beneficiaries and victims of political struggles.
All of these are closely related to the background of the times reflected in the play. However, there was no foreshadowing in the episode, which caused many viewers to be confused, so I will tell you about it here. The background of the era of
"The Story of the Tang Dynasty"
" The Story of the Tang Dynasty The Story of the Tang Dynasty" was mentioned at the beginning of the episode, and the story happened in the Tang Jingyun period. Jingyun is the era name of Tang Ruizong Li Dan.
Speaking of which, Li Dan's succession to the emperor has a complicated story behind it. Everything has to start with Wu Zetian .
Wu Zetian's background is well known. In the later court struggle, she defeated the king and queen of the famous family, and successfully ascended the throne, becoming the queen of Tang Gaozong and Li Zhi. It is not uncommon for
to compete for favor in the harem, but this incident of "abolishing the king and establishing martial arts" had a profound impact on the direction of the Tang Dynasty's national fortunes and the development of Chinese history.
In other words, without this incident, Wu Zetian would not have ascended the throne and proclaimed the emperor, and there would not have been the plot of "The Story of the Tang Dynasty". This is the domino effect .
Not much gossip, Wu Zetian was a strong woman, so the weak Li Zhi gave her the nickname "Queen of Heaven", and she was also called "Second Sage" with the emperor, and participated in the state affairs. This is already a red flag. After
Gaozong died, Wu Zetian's third son Li Xian succeeded him, namely Zhongzong . However, Li Xian was abolished after sitting on the Dragon Chair for 55 days, and Wu Zetian supported the fourth son Li Dan to succeed him, namely Emperor Ruizong. After six years of
, Wu Zetian simply made it in one step, proclaimed himself emperor, the country name "Zhou", historically known as Wu Zhou .
She gave up Chang'an , set the capital Luoyang , called " Shendu ", which is the location of " Luozhou " in "Story of Tang Dynasty".
as China's first orthodox female emperor, coupled with some cruel methods, so Wu Zetian will inevitably be criticized.
But there is an objective fact: her ability to govern the country can be called an excellent politician, and her personality is very charismatic. Therefore, at that time and later generations, many people respected her, such as Di Renjie and other famous officials.
When Wu Zetian was seriously ill in his later years, the Li family and ministers staged a coup d'état and supported Li Xian to restore the emperor. At that time, the era name was Shenlong , so it was called " Shenlong coup ". Wu Zetian died in the same year.
Li Xianguang Datang , but the chaos did not end. Empress Wei, who came from a famous family, colluded with Wu Sansi and controlled the government. Soon, Li Xian died violently, and it was rumored that Queen Wei and her daughter, Princess Anle, poisoned the assassination.
Then, Queen Wei called to the dynasty, and supported Li Xian's son Li Chongmao to succeed him.
However, less than a month later, Li Longji , Princess Taiping joined forces to stage a coup, killing Empress Wei, Princess Anle and others, abolishing Li Chongmao, and supporting Li Dan to restore the emperor, namely Emperor Ruizong. At that time, the era name was Tanglong , so it was called " Tanglong coup ".
Speaking of this, many people must feel dazzled and dizzy. This decades-long history is indeed messy in itself.
Let me briefly summarize, the emperors in this period are in the order of their reign: Gaozong Li Zhi - Zhongzong Li Xian - Ruizong Li Dan - Wu Zetian - Li Xian reset - Shaodi Li Chongmao - - Li Dan resets. The combined time of several Li emperors was not long, and they were puppets.
appears thisThe reasons for this political chaos are manifold. On the surface, it was the weak and incompetent emperors of the Li family that led to chaos in the harem. The profound reason behind
is the power struggle between the emperor and the nobility, as well as the contest between the aristocratic clan clan and the common clan landlord.
This situation is actually a social reality faced as early as the founding of the Tang Dynasty, and it is a problem left over from history. In the case of a weak emperor, this problem will only ferment and cause major events.
For example, there were four great families in the world at that time, "King Cui Luzheng", Guanzhong four surnames "Wei Pei Liuxue", they were both the founders of the Tang Dynasty and the beneficiaries, with deep roots.
Many of their descendants are royal relatives, nobles, and important officials, and their children are all over the court. For example, the surnames of the characters in "The Story of the Tang Dynasty" are reflected.
Who can resist the temptation of the throne? If he can't be the emperor himself, who doesn't want to support his own spokesperson to be the emperor?
I have to mention here that Li Zhi was the son of Li Shimin, the third emperor of the Tang Dynasty. That is to say, the Li Dynasty was in chaos after it was passed to the third generation. The inherited weakness of several generations of emperors was controlled by women one after another.
If Li Yuan and Li Shimin of Yingwu I knew about it under the loess, they would definitely be furious.
"The Story of the Tang Dynasty" wanted to express what
returned to "The Story of the Tang Dynasty". The beginning of the episode is actually the reign of Jingyun, which is the year after Li Dan's reset. The crown prince in
is Li Longji, the son of Li Dan and Wu Zetian in history, and the eldest princess is Princess Taiping, the daughter of Wu Zetian.
The reset of Li Dan this time was the result of the coup d'etat jointly launched by Li Longji and Princess Taiping. Therefore, Li Dan, who has always been weak, was once again put on hold.
Li Longji and Princess Taiping themselves are not fuel-efficient lamps, otherwise they would not have done the coup d'état and life-threatening events.
As a result, the central court at that time was divided into three political power groups: the emperor, the prince, and the Princess Taiping.
Emperor faction——
has the name of the emperor and is weak, and can only rely on the eunuchs and some upright ministers around him to secretly consolidate the imperial power and weaken the power of the prince and the eldest princess.
For example, the "Tangtian Tower" case in "The Story of Tang Dynasty" is actually the emperor's attempt to use the hand of the illusion master Sha Si to let the tower collapse and get rid of the prince and the eldest princess. Unfortunately, this plan was inadvertently disrupted by Su Wuming and Lu Lingfeng and ended in failure.
Prince Sect——
Crown Prince Li Longji is the eldest son of Emperor Li Dan. It's a pity that
is young, young, and inexperienced.
Princess Party——
Princess Taiping is Wu Zetian's youngest and most favored daughter. Seeing that the emperor's elder brother is weak and unable to support the wall, and that there are other relatives and others seeking the throne, he has the grand ambition to imitate his mother to be the emperor and unify the government. These three political forces,
, have of course won the throne of the emperor and commanded the supreme power in the world. Of course, no matter what the outcome of the battle, the Li family's royal family was in the top position, and the meat was rotten in a pot.
As the eldest princess said in the play "The Story of Tang Dynasty", "this is our Li family's family affairs", and outsiders are not allowed to interfere. The tragic death of Wei Fenghua, the Dianjun of the Princess Mansion, was the end.
The ministers of the DPRK and the local government officials followed the three factions accordingly.
, of course, has quite a few watchers among them, as well as vacillating speculators. For example, the Inspector of Luozhou and others in "The Story of the Tang Dynasty".
At the time, there were still some forces coveting imperial power. For example, Li Xue left behind in Luoyang, Sha Si, a master of illusion in the Western Regions, and Wang Yuantong, a Sizhujian. They are secretly planning, creating chaos, and intending to usurp power.
It was less than a hundred years after the founding of the Tang Dynasty, and the political situation was so strange Bizarre, unpredictable, turbulent undercurrents, and fast-changing, is exactly what is about to come, and it is a bloody storm.
The series of bizarre cases in the drama "The Story of Tang Dynasty", the frequent changes of official positions of the main characters, the ups and downs of their careers, the tragic fate of many characters, etc., are all induced by this special background of the times, and the root causes can be attributed to them here.
This is also what Lu Lingfeng realized at the end of the play: Datang has both a flowery side and a great shadow.
Only two years after Li Dan's reset, he was forced to sit in the place of Crown Prince Li Longji, calling himself the Supreme Emperor. Li Longji, also known as Tang Xuanzong , worked hard to kill the conspiracy and rebellion Princess Taiping, controlled the political situation, opened up " Kaiyuan Shengshi", and pushed the Tang Dynasty to its peak. Of course, this is another story. The TV series "The Story of the Tang Dynasty" may be shown in the second part.
Wei Fenghua , the screenwriter of "The Story of the Tang Dynasty" once said:
"Investigation is just a means. Why and how to go to the prosperous Tang Dynasty is what this drama really wants to express."
This article is about answer this question on behalf of.
In the special era background, Lu Lingfeng, Su Wuming and a group of loyal and righteous people from the court and the opposition, for the sake of peace and happiness in the world, to save the common people, and to benefit the people of Li, they worked together to solve the conspiracy without hesitation, and at the same time, they took on the mission of saving the society from danger.
these ordinary little people, for the sake of their own home and the world, they are simply paying and working hard, and they are invisibly contributing to the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty.
The blueprint of the prosperous age is designed and depicted by the upper-level figures, while the pyramid of prosperous age is built by the hard work of thousands of ordinary people. Behind every prosperity in the history of
, there are the collective efforts and hard work of the public, but they are not well known.
This also confirms the fact that human history is written by the people.
