Liu Yifei Zhao Paner played by Chen Xiao Gu Qianfan played by . Stills from " Menghualu "
is directed by Yang Yang and starring Liu Yifei, Chen Xiao, Liu Yan , and Lin Yun . After it was launched on the Internet, it quickly became popular across the Internet, with praises and a score once rose to 8.8 points. The title of "Menghualu" comes from the famous notes of " Tokyo Menghualu " in the Song Dynasty. It can be seen from the names of Zhao Paner, Song Yinzhang, Zhou She and other characters that the play is adapted from the Guan Hanqing Yuan drama "Zhao Paner's Fengyue Saves Feng Dust". The story of Zhao Paner saving his sister Song Yinzhang from Zhou She has been told in the first 5 episodes. The subsequent entrepreneurial story of the sisters joining hands to enter Bianjing and opening a restaurant has nothing to do with Guan Hanqing. If it is just an ancient romance drama that starts a business while talking about feelings, it would be too thin. In order to capture male audiences, "Dream Hualu" also sets a background for the story of Northern Song power struggle.
Although "Menghualu" is not a historical drama, the chronological setting is also vague and only talks about "During the Northern Song Dynasty", based on the information of "female protagonist Chang" and "Fengshan Taishan " in the play, it can still be determined that the story takes place in the dynasty of Song Zhenzong , which has had Fengshan resume. The clear and turbid party struggle in the play is actually the post-party struggle between Zhao Heng and Liu E . The characters in the play also have corresponding historical prototypes, such as the "Five Ghosts of the Higher and Deceiver" in the play, Xiao Qinyan, Zhu Peiruo and Xiao Wei are the "Five Ghosts" in the Zhenzong dynasty of Wang Qinruo and Ding Wei . The leader of the Qing school, Ke Xiang, Ke Zheng, is Kou Zhun.
"Taibai daytime, the heroine Chang, the heroine Chang, learn from King Wu." Stills from "Menghualu"
"Menghualu" prophecy starts "Game of Thrones"
The first act of the story of "Menghualu" is the prophecy of "The heroine Chang" appears. There are rumors circulating in Tokyo that "the queen has long lost her virginity and deceived the official family for more than ten years". This is exactly the story about Liu E and Zhao Heng. In history, before Liu E married Zhao Heng, she was attached to Gong Mei, a craftsman who forged silverware. Gong Mei took her from Chengdu to Tokyo ( Kaifeng ) and married into the Han Palace. King Han later ascended the throne, Zhao Heng, the Emperor Zhenzong of Song Dynasty. Liu E adopted the prince born by the maid Li, through the "Cat Cat" and adopted the prince. His mother was named the queen because of her son.
After Liu E became the queen, she gradually showed her political talent. She read all the memorials she read in advance, and some political affairs can still be decided. Just like the story of Wu Zetian and Tang Gaozong , Song Zhenzong's health is getting worse and worse, and political affairs are gradually relying on Liu E to make decisions.
The prototype of the official family in "Menghualu" should be Song Zhenzong
Song Zhenzong Tianxi third year (1019), "I saw this in the daytime, and the divination said: 'The heroine Chang'." (Li Tao's "Such Zizhi Tongjian Changbian") Thinking of the empress's frequent intervention in political affairs on weekdays, Song Zhenzong felt a grudge in his heart and told the eunuch Zhou Huaizheng around him about this. Prime Minister Kou Zhun followed Zhou Huaizheng's inside line and also understood the emperor's thoughts. Taking advantage of the opportunity of the monarch and ministers talking alone, he "secretly discussed and asked the crown prince to supervise the country", and said, "The crown prince is expected to belong to him, and I hope Your Majesty will pass on it with a magical weapon. Ding is a flatterer, so he cannot assist the young master." Zhenzong nodded and acquiesced. This matter is extremely secret, but it is bad because Kou Zhun's own habit of drinking and drinking. Kou Zhun was drunk and said, "It's time for all his political enemies to know."
Liu E and Kou Zhun have always had conflicts. Liu E was noble and had a mother in the world. Various clans came to join us. The clans in Shu were even more domineering and robbed the people. The emperor did not want to pursue the matter for the sake of the queen, but Prime Minister Kou Zhun firmly requested to punish the crime according to law. In the matter of establishing the queen, Kou Zhun had offended Liu E and punished the Liu clan members to deepen the conflict between the two. Now Kou Zhun is going to underestimate her again, and Liu E, Ding Wei and others put pressure on the emperor. When Zhenzong saw that Kou Zhun was not strict and pushed the pressure on him, he refused to admit his account and said, "I don't remember what I said to Kou Zhun." Kou Zhun had to take the blame himself, so he was dismissed from preaching.
After Kou Zhun was dismissed from prime minister, Zhou Huaizheng was uneasy and began to plan to kill Ding Wei and others, let Kou Zhun regain prime minister, and then regard Zhenzong as the Supreme Emperor, pass the throne to the crown prince, and depose Empress Liu . Unexpectedly, Yang Chongxun and Yang Huaiji, who participated in the planning, turned against each other and reported to Ding Wei. Ding Wei and Cao used and others to report to Liu E. Empress Liu decided to take the initiative and issue a forgery edict to liquidate Zhou Huaizheng and Kou Zhun's party. As a result, Zhou Huaizheng was killed, and his party member Zhu Nengshuai's Yongxing Army failed and hanged himself. Kou Zhun was also implicated and was stripped of the title of Duke of Lai. From Henan to Hubei and then to Hunan, he was demoted for three consecutive times, becoming further and further away from the capital of the center of power.
was dismissed from Kou Zhun, and then was demoted in a short period of time. These things were all done by Liu E for falsely passing the imperial edict. Emperor Zhenzong of Song on the sickbed had no idea. At the end of the year, the emperor suddenly remembered, "I haven't seen Kou Laoxier for a long time, what's going on?" No one around dared to answer truthfully. After Emperor Zhenzong of Song Dynasty passed away, Kou Zhun was demoted to Leizhou, the southernmost part of the mainland, and was truly a corner of the world away from the capital. Liu E also ordered "to spread his crimes to China and abroad" to inform the world.
Although Ding Wei formed an alliance with Empress Dowager Liu during the battle with Kou Zhun, as soon as Kou Zhun fell, Ding Wei also wanted to limit Empress Dowager Liu's power in order to expand his power.
So he suggested that the Empress Dowager live in another hall, and that he would pass on the general affairs and memorials, and that the Empress Dowager would summon the auxiliary ministers to discuss the matter. This obviously requires undermining the Queen Mother and let him decide on political affairs. Empress Dowager Liu sent an edict: "The little emperor should be on the side of politics day and night." So he asked Song Renzong and Empress Dowager Liu to go on their 5th day, the emperor sat on the left and the empress dowager sat on the right. In 1022, Empress Dowager Liu issued another edict, exposing Ding Wei's conspiracy, dismissed Ding Wei's prime minister and demoted him to Hainan Island . After defeating Kou Zhun and Ding Wei one after another, Empress Dowager Liu began to rule the country from behind and became the first female protagonist in the Song Dynasty to be the governor of .
"Menghualu" poster
"Hat Demon" may come with political tasks
"Menghualu" also appeared in the famous supernatural incident "Hat Demon Case", which happened in the Zhenzong Dynasty. Historical records such as " Song History " and "Successful Zizhi Tongjian Changbian" are recorded.
"History of the Song Dynasty·Biography of Emperor Zhenzong" records that on May 2nd year of Tianxi (1018), " Xijing falsely said that monsters are like hats, and the people are very scared." There is a rumor in Luoyang, Xijing Luoyang, which looks like hats, flying at night, causing panic. Heyang The report of Zhang Min, the governor of the Three Cities, is more detailed: "I heard a false statement from Xijing recently that something is like a cap. It flew into someone's house at night and turned into a big wolf shape, which can hurt people slightly. The people are quite frightened and they close their depths every night, and they will be captured and chased with weapons." ("Continued Zizhi Tongjian Changbian") This hat demon can also be changed into the shape of a wolf or a dog, and will also cause minor harm to people. The panicked people closed their doors and doors as soon as it was dark, while those who were brave organized civil defense and searched for hat demons with weapons.
Hat monster is here. Stills from "Menghualu"
Song Zhenzong ordered local officials to check the situation, and sent the Censor Lu Yan to investigate quickly and investigate the local officials for failing to report public opinion in a timely manner. The local transshipment envoy and the criminal prison department were held accountable, and the Xijing left-behind department was transferred to Shaanxi for his crime of inattention. Song Zhenzong, who firmly believed in auspiciousness and gods, also placed his hopes on supernatural forces. Superstitious activities such as "sacrificial sacrifices and prayers" certainly failed to curb the spread of the rumors of "hat demon".
The rumors spread more and more widely. By the day of June Yisi, they spread to Kaifeng, Tokyo. The hat demon became stronger and stronger as it spread, and it had become "various" and "weird shape" ( Zhao Ruyu "Memorials of the Ministers of the Song Dynasty"), and it changed from the previous "slightly able to hurt people" to "cannibal people" ("Song History·Five Elements Records"), and "cannibal people from the people's family" ("Successful Zizhi Tongjian Changbian"), reflecting that people's fears are getting deeper and deeper. In order to overcome the fear, clan forces gathered in the streets and alleys in Tokyo at that time, and the panic in the military camp was even more serious.
At this time, Song Zhenzong felt something was wrong. He was confused by the evil words, the people in the capital gathered, and the army was shaken. The purpose of this hat demon was not simple.If someone takes the opportunity to fan the flames, the Zhao family's country will be in danger! Moreover, according to the previously arranged investigation team report, there is no evidence in the Hat Demon investigation. All monsters are caused by humans. Emperor Zhenzong of Song suspected that it was "the monsters who did it" ("History of Song Dynasty·Five Elements"), and those who have ulterior motives "cause and fate are traitors" ("Xuozizhi Tongjian Changbian").
Hat monster is here. Stills from "Menghualu"
What should I do when facing this panic situation for the whole nation? The person who makes trouble must be caught! First, a reward was issued, and those who spread rumors were reported: "The imperial edict was issued to make a reward, and those who recruited people to be evil" ("Continued Zizhi Tongjian Changbian"). This time, several suspects were caught: a monk named Tianshang, as well as sorcerers Geng Gang, Zhang Gang and others. Living Housekeeper Lu Yijian . After entering the internal escort team, Zhou Huaizheng found that these people might have really had problems. They were punished with criminal records and sentenced to beheading and abandoned the market. At the same time, they were assigned to several people.
"Memorials of Ministers of the Song Dynasty" records the same thing: "(The court) then issued a list of documents, and decided to reward him, and promised him to sue him, so that the demons would be captured. Since then, hundreds of people from Yeju Xiaosan were captured, and Lu Yijian ordered the investigation to be executed, and the six people in the head were killed, and the rest were spared from death. It would take several months to be safe." Second, the rumor was strictly prohibited from spreading rumors. Sima Guang " Shu Shui Ji Wen " says, "The capital is full of evil spirits, so there are great things about the hats." "The neighborhood is disturbed, and the punishment is strictly prohibited." The rumors of the hat demon spread from Xijing to Tokyo and continued to spread to Nanjing ( Shangqiu ). At that time, from Tokyo to Nanjing, the panicked people closed their doors early at night. The king of Yingtianfu ordered the people to open their doors and sleep at night. He wanted to make the people feel at ease and tell them that there are no hat demons in this world. Those who dare to spread rumors will be arrested immediately. This move is quite effective, and since then, "the demons will not rise" ("Continued Zizhi Tongjian Changbian").
In the process of catching monsters with a reward, false accusations and unjust cases are inevitable. Once the action of catching monsters is expanded, another kind of terror will be caused. Therefore, Emperor Zhenzong of Song adopted the suggestion of Youzhengyan Liu Ye, and ordered Lu Yijian and others not to abuse the criminal law in the case of demons and not to retrospectively, thereby stabilizing the situation.
As for whether Tianshang, Geng Gai, Zhang Gang and others are indeed the initiators of the hat demon, it seems that it is no longer important to the imperial party groups such as Song Zhenzong, Lu Yijian, Zhou Huaizheng, and Wang Zeng. They just need to catch a few scapegoats to give the people an explanation and block the long-lasting words of the perverted demons, echoes and the people who don’t know the truth.
: Is the "Hat Demon Case" done by the imperial party or the later party? We don't know whether the case was just pacified. As soon as the case was relieved, the ministers immediately asked to make the crown prince. Song Zhenzong's only son, Zhao Huyi , became the beneficiary. In August of that year, he was named the crown prince and was given the name Zhao Zhen , which was later Song Renzong. Four years later, Liu E, the legitimate mother of Renzong, was respected as the empress dowager, and the empress dowager was given the empress dowager's disposal.
Cover News Reporter Wen Kanglin
References
Tuotuo "History of the Song Dynasty"
Li Tao "Continued Zizhi Tongjian Changbian"
Fang Yan "The Mysterious Rumors of the Song Zhenzong Period - An Investigation Centered on the Heavenly Book Incident and Hat Demon Rumors"
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