I will watch "The Long River" again during this time, and let's talk about Chen Huang Chen Tianyi.
The first time I saw this person's name was in Yuehe 's novel "Kangxi Dynasty". Gao Shiqi gave this man the nickname "Water Mouse", saying that he was dark and thin. He also made Kangxi 's beloved concubine, the famous Thirteenth Prince his mother, Bao Rilongmei, remember him for the rest of his life. In the end, he died young due to exhaustion and illness due to the treatment of the river.
Chinese people love emperors, generals, ministers, talented men and beauties the most. River management is a civil engineering project, which is incomprehensible and boring. Therefore, through the ages, no more than 10 people have been able to leave their names on it. However, due to the change of dynasties due to river regulation, there is a long list. The Sui Dynasty and the Yuan Dynasty fell into this.
However, water control is too important. China ranks first in the world in terms of frequency and intensity of natural disasters. Among all natural disasters, there are four most frequent and serious ones: floods, droughts, earthquakes and ocean disasters. These four types account for approximately 90% of all natural disasters, of which floods and droughts are the most prominent, accounting for more than half. China has a very long historical record of floods and droughts. There are detailed records in the 2155 years from 206 BC to 1949 AD. A total of 1092 major floods and 1056 major droughts occurred, with an average of one major flood and drought disaster occurring every year. The frequent occurrence of floods and droughts is due to the fact that southeastern China is affected by the monsoon climate. Rainfall is basically concentrated in 3 to 4 months each year, resulting in uneven spatial and temporal distribution of water resources and strong spatial and temporal variability. This hydrological characteristic is rare in the world. Frequent natural disasters make agricultural production prone to famine, which will turn into famine if timely relief is not provided.
During the Spring and Autumn Period Guan Zhong, the Prime Minister of Qi State, once said a famous saying, "To govern a country, you must first eliminate the five evils, and among the five evils, water is the greatest." This is the origin of "To govern a country, you must first control water."
Here we must also mention the Yellow River . The Yellow River is not only the river with the highest sediment content in the world, but also the most complex and difficult to control. There were seven great migrations of the Yellow River in history, and the embankments broke about 1,580 times in 4,230 years. The Yellow River floods affected areas ranging from Tianjin in the north to Nanjing in the south, covering an area of 250,000 square kilometers, causing hunger and death everywhere. This is the mother river that nurtures us, and it is also a long river that brings rolling disasters.
Therefore, from ancient times to the present, water control has been impossible to think about without enough money and food, without a strong central government, without far-sighted planning and extremely firm determination.
is not only about governing water, but also about governing a country. But for Chen Huang, he only cares about water control. His life and passion are all about the Yellow River. He possesses the loneliness and determination of a lone warrior, just like a sharp blade, moving forward inexorably but with a fragile edge.
Putting aside water control, this man’s emotional intelligence basically belongs to Mariana Trench. Jin Fu told him to abide by the unspoken rules of officialdom and not to replace others. He pleads for mercy, but he doesn't. He will avenge Jin Fu at every opportunity.
discusses a meeting with everyone. He disses everyone present, causing the barrage to pop up with this sentence: Brother, you said it very well, don't say it again. Perhaps from that moment on, it was destined that Chen Tianyi would not die well.
If it weren't for Jin Fu, I have deep doubts whether he would have survived to the twentieth episode. Kang Laosan was still smart. He made Chen Huang serve as Jin Fu's staff and did not give him an official position, saving himself from having to follow behind and wipe his ass every day.
Later, when faced with the headstrong Kangxi, Chen Huang still refused to take a step back - this is actually what I think is the depth of this drama. People will become, there is no eternal holy emperor, only the old emperor who is Machiavellian and increasingly reluctant to see others challenge his authority.
There are not so many loyal ministers and filial sons. There are only a lot of mortals who act wisely and protect themselves according to the wind.
Then I suddenly remembered Bai Qi, the god of war who made immortal contributions in the Changping Battle. He was also the same headstrong as Chen Huang. He stood firmly on the technical level and used the battlefield situation, changes in people's hearts, casualties of soldiers and the international situation to conduct a technical argument with King Qin, using technical correctness to convince the emperor's inner autocracy.
However, what King Qin wanted was not this. He and Kang Laosan cared about the same thing: Jane in the heart of the emperor, are you loyal to your conscience, your morality, your technology, or are you loyal to me?
I once thought that people or things that are too pure are often unable to be retained in the world. Later I realized that it is not that they cannot be retained but that they do not want to be retained.
eventually committed suicide in vain, and Chen Huang also died of illness in prison. The ending of Chen Huang is very clear in the history books:
"Chen Huang offended the landlords and gentry because of his farming affairs. He was joined by Jiangnan Dao Yushi Guo Xiu and others. He was dismissed from his post on the charge of "seizing people's land and falsely claiming to be farming."
The director of this drama said this: Historically, the ending of Jin Fu and Chen Huang was tragic, but epics around the world always describe heroes who failed and died.
In the eyes of the Chinese, real success is not to win something while alive, it is just the smallest success. Did Zhuge Liang’s Northern Expedition succeed? Was Yue Fei's Northern Expedition successful? This does not hinder their great personality and noble spirit. We divide success into three types: meritorious service, moral integrity, and reputation. Shi Lang Taking back Taiwan is a meritorious service. Jin Fu and Chen Huang cannot complete their achievements, but their spirits will last forever and their personalities will shine through the ages. Death is precisely the beginning of their success. There are few people who can make the people willing to erect a statue for them by the Yellow River.
Fortunately, time and public sentiment will reward those who are selfless, justice will last forever, and those who are private will be temporary.
