The TV series Yongzheng Dynasty is based on February River's novel Yong Zhengdi. The original is not as atmospheric as a TV series, but more like a heavy black officialdom novel. The screenwriter and director of the TV series sublimated the novel and finally made this big drama. After all, TV plays are also born out of novels, and many contents about history have the phenomenon of taking a slant or stealing a column. As a novelist, the author certainly doesn't mean to accuse. After all, you can't copy the manuscript clearly when writing a novel. Without further ado, let's look at some differences between historical records and TV series.
First of all, the overall impression is that the actors selected in this TV series are generally too large. When Kangxi abolished the Prince for the first time, the eldest brother was only 36 years old and the fourth brother was just 30 years old. On TV, it seems that eldest brother will not live to be the same age as his father. Relatively speaking, those messy soap operas like Palace and Walking on Thin Ice are more similar in the age of actors.
First of all, big brother Yin Dong (Zhi)
The eldest brother in the TV series is almost as stupid as a pig (brown), without self-knowledge, impetuous, narrow-minded and causing trouble everywhere. Fortunately, he didn't have many scenes and soon got a box lunch. The important reason for the lack of eldest brother in this drama is that Nalan Mingzhu was finished before, and eldest brother lost the biggest capital.
The eldest brother in history is not as wretched as Yongzheng dynasty, but the handsome guy with thick eyebrows in Kangxi dynasty is more in line with historical facts. He participated in the conquest of Grdan twice and was a meritorious minister. 26-year-old Feng County King. Unfortunately, he is an unmarried woman. Although his mother Hui Fei is the first of the four concubines, she is far less than the second. In addition, Huifei, like Mingzhu, is a Laplace of Ye.
In the investigation of Jiuzi, eldest brother did have some disgraceful places. First of all, he did find a Mongolian Lama to stab a villain for the prince. Second, I did try to kill Yin Ren for my father. One thing I didn't say in the TV series is that he tried to recommend Lao Ba after his own failure, but he was rejected by Kangxi and had bad luck with Lao Ba. In particular, he also told Zhang Mingde, the fortune teller of Kangxi, that Lao Ba had the spirit of an emperor (the Eight Heavenly Kings). It's really hard to guess his motivation for recommending Lao Ba. Judging from the results, Lao Ba has gained a firm foothold. But Lao Ba was raised by his eldest brother's biological mother, Hui Fei, and it seems that he recommended Lao Ba to protect himself.
After Yin Gui's sin was exposed, even his mother gave up. He applied to Kangxi for the execution of his son. But Kangxi was very kind and always banned him. After leaving the palace during Yongzheng period, Hui Fei went to Lao Ba's adopted son's home for the aged. However, Yin Gan was imprisoned for 26 years, during which she gave birth to 20 children (most of whom died) until she died at the age of 63, which was a natural death.
Two, two brothers, Yin Yong.
In this play, the second brother Yin Yong is not much different from the immortals in history, and the only nonsense is Zheng Chunhua. The author thinks that Zheng Chunhua is the biggest failure of this play, and the addition of this role makes many things unreasonable. It can only be said that February River underestimated the strong and strict patriarchal clan system in Qing Dynasty.
Historically, Yin Yong was two years younger than Big Brother, only one year old, and was conferred as the last Crown Prince in the history of China feudal dynasty. He is Kangxi's beloved son. He has been his father's son since childhood. When the prince was born with smallpox, Kangxi had to take care of himself if he didn't go to court. Of course, Kangxi's disappointment with him was not a fake Zheng Chunhua, but something from the Yin Dynasty 16 era. Kangxi went to Gerdan himself when he got sick, and the prince and the third son went to explore the camp. I didn't expect the prince to have no sadness, only a relaxed expression. Compared with Kangxi's attitude when the prince was ill, even ordinary people would be disappointed, and Kangxi was distressed for twenty years.
From then on, Kangxi began to guard against the prince. First, execute a few villains around the Prince (including one suspected of Toy Boy), then enfeoffment your buddies to separate powers, and then get rid of the Prince's uncle and grandfather. The following ministers and princes could not fail to see Kangxi's practice, and the prince became the target of public criticism.
In the forty-seventh year of Kangxi, the prince was abolished. The fuse is that 18-year-old old prince is still indifferent, disappointing Kangxi. Then during the inspection, the prince approached Kangxi's tent several times and peeped, which made Kangxi jumpy.
A year after the prince was abolished, he was re-established. In fact, at this time, he was already a tool, because Kangxi found that there was no prince, and he became the target of public criticism. The ministers and sons came at him, and he simply took out the prince as a shield. In fact, the prince is useless at this time, and it is only a matter of time before he is abolished and banned again. Yin Yong was banned until his death in the second year of Yongzheng, at the age of 51. His life is not as good as that of Herry Liu, a criminal prince, but at least he had a real fight.
Third, third brother Yin Zhi.
In this play, the third brother's image is biased, his words are sour, and he is keen to write books with literati. In the TV series, he has a better position among the princes. In his later years, he led a team to copy Laojiu's home.
Historically, the third child is indeed a partial subject, and it is no problem to write a book. Moreover, he also published a book "The Origin of Law and Calendar", which is more than that in TV series. This book is a series of astronomy and mathematics in the style of science and technology. I can see that the third child is not only playing with liberal arts at ordinary times, but also doing well in science. In addition, the third child is also proficient in riding, shooting and the art of war. When he participated in the filming, he got as many prey as other big brothers, and when Kangxi went out, he also managed a big camp like his big brother.
The saddest thing about the third son is that he has always had a good relationship with the prince. Kangxi praised his kindness in this matter, but after Yongzheng ascended the throne, he was suppressed everywhere. Although the third child withdrew from the battle for office early, he still did not escape the fate of being cut off and banned. At the age of 55, he died in a forbidden area.
Fourth, fourth brother Yin Zhen
Generally speaking, the protagonist of this play, Yin Zhen's image and history are not very different, but from a historical point of view, the real Yin Zhen is even more vicious than the four princes on TV. February River designed many preconditions for his viciousness, such as the so-called forced palace.
The bigger difference between TV and historical materials lies in some plug-ins and details, and there is also a key issue of the legitimacy of the throne. February River and this drama stand on Yin Zhen's side, thinking that he acceded to the throne legally. But in history, more data prove that the legitimacy of his accession to the throne is very low. For example, the so-called testamentary edict was written by himself after he acceded to the throne, and it was not the original work of Kangxi at all. Long Keduo was the only one who said the so-called four elder brothers. The so-called eight-person Oracle Bone Inscriptions fabricated in the seventh year of Yongzheng had too much logic and too many loopholes. In fact, Records of Great Righteousness written by Yongzheng in his later years are also self-contradictory. Perhaps it is precisely because these logical errors cannot be justified that after Qianlong ascended the throne, he immediately ordered the recovery of the lost "The Record of Great Righteousness" for destruction. But the evidence he can't destroy is North Korea's record, which also shows that Long Keduo has a message, so it's entirely Long Keduo's call.
Roncodo in TV series is very different from Roncodo in history. First of all, he is the third son of Tong Guowei, not a nephew. Tong Guowei does support Lao Ba, but Longkeduo supports Lao Si, which should be the result of his own friendship. The relationship between Lao Si and Roncodo is not close, uncle and nephew. Although the fourth child was born of a princess, he was raised by Long Keduo's own sister, Tong Huang. That's how the so-called uncle Ronkedo came.
Wu Sidao on TV doesn't exist either. His prototype should be counselor Dido. It was Dai Duo who put forward that important principle to Lao Si: do more things and talk less (don't show his strengths for fear of abandonment, show his strengths too much for fear of seeing doubts). Lao Si verbally refuted Dai Duo, but accepted all his strategies. The fate of Dai Duo is worse than that of Mr. Wu. After he acceded to the throne, Lao Si sent him to Nian Gengyao first, and finally found an excuse to kill him.
Nian Gengyao's TV series, another key figure of Lao Si's accession to the throne, is basically similar to history, while Nian Fei is casually edited from various TV series.
Five, eight, brother Yin.
In Yongzheng dynasty, Mei was a villain from beginning to end, sinister and treacherous, as if she would destroy the land of Qing Dynasty as soon as she ascended the throne. Wang Huichun's excellent performance deepened this impression.
The old eight in history is much better than TV series. Let me start with a family background. Many TV plays define the mother of Lao Ba Sheng as A Xin Zheku who washes clothes. Actually, she doesn't know Manchu. Xin Zheku is also a kind of coating slave. Not only was Lao Ba's mother a philosopher in A Xin, but many concubines and ministers in Qing Dynasty were born in new philosophers. Lao Ba's grandfather is a five-product official, and there is no such thing as his own mother washing clothes. The so-called Xin Zheku bitch is what Kangxi used to call names when he was short of breath.
Another Zhang Mingde incident does exist, similar to a TV series, but with one more. Zhang Mingde once claimed that he had twenty killers who could help Lao Ba kill the prince. This was known by Kangxi. Although Lao Ba kicked Zhang Mingde out at that time, Kangxi still remembered.
Lao Ba is really popular. At that time, it was not only Tong Guowei and March who supported him, but also Li Guangdi and others. Even after the old eight fell out of favor, Li Guangdi remained outspoken. Lao Ba is the most suitable successor. I'm afraid it's not just a matter of popularity that so many civil and military ministers value him.
Old eight fell out of favor twice, and the first time he followed his eldest brother. Then Laojiu's senior ministers urged Kangxi to avoid taboos, and Kangxi didn't get rid of this embarrassing situation until he resurrected the Prince. The second fall from grace was the dead eagle incident, which was put on the old fourteen in the TV series. Historically, Baba gave Kangxi two Haidongqing. Kangxi was dying when he opened the box, so Kangxi was furious and even called Baba a slave.
After Yongzheng acceded to the throne, Lao Ba was reused by Yongzheng to stabilize him. This idea was clearly seen by Lao Ba Fujin, who said it was only a matter of time before she was cleaned up. Later, Lao Ba was robbed of his property, and Fujin was driven back to her family. The two were not allowed to communicate with each other. As for what forced the palace, what didn't happen, what instigated Hongshi, what didn't happen, on the contrary, Hongshi was the adopted son given to Lao Batang by Yongzheng.
Let's just say that Lao Ba and Lao Si are like Li He. I don't know who is better as emperor, but the old eight is not necessarily worse than the old four. The negative description of Lao Ba in TV series is a bit excessive.
6. Yin Yan, Jiu Ge
Jiu Ge was hacked the worst in the TV series. In this play, Jiu Ge seems to be the image of a rich little prince, who takes bribes and hits people everywhere. On the so-called forced palace issue, it is also extremely vicious and looks more negative than Lao Ba.
It is true that Laojiu has a rich history. He is good at doing business and often takes money to support Lao Ba's career. Even the trivial matter of one or two hundred and twenty pieces of silver pays for him, and tens of thousands of pieces of silver are given to the old fourteen. When Old Eight first fell out of favor, he took Old Fourteen to plead for mercy, and he was determined to die with Old Eight. Against him, Kangxi slapped him twice, and the fourteenth one was almost cut by Kangxi with a knife. It was not the fourth and thirteenth that stopped Kangxi at that time, but the fifth. This charity was also taken away by the protagonist's aura.
Besides, Laojiu is also a versatile person, which has opened his eyes to the world. First of all, he is very interested in science and technology, and he also designed his own chariot. Secondly, he has a good relationship with western missionaries and tries to learn modern knowledge from them. Finally, Laojiu learned a foreign language. He invented a style of writing Manchu in Latin to communicate secretly with Lao Shi and his family. Without the dictionary designed by him, outsiders would never understand its meaning. This is his pioneering work, and now the idea of turning Manchu into Latin is also his.
Laojiu's fate is worse than Lao Ba's. After Yongzheng ascended the throne, life was difficult and he was tortured to death at the age of 43. However, according to historical records, Laojiu took Lao Si as his best friend for a long time, and his ambition was not realized until he abolished the Prince for the second time. Maybe Yongzheng thought Laojiu was too capable, so he took care of Laojiu the hardest, and even his son was locked up for more than 50 years before he was released. As you can see, Yongzheng was very afraid of Laojiu.
Seven, ten elder brother Yin
The image of Lao Shi in TV series is basically an uneducated dude. In fact, he has more status than other big brothers. His biological mother is a noble princess, and she is inferior to him except the prince. In addition, he is also the grandson of Bilong, one of the orphans entrusted by Shunzhi, comparable to the eldest brother and second brother. In fact, his historical scenes are not as many as those in TV series. Although he comes from a well-known family, he has been attached to the bus and Laojiu, which has not played much role.
Because the old stone didn't play much role, it was hit less, but it was banned from cutting. When Gan Long ascended the throne, he was released and died at the age of 59. As the backbone of the Eight Ye Party, this ending is a happy ending.
Eight, thirteen brother Huang Hong
In Yongzheng Dynasty, Lao Thirteen has no fewer fans than Lao Si and Mr. Wu. In the play, he showed bravery and hated evil. After being wronged, he remained diligent and became the iron hand of Yongzheng, which is not much different from history. The third child didn't cry at his funeral, so Yongzheng gave him an excuse to lock him up, so that he could help fourth brother even if he died.
The old thirteen in history was especially favored by Kangxi since he was a child. He took him with him almost every time he went out to inspect, and Lao Thirteen never let Kangxi down. Some people speculate that Lao Thirteen may be a candidate for the Crown Prince, but unfortunately he fell out of favor inexplicably after the abolition of the Crown Prince for the first time and was briefly detained.
In the TV series, Lao Thirteen was not banned for a long time, and Zheng Chunhua was not protected. Thirteen people were sick in history, one disease was called crane knee wind, and the western medicine was called suppurative arthritis. His illness has never been cured. It is estimated that this is also an important reason why Kangxi gave up him. It is said in the TV series that Huang Hongfa is the most filial son, that's right. According to the records of the North Korean envoys, anyone who speaks well of the first emperor in front of the 13th National Congress will be particularly happy.
As the right-hand man of Yongzheng, Huang Hongfa is really exhausted. Before his death, he was still designing water conservancy facilities. Yongzheng saw his merits and gave him no need to change his name. He is still called Huang Hong, which is also a great honor.
Nine, fourteen elder brother Yin Chan
There is something sinister about the ghost in TV series. Being in the Eight Ye Party has its own narrow-mindedness, and fighting with Lao Ba was framed by Lao Ba with a dead eagle. None of these things exist, let alone that puzzling Joe.
Although Lao Shi -4 is Lao Shi -4' s brother, he has a better relationship with Lao Shi -8 Laojiu, which makes people doubt Lao Shi's consistent behavior. Kangxi almost cut him down, but from then on, Kangxi felt that Lao Fourteen was as good as his appearance. Instead of abandoning his friends in trouble, he risked his life to save them. It was probably from that time that he officially entered the sight of Kangxi.
There is indeed a lot of evidence that Kangxi wanted to succeed to the fourteenth. For example, in his later years, vassals can receive living materials directly from the interior office, while other elder brothers have only one year's qualification, and only the 14th has been receiving the death of Kangxi. In addition, he also served as the general king to go out with the emperor's personal expedition ceremony. There are two key issues. One is that after Kangxi's death, Yongzheng immediately sent someone to collect letters and memorials between Lao Fourteen and Kangxi, which made people wonder if he was afraid that Lao Fourteen had evidence in black and white. The other is the attitude of two mothers, De Fei. After Yongzheng ascended the throne, Princess De was very angry and would rather be buried for Kangxi than for the Empress Dowager. It is conceivable that Princess De knew Kangxi's thoughts for a long time.
The ending of the old fourteen is much better than that of the old eight's Laojiu. After all, first, he is a brother, and second, he is forced to stop the crowd. After Qianlong acceded to the throne, he released his fourteenth uncle at the age of 67.
X.li hong
Didn't Jiuzi take the office? In fact, there is another person in the middle, and that is Li Hong. In the TV series, Li Hong was held high. It seems that Yongzheng's accession to the throne also contributed to Li Hong, and Kangxi is equivalent to indirectly passing the throne to Li Hong. A similar incident happened in the Ming Dynasty. Jie Jin said that he was a good grandson, which decided that Judy was transferred to Zhu Gaochi.
However, according to historical records, Yin Geng's eldest son Hong is Kangxi's favorite grandson. He is his eldest grandson, very clever and appreciated by Kangxi. According to the records of North Korea, Kangxi tried to rebuild many times because of Hong. Li Hong was raised by Kangxi himself, later than Hongxi, and Kangxi died soon. Before Kangxi died, he made Hongxi a prince. After Yongzheng acceded to the throne, he was really kind to Hongxi. It was not until Li Hong ascended the throne that Hongxi began to have bad luck. He was suppressed for treason. It's a pity that TV plays praise Li Hong too much and completely ignore the existence of Hongxi.
Anyway, Yongzheng Dynasty is the best costume drama in China, but due to the theme of the novel, many changes have been made, which strengthened the struggle and contradiction between them, making the historical truth somewhat vague or biased. This is exactly the same as the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, which respects Liu and belittles Cao. This is something that can't be helped. After all, it is impossible for novelists to copy historical materials directly. As readers and spectators, it is certainly better to know the real history while enjoying acting and stories.