Compared with the main history, the screenwriter of film and television dramas took into account the problem of broadcast volume, and added some imaginary plots to the script, and with the opening of the screenwriter's mind, a large number of anti-Japanese dramas and historical strange dramas were born on the market.
What's more, distorting historical facts, in the long history of the mainland, there are four notorious historical figures, and under the whitewashing of TV series, people have subconsciously thought that these four people are very good people...
Acting bohemianly will eventually bear its own fruit
As the first empress dowager in Chinese history, Mi Yue's name quickly became popular all over the country after the broadcast of "The Legend of Mi Yue", and the love-hate, cold and noble Mi Yue in "The Legend of Mi Yue", the audience felt sorry for her experience and marveled at her ability.
However, Mi Yue in the main history is bohemian and extremely ruthless in words and deeds, and the prototype of Mi Yue in history is Empress Dowager Xuan.
During the Warring States period, Mi Yue was originally the most beloved youngest daughter of King Chu Wei, and the harem at that time was constantly fighting in the dark, and after the death of King Chu Wei, Mi Yue and her mother were driven out of the palace by the vicious empress.
Originally, Mi Yue and Chu Gongzi Huang Xie fell in love, but they were forced to be helpless, and were married to the Qin Kingdom as Mi Shu's maid.
In the State of Qin, after the death of King Wu of Qin, the tribes of the State of Qin began to fight for power, and at this time Mi Yue was also involved in this war, and finally with the help of Wei Ran, Mi Yue supported King Qin Zhaoxiang to the throne.
Because King Qin Zhaoxiang was too young, Mi Yue established the position of empress dowager to dominate all imperial affairs, becoming the first empress dowager in Chinese history.
In 207 AD, when the State of Chu besieged Korea, King Han Xiang immediately sent people to the State of Qin for help, and after the messenger told Mi Yue the truth of the cold lips, Mi Yue immediately refuted the messenger with a set of tiger-wolf words about the affairs between himself and King Hui of Qin.
This is very different from the dignified image of the empress dowager in the biography of Miyue, who was once commented by Qing dynasty writers that "obscene words come out of the mouth of a woman, enter the ears of messengers, and are recorded in the pen of the monarch." ”
In addition to verbal dirtiness, Miyue also seduced the king of Yiqu, and in 272 AD, the king of Yiqu led troops to rebellion, when the state of Qin was busy fighting with the five kingdoms, and the king of Yiqu attacked the Qin army, disturbing the state of Qin exhausted.
Although the strength of King Yiqu was weakened by the Qin State later, it was a thorn in King Qin Zhaoxiang's heart after all.
After King Qin Zhaoxiang succeeded to the throne, King Yiqu went to congratulate him, and it was at this time that Miyue and King Yiqu began to fornicate, and after the two gave birth to two sons, Miyue actually killed King Yiqu, because she was worried that King Yiqu would affect the status of the Qin state sooner or later.
Mi Yue sent someone to send a message to the King of Yiqu to come to Qin, and the King of Yiqu thought that Mi Yue missed him, so he took his two sons to the Ganquan Palace where Mi Yue lived, who knew that Mi Yue had already planted an ambush here, not only the King of Yiqu, but even the two children were brutally killed.
In the drama version of the biography of Miyue, the acquaintance of Miyue and King Yiqu can be described as love at first sight, which made many audiences obsessed with the grassland love between the two.
However, in history, Mi Yue only used the power of the Yiqu King to consolidate his position, and it was also Mi Yue who took the initiative to seduce the Yiqu King.
Even the tears shed when killing King Yiqu in the TV series were just the screenwriter's "wishful thinking", and after the death of King Yiqu, the commander of the Qin State drove straight into and occupied Yiqu, and Miyue also achieved his goal.
After King Yiqu, Mi Yue found a lover named Wei Qiufu to share the joy of fish and water with him, although the TV series gave Mi Yue several poignant loves.
But in the main history, Mi Yue raised a group of male pets for his own entertainment, and Wei Xiaofu was just one of them.
Such a and ruthless woman also subverted people's perception of Miyue, and it is not an exaggeration for historians to describe it as "notorious".
A female slave became a female official, and the history secretary committed adultery
In 2013, Hunan Satellite TV's hit "The Legend of Lu Zhen" made a large group of fans quickly fall in love with her actor Zhao Liying, as well as Lu Zhen, a clever historical figure in the play.
However, the record of this female official in the history books is as unbearable as Miyue.
Lu Zhen's original name is Lu Lingxuan, unlike the young Lu Zhen in the play, she only entered the palace when she was 44 years old, she was originally a general, but because her father participated in the conspiracy, the whole family was reduced to slavery.
After entering the Beiguang Royal Mansion, Lu Zhen became the newborn nursing mother of Gao Wei.
In the TV series, Lu Zhen grew up step by step with her ingenuity, but in history, it was only because of Gao Wei's accession to the throne that her status as a nursing mother became exalted and became a female official in the palace.
Since Gao Wei was quite fond of her, Lu Zhen began to do whatever he wanted in the harem.
As long as she provoked her slaves or concubines, she would secretly remember it in her heart, and after a while blowing the wind in Gao Wei's ear, this enemy was punished, and even Empress Dowager Hu, who was in charge of the harem at that time, had to give her a few points.
In the "Northern History", the historical official described Lu Zhen as "making Xuan clever, flattering, and in the palace, he is good at weifu", whether the emperor or the empress, they obeyed Lu Zhenyan, so it is not an exaggeration to call Lu Zhen the empress dowager of the State of Qi.
After he gained power, Lu Zhen began to arrange for his relatives to become officials in the dynasty, most of these people did not have real talents, and for a time the court and the harem were restless, and in 576, Northern Zhou saw that the national strength of the Qi state was declining, so he gathered his army and began to attack the Qi state.
Lu Zhen's son saw that the general trend was gone, so he took the opportunity to defect to Northern Zhou, sent a large amount of intelligence to Northern Zhou, subverted the imperial government, made a harem, and taught such a traitor to seek glory, Lu Zhen's life can be described as notorious, and she finally ended up killing herself.
So the TV series is beautiful after all, and this beauty cannot be delved into, and can only be left in the fantasy of fans.
Princess Taiping of the Tang Dynasty, adopted male favorites to dominate the imperial government
In the Tang Dynasty, there was a Taiping Princess, born to Tang Gaozong and Wu Zetian, although her name in history is unknown, but a large number of TV series about Princess Taiping have been filmed in contemporary times, and people know about this Taiping Princess's contribution to the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty.
In the official history, this princess with the title of Taiping, but her life is extremely extraordinary, Taiping is the name of Princess Taiping, in the Tang Dynasty in 679, Tubo sent an envoy to ask the Tang Dynasty for a relative, naming and asking Princess Taiping to marry.
However, Wu Zetian did not want his beloved daughter to marry so far away, so he temporarily built a Taiping Guan, and refused to make peace on the grounds that Princess Taiping was a monk.
Princess Taiping's first marriage lasted only seven years, and her second husband was forcefully intervened by Wu Zetian, who killed Wu Yuji's wife.
Then Princess Taiping married Wu Yuji, with Wu Zetian's favor, Princess Taiping was extremely presumptuous in front of Wu Yuji and raised a large number of male pets in the Wu family.
Not only does she enjoy a male pet, if Princess Taiping especially likes a male pet, she will offer this male pet to her mother, and Zhang Changzong is presented to Wu Zetian by Princess Taiping.
In addition to the male pet she raised, Princess Taiping also committed adultery with courtiers, and although Wu Yuji knew, she could only swallow her anger.
Among the many sons and daughters, Wu Zetian believed that Princess Taiping was the most like himself, so he let Princess Taiping participate in politics, and the "Zizhi Tongjian" wrote that "Princess Taiping Shen Min had many powers, and Empress Wu thought that she was like herself, so she loved luck alone among her sons, and she had to conspire in advance." ”
During Wu Zetian's reign, Princess Taiping was afraid of the power of her mother and hid her edge when discussing politics, and only when Wu Zetian died, did Princess Taiping reveal her ambitions, and she wanted to be the second female emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
Princess Taiping, together with Shangguan Wan'er, controlled the imperial government and made Li Xian emperor, and in the ensuing struggles with Empress Wei and Princess Anle, Princess Taiping won victories one after another.
In July 710, Princess Taiping killed Empress Wei and supported Emperor Ruizong of Tang to ascend the throne, and Emperor Ruizong named Princess Taiping as a Ten Thousand Households, which was already the most noble status that a princess could achieve in the history of the Tang Dynasty.
Princess Taiping no longer went to court in her later years, but the big and small resolutions of the dynasty and China had to be discussed with her before they could be mentioned on the bright side, and Li Longji had long been dissatisfied with this aunt's hegemony and had been secretly accumulating strength.
In 713, Princess Taiping, who had lost a political battle, was given death at home by Li Longji, ending her dream of empress once and for all.
After Princess Taiping's death, the government found endless treasures from her home, which even the national treasury could not compare, and there were dozens of houses in the capital dedicated to raising male pets.
If Princess Taiping is nostalgic for the throne, then she is still called a fengxiong, but she treats her relatives with a femme fatale heart and acts lewdly, which can be defined as notorious in the history books.
The first powerful minister of the late Qing Dynasty, he betrayed the country for personal gain
The last notorious historical figure, and one of the most controversial in modern times, was the Qing dynasty politician Li Hongzhang.
Nowadays, whether it is the TV series "Towards the Republic" or the platform short video, Li Hongzhang is praising Li Hongzhang for enduring humiliation for the Qing Dynasty and being a national hero, but opening the heavy history book, Li Hongzhang's crimes are enough to compare with his achievements.
As a politician, Li Hongzhang naturally put political interests first, but neglected the security of the country, and in the late Qing Dynasty, Li Hongzhang advocated the construction of a navy, and Zuo Zongtang emphasized strengthening the training of the army in Xinjiang.
Because Empress Dowager Cixi favored Li Hongzhang even more, she wantonly built the Beiyang Fleet, and Li Hongzhang gradually became the first powerful minister of the late Qing Dynasty.
The weakening of the army led to the continuous encroachment of Tsarist Russia on the frontiers of the Qing Dynasty, and finally forced Zuo Zongtang to carry the coffin to fight, although Li Hongzhang built a large number of enterprises and gun institutes during the foreign affairs movement.
But the fundamental purpose of the foreign affairs movement was to consolidate the rule of the Qing dynasty, and Li Hongzhang also made a lot of money from these enterprises.
Late Qing Ronghong commented that Li Hongzhang "had 40 million taels of private property when he was desperate", which is also in line with the description of the source of Li Hongzhang's family property in "The Biography of Li Hongzhang", most of his private property came from the time of the foreign affairs movement.
Sheng Xuanhuai is a cornucopia under Li Hongzhang, and the famous "Road Protection Movement" in the late Qing Dynasty was triggered by this person.
During the Sino-Japanese naval battle, Li Hongzhang believed that once a full-scale war with Japan broke out, his Beiyang Fleet would be completely destroyed, which would greatly weaken his voice in the DPRK.
So the Beiyang Fleet could only be forced to defend, and when the Japanese fleet attacked, the Beiyang Fleet panicked to meet the enemy, and finally suffered a crushing defeat with a huge disparity in strength.
The military expenses of the Beiyang Fleet were used by Cixi for most of the birthday banquet, and as the leader of the Beiyang Fleet, this money was naturally embezzled by Li Hongzhang to give his courtesy.
Later generations commented that Li Hongzhang was humiliated to sign the Treaty of Shimonoseki, but they did not know that Li Hongzhang should pay half of the responsibility for this treaty.
If the previous mistake was Li Hongzhang's momentary confusion, then his selling of the country for profit can firmly nail him to the pillar of shame.
In 1896, the two sides signed the Sino-Russian Secret Pact, and in Russian records, Li Hongzhang accepted a bribe of 3 million rubles from the Russian side, and in negotiations two years later, he again accepted a bribe of 50 rubles.
As the first minister of the Qing Dynasty, Li Hongzhang signed more than 30 unequal treaties, and if it is true that Li Hongzhang was humiliated for the nation as in the TV series, then it is not an exaggeration to call him a national hero.
It's a pity that history books are like iron, and the sins he committed cannot disappear into the long river of history.
The merits of historical figures cannot be judged by the plot of the TV series alone, and if they are credited to the natural name of China, they are guilty of history, and they will inevitably be nailed to the pillar of shame.