The costume history TV series "Hongwu Case", which was broadcast 10 years ago, is indeed a rare good drama. The plot twists and turns, twists and turns are compact, taking several major cases in the early years of Hongwu as clues, showing the ruling principle and extraordinary courage of a generation of heroes Zhu Yuanzhang, who exerted great efforts to govern the country, punished corruption, and broke the wrists of heroes.
Zhu Yuanzhang (Li Liqun)
The show is well-made and beautifully designed and is worth appreciating. Coupled with the blessing of many famous actors, it adds color to the drama. Among them, Zhu Yuanzhang is played by Taiwanese actor Li Liqun, Ouyang Lun is played by Fu Dalong, Lü Liang plays Shangshu Kaiji of the Punishment Department, Xiu Qing plays Zhu Huan, Wang Luoyong plays Zheng Shiyuan, Bao Jianfeng plays Qin Sheng, Yang Mi plays Cai Jue, Hong Kong actor Xu Shaoqiang plays Zhu Liangzu, Princess Anqing is played by Hu Ke, Dao Tong is played by Taiwanese actor Liu Dekai, and Suzhou prefect Cai Xuan is played by Hou Tianlai. There are so many wonderful interpretations of famous characters, which is destined for the high quality and high ratings of this TV series. On Douban, the rating of the drama is as high as 8.6 points, which also shows how much the show is loved by the audience. Ten years later, looking at this TV series again, I still have a thousand emotions, especially for Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming Taizu played by Li Liqun, who is aware of the officials involved in the corruption case, who has a sharp eye and the ability to see into everything, and he painstakingly advises the ministers that they should be upright for officials, they must be considerate of the people's feelings, they must abide by the law, they cannot get rich as officials, and if they want to get rich, they should not come to be officials. Many of the lines are thought-provoking and deafening, and even today they have great reference significance. Li Liqun's performance was very in place, and the wisdom, courage, love for the people, fierceness and helplessness of Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, were vividly expressed.
Relief for disaster victims
Zhu Yuanzhang was born at the bottom of society and knew the difficulties of starting a business and the sufferings of the people, so he hated corrupt officials, fought corruption with an iron fist, and punished corrupt officials with great force, which he had never heard of. The "Great Ming Law" stipulates that if an official is suspected of corruption, the people can directly send him to a higher-level official, and even the procedure of reporting is exempted. Officials of the Ming Dynasty who embezzled and accepted bribes of more than 60 taels of silver were sentenced to death. It is precisely because Zhu Yuanzhang was born into poverty that he formulated an extremely harsh criminal law and also formulated a very low salary for officials. The official title of the Ming Dynasty was the lowest in the Chinese dynasties. Zheng Sanpin grand official, the monthly salary is only 10 stones, so the left attendant of the Ministry of Works Han Duo will try to embezzle, Zhu Yuanzhang asked him why he had to test the law, Han Duo said: "It is too bitter to be a Qing official, Wei Chen Zheng Sanpin, the moon is 10 stones, if you want to buy land and property, there is no hope." Your Majesty, have you thought about it for us courtiers? Zhu Yuanzhang asked, "I was thinking, do you have to get rich if you become an official?" I told you that I have thought about it for you, and with today's national strength, what the imperial court can give you is only the benefit of a landlord of thirty or forty acres of land, and if you want to think more, there is no way, and the national strength is limited. Therefore, you must live within your means, not waste, rather than surplus, not insufficient. Han Duo said, "Your Majesty, to be an official for thousands of miles is to get rich." How many of those standing here today are clean? Zhu Yuanzhang said, "You can rest assured, you will not be lenient when you meet one and kill one." If you want to kill all the corrupt officials in the world, you are not the first, nor are you the last. Come people, han duo will be skinned and punished, yi three tribes. ”
Qin Sheng and Cai Jue (played by Bao Jianfeng and Yang Mi)
Zhu Yuanzhang admonished his subjects: "None of you knows the suffering of the peasants better than you do." Among the four peoples, the soldiers are the most expensive and the farmers are the most laborious. What is a farmer? In the spring, when the chickens chirped, they had to carry the plough and drive the cattle to the fields to cultivate, and they had to plant the grass, and they had to pull the grass, cultivate in the middle, and under the scorching sun, the body was haggard. In the autumn, there is a little harvest, and how much can be left except for the loss? In the event of a water and drought insect plague, the whole family was panicked and did not know the end. Most of the people who have always been in the official position do not think of the hardships of the peasants, but only care about exploiting the peasants, and have no heart and no heart. You don't really know how hungry those peasants are, how they are homeless. ”
Zhu Yuanzhang and Daotong (played by Liu Dekai)
Zhu Yuanzhang's killing of corrupt officials was so powerful, so many tricks that he had the harshness of his criminal law, ranking first in all dynasties and dynasties. What is even more frightening is that the Ming Dynasty actually returned to ancient times in terms of the provisions of the criminal law and the method of execution of the death penalty, and restored the torture of Ling Chi, intestine extraction, foot cutting, hand chopping, peeling, and adding grass that only existed in the Qin and Han Dynasties. However, it is undeniable that Zhu Yuanzhang only used this torture against corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and for ordinary people, Zhu Yuanzhang mostly thought about and forgave him.
Zhu Yuanzhang and Zheng Shiyuan (Played by Wang Luoyong)
In the "Hongwu Case", there are two cases involving relatives of the emperor and the state. In these two cases, Zhu Yuanzhang's anger, heartache, helplessness and hesitation are truly touching. Zhu Yuanzhang was an emperor, but he was also an ordinary person with flesh and blood. When his nephew Zhu Huan committed a capital crime and his son-in-law Ouyang Lun committed a major crime, Zhu Yuanzhang was in great difficulty, and in the face of national law and family affection, he was bitter, hesitant, wandering, and there was also a resentment that iron was not steel. Zhu Huan's father, Zhu Liujiu, was Zhu Yuanzhang's family cousin, and when Zhu Yuanzhang was young, his family was so poor that he did not even have a piece of land to bury his parents and brother, Zhu Yuanzhang cried out every day, and the land did not work, and in the howling cold wind, the young Zhu Yuanzhang trembled and was full of sorrow, he knelt down to the landlord Liu De, and asked Liu De to give away a piece of land to bury his parents and brother who were starving and dying of illness, but Liu De refused. Zhu Yuanzhang was devastated, kneeling on the remains of his parents in pain, snowflakes flying in the sky, and the poor poor man did not even have a place to bury after death.
Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Liujiu
At this moment, his cousin Zhu Liujiu reached out to help and borrowed a piece of wasteland for Zhu Yuanzhang to bury his family. Therefore, although Zhu Yuanzhang is very cold, he is full of gratitude to the sixth brother Zhu Liujiu, Zhu Yuanzhang, and after he became emperor, he also doubled his return to his cousin. Not only did he give gifts to the land, but he also took his cousin to the capital for his birthday and promoted his nephew Zhu Huan to be an official. However, Zhu Huan relied on his special status to expropriate and expropriate violently, commit crimes for wrongdoing, fish and flesh the people, rob the people's women, and commit serious crimes. Zhu Yuanzhang sentenced Zhu Huan to death, but his heart was extremely sad, and he had repeatedly hesitated, trying to find a way to not only prevent Zhu Huan from dying, but also to convince the people of the people, but he did not find it. He ordered Zhu Huan to be shot with a bow and arrow, but Hu Weiyong was beheaded, Hu Weiyong understood in his heart, and the samurai did not shoot Zhu Huan with 5 arrows, but Zhu Huan was already seriously injured. Hu Weiyong took the opportunity to say that this was Providence and that the Mandate of Heaven was difficult to violate, and Zhu Yuanzhang also had the idea of stopping and sparing Zhu Huan's life at this moment. However, Yushi Zheng Shiyuan made a generous statement in public, and the righteousness was awe-inspiring, "forcing" Zhu Yuanzhang to execute Zhu Huan, and Zhu Yuanzhang was furious and ordered the samurai to withdraw Zheng Shiyuan and behead him. Zheng Shiyuan laughed and generously went to death, and Han Yike also took the initiative to ask for instructions, willing to die with Zheng Shiyuan. Zhu Yuanzhang was in a dilemma, but fortunately the crown prince Zhu Biao intervened in time to pardon Zheng Shiyuan and Han Yike first, and then consider whether to execute Zhu Huan.
Zhu Huan of Dingyuanzhi County (Xiu Qing)
Zhu Yuanzhang had not slept all night, and was miserable and helpless. Crown Prince Zhu Biao was on the side to persuade. Zhu Yuanzhang finally made up his mind that for the sake of the law of the land and the sake of the world' life, Zhu Huan must be executed. The next day, Zhu Yuanzhang's father and son went to visit Zhu Huan in prison, in front of the family affection, all three of them were in tears, Zhu Huan in order to survive, willing to go to be an ordinary citizen, from then on anonymity, washed his heart, changed his face, and became a new person, Zhu Yuanzhang said: "It is too late." Zhu Huan said, "Father Emperor, if you keep me, I can still do many things for the Zhu family." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "The Zhu family needs you now, to die!" Zhu Huan wept bitterly, "Father Emperor, I know that I am wrong, and I will never dare again." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Huan'er, Father Emperor is sorry for you." The Father decided to act in accordance with the laws of the land. ”
Zhu Liujiu cried and begged Zhu Yuanzhang to forgive his son for his death
Zhu Liujiu knelt down and begged, forcing him to die, willing to exchange his own death for his son's life, Zhu Yuanzhang burst into tears, he said: "I would like to spare Huan'er, but the law of the land cannot spare him." Zhu Liujiu cried and said, "My good brother, you spared Huan'er, and my elder brother will repay you by making cattle and horses in the next life." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Sixth brother, you listen to me, the national law is different, Huan'er he broke the law, he must bear it himself!" Zhu Liujiu said, "As soon as Huan Er died, my family broke off the incense, and I still have a lot of energy!" Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Sixth brother, it is too difficult for me to be an emperor." Heavy eight sorry for you, I can only do this. Zhu Liujiu took three steps back, pulled out a knife, and threatened to commit suicide. Zhu Yuanzhang knelt down and cried bitterly, but did not let go. Zhu Liujiu was desperate, struggled to insert the knife into his chest, and committed suicide.
Zhu Yuanzhang in anger
Zhu Yuanzhang's performance in this case is reasonable, with the determination to uphold the law, but also the pain of taking into account family affection, showing an emperor who values feelings and knows how to repay favors but has no choice but is helpless to show the world.
Zhu Huan
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Human nature is greedy! ”