During this time, the popular costume drama "Great Song Palace Words" starring Zhou Yumin, Liu Tao, Gui Yalei and others has aroused heated discussion among many viewers. As of March 26, the storyline of the "Great Song Palace Words" has begun.
However, compared with real history, TV dramas are film and television works after all, and there are still many differences between the two.
From the analysis of the TV series, what is the difference between the "Liaoyuan Discussion" in the plot and the "Liaoyuan Alliance" in real history?
"The Words of the Great Song Palace" starts from the 14th episode, speeding up the progress of the main plot. Zhao Huan, played by Zhou Yumin, personally led the male soldiers to the city of Liaozhou to supervise the battle, and Liu E, played by Liu Tao, seemed to be about to be bitter.
However, Empress Xiao took Zhao Huan's child Ji'er as a hostage to force the Song army to surrender, and the Northern Song general Pan Liang insisted on releasing arrows. At the critical juncture, should Zhao Huan take the overall situation into account and give up Jill's life? Or will it be used as a bargaining chip by all the Generals of the Song Army, including the people of The City of Lanzhou, in exchange for Jill?
After talking about the plot of the TV series, let's take a look at the "Alliance of the Abyss" that happened in history. If we mention the "Alliance of Yuanyuan", we cannot fail to mention the historical allusion that Shi Jingyao rebelled and took the initiative to give the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun to the Khitans.
Five generations later, in the third year of Tang Qingtai (937 AD), Shi Jingyao rebelled, proclaimed himself "Emperor Er", borrowed troops from the Khitan and eliminated Later Tang, establishing the Later Jin regime. In return, Shi Jingyao submitted to the Khitan and ceded Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures.
Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, located in northern China, are 16 prefectures centered on Beijing and Datong, Shanxi. The Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun were natural pastures, and the Northern Song Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty were passively at a geographical disadvantage because of the loss of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, which led to the passive geographical disadvantage of these two regimes, and were constantly invaded by the Liao, Western Xia, jin states, including later the Mongols.
The background of the "Alliance of The Yuan" occurred on the eighth day of the first lunar month of the first year of the reign of Emperor Jingde of song (1004 AD). Empress Xiao of the Liao state and Emperor Shengzong of Liao personally marched and led an army of 200,000 to the south to attack the Northern Song Dynasty.
Since the death of Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Guangyi, the grandfather of the Song Dynasty, several previous Northern Expeditions of the Northern Song Dynasty have been fruitless. During the reign of Emperor Zhenzong of Song and Zhao Huan, the Northern Song Dynasty had been fully turned defensive. The Liao general Xiao Taolan took Xiao Taolan as the vanguard and successively conquered the Northern Song territories such as Hejian in Hebei, Baoding in Hebei, Xingtai in Hebei, Hengshui in Hebei, and Handan in Hebei.
Encouraged by the repeated encouragement of the chancellor Kou Zhun, Song Zhenzong decided to march in person. At the beginning of the battle, the Song general Gao Jixun came to Caochengchuan, Shanxi, and believed that the Liao army was really a generalist, and as long as the Northern Song Relied on favorable terrain to take the initiative, it could defeat the Khitans.
If the enemy is disorganized, it will not be able to do so. Although we have few soldiers, we can win strange victories. First set up an ambush under the mountain, and when the battle is united, it will go south, and it will rise up and take advantage of it, and it will be a great rout. So he fought fiercely with the Liao soldiers at Hanguang Ridge, and "the enemy soldiers were defeated, and more than 10,000 people trampled on each other, and many horses, cattle, and camels were captured." In October, Border Pass Baozhou, Mozhou, Weiyujun, and Beipingzhai all reported that "the defeat of the Khitan was praised by the group of ministers."
This victory did not damage the Yuan qi of the Liao state, and in October of the first year of jingde, the Liao army besieged the city of Yingzhou in Hebei. Empress Xiao sent the Song dynasty general Wang Jizhong to the city to express the Liao state's desire for peace.
Zhao Huan personally replied to Empress Xiao: "When the edict arrives, The secretary of state can discuss matters together. If there is a state of judgment, that is, the appendix is heard by the side minister. ”
The meaning of this sentence is that Zhao Huan did not believe everything that Empress Xiao said, and if the Liao State really wanted to negotiate peace, then the two sides still took one step at a time.
Sure enough, the Liao state was pretending to seek peace, secretly: "Day and night siege of the city drumming, the sound of logging, smelling on all sides." Set up a large attack, drive the people to bear the candle, and ride the yong upwards."
The Song army also had already taken precautions: "When the stone and giant trees hit them, they all fell tiredly; for more than ten days, many people were killed and injured."
Even if Empress Xiao personally supervised the battle, the Liao army was still unable to break through Yingzhou, and after losing 30,000 people, the large army had to retreat first.
The great victory in the defense of Yingzhou completely crushed the original intention of the Liao army to take the land of Guannan with a single blow, and gave the Northern Song Dynasty a head start. At that time, Empress Xiao basically lost the idea of recovering the land of Guannan by force, and she kept sending Wang Jizhong to the Northern Song camp to send a letter of peace.
However, the Liao general Xiao Taolan was determined to go his own way, leading 50,000 Liao soldiers to besiege the northern Song Dynasty city of Liaozhou. In this battle, the Song Dynasty bed crossbow made a great contribution, and an arrow hit Xiao Taolan's forehead impartially. Xiao Taolan's death strengthened Empress Xiao's determination to negotiate peace.
According to the "History of Liao", "[The Liao army] will fight against the Song Dynasty, and the crossbow will be inspected, and our soldiers will lose their dependence, and the peace agreement will be decided." Or the heavens are tired of chaos, so that the people of the north and south rest. "Neither the Northern Song Dynasty nor the Liao Dynasty wanted to continue fighting, after all, fighting a war cost national strength, and it was the people who suffered.
At the end of November of the first year of Jingde, Emperor Zhenzong of Song sent the negotiator Cao Huan to the Liao state camp to negotiate peace. On the seventh day of December in the first year of Jingde, the negotiations have entered the end, and only some details have not yet been agreed. Emperor Zhenzong of Song sent the left guard general Li Jichang (李紀昌) to escort Yao Kamzhi of the state and formally sign the "Alliance of Liaoyuan" with the other side.
The "Alliance of Liaoyuan" was a formal legal document establishing the relationship between song and Liao, and the two sides concluded friendly relations of friendship according to the contents of this document. Every year, the Northern Song Dynasty gave the Liao State 100,000 taels and 200,000 silk cloth.
The Liao state and the Northern Song Dynasty became "brotherly countries", with equal status and clear territorial boundaries.
The Liao could not arbitrarily cross the border and plunder the inhabitants of the Northern Song Dynasty, and the Northern Song and liao also agreed on an agreement similar to the "extradition agreement for criminals". The Liao people could exchange horses, livestock, and furs for the supplies they needed with the Song Dynasty. On major holidays, the two countries sent envoys to each other to celebrate.
All in all, the establishment of the "Alliance of The Yuanyuan" also became an important benchmark for the economic rise of the Northern Song Dynasty and even the Southern Song Dynasty.
After saying this, I think everyone has already had some understanding of the "Liaoyuan Discussion" in the TV series and the "Alliance of the Liaoyuan" in real history. However, the real history of the "Alliance of the Abyss" is not as tortuous and bizarre as in the TV series.
To put it simply, the Northern Song Dynasty and the Liao State initially confronted each other in the Hebei region, and the Song Dynasty won two consecutive victories, making Empress Xiao determined to make peace with the Song Dynasty. For the Northern Song Dynasty, giving the Liao State 100,000 taels of 200,000 silk cloth every year in exchange for border peace was also a good deal.
As far as the top brass of the Liao State is concerned, they do not want to continue to use force and wage war. The demand of the Liao people is very simple, as long as they can have enough to eat, can carry out stable trade exchanges with the Song Dynasty, and will not always think about fighting and killing.
In the TV series, Empress Xiao wants to put the Northern Song Dynasty to death, and even Liu E, played by Liu Tao, actually has a biological son Ji'er, which goes against real history.
According to historical records, Liu E did not have any heirs during her lifetime. According to folklore, Liu E and Zhao Zhen's biological mother, Li Chenfei, broke out into an entanglement of "tanuki cat for prince". In addition, in the first year of Jingde, it was the time when Zhao Heng, the True Emperor of Song, had just ascended the throne, and Liu E, who had a hard time gaining power, should stay in the Bieliang Palace at this time.
However, in the TV series, it was fabricated that Liu E came to The City of Liaozhou with her son, and even clashed with Empress Xiao and others.
In this way, the "Liaoyuan Discussion" in the TV series does violate the real history, which is very different from the real "Liaoyuan Alliance" incident that occurred in history.
As for the scene where Empress Xiao confronted Liu E face to face, it could not have happened. Not to mention that Liu E's son Ji'er, after returning from the enemy camp, became a stupid idiot.
Of course, tv dramas are only film and television works for everyone's entertainment after tea and dinner, just to have fun, and many plots have indeed changed. But I still hope to respect historical facts as much as possible, and I hope that everyone will not regard film and television dramas as real history.