In the main history, Empress Chengxiao Zhang, that is, the crown princess Zhang Yan in "Daming Fenghua", is highly respected because when Zhu Zhanji died, she had the strength to intervene in the government of the dynasty, but she did not arbitrarily interfere in the government, leaving a good name. Therefore, it is a generation of sages who are respected by everyone.
In "Daming Fenghua", after Zhu Zhanji's death, Zhang Yan forcibly ascended to the throne, and during her actual reign, her brother Zhang Kejian killed people at the border pass and snatched money and money, and Zhang Yan had to honor 30 million taels of silver every year.
Therefore, the final logic is that Zhang Yan is too greedy for money and is not suitable for the government, and in the end, only sun Ruowei can be handed over to the government of Bai reasonable, and everyone is happy. The follow-up also grafted all of Zhang Yan's exploits to Sun Ruowei, which also turned Sun Ruowei into a perfect character in the play.
In fact, the logic of designing the character of Zhang Yan in this way is very problematic and goes against many historical facts.
First of all, Zhang Yan did have a younger brother in the history, but his name was not Zhang Kejian, his name was Zhang Sheng.
This person also does not have any vices, the key is that Zhang Yan does not allow foreign relatives to participate in politics. In the right history, Zhang Yan can intervene in politics but not in politics, which has been praised by historians throughout history.
When the empress dowager encountered a strict family, her brother was promoted to the rank of pure, but she was not allowed to prejudge state affairs. - "Ming Shi, Vol. 13, Column Biography No. 1"
Secondly, Zhang Kejian, as a foreign relative, according to the plot, can be described as powerful, but he ran to the mouth of the Mongols to grab food, which is illogical.
Jiangnan is the important tax town of Daming, Zhang Kejian can't get silver in Jiangnan, he has to run to the border pass to kill people and cross the goods, and the object is still the Wallachians. It's a bit unacceptable.
In fact, in this section of history, Zhang Kejian is "carrying the pot for Wang Zhen". In February of the 14th year of orthodoxy (1449), the already rising Wallachian sent more than 2,000 envoys to pay tribute to horses, falsely claiming 3,000 emissaries, and invited the Ming court to reward. Wang Zhen refused to give more rewards, according to the actual number of people, and subtracted 4/5 of the horse price. This led to the dissatisfaction of ye xian and began to provoke.
In fact, we can clearly see a logic, that is, we are also looking for reasons for ourselves, there are too many such incidents in history. But I don't know whether it is the screenwriter's lack of common sense, or what reason, the responsibility is actually attributed to the Ming Dynasty, which is very regrettable.
Again, the key is to make this deal, which can supply Zhang Yan with 30 million taels of silver every year.
30 million taels is a height that has not been reached in the entire Ming Dynasty. Taking ten thousand steps back, with so much silver in Vala, is it still necessary to risk committing crimes? To send someone to pay tribute to the silver of Daming? This reflects the lack of knowledge of historical common sense. The Ming Dynasty only began to promote the silver folding system of field endowments in the first year of orthodoxy, and other taxes were still levied in the form of selling rice, cotton, and labor. It took more than 140 years before the silver conversion of all the years began. If the Ming Dynasty could casually exceed the 70 million taels of silver in Zhu Gaoxu's mouth every year, the finances of the late Ming Empire might not collapse.
For the sake of a big heroine aura of Sun Ruowei, to rationalize her political interference in the upper position, and to subvert the historical authenticity of Hu Shanxiang, Zhang Yan and others, the key is that the arguments are really untenable, which is difficult to convince people. Therefore, no matter how wonderful the next character building is, and the logic of the palace fight is reversed many times, it is difficult to save the plot.
In fact, if "Daming Fenghua" abandons the label of "historical drama", frankly admits that he is the big heroine palace fight drama, and sets up the role in the air, do not pull on the interpretation of real historical figures and historical events, it can be said that the second half of the palace fight plot is actually remarkable. It is more in line with the logic that the audience will never guess the development of the plot.