Lu Yi was imprisoned because he went to the Emperor to ask him to clear Yuan Jin Xia's grandfather's name, knowing…
my point is, LJL and YJX have revealed and killed off the main enemy of the imperial ming, meaning both of them have contributed greatly to the country, then why did the emperor not want to correct the mistakes made by Yansong & Yansifan ??
Lu Yi was imprisoned because he went to the Emperor to ask him to clear Yuan Jin Xia's grandfather's name, knowing…
Although the emperor finally forgives the fate of LJL from the death sentence, why does the emperor still not want to correct his mistakes when executing the YJX family ??
why was LJL fired from his job and imprisoned by Embroidered Uniform Guard (JINYINWEI) after he captured and executed the YSF, the state corruptor? How many months or years does YJX wait for LY to get out of prison?
A good reading material, thanks for putting it together. As an overseas Chinese whenever I watch period drama…
Taoist pursuits The Jiajing Emperor was a devoted follower of Taoism and attempted to suppress Buddhism. After the assassination attempt in 1542, the emperor moved out of the imperial palace, and lived with a 13-year-old teenage girl who was small and thin, and was able to satisfy his sexual appetite (Lady Shan). The Jiajing Emperor began to pay excessive attention to his Taoist pursuits while ignoring his imperial duties. He built the three Taoist temples Temple of Sun, Temple of Earth and Temple of Moon and extended the Temple of Heaven by adding the Earthly Mount. Over the years, the emperor's devotion to Taoism was to become a heavy financial burden for the Ming government and create dissent across the country.
Particularly during his later years, the Jiajing Emperor was known for spending a great deal of time on alchemy in hopes of finding medicines to prolong his life. He would forcibly recruit young girls in their early teens and engaged in sexual activities in hopes of empowering himself, along with the consumption of potent elixirs. He employed Taoist priests to collect rare minerals from all over the country to create elixirs, including elixirs containing mercury, which inevitably posed health problems at high doses.
---> the setting of this TV series seems to have been when the emperor jiajing still lived inside the forbidden city palace ....
Senior Grand Secretary Yan Song was the Senior Grand Secretary under the Jiajing Emperor from 1544 to 1545 and from 1548 to 1562. Yan was a close ally of Zhao Wenhua.[1] During his second term as Senior Grand Secretary, he and his son Yan Shifan [zh] dominated court politics with the tacit consent of the fatuous monarch who shirked his responsibilities as emperor and devoted much of his time to sensual pleasures and Taoist practices.
Yan Song's wealth is said to have been so great as to have been comparable to that of the emperor. He is also well known for his corruption and had been known to openly sell government positions for cash during the Jiajing Emperor's reign, but his corruption and treachery created many political opponents. In order to suppress dissent, he had prominent critics such as Yang Jisheng imprisoned and executed.
Yan Song was finally disgraced in his later years and died in poverty not long after that, while his son, Yan Shifan, was executed for collaborating with the wokou pirates who invaded Chinese coastal provinces at the time. He was the subject of the Chinese opera called Beating Yan Song (打嚴嵩 Dǎ Yán Sōng).
---> hmm, there is no more detailed explanation in its historical record, why did YangSong and Yanshifan who were originally very rich and very powerful as like an emperor of the Ming Dynasty, then could fall into poverty and then be executed by the imperial Ming ..... :(
The Jiajing Emperor was known to be intelligent and efficient; whilst later he went on strike, and choose not to attend any state meetings, he did not neglect the paperwork and other governmental matters. The Jiajing Emperor was also known to be a cruel and self-aggrandizing emperor and he also chose to reside outside of the Forbidden City in Beijing so he could live in isolation. Ignoring state affairs, the Jiajing Emperor relied on Zhang Cong and Yan Song to handle affairs of state. In time, Yan Song and his son Yan Shifan – who gained power only as a result of his father's political influence – came to dominate the whole government even being called the "First and Second Prime Minister". Ministers such as Hai Rui and Yang Jisheng challenged and even chastised Yan Song and his son but were thoroughly ignored by the emperor. Hai Rui and many ministers were eventually dismissed or executed.
The Jiajing Emperor also abandoned the practice of seeing his ministers altogether from 1539 onwards, and for a period of almost 25 years refused to give official audiences, choosing instead to relay his wishes through eunuchs and officials. Only Yan Song, a few handful of eunuchs and Daoist priests ever saw the emperor. This eventually led to corruption at all levels of the Ming government. However, the Jiajing Emperor was intelligent and managed to control the court.[3] The deadliest earthquake of all times, the Shaanxi earthquake of 1556 that killed over 800,000 people, occurred during the Jiajing Emperor's reign.
Palace plot of Renyin year
Causes The Jiajing Emperor has been called the “Daoist emperor”,[2] due to his adherence to Daoist belief, particularly that of divination and alchemy. One of the alchemical concoctions he took to prolong his life was red lead (Chinese: 红铅), a substance made from the menstrual blood of female virgins.[3] Palace women ages 13–14 were kept for this purpose, and were fed only mulberry leaves and rainwater.[3] Any girls who developed illnesses were thrown out and they could be beaten for the slightest offence.[4] It has been suggested that this cruel treatment has led to the mutiny.[3]
Another version of the story is that the Jiajing emperor had lots of banana plants growing in the garden that would catch the morning dew. The water from the banana leaves would taste sweet and refreshing. The Jiajing Emperor would drink the water believing it would promote longevity. The palace women would have to go into the garden every morning to collect the dew. Many girls would catch a chill and fall ill.[5]
Events In 1542, the emperor was staying in Consort Duan's quarters. A group of palace women pretended to wait on him, tied a rope around his neck and attempted to strangle him.[6] They failed to do so and, in the meantime, one of them got cold feet and went to alert Empress Fang. The empress hurried over and the palace eunuchs revived the emperor. The palace women were all arrested.[6]
Aftermath After the attack, the Jiajing Emperor was unconscious for several days, so Empress Fang set the punishment for the palace women. She ordered all of them, including Zhang Jinlian, who had informed her of the attack, to death by slow slicing. Although Consort Duan had not been present, the empress decided that she had been involved with the plot and sentenced her to death too.[6] The bodies of the palace women, Imperial Concubine Ning, and Consort Duan were then displayed.[7] 10 members of the women's families were also beheaded, while a further 20 were enslaved and gifted to ministers.[7]
Consequences Although the Jiajing Emperor had been incapacitated at the time, he resented Empress Fang for having killed his favourite concubine, Consort Duan. He later determined Consort Duan had been innocent and, in 1547, when a fire destroyed parts of the palace, the emperor refused to have Empress Fang rescued and she burned to death.[8]
After the uprising, the Jiajing Emperor did not stop creating red lead. Instead, he ordered restrictions on girls entering the palace to be tightened. In 1547, 300 girls between the ages of 11 and 14 were selected as new palace women. In 1552, a further 200 girls were selected to serve in the palace, but the lower age limit was reduced to eight years old.[3] Three years later, in 1555, 150 girls below the age of eight were taken into the palace to be used for making the emperor’s medicine.[3]
Legacy and death After 45 years on the throne (the second longest reign in the Ming dynasty), the Jiajing Emperor died in 1567 – possibly due to mercury overdose from Chinese alchemical elixir poisoning – and was succeeded by his son, the Longqing Emperor. Though his long rule gave the dynasty an era of stability, the Jiajing Emperor's neglect of his official duties resulted in the decline of the dynasty at the end of the 16th century. His style of governance, or the lack thereof, would be emulated by his grandson, Wanli Emperor, later in the century.
Considering the show is heavy and sad the whole way through, it kind of doesn't matter that much how it ends.…
well, yesss, u can say that...... is a good ending.....because, the evil big boss is captured and executed, the female lead and male lead is survive and still together in the final episode, also the female lead is going to having a baby..... ?? ^^
well, yesss, u can say that...... because, the evil big boss is captured and executed, the female lead and male lead is survive and still together in the final episode, also the female lead is going to having a baby..... ?? ^^
this is have a good ending, not a sad ending, relax.... ^^
in eps 65, the evil emperor is dead.... and, all dear gods have their job is back in track again....... so finally, yangjian can reunited again with sudaji in another realm..... :)
in drama nice, there is eps 1-65, the ending it is very good, the evil emperor is killed, so finally..... yangjian can reunited again with sudaji.... in another realm.... ?? ^^
The Jiajing Emperor was a devoted follower of Taoism and attempted to suppress Buddhism. After the assassination attempt in 1542, the emperor moved out of the imperial palace, and lived with a 13-year-old teenage girl who was small and thin, and was able to satisfy his sexual appetite (Lady Shan). The Jiajing Emperor began to pay excessive attention to his Taoist pursuits while ignoring his imperial duties. He built the three Taoist temples Temple of Sun, Temple of Earth and Temple of Moon and extended the Temple of Heaven by adding the Earthly Mount. Over the years, the emperor's devotion to Taoism was to become a heavy financial burden for the Ming government and create dissent across the country.
Particularly during his later years, the Jiajing Emperor was known for spending a great deal of time on alchemy in hopes of finding medicines to prolong his life. He would forcibly recruit young girls in their early teens and engaged in sexual activities in hopes of empowering himself, along with the consumption of potent elixirs. He employed Taoist priests to collect rare minerals from all over the country to create elixirs, including elixirs containing mercury, which inevitably posed health problems at high doses.
---> the setting of this TV series seems to have been when the emperor jiajing still lived inside the forbidden city palace ....
Yan Song was the Senior Grand Secretary under the Jiajing Emperor from 1544 to 1545 and from 1548 to 1562. Yan was a close ally of Zhao Wenhua.[1] During his second term as Senior Grand Secretary, he and his son Yan Shifan [zh] dominated court politics with the tacit consent of the fatuous monarch who shirked his responsibilities as emperor and devoted much of his time to sensual pleasures and Taoist practices.
Yan Song's wealth is said to have been so great as to have been comparable to that of the emperor. He is also well known for his corruption and had been known to openly sell government positions for cash during the Jiajing Emperor's reign, but his corruption and treachery created many political opponents. In order to suppress dissent, he had prominent critics such as Yang Jisheng imprisoned and executed.
Yan Song was finally disgraced in his later years and died in poverty not long after that, while his son, Yan Shifan, was executed for collaborating with the wokou pirates who invaded Chinese coastal provinces at the time. He was the subject of the Chinese opera called Beating Yan Song (打嚴嵩 Dǎ Yán Sōng).
---> hmm, there is no more detailed explanation in its historical record, why did YangSong and Yanshifan who were originally very rich and very powerful as like an emperor of the Ming Dynasty, then could fall into poverty and then be executed by the imperial Ming ..... :(
The Jiajing Emperor also abandoned the practice of seeing his ministers altogether from 1539 onwards, and for a period of almost 25 years refused to give official audiences, choosing instead to relay his wishes through eunuchs and officials. Only Yan Song, a few handful of eunuchs and Daoist priests ever saw the emperor. This eventually led to corruption at all levels of the Ming government. However, the Jiajing Emperor was intelligent and managed to control the court.[3] The deadliest earthquake of all times, the Shaanxi earthquake of 1556 that killed over 800,000 people, occurred during the Jiajing Emperor's reign.
Palace plot of Renyin year
Causes
The Jiajing Emperor has been called the “Daoist emperor”,[2] due to his adherence to Daoist belief, particularly that of divination and alchemy. One of the alchemical concoctions he took to prolong his life was red lead (Chinese: 红铅), a substance made from the menstrual blood of female virgins.[3] Palace women ages 13–14 were kept for this purpose, and were fed only mulberry leaves and rainwater.[3] Any girls who developed illnesses were thrown out and they could be beaten for the slightest offence.[4] It has been suggested that this cruel treatment has led to the mutiny.[3]
Another version of the story is that the Jiajing emperor had lots of banana plants growing in the garden that would catch the morning dew. The water from the banana leaves would taste sweet and refreshing. The Jiajing Emperor would drink the water believing it would promote longevity. The palace women would have to go into the garden every morning to collect the dew. Many girls would catch a chill and fall ill.[5]
Events
In 1542, the emperor was staying in Consort Duan's quarters. A group of palace women pretended to wait on him, tied a rope around his neck and attempted to strangle him.[6] They failed to do so and, in the meantime, one of them got cold feet and went to alert Empress Fang. The empress hurried over and the palace eunuchs revived the emperor. The palace women were all arrested.[6]
Aftermath
After the attack, the Jiajing Emperor was unconscious for several days, so Empress Fang set the punishment for the palace women. She ordered all of them, including Zhang Jinlian, who had informed her of the attack, to death by slow slicing. Although Consort Duan had not been present, the empress decided that she had been involved with the plot and sentenced her to death too.[6] The bodies of the palace women, Imperial Concubine Ning, and Consort Duan were then displayed.[7] 10 members of the women's families were also beheaded, while a further 20 were enslaved and gifted to ministers.[7]
Consequences
Although the Jiajing Emperor had been incapacitated at the time, he resented Empress Fang for having killed his favourite concubine, Consort Duan. He later determined Consort Duan had been innocent and, in 1547, when a fire destroyed parts of the palace, the emperor refused to have Empress Fang rescued and she burned to death.[8]
After the uprising, the Jiajing Emperor did not stop creating red lead. Instead, he ordered restrictions on girls entering the palace to be tightened. In 1547, 300 girls between the ages of 11 and 14 were selected as new palace women. In 1552, a further 200 girls were selected to serve in the palace, but the lower age limit was reduced to eight years old.[3] Three years later, in 1555, 150 girls below the age of eight were taken into the palace to be used for making the emperor’s medicine.[3]
Legacy and death
After 45 years on the throne (the second longest reign in the Ming dynasty), the Jiajing Emperor died in 1567 – possibly due to mercury overdose from Chinese alchemical elixir poisoning – and was succeeded by his son, the Longqing Emperor. Though his long rule gave the dynasty an era of stability, the Jiajing Emperor's neglect of his official duties resulted in the decline of the dynasty at the end of the 16th century. His style of governance, or the lack thereof, would be emulated by his grandson, Wanli Emperor, later in the century.
----> its very very cruel a ming emperor..... T_T