1. National background The
Tang Dynasty has broken out of the Anshi Rebellion since the late Tang Xuanzong, and its vitality has been severely injured. After eight years of hard work, it was not until the Tang Dynasty, the grandson of Tang Xuanzong, that the rebellion was reluctantly "quenched". Why does this "Pingding" need to be quoted? First of all, although several of Anlushan's ministries and generals were subordinate to the imperial court in name, they still had private armies and private territories. Taxes could not be handed over to the imperial court. The appointment and dismissal of personnel basically said by themselves. Forget it, it's actually an independent kingdom. The territories occupied by the remnants of these rebels are the so-called three towns of Heshuo: Lulong (northern Hebei), Chengde (central Hebei), and Weibo (southern Hebei). The story of "Assassin Nie Yinniang" took place in Weibo. town. Secondly, the generals used by the Tang Dynasty to suppress the Anshi rebels, after the victory of the counterinsurgency, became the new warlords themselves. They ordered the imperial court to punish the yin and the yin. They repeatedly made mutinies, and later gradually transformed the vassal town. Among them, Pinglu was the worst. Shandong), Huaixi (southern Henan) and other towns, their defiance of the court is not inferior to the three towns of Heshuo.
The separatist rule of the vassal town made the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty the Emperor Zhou, and the actual control area was only a small area around Chang'an. So starting from the Tang Dynasty, successive emperors of the Tang Dynasty tried to flatten the town and restore centralized power. Tang Dezong’s son, Tang Dezong, carried out a "great crusade" against the three towns of Heshuo, but it ended in complete failure. Not only did he fail to eliminate the three towns of Heshuo, but the army used by the court to crusade against the rebels also rebelled. In the end, Tang Dezong had to commit a crime. "Jizhao", admitted that he had made mistakes, and recognized the independent status of each vassal.
The unfulfilled Tang Dezong died of illness in a gloomy mood, and his son Tang Shunzong was in poor health. He abdicated after a year of ascending the throne. In the generation of grandson Tang Xianzong, he was ambitious and continued to fight the Fan Zhen to the end.
This is probably the background of the story of Nie Yinniang.
2. Background of Weibo Town
The founder of Weibo Town was Tian Chengsi, the general of Anlu Mountain. He was a treacherous man and lived to be more than 70 years old. He basically refused to listen to court orders, but he did not deliberately offend the court. So when he was alive, the situation in Weibo Town was Fairly stable.
When Tian Chengsi died, several of his own sons were young and not very successful, so Tian Chengsi chose his nephew Tian Yue as his heir. Tian Yue was smart enough to unite with other feudal vassals to fight against Tang Dezong's "Great Crusade", and achieved victory and maintained the independence of Weibo Town.
Tian Yue is grateful to Tian Chengsi for passing on the seat to himself, so he is also good to Tian Chengsi's sons, Tian Xu, the son of Tian Chengsi, was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Guard. Tian Yue usually manages his subordinates very strictly, but he is relatively stingy and reluctant to reward him, so Wei Bo's arrogant soldiers and heroes quit. Once Tian Yue returned from a banquet, Tian Xu led dozens of buddies to suddenly launch a mutiny, killing Tian Yue and his family.
Tian Xu is brutal and easy to kill, and he has no prestige in Weibo Town. After killing Tian Yue, Tian Xu took the initiative to show his favor to the court in order to secure his seat. Tang Dezong felt that this was a good opportunity to disintegrate Wei Bo Town from the inside. He not only admitted that Tian Xu had inherited Wei Bo's position as Jiedu, but also married his sister Princess Jiacheng to Tian Xu.
Princess Jiacheng obviously came with a political mission. After arriving at Wei Bo, she secretly cultivated pro-court forces. Tian Ji'an, the youngest son of Tian Xu, whose biological mother was born humble, Princess Jiacheng adopted Tian Ji'an as an adopted son and deliberately cultivated him to become Tian Xu's heir.
However, after Tian Xu was firmly seated, he gradually shifted from relying on the court to defending against it. A rebellion broke out in the neighboring town of Zhaoyi. General Yuan Yi failed against the imperial court and led five thousand elite soldiers and more than 10,000 family members to Wei Bo. Tian Xu was overjoyed. Not only did he accept the Yuan family, but also let his elder son Tian Ji'an marry Yuan Yi's daughter and become a relative.
Perhaps accepting the rebellion would indicate that Tian Xu started to openly confront the court. Anyway, soon afterwards, Tian Xu suddenly "deadly died" without knowing it. As for the cause of death, it is suspected that the Yuan family was under the control of the Yuan family, but from the perspective of the biggest beneficiaries of Tian Xu’s death, it is also very likely that the pro-imperial factions such as Princess Jiacheng would start.
Tian Xu died and Tian Ji'an came to the throne. Because of his young age, the power fell to Princess Jiacheng, and the political wind in Weibo town fell to the court. Princess Jiacheng appointed Tian Ji’an’s cousin Tian Xing as the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Guard. Tian Xing had a reputation in the army and was a pro-court sect that Princess Jiacheng focused on training.
A few years later, Princess Jiacheng also died. According to the film, it was because the emperor's brother Tang Dezong and the emperor's nephew Tang Shunzong passed away in less than a year, and were overwhelmed (perhaps because of the pessimism about whether the imperial court's policy of cutting vassal Caused by). At this time Tian Ji'an has also grown up, he wants to be the master of his own house, and he has an ambitious wife Yuan clan next to him. Therefore, the wind direction of Wei Bozhen changed again...
Just as the court's new round of crusade against the town began vigorously, Tian Ji'an cruising. While trying to find a balance between the imperial court and the vassal town, Nie Yinniang learned martial arts and returned to her hometown Wei Bo.
3. The setting in the
film There are roughly three factions in Weibo Town in the film: the
court faction : the representative is Princess Jiacheng, the adoptive mother of Jiedushi Tian Ji’an (dead, mainly through memories), and Tian Ji’an’s cousin, Tian Xing, the current commander-in-chief of the Imperial Guard.
Fan Zhen faction: Young and strong faction generals surrounding Tian Ji'an.
Foreign faction: Tian Ji'an's wife Yuan clan and his slave Jiang Shize.
The Yuan family is an ambitious family. When they came to Weibo Town, they wanted to destroy the Tian family and replace it. Tian Xu's violent death was what he did. After Tian Ji'an came to power, the Yuan clan tried to control Tian Ji'an and suppress the court faction. When necessary, he would not hesitate to kill Tian Ji'an and directly control Weibo Town.
The imperial court tried to pull Wei Bozhen to the court. Princess Jiacheng had been working hard to cultivate the pro- imperial forces within Wei Bo during her lifetime. Tian Xing, who liked Confucianism, treated people with generosity, and was known for his prestige, was the most suitable candidate. The court faction also has tools of violence. Princess Jiacheng's twin sister, Taogu, is the leader of the killer organization; Tian Xing has prestige in the army. If Tian Ji'an is disobedient, the court faction can also fix him through assassination or mutiny.
Sandwiched between the two factions, Tian Ji'an is young and vigorous, but has little political experience. He didn't want to submit to the court, nor did he want to be the first bird in the court's attack. On the one hand, he warmly entertained the court's special envoy, and on the other hand, he secretly communicated with other feudal towns. He exiled Tian Xing, who was the master of great power, but he did not know that the strangulation orders of several factions were approaching him...
IV. Story of
Nie Yinniang Nie Yinniang's father, Nie Feng, is a veteran Wei Bo and former guard The commander-in-chief of the army, the current Du Yuhou (law enforcement officer, the third member of the team, second only to Jiedu and Deputy Jiedu), and the cousin of Tian Ji'an. Judging from his experience, he is loyal to the Tian family, but emotionally, he prefers the court sect represented by Princess Jiacheng and Tian Xing (his wife Tian clan, former secretary of Princess Jiacheng, and sister of Tian Xing). In the struggle within Wei Bo, what Nie Feng hopes is to protect the safety of relatives and friends and maintain Wei Bo's stability.
Nie Yinniang and Tian Ji'an were childhood sweethearts, but when they were ten years old, they were taken away by Princess Jiacheng's twin sister, Taoist aunt, and trained as a professional killer. What she liked was the relationship between her and the Tian family.
What the Taoist aunt instilled in Nie Yinniang was that because of the separatism of the vassal regime, wars continued and the people were displaced. Only by killing these independent ministers and reunifying the country can the world be peaceful. The so-called "killing a lone husband and a thief can save hundreds of people."
Nie Yinniang was sent to kill Tian Ji'an, because since the death of Princess Jiacheng, Tian Ji'an has been farther and farther away from the court and has become a "lone husband and thief". But she couldn't do it. Why, because Tian Ji'an is her cousin, the two childhood sweethearts, Princess Jiacheng also promised the two of them, everything related to Princess Jiacheng and Tian Ji'an are all fond memories of Nie Yinniang's childhood.
"Great righteousness" or "family affection." When Nie Yinniang hesitated, her mother told her that killing Tian Ji'an would not save the world. It would only make Wei Bo more chaotic. In the end, the people would suffer. The Nie family and their relatives and friends would not be able to take care of themselves. The subsequent series of assassinations seemed to prove this point. Nie Feng, the father of Nie Yinniang, who had no political faction, was almost buried alive unexplainably.
A "great righteousness" powerful enough to persecute Nie Yinniang and destroy her beautiful childhood memories with her own hands turned out to be nothing more than a "explanation" for political purposes. One can imagine the sadness in Nie Yinniang's heart. After she returned to Wei Bo, she went to see Tian Ji'an one last time (in the process, she saved Tian Ji'an's favorite concubine Hu Ji, because this is also a poor person who has been trapped in the political whirlpool).
In the end, Nie Yinniang chose to escort the young boy Mo Jing back to her hometown and head north to Xinluo. The so-called "heroes and knights will return to hermit", no matter how high her martial arts is, she will probably only be able to return to this martial arts novel.
5. Other people's stories
1. When the fateful princess of
Jiacheng and the sisters of Princess Jiacheng were born, the Tubo army invaded Chang'an, the father and the emperor fled in panic, and the sisters were sent to Taoist temple for adoption. After Tubo withdrew troops, Princess Jiacheng was taken back and married Wei Bo for political purposes.
When Princess Jiacheng left Chang'an, the emperor's brother Tang Dezong personally bid farewell. The princess dismissed all the attendants, leaving only the nurse and an old woman to bring Wei Bo to show her determination to coexist and die with Wei Bo.
Princess Jiacheng taught the child Nie Yinniang the guqin, telling the story of the Qingluan dance mirror: "The king won a Qingluan, and he will not cry for three years. Some people say that when the Luan sees the same kind, he will cry. Xiao Wu dies in the mirror." Alluding to his fate from Chang'an to Wei Bo.
The emperor's brother Tang Dezong died of illness, and the emperor's nephew Tang Shunzong also died of illness a year after he took the throne.
2. Poor and sad Tian
Ji'an Tian Ji'an gets a nosebleed when he gets excited, and is also prone to fever. After being a military commander, his physical condition does not seem to be good. In Wei Bo, a military society, it is difficult to convince the public.
At the meeting of the Chamber, a veteran did not put the young Jidushi in his eyes, but admired Tian Xing. Tian Ji'an could only show his authority by roaring and exiling Tian Xing.
Tian Ji'an Ming ordered his wife Yuan clan and his servant Jiang Shi not to attack the exiled Tian Xing. As soon as Tian Ji'an left, Jiang Shi arranged for the killer to ambush Tian Xing.
The Yuan family’s two assassinations of Tian Xing did not know Tian Ji’s safety. Hearing that his subordinates reported that “Tian Xing has arrived in Linqing and Nie Feng has returned to the mansion,” he was relieved, which shows that the news was blocked.
Knowing that Yuan clan was the murderer of his father and wanted to murder his concubine Hu Ji, Tian Ji'an only dared to hack a table and chairs in front of Yuan clan to vent, and Yuan clan "has no fear."
Throughout the film, Tian Ji'an is the only one who can trust and talk to his heart, Xia Jing, the guard next to him.
At the end of the film, when the emissaries sent by the imperial court, feudal feudal feudalists, and other feudal feudal cities were trying to lobby Tian Ji'anzhi, what he thought of was the image of Princess Jiacheng and Nie Yinniang thirteen years ago. It was about mother and Memories of first love.
6.
The final outcome in the history of the characters in the epilogue :
Tian Ji'an: Soon after meeting with the imperial emissary, he suddenly died of illness, and his wife Yuan clan and his servant Jiang Shi took control of Wei Bo's power.
Yuan Shi: Being an outsider in power, it caused common dissatisfaction between the court and Fanzhen factions in Weibo Town. Soon there was a mutiny. Yuan Shi was abolished and Jiang Shi was killed. Tian Xing, who was "prestigious" He succeeded Wei Bo Jiedu.
Tian Xing: After serving as the envoy of Wei Bo Jiedu, he returned to the court and was given the name "Tian Hongzheng". Later, he was changed to Chengde Jiedushi. Tian Hongzheng was afraid that Chengde's army would refuse to accept him. He brought two thousand Wei Bo soldiers as his escort. As soon as Wei Bojun left, Cheng Dejun immediately mutiny, and Tian Hongzheng, his family, and more than 300 people were killed together.
Tang Xianzong: Since he took the throne, he has implemented a tough policy against the vassal. After several years of warfare, he finally made Wei Bo, Lu Long, Chengde, Pinglu, Huaixi and other unruly vassal vassal surrender to the imperial court, known as the "Lord of ZTE." But only one year later, Tang Xianzong became mentally disordered and grumpy due to the pursuit of longevity and taking golden pills. He often beat, scolded, and killed the eunuch who served him, and was soon killed by the eunuch. After the death of Tang Xianzong, the court made a major exchange of the Jiedu envoys of the major vassal towns in an effort to further strengthen their control. Unexpectedly, mutiny occurred in all the vassal towns. The Jiedu envoys appointed by the court were either killed, abolished, or rebelled. Back to the original state of the feudal domination.
Well, it seems that Nie Yinniang's choice is right.
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