This Emperor is Only An Actor

After the script of "Unification of the Great Qin Empire" was written, the main creators who got the script were actually shocked.

Especially actors with more scenes in the later stage.

Most people thought that "Unification of the Great Qin Empire" would come to an abrupt end when Qin State destroyed the six kingdoms.

This is the pinnacle of Qin's unification in their impression.

However the script is not written that way.

The script has even been written to the point of burning books and burying scholars.

In this regard, Yu and Wei also deliberately talked to Yueguan.

Because in the incident of burning books, Li Si was the initiator, Ying Zheng was the decision maker, and he also played a lot of roles.

In his point of view, he has always felt that this matter cannot be cleaned up.

But the script was cleaned up by Li Si.

This made Yu and Wei a little restless.

"Yueguan, is it really going to be filmed?" Yu Hewei asked.

Yue Guan glanced at Yu Hewei in surprise: "Of course we want to shoot. Teacher Yu, why do you ask such a question?"

"Isn't this matter already settled?" Yu Hewei asked: "Is it really okay for us to forcibly clean up the white?"

Yue Guan smiled: "Who made the final conclusion? Why don't I know. The teacher also said that the burning pit project needs to be discussed, so why did the coffin be finalized?"

"Who is the teacher?"

"A proletarian theorist whom I admire a lot, a great man in my mind, but you don't know him."

Yu and Wei felt their lack of knowledge.

He really didn't know him.

Not only did he not know each other, but he actually didn't feel that the matter of burning books and burying scholars needed to be cleaned up.

Isn't that what it means literally?

But both the script and Yueguan told him that it really wasn't.

It is true that few of the new generation of celebrities in the entertainment industry are educated, but not many of the older generation of celebrities are educated...basically none of them have reached the general education level of an ordinary college student.

Although they did a lot of scenes.

But some things should not be understood or not understood.

"Teacher Yu, the script does not whitewash Yingzheng, nor does it whitewash the burning of books and burying Confucianism."

Yu Hewei expressed disbelief: "Li Si has become a positive figure, isn't that considered whitewashing?"

"Why can't Li Si be a positive person?" Yue Guan asked rhetorically: "The system of prefectures and counties was proposed by Li Si, and the reason why books were burned also originated from the debate between the system of prefectures and counties and the system of enfeoffment. Chun Yuyue, a doctor of Qi, opposed the implementation of the system at that time." The 'prefecture and county system' requires entrusting children according to the ancient system. Prime Minister Li Si refuted it, and this led to the subsequent book burning incident."

"This is still power over truth." Yu Hewei said.

Yue Guan smiled: "Might and power are real, but who defines truth? Confucian scholars?"

Yu Hewei: "..."

"Teacher Yu, do you know what the word "Unification" means? Do you just think that "Unification" means unifying the world and annexing the six countries?"

Yu Hewei really is.

Not just him.

When "The Unification of the Great Qin Empire" was about to be filmed, many people guessed this way.

But none of these people understand fully enough.

"Unification of the world is only the most basic condition for great unification. Teacher Yu, true unification is not only military, but also includes many things. Books are the same, vehicles are on the same track, and weights and measures are unified, so that people in the whole country start to use the same A standard, so that people all over the world begin to identify with the same country. This is a more difficult and meaningful thing than war. To be honest, in terms of unifying the world, it is not necessarily better than other wise emperors in history. Qin Shihuang is poor. If he is replaced by a military god-level emperor like Li Shimin, he will only do better in unifying the world. But after unifying the world, he must formulate a unified standard. The greatest thing about Qin Shihuang and the Qin Dynasty is to leave a set for future generations. The standard that has been used for a long time has allowed our country and nation to recognize that people living on this land should be their own people of a country.

Think about the current Europe, Mr. Yu, without Yingzheng’s unification of the world, without the various systems and measures that have been passed down for generations after he took the throne, this land may not be able to condense into one rope, and there is a high probability that it will be with Europe. direction is the same. Look farther and zoom in on the pattern. Our play is about unity, and unity has never been just about military unity. "

Yu Hewei said he was educated.

But he still didn't understand: "I understand the meaning of the unification of weights and measures for books and cars. What is the positive significance of burning books and burying scholars?"

"First, there is no official historical record of Ying Zheng's murder of Confucian scholars. The real historical records only record the murder of warlocks from outside the country. Second, the burning of books really has a positive meaning. Teacher Yu, the world must be unified in terms of military affairs, administrative We need to unify in politics, in economy, in transportation, but in terms of ideology and culture, don’t we need to unify?”

Yu and Wei were stunned.

He really didn't think about the problem from this aspect.

"Yingzheng merged the six countries. If he didn't unify his thoughts and cultures, and continue to let the survivors of the six countries turn to the six countries, there would be no later Han people. After the fall of Qin, Liu Bang would not establish a unified dynasty again.

There are some things that Confucian scholars can't see because they don't want to see them. But thousands of years have passed, and we are not filming for Confucian scholars. Of course, we must follow historical facts and tell things objectively, instead of blindly catering to those so-called mainstream views. And is the current mainstream view really still black Qin Shihuang? "

Times have changed.

It's just that some people can't keep up with the times.

In fact, Yu Hewei was not persuaded by Yueguan.

But he understood what Yue Guan meant.

"What you said makes sense, and the logic is self-consistent, so I can convince myself." Yu Hewei said: "Yue Guan, thank you, you convinced me, I can shoot this kind of scene much easier."

"Originally, this kind of scene is not difficult for you, teacher. Teacher Yu, remember, Li Si is not a villain. Of course, it is a bad move for him to support Hu Hai in the later stage, but we can't make that time in this film. In this film In the movie, Li Si is just a wise and capable prime minister of the Qin State. Zulong was born, and Li Si met him, and then created an epic legend. Teacher Yu, show the courage that Li Si should have."

In fact, Yu and Wei Yan's Li Si, Yue Guan was not particularly satisfied.

The main reason is that Yueguan found that Yu Hewei did not agree with Li Si from the bottom of his heart.

Of course, Yu Hewei still performed very well, after all, his basic skills are there.

However, there is still some gap with Yueguan's expectation.

Everyone who can leave his name in the long river of history is an outstanding person at that time.

In Yingzheng's era, Li Si was under one man and above ten thousand people. His brilliance should have been second only to Yingzheng.

Pay attention to the official account: the base camp of book friends, pay attention to get cash and coins!

But Yu and Wei didn't show this feeling.

Of course, everyone thinks differently.

Yue Guan felt that Li Si should be more powerful. Others disagreed, and he would not force others. After all, his ideas may not be correct.

But Yueguan knew one thing - Li Si from Xianqin had to be particularly awesome.

So if Yu Hewei can't play Li Si in a demeanor, then the Li Si of Xianqin may not be able to fall on his head.

But professional is professional.

The next day, Yu Hewei let Yueguan see his professional ability.

There are two full episodes in the script of burning books and burying scholars.

This matter involved many historical figures, but the main roles in the play are actually a few people:

Servant shot Zhou Qingchen;

Dr. Chun Yuyue;

Prime Minister Li Si;

King Qin Yingzheng.

These are the four main characters involved in the burning of books.

Specifically, if it comes to pitting Confucianism, then add alchemist Hou Sheng and Lu Sheng.

However, the plot arrangement is naturally to shoot the book burning first, and then "Kill Confucianism".

The cause and effect of burning books is actually very simple:

After Qin Shihuang Yingzheng ascended the throne, the political and economic reforms implemented were not all smooth sailing. The biggest debate among them is whether to continue to use the enfeoffment system.

At the beginning of the unification, there was a fierce debate in the court of Daqin on the issue of whether to entrust the princes to be kings.

At that time, a group of officials headed by Prime Minister Wang Wan advocated that Qin Shihuang entrust the princes to the former lands of Yan, Qi, and Chu that had not long been occupied as kings, thinking that this would help consolidate Qin's rule.

At that time, Li Si, who was a subordinate of Wang Wan, firmly opposed it. Li Si believed that the disputes among the princes during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods were entirely the result of the enfeoffment of the Western Zhou Dynasty. Only by abolishing the enfeoffment system can the disaster be avoided.

He directly stood on the opposite side with his immediate superior, and directly stood on the opposite side of the Qin clan, and even stood on the opposite side of Yingzheng and the princes.

This is Li Si's determination and courage.

For thousands of years, Ying Zheng is not the only one who has been maliciously criticized. Li Si's talent and ability have obviously been underestimated a lot. Of course, this can't be entirely blamed on others, after all, Li Si fell to Hu Hai in the end and couldn't get rid of it.

But "The Unification of the Great Qin Empire" couldn't film that time, so Li Si is a full-fledged talent in "The Unification of the Great Qin Empire".

Qin Shihuang Yingzheng finally adopted Li Si's opinion and established the county system throughout the country.

This is the antecedent of the burning of books.

Eight years later, in the thirty-fourth year of the first emperor's reign (213 BC), another controversy arose at the palace banquet held by Qin Shihuang in Xianyang Palace.

This debate is a debate about whether we should learn from the ancients or the present, and the burning of books was triggered by this.

At the banquet, the ministers headed by servant Zhou Qingchen praised Qin Shihuang's martial power and virtue, far surpassing the ancient holy emperor.

Chun Yuyue, a doctor, put forward the idea of ​​restoring the enfeoffment system in response to Zhou Qingchen's fat words.

Yue Guan brought Wang Jinsong to play Chun Yuyue as a cameo, a cameo role, naturally there is no pressure for an actor of Wang Jinsong's level.

Wang Jinsong said this: "I heard that the king of Yin and Zhou was more than a thousand years old, and he appointed his sons as heroes, and he was his assistant. Now your majesty has Hai Nei, and his sons are ordinary people. He has Tian Chang and Liu Qing's ministers. He has no assistants. How can we save each other?" Well? Those who do not learn from the past but can last for a long time are not heard of. Today, Qingchen has a plump face, and he is not loyal to his majesty's faults."

The translation means: I heard that the Shang and Zhou dynasties ruled for more than a thousand years, entrusting their children and meritorious officials as their assistants. Now, Your Majesty, although you are uniting the world, your children are still ordinary people. If Tian Chang and Liu Qing seize power and usurp the throne, if there is no strong assistant minister in the court, who will come to rescue? I have never heard of a dynasty that ruled for a long time without learning the experience of ancient times. Now Zhou Qingchen and others flatter you face to face to aggravate your mistake, they are not loyal ministers.

For this conversation, Yue Guan asked "The Unification of the Great Qin Empire" to shoot two versions, one in ancient Chinese and one in modern vernacular.

This dialogue is relatively very important. The ancient Chinese is better than the old Chinese, and the modern vernacular is easier to understand, so we simply filmed all of them.

Ying Zheng, played by Yue Guan, did not react after hearing Chun Yuyue's advice, but handed Chun Yuyue's suggestion to the officials for discussion.

At this time, Li Si, the prime minister played by Yu Hewei, appeared on the stage and made it clear that he disagreed with Chun Yuyue's point of view.

"The dispute between the three generations, how can we legalize it? Confucian students, don't learn from the present, but learn from the past, and the past is to harm the present. If you don't stop it, the dominant force will fall to the top, and the party will succeed in the bottom."

These are two typical opposing camps.

Chun Yuyue believes that imitating the sages is the kingly way.

However, Li Si believes that the past is not the same as the present, and we must adapt to the current situation. The ancient policies are no longer applicable to the present, and we have to make new decisions.

Ying Zheng sided with Li Si without any suspense.

However, before Ying Zheng made a statement, Li Si continued to put forward three suggestions for burning ancient books:

1. Except for "Qin Ji", medicine, divination, farm classics, philosophers and other historical ancient books, they must be handed over to the government for destruction within a time limit. Those who do not pay within thirty days after the order shall be punished with tattooing and four years of hard labor;

2. Those who talk about "Poems" and "Books" will be executed;

3. Those who are willing to learn laws and regulations should take officials as teachers.

These three suggestions are all aimed at maintaining the rule of Daqin.

The script clearly explained this point through Li Si's mouth.

The so-called burning of books did not burn those technical and practical books on medicine, agriculture and animal husbandry, or even those classics of various schools of thought, including "Poetry" and "Book".

It was Xiang Yu, that prodigal son who really burned these things...

Efang Palace was burned by him...

The reason why the people are not allowed to talk about "Poems" and "Books" is because these books mostly praise the emperors of the past dynasties and the former kings of the Six Kingdoms.

Although the Great Qin ruled the world, the thoughts and culture of the people inside were not unified, which of course was not conducive to the rule of the Great Qin and the stability of the world.

Obviously, when the world is unified, the thinking also needs to be unified, otherwise it will be too dangerous. So, what kind of thinking is used as a benchmark for unity? There's an obvious answer to this too - whoever wins is right.

Qin State was the ultimate victor in the Warring States Period, so it is natural to use Qin State's method to unify the other six countries, and use Qin State's thinking to unify the thoughts of the people of the world.

In fact, all subsequent dynasties have done this.

The source of everything is at this moment.

The notoriety of burning books was also planted in this way.

As an empire and a subject, some people must obey, some sacrifice, and some be assimilated. Otherwise, how did the Han nationality come into being?

There have been so many ethnic groups in history, why are they all Han now?

Tracing back to the source, the root of the Han nationality's cohesion did not lie in the Han Dynasty, but in the Qin Dynasty.

It's just that the Qin Dynasty was too short-lived, and then the Han Dynasty inherited the Qin Dynasty's system, and it was still the Qin Dynasty's system.

If the Qin Dynasty's rule lasted another hundred years, we might call ourselves the Qin Clan today.

This is what unity means.

This is the consequence of burning books.

Some things, because of different positions, will distinguish between right and wrong.

And after thousands of years, those of us who enjoy the achievements of the ancients, from an objective standpoint, the so-called burning of books is actually necessary and correct.

Of course, everyone can have different opinions, and not everyone is willing to see the unity of the country. There are too many liberals, and there are too many small bourgeois.

"The Unification of the Great Qin Empire" is not to whitewash anything, but to explain clearly to the audience the matter of burning books and burying scholars.

Specifically whether to support or oppose, criticize or praise, the audience has the final say.

Compared with burning books, the far-reaching significance of burying Confucianism is not too great, but in fact it needs to be talked about more.

Because of the infamy of Confucianism, Yingzheng has been burdened for thousands of years, and he was almost unable to lift his head when he was scolded by Confucius disciples in the past.

If it wasn't for the teacher in his previous life, Ying Zheng might not have been able to reverse the case.

In fact, Ying Zheng did not murder Confucian disciples.

Ying Zheng killed the alchemist.

Once again, Ying Zheng is not perfect, he also has a common shortcoming of ancient emperors - he wants to live forever.

In the face of death, Ying Zheng is also an ordinary person, so he has a strong desire to cultivate immortality, and he also asked many ways to help him find immortality and alchemy.

However, nothing.

After the alchemists Lu Sheng and Hou Sheng failed to seek immortality for Qin Shihuang, they talked privately about Qin Shihuang's character, governance, and seeking immortality. They approached Qin Shihuang only to pass on the "Tao Jing" to the people of the world, not to help the first emperor cultivate immortality.

Then the two men ran away with a huge sum of money.

Qin Shihuang was furious when he knew about it, so he vented his anger on the alchemists and warlocks, ordered a search and interrogation in Xianyang, captured 460 people and buried them alive.

Objectively speaking, the burning of books is not a black spot of Yingzheng, but it is counted as "piercing Confucian scholars", although Qin Shihuang did not murder Confucian scholars.

But the "pitting Confucianism" incident was essentially the evil fruit planted by Qin Shihuang himself.

This also proves that Qin Shihuang is indeed not a perfect man.

The "burning books and burying Confucianism" filmed in "The Unification of the Great Qin Empire" is completely different from the "burning books and burying Confucianism" in many people's minds. After filming the two episodes of Burning Books and Confucianism, Ding Bai said with emotion: "Yueguan, I have a hunch that our two episodes will probably arouse many people's discussions after they are aired."

"Then let the discussion be more intense. The more discussion there is, the more popular our drama will be. I'm afraid that no one will pay attention, and it will be embarrassing." Yue Guan said.

"I hope the audience can accept this kind of 'burning books and burying scholars'."

To be honest, director Ding Bai was a little uncertain.

Yue Guan comforted: "Director Ding, don't worry, we don't talk nonsense, there are experts who specialize in the history of Qin State sitting in our crew, and we are not afraid of breaking the sky. When we shoot this kind of movie, we publicize it as a real drama , that in itself also conveys some correct historical views to the audience.”

The positioning is a drama, so just do what the drama should do.

A serious drama cannot be adapted indiscriminately.

Yue Guan has said so, Ding Bai naturally has no other opinions.

"Listen to you, it's over, the next game."