Who are you calling powerful?

The plot of "Strategy of the Ming Palace" is very straightforward. It introduces the Chen family and the heroine Li Caifeng, and then extends the plot to the court.

During the Jiajing period, the emperor was addicted to monasticism, and the treacherous minister Yan Song controlled the affairs of the court. The court was dominated by turmoil and purity. As Jiajing got older and older and was not in good health, the prince gradually became the most important key to the court.

There are only two princes left today, the older of whom is the third prince of Yu, Zhu Zaihe, and the other is the younger, the fourth prince of Jing, Zhu Zaizhen.

The famous Machiavellian drama "The Ming Dynasty 1566" mainly talks about the events of the Jiajing period. It also mentions King Yu, who is the future emperor and the backer of the Qingliu party.

And there is a rather strange plot here, that is, the two old foxes Yan Song and Yan Shifan dare to go against the future emperor, leaving no way out for themselves.

There is actually a key figure missing here, and that is King Jing in history.

In the late Jiajing period, only these two sons competed for the throne. Among them, King Yu was the elder, but he was not liked by Jiajing.

In the battle for the throne, King Jing once had the upper hand, and the reason why the Yan family dared to challenge King Yu was precisely because they supported King Jing.

Unlike the court battles in "Ming Dynasty 1566", the early plot of "Ming Palace Strategy" plays a large role in the battle for the right to the right, so the character of King Jing is not hidden, but is an important supporting role.

After the TV series introduced the dispute between King Yu and King Jing, it moved the plot to the harem, which clarified the key to the drama.

Give birth to a son!

Historically, King Yu was able to defeat King Jing in the end, although there were some court reasons, but the most important key was that he had a son.

In the 42nd year of Jiajing, King Yu gave birth to a son, who was later named Wanli, which completely established a great advantage in competing for the crown prince.

Later, the political allies Yan Song and his son fell. King Jing was unable to give birth to a child, and there was no hope for his throne. He finally died in depression, even before his father Jiajing.

And Li Caifeng rose from the rank of maid, palace maid, palace concubine, selected attendant, imperial concubine, and finally became the auxiliary queen mother. It was also because of the birth of this son.

The TV series uses Teacher Yuwang Gao Gong to highlight the importance of giving birth to a son.

Childlessness was a big deal in ancient times, especially in the emperor's family, but during the Jiajing period, it was a top priority.

After all, everyone knows how Jiajing came to the throne. It was not because his cousin Emperor Zhengde had no sons that Jiajing, the vassal king, came to the throne.

Counting further back, Jingtai Emperor Zhu Qiyu was attacked by the Ming God of War and made a coup. The main reason was the death of his son.

If you don’t have a son, how can everyone keep hanging out with you? If you die, you won’t let others settle old scores.

As long as Emperor Jingtai has a living son and the country has an heir, there will definitely be a group of people betting on them for fame and wealth.

Dare to seize the door?

Then support the crown prince Jing Nan to eliminate the traitors.

So there are bloody lessons from the two Ming Dynasty emperors. Could the Jiajing Dynasty not pay attention to their sons?

Jiajing was so obsessed with Taoism that the two dragons never met again. In essence, it was not because the prince who had high hopes died, but for fear that the two remaining sons would be gone.

Jiajing was the one who created a great ceremony. The small sect dominated the big sect and bullied others. Hongzhi and Zhengde were lying on the ground speechless. When they turned around, the three of them were also dead. The country belonged to other small sects and they imitated Jiajing. After a great ceremony, if Jiajing's father is moved out of the Imperial Ancestral Temple, the fun will be great.

Therefore, seizing the direct descendants in the Jiajing Dynasty was difficult to say and easy to say.

Give birth to a son!

Whoever gives birth to a son first will have the absolute initiative. If the other party cannot give birth to another son, it is a certainty.

Gao Gong asked King Yu to work harder. King Yu was planning to marry his step-concubine due to the death of his former princess, and King Yu and others also attached great importance to it.

On the one hand, there are the old people in Prince Yu's Mansion who have been unable to give birth to children. They want to see if the newcomers can make a breakthrough.

On the other hand, the princess is different after all. If she gives birth to a child, she will be her legitimate son and grandson, which is a serious bonus.

One of the candidates for Prince Yu's successor is Chen, who is the same sister as Li Caifeng.

So at the end of the first episode, the "palace fight" had already begun. King Yu's mother, Concubine Kang, found an excuse to invite several candidates to the palace, hoping to see each other.

Chen is kind and gentle and doesn't like to fight with others. She will suffer in this situation, so the smart Li Caifeng comes to help.

In the candidates' overt and covert fights, he protected Chen from harm, and at the same time helped the latter come out on top and win Concubine Kang's favor.

It is worth mentioning that "Strategy of the Ming Palace" was not filmed strictly according to the history of the Ming Dynasty, but made certain detailed modifications.

For example, the ages of Li Caifeng and Chen were not stated clearly in the end, because in history Li Caifeng was only thirteen years old when she was adopted by King Yu. This needs to be filmed based on real history, whether the audience can accept it or not, the key is that it will not pass the review.

So it was blurred, just knowing that it was a young girl, and the same goes for King Yu. After all, the male protagonist shouldn’t be too old, so we just let the eldest female protagonist be how old she is, and she belongs to the youth.

In fact, during this period in history, King Yu was indeed a young man. He was born in the 16th year of Jiajing.

On the contrary, "Ming Dynasty 1566" made King Yu old, and directly made Li Caifeng the princess. In fact, "Strategy of the Ming Palace" is more in line with historical facts.

This is also the normal operation of TV dramas. Under normal circumstances, there is no slander or super magic modification, and no one finds this fault. At most, it can be corrected through popular science.

As a palace-fighting drama, "Strategy of the Ming Palace" does not change the general direction of history, but the details of the plot are more out of the ordinary.

but. There are very few Ming Palace records to begin with. In addition, there were too many weird things in the Ming Dynasty, and all kinds of messy things happened. I'm afraid not many people studied it carefully.

Soon, the two episodes of the story ended, and Liu Shishi and Da Tiantian felt a little unfinished.

The plot of "Strategy of the Ming Palace" is very bright, without the twists and turns of plot dramas, and the situation is explained directly through the characters in the plot.

It can be said that it has been torn apart and crushed, so that the audience can understand what kind of situation is now, why the characters do what they do, and what are the key points of this matter.

Therefore, even if Liu Shishi and the two did not understand the history of the Jiajing period, they quickly understood the situation.

However, compared to the battle for the heir, the two of them enjoyed the palace fight more.

Unlike "The Legend of Zhen Huan", where everyone is scheming, or the pretentious green tea with white lotus like "Dead Girl", "Strategy of the Ming Palace" wins in one word: "It's refreshing".

The heroine Li Caifeng is smart and decisive. She will be soft when she needs to be soft and do what she needs to do. Revenge does not last overnight, and a good person cannot play dirty tricks.

Although her daughter Chen has a softer personality, she is a good teammate. She trusts Li Caifeng and knows how to cooperate. She is not a virgin.

One is the output, the other is the assistant, the other is the face, the other is the face, one is doing things secretly, and the other is supporting the show openly, with full tacit understanding and sincerity.

So much so that Liu Shishi felt a bit slapped in the face. Why didn't the second female lead look like a vicious female counterpart who later turned into a villain? Maybe she hadn't reached the stage of snatching a man yet?

But I have to say that this fast-paced palace battle plot with brains, no pretentiousness, and good teammates is indeed very refreshing to watch. Liu Shishi couldn't help but click the "Follow the Drama" button.

Well, she is not here to watch the show, but to detect the enemy...

"Tiantian, what do you think of the filming of this drama?"

Liu Shishi was actually somewhat conflicted. From a personal point of view, she wanted Zhao Liying to overturn, and the more miserable the situation, the better.

But considering the overall situation, Zhao Liying represents Wei Yang and his Blue Whale and PPTV. Now the battle is raging, and she does not want those other platforms to win and have an impact on Wei Yang's family.

"Good... average!"

Da Tiantian swallowed the true comment that she almost blurted out and frowned.

"I feel sleepy after watching it, it's not interesting."

Liu Shishi recalled the pair of big eyes that he had glanced at just now, staring at the TV, and chose to believe it.

"If you love winning, if you love losing, it's none of my business."

She thought so in her heart, but she couldn't sleep at night, so she kept refreshing the statistics of Hualuo.com.

By the way, there are new features added at the beginning of 2016.

In addition to watching the popularity and playback volume of online dramas, Hualuo.com also connects to the database of TV platforms to display the ranking ratings in real time.

In fact, this function existed before, but it simply displayed the average ratings. Now the data is more accurate, more comprehensive, and updated in real time.

Since "Strategy of the Ming Palace" premiered on the first day, there was a slight delay in data.

It wasn't until the early morning that Liu Shishi saw the first-day data of "Strategy of the Ming Palace".

Rating 1.48

First in the same period!

View count exceeded 30 million+ within a few hours

PPTV website is the first!

The second largest platform in the entire network!

Hualuo has a popularity of 8500+ on the whole network

Number one on the daily list!

Liu Shishi closed the page he was looking at and threw away his cell phone. He wanted to sleep and ignore his mundane affairs, but he couldn't sleep anymore.

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Also unable to sleep were Zhao Liying and Wei Yang who was woken up by her excitement.

In fact, at this time, Zhao Liying was still busy promoting the TV series. This time the situation was special, so Zhao Liying was a little flustered. Seeing that the work was not too busy that day, she simply called it a day and went home to watch over Wei Yang.

Regardless of what a strong woman Zhao Liying is outside, she actually relies on Wei Yang.

Especially at this critical moment, when I am emotionally unstable, having him by my side will make me feel more at ease.

Wei Yang is also used to it. Not only Zhao Liying, but also several other women have more or less similar situations.

On the one hand, most women always hope to have a safe haven to rely on when in trouble. On the other hand, in their opinion, Wei Yang is powerful enough that nothing can trouble him. No matter the outcome is good or bad, everything will be fine with Wei Yang around.

No matter what kind of psychology this is, Wei Yang still likes this feeling of being relied on.

Boss Wei postponed a social event, came back and cooked in person, had a candlelight dinner, drank some wine, went downstairs for a walk in the relatively private community park, and watched a romantic movie in the evening, taking advantage of the good atmosphere to have sex again Get some exercise.

I thought she was comforted, but Zhao Liying did fall asleep in his arms.

Unexpectedly, this little girl secretly set the alarm clock and got up at night to read the data.

I feel happy, but I still have to torment him. I wonder if he is tired of cooking, coaxing people, and taking photos at night...

"Number one, husband, number one!"

Zhao Liying was lying on the bed and kicking her short legs happily. Wei Yang looked at his phone and reacted calmly.

"This result is much worse than "A Thousand Bones of Flowers", are you concerned about it?"

"This is different. An actor can encounter several phenomenal hit dramas like "A Thousand Bones of Flowers" in his lifetime. It's enough for "Strategy of the Ming Palace" to be popular. I have shouldered several hits on my own. Let's see who dares to refuse."

Zhao Liying knew that "A Thousand Bones of Flowers" was so popular. Except for "Celebrating More Than Years", it was almost unrivaled in the world and ranked among the top hits in recent years.

For a drama of this level, it is not only about quality, but also about luck.

She didn't point to another film called "A Thousand Bones of Flowers", which she could accept if it could be on par with "Brilliant Star" or "Shanshan Is Coming", or even slightly inferior.

Zhao Liying is confident in the quality of "Strategy of the Ming Palace". As long as this end is opened well, the results will definitely not be bad.

Even if we can't take first place at the beginning of this new year, our ranking will not be too bad. Even if we don't win this battle, it won't be considered a loss.

"Don't worry, I told you before, we will definitely win this time."

Wei Yang did not put as much thought into it as Zhao Liying. Although he had not finished watching the finished product of "Strategy of the Ming Palace", he had watched its main competitors "Martial God Zhao Zilong" and "Lonely Empty Courtyard" in his previous life.

What can I say about "Martial God Zhao Zilong"? Zhao Yun's fans can't stand it, and Luo Guanzhong can jump out of the ground and slap the crew several times.

Then he told them that adaptation is not random editing, and drama is not nonsense. He wanted to apologize to the national audience by changing Zhao Zilong in this way.

The only positive comment is that Lin Yoona is good-looking, but it can only be judged by her looks, and her acting skills and lip-syncs are terrible.

As for the male lead Lin Gengxin, Wei Yang didn't want to say bad words to his former colleagues, but he was really not suitable to play Zhao Yun. Wei Yang didn't like Zhang Han, but they all felt that the Luo Cheng he played in "The Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties" was inferior to his version. Zhao Zilong.

Wei Yang has watched less of the drama "Lonely Night in the Empty Courtyard", but has seen some videos complaining about bloggers.

In one sentence, it is a combination of cruelty and hypocrisy!

Whether it is an idol drama or a palace battle drama, character creation is very important, and both men and women must be attractive.

Take "Step by Step", also a Qing Dynasty palace drama, as an example. The male protagonist is very charming and has captured a large number of fans of the Fourth Master. He once became the number one male protagonist in Qing Dynasty novels.

The male protagonist of "Lonely Empty Courtyard" is Kangxi. I won't discuss others here, but as an accomplished emperor, Kangxi definitely has his own shining points that can be explored.

If it really doesn't work, you can try it in "Kangxi Dynasty", but in this drama you turn into a love-minded and cowardly man, and even drag Nalan Rongruo into a love triangle.

Why don't you give Nalan Rongruo and his father Mingzhu the courage to compete with Kangxi for a woman?

Moreover, the character selection in this drama was not good. The prototype of the heroine is the eighth prince’s biological mother, the good concubine, who is Xin Zheku.

This person has a very tragic history. Later, Lao Ba was disgusted by Kangxi and scolded him with the words "Born from a humble maid in Xin Zheku, he has been high-spirited and sinister since he was a child." Such a historical background allowed him to play Kangxi's Bai Yueguang. In fact, he was Rather forceful.

Not to mention that the filming was lousy. Sister Shuangzi's acting skills are not much better than those of Lin Yoona, and her looks are not as good as others.

Therefore, Wei Yang was not worried about these two competitors from the beginning.

With Zhao Liying's popularity, even if "Strategy of the Ming Palace" is just an ordinary drama, this battle will be won by 70% to 80%.

However, "Strategy of the Ming Palace" is a key project carefully produced by Blue Whale, with plot, costumes, cast, and behind-the-scenes team all fully engaged.

Even if it encounters the high-quality hits of the original time and space, it may not lose, let alone these two bad dramas.

The outcome has long been decided, and the only suspense is how far Zhao Liying and PPTV can win.

Wei Yang sometimes feels sorry for Youku and iQiyi. The environment is too harsh and there are pits everywhere. How can he fight with himself...