In China’s five thousand years of history, every change of dynasty is the most shocking moment in history. The stories of the founding emperors are often passed down through the ages, and the stories of the kings who destroyed the country are often resented for thousands of years. However, in the story of this film, there is also a subjugated king and two founding emperors...
At the end of Tianqi in the Ming Dynasty, a palace coup was hidden in the court. Emperor Tianqi was dying but had no heirs. After succeeding to the throne, the only flesh and blood is the emperor's younger brother Zhu Youjian. Wei Zhongxian, the general manager of the palace, conspired to use the maid's baby to pretend to be the prince to inherit the throne in order to preserve the eunuch's wealth. Unexpectedly, the palace maid gave birth to a baby girl. At this time, Zhu Youjian, who had been expelled from the capital, was suddenly captured by the Jinyi guards and returned to the palace. He thought he was going to be buried, but he never expected that he would succeed to the throne in front of the dragon couch and become Emperor Chongzhen. The palace maid escaped to Yangzhou with her newborn baby girl and named her Chen Yuanyuan.
Chen Yuanyuan was sold three times a day and ended up in a brothel to learn skills. When she grew up, she became a famous singing girl all over the world.
After Chongzhen ascended the throne, he determined to revive the Ming Dynasty. However, the imperial court always suffered from internal and external troubles. The internal worry is that more than half of the country's people are starving, and the rebels led by Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng are rising in the Central Plains; the external worry is that the Qing Eight Banners Army outside the pass is pressing down on the border, and Huang Taiji has ascended the throne and founded the country, eyeing the inside. Chongzhen was always in a huge crisis, trying desperately to save the empire in danger.
Chen Yuanyuan was selected by the Grand Duke Wang Chengen to serve as a chariot in the palace. She repeatedly resisted Chongzhen's "sacred favor", but fell loyally in love with the brave general Wu Sangui.
The Central Plains Rebel Army was besieged by the imperial army in the Carriage Gorge, and the entire army was annihilated. Just when Chongzhen was dispatching troops to wipe out the rebel army in one fell swoop, Huang Taiji suddenly sent his troops south and approached the capital. In times of emergency, Chongzhen insisted on refusing peace and fighting, and led his army and civilians to repel Huang Taiji. However, the Central Plains rebels were born again and regained their vitality.
Chongzhen executed Yuan Chonghuan, governor of Jiliao, who insisted on "making peace through war", and promoted Wu Sangui to the rank of general of Ningyuan. In order to win over his heart, he rewarded him with Chen Yuanyuan. A loving couple finally got married according to the decree. However, only three days after the wedding, Wu Sangui went north to the border alone, and Chen Yuanyuan had to return to the palace and became a hostage.
Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng conquered Fengyang, the place where Ming Dynasty flourished. Zhang Xianzhong dug up the imperial tomb and cut off the dragon vein of the Zhu Ming Dynasty. At the time of the great victory, disagreements arose within the rebel army... Chongzhen learned about the Fengyang Imperial Tomb. Being destroyed, the heart and lungs are so painful that he will not eat meat and fish, and he will manage the government in filial piety. He painfully realized that the rebel army was a more formidable opponent than Huang Taiji, and he quickly used the power of the whole country to kill the rebel army. The rebel army suffered heavy losses. Gao Yingxiang, the king of Chuang, was arrested and escorted to the capital for execution. Zhang Xianzhong also surrendered to the army, and Li Zicheng was the only one left. He had seven brothers, but he was unyielding and fought alone to inherit the throne of King Chuang.
Huang Taiji was fiercely armed and determined to innovate. The Qing Dynasty became increasingly powerful and victorious. He had completed all preparations to enter the Pass and go south to dominate the world. However, just before sending troops, Huang Taiji suffered a stroke. A generation of British heroes died with regret. After his death, the Qing court also fell into a struggle for the throne. Prince Dorgon and the eldest son of the emperor, Hauge, led their respective flag masters and faced each other with swords. Seeing that a bloody palace coup was about to happen, at the critical moment, the clever Concubine Zhuang, under the guidance of the surrender minister Hong Chengchou, took advantage of the situation and killed the little girl. Prince Fulin ascended to the throne as Emperor Shunzhi, and Dorgon became regent. The Qing Dynasty eliminated the palace changes and returned to stability. For the sake of Fulin's safety and the future of the Qing Dynasty, Concubine Zhuang also bent down to serve Dorgon.
Li Zicheng showed his unparalleled talent and strategy when he became the queen of Chuang. The rebel army swept across the country like a prairie fire. When Huang Taiji died of illness, he took the lead and quickly approached the capital...
Chongzhen refused He asked for peace and moved the capital, determined to defend the city and fight the war. But at this time, the people were devastated, the soldiers had no fighting spirit, and the ministers scattered like birds and beasts. On the eve of the city's destruction, Chongzhen killed his own flesh and blood and committed suicide in Meishan. In the disaster, Chen Yuanyuan rescued the three-year-old prince. After Li Zicheng came to Beijing, the founding of the country was smooth, he ascended the throne and searched for the young prince across the country. At the same time, he tried his best to win over Wu Sangui who led an army of 200,000 to garrison in Shanhaiguan. At the same time, Dorgon and Zhuang Fei outside the pass also repeatedly Persuaded Wu Sangui to surrender. Wu Sangui was in a dilemma when his country was destroyed and his family was ruined, and he was worried about the safety of his father and Chen Yuanyuan in the capital day and night.
Li Zicheng's general Liu Zongmin fell in love with Chen Yuanyuan and forcibly moved into the Wu Mansion. He felt that King Chuang's dominance had been achieved and he was tired of years of fighting. He just wanted to abandon all fame and fortune and retire with Chen Yuanyuan. Live a small life in my hometown.
Wu Sangui finally decided to "return to the Han and not to the Yi" and led his army to surrender to Li Zicheng. However, on the way to Beijing, he met the housekeeper and was shocked to hear that his father had been killed by the rebels and his concubine had been taken by Liu Zongmin... Wu Sangui spurted blood from his mouth. Furious, he immediately turned around and returned to Shanhaiguan. In front of the pass, Wu Sangui met Zhuang Fei and Hong Chengchou who came to persuade them to surrender. He weighed painfully and finally agreed to "shun the Qing Dynasty" and used Qing troops to destroy the Dashun army in order to restore the Ming Dynasty.
In order to take advantage of Wu Sangui's bravery, Dorgon named him King of Pingxi, made an oath with him to kill a horse, and gave him the command of the entire Eight Banners Army.
On the outskirts of Beijing, the Qing army Wu Sangui's cavalry attacked the Dashun army. Li Zicheng was defeated and had to hurriedly withdraw from Beijing. Before leaving, Liu Zongmin did not want to leave Chen Yuanyuan and took her away by force. Wu Sangui won a great victory, but he When he wanted to go to Beijing to meet Chen Yuanyuan, he found that the entire capital was filled with Eight Banners troops. Dorgon even forbade Wu Sangui from entering the city to pay homage to Chongzhen and his father, and strictly ordered him to continue to pursue the Dashun army. Wu Sangui had no choice but to worship far away outside the city, and then immediately led his troops to hunt down the remaining Da Shun soldiers, and at the same time searched for Chen Yuanyuan.
In the mountains, Wu Sangui dueled with the injured Liu Zongmin. Chen Yuanyuan led the little prince and ran over, trying to stop him, but her persuasion was ineffective. She saw Wu Sangui killing the kind-hearted Liu Zongmin. ...At this time, Li Zicheng also died fighting in the mountains. Xiao Shunzhi in the capital was ushered into the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and the Qing Dynasty unified the world. Wu Sangui and Chen Yuanyuan reunited. They both thought they would live happily ever after, but unexpectedly, a greater tragedy had just begun.
First of all, Dorgon "suppressed the Han with Han" ordered Wu Sangui to go south to pursue the remnants of the Ming Dynasty. Wu Sangui had to lead his troops south and stay away from the capital. He also wanted to use this to avoid Beijing, which became the Qing Palace.
Secondly, on the way to the army, people all over the world were scolding Wu Sangui and Chen Yuanyuan, thinking that this pair of idiots and resentful women were a disaster, causing harm to the country and the people, leading to the demise of the Ming Dynasty. At this time, Wu Sangui felt even more painful and indignant...
Then, Dorgon searched and killed the "Third Prince Zhu" across the country, and the little prince was nestling in Chen Yuanyuan's arms, and they were as close as brother and sister... The most painful thing for Wu Sangui was that at this time Chen Yuanyuan suddenly became pregnant. Wu Sangui couldn't figure out whether the child in Chen Yuanyuan's belly was his own? From Chongzhen? Or is it Liu Zongmin’s? ...Even Chen Yuanyuan couldn't figure it out. Wu Sangui felt that as a man, he endured the greatest humiliation in the world! When the Qing army's secret envoys were about to enter the camp to search for Prince Zhu, Wu Sangui angrily threw the three-year-old prince to death in front of Chen Yuanyuan in order to avoid disaster! ...Under the severe pain, Chen Yuanyuan fainted. She had long formed a deep relationship with this child. She felt that no matter how the dynasty changed, the child was innocent. She always regarded him as her biological brother.
At dawn, Wu Sangui ordered to break camp and go south. When he walked into Chen Yuanyuan's tent, he only saw a pipa with the silver string broken. From then on, Chen Yuanyuan was nowhere to be found...
So far... During the Chongzhen period, the Ming Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty, and the Dashun Dynasty were influential figures in the changing dynasties and flowed into the long river of history...