Yesterday, Mr. Lang conducted an in-depth analysis of "Why Ding Chengzong?" to go to Bianliang for final negotiations. The reasons listed in the article are full of insights, and I deeply agree.
However, after reading the chapter "Strengthening the Country", I discovered that those reasons were all wrong. The correct reason is: Mr. Ding Chengzong is actually a top student in the first performance doctoral class of the Daxia Academy of Drama, and is currently the honorary president of the academy.
His acting skills have reached a state of perfection, where he can win without any moves but with only one move at a time.
The scene in which Ding Chengzong meets Zhao Er is actually the culmination of his decades of experience on the stage. It made us, the onlookers, sigh in admiration, and made his only audience, Zhao Er, sincerely convinced that he had been deceived.
The following shots are specifically listed for appreciation:
[When Ding Chengzong was brought into the palace and entered the Wende Hall on the eighth day of the lunar month, he already looked like a stern person.]
[When Zhao Guangyi showed his disdain for the Chuanguo Jade Seal, the last trace of reliance of this wealthy local grain merchant disappeared, and the disguised Xi Jing completely disappeared, and he began to feel embarrassed under his close gaze and questioning.
When he got up, Zhao Guangyi noticed that he made several slips of the tongue when answering his inquiries]
[After Ding Chengzong finished speaking, he quietly raised his eyes and glanced at Zhao Guangyi. When his eyes met his, he couldn't help but be alert, as if he had been stung, and quickly lowered his head again. 】
[This light seemed to be seen by Ding Chengzong. He quietly raised his sleeves, gently wiped away a drop of sweat from his temples, and swallowed hard.]
[Ding Chengzong was so frightened that he would have jumped up if he had not lost his legs: "Foreign minister, foreign minister is scared. What evil intentions do I, my lord, hide?" Ding Chengzong looked confused and confused.
expression.】
[Ding Chengzong hesitated and said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, in fact... In fact, whether you are king or a general, it's just... it's just that the name is different, the power and status are... there is no difference. It's just...
…It’s just that the army under my lord has many factions and complicated origins. There are Hengshan Qiang people, Dingnan troops, Liangzhou Tubo people, Ganzhou Uighurs, Suzhou Yanqi people, and Han people from Guasha and Guashan.
, difficult to discipline.
Some of their old masters were once khans, and some were once kings. Now my lord has taken them all under his command. If my lord still resumes his post as Jiedushi, it will be... he will be looked down upon by them.
The reporter said that the original rank of many generals who have taken refuge with our lord was Jiedushi, a kind of official position that has reached the peak of military generals. If our lord returns to the position of Jiedushi, these generals who have taken refuge with my lord will not only be unable to be promoted, but they will also be unable to be promoted.
Instead, they have to be demoted several levels. This...this...these people are mostly aggressive and greedy, and are only interested in profit. By then, they will definitely lead to catastrophe, so...therefore, one by one, one by one] (a wordy sentence,
Please note all ellipses in this paragraph)
The acting, expressions, lines, and movements are impeccable. If it were done today, Shenma Golden Eagle, Huabiao, Golden Horse, and Oscars would all be swept away; Shenma Chaowei, Yunfa, Daoming, and Guoli would all be in the clouds.
Only this kind of phenomenal acting skills can win over Zhao Er and make him willing to fall into the trap. He also feels that he has taken a big advantage, "I was sold by others and I still count the money for them."
This is the fundamental reason for "Why Ding Chengzong?"
One more wordy thing, in this chapter, Zhao Er repeatedly (many times) showed his disdain for merchants. However, as everyone knows, the biggest merchants are engaged in the business of "Muguo". It seems:
1. Zhao Er doesn’t like studying very much. At least, he has never heard of Lu Buwei’s name.
2. Zhao Er has not conducted any serious investigation. At least, he has not experienced the power of Jisitang.