Why did the Qing emperor let his men treat Mei Zhili as a horse thief in The Record of Pleasure?

Why did the Qing emperor let his men treat Mei Zhili as a horse thief in The Record of Pleasure?

First of all, Mei Zhili must die. He served as governor of Kyoto for three reasons. Through the dialogue between Mei Zhili and the Qing emperor, it is not clear that such an important position has always been held by a well-behaved prince, which shows the importance of this position to the royal family. The magistrate in Kyoto has access to a large number of royal secrets and the privacy of Beijing officials.

Second, we have lost the foundation of settling down, or the dialogue between the Qing emperor and Mei Zhili. It is not difficult to see that Mei Zhili was promoted to be the magistrate of Kyoto by the Qing emperor at the beginning of his reign, and all this was because of Mei Zhili's loyalty to the Qing emperor. In other words, the first consideration in this position is the loyalty to the emperor, and in the battle between the prince and the second prince, Mei Zhili had to stand on the side of the prince in advance, so the Qing emperor had to reconsider his loyalty.

The third is to touch the bottom line of the Qing emperor. Throughout the whole drama, the Qing emperor was an emperor who used the emperor's thoughts to the extreme and carried out strict espionage on the whole country. The procuratorate is the eyes of the emperor, the hands and feet of the emperor, and no one or department can touch this bottom line. However, in order to help the prince use his power, Mei Zhili arrested the people in the procuratorate, which fundamentally touched the red line of the Qing emperor. This wind won't last long. As the Qing emperor said to the prince, he lost his awe and respect, so he was royal. Therefore, based on the above three points, Mei Zhili has no reason not to die.

Plot analysis: Mei Zhili was very careful when she first entered the palace. He was very flustered. His back is a little hunched and he knows nothing about his future. Maybe Meizhili had already thought of her own ending. You can see it from the following plot. He took a glass of wine from his father-in-law, and his hands began to tremble. Meijianli watched Di Qing's expression out of the corner of his eye, but he couldn't even get out of the atmosphere. If he is a little unclear, he estimates that his head will fall off.

Two people just catch up, but Mei Zhili still knows how much he weighs. He knelt down and kowtowed to confess his guilt. The Qing emperor immediately asked, "What's the crime?" In this way, Mei Zhili has been cornered. Mei Zhili not only interrogated Fan Xian, but also secretly liaised with the prince to usurp power, which made the emperor most angry.

However, the Qing emperor still let Mei Zhili have a way out. He didn't execute Mei Zhili. When they met, the Qing emperor invited Mei Zhili to drink a cup of honey juice first. Meizhili thought it was poisoned wine. He was afraid, but what he didn't expect was that the Qing emperor didn't execute him. I guess he didn't expect it himself.

The cruelty of power games is planned according to general rights. At this time, the emperor will beat up the courtiers, seriously let him abdicate and go home, and will also send many gifts to show the emperor's benevolence. In fact, this is usually enough, but it can't depict the image of the emperor. So the screenwriter added a sum of money to let the Qing emperor execute Mei Zhili in the name of a mountain thief, which was the finishing touch. On the one hand, it highlighted the cruel image of the Qing emperor, on the other hand, it set off the cruelty of power games.

The Qing emperor told Mei Zhili to get up tomorrow night, probably implying that he let the servant carriage go first, so only the cavalry died. In addition, princess royal's handmaid wanted to inform him that Mei Zhili was stopped by horse bandits when she was waiting in front of Taiku. Before the maid could speak, the prince said "so early". It seems that the time for "bandits" to start work can only be earlier. The Qing emperor had already asked Mei Zhili not to get up too early tomorrow. Mei Zhili probably dodged a bullet because of "sleeping late".