待你君临天下

和现实的TVB不同，自从八十年代从丽的变身而来的ATV剧集显得比较大气。同样是“家事”，无线擅长在时代变化中把握人物命运的自主性，而亚视的人物则常常被集体无意识所驱动着。
“九子夺嫡”是民间传说，小说野史当中无限量的话题了，旧派武侠小说也描述过无数次，雍正在诸位阿哥中如何隐忍，如何利用江湖人士达到夺取王位，最后又因剪灭江湖人士而遭到报复等等。
宫廷政治阴谋本身只是孤立平面的历史，文学艺术本身没有改变历史的能力，但文艺就文艺在它能通过想象完成很多细节，用形象化，用波澜壮阔的卷轴来解释历史。而这个波澜壮阔的历史画卷无疑就在——民间。
无论是骄傲的太子，虚伪的大阿哥还是阴鸷的八爷党，在诸子斗争中，唯一做到“接地气”的就是四爷了，他结交江湖草莽，与年羹尧“相识于微时”，还利用捕兽器（血滴子？）干掉了康熙爷身边的第一高手——韦棠，更重要的是，他一生最爱的女人，是民间女子苗欣（吕四娘？）。
明代诗人李梦阳言“真诗乃在民间”，政治斗争史从来就没有江湖人士的缺席，有些人说汤镇业演的那个文觉和尚是败笔，其实，真是有了纳兰飘雪，番僧，蓝凤凰等奇人异事的加盟，胤祯才完成了自下而上的革命。
比起政治庙堂而言，草莽江湖放佛就是另一个世界，然而从ATV的故事来看，这两个世界是有着投射和渗透的。日本导演深作欣二的《柳生一族的阴谋》就将日本皇朝的两代领导人的更替看做柳生一个人的阴谋，而柳生的身份，不仅仅是第二代皇帝的老师，更是一个xx流的高手，一如本剧中的深藏不露的胤祯，缺乏先天政治资本的他们，唯一能利用的就只有最被忽视的民间力量。伟人的经历告诉我们，乡村包围城市，是中国革命的正确道路。。。
在香港这么个小地方，想把中国的历史囊括进去，无疑十分考验制作者的智慧，但无论从电影还是电视来看，这些香港人很好的发挥了中国人的智慧，不仅没有捉襟见肘，反而在庙堂和江湖之间把握到了历史的某层真想，游刃有余。

（续篇《ATV的群像与独角戏》）

弱弱的问一句

ATV君临天下系列共几部

我记得应该是两部

我查了一下

怎么有康熙九子 九王夺位 血溅太和殿三个名字

求高人指点

I am re-watching many 江华's tv shows.
The way that Jianghua played Yongzheng 雍正 drives me nuts.
Jianghua is no longer young, he is over 50 now. But he still looks quite young. People used to say that he is more Andy Lau than Andy Lau. Well, I loved Andy Lau very much when I was a little girl, how about in my elementary school phase? But by the time I was in my high school, I loathed him.
I didn't come to like Jianghua until I watched 碧血剑 so called "Sword Stained with Royal Blood", a romanticized account of how the Ming Dynasty ended, written by 金庸, and adapted into several TV shows over several decades. The one that Jianghua was in was done in early 2000 by TVB, with 林家栋 and 佘诗曼. The way Jianghua played 夏雪宜 was so seductive, especially in the first few episodes when his character was trying to seduce 何红药, a sacred lady in a tribal cult. I still remembered that after watching him playing Xia Xueyi, I was totally attracted by him. But he was married and he did not play on TV shows a lot, so his effect on me dimmed out.
Then probably two or three years ago, the Chinese Channel in Toronto was re-playing one of ATV's old shows, Secret Battle of the Majesty君临天下. OMG! He was so devastatingly attractive in it. He was playing one of the most controversial emperors in history, Yongzheng Yinzhen胤禛, the fourth son of Qing Emperor 康熙.
At that time, I have already watched Yongzheng Dynasty 雍正王朝, which is considered the highest peak a historical drama could reach by the general public. Yongzheng Dynasty totally reverted the whole population's view on Yongzheng, who had been trampled in history books as pure evil and cruelty. But through 二月河's novel and 胡玫's TV adaption, the black veil over Yongzheng's life and his reign was lifted. He was actually such a diligent and just person to the point that people thought him harsh and merciless. He took his duty and empire's affairs so serious that he wrote the most replies on petitions in history throughout his merely 13 years of reign. As a result, Yongzheng Dynasty changed the general conception of Yongzheng's image, from cruelty to responsibility. Eryuehe has single-handly converted the society'view on Yongzheng, which is comparable to re-direct Yellow River's course. When Yellow River has changed its course numerous time in thousands of years, public conception seldom shifts. In the case of Yongzheng, we believe, accept and follow. When the fangirls try to measure the impact of Yongzheng Dynasty, they consider all popular romantic novels and shows about the Qing dynasty are fanfics of the same series, of the same person, Yongzheng.
When I talked with my friend about Yongzheng portrayed in media, Yongzheng Dynasty was more like a public servant 人民公仆, someone like 焦裕禄, which is totally absurd for him being an emperor. While in the ATV show 君临天下, done in ancient time 1990s, his characterization seemed more realistic. The plots are equally absurd since it was based more on lore than history, but the characterizations make it so real and intense that you cannot roll your eyes on them. 胤禛, who was still so young and just, tried to appease his father by doing everything for the benefits of his father's empire. He would not bend to the power of the crown prince and would not scheme with his brothers for the crown, simply because he did not consider such character traits to be desirable. Since he lost all favours from his father, brothers and the whole court, he considered himself a marginalized outsider and a disobedient son.
The drama and the setting were amazing, I deplore that they could not have filmed it in HD. The quality of the video is the only weakness. They started the drama in a grand royal hunting party in autumn. After 胤禛 lost a palm civet he had hunted to the crown prince, out of resignation he took off his armor and lay resting along a river band. Lightly dressed in his white cloak and bathed in the afternoon sun, a scene was caught unexpectedly by his father across the river among a whole troop of elites covered under heavy armors in a sea of vibrant red and yellow. I could not stop the show from that point on.
胤禛
Jianghua was so young and regal in it. It was easy to say that the Yongzheng he played was handsome, but it is more than that, more than merely handsome. By showing his restrained objection in a subtle way, he was sad and disappointed but still trying to take them lightly, being rebellious and relaxed at the same time. The Chinese character 雍 suited him perfectly. He is exactly how the REAL Kangxi praised his fourth son in his REAL will to ascend the throne to him, 人品贵重, noble and decorous.
九王夺位
That is how Jianghua's Yongzheng catches me every time I watch him playing. My friend said that Yongzheng has become a cult by himself, such that the mention of his name drives people's emotions and calls for their reactions. How am I supposed to resist such charm emanated by Jianghua?
Fate makes Jianghua to associate with the character of Yongzheng, he played Yongzheng a second time in TVB. This time is a comedy, 九五至尊 The King Of Yesterday And Tomorrow. Yongzheng traveled through time into the 2000 with assassin Lv Siniang 呂四娘.