Recently, the launch of "Yanyuntai" has once again brought a female politician, Empress Dowager Xiao, who is as good as Empress Wu Zetian into the audience's field of vision.

In previous historical dramas, she played a supporting role, and because of the Yang family general, she served the plot with a relatively negative image.

In 1995, a movie "The Empress Dowager of the Liao Dynasty" with her as the heroine systematically restored the true appearance of Empress Dowager Xiao in history, and was also regarded as a classic describing the Liao Dynasty. So this film

How does this 80-minute movie summarize the legend of this heroine?

The youngest daughter of the Xiao family is nicknamed Yanyan. She has a bold and informal personality, not to mention riding horses and hunting.

Yanyan and Han Derang, a Han man, were originally a pair of congenial lovers, but at a winter hunting meeting, she was attracted by the drunken tyrant Mu Zong and asked to spend the night with him. Naturally, Yanyan vowed to fight to the death, and she and Mu Zong

Draw your sword and face each other.

At this moment, Mu Zong was stabbed by a hidden knife and died on the spot.

At this point, people can't help but complain: Are there no guards outside?

An emperor could be killed so easily.

Later, the wise king came to rescue him late, but it was too late, but he also met Yanyan and fell in love with her at first sight.

The wise king ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, known as Jingzong in history. He immediately summoned Yan Yan, whom he had met once, into the palace as his concubine.

The emperor's order cannot be violated, so Yanyan reluctantly said goodbye to her old love Han Derang in front of the burned dating cabin.

And her grandmother's words affected Yanyan's magnificent life.

Grandma said: We Khitan people are originally ruled by women. My child, give up your worldly love for your children. Even if you lend your heart to a man, you must never let him possess it. And what a stupid beast a man is, no matter how much you lend your heart to a man.

As a mounting stone.

Yanyan really kept her grandmother's words firmly in mind. At a court meeting, she came forward to participate in politics. Unexpectedly, she was opposed by the King of Qi.

They were dissatisfied with a woman pointing fingers in the court, but Yanyan was calm and composed, quite like the mother of the country. Jingzong liked her so much that he made her his queen on the spot. From then on, she managed the government and could also call herself "I".

The power of the Xiao family aroused the dissatisfaction of the King of Qi. The King of Qi sent an assassin to kill Yan Yan's father, who held a heavy army. The death of his father also made Yan Yan finally step into this treacherous power struggle.

There was a custom at his father's funeral that fried captives were buried with him. Yan Yan took this opportunity to vigorously reform and set the captives as farmers, breaking the feudal boundaries of the princes and nobles, and allowing them to take marriage leave, cultivate wasteland, and join the army.

This move had an immediate impact and won the hearts of the people.

In order to weigh the pros and cons, Yan Yan, as the queen, married her two sisters to the King of Qi and the King of Song, hoping that they would serve as a bridge to tie their hearts, but in the end they were unable to resist the ambitions that had sprouted in their hearts.

The queen is a big tree. If she wants to die naturally, her confidants Han Derang and Nuli must be killed.

Yanyan had previously issued a decree that anyone who accepted bribes would be punished with death, so King Qi and others secretly plotted to bribe Nüli to kill Han Derang with Nüli's hand. According to the law, Nüli would naturally be executed.

However, walls have ears, and their deeds were exposed and they should have been executed, but Jingzong was kind and spared them.

Yanyan was so excited that she moved her fetus because of Jingzong's mishandling, and then gave birth to their eldest son smoothly, and Handerang became the eldest son's sub-father.

The King of Qi and the King of Song remained stubborn and took advantage of Yanyan and Jingzong to go out to pray for rain, kidnapped the prince and started a rebellion.

After Jingzong learned about it, his blood and blood attacked his heart, and he was bedridden from then on, unable to recover.

However, Yan Yan wore a military uniform and personally resolved the rebellion. The rebels led by the King of Qi and the King of Song were finally executed for the crime of treason.

Soon after Jingzong passed away, Yan Yan became the queen mother and assisted the young Shengzong.

Khitan women do not have the three obedience and four virtues of Han women, so in the end, Yan Yan and Han Derang, who were already in love, finally reunited.

China has a long history, but there are very few film and television dramas about the Liao Dynasty. On the other hand, although Empress Dowager Xiao often appeared in film and television dramas of the Song Dynasty, she was mostly portrayed as a negative character. The movie "The Empress Dowager of the Liao Dynasty" is objectively

Angle tells the life legend of Empress Dowager Xiao.

The scenes, props, and etiquette all vividly show the style of the Khitan people. However, the film ends abruptly when Yan Yan becomes the Queen Mother, and does not fully show the life of Queen Mother Xiao, which is a pity.

The movie is also very open-minded about the equality of men and women and the harmony between nations. Although there are many shortcomings in the plot, it is a rare masterpiece despite its flaws.