First, the shrewd Liu Bing
Lu Yi's father, Lu Ting, was the son of Emperor Jiajing's wet nurse. He grew up with Emperor Jiajing, so he won the trust and reuse of Jiajing. Liu Bing knows how to be an official. In the context of Emperor Jiajing's single-minded pursuit of immortality and the reuse of treacherous court officials, in order to protect himself and his family, he colluded with Yan Song and framed court officials, especially Xia Yan, the former official, the grandfather of the heroine in the play.
However, Lu Bing has always been loyal to Jiajing. He deliberately kept his distance from the courtiers and only obeyed the orders of Emperor Jiajing. He also saved the emperor's life in the fire and was naturally appreciated and reused by the emperor. He became a Taibao and Shaofu, and he was the only official with three officials and three orphans in the Ming Dynasty.
Second, Liu Bing's character
We will find that Lu Bing's character is not good and what he does is disgraceful. Then why did he die of natural causes? Because he lived in the late Ming Dynasty, his national strength plummeted from Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty.
Jiajing reused treacherous court official Yan Song and corrupted Chaogang. Moreover, Liu Bing is very smart and knows tactics. If he doesn't work for Jiajing at this time and colludes with Yan Song, then he and his family will be persecuted.
So in order to protect himself and his family, he gave in to reality. ?
At that time, after the fall of Yan Song, Jiajing missed the old relationship between the monarch and the minister, and there was no liquidation of Yan family, and Yan family was gone. Liu Bing died before the fall of Yan Song, but his descendants were not so lucky. Two years after Liu Bing's death, Yan Song and his son were knocked down and killed by Xu Jie, and Yan Song was dismissed and sent back to his hometown.