以此控制朝中官员
“so that they could control the imperial officials.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“You used Qinxiang to spread a drugged incense among the musicians”
以此控制 朝中官员
“so that they could control the imperial officials.”
若是有人不从
“If anyone refused to yield,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese historical drama and history, covert operations involving seduction or drugs were classic tropes of factional struggle to compromise and blackmail ministers.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
court officials; court ministers
A standard historical term referring collectively to bureaucrats serving in the imperial government.
by this means; thereby
A formal transition connective used in written or elevated spoken Chinese to explain a method or rationale.
