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♫ Raising the wine cup, I toast to the boundless sky. ♫

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♫ In talks and laughters are vast mountains and rivers. ♫

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♫ Love and hate, debt and feuds, have all dissolved. ♫

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♫ Where's my soul's hometown and my kindred spirits? ♫

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♫ Seasons rolling by, we dream for harvest. ♫

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♫ Warriors and warhorses howl across the sky. ♫

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♫ If only I could turn into the wind, ♫

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♫ to blow away all the pain in mortal coil. ♫

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♫ I toast to the blue sky, to courage in solitude, ♫

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♫ to migrating gooses, to boats heading home. ♫

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♫ With even three thousand days and nights, ♫

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♫ Will it be enough to drain this cup I toast to peace? ♫

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[Swords into Plowshares]

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[Episode 13]

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Minister,

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you have a guest.

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Qian Hongchu of Wuyue pays respects to Lord Feng.

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Minister.

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Please rise.

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Thank you, Lord.

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Sun Taizhen of Wuyue pays respects to Lord Feng.

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You've gained some weight.

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My shame. Thank you for your protection, Lord.

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The grace is deeply engraved in my heart,

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and I will never forget it.

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Please sit down.

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Brew tea.

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Minister, please sit.

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Tomorrow,

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I must accompany His Majesty and leave the capital.

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Considering that,

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I may not be able to return again,

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so before departing,

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I came to visit you.

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Leave the capital?

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That Khitan emperor wants to force you to go to the north?

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Not really "force".

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Now I'm the Grand Tutor,

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my rank is high.

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Anyone else can stay,

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but I cannot.

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The whole world cherish your virtue.

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If you do not wish to go, even if it's the Khitan emperor,

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can hardly force you, right?

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I have submitted to him.

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Isn't it laughable?

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Submitting to him,

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I was actually extremely unwilling.

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After all,

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my former lord still there and my feel uneasy in my heart.

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Lord,

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do you truly still care about that?

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Why wouldn't I care?

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Three generations of the Qian family of Wuyue,

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served Liang, served Tang, served Jin.

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All were choices made by you yourselves.

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Would you not care that?

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One must be responsible for his own choices.

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To be fair,

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I have not been treating Yelü Deguang well.

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Even if he has failed the world,

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he have never failed me.

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But now he is leaving.

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If I stay,

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for whom would it be?

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If you goes north this time,
unless the Khitan ruler passes away,

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Lord Feng, you will never be able to turn your back on him.

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In my lifetime,

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since Emperor Zhuangzong,

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I have served six emperors.

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Now this is the seventh.

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In my youth, reading the admonition records,

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I considered Wei Wenzhen an exception.

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Four former rulers passed away successively,

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and he finally assisted Emperor Taizong of Tang,

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achieving the Zhenguan era of good governance.

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Now it's my turn.

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I have also seen five lords pass away.

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Yet, I still cannot even glimpse

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the shadow of a peaceful era.

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Sang Guoqiao,

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seldom see big affairs through in his whole life,

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but he said one thing right.

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Being young,

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is truly wonderful.

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[Shi Chonggui]

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Ruan.

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Your Majesty.

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The Grand Tutor is too old for hardships of the march.

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Moreover, leaving home for a distant destination,
this journey must be hard to him.

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Go and tell him this departure is only temporary.

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By this winter month, I will surely allow him
to return to take charge of Bianliang.

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Yes.

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I simply can't accept this.

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If the Shatuo people can become the Central emperors,

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then we Khitan people

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surely also can!

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In April 947 AD,

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Liao Taizong Yelü Deguang, found it hard
to govern the Central Plains due to fierce resistance.

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He was forced to abandon Bianliang and return north.

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He died suddenly on the way in Luancheng.

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In June,

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Liu Zhiyuan, Emperor Gaozu of the Later Han,
who had already declared himself emperor in Taiyuan,

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led his army southward and smoothly entered Bianliang.

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The Southern Tang envoy Xu Xuan,

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presents a state letter on behalf of my lord
to the Great Han Emperor,

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to establish friendly relations.

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Summon Qian's enovy.

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Where is the Wuyue envoy Qian?

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I, Qian Hongchu of Wuyue, humbly welcome Your Majesty.

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Come closer, Qian from Wuyue.

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Was it you who plotted to assassinate Zhang Yanze?

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In the capital, those who wished to
kill the traitor Zhang were not me alone.

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It's truly wonderful to be young.

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My edict:

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The Qian clan of Wuyue has governed the state with propriety,

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diligently performed tributary duties,
pacified the people and governed the army,

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and is meritorious to the populace of the southeast.

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Grand Marshal Qian Hongzuo is promoted to
Grand Tutor and Secretariat Director.

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Qian Hongchu, currently Acting Minister of Works,
is promoted to Right Guard General,

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with honors equal to the three Commissioners,
and is granted state credentials.

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On behalf of my king,
I kowtows in gratitude for Your Majesty's grace.

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Order all armies to encamp outside the city.

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Post proclamations to pacify the people.

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Exempt the prefectures and counties of the capital region
from grain taxes for three years.

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Understood.

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From military supplies, allocate each six million liters of
millet and wheat, and six hundred thousand liters of seed grain

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to Kaifeng Prefecture,

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to relieve refugees and prepare for spring plowing.

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Understood.

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This is an old debt I owe the common people of the capital.

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Long live Your Majesty!

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Is Lord Feng alright?

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Yelü Ruan, Prince of Yongkang, and the Yelü Licha,
Younger Prince in Shangjing, have developed a rift.

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The two nearly resorted to arms.

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Yelü Wuzhi has been shuttling
between the two, acting as mediator.

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At that time, Lord Feng stopped in Zhenzhou.

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Your Majesty let Lord Feng return
to the capital to handle governance.

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What a pity.

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You are returning home so early.

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It has been over eight months since I left.

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My family and people are eagerly waiting for me.

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Hongchu, before you return, if you have any unfulfilled wishes,

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Just say them.

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Both I and Kuangyin are here in the capital.

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Jungui, is now the General of the Left Gate Guard,
and the Imperial Military Secretary.

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Marshal Guo holds the esteemed position
of Military Commissioner.

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Father and son, are both glorious.

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Though my rank is low, words not significant, I'm full of strength.

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Hongchu, if you have wishes, feel free to tell us.

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There are indeed two matters that
I must trouble you two with.

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Just say them.

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Since my adulthood ceremony I have not had a courtesy name.

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I only have Huzi as my childhood name.

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Lord Feng is a great scholar of our time
with abundant knowledge.

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When he returns to the capital, please
request a courtesy name for me from him.

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That's easy.

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If someone else sought a name,

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given his temperament,

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he might not be willing to give.

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But if it's you,

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Lord Feng would surely regard you with special respect.

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And the second matter?

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This second matter,

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however, is not easy.

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I only wish

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that the next time I come to the capital,

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I can drink

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a cup of warm wine in a peaceful time.

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We will,

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drink to that!

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Drink to that!

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Drink to that!

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Drink to that!

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A storm is coming. Let's return to the cabin.

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These past few months,

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feel like many years.

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[Ninghai, Taizhou]

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[Shen Yin, courtesy name Huzi, Constable of Ninhai County]

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Yin.

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[Shen Congyue, Prefect of Taizhou]
Why must you be like this?

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Prefect.

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There's no paper.

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Search his body.

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What kind of future on earth did
that mad dog Cheng Zhaoyue  promise you?

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All the clan, three hundred and sixty-one people,

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officials with rank in the bureaucracy,
one hundred and eighteen people,

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and countless clerks and petty officials,

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over a thousand lives in total,

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are sold for a mere few sheets of paper.

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Are you even a human?

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Fire,

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won't be wrapped in a paper.

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Yin,

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you are too naive.

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The world is in turmoil.

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This fire has been burning for nearly a hundred years.

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How can it be changed by these mere few sheets of paper?

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How many are there?

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[Fang Hongjin, Clerk of Ninghai County, Taizhou]
There are two hundred and sixteen deeds in total,

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[Fang Hongjin, Clerk of Ninghai County, Taizhou]
from the sixteen nearby villages.

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[Chen Xing, Registrar of Land of Ninghai County]

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Too few.

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It's no small matter.

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No family wants to get involved.

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These over two hundred deeds were offered
by families who lost their land.

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They only agreed to hand them over
after being promised two seasonal loans at ten percent each.

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Thank you for your effort.

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Unworthy descendants, falling
victim to powerful officials,

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have lost most of their ancestral property.

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We have not repaired the ancestral temple
for ten years, shaming our ancestors.

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I do not deserve your thanks, Registrar.

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Grandfather, someone's outside!

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Extinguish the lamps!

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It's an emergency.

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Sorry for the trouble, Registrar.

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Take care!

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But why go to such lengths?

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The Fang family has been law-abiding for generations,

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[Du Hao, Commissioner of Land of Taizhou](left)
making a living from the land.

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[Gao Xu, Magistrate of Ninghai County, Taizhou](right)

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Cheng Zhaoyue,

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is a merchant who rose by luck,

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a lowly villain.

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Why must you

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entangle yourselves with him?

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Magistrate Gao, you are the son of a meritorious official.
How dare my humble family defy him?

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I just wonder how much of our paddy fields remains now.

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Does the Ninghai Fang family still have a livelihood?

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They are all our neighbors in the village.

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Mind your actions.

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Do not let them suffer.

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[Ninghai County School, Taizhou]

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Keep an eye here.

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I'll go to call for help.

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[Cui Renji, Doctor of Ninghai County School]

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Chen!

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Chen!

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Chen!

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Renji...

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Chen!

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ji

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I'm here.

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What's going on?

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Who could have done such a cruel deed?

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Court...

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Commander Cheng...

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King...

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Deliver this item to Hangzhou, and let
Commander Cheng to present it to the Great King?

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Chen!

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We've drifted off course?

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This isn't the sea near Mingzhou.

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With such a great storm, drifting a few hundred li
off course is not unusual.

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It shouldn't be too far.

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Judging by the direction of the sun,

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Mingzhou should be to the northwest.

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00:20:44,133 --> 00:20:46,333
Here is probably near Taizhou.

258
00:20:46,666 --> 00:20:48,266
Either Ninghai or Linhai.

259
00:20:54,100 --> 00:20:59,466
[Ninghai County, Taizhou]

260
00:21:08,100 --> 00:21:10,100
I, Doctor of the Ninghai County School,

261
00:21:10,233 --> 00:21:13,000
Cui Renji, pay respects to you, Prefect and Governor.

262
00:21:16,133 --> 00:21:20,166
By the order of the prefecture office,
I'm here to apprehend Chen Xing,

263
00:21:20,166 --> 00:21:23,566
accomplice in the rebellion case of Sun Ben and Dai Yun.

264
00:21:24,566 --> 00:21:26,500
There is no such person here.

265
00:21:38,700 --> 00:21:40,800
Your name is Cui Renji?

266
00:21:41,466 --> 00:21:41,900
Yes.

267
00:21:50,500 --> 00:21:53,500
When did you begin your official career?

268
00:21:53,500 --> 00:21:57,466
I began in the first year of Kaiyun to
serve as Doctor of the Ninghai County School.

269
00:21:57,466 --> 00:22:01,166
How much are the annual funds and provisions for the school?

270
00:22:01,166 --> 00:22:05,433
Each season we receive six hundred liters of rice,
ten pieces of fish and dried meat each,

271
00:22:05,433 --> 00:22:08,333
one dou of salt, and twenty strings of coin and silk each.

272
00:22:10,366 --> 00:22:11,200
Is it sufficient?

273
00:22:12,366 --> 00:22:15,200
The county school currently has thirty-six students.

274
00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:17,433
They are just barely enough.

275
00:22:25,033 --> 00:22:27,966
If you hand over this person,
I will allocate from the prefecture

276
00:22:28,166 --> 00:22:34,333
a thousand of liters of rice and five hundred strings
of coins and silk each annually to you.

277
00:22:38,633 --> 00:22:39,266
How about that?

278
00:22:43,366 --> 00:22:45,233
I truly have not seen this person.

279
00:22:46,500 --> 00:22:50,766
This person is severely injured,
trail of blood ending a hundred paces outside the school.

280
00:22:52,633 --> 00:22:53,733
If he didn't come here,

281
00:22:54,533 --> 00:22:55,833
then where did he go?

282
00:22:56,500 --> 00:22:57,733
I don't know.

283
00:23:03,433 --> 00:23:05,500
Reporting, we have thoroughly searched here.

284
00:23:05,700 --> 00:23:06,600
We didn't find him.

285
00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:13,466
Where are the attendents?

286
00:23:16,533 --> 00:23:19,733
Bring all the attendants here for questioning.

287
00:23:21,033 --> 00:23:21,366
Yes.

288
00:23:21,766 --> 00:23:22,433
Report!

289
00:23:25,266 --> 00:23:29,266
Deputy Military Commissioner of Zhendong Army,
Commander of the Imperial Cavalry and Infantry

290
00:23:29,733 --> 00:23:32,866
Judge of the Supreme Command
of Military Forces, Shuiqiu Zhaoquan,

291
00:23:32,866 --> 00:23:37,733
Deputy Envoy for New Year’s Greetings,
General of the Right Guard Secretary Director, Qian Hongchu,

292
00:23:37,766 --> 00:23:39,266
have returned.

293
00:23:39,266 --> 00:23:41,266
Their boat anchored in Zhang’an Harbor,

294
00:23:41,266 --> 00:23:42,933
and a messenger was sent to welcome them.

295
00:23:49,833 --> 00:23:53,133
I, Prefect of Ninghai County, Gao Xu,
pay respects to you, Lord Shuiqiu.

296
00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:56,066
Enough. Spare the formalities.

297
00:24:03,266 --> 00:24:06,933
I truly did not know that you and the Ninth Prince
were arriving in Ninghai.

298
00:24:07,500 --> 00:24:10,466
We did not originally plan to come to Ninghai.

299
00:24:10,466 --> 00:24:14,466
But we were caught in a storm at sea and utterly exhausted.

300
00:24:14,766 --> 00:24:16,866
We are just stopping ashore to rest.

301
00:24:18,600 --> 00:24:21,766
We’ve put you to a lot of trouble preparing in such haste.

302
00:24:22,933 --> 00:24:24,133
It was my duty..

303
00:24:25,466 --> 00:24:27,366
Sit down, just spare those formality.

304
00:24:29,266 --> 00:24:30,366
Thank you, Lord Shuiqiu.

305
00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:39,733
My family has received the state's grace for generations.

306
00:24:39,733 --> 00:24:45,433
It is my duty to welcome your arriving in Ninghai.

307
00:24:45,800 --> 00:24:46,933
It's my honor,

308
00:24:47,266 --> 00:24:49,133
and also Ninghai's honor.

309
00:24:49,933 --> 00:24:54,100
If I can have the fortune of
meeting the Ninth Prince this time, is truly...

310
00:24:57,266 --> 00:24:58,766
The sea was stormy.

311
00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:00,333
Ninth Prince

312
00:25:01,166 --> 00:25:05,466
has caught a touch of dampness and is feeling a bit fatigued.

313
00:25:05,633 --> 00:25:07,166
He is resting in the stern cabin now.

314
00:25:07,700 --> 00:25:12,066
It is by no means an intentional slight
to you this local magistrate.

315
00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:15,000
I wonder if it's serious?

316
00:25:15,266 --> 00:25:17,433
I will summon the doctors in the county...

317
00:25:17,666 --> 00:25:18,866
No, no, nothing serious.

318
00:25:19,100 --> 00:25:20,400
Young men are strong.

319
00:25:20,933 --> 00:25:22,166
He'll be fine after some rest.

320
00:25:23,066 --> 00:25:26,933
[Ninghai Rice and Fish Market]
You are, after all, a Qian scion, and a deputy tribute envoy.

321
00:25:26,933 --> 00:25:30,133
The county governor came to see you, yet you hide away.

322
00:25:30,466 --> 00:25:33,466
Don't you worry about your reputation if this is known?

323
00:25:33,466 --> 00:25:35,066
OK that's enough.

324
00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:36,466
Just have some.

325
00:25:37,100 --> 00:25:40,566
I haven't tasted such fresh flavor over half a year.

326
00:25:40,800 --> 00:25:41,500
Don't you carve it?

327
00:25:44,166 --> 00:25:48,900
To have a bowl of warm wine and
a piece of fish to eat in peaceful days,

328
00:25:49,400 --> 00:25:52,966
such a life was a luxury beyond the reach of countless people

329
00:25:53,033 --> 00:25:54,466
when we were in the north.

330
00:26:00,166 --> 00:26:04,566
Ambitions and great strategies are for
Jungui and Kuangyin to consider.

331
00:26:05,066 --> 00:26:06,733
Just let them two to pursue them,

332
00:26:07,233 --> 00:26:10,000
and to strive for peace for the common people.

333
00:26:10,566 --> 00:26:13,600
I have always been a fisherman with no great aspirations.

334
00:26:14,166 --> 00:26:16,633
Having a bowl of warm wine to drink will satisfy me.

335
00:26:18,833 --> 00:26:20,166
In Bianliang,

336
00:26:20,466 --> 00:26:22,600
everyone says you are a towering hero,

337
00:26:22,766 --> 00:26:24,433
always standing up for the people.

338
00:26:24,866 --> 00:26:26,700
I listened in a daze,

339
00:26:28,100 --> 00:26:30,766
about impassioned, fiery version of you.

340
00:26:32,600 --> 00:26:34,300
I cried for several times secretly.

341
00:26:35,033 --> 00:26:36,200
Was that really you?

342
00:26:36,633 --> 00:26:40,100
Or is this lazy, listless one right now the real you?

343
00:26:41,100 --> 00:26:41,666
Guess.

344
00:26:45,300 --> 00:26:46,466
Home is best.

345
00:26:47,866 --> 00:26:53,000
No need for me, this lazy fisherman to become some great hero,
standing up for the people.

346
00:26:53,600 --> 00:26:54,400
Jungui, Kuangyin,

347
00:26:54,766 --> 00:26:56,233
Lord Feng, Minister Sang.

348
00:26:56,500 --> 00:27:00,333
They yearn for struggle desperately yet cannot attain peace.

349
00:27:01,066 --> 00:27:03,366
Yet in Wuyue, there's no need to fight for it.

350
00:27:04,100 --> 00:27:05,566
Now is the peaceful time.

351
00:27:07,400 --> 00:27:09,000
You call this a peaceful time?

352
00:27:09,633 --> 00:27:11,266
Young man, are you joking?

353
00:27:13,033 --> 00:27:13,566
What?

354
00:27:14,566 --> 00:27:16,366
Is Wuyue not peaceful now?

355
00:27:18,533 --> 00:27:20,733
Those who toil in the field all day,

356
00:27:22,566 --> 00:27:23,900
are forced to go to sea.

357
00:27:24,700 --> 00:27:28,166
They risk their lives to make a living in storms and waves.

358
00:27:29,466 --> 00:27:30,700
Those unwilling to go to sea,

359
00:27:31,633 --> 00:27:33,433
either rent others' fields,

360
00:27:34,233 --> 00:27:38,833
toil all year long, yet still cannot
achieve warmth and fullness;

361
00:27:39,533 --> 00:27:42,233
or are burdened with loans from the Shanyue House,

362
00:27:42,233 --> 00:27:44,066
with interest compounded,

363
00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:48,033
not knowing for how many generations they can ever repay it.

364
00:27:48,033 --> 00:27:49,933
Young man, you call this a peaceful time?

365
00:27:50,533 --> 00:27:52,133
Aren't you joking?

366
00:27:53,900 --> 00:27:54,666
How rude you are!

367
00:27:58,933 --> 00:27:59,366
It's fine.

368
00:28:00,666 --> 00:28:01,166
Sit down.

369
00:28:05,900 --> 00:28:08,366
A catty of fresh fish counts as two tokens!

370
00:28:09,133 --> 00:28:11,466
A catty of polished rice
counts as two tokens!

371
00:28:12,100 --> 00:28:14,433
A catty of dried fish counts as one token!

372
00:28:14,933 --> 00:28:17,433
Ten catties of fine firewood
count as one token!

373
00:28:17,866 --> 00:28:20,166
A catty of shrimp and crab
counts as two tokens!

374
00:28:21,233 --> 00:28:23,666
A catty of fresh fish counts as two tokens!

375
00:28:24,166 --> 00:28:26,666
A catty of polished rice
counts as two tokens!

376
00:28:28,066 --> 00:28:30,500
A catty of shrimp and crab
counts as two tokens!

377
00:28:31,500 --> 00:28:33,733
A catty of dried fish counts as one token!

378
00:28:34,300 --> 00:28:36,733
A catty of fresh fish counts as two tokens!

379
00:28:36,733 --> 00:28:39,133
A catty of shrimp and crab
counts as two tokens!

380
00:28:39,133 --> 00:28:39,633
What's wrong?

381
00:28:40,633 --> 00:28:41,500
Ten catty of kindling wood...

382
00:28:41,500 --> 00:28:41,900
Nothing.

383
00:28:42,200 --> 00:28:43,066
counts as one token!

384
00:28:43,600 --> 00:28:43,833
Let's go.

385
00:28:43,833 --> 00:28:45,933
A catty of dried fish counts as one token!

386
00:28:47,933 --> 00:28:50,266
A catty of fresh fish counts as two tokens!

387
00:28:51,500 --> 00:28:53,633
A catty of polished rice
counts as two tokens!

388
00:29:07,833 --> 00:29:09,533
So you are an official
from the Western Prefecture.

389
00:29:10,066 --> 00:29:10,933
I was disrespectful.

390
00:29:11,266 --> 00:29:11,866
Forgive me, sir.

391
00:29:14,300 --> 00:29:15,566
Apprehending criminals?

392
00:29:16,033 --> 00:29:20,800
Sir, this is an order from the prefecture
to arrest rebellious traitors.

393
00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:22,900
There are also traitors in our Wuyue?

394
00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:27,833
Sir, these are remnants of Commandant Dai and Sun

395
00:29:28,033 --> 00:29:31,200
who caused trouble
in the Western Prefecture years ago.

396
00:29:31,833 --> 00:29:34,966
It is said they have somehow
hidden themselves

397
00:29:35,466 --> 00:29:38,266
at the Haiyou Town Land Office, and served as registrars.

398
00:29:39,033 --> 00:29:42,600
Fortunately, we have Magistrate Gao, who is astute and discerning.

399
00:29:42,700 --> 00:29:45,466
That's how his identity is exposed and he fled overnight.

400
00:29:45,566 --> 00:29:49,066
Now, both the county and the prefecture
have issued strict orders,

401
00:29:49,333 --> 00:29:51,900
determined to capture him and
punish him according to the law.

402
00:29:52,033 --> 00:29:52,533
Step aside.

403
00:29:54,966 --> 00:29:56,133
Thanks for your trouble.

404
00:30:00,733 --> 00:30:01,900
[Ninghai County, Taizhou]

405
00:30:11,133 --> 00:30:12,966
Got something on your mind again?

406
00:30:12,966 --> 00:30:13,466
No, I'm not.

407
00:30:17,766 --> 00:30:18,866
My mother used to say,

408
00:30:19,500 --> 00:30:23,433
the minds of you men can sometimes be
more narrow than the eye of a needle.

409
00:30:24,766 --> 00:30:29,133
You are always talking big things like how a man
should have the whole world in his heart.

410
00:30:29,133 --> 00:30:34,500
But when something actually crops up, you get all tangled up
in it, and never give a straight answer when asked.

411
00:30:34,533 --> 00:30:35,433
How infuriating!

412
00:30:37,366 --> 00:30:42,433
Women in this world like my dear mother-in-law
are after all as rare as phoenixes.

413
00:30:42,600 --> 00:30:44,033
What nonsense are you talking?

414
00:30:44,400 --> 00:30:45,933
Who is your mother-in-law?

415
00:30:46,500 --> 00:30:48,466
When she sent you here,

416
00:30:48,866 --> 00:30:50,766
she made everything perfectly clear.

417
00:30:51,600 --> 00:30:53,900
Now, if you expect me to send goods back—

418
00:30:54,400 --> 00:30:55,666
over my dead body!

419
00:30:55,700 --> 00:30:56,833
Who’s a piece of "goods”!

420
00:30:59,666 --> 00:31:01,733
The sea breeze is the most refreshing.

421
00:31:02,033 --> 00:31:03,500
Take your time and enjoy yourself.

422
00:31:03,966 --> 00:31:04,900
I’m off to rest first.

423
00:31:09,466 --> 00:31:12,100
During the day, my mood was somewhat dampened,

424
00:31:12,700 --> 00:31:14,966
but it wasn't because of what the fisherman said.

425
00:31:17,100 --> 00:31:17,833
Wasn't it?

426
00:31:18,766 --> 00:31:21,266
I saw that after hearing his words,

427
00:31:21,400 --> 00:31:22,566
you became absent-minded.

428
00:31:22,933 --> 00:31:25,066
I thought something he said had offended you.

429
00:31:27,100 --> 00:31:28,366
What offense is there?

430
00:31:29,333 --> 00:31:32,833
I was born into a noble family and
enjoyed luxury since childhood.

431
00:31:33,533 --> 00:31:38,466
The peaceful era I envisioned and what
the fisherman envisioned were never the same thing.

432
00:31:40,366 --> 00:31:43,933
I do have some concerns,
but not about the fisherman's words.

433
00:31:44,766 --> 00:31:45,766
It's about the rice price.

434
00:31:46,466 --> 00:31:47,100
Rice price?

435
00:31:49,833 --> 00:31:51,933
Remember that clerk at the rice shop?

436
00:31:51,933 --> 00:31:55,500
The bamboo slip in his hand is called a rice token.

437
00:31:56,700 --> 00:32:01,033
Anyone who wants to buy rice must first exchange
their money or valuables for these tokens

438
00:32:01,200 --> 00:32:02,833
and then use them to purchase rice.

439
00:32:03,066 --> 00:32:05,700
One token can buy one liter of brown rice.

440
00:32:06,966 --> 00:32:13,233
Before we left last year, in Hangzhou's market, a catty
of fresh fish could buy five liters of brown rice.

441
00:32:13,666 --> 00:32:14,333
But now,

442
00:32:14,766 --> 00:32:16,333
it can only buy two liters.

443
00:32:17,666 --> 00:32:18,400
So,

444
00:32:18,600 --> 00:32:20,566
you are worried about the risen rice price?

445
00:32:22,033 --> 00:32:22,933
But,

446
00:32:23,466 --> 00:32:25,700
are five liters and two liters so different?

447
00:32:26,466 --> 00:32:27,500
How different?

448
00:32:28,100 --> 00:32:32,800
I reckon it’s the difference between living in
a peaceful time and not.

449
00:32:34,633 --> 00:32:38,800
When my grandfather founded the state
here many years ago he left a maxim

450
00:32:39,833 --> 00:32:43,566
not inscribed on bamboo slips
but passed down only among descendants:

451
00:32:43,566 --> 00:32:46,166
Rice price below three, peace prevails in this land;

452
00:32:46,600 --> 00:32:50,333
Rice price above five, living is like facing a tiger.

453
00:32:50,633 --> 00:32:51,866
It's about rice price.

454
00:32:56,266 --> 00:33:01,033
Back in the Zhenguan era of Emperor Taizong of Great Tang
the price of rice in Chang’an was roughly

455
00:33:01,466 --> 00:33:02,600
five coins for ten liters.

456
00:33:03,033 --> 00:33:05,633
That was the age of peace that Jungui spoke of.

457
00:33:06,033 --> 00:33:08,666
Now the whole world is
plunged into chaos.

458
00:33:08,666 --> 00:33:12,133
Last year, fifteen coins could still buy five liters of rice.

459
00:33:12,566 --> 00:33:13,333
But now,

460
00:33:13,933 --> 00:33:15,566
they can only buy two liters.

461
00:33:16,766 --> 00:33:21,700
This means a world without good governance,
living is like facing a tiger.

462
00:33:43,233 --> 00:33:43,766
Zipan.

463
00:33:48,266 --> 00:33:48,800
Mr. Cui.

464
00:33:51,966 --> 00:33:53,966
Be careful on your way there.

465
00:33:56,200 --> 00:33:57,033
Yes sir.

466
00:34:05,433 --> 00:34:06,866
Ninghai Renji pays respects?

467
00:34:11,700 --> 00:34:12,466
No need to see it.

468
00:34:13,100 --> 00:34:14,966
A blank sheet of paper with nothing on it.

469
00:34:21,233 --> 00:34:22,966
Then what does this mean?

470
00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:25,866
This Doctor of Ninghai County School

471
00:34:26,100 --> 00:34:29,000
Cui Renji, summoned with a blank paper.

472
00:34:29,666 --> 00:34:31,266
He himself did not come.

473
00:34:31,266 --> 00:34:33,400
Instead, he had his student deliver it.

474
00:34:34,066 --> 00:34:37,900
There must be something unspeakable
that he wishes to tell me face to face.

475
00:34:40,066 --> 00:34:41,633
Then let's go to him.

476
00:34:47,233 --> 00:34:50,400
Are you sure? Inside there was only
a blank sheet of paper?

477
00:34:51,200 --> 00:34:52,266
I saw it clearly.

478
00:34:52,733 --> 00:34:54,166
That letter was never sealed.

479
00:34:54,600 --> 00:34:56,566
Inside there was only
the blank paper.

480
00:34:56,566 --> 00:34:59,700
On the envelope were only "Ninghai Renji pays respects."

481
00:35:00,333 --> 00:35:04,233
Considering there might be something written in rice water,
I heated it over a flame,

482
00:35:04,233 --> 00:35:06,900
but no words appear on both the letter paper and the envelope.

483
00:35:16,933 --> 00:35:19,966
This Cui Renji from Ninghai County School...

484
00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:22,900
what exactly is he plotting?

485
00:35:28,433 --> 00:35:28,966
Ninth Prince.

486
00:35:35,200 --> 00:35:35,800
What is it?

487
00:35:37,400 --> 00:35:43,833
Ninth Prince. Shen Congyue, Taizhou Prefect,
arrested the Ninghai County Constable Shen Yin last night.

488
00:35:43,833 --> 00:35:45,600
He is from the Shen family of Wuxing.

489
00:35:45,600 --> 00:35:47,700
The current Taizhou Governor, Shen, is his uncle.

490
00:35:48,500 --> 00:35:51,933
He is the nephew of the Ninghai Prefect, yet he was arrested?

491
00:35:52,233 --> 00:35:55,600
Exactly. It is said he was involved in
the rebellion of the Third Prince.

492
00:35:55,600 --> 00:35:57,833
He was originally Prefect of Muzhou.

493
00:35:57,833 --> 00:36:00,000
Later, because of Dai and the Third Prince's case,

494
00:36:00,266 --> 00:36:03,866
he was first demoted to
an offical in Taizhou, then to the Ninghai Constable.

495
00:36:05,400 --> 00:36:07,933
It's getting more and more interesting.

496
00:36:08,633 --> 00:36:11,100
They have entered the city to the county school?

497
00:36:11,100 --> 00:36:11,566
Yes.

498
00:36:12,033 --> 00:36:14,500
Commander Liu leading the way said that.

499
00:36:17,200 --> 00:36:17,633
Governor!

500
00:36:17,800 --> 00:36:18,633
Everyone, go down.

501
00:36:30,433 --> 00:36:31,000
Governor!

502
00:36:31,000 --> 00:36:33,200
If Chen Xing is at the county school right now, then we...

503
00:36:33,200 --> 00:36:33,833
Don't panic.

504
00:36:35,500 --> 00:36:36,900
We cannot wait for death.

505
00:36:37,100 --> 00:36:40,766
Go to the county school immediately
and stay with Shuiqiu and the Ninth Prince.

506
00:36:42,100 --> 00:36:46,533
Keep an eye on that Cui Renji
to prevent him from speaking nonsense.

507
00:37:19,033 --> 00:37:19,666
And this item.

508
00:37:26,900 --> 00:37:28,233
What exactly has happened?

509
00:37:29,033 --> 00:37:31,366
According to the Governor and Prefect,

510
00:37:31,433 --> 00:37:35,566
he is implicated in the rebellion of
Marshal Dai and the Third Prince.

511
00:37:36,733 --> 00:37:37,600
Utter nonsense!

512
00:37:37,866 --> 00:37:39,333
It's a case three years ago.

513
00:37:39,633 --> 00:37:42,566
If he was truly implicated, why wait until today to act?

514
00:37:43,800 --> 00:37:47,400
As Chief Registrar of the Land Office, a low-rank official,

515
00:37:48,400 --> 00:37:52,066
yet pursued jointly by the prefecture and the county,

516
00:37:52,666 --> 00:37:54,266
even his life in danger.

517
00:37:55,700 --> 00:37:57,100
Wuyue is not the Central Plains.

518
00:37:57,833 --> 00:37:59,833
How dare they be so utterly insane?

519
00:38:02,066 --> 00:38:02,933
Because of this.

520
00:38:10,233 --> 00:38:12,133
Is this the deed for
the autumn tax payment?

521
00:38:12,333 --> 00:38:12,800
Yes.

522
00:38:14,233 --> 00:38:18,400
The key point is right here, Xinmao Day, September
,the fourth year of Kaiyun.

523
00:38:18,766 --> 00:38:19,400
September?

524
00:38:19,500 --> 00:38:20,833
But now it's June.

525
00:38:21,966 --> 00:38:24,466
The grain tax collection just started a few days agp.

526
00:38:24,900 --> 00:38:26,633
the time should be June.

527
00:38:26,833 --> 00:38:28,866
Yet here on the deed, it’s marked as September.!

528
00:38:31,100 --> 00:38:33,700
Xinmao Day, September, is the final deadline each year

529
00:38:34,200 --> 00:38:35,700
for the autumn tax collection.

530
00:38:36,400 --> 00:38:37,300
This tax deed

531
00:38:37,666 --> 00:38:40,766
has a notorious name among the people and local office,

532
00:38:41,333 --> 00:38:41,966
called,

533
00:38:42,666 --> 00:38:44,166
"Collect First, Measure Later."

534
00:38:44,733 --> 00:38:46,733
Collect First, Measure Later?

535
00:38:47,933 --> 00:38:53,466
According to the Two-Tax System, for the autumn grain tax,
the principle should be "measure first and collect later".

536
00:38:53,466 --> 00:38:56,133
But what he just said was "Collect First, Measure Later."

537
00:38:56,133 --> 00:38:56,600
Indeed.

538
00:38:57,466 --> 00:39:00,300
If every household across the Twelve Prefectures

539
00:39:00,566 --> 00:39:02,100
holds such a deed,

540
00:39:02,600 --> 00:39:06,933
then the lands of Wuyue will be
of little difference from that Bianliang we saw.

541
00:39:07,233 --> 00:39:08,366
You are right.

542
00:39:09,100 --> 00:39:13,600
The "Collect First, Measure Later"
is bringing doom to the state.

543
00:39:18,233 --> 00:39:22,400
Gao Xu, Governor of Ninghai County, has come to serve the you, Prince, Lord.

544
00:39:22,600 --> 00:39:23,133
Dismount!

545
00:39:23,633 --> 00:39:24,133
Step back!

546
00:39:24,466 --> 00:39:25,900
I am the Governor of Ninghai County.

547
00:39:41,666 --> 00:39:43,566
Sir, how should I address you?

548
00:39:43,833 --> 00:39:47,200
Military affairs. You should not ask, I should not speak!

549
00:39:52,133 --> 00:39:53,800
My fault coming here rashly.

550
00:39:55,800 --> 00:39:58,033
Would you be kind enough to report my visit, sir?

551
00:40:03,433 --> 00:40:03,833
Yes.

552
00:40:07,166 --> 00:40:10,866
Have your folks discard their weapons
and squat on both sides of the road.

553
00:40:16,900 --> 00:40:18,333
Last year, in both summer and autumn,

554
00:40:20,166 --> 00:40:23,466
Mingzhou, Taizhou, and Wenzhou, these three prefectures

555
00:40:24,100 --> 00:40:25,733
suffered four consecutive storms.

556
00:40:26,233 --> 00:40:27,433
The King issued a clear decree:

557
00:40:28,233 --> 00:40:32,333
The three afflicted prefectures,
shall be exempted grain tax for two years.

558
00:40:33,900 --> 00:40:34,700
So,

559
00:40:35,700 --> 00:40:37,300
that means this year,

560
00:40:38,166 --> 00:40:41,300
there should have been no grain tax,
and no such deeds at all.

561
00:40:42,066 --> 00:40:42,600
What a pity.

562
00:40:43,033 --> 00:40:45,433
If Registrar Chen were still alive,

563
00:40:45,433 --> 00:40:48,400
these deeds would be ironclad proof

564
00:40:48,400 --> 00:40:52,800
that the prefecture and county officials
colluded with local tyrants

565
00:40:52,800 --> 00:40:59,500
to defy imperial decrees, oppress the people,
and embezzle wealth for themselves.

566
00:40:59,533 --> 00:41:00,566
But he's dead.

567
00:41:01,033 --> 00:41:02,100
Then?

568
00:41:02,400 --> 00:41:03,266
Since he died,

569
00:41:04,000 --> 00:41:06,933
these deeds become single evidence.

570
00:41:08,533 --> 00:41:14,200
Now, this matter involves a Governor, an Land Commissioner,

571
00:41:15,066 --> 00:41:16,000
and a Prefect.

572
00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:22,533
Based solely on this, it is absolutely
impossible to arrest and charge them.

573
00:41:23,500 --> 00:41:28,366
Chen probably never thought they could be arrested
and charged immediately.

574
00:41:29,300 --> 00:41:33,366
He always intended to send the evidence
to the capital to be investigated.

575
00:41:36,333 --> 00:41:38,000
At the moment of his death, Chen Xing,

576
00:41:39,300 --> 00:41:41,166
only mentioned Cheng Zhaoyue.

577
00:41:41,666 --> 00:41:42,733
That clearly shows

578
00:41:43,233 --> 00:41:45,833
he did not trust the central authorities.

579
00:41:47,000 --> 00:41:49,866
Once we the secret is disclosed, it will surely bring shock.

580
00:41:51,666 --> 00:41:57,166
Cheng Zhaoyue, as a mere merchant
with no base of power here, is instead someone to trust.

581
00:41:58,866 --> 00:42:01,766
If I were this Mr. Chen, I would also think so.

582
00:42:03,633 --> 00:42:06,200
Lord Shuiqiu is an important minister of the state.

583
00:42:06,200 --> 00:42:09,400
You can report directly to the King
to have this case investigated.

584
00:42:12,266 --> 00:42:14,233
If we can't get answers on this case today,

585
00:42:14,233 --> 00:42:17,833
and it takes a round trip to the capital,
delaying for three to five days,

586
00:42:17,866 --> 00:42:19,900
I'm afraid we will no longer get the answer.

587
00:42:22,100 --> 00:42:23,633
Over for a few mere tax deeds here,

588
00:42:24,166 --> 00:42:27,566
someone dared to kill a Registrar of the Land Office

589
00:42:27,800 --> 00:42:29,633
right at the gate of the county school.

590
00:42:30,400 --> 00:42:35,000
This is enough to show that they have laid all their cards
on the table and are desperate.

591
00:42:35,000 --> 00:42:38,333
They'd do anything for their own lives.

592
00:42:39,833 --> 00:42:42,100
Give them just another three or five days,

593
00:42:42,800 --> 00:42:44,733
and they'll clean up

594
00:42:45,300 --> 00:42:47,700
every last trace of their misdeeds.

595
00:42:48,233 --> 00:42:51,200
I'm afraid by then, we won't be able to find anything.

596
00:42:52,733 --> 00:42:54,166
So Lord Shuiqiu, you mean,

597
00:42:55,166 --> 00:42:57,900
if we investigate today, we can still find something out.

598
00:43:24,400 --> 00:43:27,366
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