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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 36]
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Commander of the Imperial Guard, Qian Hongjun,
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is appointed Military Governor of the Weiwu Army and Acting Grand Guardian,
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overseeing all military affairs and concurrently
in charge of defending the Western Prefecture.
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You will assist Minister Yuan in remaining at Hangzhou.
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I obey.
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Lord Hu,
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you are appointed Commander of the Northern Jiangdong Campaign
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and shall act as Deputy Marshal of all military forces.
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I obey.
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Chancellor Wu Cheng.
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Yes.
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You are appointed Inspector of
the Northern Jiangdong Campaign,
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overseeing all provisions, armor, weapons, and supply logistics.
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I obey.
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Mobilize the Personal Guards, Imperial Guards,
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Zhongzhi, Kuangwu the Cifei, Left and Right Hall and other,
all twenty-three Companies to accompany my carriage.
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I
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will personally campaign north of the River.
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All victories to the King!
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All victories to the King!
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All victories to the King!
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What time is it now?
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It is the hour of Zi.
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Tea.
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Lord Feng.
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Tea helps to clear the eyes.
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Lord, why must you torment yourself like this?
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His Majesty's will is hard as steel.
He is no ordinary ruler content with mere preservation.
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If he wishes to lead the campaign himself, then let him.
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Why must you, Lord,
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be so hard on your own health?
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Ten years ago,
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Shi Chonggui personally campaigned in Hebei.
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Back then,
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didn't you all think the same way?
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That was completely different!
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It is indeed different.
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The Shi father and son, like the Zhu father and son and the Li father and son,
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all of them,
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seized their empire from the saddle.
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They thought
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that with their long spears and swords,
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they could carve out an era of peace.
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Fine words in a dream.
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The Guo father and son,
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were different from them.
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They desired an era of peace for this entire realm.
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That is why they took the throne.
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Since I entered official service,
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I have served ten emperors.
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There were some like Emperor Li,
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ambitious and heroic rulers of great vision.
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There were also those like Shi Jingtang,
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men of supreme cunning.
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But only the Guo father and son
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kept the words 'peace and prosperity' close to their hearts.
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I
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am old now.
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I cannot stop His Majesty from
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insisting on personally campaigning in Hedong.
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But I can cling to life long enough
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to guard Bianliang well for His Majesty.
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I will stake this old body
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and gamble one more time.
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If I win this gamble,
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I can then
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close my eyes and pass away in peace.
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If I am to lose the gamble,
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it is nothing more than
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this Central Plains getting another emperor
from a different family.
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And it is nothing more than
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me,
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dying with my eyes open.
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Lord!
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Do your duties.
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Yes.
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Your Majesty.
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Lord Feng is truly unwell.
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He cannot bear the cold.
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[Zhou's military camp in Bagongyuan, Luzhou]
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Report!
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Your Majesty!
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The Southern Tang general Liu Renshan leads
a hundred thousand troops from Shouzhou to attack Huaibei.
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Their spearhead points directly at Songzhou.
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Lord Feng has issued a Hall Order. The capital is
under martial law, and all commercial travel is prohibited.
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Your Majesty.
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South of Songzhou, our army at Yingzhou and Suqian
has established two major Huaibei camps.
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They are garrisoned with elite troops and
fine generals, commanded by my father
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and the old Marshal Yao Yuanfu, who lead the defense.
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It's absolutely impossible for the Southern Tang rebels to take Songzhou easily.
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If Songzhou falls, my father and I, of the Zhao family,
are willing to accept capital punishment.
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Good!
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On your word alone,
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if Songzhou does not fall this time,
I will grant this land to you and your father.
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Thank you for your great grace.
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This is where the Zhou army's Huaibei left camp
central command is stationed.
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The defending general is named Zhao Hongyin.
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He holds the titles of Yuezhou Defense Commissioner,
Right Company Commander of the Iron Cavalry,
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and Commander of the Western Huainan Campaign.
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He is fifty-four years old, from Zhuozhou, Hebei.
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[Liu Renzhan, Military Governor of Qinghuai Army]
He's a tough rival, not easy to deal with.
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This Zhao Hongyin has blocked the wells, destroyed the houses,
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and set up camp here, blocking the main road.
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This shows he is resolved to fight us to the death.
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He seeks a noble death and shall have it.
We shall grant his wish.
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The entire army will rest for three days.
In three days, we fight a decisive battle.
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Yes, sir!
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Report!
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[Zhou's military camp in North Huai, Yingzhou]
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Marshal, the enemy has retreated five li to make camp.
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Leave.
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Yes, sir!
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Father-in-law,
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[He Jingsi, Inspector of Western South Huai Campaign]
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[He Jingsi, Inspector of Western South Huai Campaign]
no, Marshal,
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Liu Renshan is a renowned general.
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Retreating five li to camp
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means he intends to face us head-on
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in a proper battle formation.
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The enemy outnumbers us nine to one.
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At most,
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we can only hold out for a little over twenty days.
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Liu Renshan
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does not have twenty days.
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[Southern Tang's military camp]
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Bottoms up!
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Come on!
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Good wine!
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Come on, eat up!
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Come on!
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What's that over there?
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You must be desiring for women.
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There's fog on the river.
A sow could look like a beauty through it.
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You lot, what's all this noise about?
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Head,
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Squad Leader, head, look!
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[King Qian of Kingdom of Wuyue,
Grand Marshal of All Armies and Secretariat Director]
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[Southern Tang's camp in North Huai, Yingzhou]
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[Southern Tang's camp in North Huai, Yingzhou]
In today's battle,
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[Southern Tang's camp in North Huai, Yingzhou]
all troops must advance without retreat.
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Advance, and you live.
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Retreat, and you die.
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Marshal!
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Marshal!
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Marshal!
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Marshal!
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This official has urgent news.
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Speak.
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The Qian of Wuyue has mobilized
its entire army against our border.
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Runzhou is in peril.
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The capital is in panic.
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His Majesty has issued an edict, summoning you to withdraw
and return to court to repel the southern forces.
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Academician, do you treat military affairs as child's play?
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Marshal, please calm down.
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Wuyue's army of over a hundred thousand has cut across
the Yangtze and attacks Runzhou fiercely.
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Our southern front lacks troops; this is the true condition.
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His Majesty
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summoning you to withdraw is a last resort.
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They are trying to besiege Runzhou to rescue Zhou.
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The ministers in power are all wise men;
how could they be deceived by it?
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Marshal,
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the state's main forces
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are all with you on the northern campaign.
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The southern counties and prefectures garrison troops
number less than forty thousand.
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It is truly
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a case of no meal without rice.
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I beg you, Marshal,
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to obey the edict and withdraw.
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Academician, you should know:
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a general in the field may not always
obey his sovereign's command.
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This is the golden token personally granted by His Majesty.
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His Majesty decrees
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that if you stubbornly refuse to obey the edict,
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he commands me to use this golden token
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to reclaim your seals for military authority.
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Liu Renshan has withdrawn his troops?
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I dare not lie.
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We have verified it thoroughly.
All twenty-eight enemy encampments are now empty.
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No baggage, cooking gear, or other items remain.
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They have truly retreated.
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This...
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I told you
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Liu Renshan would not have twenty days.
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King Qian has sent his troops.
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They have besieged Runzhou and cut off the Yangtze.
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The Tang ruler urgently ordered Liu Renshan to turn back.
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The threat to North Huai is over.
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Lord Feng asks:
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is there any military news from the Gaoping front?
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The Liao commander of Yunzhong,
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Yelü Dilu, leading thirty thousand cavalry,
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arrived at Gaoping the day before yesterday
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and joined the Northern Han ruler.
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His Majesty's imperial camp forces number twenty thousand.
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The enemy outnumbers us
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three to one.
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[Zhang Yongde]
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Your Majesty,
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He Hui and Fan Aineng, those two traitors,
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forged Your Majesty's verbal order
and led the left and rear armies in retreat.
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Before the battle even started, ten thousand of our twenty thousand fled.
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One to three became one to six.
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How do we fight this?
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We should protect Your Majesty and retreat south
of Shengyuan Valley first.
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If the main army retreats, the enemy will surely give chase.
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Then no one will escape.
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We must leave a force to cover the retreat.
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I beg Your Majesty to take the center and
vanguard and retreat slowly.
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I will lead the right army to hold the rear.
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Even if I sacrifice this body,
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I vow to keep the main Han forces pinned here.
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Do you take me
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for an emperor raised by women in a deep palace?
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I would never.
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You would sacrifice your body.
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Do you think I have none to sacrifice?
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Do you all
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have no bodies to sacrifice?
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You ask me to retreat.
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Where should I retreat to?
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Across the great river?
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Back to the capital?
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An emperor who abandons his comrades
on the battlefield and flees alone
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is no emperor at all!
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When I was in the capital,
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I saw an emperor stripped bare, leading a sheep.
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I also saw
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a grandson who lived in abject survival
under the Khitans' iron heels.
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I will not be that kind of emperor,
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nor will I be that kind of grandson!
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Zhao Kuangyin!
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Yes!
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Back on the walls of Bianliang,
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facing the banner of the Khitan emperor Yelü Deguang,
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were you afraid?
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I was never afraid!
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Nor was I ever afraid!
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Before Emperor Taizong of Great Liao,
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Kuangyin and I could stand tall and face him.
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A mere Liu Chong,
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a mere Yelü Dilu,
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what are they?!
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Do you think,
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I should bow to them?
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No!
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Zhao Kuangyin!
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Yes!
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Bring me my sword!
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Yes!
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I intend to take the old traitor Liu Chong's center.
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Will you be my vanguard?
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I would do it even at the cost of my life!
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Your Majesty!
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The two traitors, He Hui and Fan Aineng,
have been captured and returned to camp.
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Please pass judgment, Your Majesty.
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Your Majesty!
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I lost my head and made a grave mistake.
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I am willing to die in battle
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[He Hui, Commander of Infantry]
to atone for my crime.
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[Fan Aineng, Commander of Calvery]
Your Majesty!
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[Fan Aineng, Commander of Calvery]
I am also willing to die in battle,
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to serve as your vanguard,
to recapture Taiyuan for you,
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to atone for my crime.
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Die in battle?
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Serve as my vanguard?
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Do you
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deserve to?
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Your Majesty!
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Your Majesty, have mercy!
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Spare our lives!
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Spare us!
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Your Majesty, spare us!
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If I spared you today,
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how could I face these soldiers who died as my vanguard,
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who sacrificed their bodies on the battlefield?
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I am not afraid of Liu Chong, nor am I afraid of Yelü Dilu.
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And I am even less afraid of you,
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who for decades have let your troops wreak havoc,
you arrogant, domineering, unruly generals!
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Drag them out and execute them!
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Your Majesty! Your Majesty!
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Your Majesty, spare us! Your Majesty!
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Your Majesty, spare us! Your Majesty!
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Your Majesty...
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The Khitan troops have really retreated?
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Really retreated.
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This Liu Chong,
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collapsed too quickly.
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And this Yelü Dilu, he simply didn't react in time.
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He stood there dumbfounded,
watching the whole day's spectacle.
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Liu Chong had many troops.
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I had few.
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He never imagined
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that I could, in one battle, rout Liu Chong.
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He was afraid I would die.
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If I had died on the battlefield this time,
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the Central Plains would, in less than a month,
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install another emperor.
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Who would be so bold?
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Lord Feng.
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He didn't want to let me lead the campaign
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precisely because he feared my death at the front.
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Then he would have to install another emperor.
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The old man didn't want that.
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Having watched for decades,
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having seen nine rulers change,
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he didn't want to change again.
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Lord!
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Lord!
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Lord, look!
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Your Majesty has won, he's won!
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At Gaoping, he killed Wang Tingsi, Northern Han's Chief of the Privy Council.
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Liu Chong fled to Jinyang with only a few hundred men.
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Lord!
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Lord!
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Lord, your final memorial...
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You speak a sentence, and I will write a sentence.
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Honored Ministers,
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my father says
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this
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is his final memorial.
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[The census tally of households and population for
all prefectures and counties, Xiande First Year]
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Lord...
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Lord...
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Feng Dao died in the first year of the Xiande period,
at the age of seventy-three.
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He served four dynasties and ten emperors,
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holding the position of Chancellor for twenty-seven years.
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He was a veritable political survivor of the Five Dynasties.
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Amid the frequent regime changes and chaotic times,
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Feng Dao's presence to a certain extent maintained
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the stability of the ruling order
and the continuity of court decrees.
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He was highly revered and respected by his contemporaries.
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However,
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later evaluations of him are polarized.
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The Old History of the Five Dynasties questions:
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"Serving four dynasties and six emperors as chancellor,
can he be considered loyal?"
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Ouyang Xiu denounced him as "shameless."
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Yet, thinkers like Li Zhi believed he "put the state first,"
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saving the common people from turmoil.
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Feng Dao's life experiences and
the mixed praise and criticism he later received
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are precisely a true reflection of the tumultuous era
of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.
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Lord Feng, may your spirit return home.
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We humbly request Your Majesty to return to the capital.
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We humbly request Your Majesty to return to the capital.
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Kuangyin,
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you and the Emperor may share a bond like brothers,
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but the distinction between sovereign
and subject is now set.
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You must not act as carelessly as before.
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You must strictly uphold your duties as a subject.
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Don't worry, Father.
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I know what to do.
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Currently,
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the old Imperial Guards and
the Hedong military governors' elites,
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have bloated ranks and
a chaotic military structure.
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To dismiss redundant soldiers and train a new army,
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we can only proceed gradually,
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setting a ten-year time frame to progressively
dismiss and merge them.
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Within three years,
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this must be accomplished.
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I intend to, establish another military administration office
in addition to the Imperial Guard Command.
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It shall be called the Palace Guard Command.
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Hear my decree:
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I, having received the Mandate and the charts,
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rule over this land, concerned with military affairs.
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Now that the realm finds initial peace and
the provinces gradually prosper,
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yet the malpractices in military administration,
long accumulated, remain unresolved.
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Troop numbers are excessive, filled with the old and weak.
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This is a true worry for the state.
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Therefore, I specially establish the Palace Guards
to manage the new army.
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I appoint Zhang Yongde as Inspector
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and Zhao Kuangyin as Commander.
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Dismiss the old and weak, inspect troop numbers,
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rectify the ranks, select officers.
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Ensure that the new army of the Palace Command
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internally manages the guard,
serving as the personal guard of the court.
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Externally defending the borders,
it shall be the pillar of the state,
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mighty as thunder, imposing as bears and leopards.
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All officers and soldiers must strictly obey this decree
without any disobedience.
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Proclaim this to all,
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so that all may hear it.
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Who are you putting on this act for?
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What?
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Don't want to be the Commander?
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I'm just a fighting man.
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I only understand matters on the battlefield.
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I'm afraid I won't do it well.
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Are these words your own,
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or is this your father's idea?
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Rong,
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they are my sincere words.
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Get up.
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The ground is cold.
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The census tally of households and population for all prefectures and counties...
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This?
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This is Lord Feng's posthumous memorial.
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The realm has been in chaos for too long,
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so long that no one at court remembers
to conduct a proper census.
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The last time
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a census of households and adult males was taken
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was before the Huang Chao Rebellion.
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A hundred years ago.
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It wasn't until last year that the late emperor
and Lord Feng deliberated
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and initiated this effort again,
to conduct a census across the realm.
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Kuangyin.
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Do you know
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in the fourth year of Qianfu,
how many people the Great Tang had?
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No.
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Four point nine six million households,
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eleven million adult males,
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twenty-five million total population.
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Do you know how many there are now?
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No.
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Look.
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Nine hundred sixty thousand households,
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two point three eight million adult males,
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four million, eight hundred sixty-eight thousand
total population.
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So few?
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The Imperial Guard stationed in the capital,
the Left and Right Wings of the Husheng Army,
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the regional and garrison troops from various places,
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plus the personal troops and retinues
of the military governors...
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The total number of registered troops
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is three hundred sixty-three thousand,
six hundred and sixty-eight.
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That's one soldier drafted from every seven adult males.
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00:30:30,033 --> 00:30:32,766
Almost every household has to support one soldier.
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They cannot afford it.
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00:30:35,766 --> 00:30:37,433
Tell me, in the Battle of Gaoping,
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where we defeated Liu Chong,
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how many troops from our entire army did we actually use?
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After Generals He and Fan fled,
fewer than eleven thousand men remained.
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And those who could truly fight to the death
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numbered less than seven thousand.
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The state supports eighty-eight thousand registered troops.
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Even if I assume half are missing from the rolls,
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that's forty-four thousand.
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Yet in a time of crisis,
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only seven thousand were usable.
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Is this still a viable state?
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00:31:16,433 --> 00:31:17,966
This is clearly a volcano.
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Ever since I inherited this mess,
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I've realized how difficult it was for the late emperor
and Lord Feng those years.
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Kuangyin,
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are you willing to help me?
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Within Bianliang, the Imperial Guard numbers
over two hundred thousand.
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Add the Hedong garrison elites to that,
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Each man must be supplied annually with one set of
summer clothes and one set of winter clothes.
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Each month,
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according to rank, they receive grain and pay.
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A minimum of thirty thousand cash per month,
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and fifteen dan of grain.
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Many Imperial Guards have families with them,
incurring additional household expenses.
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Just the expenditure on personnel and horses
alone is a burden the court can barely bear.
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Not to mention the costs of military supplies and rewards,
among other various expenses.
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Annual expenditures never fall below seven million strings of cash.
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00:32:16,900 --> 00:32:21,300
Therefore, the current priority is to reduce the army, not to expand it.
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00:32:24,866 --> 00:32:27,366
Since Emperor Taizu founded our state,
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we have faced floods every year and wars every year.
The state's finances are strained.
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I urge Your Majesty to cut military numbers
to nurture the people.
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00:32:40,133 --> 00:32:42,200
According to established custom,
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when a new ruler ascends,
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he should reward the armies to boost morale and unity.
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00:32:48,200 --> 00:32:50,933
How can one not reward but instead dismiss,
offend the military,
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and cause resentment among the troops?
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Moreover, the Palace Guard is newly established.
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Its funding should be increased
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to boost morale.
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00:32:59,866 --> 00:33:01,900
Even if we intend to reduce troop numbers,
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now is not the time, is it?
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Commander Zhao Kuangyin.
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I'm here.
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In your opinion,
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should military expenditures
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be increased
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or decreased?
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00:33:21,500 --> 00:33:22,200
I believe
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that the truly capable and combat-ready soldiers
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do not care about such trivial matters.
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00:33:29,866 --> 00:33:32,100
What soldiers care about is only,
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injustice.
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That is all.
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[Zhao Kuangyin's residence]
My master has prepared a modest gift.
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Please, young man, pass it on for us.
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00:33:46,566 --> 00:33:48,100
Please pass it on for us.
496
00:33:49,133 --> 00:33:51,666
This is a token of our regard for the Marshal. Please help us.
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00:33:51,900 --> 00:33:54,266
This is a humble gift from my superior. Please announce us.
498
00:33:54,833 --> 00:33:56,033
Please do us this favor.
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00:33:56,133 --> 00:33:58,866
Gentlemen, gentlemen!
The Marshal has not yet returned to the residence.
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00:33:58,866 --> 00:33:59,766
Please return.
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00:34:01,433 --> 00:34:03,000
May I ask when the Marshal will return?
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00:34:03,100 --> 00:34:04,100
Let us see him.
503
00:34:04,533 --> 00:34:05,800
I really don't know.
504
00:34:06,533 --> 00:34:08,033
We will wait here for the Marshal.
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00:34:08,633 --> 00:34:09,433
I really don't know.
506
00:34:09,433 --> 00:34:10,970
Then please accept the gifts first.
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00:34:10,970 --> 00:34:11,666
Yes, yes, the gifts.
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00:34:11,800 --> 00:34:13,900
I truly cannot make that decision.
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Brother.
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Brother.
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In just half a day, the news of your promotion to Commander
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[Zhao Kuangyi, Chief Palace Steward]
has spread throughout the city.
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00:34:30,133 --> 00:34:31,800
[Zhao Kuangyi, Chief Palace Steward]
Those officers from various armies
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00:34:32,066 --> 00:34:34,100
[Zhao Kuangyi, Chief Palace Steward]
who are active in currying favor and seeking advancement
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00:34:34,666 --> 00:34:37,466
have completely filled the entire street in front of our gate.
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00:34:38,700 --> 00:34:39,333
Back then,
517
00:34:39,900 --> 00:34:42,566
when Father was promoted to Commander of the Imperial Guard,
518
00:34:43,100 --> 00:34:44,766
it wasn't as grand and glorious as this.
519
00:34:46,333 --> 00:34:48,433
If Father heard what you just said,
520
00:34:49,033 --> 00:34:50,166
he would surely slap your face.
521
00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:27,666
In success,
522
00:35:28,400 --> 00:35:29,800
do not become arrogant.
523
00:35:33,300 --> 00:35:37,533
All the glory of today is sowing the seeds for future disaster.
524
00:35:40,733 --> 00:35:44,866
Those people waiting outside the gate
are not here to congratulate you.
525
00:35:45,866 --> 00:35:47,533
They are here to harm you.
526
00:35:48,666 --> 00:35:49,566
Do you understand?
527
00:35:51,566 --> 00:35:52,433
Don't worry, Father.
528
00:35:54,133 --> 00:35:55,200
I know what I'm doing.
529
00:35:56,066 --> 00:35:57,000
These people outside,
530
00:35:58,066 --> 00:35:59,000
I can handle them.
531
00:36:01,233 --> 00:36:02,100
Are you full, Father?
532
00:36:05,066 --> 00:36:05,666
Kuangyin,
533
00:36:06,433 --> 00:36:07,100
Kuangyi,
534
00:36:07,933 --> 00:36:08,600
have your meal.
535
00:36:22,100 --> 00:36:23,933
Kuangyin, now that you're in favor with the Emperor,
536
00:36:24,866 --> 00:36:26,566
you can't forget us, your old comrades.
537
00:36:27,166 --> 00:36:27,666
Kuangyin,
538
00:36:28,233 --> 00:36:30,566
what exactly are the rules of this Palace Guard?
539
00:36:30,566 --> 00:36:33,900
Does Marshal Zhang have the final say, or the Emperor himself?
540
00:36:35,166 --> 00:36:38,300
Comrades in the army always side with kin, not reason.
541
00:36:39,300 --> 00:36:39,666
Kuangyin,
542
00:36:40,700 --> 00:36:41,900
just give us a clear word,
543
00:36:42,566 --> 00:36:45,100
and we'll go through rivers and fire for you.
544
00:36:47,633 --> 00:36:51,500
We, the scions of military families in the
Imperial Guard, have always been united.
545
00:36:51,500 --> 00:36:54,800
We can't let those outsiders
from the regional garrisons take advantage.
546
00:36:54,800 --> 00:36:56,133
A new army, a new atmosphere.
547
00:36:56,900 --> 00:37:00,433
The monthly pay should be higher than that
of the Imperial Guard and other camps, right?
548
00:37:01,266 --> 00:37:02,333
The Emperor's personal guard—
549
00:37:02,700 --> 00:37:05,100
[Left: Liu Tingrang, West Palace Steward]
the selection and promotion of officers
550
00:37:05,100 --> 00:37:07,866
[Middle: Wang Zhengzhong, Right Guard]
should naturally take precedence
551
00:37:07,866 --> 00:37:10,633
[Right: Liu Shouzhong, Right Security Officer]
over other armies.
552
00:37:11,166 --> 00:37:13,766
The Palace Guard Command is a new office.
553
00:37:15,133 --> 00:37:17,533
Its rules are strict, its discipline severe.
554
00:37:19,400 --> 00:37:21,100
The fifty-four capital offenses—
555
00:37:21,100 --> 00:37:23,233
every single one will be strictly enforced.
556
00:37:24,033 --> 00:37:26,666
There will be drills every five days, inspections every ten.
557
00:37:26,900 --> 00:37:27,666
[Left: Yang Guangyi; Right: Shi Shouxin]
558
00:37:27,666 --> 00:37:29,700
[Left: Yang Guangyi; Right: Shi Shouxin]
Anyone who violates regulations
559
00:37:29,700 --> 00:37:31,800
will be dismissed and have their pay reduced.
560
00:37:32,533 --> 00:37:34,300
[Left: Liu Qingyi, Left Guard]
[Right: Han Chongyun, Left Security Officer]
561
00:37:34,300 --> 00:37:35,866
[Left: Li Jixun]
[Right: Wang Shenqi, Leader of the East and West Guard Squad]
562
00:37:35,866 --> 00:37:40,066
If you want promotion, it must be discussed and agreed
by both the Eastern and Western Bureaus,
563
00:37:40,066 --> 00:37:43,466
and finally submitted to His Majesty for personal approval.
564
00:37:45,700 --> 00:37:46,600
Once selected,
565
00:37:47,833 --> 00:37:49,333
without leave granted by the Emperor,
566
00:37:49,800 --> 00:37:52,966
no one, no officer, is permitted to leave camp privately.
567
00:37:54,733 --> 00:37:55,633
Even I,
568
00:37:56,900 --> 00:37:58,333
the Commander in charge,
569
00:37:58,400 --> 00:37:59,266
am no exception.
570
00:38:00,400 --> 00:38:01,633
It cannot compare to
571
00:38:01,666 --> 00:38:04,366
the carefree and easy life in the Imperial Guard.
572
00:38:05,700 --> 00:38:06,800
Given these conditions,
573
00:38:07,400 --> 00:38:10,866
gentlemen, do you still want to
break your heads trying to squeeze in?
574
00:38:20,233 --> 00:38:22,700
It's not about breaking our heads to squeeze in,
575
00:38:22,700 --> 00:38:26,933
but that even if we lose our heads,
we will loyally serve His Majesty to the death!
576
00:38:29,466 --> 00:38:31,566
We stand with you, Kuangyin!
577
00:38:34,400 --> 00:38:36,400
We stand with you!
578
00:38:51,133 --> 00:38:52,866
Is this the Palace Guard Command?
579
00:38:52,866 --> 00:38:56,333
Whose government office is so dilapidated, in such a wretched state?
580
00:38:56,333 --> 00:38:57,500
Don't you all see it clearly?
581
00:38:58,433 --> 00:39:00,433
Someone is trying to give Kuangyin a slap in the face!
582
00:39:15,433 --> 00:39:17,700
What are you all standing around for?
583
00:39:17,700 --> 00:39:18,133
Get to work!
584
00:39:21,533 --> 00:39:26,000
Your Majesty, this is the draft regulations for
the Palace Command proposed by the two chancellors and I.
585
00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:30,733
Additionally, here is the roster for the appointment and evaluation of officers at all levels.
586
00:39:39,300 --> 00:39:39,933
Zhang Yongde.
587
00:39:40,700 --> 00:39:41,566
Accompany me for a walk.
588
00:39:42,866 --> 00:39:43,733
Bring the roster.
589
00:39:44,300 --> 00:39:44,766
Yes.
590
00:40:06,533 --> 00:40:09,900
I will not look at your draft regulations for now.
591
00:40:14,000 --> 00:40:14,533
Your Majesty!
592
00:40:17,866 --> 00:40:18,500
Your Majesty!
593
00:40:18,500 --> 00:40:19,930
Think you're the most diligent, huh?
594
00:40:19,930 --> 00:40:20,500
Am I not?
595
00:40:25,633 --> 00:40:26,166
Kuangyin,
596
00:40:28,066 --> 00:40:29,466
you have been wronged.
597
00:40:29,466 --> 00:40:32,800
You honor me too much, Your Majesty.
598
00:40:32,800 --> 00:40:33,566
Yang Guangyi,
599
00:40:34,633 --> 00:40:35,566
I know you, lad.
600
00:40:36,533 --> 00:40:37,366
Who are they?
601
00:40:38,033 --> 00:40:39,566
Imperial Guard Officer, Li Jixun.
602
00:40:39,800 --> 00:40:41,500
Leader of the East and West Squads, Wang Shenqi.
603
00:40:41,733 --> 00:40:43,233
Left Secur Officer, Han Chongyun.
604
00:40:43,500 --> 00:40:46,066
Imperial Guard, Deputy Commander of the Left Wing, Shi Shouxin.
605
00:40:46,400 --> 00:40:47,433
Very good, very good.
606
00:40:49,300 --> 00:40:52,900
Starting tomorrow, you will all report for duty at the Palace Command
607
00:40:53,566 --> 00:40:54,900
and await Kuangyin's orders.
608
00:40:55,733 --> 00:40:56,670
Yes, Your Majesty!
609
00:40:58,500 --> 00:40:59,800
Thank you, Your Majesty.
610
00:41:03,633 --> 00:41:05,066
Regarding cutting military expenditures:
611
00:41:05,066 --> 00:41:09,266
The capital's Imperial Guard,
from seven million strings of cash reduced to five million.
612
00:41:09,666 --> 00:41:13,266
The armies of each garrison,
from five hundred thousand reduced to three hundred thousand.
613
00:41:14,033 --> 00:41:16,366
Those with less than three hundred thousand will not be reduced.
614
00:41:17,633 --> 00:41:18,233
Approved.
615
00:41:20,300 --> 00:41:22,500
The capital's Imperial Guard: five million strings.
616
00:41:22,500 --> 00:41:23,833
The Palace Command: three million.
617
00:41:25,066 --> 00:41:27,433
The Imperial Guard, two million.
618
00:41:31,166 --> 00:41:31,700
Your Majesty!
619
00:41:32,466 --> 00:41:36,066
In previous years, the Imperial Guard's expenses
were around seven million strings.
620
00:41:36,066 --> 00:41:37,866
Now suddenly reduced to less than two million...
621
00:41:38,133 --> 00:41:40,733
Even if we cut the troops by half, it would be unsustainable.
622
00:41:41,333 --> 00:41:42,800
Morale will surely collapse.
623
00:41:42,800 --> 00:41:45,833
I fear sudden calamities will arise within the capital.
624
00:41:48,300 --> 00:41:51,633
Your Majesty, since the fall of the Tang,
generals and soldiers have grown increasingly arrogant.
625
00:41:51,633 --> 00:41:54,800
Even if Your Majesty wishes to reform military affairs,
it should be done gradually.
626
00:41:54,900 --> 00:41:55,833
Acting so hastily,
627
00:41:56,300 --> 00:41:56,933
I fear there may be
628
00:41:57,300 --> 00:41:58,466
another Xingjiaomen Incident.
629
00:41:58,666 --> 00:42:00,333
I implore Your Majesty to consider carefully.
630
00:42:00,566 --> 00:42:02,833
We implore Your Majesty to consider carefully!
631
00:42:10,566 --> 00:42:11,200
Your Majesty,
632
00:42:12,100 --> 00:42:16,366
when reducing troop numbers, it should
be done impartially, without favoring one over another.
633
00:42:19,233 --> 00:42:19,866
Your Majesty,
634
00:42:20,500 --> 00:42:23,933
military reform has always been a slow and meticulous process.
635
00:42:23,933 --> 00:42:26,266
It should be carried out calmly and steadily.
636
00:42:26,266 --> 00:42:28,300
One cannot expect immediate success;
637
00:42:28,500 --> 00:42:30,366
it must not be rushed.
638
00:42:31,933 --> 00:42:32,933
I ask you, my ministers,
639
00:42:34,066 --> 00:42:35,733
to proclaim on my behalf to all the armies:
640
00:42:37,133 --> 00:42:38,766
Tell those soldiers
641
00:42:40,733 --> 00:42:41,733
that the current Emperor
642
00:42:43,000 --> 00:42:43,900
is but a
643
00:42:43,933 --> 00:42:47,466
commoner whose entire family was slaughtered,
644
00:42:47,466 --> 00:42:49,300
a man with no father and no home.
645
00:42:50,800 --> 00:42:54,233
If anyone wishes to rebel or start a revolt,
646
00:42:54,233 --> 00:42:55,233
just come.
647
00:42:56,033 --> 00:42:58,930
I will be sitting right here in the Daning Palace waiting.
648
00:43:24,433 --> 00:43:27,400
♫ Across tens of thousands of miles
stretch towering mountains. ♫
649
00:43:27,900 --> 00:43:30,866
♫ Across tens of thousands of miles
run surging rivers. ♫
650
00:43:31,433 --> 00:43:34,400
♫ Across tens of thousands of miles
cry warhorses. ♫
651
00:43:34,900 --> 00:43:39,000
♫ Across tens of thousands of miles
there are emotions unspoken. ♫
652
00:43:39,933 --> 00:43:42,900
♫ Across tens of thousands of miles,
flowers are blooming along the road. ♫
653
00:43:43,400 --> 00:43:46,366
♫ Across tens of thousands of miles,
gooses are returning to the north. ♫
654
00:43:46,933 --> 00:43:49,900
♫ Across tens of thousands of miles,
we stand through storms. ♫
655
00:43:50,400 --> 00:43:54,500
♫ Across tens of thousands of miles,
we hope for a safe return. ♫
656
00:43:58,700 --> 00:44:01,366
♫ Tens of thousands of miles is not enough, ♫
657
00:44:01,966 --> 00:44:04,866
♫ for a lifetime's sorrows and joys. ♫
658
00:44:05,500 --> 00:44:08,166
♫ Tens of thousands of miles is not enough, ♫
659
00:44:08,766 --> 00:44:11,666
♫ for the endless seas and rivers. ♫
660
00:44:12,466 --> 00:44:15,133
♫ Across tens of thousands of miles, ♫
661
00:44:15,733 --> 00:44:18,633
♫ love will overcome all barriers. ♫
662
00:44:19,333 --> 00:44:20,633
♫ Across tens of thousands of miles, ♫
663
00:44:21,300 --> 00:44:25,033
♫ we are together in life and death. ♫
664
00:44:25,966 --> 00:44:29,000
♫ Across tens of thousands of miles. ♫
665
00:44:32,700 --> 00:44:35,733
♫ Across tens of thousands of miles. ♫
666
00:44:39,633 --> 00:44:40,966
♫ Across tens of thousands of miles, ♫
667
00:44:41,333 --> 00:44:42,766
♫ the moon shines in the boundless world. ♫
668
00:44:43,100 --> 00:44:46,333
♫ My heart has its hometown to return. ♫
669
00:44:46,533 --> 00:44:47,866
♫ Across tens of thousands of miles, ♫
670
00:44:48,233 --> 00:44:49,666
♫ who is the one crossing the waves with me, ♫
671
00:44:50,000 --> 00:44:53,233
♫ with our hearts unrepentant,
through countless lifetimes. ♫
672
00:44:53,433 --> 00:44:54,866
♫ Across tens of thousands of miles, ♫
673
00:44:55,133 --> 00:44:56,666
♫ oceans and lands witness that♫
674
00:44:56,900 --> 00:44:59,666
♫ the world will be safe and sound. ♫
675
00:45:00,066 --> 00:45:03,100
♫ Across tens of thousands of miles, ♫
676
00:45:11,266 --> 00:45:15,433
♫ my heart is unchanging. ♫
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