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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 45]

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Your Majesty.

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I am guilty.

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I should not have believed

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the words of the enemy state

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and brought disaster to our state.

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I have failed

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our ancestors,

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and failed the land and people of Great Tang.

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I should been condemned to death to repay you.

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Master Xu, you are not guilty.

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The guilty one is me.

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It is me,

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who have failed our ancestors,

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failed the officers and men of the three armies,

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and failed the people of Jiangnan.

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Your Majesty! Your Majesty!

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How I regret it now.

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I regret that

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I did not follow

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Li Yuanqing's advice.

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Enough.

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We cannot fight,

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and

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we cannot sue for peace.

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Then we must surrender.

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Your Majesty!

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Long ago,

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I heard of the Jin Emperor led out a lamb,

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and thought,

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there was no misery in this world

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greater than that.

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Now, decades later,

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it is my turn.

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Yet I find it is nothing.

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Born in a troubled age,

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even if one is the Emperor,

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what can be done?

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Master Xu,

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you

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shall draft the surrender document for me
and present it to the Song camp.

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The crimes of Jiangnan

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rest solely

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on my shoulders.

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Even

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ten thousand deaths

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would not suffice.

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I beg the Song Emperor

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to have mercy

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upon the suffering common people,

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to treat the officials, scholars, and folk well,

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and bestow upon the people of Jiangnan

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a real

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era of

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peace.

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For forty years my land and state were mine,

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Three thousand miles of mountains and of streams.

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Phoenix towers and dragon halls pierced clouds and sky,

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Jade trees and jewelled boughs in mists and dreams.

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How could I know of war and battle cries?

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One day a captive, vassal to another,

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My slender waist and grizzled hair decay.

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Worst was the hurried farewell to ancestral shrine,

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While parting songs were played the courtly way;

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In tears I faced the palace maids that day.

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One day a captive, vassal to another,

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My slender waist and grizzled hair decay.

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In tears I faced the palace maids that day.

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Your son is already considered quite good.

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The brats in my own household,

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spend their days in nothing but feasting, drinking, and revelry,

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or playing around with the female attendants.

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Compared to the one in the city,

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who is willing to devote himself to poetry and prose,

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he is already considered promising.

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To live a peaceful and stable life,

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to avoid danger,

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and not to stir up trouble,

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that is already being a good child.

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You yourself have struggled your whole life.

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Now, looking at the younger generation,
you hope they won't cause trouble?

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Our family,

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from Grandfather to Father,

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to Sixth Brother, Seventh Brother,

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and finally down to me, their younger brother,

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has been struggling for nearly a century.

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The world has fallen into chaos.

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It does not allow you to peacefully live a life of peace.

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If you don't struggle,

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the whole family cannot even preserve their lives,

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let alone protect the state and its people.

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But now,

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the era is about to change.

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Let's finish the battle before us first.

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It has been over a year since
the Emperor decreed the southern campaign.

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Jiangning, after all, is the capital of a state.

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No matter how depleted, raising tens of thousands
of soldiers should not be too difficult.

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Even the most wretched court

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always has a few loyal ministers and

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defiant descendants, figures like Tian Heng.
[Tian Heng: late Qin's noble of Qi, resisted Han with determination]

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As long as I have breath left in me,
[Tian Heng: late Qin's noble of Qi, resisted Han with determination]

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I will never allow anyone under my very eyes

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to become a Tian Heng.

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The Southern Tang ruler surrenders to the Imperial Court!

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The Southern Tang ruler surrenders to the Imperial Court!

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The Southern Tang ruler surrenders to the Imperial Court!

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I, your guilty subject, Li Yu, surrenders to
the Grand Marshal and Marshals of the Superior State.

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By the decree of our Ruler,

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we present to the Grand Marshal and Marshals

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the seal of Southern Tang,

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nineteen prefectures, one hundred and eighty counties,
with registers of land, population, and households.

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Grand Marshal.

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The land and the people

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all belong to the state.

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I beseech you, Marshal,

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to accept them in the Emperor's name.

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But why go to such lengths?

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Grand Marshal.

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Go back safely to the capital.

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Go and see for me

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what Bianjing is like today.

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In the year 975 AD,

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November,

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Jinling City fell.

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The Southern Tang ruler, Li Yu,
came out in plain white robes to surrender,

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presenting the formal submission.

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The Southern Tang regime,
which had lasted nearly forty years,

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was thus toppled.

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Its territory of twenty-two prefectures was
finally incorporated into the Great Song's domain.

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Our brothers have fought bloody battles for years.

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Now, with great victory at hand, the Marshal
forbids the armies from entering the city.

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We fear the troops' morale may waver,
leading to unforeseen trouble.

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Marshal, all the great and fierce battles along the way,
were fought with our blood and sacrifice.

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Now that Jiangning city has fallen,
those who enter are those Wuyue troops.

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Such an unreasonable order cannot win the troops' respect.

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We implore you to reconsider.

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We implore you to reconsider.

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Which battalion's morale,

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is wavering?

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And which battalion's officers and soldiers,

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are about to cause trouble?

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I joined the army as a boy.

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On my very first day in the camp, the Company Commander personally told me:

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Military orders are as weighty as mountains.

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For those who disobey orders, the camp has seventeen forms
of punishment and fifty-four offenses to be executed.

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An order is an order.

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An order that suits your fancy is as weighty as a mountain.

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Does an order that doesn't suit your fancy

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become as light as a feather?

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Is an absurd order that fails to win respect

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no longer a military order?

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Lord An of the previous dynasty once said:
[Lord An: An Chongrong of Later Jin, Military Governor of Weide]

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"The Emperor
[Lord An: An Chongrong of Later Jin, Military Governor of Weide]

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is he who has the strongest army and the sturdiest horses."

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Yet just a few years later,

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he was reduced to a pile of bloody pulp.

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Now, after fighting a few battles,

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tell me,

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which battalion is it

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that now thinks its army is strong and its horses sturdy?

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And which brave fellow among you

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sees the aura of the Emperor
above his own head now?

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Or perhaps,

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among you,

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someone has eaten something unclean,
and his heart is corrupted.

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He has secretly prepared the yellow banners,

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intending to wrap them around me and Marshal Pan?

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The world has changed.

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Understand?

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Put away all those old, underhanded tricks—

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inciting the rank and file, coercing superiors,
corrupting military law,

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overturning all order and decency—

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all those petty, scheming thoughts.

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Put them away now.

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I

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now show a way out for you all.

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Sit quietly in your camps.

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Keep your soldiers and men in check.

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When we return to the capital,
the merits to be recorded, the rewards to be given—

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not a single coin, not a single honor will be short of yours.

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But if you seek death,

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my personal guard from the command tent

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are all former Imperial Guards.

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If that is not enough,

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under Grand Marshal King Qian,

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there are still tens of thousands of elite troops.

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Whichever camp rebels,

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I will slaughter that camp.

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Upon returning to the capital, I will report to the Emperor
and have their three clans exterminated.

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Cao Bin is a smart man.

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In the military,

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few as smart as him

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are to be found.

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Yes.

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A great city lies before him,
the glory of conquering a kingdom is at hand,

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yet he still knows so well the way
of forbearance and patience.

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Truly remarkable.

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However, he himself refuses to enter the city gate,

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yet asks you, Great King, to lead the Wuyue troops in.

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His intention

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can hardly be called kind.

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He knows that I

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will certainly not go.

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That is not his, Cao Bin’s, Jiangning,

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nor is it my Jiangning.

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It is the Emperor’s and the court’s Jiangning.

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So,

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Great King, you sent troops but would not go yourself,

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and instead sent Ding, as the City-Entry Envoy
with the title of Army Supervisor.

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Whether I enter the city or not,

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the Emperor may not even care.

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It’s those in court,

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the chief ministers,

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most born in times of chaos.

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They catch a whiff of such things and will jump at it.

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That is no Jiangning.

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It is clearly a deep pit.

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He, Cao Bin, won’t jump in.

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I, of course, will not jump in either.

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That’s for the best.

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Ding, relying on his role as imperial overseer,
has been mad for the spotlight all this way.

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This time,

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let’s just give him

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a big spotlight.

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The whole army has been cursing these past few days.

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Let them curse.

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As long as they don’t cause trouble,

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and we can return safely and steadily to the capital,

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then

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they can curse my ancestors if they want.

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Are we really going to give up Jiangning to them?

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This is the nation’s territory.

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How can we privately give it away?

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King Qian is a man of supreme intelligence.

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He should understand my meaning.

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The Eldest Prince and the heir are still young after all.

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A grand occasion like this,
they may never encounter once in their lifetime.

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Let them enter the city to
broaden their horizons would be good.

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Protect the Heir and the Eldest Prince!

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Yes!

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Five thousand warriors march,

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banners of the Black Cloud Company.

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Where there is life, there is death.

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Our blood sacrifices to Tang and Wu!

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Roaming across three thousand li,

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looking down upon fifty provinces.

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In Jiangnan are righteous men,

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whom the Nine Cauldrons cannot contain!

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00:21:27,500 --> 00:21:29,233
The bandits are fierce, but few in number.

263
00:21:29,533 --> 00:21:32,766
Once our main force forms its battle array,
victory can be decided in an instant.

264
00:21:32,900 --> 00:21:34,833
I beg Heir and Eldest Prince to step back for now.

265
00:21:34,833 --> 00:21:35,500
Zhongshun Company!

266
00:21:35,733 --> 00:21:36,566
Yes!

267
00:21:36,900 --> 00:21:37,400
Form array!

268
00:21:37,633 --> 00:21:38,333
Destroy the bandits!

269
00:22:29,233 --> 00:22:30,133
There! Go!

270
00:22:30,133 --> 00:22:31,500
[left: Lu Yanzhu; right: Shen Chengli]

271
00:23:11,333 --> 00:23:11,666
Heir!

272
00:23:12,066 --> 00:23:12,666
Eldest Prince!

273
00:23:13,866 --> 00:23:15,000
I was late in providing protection.

274
00:23:16,100 --> 00:23:17,366
Heir! Eldest Prince!

275
00:23:18,933 --> 00:23:22,533
After a rough check of the corpses on the street,
most are young and middle-aged men.

276
00:23:22,533 --> 00:23:24,000
Only a few dozen are older,

277
00:23:24,500 --> 00:23:25,633
at most not over fifty.

278
00:23:26,233 --> 00:23:28,333
Li Yuanqing was not found.

279
00:23:28,333 --> 00:23:30,500
This man is the true heart of the trouble.

280
00:23:30,500 --> 00:23:33,033
If this traitor does not die,
Jiangnan cannot be pacified.

281
00:23:33,033 --> 00:23:33,900
Heir, rest assured.

282
00:23:34,300 --> 00:23:37,900
We will order officers and soldiers
to search the streets carefully again.

283
00:23:37,900 --> 00:23:38,933
We will definitely cap...

284
00:23:38,933 --> 00:23:40,300
There's no need for a careful search.

285
00:23:46,466 --> 00:23:47,933
This is the capital of an enemy state.

286
00:23:48,733 --> 00:23:50,400
Everyone in the city is an enemy.

287
00:23:50,900 --> 00:23:51,900
Order the entire army:

288
00:23:52,566 --> 00:23:53,866
conduct a full city sweep!

289
00:23:55,033 --> 00:23:55,833
Supervisor!

290
00:23:55,833 --> 00:23:58,600
Those who harbor Li Yuanqing and his rebel faction,

291
00:23:59,233 --> 00:24:00,766
exterminate their three clans!

292
00:24:00,766 --> 00:24:04,300
Their family assets and property go to
the officers and soldiers.

293
00:24:06,900 --> 00:24:07,533
Supervisor!

294
00:24:08,400 --> 00:24:10,533
Jiangnan is newly pacified, people unsettled.

295
00:24:10,533 --> 00:24:12,670
Now we should focus on calming the people.

296
00:24:13,500 --> 00:24:18,500
I am the Army Supervisor of the Shengzhou Campaign, and also
the Envoy for entering the city, personally appointed

297
00:24:18,500 --> 00:24:20,000
by the Grand Marshal and Marshal.

298
00:24:20,900 --> 00:24:21,433
Prince,

299
00:24:22,266 --> 00:24:23,900
are you defying my order?

300
00:24:24,466 --> 00:24:24,900
Supervisor!

301
00:24:24,900 --> 00:24:25,966
Order the entire army:

302
00:24:26,133 --> 00:24:27,366
conduct a full city sweep!

303
00:24:28,033 --> 00:24:28,766
Yes!

304
00:24:35,933 --> 00:24:36,833
Go see Father.

305
00:24:56,233 --> 00:24:56,700
Chengyou.

306
00:24:57,433 --> 00:24:57,966
Great King.

307
00:24:59,433 --> 00:25:01,766
Go and tell Cao Bin for me.

308
00:25:02,666 --> 00:25:03,133
Yes.

309
00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:05,633
Say that

310
00:25:07,300 --> 00:25:09,100
I invite him to enter the city with me

311
00:25:11,100 --> 00:25:12,730
to quell the disorder.

312
00:25:13,066 --> 00:25:13,400
Yes.

313
00:25:32,700 --> 00:25:33,266
Kneel down.

314
00:25:33,766 --> 00:25:34,366
Properly.

315
00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:41,400
Reporting: The  personal guards have captured

316
00:25:41,400 --> 00:25:45,300
a total of one hundred and thirteen officers
who violated the prohibitions.

317
00:25:45,300 --> 00:25:45,800
Among them,

318
00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:49,466
eight are arsonists,
nineteen condoned their troops injuring or killing people,

319
00:25:49,833 --> 00:25:52,766
sixteen committed rape,
and seventy plundered civilian property.

320
00:25:53,266 --> 00:25:55,333
We request you to decide their punishment.

321
00:26:02,633 --> 00:26:04,366
The Wuyue army has its own laws.

322
00:26:05,100 --> 00:26:08,333
The Grand Marshal will deal with them
separately after returning to camp.

323
00:26:10,866 --> 00:26:13,566
Those who plundered civilian property

324
00:26:13,566 --> 00:26:15,233
shall receive eighty cane strokes,

325
00:26:15,233 --> 00:26:18,766
be stripped of their titles and appointments,
and sent to labor service.

326
00:26:18,766 --> 00:26:21,633
All plundered civilian wealth must be returned in full.

327
00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:24,766
Those who set fire,

328
00:26:24,766 --> 00:26:25,500
injure people,

329
00:26:26,466 --> 00:26:27,333
and the rapists

330
00:26:28,030 --> 00:26:29,566
are to be executed immediately.

331
00:26:29,566 --> 00:26:30,900
We know our wrongs, Great King!

332
00:26:31,466 --> 00:26:32,800
Spare us, Great King! Great King!

333
00:26:33,500 --> 00:26:34,566
This is a military order.

334
00:26:35,266 --> 00:26:36,866
It is also the king's command.

335
00:26:36,866 --> 00:26:38,233
We know our wrongs!

336
00:26:38,266 --> 00:26:39,400
Spare us, we beg you!

337
00:26:39,666 --> 00:26:40,700
Go! Move!

338
00:26:41,266 --> 00:26:41,933
Go!

339
00:26:43,100 --> 00:26:44,900
Great King, spare our lives!

340
00:26:44,900 --> 00:26:45,566
Move!

341
00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:55,700
Army Supervisor of the Campaign,

342
00:26:57,500 --> 00:26:58,700
Ding Deyu, where are you?

343
00:27:03,533 --> 00:27:05,666
Grand Marshal, I am here.

344
00:27:06,266 --> 00:27:07,800
Have you captured Li Yuanqing?

345
00:27:10,233 --> 00:27:13,266
Reporting to the Grand Marshal,

346
00:27:13,266 --> 00:27:13,933
he is

347
00:27:14,466 --> 00:27:16,500
cunning and deceitful.

348
00:27:16,500 --> 00:27:18,066
He has not yet been captured.

349
00:27:18,066 --> 00:27:20,566
You are the Court's Introduction Commissioner.

350
00:27:20,566 --> 00:27:23,733
According to regulations, I have no authority to punish you.

351
00:27:24,833 --> 00:27:25,700
But today,

352
00:27:26,666 --> 00:27:27,766
within the Wuyue army,

353
00:27:28,466 --> 00:27:29,500
just among officers,

354
00:27:29,833 --> 00:27:31,333
forty-three were executed.

355
00:27:31,900 --> 00:27:33,566
Over seventy were caned.

356
00:27:34,266 --> 00:27:39,866
As for the other cavalry and infantry soldiers,
those executed or punished are too numerous to count.

357
00:27:39,866 --> 00:27:40,666
Moreover,

358
00:27:41,333 --> 00:27:42,966
such a famous and great city,

359
00:27:44,066 --> 00:27:44,766
now,

360
00:27:45,733 --> 00:27:48,166
lies burnt to patches of ruins.

361
00:27:49,866 --> 00:27:50,900
Innocent commoners,

362
00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:53,566
who did not perish in the war,

363
00:27:54,133 --> 00:27:56,600
died instead in the chaos caused by our Wuyue troops.

364
00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:00,100
Every household hangs mourning banners.

365
00:28:00,100 --> 00:28:02,233
Every family wears mourning clothes.

366
00:28:02,233 --> 00:28:05,633
I once heard that Wang Quanbin
slaughtered and plundered Yizhou,

367
00:28:06,333 --> 00:28:08,800
yet was angered by his army's lack of discipline.

368
00:28:09,533 --> 00:28:11,200
But I never imagined

369
00:28:12,500 --> 00:28:14,200
that such heinous crimes

370
00:28:14,833 --> 00:28:17,466
would one day fall upon my own shoulders.

371
00:28:19,266 --> 00:28:20,600
You are from the Court.

372
00:28:21,900 --> 00:28:23,533
I cannot punish you.

373
00:28:24,333 --> 00:28:25,066
But I

374
00:28:26,066 --> 00:28:28,100
cannot swallow my anger.

375
00:28:29,833 --> 00:28:30,466
Mei.

376
00:28:32,300 --> 00:28:32,933
Grand Marshal.

377
00:28:33,433 --> 00:28:34,666
Do me a favor.

378
00:28:36,133 --> 00:28:39,033
Press this traitor down at the foot of the steps.

379
00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:41,833
Grand Marshal.

380
00:28:42,500 --> 00:28:43,366
I

381
00:28:44,066 --> 00:28:46,100
am the Army Supervisor of the Campaign!

382
00:28:47,633 --> 00:28:48,633
What are you doing?

383
00:28:48,633 --> 00:28:49,466
Let me go!

384
00:28:51,566 --> 00:28:55,333
I have always been clear about gratitude and grudges.

385
00:28:55,333 --> 00:28:56,233
Today's matter,

386
00:28:57,200 --> 00:28:58,900
has nothing to do with the other generals.

387
00:28:59,766 --> 00:29:00,466
It was I

388
00:29:01,233 --> 00:29:03,266
who fought with him due to personal enmity.

389
00:29:04,666 --> 00:29:06,033
Once this traitor is beheaded,

390
00:29:07,066 --> 00:29:08,933
I will trouble Bin and Mei

391
00:29:09,300 --> 00:29:09,900
to arrest me

392
00:29:10,233 --> 00:29:14,133
and present me before the Emperor
in the capital to uphold the national law.

393
00:29:18,433 --> 00:29:19,933
Great King, you must not! Calm your anger!

394
00:29:19,933 --> 00:29:21,666
Great King! Great King!

395
00:29:21,833 --> 00:29:22,420
Step aside!

396
00:29:22,420 --> 00:29:23,533
Calm your anger, Great King!

397
00:29:23,633 --> 00:29:25,000
Great King, calm your anger!

398
00:29:26,900 --> 00:29:27,766
Father, calm your anger!

399
00:29:30,133 --> 00:29:30,600
Fine!

400
00:29:32,066 --> 00:29:32,800
I will not kill him.

401
00:29:33,766 --> 00:29:34,866
I will not kill him.

402
00:29:38,566 --> 00:29:39,266
You two,

403
00:29:40,500 --> 00:29:41,100
get away!

404
00:29:44,400 --> 00:29:44,933
Get away!

405
00:29:51,500 --> 00:29:52,300
Ding Deyu!

406
00:29:54,566 --> 00:29:55,500
I don't kill you.

407
00:29:56,666 --> 00:29:57,933
I don't kill you.

408
00:29:59,566 --> 00:30:00,633
If I don't kill you,

409
00:30:02,300 --> 00:30:04,633
I would be ashamed to see my ancestors!

410
00:30:06,500 --> 00:30:07,133
Great King!

411
00:30:08,633 --> 00:30:09,700
You must not, Great King!

412
00:30:09,700 --> 00:30:11,466
I am not only the King of Wuyue,

413
00:30:11,833 --> 00:30:15,200
but also the Minister of Works of Song, and the Grand Marshal of All Forces.

414
00:30:15,700 --> 00:30:17,700
Do you dare to defy your superior

415
00:30:18,200 --> 00:30:19,666
and try my military law?

416
00:30:19,900 --> 00:30:21,933
Great King, Grand Marshal, calm your anger.

417
00:30:21,933 --> 00:30:23,566
This Ding is merely a crude soldier.

418
00:30:23,566 --> 00:30:25,900
Why ruin the your reputation for the sake of such a man?

419
00:30:26,133 --> 00:30:27,266
Bin, let me go!

420
00:30:27,566 --> 00:30:28,233
Let me go!

421
00:30:28,533 --> 00:30:31,133
Why aren't you taking Ding away and administer forty strokes?

422
00:30:31,266 --> 00:30:32,333
Let me go!

423
00:30:32,666 --> 00:30:33,966
One hundred strokes!

424
00:30:34,233 --> 00:30:36,000
Le us go! Let us go!

425
00:30:36,100 --> 00:30:37,733
Generals, consider the greater situation.

426
00:30:37,900 --> 00:30:39,870
Do not place the Grand Marshal in an unjust position.

427
00:30:42,466 --> 00:30:42,866
Get out!

428
00:30:43,533 --> 00:30:43,966
Get out!

429
00:30:44,566 --> 00:30:45,466
Get away!

430
00:30:46,433 --> 00:30:47,433
You fool!

431
00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:48,533
Get out!

432
00:30:49,200 --> 00:30:49,833
Take him away.

433
00:30:57,633 --> 00:30:58,133
Make way.

434
00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:01,433
Grand Marshal, forgive our rudeness.

435
00:31:40,333 --> 00:31:41,600
The people of Jiangning...

436
00:31:45,200 --> 00:31:46,766
It is my fault.

437
00:31:51,266 --> 00:31:51,966
I...

438
00:31:54,233 --> 00:31:55,533
wishes to follow the Way of a King.

439
00:32:18,566 --> 00:32:19,233
Issue the order.

440
00:32:21,100 --> 00:32:21,900
All troops...

441
00:32:24,100 --> 00:32:25,233
return to the capital.

442
00:32:26,200 --> 00:32:26,866
Yes!

443
00:32:36,033 --> 00:32:38,533
Edict on the crimes of false ruler of Jiangnan:

444
00:32:39,566 --> 00:32:41,633
I, having received the Mandate of Heaven,

445
00:32:42,066 --> 00:32:43,933
hold the sacred vessels and rule the land.

446
00:32:44,300 --> 00:32:48,166
My will is to unify the realm and bring peace to all people.

447
00:32:48,733 --> 00:32:51,433
However, the false ruler of Jiangnan, Li Yu,

448
00:32:51,933 --> 00:32:54,266
inheriting a legacy from successive generations,

449
00:32:54,266 --> 00:32:56,400
occupies a remote region and usurps the title.

450
00:32:56,400 --> 00:32:59,533
For generations, he has been rebellious, his crimes accumulating.

451
00:33:00,100 --> 00:33:03,333
His sins are innumerable, incurring the wrath of heaven and man.

452
00:33:03,833 --> 00:33:04,966
Consulting the ancient canons,

453
00:33:05,233 --> 00:33:06,666
clear punishment is warranted.

454
00:33:07,233 --> 00:33:08,500
Proclaiming this to the world,

455
00:33:08,933 --> 00:33:10,766
let there be no remittance.

456
00:33:13,300 --> 00:33:14,700
Do you admit your guilt?

457
00:33:19,700 --> 00:33:23,200
We, your subjects, divided the land
and established separate states,

458
00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:25,333
usurped titles and violated regulations,

459
00:33:25,333 --> 00:33:28,766
resisted the imperial army,
and refused to submit to royal authority,

460
00:33:28,766 --> 00:33:31,733
causing the people of Jiangnan region to suffer,

461
00:33:31,733 --> 00:33:33,700
where all people found no peace.

462
00:33:33,700 --> 00:33:34,733
My guilt is clear;

463
00:33:35,900 --> 00:33:36,800
I dare not argue.

464
00:33:38,233 --> 00:33:41,500
I humbly beg the Emperor for mercy,

465
00:33:41,500 --> 00:33:45,100
and execute me alone, to atone for the state and its people.

466
00:33:45,100 --> 00:33:50,433
All our clan relatives and ministers, including women,
children, and the elderly, were misled by us.

467
00:33:51,400 --> 00:33:54,933
We beg Your Majesty for leniency,
to allow the people of the fallen state

468
00:33:54,933 --> 00:33:58,233
to share in the imperial grace
and enjoy an era of peace.

469
00:33:59,866 --> 00:34:02,600
If you knew this day would come,
why did you act as you did?

470
00:34:05,433 --> 00:34:06,800
Since you have admitted your guilt,

471
00:34:07,633 --> 00:34:08,166
I

472
00:34:09,033 --> 00:34:10,433
will impose no further punishment.

473
00:34:11,900 --> 00:34:12,566
Draft the decree.

474
00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:16,933
Enfeoff Li Yu

475
00:34:17,500 --> 00:34:19,233
as Marquis of Disobedience,

476
00:34:19,233 --> 00:34:22,300
appoint him as Commander of the Left Imperial Guard.

477
00:34:22,300 --> 00:34:26,033
Appoint Xu Xuan as Senior Court Attendant,

478
00:34:26,500 --> 00:34:30,900
Zhang Ji as Attendant of the Crown Prince, serving in the Secretariat,

479
00:34:31,500 --> 00:34:36,666
The rest shall all be granted official ranks and
attend court assemblies according to their positions.

480
00:34:36,666 --> 00:34:37,900
I receive the decree.

481
00:34:38,466 --> 00:34:42,400
Your guilty subjects kowtow in gratitude
for the Emperor's grace.

482
00:34:47,566 --> 00:34:49,533
The Jiangnan Region is pacified.

483
00:34:49,533 --> 00:34:53,300
Households are registered and the people unified.
The territory is unified.

484
00:34:53,300 --> 00:34:57,166
The locals are tranquil and peaceful.
Generals and commanders have striven with all their might.

485
00:34:57,166 --> 00:34:59,866
We, your subjects, respectfully congratulate the Emperor.

486
00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:04,066
We, your subjects, respectfully congratulate the Emperor.

487
00:35:05,833 --> 00:35:06,600
Ding Deyu.

488
00:35:12,866 --> 00:35:13,466
Your Majesty.

489
00:35:14,266 --> 00:35:15,566
What happened to your ear?

490
00:35:17,533 --> 00:35:19,433
King Qian is arrogant and despotic.

491
00:35:19,433 --> 00:35:23,800
He scorns the heavenly dignity of you Your Majesty,
and bullies and oppresses your subjects.

492
00:35:23,800 --> 00:35:26,366
We beg Your Majesty to uphold justice for me.

493
00:35:29,866 --> 00:35:31,600
He only cut off one of your ears?

494
00:35:33,733 --> 00:35:35,366
Truly, time spares no one.

495
00:35:35,900 --> 00:35:37,233
Even Chu has grown old.

496
00:35:39,933 --> 00:35:40,433
Your Majesty,

497
00:35:41,400 --> 00:35:44,800
for today's assembly, the ceremony
for presenting captives is concluded.

498
00:35:44,800 --> 00:35:46,100
The remaining matters

499
00:35:46,100 --> 00:35:46,833
can

500
00:35:47,733 --> 00:35:49,500
be discussed in a later court session.

501
00:35:51,566 --> 00:35:54,630
The Marquis of Disobedience and others have just entered the court.

502
00:35:54,630 --> 00:35:57,533
It is fitting to bestow a banquet upon them, to show your grace.

503
00:35:58,633 --> 00:35:59,233
Good.

504
00:36:01,166 --> 00:36:01,900
Your Majesty,

505
00:36:02,700 --> 00:36:05,800
the Qian clan has carved out
a separatist regime in the southeast,

506
00:36:05,800 --> 00:36:09,433
dividing the nation and splitting the land,
damaging the unity of the state.

507
00:36:09,433 --> 00:36:12,566
Now, they have even openly defied the laws of the state,

508
00:36:12,566 --> 00:36:15,400
torturing and interrogating a great general of the court.

509
00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:17,800
Their usurpation and arrogance are such.

510
00:36:18,866 --> 00:36:19,866
I ventures to

511
00:36:22,333 --> 00:36:25,066
request Your Majesty to follow the precedent of Jiangnan,

512
00:36:25,066 --> 00:36:26,266
raise troops to punish them,

513
00:36:26,666 --> 00:36:29,066
in order to achieve the unification of the realm.

514
00:36:32,733 --> 00:36:37,700
The King of Wuyue diligently fulfills his tributary duties,
and serves the Central Kingdom well.

515
00:36:37,700 --> 00:36:38,733
I am the Emperor,

516
00:36:39,466 --> 00:36:42,066
How can I raise troops without just cause?

517
00:36:42,066 --> 00:36:43,666
Your Majesty once said,

518
00:36:44,500 --> 00:36:48,533
the common people of the realm have
long suffered from division and collapse.

519
00:36:48,533 --> 00:36:49,666
With these words,

520
00:36:49,666 --> 00:36:51,733
you raised troops and took Jinling.

521
00:36:53,066 --> 00:36:54,533
Now it is Wuyue's turn.

522
00:36:55,233 --> 00:36:55,933
Your Majesty,

523
00:36:57,033 --> 00:37:00,066
why do you favor one and discriminate against the other?

524
00:37:07,333 --> 00:37:08,033
Ding Deyu.

525
00:37:09,566 --> 00:37:10,233
Yes.

526
00:37:11,300 --> 00:37:13,566
I appoint you to command the six armies,

527
00:37:14,133 --> 00:37:15,970
to welcome King Qian back to court.

528
00:37:16,033 --> 00:37:17,033
What is your opinion?

529
00:37:17,433 --> 00:37:19,730
I dare not refuse to serve unto death.

530
00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:24,700
Your death

531
00:37:25,833 --> 00:37:26,766
is not worth a pity.

532
00:37:28,133 --> 00:37:30,766
What I pity is the lives of the people,

533
00:37:31,233 --> 00:37:32,533
and the soldiers there.

534
00:37:37,033 --> 00:37:37,666
Draft the decree.

535
00:37:41,666 --> 00:37:44,100
Strip Ding Deyu of his titles and appointments,

536
00:37:44,100 --> 00:37:47,166
demote him to Prefect of Fangzhou, and
place him under local supervision.

537
00:37:48,633 --> 00:37:49,133
Yes.

538
00:37:51,566 --> 00:37:53,666
Ding is merely a crude soldier.

539
00:37:54,433 --> 00:37:55,500
Just deal with him.

540
00:37:56,666 --> 00:37:58,870
Your Majesty need not be distressed.

541
00:37:59,400 --> 00:38:00,266
You think

542
00:38:00,333 --> 00:38:02,066
I am angry at that wretch?

543
00:38:03,033 --> 00:38:06,166
Since Wang Pu presented the “Strategy for Pacifying the Borders”,

544
00:38:06,166 --> 00:38:10,033
Rong and I established the Palace Command
to reorganize the imperial army,

545
00:38:11,100 --> 00:38:13,166
it has been over twenty years, hasn’t it?

546
00:38:15,400 --> 00:38:16,400
Yet even today,

547
00:38:17,833 --> 00:38:20,666
there are still people who dare
to treat military law as nothing

548
00:38:20,933 --> 00:38:23,000
and regard the common people as pigs and dogs.

549
00:38:25,333 --> 00:38:27,766
Rules destroyed over two hundred years ago –

550
00:38:27,800 --> 00:38:29,333
how difficult it is,

551
00:38:30,433 --> 00:38:31,766
to rebuild them again.

552
00:38:33,433 --> 00:38:33,966
Your Majesty,

553
00:38:34,900 --> 00:38:39,266
most of the generals in the army inherited
their posts from Liang, Tang, Jin, Han, Zhou –

554
00:38:39,300 --> 00:38:40,200
the five previous courts.

555
00:38:41,166 --> 00:38:43,633
Your Majesty has reigned for only fifteen years.

556
00:38:44,100 --> 00:38:47,466
As the saying goes, flaws are easy to remove,
but ingrained habits are hard to change.

557
00:38:47,466 --> 00:38:50,933
Arrogant soldiers and unruly generals mostly
emerge from chaotic times.

558
00:38:50,933 --> 00:38:54,833
As long as the world enjoys lasting peace
and there are no wars on the borders,

559
00:38:55,433 --> 00:38:58,833
the arrogance and laziness in the army will
then lose their foundation.

560
00:38:59,666 --> 00:39:04,033
If the court strictly enforces military law,
such incidents will naturally decrease.

561
00:39:04,800 --> 00:39:06,166
To bring peace to the world,

562
00:39:06,166 --> 00:39:08,633
we must first achieve the unification of the realm.

563
00:39:09,266 --> 00:39:12,300
Today, Xu’s provocative words in court
are originally not worth mentioning.

564
00:39:14,033 --> 00:39:16,700
However, the Qian family has ruled the southeast land

565
00:39:16,700 --> 00:39:19,366
for nearly a hundred years now, through five reigns.

566
00:39:19,733 --> 00:39:24,533
Their governance, military, and finances
have all become an independent system.

567
00:39:25,733 --> 00:39:27,966
Now that the Jiangnan matter is concluded,

568
00:39:28,700 --> 00:39:32,900
the matter of Wuyue has
indeed reached the time for discussion.

569
00:39:35,133 --> 00:39:37,066
What's your opinion, Kuangyi?

570
00:39:37,066 --> 00:39:41,400
Although Wuyue is a military governorship,
it has always been respectful to the court.

571
00:39:42,266 --> 00:39:44,200
King Qian is also a hero of this era,

572
00:39:44,200 --> 00:39:46,300
and has an old friendship with Your Majesty.

573
00:39:47,233 --> 00:39:50,833
Due to his efforts, the thirteen prefectures
in the southeast are stable and prosperous.

574
00:39:51,900 --> 00:39:55,266
Your younger brother believes
Minister Zhao’s words are reasonable.

575
00:39:56,000 --> 00:39:58,700
However, Wuyue is different from Southern Tang,

576
00:39:59,333 --> 00:40:02,600
and King Qian is certainly not someone like Li Yu and his kind.

577
00:40:03,266 --> 00:40:05,833
Even if there are discussions or plans within the court,

578
00:40:05,833 --> 00:40:07,700
we must act with caution and prudence.

579
00:40:08,400 --> 00:40:09,700
The great war has just ceased;

580
00:40:09,700 --> 00:40:13,533
now is definitely not the time to mobilize armies again.

581
00:40:16,400 --> 00:40:18,066
What about you all?

582
00:40:18,066 --> 00:40:18,800
Speak your minds.

583
00:40:21,833 --> 00:40:25,333
I have jointly held the military tally with
the Grand Marshal, King Qian, for over a month,

584
00:40:25,333 --> 00:40:27,233
yet I cannot fathom his mind and depth.

585
00:40:27,700 --> 00:40:30,500
Regarding Ding's case, he acted out of righteous indignation;

586
00:40:30,500 --> 00:40:33,066
there were reasons for it, and it was not an act of arrogance.

587
00:40:33,900 --> 00:40:35,500
I observed the troops of Wuyue;

588
00:40:35,500 --> 00:40:39,533
in battle, they showed no fear, and their discipline
during marches was quite strict.

589
00:40:39,533 --> 00:40:44,400
The tragedy in Jinling would not have happened
had they not received Ding’s military orders.

590
00:40:45,700 --> 00:40:46,933
In your view,

591
00:40:48,800 --> 00:40:50,633
how many troops would be needed

592
00:40:51,666 --> 00:40:54,333
to capture the thirteen prefectures?

593
00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:56,400
I dare not deceive Your Majesty.

594
00:40:57,266 --> 00:41:01,866
Wuyue is completely different from Jiangnan; it would
require no less than three hundred thousand troops.

595
00:41:01,866 --> 00:41:02,600
Mei, your opinion?

596
00:41:03,466 --> 00:41:05,970
Maybe two hundred thousand elite troops can have a try.

597
00:41:06,666 --> 00:41:07,700
So it seems

598
00:41:08,266 --> 00:41:10,600
Bin’s talent is not as great as Mei’s.

599
00:41:12,700 --> 00:41:16,500
Two hundred thousand elite troops
might be able to destroy their state,

600
00:41:16,500 --> 00:41:19,533
but it would turn the southeast land, into a wasteland.

601
00:41:27,833 --> 00:41:30,866
Into a wasteland...

602
00:41:40,500 --> 00:41:41,233
Draft an edict.

603
00:41:42,433 --> 00:41:45,266
Summon King Qian to court.

604
00:41:48,900 --> 00:41:49,466
Registrar,

605
00:41:50,133 --> 00:41:54,200
what kind of extravagant person is this, that
it requires you to travel so far to welcome him?

606
00:41:54,700 --> 00:41:56,933
He was originally a Marshal in the army.

607
00:41:57,400 --> 00:42:01,800
He caused trouble during the southern campaign,
and that’s why he was exiled to Fangzhou.

608
00:42:02,333 --> 00:42:03,000
They say that

609
00:42:04,933 --> 00:42:07,733
Considering his past merits in battle,

610
00:42:08,066 --> 00:42:10,466
[Guo Yue, Registrar of Fangzhou Prefecture]
His Majesty is unwilling to take his life.

611
00:42:10,466 --> 00:42:11,733
[Guo Yue, Registrar of Fangzhou Prefecture]
For such a person,

612
00:42:11,733 --> 00:42:14,970
you cannot treat him lightly,
nor can you attach to him too much importance.

613
00:42:27,633 --> 00:42:30,066
Is this Marshal Ding’s carriage?

614
00:42:31,433 --> 00:42:34,766
I, Guo Yue, Registrar of Fangzhou Prefecture,

615
00:42:35,166 --> 00:42:39,000
by order of the Prefect, come specially here to welcome you.

616
00:43:24,433 --> 00:43:27,400
♫ Across tens of thousands of miles
stretch towering mountains. ♫

617
00:43:27,900 --> 00:43:30,866
♫ Across tens of thousands of miles
run surging rivers. ♫

618
00:43:31,433 --> 00:43:34,400
♫ Across tens of thousands of miles
cry warhorses. ♫

619
00:43:34,900 --> 00:43:39,000
♫ Across tens of thousands of miles
there are emotions unspoken. ♫

620
00:43:39,933 --> 00:43:42,900
♫ Across tens of thousands of miles,
flowers are blooming along the road. ♫

621
00:43:43,400 --> 00:43:46,366
♫ Across tens of thousands of miles,
gooses are returning to the north. ♫

622
00:43:46,933 --> 00:43:49,900
♫ Across tens of thousands of miles,
we stand through storms. ♫

623
00:43:50,400 --> 00:43:54,500
♫ Across tens of thousands of miles,
we hope for a safe return. ♫

624
00:43:58,700 --> 00:44:01,366
♫ Tens of thousands of miles is not enough, ♫

625
00:44:01,966 --> 00:44:04,866
♫ for a lifetime's sorrows and joys. ♫

626
00:44:05,500 --> 00:44:08,166
♫ Tens of thousands of miles is not enough, ♫

627
00:44:08,766 --> 00:44:11,666
♫ for the endless seas and rivers. ♫

628
00:44:12,466 --> 00:44:15,133
♫ Across tens of thousands of miles, ♫

629
00:44:15,733 --> 00:44:18,633
♫ love will overcome all barriers. ♫

630
00:44:19,333 --> 00:44:20,633
♫ Across tens of thousands of miles, ♫

631
00:44:21,300 --> 00:44:25,033
♫ we are together in life and death. ♫

632
00:44:25,966 --> 00:44:29,000
♫ Across tens of thousands of miles. ♫

633
00:44:32,700 --> 00:44:35,733
♫ Across tens of thousands of miles. ♫

634
00:44:39,633 --> 00:44:40,966
♫ Across tens of thousands of miles, ♫

635
00:44:41,333 --> 00:44:42,766
♫ the moon shines in the boundless world. ♫

636
00:44:43,100 --> 00:44:46,333
♫ My heart has its hometown to return. ♫

637
00:44:46,533 --> 00:44:47,866
♫ Across tens of thousands of miles, ♫

638
00:44:48,233 --> 00:44:49,666
♫ who is the one crossing the waves with me, ♫

639
00:44:50,000 --> 00:44:53,233
♫ with our hearts unrepentant,
through countless lifetimes. ♫

640
00:44:53,433 --> 00:44:54,866
♫ Across tens of thousands of miles, ♫

641
00:44:55,133 --> 00:44:56,666
♫ oceans and lands witness that♫

642
00:44:56,900 --> 00:44:59,666
♫ the world will be safe and sound. ♫

643
00:45:00,066 --> 00:45:03,100
♫ Across tens of thousands of miles, ♫

644
00:45:11,266 --> 00:45:15,433
♫ my heart is unchanging. ♫