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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 47]

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By decree:

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Grant King Qian a seat.

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Grant King Qian a seat of honor.

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This is not a subject's place.

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I dare not accept.

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Ten years ago,

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I removed the seating for the Three Excellencies
and Chief Counselors during grand court assemblies.

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Below the vermilion steps in
the Great Celebration Hall, no one dares to sit.

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Except for you.

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I would still prefer to stand.

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You've even slept beside me on bed,

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and I never saw you so timid then.

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The King of Wuyue, Qian.

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You all know him, do you not?

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Thirty years ago,

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he even drew a blade in this very hall.

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Among you, there are many

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who submit one memorial today,

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another petition tomorrow.

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What it all comes down to, is just one thing:

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suspicion that King Qian harbors rebellious intentions.

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Today, King Qian himself is here in this hall.

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If any of you have doubts, step forward now and ask him.

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Ask!

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None of you will speak.

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When King Qian is in the southeast,

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accusatory memorials never cease.

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Now, with King Qian present,

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every one of you ministers is silent.

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Good.

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If you won't speak today,

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then there's no need to speak of it ever again.

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After King Qian returns to the southeast region,

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if anyone dares to chatter in my ear again,

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I will send them to serve as officials
in the thirteen southeastern prefectures,

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and let them see personally with their own eyes,

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whether King Qian has rebellious intentions or not.

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Your Majesty,

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King Qian has rendered great service to the state.

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Now he has answered the decree and come to court.

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The court should keep him here for some time,

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to show the world our favor and honor.

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To hastily and disrespectfully send him back to his domain

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is not the way to treat a meritorious servant of the state.

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What do you ministers think?

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I concur.

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I concur. I concur. I concur.

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Mr. Zhao.

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I am here.

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I recall it was last August,

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when Zhao Fu

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was appointed by decree as Prefect of Yongkang Army.

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As soon as the decree was issued, he fell ill with a fever.
This illness has lasted over half a year, hasn't it?

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I...

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I know,

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sir,

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you have never spoken falsely to me.

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Zhao has not taken up his post for nearly a year.

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It certainly wasn't because he
overstepped regulations for you,

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hauled ten carts of large timber
from Guanzhong to build a house.

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Nor was it because he,
while serving as Judicial Officer of Kaifeng Prefecture,

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turned the vegetable plot of the inner garden
into your family's garden.

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Moreover, the eighteen shops on the east side of
the Imperial Street outside the Zhuque Gate,

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must surely be his own property and business,

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and have absolutely nothing to do with you.

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I am guilty.

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What did you say?

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I am guilty.

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How can you be guilty again, sir?

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It is me, your Emperor,

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who has treated you,

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a meritorious servant of the state, poorly.

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I have failed your heavenly grace.

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I know my crime.

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It is me who am being harsh.

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I should not have expected

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everyone in this court to be like Lord Feng.

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Serving as Chancellor for so long, it's inevitable
you'll encounter petty men who try to attach themselves.

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You are only human.

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How can you be expected to see into
everyone's heart in every matter?

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To let your virtue be tarnished

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is my fault.

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Where is the Academician?

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I am here!

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Issue the decree.

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Appoint Mr. Zhao as Military Governor
of the three towns of Heyang,

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Acting Grand Tutor,

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and Chief Councilor.

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Remove him from the posts of Right Deputy Director of the Department of State Affairs

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and Grand Academician of the Zhaowen Institute.

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Your Majesty!

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I

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kowtow in gratitude for Your Majesty's heavenly grace.

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The second decree:

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Grand Tutor, Director of the Department of State Affairs,
Grand Marshal of All Armies, King of Wuyue, Qian Chu,

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is granted an additional fief of three thousand households,
with actual revenue from one thousand.

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His wife, Lady Sun, is enfeoffed as Princess Consort of Wuyue.

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The King's eldest son, Qian Weijun,

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is appointed Military Governor of the Jianwu Army.

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His eldest daughter is enfeoffed as Lady of Pengcheng.

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Since ancient times,
there has been no precedent

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[Lu Duoxun, Deputy Chief Councilor]
for a vassal king of a different surname

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[Lu Duoxun, Deputy Chief Councilor]
to have his wife enfeoffed as a consort.

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From today onward, there shall be.

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Since ancient times,

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there has also been no vassal
as loyal and filial as King Qian.

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Yes.

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This is my sincere intention.

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Chu, you must not decline again.

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I kowtow in gratitude for your heavenly grace.

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Come on.

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Let it be proclaimed:

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Virtuous consorts assisting the rulers
were recorded, but scarcely now.

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Lady Sun, Consort of the Kingdom of Wuyue,

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possess virtue of righteousness and determination.

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She is long known for her virtue and wisdom,

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her grace spreading wide.

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As a partner to my chief minister,

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you assist him in governance.

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With wholehearted devotion, unwavering as metal or stone,

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you are resolved to end
conflicts and wars of the chaotic era.

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In carriage you arrive at the court, with
graceful clothes and accessories of the ritual.

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Therefore, using a ceremony without ancient precedent
as a special favor from the Great Court,

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you are enfeoffed as Princess Consort of Wuyue.

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So ordered.

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I, your subject,

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kowtow in gratitude for Your Majesty's heavenly grace.

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Ying's marriage arrangements...

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should we not take care of them?

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Back in the capital,

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the Gu family, the Hu family—

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you turned them all down.

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I knew then

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you had other thoughts in mind.

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What other thoughts could I have?

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I just wanted to keep her for a few more years.

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How about finding someone who can pass down
the scholar spirit from the north?

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What do you think?

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Have you decided?

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The times are different now.

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Long spears and great halberds
may not be enough to protect her.

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To secure a long life in these peaceful years,

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we must find someone steeped in
moral teachings and literature.

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Time...

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passes so swiftly.

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It feels like a dream.

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Entrusting a state's entire tax revenue
to the great aristocratic families,

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yet for over thirty years there's no calamity—

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the ability of King Qian is certainly
not inferior to Sun Quan's.

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My father guards the land for the court.

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These thirteen prefectures are all the land of China.

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The various clans of the southeast
are all the people of China.

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And the Qian clan

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are also loyal people of China.

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Easy to say,

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but hard to do.

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To make the taxes and currency of
the court and Wuyue uniform as one—

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after you, King Qian, and you, Prince, return to your domain,

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I'm afraid you will have to play the role of villain.

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My father has said,

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since we are the people of China,

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we naturally must abide by the institutions of China.

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His Majesty has decreed:

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When the Great King arrives,
you may enter the Jiying Hall directly.

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His Majesty has placed this hall under restriction.

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Only palace eunuchs who are illiterate may enter to clean.

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Be they nobles, dukes, ministers, or chief counselors,

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any who enter without permission face the death penalty.

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Only Prince of Jin and you, King of Wuyue

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shall enter this hall.

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[Memorial Tablet of Emperor Zhaowu, Xuanzu of Song]

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Tablet of Lord Sima?

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A muddle-headed old guy.

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A poor, pedantic scholar all his life,

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who scolded me even more harshly than my own father.

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Having him share the sacrifices here

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is because I wanted to see

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which of the two of them could out-scold the other.

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From beginning to end,

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I sent you eight letters of state.

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Yet you never replied to a single one.

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Until the ninth letter,

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when I finally received your reply.

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But it wasn't in your own hand.

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It was drafted by your Marshal's Office.

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I have been disrespectful.

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I am guilty.

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Take a mirror and look at yourself.

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Does your face show even half a sign
that you know you're guilty?

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Then I submit to Your Majesty's judgment.

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Good, good.

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So confident and unafraid.

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You...

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You've annoyed me for over a decade,

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all for this troublesome thing?

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Don't think that in all the world

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only you, Chu, care about sentiment
and value righteousness most.

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Follow me.

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Those "foolish gentlmen" are not coming today?

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The live pigs come into the city at a different hour.

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Next time you come, Ninth Brother,

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I'll invite you to the Roast Pork Monastery
at the Great Xiangguo Temple for a hearty feast.

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When that time comes,

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I will gratefully trouble you, Kuangyi.

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And when that day arrives,

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I will surely drink with you
that cup of warm wine of a peaceful era.

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Heaven was dark, earth was golden;
the cosmos was vast and diffuse.

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Sun and moon wax and wane;
the stars are fixed in their constellations.

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Cold follows warmth in due cycle;
in autumn, food is gathered for winter.

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Cold follows warmth in due cycle;
in autumn, food is gathered for winter.

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Clouds ascend to cause rain to fall;
morning dew transforms to white frost.

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[Fan Yong, father of Fan Zhongyan (a famous Song minister)]
Gold is from the Li River;

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[Fan Yong, father of Fan Zhongyan (a famous Song minister)]
jade is from the Kunlun Mountain.

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Sword is named “Great Summit”;
pearl is named “Night Glow.”

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Of fruits most prized are pears and crab‑apples;
of seasonings most valuable mustards and ginger.

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Heaven was dark, earth was golden;
the cosmos was vast and diffuse.

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Sun and moon wax and wane;
the stars are fixed in their constellations.

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I've received a letter from my father, summoning me
to the Talent Selection Institution for the exam.

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I don't want to go.

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Has Qian Chu

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returned from Bianliang?

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Yes, he has returned.

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Then it should be the Qian family's turn now.

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Will there be war again?

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That depends on what

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both sides truly think.

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You said, sir,

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Emperor Zhao and King Qian are old friends,

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heroes with a bond, confidants in the realm.

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But the world's affairs

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were never just a matter for two families,

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let alone for two men.

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To fight or not to fight,

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is not for Emperor Zhao

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to decide with one word,

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nor is it

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for Qian Chu to decide himself.

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Then, in your opinion, sir,

253
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whether the world falls into chaos or achieves great order,

254
00:18:28,300 --> 00:18:29,933
who ultimately decides?

255
00:18:38,733 --> 00:18:39,800
They are all still

256
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young children, just begun learning.

257
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It's hard for them.

258
00:18:47,833 --> 00:18:48,466
Sir!

259
00:18:51,766 --> 00:18:52,833
Emperor Taizong of Tang

260
00:18:55,200 --> 00:18:56,566
compiled the Clan Register.

261
00:18:59,200 --> 00:19:01,333
How many surnames did it record?

262
00:19:01,933 --> 00:19:05,100
Two hundred ninety-three surnames,
one thousand six hundred fifty-one families.

263
00:19:07,533 --> 00:19:09,366
After a hundred years of chaos,

264
00:19:11,233 --> 00:19:13,666
among those two hundred ninety-three surnames,

265
00:19:16,766 --> 00:19:17,566
now,

266
00:19:19,533 --> 00:19:21,266
how many are left?

267
00:19:22,666 --> 00:19:26,000
I stayed in the capital over a month.

268
00:19:27,566 --> 00:19:31,800
The Council received petitions to keep me in the capital.

269
00:19:32,200 --> 00:19:35,000
Three hundred eighty-one in total.

270
00:19:36,133 --> 00:19:37,066
Before leaving,

271
00:19:39,300 --> 00:19:42,700
His Majesty sealed them in this chest

272
00:19:44,133 --> 00:19:45,300
for me to bring back.

273
00:19:48,333 --> 00:19:49,266
He specially let me

274
00:19:50,666 --> 00:19:54,633
open them only after returning to Hangzhou.

275
00:19:57,400 --> 00:20:00,433
His Majesty shows his true heart to me,

276
00:20:01,333 --> 00:20:02,266
letting me know

277
00:20:03,533 --> 00:20:06,333
the court won't abolish our state or domain.

278
00:20:16,700 --> 00:20:21,433
Great King, your words are deceiving yourself.

279
00:20:25,400 --> 00:20:27,400
How do I deceive myself?

280
00:20:28,266 --> 00:20:31,266
The court's dagger is bared.

281
00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:35,700
Yet you still preen with pride.

282
00:20:37,266 --> 00:20:38,566
Wuyue's fall

283
00:20:40,566 --> 00:20:41,700
is any day now.

284
00:20:43,466 --> 00:20:44,900
You are

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00:20:45,066 --> 00:20:46,800
speaking alarmist nonsense!

286
00:20:47,633 --> 00:20:49,100
Southern Tang and Wuyue

287
00:20:50,200 --> 00:20:51,533
are like lips and teeth.

288
00:20:52,433 --> 00:20:54,000
Lips gone, teeth feel cold.

289
00:20:54,333 --> 00:20:56,166
Now the Li state is gone,

290
00:20:56,666 --> 00:20:57,733
lips no more.

291
00:20:58,066 --> 00:20:59,766
Wuyue is a pebble

292
00:20:59,900 --> 00:21:02,600
stuck in Emperor Zhao's mouth.

293
00:21:05,033 --> 00:21:06,266
You think

294
00:21:06,733 --> 00:21:08,966
this glory and splendor,

295
00:21:10,100 --> 00:21:12,033
can last how long?

296
00:21:15,466 --> 00:21:17,600
If you offend me,

297
00:21:18,833 --> 00:21:19,766
I can bear it.

298
00:21:22,833 --> 00:21:25,066
But you slander the Emperor,

299
00:21:25,833 --> 00:21:27,366
I cannot bear it.

300
00:21:43,066 --> 00:21:44,300
If so,

301
00:21:46,666 --> 00:21:49,700
this old minister begs to retire.

302
00:22:03,566 --> 00:22:05,766
We've been together thirty years.

303
00:22:07,666 --> 00:22:08,366
Sir,

304
00:22:10,033 --> 00:22:12,133
you are truly leaving me?

305
00:22:20,033 --> 00:22:21,166
My Ninth Prince,

306
00:22:22,466 --> 00:22:23,566
I am old.

307
00:22:25,866 --> 00:22:29,966
I have served the Qians over forty years.

308
00:22:31,466 --> 00:22:34,100
Now at seventy,

309
00:22:34,633 --> 00:22:38,100
I prefer not to go and serve the Zhaos.

310
00:22:41,233 --> 00:22:41,733
Father!

311
00:22:41,866 --> 00:22:42,733
Quiet!

312
00:22:50,466 --> 00:22:51,933
I beg the Great King

313
00:22:52,933 --> 00:22:55,300
to preserve my loyalty.

314
00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:04,133
If so,

315
00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:06,633
your retirement,

316
00:23:09,900 --> 00:23:10,400
is granted.

317
00:23:12,700 --> 00:23:13,266
Great King...

318
00:23:13,566 --> 00:23:15,100
The Academy drafts the order:

319
00:23:16,333 --> 00:23:18,833
Entitle him the Grand Tutor,

320
00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:25,333
Military Governor of Zhongwu, Xuande, and Fengguo,

321
00:23:26,300 --> 00:23:28,966
Pacification Commissioner of Zhedong,

322
00:23:29,833 --> 00:23:33,366
Commissioner of Land, Monopoly, Tax of Zhedong,

323
00:23:34,133 --> 00:23:37,700
Supervisor of Granaries in Suzhou, Xiuzhou, Mingzhou,

324
00:23:38,066 --> 00:23:43,066
Huzhou, Taizhou, Wenzhou, six prefectures.

325
00:23:52,866 --> 00:23:55,800
We respectfully bid farewell to the Grand Tutor.

326
00:23:57,000 --> 00:24:00,200
Do you all have no duties?

327
00:24:02,833 --> 00:24:03,733
Fan Zanshi.

328
00:24:05,633 --> 00:24:07,100
Grand Preceptor, I am here.

329
00:24:07,666 --> 00:24:10,266
[Ge Qiang (left)]
Record the offices and names

330
00:24:10,266 --> 00:24:12,466
[Ge Qiang (left)]
of all who came to see me off today,

331
00:24:12,466 --> 00:24:15,500
yourself included.

332
00:24:16,100 --> 00:24:21,600
Submit a document to the Chancellor's office,
delaying one year of their next promotion.

333
00:24:23,933 --> 00:24:24,433
Yes.

334
00:24:31,700 --> 00:24:35,866
Your son, teaching in the Ninghai countryside,

335
00:24:36,466 --> 00:24:38,533
has he written recently?

336
00:24:39,766 --> 00:24:40,900
[Fan Zhanshi, Chief of the Secretariat]
Yes.

337
00:24:40,900 --> 00:24:41,733
He...

338
00:24:42,300 --> 00:24:43,566
is truly blind?

339
00:24:44,433 --> 00:24:45,000
Yes.

340
00:24:45,733 --> 00:24:47,266
Each time my son writes,

341
00:24:47,733 --> 00:24:50,366
he asks about medicines that can restore sight.

342
00:25:02,766 --> 00:25:04,033
I still don't believe it.

343
00:25:06,900 --> 00:25:09,633
Then send someone to look.

344
00:25:38,433 --> 00:25:39,933
The Qians or the Zhaos?

345
00:25:41,266 --> 00:25:42,400
You'll die either way.

346
00:25:42,866 --> 00:25:45,066
What difference does it make?

347
00:25:45,066 --> 00:25:46,666
On the road to the netherworld,

348
00:25:46,666 --> 00:25:50,233
there is still order of arrival.

349
00:26:11,300 --> 00:26:13,200
So many died because of you,

350
00:26:14,533 --> 00:26:18,633
how can you still live shamelessly to this day?

351
00:26:19,933 --> 00:26:21,366
So many have died,

352
00:26:22,733 --> 00:26:25,933
yet this damned world still hasn't died.

353
00:26:27,233 --> 00:26:29,166
Though my eyes are blind,

354
00:26:29,866 --> 00:26:30,933
my heart is not.

355
00:26:32,733 --> 00:26:34,266
I just want to see clearly

356
00:26:35,266 --> 00:26:36,166
when this world

357
00:26:36,933 --> 00:26:39,133
will finally die.

358
00:26:51,500 --> 00:26:53,933
The Great King is benevolent,

359
00:26:53,933 --> 00:26:57,400
and intends to appoint you
Deputy Militia Commander of Taizhou.

360
00:27:02,433 --> 00:27:03,730
What are you laughing at?

361
00:27:05,333 --> 00:27:07,200
I'm a man over eighty.

362
00:27:08,566 --> 00:27:10,600
I once received the Yang family's grace,

363
00:27:11,700 --> 00:27:13,233
and the Yangs were wiped out.

364
00:27:14,233 --> 00:27:16,233
Later received the Li family's,

365
00:27:17,666 --> 00:27:20,566
and the Lis became prisoners from a fallen state.

366
00:27:21,133 --> 00:27:24,466
Now I'm about to receive the Qian family's grace.

367
00:27:25,133 --> 00:27:26,000
Maybe later,

368
00:27:26,333 --> 00:27:28,566
I'll receive the Zhao family's grace too.

369
00:27:29,066 --> 00:27:29,933
Such favor...

370
00:27:31,333 --> 00:27:34,066
I, an old man about to enter the earth dare to accept.

371
00:27:35,933 --> 00:27:38,600
But do the King Qian and Emperor Zhao dare to give?

372
00:28:00,233 --> 00:28:00,933
Remember.

373
00:28:01,933 --> 00:28:02,800
You are blind.

374
00:28:03,766 --> 00:28:04,900
For life.

375
00:28:19,766 --> 00:28:22,033
Recording so many surnames...

376
00:28:22,700 --> 00:28:24,266
I don't know what this is for.

377
00:28:25,500 --> 00:28:29,166
Emperor Taizong compiled the Clan Records,

378
00:28:30,066 --> 00:28:33,700
Empress Wu and Emperor Gaozong the Surname Records.

379
00:28:35,066 --> 00:28:38,566
As an old man in his dotage, enduring repeated tragedies,

380
00:28:38,666 --> 00:28:40,166
his country gone,

381
00:28:41,033 --> 00:28:42,933
yet he still has such spirit.

382
00:28:46,566 --> 00:28:48,800
Hah, he won't die easily.

383
00:28:49,200 --> 00:28:51,500
One who clings to life and power in old age brings ruin,

384
00:28:52,700 --> 00:28:54,830
is a scourge that lingers for a thousand years.

385
00:28:57,300 --> 00:29:00,333
[Li, Zhao, Qian]
One of the first four characters is not yet decided,

386
00:29:01,033 --> 00:29:02,300
leaving an empty space.

387
00:29:03,833 --> 00:29:04,733
I wonder

388
00:29:05,566 --> 00:29:06,666
what the reason is.

389
00:29:08,533 --> 00:29:11,233
It is indeed somewhat difficult to decide.

390
00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:53,066
The Lis have submitted to the Zhaos.

391
00:29:53,833 --> 00:29:55,500
It is not proper to place them above.

392
00:30:04,100 --> 00:30:07,433
Most military governors have unified under one rule.

393
00:30:09,033 --> 00:30:11,266
Those who can be mentioned alongside

394
00:30:11,266 --> 00:30:12,600
the Zhaos, the Lis, and the Qians,

395
00:30:13,566 --> 00:30:14,433
now only remain

396
00:30:14,466 --> 00:30:15,866
the Liu clan in Hedong.

397
00:31:05,933 --> 00:31:08,733
The Duan family's envoy is still waiting in Jiebei Lane.

398
00:31:09,300 --> 00:31:10,600
In Secretariat-Chancellery,

399
00:31:11,100 --> 00:31:14,600
Minister Xue and Minister Shen are in favor of appeasement.

400
00:31:16,633 --> 00:31:17,966
In times of war and chaos,

401
00:31:18,466 --> 00:31:19,933
or in times of peace,

402
00:31:20,533 --> 00:31:23,466
civil officials never advocate for war.

403
00:31:25,333 --> 00:31:26,833
Our reach is too short.

404
00:31:28,566 --> 00:31:30,233
Grain transport is too difficult.

405
00:31:33,300 --> 00:31:35,733
"Crossing the Lu in May, penetrating the barren lands."

406
00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:40,100
Zhuge Liang was almost a true immortal.

407
00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:43,533
Beyond this great river,

408
00:31:43,733 --> 00:31:46,066
nothing is settled for now.

409
00:32:07,433 --> 00:32:10,933
If Taiyuan does not return, the age of chaos will not end.

410
00:32:11,466 --> 00:32:13,666
Without the Sixteen Prefectures of Yan and Yun,

411
00:32:13,666 --> 00:32:16,100
the two rivers are the central court's gates.

412
00:32:17,400 --> 00:32:19,400
The Hebei gate is only half left.

413
00:32:20,433 --> 00:32:23,333
The entire Hedong gate is in the Liu family's hands.

414
00:32:26,066 --> 00:32:28,266
The two ministers calculated for over ten days.

415
00:32:28,833 --> 00:32:34,166
The Jiangnan campaign exhausted
over a decade's stored army grain.

416
00:32:35,500 --> 00:32:38,000
We're not at the point of being stretched thin, but

417
00:32:38,766 --> 00:32:41,200
it's not enough to raise another large army.

418
00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:46,266
Unless we revoke the edict exempting
Jiangnan's taxes and grain.

419
00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:48,833
This gate is certainly important.

420
00:32:49,933 --> 00:32:52,000
But it's not an urgent matter now.

421
00:32:54,700 --> 00:32:57,466
The agreement with Chu was
the thirteenth year of Kaibao, right?

422
00:32:59,833 --> 00:33:01,033
There are still five years.

423
00:33:01,533 --> 00:33:02,400
It's four years.

424
00:33:03,100 --> 00:33:05,733
It's already the ninth year of Kaibao now.

425
00:33:06,666 --> 00:33:07,700
He returned

426
00:33:08,266 --> 00:33:09,300
over a year ago.

427
00:33:10,333 --> 00:33:11,933
I've been muddled lately.

428
00:33:13,766 --> 00:33:16,200
I'm old. Can't sleep a full night.

429
00:33:18,400 --> 00:33:20,233
I wake every half-hour.

430
00:33:20,933 --> 00:33:23,300
In a whole night, I can only sleep two or three watches.

431
00:33:24,200 --> 00:33:27,066
The imperial physician's instructions
should anyway be followed.

432
00:33:28,066 --> 00:33:29,666
You should stop drinking wine,

433
00:33:30,400 --> 00:33:32,533
[Wang Shen]
and when eating meat, don't just pick

434
00:33:32,533 --> 00:33:33,933
[Wang Shen]
the fatty, tender parts.

435
00:33:33,933 --> 00:33:35,100
[Wang Ji'en, Deputy Director of the Imperial Inner Secretariat]
If I listen to them,

436
00:33:35,100 --> 00:33:36,100
[Wang Ji'en, Deputy Director of the Imperial Inner Secretariat]
I can't eat,

437
00:33:36,100 --> 00:33:37,466
[Wang Ji'en, Deputy Director of the Imperial Inner Secretariat]
I can't drink.

438
00:33:37,466 --> 00:33:40,166
I might as well die right now, to avoid living in misery.

439
00:33:41,533 --> 00:33:43,366
You still must be cautious.

440
00:33:44,200 --> 00:33:44,833
Otherwise,

441
00:33:45,266 --> 00:33:46,300
after four years,

442
00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:49,133
I'm afraid you won't be able to lead the campaign.

443
00:33:49,833 --> 00:33:51,066
Do you really think

444
00:33:51,833 --> 00:33:53,333
that even if we mobilize now,

445
00:33:53,866 --> 00:33:55,700
your elder brother can still lead personally?

446
00:33:57,766 --> 00:34:00,166
One knows oneself best.

447
00:34:01,466 --> 00:34:03,800
My health is much worse than before.

448
00:34:04,866 --> 00:34:07,400
I can't read memorials for an hour

449
00:34:07,866 --> 00:34:10,300
before seeing little bugs dancing before my eyes.

450
00:34:10,933 --> 00:34:12,166
If I read longer,

451
00:34:13,166 --> 00:34:15,233
my whole head aches.

452
00:34:17,700 --> 00:34:19,966
Rong led the Guannan campaign

453
00:34:20,500 --> 00:34:22,033
at thirty-eight.

454
00:34:23,133 --> 00:34:24,200
I am now

455
00:34:25,800 --> 00:34:27,433
already fifty.

456
00:34:27,866 --> 00:34:29,433
Elder brother, mind your words.

457
00:34:29,433 --> 00:34:30,570
It's inauspicious.

458
00:34:36,266 --> 00:34:37,266
Inauspicious.

459
00:34:39,033 --> 00:34:40,933
When has this world ever been auspicious?

460
00:34:42,300 --> 00:34:44,566
Our lives are just like this.

461
00:34:46,133 --> 00:34:48,033
We can only hope next life

462
00:34:49,533 --> 00:34:52,766
we'll encounter a truly auspicious and prosperous era.

463
00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:01,166
This trouble with the Liu family,

464
00:35:01,800 --> 00:35:02,700
you go.

465
00:35:05,566 --> 00:35:06,200
Me?

466
00:35:13,833 --> 00:35:14,533
Wait there.

467
00:35:38,800 --> 00:35:40,133
This, I took back then

468
00:35:42,100 --> 00:35:46,500
from the flagpole of Hedong
Military Commissioner's Office in Taiyuan.

469
00:35:48,566 --> 00:35:49,900
Hang it back for me.

470
00:35:50,633 --> 00:35:51,533
Brother, you mustn't!

471
00:35:52,100 --> 00:35:53,366
This is the Mandate of Heaven, I...

472
00:35:53,833 --> 00:35:54,533
I dare not.

473
00:35:54,633 --> 00:35:55,866
Nonsense Mandate of Heaven!

474
00:35:57,000 --> 00:35:58,733
This is just a tattered banner,

475
00:35:59,400 --> 00:36:00,933
this chaotic era's fig leaf.

476
00:36:01,066 --> 00:36:02,500
I tore it down myself.

477
00:36:02,933 --> 00:36:04,200
It's like this world,

478
00:36:04,433 --> 00:36:05,733
tattered and worn,

479
00:36:06,700 --> 00:36:09,766
stained with the blood of all under heaven.

480
00:36:16,500 --> 00:36:17,133
Stand up.

481
00:36:18,266 --> 00:36:19,166
I... I...

482
00:36:19,166 --> 00:36:20,066
Stand up!

483
00:36:25,266 --> 00:36:26,100
Kuangyi.

484
00:36:27,100 --> 00:36:28,700
You are thirty-eight.

485
00:36:29,466 --> 00:36:31,600
Back then, Lord Feng asked Rong,

486
00:36:33,566 --> 00:36:35,433
"Is Lord Liu ready

487
00:36:35,666 --> 00:36:37,700
to shoulder this world?"

488
00:36:39,800 --> 00:36:41,700
He wasn't talking about

489
00:36:41,700 --> 00:36:43,933
this world's wealth and honor.

490
00:36:44,800 --> 00:36:47,200
Six hundred thousand hu of grain and wheat bought this realm.

491
00:36:47,533 --> 00:36:49,666
What shit wealth and honor is that worth!

492
00:36:50,933 --> 00:36:53,666
He was talking about this world.

493
00:36:54,633 --> 00:36:55,766
This burden.

494
00:36:56,133 --> 00:36:57,766
Someone must shoulder it.

495
00:36:58,933 --> 00:37:03,166
No matter how hard, how wretched, someone must shoulder it.

496
00:37:09,033 --> 00:37:11,066
Rong shouldered it for seven years.

497
00:37:12,333 --> 00:37:14,733
Your elder brother here shouldered it for sixteen.

498
00:37:16,333 --> 00:37:17,933
It's not that hard, actually.

499
00:37:20,166 --> 00:37:22,066
It's hard and tiring, that's true.

500
00:37:23,066 --> 00:37:23,566
But

501
00:37:24,233 --> 00:37:26,733
this world is not for one man to shoulder alone.

502
00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:30,233
Chu oversees the southeast.

503
00:37:30,566 --> 00:37:32,766
Is it not hard for him? Is he not tired?

504
00:37:35,133 --> 00:37:37,566
But I'm truly lacking in military...

505
00:37:37,833 --> 00:37:39,300
Just be careful in everything.

506
00:37:39,333 --> 00:37:40,766
Be diligent with provisions and pay.

507
00:37:40,866 --> 00:37:42,766
Treat the soldiers well.

508
00:37:44,400 --> 00:37:46,800
"The Tang Academician comes north, greeted with grass;

509
00:37:46,933 --> 00:37:49,200
the Han General goes west, seen off with banners."

510
00:37:50,133 --> 00:37:51,966
It's all just these things.

511
00:37:56,133 --> 00:37:56,800
I...

512
00:37:57,666 --> 00:37:58,333
will try.

513
00:38:01,866 --> 00:38:04,933
I should have taken you to the front to see it long ago.

514
00:38:07,400 --> 00:38:08,866
That Liu Jiyuan,
[Liu Jiyuan: Northern Han's last emperor]

515
00:38:08,866 --> 00:38:10,400
he's four years younger than you,
[Liu Jiyuan: Northern Han's last emperor]

516
00:38:11,666 --> 00:38:14,166
yet he's been that poor emperor for eight years.

517
00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:19,566
Take it.

518
00:38:20,266 --> 00:38:20,866
I...

519
00:38:28,266 --> 00:38:28,766
Take it.

520
00:38:35,400 --> 00:38:36,100
Chop him.

521
00:38:37,433 --> 00:38:37,866
Chop!

522
00:38:38,033 --> 00:38:38,666
Chop!

523
00:38:44,533 --> 00:38:45,433
Harder!

524
00:39:17,733 --> 00:39:18,833
It's not that hard, is it?

525
00:39:22,533 --> 00:39:23,166
El... elder brother...

526
00:39:34,100 --> 00:39:35,600
Go back and rest.

527
00:39:37,800 --> 00:39:38,666
I take my leave.

528
00:39:39,800 --> 00:39:41,570
Elder brother, please rest early too.

529
00:39:41,733 --> 00:39:44,600
Staying up night after night like this,
even an iron man can't endure it.

530
00:40:00,866 --> 00:40:01,633
Kuangyi.

531
00:40:05,733 --> 00:40:07,233
Do it well.

532
00:42:13,266 --> 00:42:15,033
Your Majesty! Your Majesty!

533
00:42:15,033 --> 00:42:15,500
Your Majesty!

534
00:42:17,433 --> 00:42:18,133
Your Majesty!

535
00:42:18,733 --> 00:42:20,066
Quick! Call the physicians!

536
00:42:20,066 --> 00:42:21,200
Inform the Empress!

537
00:42:25,633 --> 00:42:26,900
The Prince of Jin...

538
00:42:28,400 --> 00:42:29,700
Summon the Prince of Jin to court!

539
00:42:32,166 --> 00:42:33,766
The Prince of Jin...

540
00:42:37,500 --> 00:42:40,600
Your Majesty.

541
00:42:41,433 --> 00:42:42,366
Your Majesty.

542
00:42:44,933 --> 00:42:46,000
Your Majesty!

543
00:43:24,433 --> 00:43:27,400
♫ Across tens of thousands of miles
stretch towering mountains. ♫

544
00:43:27,900 --> 00:43:30,866
♫ Across tens of thousands of miles
run surging rivers. ♫

545
00:43:31,433 --> 00:43:34,400
♫ Across tens of thousands of miles
cry warhorses. ♫

546
00:43:34,900 --> 00:43:39,000
♫ Across tens of thousands of miles
there are emotions unspoken. ♫

547
00:43:39,933 --> 00:43:42,900
♫ Across tens of thousands of miles,
flowers are blooming along the road. ♫

548
00:43:43,400 --> 00:43:46,366
♫ Across tens of thousands of miles,
gooses are returning to the north. ♫

549
00:43:46,933 --> 00:43:49,900
♫ Across tens of thousands of miles,
we stand through storms. ♫

550
00:43:50,400 --> 00:43:54,500
♫ Across tens of thousands of miles,
we hope for a safe return. ♫

551
00:43:58,700 --> 00:44:01,366
♫ Tens of thousands of miles is not enough, ♫

552
00:44:01,966 --> 00:44:04,866
♫ for a lifetime's sorrows and joys. ♫

553
00:44:05,500 --> 00:44:08,166
♫ Tens of thousands of miles is not enough, ♫

554
00:44:08,766 --> 00:44:11,666
♫ for the endless seas and rivers. ♫

555
00:44:12,466 --> 00:44:15,133
♫ Across tens of thousands of miles, ♫

556
00:44:15,733 --> 00:44:18,633
♫ love will overcome all barriers. ♫

557
00:44:19,333 --> 00:44:20,633
♫ Across tens of thousands of miles, ♫

558
00:44:21,300 --> 00:44:25,033
♫ we are together in life and death. ♫

559
00:44:25,966 --> 00:44:29,000
♫ Across tens of thousands of miles. ♫

560
00:44:32,700 --> 00:44:35,733
♫ Across tens of thousands of miles. ♫

561
00:44:39,633 --> 00:44:40,966
♫ Across tens of thousands of miles, ♫

562
00:44:41,333 --> 00:44:42,766
♫ the moon shines in the boundless world. ♫

563
00:44:43,100 --> 00:44:46,333
♫ My heart has its hometown to return. ♫

564
00:44:46,533 --> 00:44:47,866
♫ Across tens of thousands of miles, ♫

565
00:44:48,233 --> 00:44:49,666
♫ who is the one crossing the waves with me, ♫

566
00:44:50,000 --> 00:44:53,233
♫ with our hearts unrepentant,
through countless lifetimes. ♫

567
00:44:53,433 --> 00:44:54,866
♫ Across tens of thousands of miles, ♫

568
00:44:55,133 --> 00:44:56,666
♫ oceans and lands witness that♫

569
00:44:56,900 --> 00:44:59,666
♫ the world will be safe and sound. ♫

570
00:45:00,066 --> 00:45:03,100
♫ Across tens of thousands of miles, ♫

571
00:45:11,266 --> 00:45:15,433
♫ my heart is unchanging. ♫