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

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

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

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

♫ Seasons rolling by, we dream for harvest. ♫

♫ Warriors and warhorses howl across the sky. ♫

♫ If only I could turn into the wind, ♫

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

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

♫ to migrating gooses, to boats heading home. ♫

♫ With even three thousand days and nights, ♫

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

[Swords into Plowshares]

[Episode 46]

Since that His Majesty

has already settled Jiangnan,

the next one should be his Wuyue.

Still unaware of impending doom,

yet he dares to

throw his weight around on me.

Back then,

at Chenqiao Post,

this robe on His Majesty

was personally

put on by me.

Yes, yes, yes.

Your Majesty is just momentarily angry.

When he later

recalls the past,

he will surely summon me back to the capital.

Yes.

Drink.

What kind of alcohol tolerance is this?

With the Li's state abolished, the Emperor now summons the Great King to the capital.

His intentions may not be good.

The Emperor summons with the prestige of having pacified Southern Tang.

If the Great King evades or makes excuses, this may give him a pretext.

On the day the edict leaves the capital, troops

are likely already prepared.

That shouldn't be the case.

The Great King personally joined the Jiangnan campaign. He has merit, not guilt.

I believe this trip to the capital

is mostly for praise and consolation.

A pedant's view.

This is a clear and open stratagem.

Previously used on the Southern Tang Li clan.

If we don't go,

troops will likely press upon us in an instant.

If we go,

the Great King may never,

return to his homeland in this lifetime.

After Southern Tang's destruction,

the only remaining local rulers are the Great King and Chen Hongjin of Quanzhou.

It's true the Great King has old ties with the Emperor,

but the Emperor is ultimately the Emperor.

He will never let personal affections interfere with state affairs.

The intention of this open edict summoning the King is hard to predict.

Going or not going each has its pros and cons.

The Great King must consider carefully.

If Weijun were to serve as regent again,

he...

would not again be cheated by Li Yuanqing, would he?

Mr. Shen,

are you really sure it's fine?

I

don't know.

I'm afraid the Great King

doesn't know either.

If the Great King and the Princess Consort remain in the capital,

Prince, you must be prepared

to act as Regent of the two armies.

If you can never return to the island in this lifetime,

will you regret it?

Since Uncle and Elder Brother retired and returned home,

the strongholds on the island have all fallen into disrepair.

The merchant ships that come and go

either head straight into Qiantang

or divert to berth at the trade office in Taizhou.

Instead those fishermen and merchants who used to dare not approach

now often come to the island to shelter from storms and rest.

It's not so bad either.

With the Huanglong House gone and our Yellow Dragon flag gone too,

the common folk among the fishermen

don't even know that the island once housed remnants of Huang.

The name Huanglong Island

no one calls it that anymore.

Swallows that once graced the halls of Wang and Xie

now fly into the homes of ordinary folk.

No matter how extravagant the feast is,

in the end,

there comes a day when the music stops and the guests leave.

With no one to clean up the houses on the island,

they have long since fallen into ruin.

But the peach blossoms in Peach Blossom Garden bloom more profusely than ever.

Now people call it

Peach Blossom Island.

Peach Blossom Island.

Sounds nice.

It reminds me of

the time in Bianliang,

when Lord Shuiqiu misspoke

and called Huanglong Island 'Huanghua Island'.

In the blink of an eye,

so many years have passed.

Nearly thirty years since we parted.

Duan,

you're still as lean as ever.

[Lü Duan, Deputy Director of Ceremonial Office] Living in the chaotic times,

[Lü Duan, Deputy Director of Ceremonial Office] I've grown accustomed to simple fare.

Our southeast region has meaty fish and shrimp.

I shall ask Kuangyin to have you transferred there to serve a term in a prefecture.

What do you say?

Great King, as the ruler of a state,

you must know that a king's words are not to be taken lightly.

Fish slices with wine, its amazing taste is really beyond words.

If you are willing to come, I,

will personally act as the cook.

If bestowed, I dare not decline.

The weather is a bit hot.

Great King, are you feeling unwell?

It's nothing.

I was just recalling some past events.

His Majesty sent Prince of Jin and Minister Zhao to welcome you.

They are probably blocked

on the other side by those 'foolish gentlemen'. [foolish gentlemen: folk nickname for pigs]

It is not an intentional slight to you. [foolish gentlemen: folk nickname for pigs]

Even a prince and a chancellor

must give way to these 'foolish gentlemen'?

The city has over a hundred thousand households.

Their daily meat all depends on these 'foolish gentlemen'.

Not only princes and chancellors,

but even the Imperial Six Armies dare not contend with them for the right of way.

Old saying says those who eat meat are short-sighted,

yet they do not know that since ancient times,

wise rulers and virtuous ministers in well-governed eras, toiled day and night,

only to sought for the common people to have a bite of meat in their pots.

Great King, do you remember

Monk Shixing from the Great Xiangguo Temple?

How could I forget?

Only those who protect and shelter all living beings are true Bodhisattvas.

During the Kaiyun Rebellion,

the novice monk who protected Monk Shixing and the relics was named Huiming.

His level of Buddhist practice is unknown,

but his skill in roasting pork

is exquisite—fresh, sweet, soft, and glutinous,

melting in the mouth.

He is famous within and outside the capital.

Many nobles and dignitaries wish to taste a bite,

and must make an appointment over a month in advance.

Does the Buddhist community in the capital not abstain from meat?

Are the Buddhist practices of the north and south so different?

He only cooks it;

he does not eat it himself.

The abbot of the Great Xiangguo Temple

specially allocated a courtyard for him.

Commoners in the capital colloquially call it the 'Roast Pig Monastery'.

I, your subject Zhao Kuangyi, by the imperial decree of the Emperor,

welcome, Great King, for your audience.

We, your subjects, pay our respects to the Great King.

I, your subject, Qian Chu of Wuyue, dare not accept such honor.

An oral decree from His Majesty.

I await the decree.

Half armor, half moss;

Across the fields, rapeseed flowers bloom.

To where does my old friend take time and return?

That Qian's young man I remember, is back today.

I request the Prince of Jin to convey to the Emperor:

My late father, King Wusu, left an instruction:

The flowers blooming alone the path,

one may take time on the way back.

Great King,

do you recognize this tune?

'Eternal Joy'. [Eternal Joy: a tune pattern for blessing and peace]

Let the double banners and five horses [Eternal Joy: for blessing and peace]

drift and turn north and south;

The green willows and sweet pear trees are all planted by the you yourself.

Ninth Elder, what do you think?

Prince, you are too modest.

I do not deserve this.

Back then, in the main hall of Bianliang, you severely wounded Zhang Yanze.

Everyone in the court and the public praised you.

Guangyi was only eight years old at the time.

Your name

had already filled my ears.

The hero of the world, Qian's ninth boy.

This piece, 'Eternal Joy',

if Ninth Elder does not deserve it,

who in the world could possibly deserve it?

So many people.

His Majesty is benevolent and virtuous.

Last time I came, it was still a scene of devastation everywhere.

Last time Ninth Elder came,

the city had at most eighty to ninety thousand adult males.

Plus the refugees who entered the city to escape the war,

according to the Ministry of Revenue of the Three Departments' report last September,

the number of civilian and military households in this city

in total is ninety-eight thousand two hundred thirty-six households.

The Adult population is eight hundred twenty-two thousand five hundred fifty-seven.

Compared to the fourth year of Kaiyun,

it has grown by more than tenfold.

Twenty-eight years past, things have completely changed.

Kuangyin has worked hard.

Prince, as the Prefect of Kaifeng, you must have also worked hard.

To receive a 'hard' from you,

this junior is more than satisfied for a lifetime.

Mother, Ying,

in all matters, you must be careful.

This journey may not bode well.

What's wrong?

The musicians are from the Yinlongzhi Army, [ceremonial guards that play music when Emperor goes out.]

but the melody they play is "Eternal Joy". [ceremonial guards that play music when Emperor goes out.]

The final line of the song is:

"The task is accomplished, yet he retreats to mountains."

"Only the turtle and crane remain as old friends."

Mountains?

Is the Emperor comparing Father to Xie An?

The Emperor is telling Father

that now Jiangnan is pacified, the realm is unified,

this is the so-called 'task accomplished'.

If Father is willing to resign and surrender the land and retreat,

the Emperor and Father will still be old friends as the lyric says.

If Father refuses to resign and surrender the land willingly,

then whether the Emperor and Father remain friends or not

will be hard to say.

The flowers are beautiful.

And the smiles are lovely too.

Your Highnesses, please dismount.

The Emperor awaits in the Chongde Hall.

His Majesty decrees:

His Majesty decrees: King Qian, the Grand Marshal, is granted the following privileges:

to enter court without hastening his steps,

to be referred to by title not name,

to ride a horse within the palace grounds,

and to ascend the hall with his sword and shoes.

These are not rites for a subject.

I,

Qian Chu, dare not accept the decree.

Ninth Elder,

do not dismount.

Prince, do you intend to place me in a position of impropriety and injustice?

For three generations, your family

has pacified the southeast for the court,

nurtured the people,

and rendered great service to the state.

His Majesty often says,

without the Qian family,

the thirteen prefectures of the southeast would not have enjoyed seventy years of peace.

To enter court without hastening steps,

to be referred to by title, to ride a horse within the palace grounds,

and to ascend the hall wearing sword and shoes— this is not merely an honor for you alone.

It is the honor bestowed by the Emperor and the court

upon a loyal guardian of the land,

a meritorious servant of the state for seventy years.

Come on.

His Majesty decrees:

Today's regular assembly will be supervised by Minister Wang.

Announce that the Grand Marshal, the King of Wuyue,

and the Prince of Jin shall have a private audience in the Longevity Hall.

I, your subject,

receive the decree.

I'll go and see.

Ninth Elder, in this hall,

you once drawn your blades.

The words "to ascend the hall with sword and shoes"

twenty-eight years ago had already become a reality for you.

I, your subject,

Qian Chu...

No need for such formality.

Find yourself a seat.

When you missed the regular court, brother, I knew there would be a delight for the palate today.

Good.

Have a taste.

Thank you, elder brother.

It's not this blade, is it?

That 'Fish Lip' was given to a company leader below.

Here.

Thank you, Your Majesty.

How is the taste?

Your Majesty has lost weight.

Twenty-eight years have past.

This place hasn't changed at all.

All these years,

the military governors across the land have been removed one by one.

Southern Han,

Southern Ping,

Southern Tang,

and Shu, have all submitted to royal authority.

This guesthouse has not been used for over ten years.

It was only because King Qian was coming to the capital

that His Majesty specially issued an edict,

allocating eight thousand strings of cash,

to have the eastern courtyard renovated and made new.

His Majesty is thoughtful.

After Lord Feng passed away,

his descendants were not capable,

so the clan members all moved back to their native counties.

The mansion east of the Xiangguo Temple has remained empty.

The imperial clan members and nobles in the capital dare not occupy it without an edict.

Last year, a court official submitted a memorial requesting that a residence be bestowed upon King Qian in the capital.

The memorial was kept by Your Majesty in the palace.

Otherwise, on this trip to the capital the Princess Consort and the Eldest Prince

would not have to stay in this guesthouse anymore.

The residence of Lord Feng...

the King will absolutely refuse to stay in.

Inside Tianbo Gate, in the Xingguo Ward of the Right First Army Patrol District,

on the northwest corner, there is a seven-courtyard compound.

Within the compound, there is also a five-story tower.

In the Register of the Right Office of Kaifeng Prefecture, the recorded owner is named Yu Wenxiu.

That is your family's residence, isn't it?

Lixian Ward is in the southern city, making going in and out for business not very convenient.

I also do not wish to be neighbors with the Li.

I'm afraid that the Marquis of Disobedience also does not wish to be neighbors with you.

It's just a pity

that no matter how well the compound is built,

for a while, I'm afraid you still cannot move in, right?

Even if heaven grants our wishes, alas, human hearts are unfathomable.

What difficulties do you have?

Now it's just the three of us.

Please speak frankly.

One dynasty after another,

where is there anything new?

First, taxes and levies;

second, powerful families;

third, currency.

What the world worries about, isn't it Northern Han and Quanzhou?

You are wise, Prince, and able to understand the general situation of the world.

In the world today,

those still outside the king's rule are

the Liu clan of Northern Han,

the Chen clan of Quanzhou,

and then there is our Qian clan of Wuyue.

This is the situation of the world,

but not the worry of the world.

I do not understand.

Please, sir, enlighten me.

In the second year of King Lie of Zhou,

Zhou's Grand Herald Dan met Duke Xian of Qin and said:

'At first, Zhou and Qin were united, then separated.

After five hundred years of separation, they reunited.'

Mencius said to Duke Wen of Teng:

'The world has existed for a long time,

alternating between order and chaos.'

The meaning of these two sentences is

that the situation of the world can be concluded by only four words: separation, union, order, chaos.

That's all.

When I just began my studies,

Mr. Shen also spoke of these four words.

During the Spring and Autumn period, the states contended, that was division.

The Qin and Han unified the nine provinces, that was unity.

The diviosion of three kingdoms at the end of the Han was division.

The Sima clan's succession to the Jin was unity.

The reigns of Wen-Jing, Ming-Zhang, Zhenguan, and Kaiyuan were order.

The incidents of Huan-Ling, Daye, An-Shi, and Huang Chao were chaos.

Since Huang's rebellion at the end of the Tang,

a hundred years have passed.

There are Liang, Tang, Jin, Han, and Zhou, the Five Dynasties.

The realm is divided into Southern Wu, Southern Tang, Southern Ping,

Southern Chu, Southern Han,

Former Shu, Later Shu,

Min, Northern Han,

and our Wuyue, collectively called the Ten Kingdoms.

Now, all other kingdoms have perished. The Min kingdom's title has been abolished.

Only Chen Hongjin's line in Quanzhou remains, holding their ground.

The so-called Ten Kingdoms, now,

only the Liu clan of Northern Han and our Qian clan remain.

The Liu clan holds Hedong region.

The Qian clan controls the southeast region.

They are actually different.

Yet, how are they different?

Hedong is known as a land of mountains and rivers, barren and poor.

Its so-called twelve prefectures, in population and taxes,

are no better than twelve counties in the southeast region.

The reason the Liu clan has held on until now

lies not with the Liu clan itself,

but with the Khitans.

Indeed.

In the past, when Father and Minister Yuan discussed state affairs, they also said,

if not for the Liao state's dominance in the north,

a mere Northern Han could not withstand a single sweep from the Central Plains.

Then what about our Wuyue?

The heir must know,

since King Wusu founded the state, passed down through five generations,

it has left behind the illustrious ancestral precepts:

Recognize the times, maintain tributary relations,

serve the great state, assess virtue and strength,

nurture the common people, await the true ruler.

The Qian clan of Wuyue, for hundreds of years,

has never set itself apart from the Central Empire.

Therefore, to the court,

Wuyue and Northern Han

are different.

I have already understood this situation of the world.

But I still don't know what constitutes the worry of the world.

The situation of the world,

the so-called cycles of division and unification,

are actually the results of order and chaos.

And the worry of the world,

so-called currency,

taxation, and powerful families,

are the sources of order and chaos.

Taxation is the fundamental source of state revenue.

Why has it instead become the source of order and chaos in the world?

The court's taxation is now divided into three major categories:

household tax, land tax, and miscellaneous taxes.

In recent years, to increase the population, Brother has consistently issued edicts to exempt

the household taxes in various prefectures and counties.

As for the land tax, to encourage land reclamation,

the summer and autumn levies of the Two-Tax System have now all been consolidated into the autumn levy.

However, regarding miscellaneous taxes,

since Laizhou opened the trade market, and the Central Plains have been free from military disasters,

revenue has gradually increased.

Individually, they are all minor items, but when combined, they instead become a major category.

The Central Plains have been in chaos for over a hundred years.

There is much land but few people.

To increase the population,

to encourage land reclamation,

land annexation won't be suppressed.

But the southeast is different;

land annexation must be suppressed.

Land annexation?

Since Sun Quan of Wu Kingdom developed the southeast region,

the lands of Wu and Yue, for eight hundred years,

have not experienced major warfare.

After the southward migration of the gentry,

the powerful northern aristocratic families settled in the southeast,

acquiring farmland, building manors, branching out, and multiplying,

not contending with northern clans.

After a long period of stability,

family populations grew.

The originally purchased farmland became insufficient,

so they sought to take advantage of famine years

to cheaply annex the land of poor households.

This is land annexation.

It was the chief culprit that ruined the four-hundred-year foundation of the Han dynasties.

The Great Song has been established for over twenty years.

Whether among military or civil officials in the court,

most are newcomers.

Either

they fought their way to fame through battles in the military campaigns,

or

they are Confucian scholars

who suffered displacement and hardship during the chaotic times.

Letting these people to govern the localities,

there is no need to worry about them colluding with local powerful families.

Therefore,

Kuangyin, in the Central Plains, you collects official taxes.

But in Wuyue,

what I collect

is packaged tax.

Ninth Elder,

this is a policy that leads to the downfall of a state.

It's merely drinking poison to quench thirst.

To curb annexation,

I have no choice.

Before I became the Great King,

Wuyue also collected official taxes.

This led to the implementation of the policy of collecting first and measuring later,

such an appalling and evil practice.

Not to mention the local prefectures and counties,

even the Land Office under the state's Ministry of Revenue

secretly colluded with local powerful families and magnates.

In harvest years, they suppressed grain prices;

in disaster years, they seized the opportunity to annex.

In the long run,

the people would sell their children,

and the state's finances would be depleted, leading to the danger of collapse.

The Qian clan has ruled the southeast for only ninety years.

These local magnates have been operating locally for long.

Who doesn't have been there for centuries?

Flowing dynasties, ironclad aristocratic families.

In Wuyue, royal authority does not extend to the countryside.

So,

you incorporate the southeast,

I curb annexation.

Actually, for these twenty years,

what I have been pondering and hesitating about is precisely this matter.

I originally thought what should be handed over to the empire

should be a clean and orderly southeast land.

Therefore, I want the great clans to return to their ancestral homes.

Returning to their ancestral homes?

The powerful figures within the country now

are lead by Mr. Shen Yin and Master Shen Wenqi.

Shen Yin's clan of Wuxing are local magnates.

They cannot be relocated.

Fortunately, since thirty years ago Mr. Shen has been at odds with his clan.

In recent years

the Shen clan has insisted on reconciliation.

But Mr. Shen

has never paid any attention.

When the time comes, find a good opportunity,

we cam assign him to a large commandery.

As long as he avoids the Shen clan

Yin will certainly be able to act boldly and decisively.

Master Shen Wenqi is still alive now?

He's over eighty years old, remaining in the capital to enjoy his retirement

Once the plan begins,

Master Shen

will lead the fourteen branches of his clan's main family

to collectively return to their ancestral home in Runan.

For the old master to have such resolve

is truly admirable.

These two are relatively easy to handle.

The truly difficult one

is my eldest brother.

Is the one

revered in Wuyue as the Old Marshal?

Now among the imperial relatives he is the most respected.

Whether it's tax system reform or relocating and dividing the great families

without Eldest Brother's approval,

it will be ten times more difficult to carry things out.

Not to mention surrendering the territory.

On the occasion of the Eldest Brother's sixtieth birthday,

[Qian Xin, the fourteenth son of Qian Yuanguan] I, on behalf of the Qian imperial clan

[Qian Xin, the fourteenth son of Qian Yuanguan] toast to the Eldest Brother.

To Eldest Brother's longevity!

To Eldest Brother's longevity!

Xin,

you'd better drink less wine.

Learn more from your Eleventh brother, to respect rituals and worship Buddha,

cultivate and nurture yourself.

We, these imperial relatives,

as long as we are peaceful and safe, without illness or disaster

not causing trouble nor provoking it,

that is already sharing the burden for the country and the Great King.

I would say eleventh brother has learned Buddhism to the point of becoming demonic.

It's Eldest Brother's birthday banquet, if he doesn't come, so be it,

but the birthday gift turned out to be just a string of sandalwood beads.

After this banquet is over,

I will visit his residence on behalf of you, Eldest Brother, to give him a hard time.

Come on,

we old comrades from the army shall also toast to Old Marshal.

May Old Marshal

have boundless blessings and enjoy longevity for a thousand years.

Come on,

bring it up.

Here, is the birthday gift I, your humble general,

have prepared for you.

For Old Marshal's sixtieth birthday,

here are exactly six hundred thousand Kaiyuan Tongbao coins minted by the Huichang Bureau.

Maritime trade in the southeast is flourishing.

Whether it's Heian-kyō or Kaesong,

they all revere this Kaiyuan Tongbao.

In Hangzhou city, the silver-to-copper exchange rate is one to a hundred,

but when it reaches Heian-kyō, it becomes one to twenty.

With one transaction, it's a fivefold profit.

Over these decades,

Central Plains witness continuous wars,

while the southeast land enjoys relative peace.

Most of the small Kaiyuan coins from the Central Plains prefectures and counties have flowed into the southeast.

Although silver and silk are good, they are not affordable for ordinary people,

and are not easy to measure.

Therefore, in recent years, for commercial transactions,

tax collection, and military pay distribution,

these small coins have been used.

The court has already standardized the currency.

Nowadays, for taxes and commerce,

what is used is this Songyuan Tongbao,

divided into copper and iron categories.

Ten iron coins can be exchanged for one copper coin.

Casting iron coins is also a necessity.

That place, Shu's Yizhou, "the Shu roads are difficult to go through, more difficult than climbing to the blue sky."

The locality does not produce copper ore, and copper ore from outside cannot be transported in.

The two Shu reigns both circulated iron coins.

The common people are also accustomed to them and hard to change for the time being.

So, to make it simple,

a mint was established on the spot to cast coins from iron.

Different materials

result in different coin values.

Different coin values

lead to varying commodity prices.

Exchanging copper coins for iron coins is essentially new coins for new coins.

Even if it's a bit troublesome,

it shouldn't shake the foundation.

However

exchanging Songyuan coins for Kaiyuan coins

this is new coins for old coins.

If the wrong people are employed, with discrepancies emerging, someone is bound to profit from it.

By manipulating things,

this could turn into

the worst policy in the world that plunders the people's wealth.

Ninth Elder is right.

If this matter is not handled carefully,

over eighty counties in the southeast households of moderate means and above will all go bankrupt

and completely reduced to poverty.

What are you thinking about?

The world is about to be settled.

Isn't that good?

Zhao Kuangyin knows,

the three matters Qian Chu mentioned are indeed important.

Powerful families, tax, currency,

all concerns people's livelihood in Wuyue.

Speaking about these affairs frankly prooved that Chu had

actually thought through the advantages and disadvantages of surrendering the territory.

He wanted to hand over an intact southeastern land to the central court.

Your Majesty, forgive my offense. I behaved improperly last night.

Come on.

Drink this bowl of sobering soup.

Thank you, Your Majesty.

Your Majesty, you must not...

Enter the hall with your sword and shoes on is my decree.

When a ruler bestows something,

one cannot refuse.

Can you still hold on?

It's been a long time since I drank like this.

I

have been discourteous.

One hour.

Give me one more hour.

That's enough.

Attendants!

Open the Qianyuan Hall.

♫ Across tens of thousands of miles stretch towering mountains. ♫

♫ Across tens of thousands of miles run surging rivers. ♫

♫ Across tens of thousands of miles cry warhorses. ♫

♫ Across tens of thousands of miles there are emotions unspoken. ♫

♫ Across tens of thousands of miles, flowers are blooming along the road. ♫

♫ Across tens of thousands of miles, gooses are returning to the north. ♫

♫ Across tens of thousands of miles, we stand through storms. ♫

♫ Across tens of thousands of miles, we hope for a safe return. ♫

♫ Tens of thousands of miles is not enough, ♫

♫ for a lifetime's sorrows and joys. ♫

♫ Tens of thousands of miles is not enough, ♫

♫ for the endless seas and rivers. ♫

♫ Across tens of thousands of miles, ♫

♫ love will overcome all barriers. ♫

♫ Across tens of thousands of miles, ♫

♫ we are together in life and death. ♫

♫ Across tens of thousands of miles. ♫

♫ Across tens of thousands of miles. ♫

♫ Across tens of thousands of miles, ♫

♫ the moon shines in the boundless world. ♫

♫ My heart has its hometown to return. ♫

♫ Across tens of thousands of miles, ♫

♫ who is the one crossing the waves with me, ♫

♫ with our hearts unrepentant, through countless lifetimes. ♫

♫ Across tens of thousands of miles, ♫

♫ oceans and lands witness that♫

♫ the world will be safe and sound. ♫

♫ Across tens of thousands of miles, ♫

♫ my heart is unchanging. ♫