1 00:00:16,040 --> 00:00:20,090 Say that again. What now? 2 00:00:20,110 --> 00:00:22,060 What did you say? 3 00:00:24,140 --> 00:00:27,020 Speak up. 4 00:00:27,060 --> 00:00:30,050 Persecuting the Emperor, continuing this war... 5 00:00:30,080 --> 00:00:34,120 all will be blamed on your military dictatorship. 6 00:00:34,140 --> 00:00:37,010 Military dictatorship? 7 00:00:37,020 --> 00:00:41,000 You think you have free rein to say what you like? 8 00:00:41,030 --> 00:00:43,030 Where do you think you are? 9 00:00:43,050 --> 00:00:45,070 With you, sir. 10 00:00:45,090 --> 00:00:48,120 You're calling me a military dictator? 11 00:00:48,140 --> 00:00:51,030 You said to speak frankly. 12 00:00:51,140 --> 00:00:55,110 You seem to think you have a few lives to spare. 13 00:00:56,010 --> 00:00:58,100 The fate of Koryo hangs in the balance. 14 00:00:59,030 --> 00:01:02,130 Would I dare speak if I were concerned only for myself? 15 00:01:11,050 --> 00:01:13,120 You're a tricky devil. 16 00:01:16,130 --> 00:01:20,110 You can read my mind now, is that it? 17 00:01:21,010 --> 00:01:27,110 Not at all. Everyone in Koryo knows how things are. 18 00:01:29,070 --> 00:01:33,020 We've already made peace with the Mongols. 19 00:01:33,070 --> 00:01:36,040 Not peace, surrender. 20 00:01:36,130 --> 00:01:39,080 - Peace. - Surrender. 21 00:01:40,110 --> 00:01:43,090 Semantics can't change reality. 22 00:01:45,070 --> 00:01:50,120 We must fight, or... 23 00:01:52,080 --> 00:01:55,060 Or...what? 24 00:01:57,080 --> 00:02:00,040 Or be enslaved. 25 00:02:01,020 --> 00:02:04,090 Those are our only options. 26 00:02:06,040 --> 00:02:11,070 You're right. It's already begun. 27 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:15,110 The Mongols demand the children of the nobles and the royal house. 28 00:02:15,120 --> 00:02:17,130 What will we do then? 29 00:02:18,100 --> 00:02:22,150 We'll be at their mercy, just as you say. 30 00:02:24,100 --> 00:02:29,100 The want gold, silver, herbs, grains. 31 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:33,130 Thousands of horses. 32 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:43,100 This isn't peace. It's total surrender, just as you said. 33 00:02:44,140 --> 00:02:50,080 But I won't say it's either. 34 00:02:51,060 --> 00:02:55,040 Not peace, not surrender. 35 00:02:55,120 --> 00:03:01,140 This war goes on. This is merely a respite. 36 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:03,110 Wouldn't you agree? 37 00:03:03,110 --> 00:03:05,110 Just so, sir. 38 00:03:06,050 --> 00:03:15,020 You said we have one option other than enslavement to the Mongols. 39 00:03:16,010 --> 00:03:22,070 We must fight. And I must take the blame. 40 00:03:24,060 --> 00:03:26,120 How do you mean? 41 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:33,030 Tell me. If we must fight, we need a strategy. 42 00:03:36,090 --> 00:03:40,130 Talk is one thing, action another. 43 00:03:43,060 --> 00:03:46,140 How would you get out of this impasse? 44 00:03:49,010 --> 00:03:55,050 I've already granted permission to speak candidly, for today at least. 45 00:03:55,060 --> 00:03:57,100 Tell me. 46 00:03:57,110 --> 00:04:02,010 What's your assessment of the Mongols? 47 00:04:02,020 --> 00:04:12,130 The late Overlord used to play quite a bit of chess with Lord Yi Kyubo. 48 00:04:14,040 --> 00:04:16,010 That's true. 49 00:04:16,020 --> 00:04:21,120 In chess, there's a move called face-off. 50 00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:27,140 The generals face each other unobstructed. 51 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:33,120 One general moves, the other matches it, until it's a draw. 52 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:36,100 Go on. 53 00:04:36,110 --> 00:04:46,070 In other words, go somewhere the enemy can't reach. 54 00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:50,140 They are a desert people. The sea scares them. 55 00:04:52,010 --> 00:04:53,080 So? 56 00:04:53,090 --> 00:04:57,000 But Koryo is surrounded by water on three sides. 57 00:04:57,010 --> 00:04:59,110 With hundreds, thousands of islands. 58 00:04:59,120 --> 00:05:05,030 If we locate a stronghold on one of them, what can the Mongols do? 59 00:05:06,040 --> 00:05:09,010 A stronghold... 60 00:05:10,090 --> 00:05:15,100 You suggest moving the capital to an island? 61 00:05:15,110 --> 00:05:23,010 It will require sacrifice and hardship. 62 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:31,240 It will be a protracted war, one that means abandonment... 63 00:05:31,240 --> 00:05:35,060 and death for our people. 64 00:05:37,130 --> 00:05:43,120 Their land pillaged, their lives trampled underfoot. 65 00:05:45,020 --> 00:05:49,080 And with each cry, each death... 66 00:05:51,100 --> 00:05:55,140 they will curse your name. 67 00:05:57,030 --> 00:06:07,060 Because this war could last 10 years, 20 or 30 years, 40, even 100 years. 68 00:06:08,010 --> 00:06:13,030 30? 40? 100? 69 00:06:13,060 --> 00:06:19,020 Couldn't it? The capital must survive. 70 00:06:19,030 --> 00:06:23,040 To keep the spirit of Koryo alive. 71 00:06:32,100 --> 00:06:34,100 Kim Jun. 72 00:06:35,120 --> 00:06:37,050 Yes, Overlord. 73 00:06:38,110 --> 00:06:44,060 Have you mentioned this to anyone? 74 00:06:46,090 --> 00:06:48,100 No one. 75 00:06:50,080 --> 00:06:58,090 For men, the looser the talk, the greater the danger. 76 00:06:58,140 --> 00:07:03,020 Keep such thoughts to yourself. 77 00:07:07,140 --> 00:07:12,140 Yi Kyubo and Jong Ahn are on their way. 78 00:07:13,020 --> 00:07:16,000 Alert the kitchen that I'll have company. 79 00:07:16,110 --> 00:07:19,060 You're dismissed. 80 00:07:24,030 --> 00:07:26,020 Overlord. 81 00:07:32,050 --> 00:07:34,040 A stronghold. 82 00:07:36,010 --> 00:07:38,120 Stronghold... 83 00:07:48,070 --> 00:07:55,020 Like a bloom on a barren tree. 84 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:06,020 Hello, Venerable. 85 00:08:07,020 --> 00:08:08,150 Where are you off to? 86 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:11,010 The Director General's home. 87 00:08:11,040 --> 00:08:13,020 May I ask why? 88 00:08:13,050 --> 00:08:19,110 Her Grace had two bodhisattvas made. 89 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:23,010 I'll be dedicating them to open their eyes. 90 00:08:23,030 --> 00:08:27,130 So I heard. No doubt many people will attend. 91 00:08:28,010 --> 00:08:32,110 I don't think so. Just the immediate family. 92 00:08:34,040 --> 00:08:39,090 A family shrine is, by definition, a family affair. 93 00:08:39,110 --> 00:08:43,140 Of course. Excuse us, Venerable. We're off to see the Overlord. 94 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:49,070 - After you. - Thank you. 95 00:08:51,050 --> 00:08:54,090 What are you doing? The Venerable is nearly here. 96 00:08:55,120 --> 00:09:00,070 Beans, come on, chop-chop. You took your time about it. 97 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:04,120 What does it mean to open their eyes? 98 00:09:04,140 --> 00:09:08,020 Dotting of the eyes to open their eyes. 99 00:09:08,130 --> 00:09:14,010 To fill the wood with the spirit of Buddha. 100 00:09:15,050 --> 00:09:17,070 A vehicle of the cosmos. 101 00:09:17,080 --> 00:09:20,020 Ah. I see. 102 00:09:24,010 --> 00:09:26,130 Everything must be spotless. 103 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:29,020 Not a speck of dust anywhere. 104 00:09:29,030 --> 00:09:30,140 Not to worry. 105 00:09:32,010 --> 00:09:38,100 Well? Polish the faces, wipe the walls, the floors. 106 00:09:44,040 --> 00:09:46,090 A lot of monks are coming. 107 00:09:47,030 --> 00:09:51,040 The head abbot and the musicians. 108 00:09:52,010 --> 00:09:57,000 Set tables outside the shrine, loaded with delicacies. 109 00:09:57,110 --> 00:09:59,040 Your Grace. 110 00:10:16,050 --> 00:10:18,080 Gyo Jing Do Gam Governmental Branch 111 00:10:24,060 --> 00:10:27,120 Regional reports, sir. 112 00:10:28,140 --> 00:10:32,120 How do you assess the new reports? 113 00:10:33,080 --> 00:10:38,070 Violence by the Mongol resident commissioners is on the rise. 114 00:10:38,080 --> 00:10:42,100 The south, the Eastern and Western Capitals, the north... 115 00:10:43,050 --> 00:10:48,040 Everywhere people ask who is running Koryo. 116 00:10:48,080 --> 00:10:52,140 We have to put up with them. They're official Mongol representatives. 117 00:10:53,060 --> 00:10:54,140 What can we do? 118 00:10:55,010 --> 00:11:00,110 Dotan here in the capital is a real piece of work. 119 00:11:01,140 --> 00:11:07,080 Slapping people around, breaking things, a nasty drunk. 120 00:11:07,090 --> 00:11:09,080 I've heard the same. 121 00:11:10,030 --> 00:11:13,090 The commissioners are courting trouble. 122 00:11:14,020 --> 00:11:17,030 There's talk every day of evening the score. 123 00:11:17,110 --> 00:11:19,070 It's bad. 124 00:11:19,090 --> 00:11:21,060 Next? 125 00:11:21,090 --> 00:11:27,080 The Mongols are insisting on their full measure of tribute. 126 00:11:27,110 --> 00:11:31,020 We can't possibly provide all their demands. 127 00:11:31,080 --> 00:11:35,110 Send our envoys again. Tell them it's just too much. 128 00:11:35,130 --> 00:11:42,110 And this is from the Cholla provinces. 129 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:46,120 About the two young lords. 130 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:49,120 Manjung and Manjon? 131 00:11:50,030 --> 00:11:52,020 It's absurd. 132 00:11:52,110 --> 00:11:59,030 Cholla has enough problems, with drought and famine. 133 00:11:59,090 --> 00:12:04,000 Now these two lend at usurious rates and when people can't pay... 134 00:12:04,010 --> 00:12:08,140 they beat them and enslave their children. 135 00:12:09,080 --> 00:12:11,110 Scum. 136 00:12:11,130 --> 00:12:15,040 Don't include this in the Overlord's reports. 137 00:12:15,050 --> 00:12:18,000 Doesn't he need to know? 138 00:12:18,020 --> 00:12:22,080 They're still his sons. We have to shield him if we can. 139 00:12:22,100 --> 00:12:25,040 But he'll find out sometime. 140 00:12:25,060 --> 00:12:29,120 All the same, they're my in-laws. 141 00:12:30,140 --> 00:12:34,120 How can I turn them in? 142 00:12:37,070 --> 00:12:38,110 Next. 143 00:12:38,130 --> 00:12:45,070 Sir. The dedication of the shrine is this evening. 144 00:12:45,110 --> 00:12:49,080 The head abbot and his entourage are coming. 145 00:12:49,110 --> 00:12:52,040 Yes, I know. 146 00:12:53,020 --> 00:12:57,110 The ceremony to open the eyes of the bodhisattvas. 147 00:12:58,070 --> 00:12:59,140 It's quite elaborate. 148 00:13:00,030 --> 00:13:01,020 Is that so? 149 00:13:03,040 --> 00:13:07,140 Now, about the Overlord's quarters. 150 00:13:08,050 --> 00:13:10,050 Has Kim Jun quit for the day? 151 00:13:10,080 --> 00:13:12,080 I believe so. 152 00:13:12,100 --> 00:13:16,050 Then you're dismissed for the day. 153 00:13:16,060 --> 00:13:22,120 I promised to have a drink with Kim Jun ten years ago and still haven't done it. 154 00:13:23,040 --> 00:13:26,110 Today is as good an excuse as any. 155 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:29,030 Yes, sir. 156 00:13:56,020 --> 00:14:05,140 A mountain monk thought to capture the moon in a jar of water. 157 00:14:08,050 --> 00:14:18,040 He realized that to tilt the jar he must spill the moon. 158 00:14:24,070 --> 00:14:28,070 Good old Three Vices. Come have a drink. 159 00:14:28,110 --> 00:14:30,000 Sir. 160 00:14:32,040 --> 00:14:39,020 It's been too long since we've heard your verse. 161 00:14:42,050 --> 00:14:45,070 It's as though we're sipping tea on the mountain... 162 00:14:45,100 --> 00:14:52,040 and we can see the look on that monk's face. 163 00:14:53,130 --> 00:14:58,050 Can you? High praise indeed. Thank you. 164 00:14:59,100 --> 00:15:03,100 It speaks to the peace and contentment of the monk's life. 165 00:15:04,040 --> 00:15:06,060 Exactly. 166 00:15:08,110 --> 00:15:15,000 I wonder if I'll ever find it? 167 00:15:15,030 --> 00:15:19,020 You have to find it within. 168 00:15:19,040 --> 00:15:23,100 Take a break from affairs of state and let yourself relax. 169 00:15:23,130 --> 00:15:28,000 Who has time to relax? 170 00:15:29,010 --> 00:15:35,120 At least we old men can get together now and then. 171 00:15:36,090 --> 00:15:41,070 Just the thought of politics is so stifling. 172 00:15:43,010 --> 00:15:47,140 It's said that the older one gets, the more one leaves behind. 173 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:50,120 Unburden your cares. 174 00:15:50,140 --> 00:15:56,020 And place them on whom exactly? 175 00:15:59,020 --> 00:16:08,030 The Guard Corps looks to me, His Majesty looks to me for what he needs. 176 00:16:08,060 --> 00:16:15,040 The court, the chancellors, they all look to me. 177 00:16:16,120 --> 00:16:21,030 What kind of life is that? 178 00:16:22,060 --> 00:16:27,130 My meals are a blur, I can't close my eyes at night. 179 00:16:31,120 --> 00:16:38,010 And I still have so far to go. 180 00:16:39,110 --> 00:16:45,150 My father was drinking and issuing commands... 181 00:16:48,030 --> 00:16:52,080 to the day he died. 182 00:16:58,090 --> 00:17:06,080 I'm weak, lonely, the joy has gone out of life. 183 00:17:06,100 --> 00:17:12,060 It's natural. Life itself can be exhausting. 184 00:17:13,020 --> 00:17:17,110 As we said before, you need a wife. 185 00:17:18,070 --> 00:17:23,000 Listen to you. This from my own brother-in-law? 186 00:17:23,020 --> 00:17:30,060 He's right. It won't do for the Overlord not to have a spouse. 187 00:17:30,120 --> 00:17:38,090 Nevermind being lonely, it's a question of dignity. 188 00:17:38,130 --> 00:17:41,030 You can't be alone. 189 00:17:41,060 --> 00:17:43,080 Is that right? 190 00:17:44,090 --> 00:17:48,000 I'm over sixty... 191 00:17:48,130 --> 00:17:51,130 but I still feel like a kid. 192 00:17:54,090 --> 00:18:03,100 Actually, Lord Jusuk has been looking for a wife for you. 193 00:18:04,020 --> 00:18:06,090 - Ju Suk? - Yes. 194 00:18:08,070 --> 00:18:10,130 Talk about a waste of time. 195 00:18:24,050 --> 00:18:25,110 Lord Jusuk. 196 00:18:26,130 --> 00:18:30,140 Haven't we been faithful servants to the Overlord? 197 00:18:31,020 --> 00:18:32,080 Of course. 198 00:18:32,110 --> 00:18:37,040 And people make mistakes in war. 199 00:18:37,060 --> 00:18:43,090 So I made some mistakes. The Overlord is over-reacting. 200 00:18:44,120 --> 00:18:49,020 Like a cat that pretends it's sorry for the rat. 201 00:18:49,050 --> 00:18:53,030 - Now, now. - No, it's true. 202 00:18:53,110 --> 00:18:57,040 You were at the banquet for the Mongols. 203 00:18:57,100 --> 00:19:05,090 The way the Overlord looked at me, it gave the she shivers. 204 00:19:05,120 --> 00:19:09,020 Not to mention dressing me down at the Privy Council. 205 00:19:09,030 --> 00:19:11,130 I know, I know. 206 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:15,060 It has me worried. 207 00:19:15,140 --> 00:19:18,030 We're very close, after all. 208 00:19:18,050 --> 00:19:20,050 I know, exactly right. 209 00:19:20,100 --> 00:19:25,000 So if you could say something... 210 00:19:25,010 --> 00:19:28,010 You know the Overlord as well as I do. 211 00:19:28,100 --> 00:19:32,120 He'll keep looking for faults. 212 00:19:33,110 --> 00:19:36,090 Not now, perhaps, but sometime. 213 00:19:37,050 --> 00:19:41,070 Then things will just get worse. 214 00:19:41,090 --> 00:19:47,090 My point exactly. That's what has me so upset. 215 00:19:48,020 --> 00:19:50,090 There is something you can do. 216 00:19:51,070 --> 00:19:53,040 What? 217 00:19:53,060 --> 00:19:58,140 It's good for you, good for the Guard Corps... 218 00:19:59,100 --> 00:20:02,110 and good for the Overlord. 219 00:20:02,130 --> 00:20:06,080 What is it? Well? 220 00:20:07,040 --> 00:20:10,130 - Listen, Dae Jipsong. - Go on. 221 00:20:11,050 --> 00:20:13,010 Listen. 222 00:20:14,070 --> 00:20:18,040 It's been over a year since Her Grace passed. 223 00:20:19,030 --> 00:20:23,110 The Royal House can't go a day without an empress. 224 00:20:23,120 --> 00:20:26,080 Neither should the Guard Corps. 225 00:20:26,140 --> 00:20:30,120 Your daughter lost her husband in the war? 226 00:20:30,140 --> 00:20:32,040 That's true. 227 00:20:32,050 --> 00:20:37,130 Then she's alone? 228 00:20:38,100 --> 00:20:41,090 I'm not sure I follow. 229 00:20:42,040 --> 00:20:47,080 I swear. She's alone, he's alone. 230 00:20:48,060 --> 00:20:51,140 Huh? Wait. 231 00:20:52,100 --> 00:20:55,050 - My daughter? - Exactly. 232 00:20:55,070 --> 00:20:58,140 Marrying again is an accepted custom. 233 00:20:59,140 --> 00:21:03,100 The Overlord is the most powerful man in Koryo. 234 00:21:04,130 --> 00:21:11,050 Well? How would you like to be his father-in-law? 235 00:21:11,080 --> 00:21:17,070 Me? The Overlord's father-in-law? 236 00:21:17,080 --> 00:21:19,050 Yes. 237 00:21:23,010 --> 00:21:27,050 But her husband hasn't been dead long. 238 00:21:28,010 --> 00:21:31,100 And she has a child. 239 00:21:31,130 --> 00:21:33,130 We have to act. 240 00:21:34,070 --> 00:21:38,050 Your daughter is one of Koryo's great beauties. 241 00:21:39,100 --> 00:21:46,050 Jong Ahn has already mentioned it. So has Yi Kyubo. 242 00:21:47,050 --> 00:21:48,140 Is that so? 243 00:21:49,010 --> 00:21:50,120 Oh, yes. 244 00:21:51,090 --> 00:21:57,130 The Overlord's father-in-law? Me? 245 00:22:18,060 --> 00:22:21,130 Oh, my... 246 00:22:25,010 --> 00:22:32,140 This talk of age reminds of the late Kim Dokmyong. 247 00:22:33,060 --> 00:22:39,130 Now I know how he managed to stay in my father's good graces. 248 00:22:41,050 --> 00:22:42,140 How's that? 249 00:22:43,120 --> 00:22:49,080 As you grow older you need someone to talk with. 250 00:22:49,120 --> 00:22:55,100 To while away the time. 251 00:22:56,110 --> 00:23:03,050 A man like Dokmyong was perfect for that. 252 00:23:04,020 --> 00:23:06,060 That's true. 253 00:23:07,100 --> 00:23:17,050 And I recall how he loved playing chess with you. 254 00:23:17,130 --> 00:23:21,000 Yes, so he did. 255 00:23:22,110 --> 00:23:26,140 Speaking of which... 256 00:23:27,070 --> 00:23:34,030 I understand that there's no way out of a face-off? 257 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:39,060 The generals face each other unobstructed. 258 00:23:39,120 --> 00:23:43,100 From a stronghold, back and forth, a draw. 259 00:23:43,130 --> 00:23:48,070 No matter how they move... 260 00:23:48,120 --> 00:23:51,070 It's not of much use, Overlord. 261 00:23:51,090 --> 00:23:55,140 Ah-ha, so you've heard of it? 262 00:23:56,020 --> 00:24:01,070 Of course, but the stalemate tactic makes for a dull game. 263 00:24:02,080 --> 00:24:11,090 Not to the strong side, no, but to the weak side, it's heaven sent. 264 00:24:12,020 --> 00:24:16,140 It's not a win, but it's not a loss, either. 265 00:24:17,130 --> 00:24:25,070 A draw is a win in a way, to the weaker side. 266 00:24:31,040 --> 00:24:36,140 - We should play chess now and then. - Sir. 267 00:24:37,030 --> 00:24:41,090 - Show me this face-off play. - Sir. 268 00:24:43,060 --> 00:24:45,090 Another drink. 269 00:24:47,030 --> 00:24:51,110 - Here, another. - Sir. 270 00:24:51,120 --> 00:24:55,050 - Kim Jun. - Yes, Overlord. 271 00:24:59,020 --> 00:25:01,010 Overlord, at your service. 272 00:25:01,020 --> 00:25:04,100 Have the kitchen bring some more refreshments. 273 00:25:05,020 --> 00:25:11,060 - It's late. Be on your way. - Overlord. 274 00:25:17,140 --> 00:25:21,060 More refreshments for the Overlord. 275 00:25:24,120 --> 00:25:27,010 Well, now, Field Marshal. 276 00:25:30,010 --> 00:25:32,010 Pak Sungson, remember? 277 00:25:32,040 --> 00:25:34,030 Of course. May I help you? 278 00:25:34,070 --> 00:25:38,050 - When do you get off? - Just now, actually. 279 00:25:43,010 --> 00:25:49,070 Kim Yakson's shrine? But why me? 280 00:25:49,120 --> 00:25:56,060 The Director General wanted to make up for the drink from 10 years ago. 281 00:25:56,110 --> 00:26:02,120 I see, but the shrine is for family members only. 282 00:26:03,100 --> 00:26:07,030 Where is it written that it's only family? 283 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:12,000 It's a place for friends, as well. 284 00:26:12,050 --> 00:26:14,100 - Come along. - Sir. 285 00:26:18,010 --> 00:26:22,110 It's not just you. Pak Sonbi will be there. 286 00:27:20,140 --> 00:27:25,140 Come in. The hymn will be over soon. Have a seat. 287 00:27:26,110 --> 00:27:28,000 Sir. 288 00:28:18,080 --> 00:28:26,040 The dotting of the eyes is a ceremony of enlightenment. 289 00:28:26,090 --> 00:28:32,110 The eyes are opened and so, too, the heart. 290 00:28:33,140 --> 00:28:40,380 What was made of wood comes to symbolize the soul... 291 00:28:40,380 --> 00:28:46,090 and wisdom of Buddha. 292 00:28:46,090 --> 00:28:53,120 Similar carvings were made in the days of Old Silla. 293 00:28:54,010 --> 00:28:58,060 Two bodhisattvas. 294 00:28:58,110 --> 00:29:13,080 Built by Queen Jinsong in the hope that she might be with Commander Wihong. 295 00:29:18,050 --> 00:29:26,010 Yet she did not have them carved simply out of earthly desire. 296 00:29:26,110 --> 00:29:39,090 She came to understand the greater truths of next life. 297 00:29:42,100 --> 00:30:00,240 Yet scandal-mongers have spread the tale far and wide, 298 00:30:00,240 --> 00:30:04,210 showing their own ignorance. 299 00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:14,140 Buddha does not grant any wish for the asking. 300 00:30:15,070 --> 00:30:26,010 To pray for one's selfish desires is not to earn blessings, but to incur his wrath. 301 00:30:26,050 --> 00:30:35,080 To call down disaster, so it is written. 302 00:30:37,130 --> 00:30:45,070 In the end selfish desires burn you and others, so it is written. 303 00:30:46,120 --> 00:30:56,120 If such desires exist, they must be repented, right now, this second. 304 00:30:59,010 --> 00:31:01,050 Do you see? 305 00:31:03,070 --> 00:31:05,130 Do you? 306 00:31:20,040 --> 00:31:28,080 Venerable, you spoke of selfish desires in your sermon. 307 00:31:29,050 --> 00:31:31,130 Of whom were you speaking? 308 00:31:32,040 --> 00:31:44,140 It is the nature of all things to wish for what should not be. 309 00:31:45,070 --> 00:31:49,010 Thus the three vices. 310 00:31:50,010 --> 00:31:58,090 Ignorance, greed, both of which lead to hate...and destruction. 311 00:31:59,020 --> 00:32:05,110 Those who can understand, will understand. 312 00:32:05,120 --> 00:32:07,120 Yes, Venerable. 313 00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:21,080 Well, he's a spry old bird. The Venerable, I mean. 314 00:32:21,120 --> 00:32:23,050 Yes, sir. 315 00:32:23,130 --> 00:32:30,140 He was right. Selfish desires bring disaster. 316 00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:35,060 - Isn't that so, Songi? - Quite so. 317 00:32:36,120 --> 00:32:40,110 It was a real eye-opener. 318 00:32:41,110 --> 00:32:49,020 In the end selfish desires burn yourself and others. 319 00:32:49,090 --> 00:32:52,150 Kim Jun, what are your thoughts? 320 00:32:54,010 --> 00:32:56,050 The Venerable is very wise. 321 00:32:56,070 --> 00:33:03,090 Oh, you lived the monk's life. At Chuknyong Temple or some such? 322 00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:06,000 Yes, sir. 323 00:33:06,060 --> 00:33:09,140 How things change. 324 00:33:11,000 --> 00:33:17,020 From the hero of the arena to a field marshal, a field marshal. 325 00:33:17,120 --> 00:33:27,010 Ah, the mallet you used in the arena. The silver one. 326 00:33:29,010 --> 00:33:39,080 Lent to you by my father-in-law. My wife's idea, I understand. 327 00:33:42,070 --> 00:33:50,080 Today is a good day. A day for sharing a drink with friends we've missed. 328 00:33:52,020 --> 00:33:53,060 Sir. 329 00:33:53,080 --> 00:33:59,050 Well, darling? Pour our guest Kim Jun a drink. 330 00:34:00,110 --> 00:34:02,070 Me? 331 00:34:03,020 --> 00:34:13,070 These men are close to you. Especially the Field Marshal here. 332 00:34:13,110 --> 00:34:18,000 Like the bodhisattvas. 333 00:34:22,010 --> 00:34:24,050 How do you mean? 334 00:34:25,030 --> 00:34:29,000 The bodhisattvas? 335 00:34:30,110 --> 00:34:38,100 Of course, since she was such a help to you back then. 336 00:34:39,110 --> 00:34:44,140 Right, right. So, pour him a drink. 337 00:34:45,020 --> 00:34:51,100 It's not fitting for the lady of the director's house to serve a slave. 338 00:34:51,130 --> 00:34:54,060 With respect, sir. 339 00:34:55,060 --> 00:35:00,040 Even if I insist? 340 00:35:00,070 --> 00:35:07,020 We must observe the proprieties, even with one small drink. 341 00:35:07,080 --> 00:35:10,110 I respectfully decline. 342 00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:13,080 Take it. 343 00:35:16,110 --> 00:35:21,040 What proprieties do you mean? 344 00:35:21,060 --> 00:35:23,140 My lord insists. 345 00:35:24,070 --> 00:35:28,090 It would be improper to decline. 346 00:35:30,110 --> 00:35:32,130 Take it. 347 00:35:33,120 --> 00:35:35,120 I cannot. 348 00:35:36,030 --> 00:35:38,090 Is that an insult? 349 00:35:39,070 --> 00:35:45,030 Go on. Please, for me. 350 00:35:45,050 --> 00:35:50,140 Sir, it isn't fitting. Please. 351 00:35:51,010 --> 00:35:53,060 You, too, General Pak? 352 00:35:53,090 --> 00:35:58,120 Who in the Guard Corps sees the Field Marshal as a slave anymore? 353 00:35:59,110 --> 00:36:03,030 Allow me to make a prediction. 354 00:36:04,000 --> 00:36:11,110 Soon enough, Kim Jun will be given commoner status. 355 00:36:14,040 --> 00:36:19,020 Then he will ride to even greater heights. 356 00:36:19,030 --> 00:36:25,050 After which, he will he will have more influence over the Guard Corps... 357 00:36:25,110 --> 00:36:29,100 the Directorate General itself. 358 00:36:33,000 --> 00:36:43,000 The lady has offered you a drink and you respectfully decline. 359 00:36:45,080 --> 00:36:51,020 All right, I'll pour. Here. 360 00:37:04,050 --> 00:37:10,100 Oh, I'm curious about something. 361 00:37:11,140 --> 00:37:13,070 Yes, sir. 362 00:37:13,100 --> 00:37:17,090 Koryo has made peace with the Mongols. 363 00:37:18,020 --> 00:37:19,130 We surrendered. 364 00:37:19,150 --> 00:37:24,070 Yes, well, have it your way. 365 00:37:25,020 --> 00:37:29,110 But the Overlord seems uneasy. 366 00:37:29,130 --> 00:37:32,100 He wants to go on fighting. 367 00:37:32,120 --> 00:37:36,140 Is that an old man's folly? 368 00:37:38,100 --> 00:37:42,100 Or a Koryo warrior's pride? 369 00:37:42,100 --> 00:37:44,020 Sir. 370 00:37:44,060 --> 00:37:46,030 Neither. 371 00:37:46,110 --> 00:37:49,020 Then what? 372 00:37:52,030 --> 00:37:57,130 To prevent Koryo becoming enslaved like me. 373 00:37:59,060 --> 00:38:02,080 If we don't fight, we must fly the white flag. 374 00:38:03,030 --> 00:38:11,070 If so, there will be no emperor, no guard corps, no directorate general. 375 00:38:12,120 --> 00:38:14,140 Just slaves. 376 00:38:16,120 --> 00:38:20,110 Just like me. 377 00:38:20,130 --> 00:38:24,000 You know as well as I do... 378 00:38:24,010 --> 00:38:31,050 Koryo, the Guard Corps, we don't stand a chance against the Mongols. 379 00:38:31,110 --> 00:38:39,050 East to West, the desert, the continent, the Mongol flag flies everywhere. 380 00:38:39,060 --> 00:38:41,140 Fight? 381 00:38:44,120 --> 00:38:50,130 Perhaps the Overlord asked your opinion? 382 00:38:52,090 --> 00:38:56,110 About what Koryo should do. 383 00:38:59,150 --> 00:39:02,060 Perhaps we should stop here. 384 00:39:03,050 --> 00:39:05,030 It's getting late, sir. 385 00:39:08,080 --> 00:39:12,030 You've heard enough, is that it? 386 00:39:13,140 --> 00:39:18,140 All right, no politics over drinks. 387 00:39:20,080 --> 00:39:23,130 Anything else on your mind, Kim Jun? 388 00:39:26,080 --> 00:39:33,040 Pardon my saying so, but we must fight. 389 00:39:34,130 --> 00:39:40,140 If we don't, Koryo will cease to exist. Nothing will be left. 390 00:39:41,050 --> 00:39:47,080 The Mongol resident commissioners are already taking over. 391 00:39:47,130 --> 00:39:54,050 The commissioner here in the capital is demanding to live in the Imperial Palace. 392 00:39:55,090 --> 00:40:00,020 Did you hear? Did you? 393 00:40:03,100 --> 00:40:07,080 The men of Koryo... 394 00:40:07,100 --> 00:40:10,070 do not run from a fight. 395 00:40:26,020 --> 00:40:28,080 Is that so? 396 00:40:28,120 --> 00:40:35,100 To insult me is to insult my emperor. 397 00:40:37,010 --> 00:40:39,000 Take that! 398 00:40:39,070 --> 00:40:47,120 How long has it been, huh? I represent the Mongol emperor. 399 00:40:48,010 --> 00:40:52,090 My residence must be in your royal palace. 400 00:40:52,140 --> 00:40:55,090 Right? Right? Right? 401 00:40:55,110 --> 00:40:57,120 Lord. Please. 402 00:40:58,020 --> 00:41:01,050 You can't treat the liaison like this. 403 00:41:02,110 --> 00:41:08,000 Can't? I can't, huh? 404 00:41:08,150 --> 00:41:12,130 Can't this! And that! 405 00:41:28,040 --> 00:41:31,070 My emperor has commanded it. 406 00:41:31,110 --> 00:41:39,020 I, Resident Commissioner Dotan, will reside in Koryo's royal palace. 407 00:41:39,120 --> 00:41:40,140 Got that? 408 00:41:41,010 --> 00:41:43,040 Yes, sir. 409 00:41:48,040 --> 00:41:52,030 Sir, wake up. Sir! 410 00:41:53,030 --> 00:41:55,030 Call for a doctor. 411 00:41:55,140 --> 00:41:58,050 Do Bang Kye Kyung 412 00:42:04,110 --> 00:42:10,130 We got to talking about chess and had too much to drink. 413 00:42:13,110 --> 00:42:17,050 You know what's in these reports. 414 00:42:17,120 --> 00:42:21,120 I instructed you to deal with them. 415 00:42:21,140 --> 00:42:27,070 Yes, Overlord. But there are some things that require your attention. 416 00:42:28,140 --> 00:42:35,010 Let me guess, the Mongol tribute? 417 00:42:35,070 --> 00:42:36,150 Yes, Overlord. 418 00:42:39,000 --> 00:42:42,010 Wait, what's this? 419 00:42:43,120 --> 00:42:48,050 What are they up to now? Filthy Mongols. 420 00:42:49,090 --> 00:42:57,020 They want our navy to help in their war against the Jin? And 3,000 troops? 421 00:42:57,080 --> 00:42:58,140 Yes, Overlord. 422 00:42:59,090 --> 00:43:05,010 This isn't tribute, it's extortion. 3,000 men? 423 00:43:08,020 --> 00:43:12,000 And thirty ships? 424 00:43:13,040 --> 00:43:16,140 Scum. Tell them no. 425 00:43:17,090 --> 00:43:22,060 Forgive me, but I doubt they'll budge on this. 426 00:43:23,040 --> 00:43:25,100 The Mongols fear the deep. 427 00:43:25,130 --> 00:43:29,000 Which is why they need us so desperately. 428 00:43:30,140 --> 00:43:33,090 Filthy scum. 429 00:43:38,060 --> 00:43:41,080 What else have we got? 430 00:43:43,000 --> 00:43:49,110 The circuit governors' reports and intelligence on the local gentry. 431 00:43:50,110 --> 00:43:53,100 From Cholla, I see. 432 00:43:54,010 --> 00:44:00,050 Maybe my boys have finally learned their lesson. 433 00:44:01,000 --> 00:44:04,060 Not a word about them. 434 00:44:06,120 --> 00:44:09,120 Fine, fine, do as you see fit. 435 00:44:10,080 --> 00:44:13,020 Go on, dismissed. 436 00:44:13,060 --> 00:44:15,070 Yes, Overlord. 437 00:44:23,010 --> 00:44:26,080 - Kim Jun? - Yes, Overlord. 438 00:44:33,030 --> 00:44:35,020 Kim Jun. 439 00:44:37,040 --> 00:44:38,120 Yes, Overlord. 440 00:44:39,030 --> 00:44:42,120 That face-off ploy you were telling me about. 441 00:44:43,040 --> 00:44:47,120 I've been thinking it over. 442 00:44:48,070 --> 00:44:50,110 I know just the place. 443 00:44:51,140 --> 00:44:52,140 Sir? 444 00:44:53,010 --> 00:45:00,080 You were right. Now the Mongols want our navy. 445 00:45:01,070 --> 00:45:04,010 They're afraid of the sea. 446 00:45:04,060 --> 00:45:08,040 It's beyond their power. 447 00:45:10,090 --> 00:45:20,070 There was a place to which we used to banish traitors and the like. 448 00:45:20,090 --> 00:45:30,020 Deposed emperors, at times, as well as nobles in exile. 449 00:45:31,090 --> 00:45:35,020 It's quite close. 450 00:45:35,100 --> 00:45:38,110 Why did we send them there? 451 00:45:38,130 --> 00:45:41,110 To Kanghwa, you mean? 452 00:45:41,130 --> 00:45:49,140 The island is quite large, separated from the mainland by two channels. 453 00:45:50,050 --> 00:45:57,030 The current is fierce and the west is protected by sea. 454 00:45:57,040 --> 00:46:06,140 Our Koryo sailors can navigate the channel and the sea by boat. 455 00:46:07,010 --> 00:46:09,010 Go to Kanghwa. 456 00:46:09,040 --> 00:46:15,030 You'll see for yourself. It will save my having to explain. 457 00:46:16,020 --> 00:46:19,020 That's our stronghold. 458 00:46:19,120 --> 00:46:21,070 Yes, Overlord. 459 00:46:21,080 --> 00:46:30,140 I'll have some work for you when you get back. 460 00:46:32,040 --> 00:46:35,090 Take what men you need. 461 00:46:35,100 --> 00:46:37,100 Dismissed. 462 00:46:38,010 --> 00:46:40,080 Yes, Overlord. 463 00:46:46,140 --> 00:46:54,090 So begins the Hundred Years War. One hundred years. 464 00:47:33,000 --> 00:47:40,030 What's that? The Mongols want 3,000 sailors and thirty ships? 465 00:47:40,040 --> 00:47:43,030 Yes. Immediately, they said. 466 00:47:44,130 --> 00:47:50,080 Like we have that kind of navy? Immediately? 467 00:47:50,110 --> 00:47:55,000 What will we do for a navy if we send all our men? 468 00:47:56,020 --> 00:47:58,000 This is serious. 469 00:47:58,050 --> 00:48:01,100 We should confer with the Ministry of War. 470 00:48:01,110 --> 00:48:04,100 What will happen if we don't comply? 471 00:48:04,120 --> 00:48:09,020 Serious, yes, and frightening. 472 00:48:09,040 --> 00:48:14,070 The more we give, the more they ask. Who knows what they'll demand next? 473 00:48:14,100 --> 00:48:22,070 Immediately this, immediately that, this demand, that demand. 474 00:48:22,110 --> 00:48:26,080 Lord Yi, write them another petition. 475 00:48:27,000 --> 00:48:33,130 I'm not much good for anything but drinking anymore. 476 00:48:34,010 --> 00:48:37,010 But there's nothing for it. I'll try. 477 00:48:37,040 --> 00:48:43,070 There's something else. The Cholla circuit governor has petitioned the court. 478 00:48:44,040 --> 00:48:50,000 I saw it. The Overlord's sons are getting out of hand. 479 00:48:51,000 --> 00:48:55,070 A petition to the Guard Corps didn't work, so he sent it to the court. 480 00:48:55,100 --> 00:48:58,000 I've heard the same. 481 00:48:58,020 --> 00:49:01,020 What, now it's usury? 482 00:49:01,040 --> 00:49:05,130 The Overlord's own sons exploiting their people? 483 00:49:06,030 --> 00:49:08,040 Well said. 484 00:49:08,070 --> 00:49:12,070 Koryo is best by war and famine. 485 00:49:12,120 --> 00:49:18,000 The young lords use that to exploit and beat the people? 486 00:49:18,060 --> 00:49:20,150 If it's true, it can't be allowed. 487 00:49:21,090 --> 00:49:24,050 We have enough trouble with the Mongols. 488 00:49:24,130 --> 00:49:30,020 If they're exploiting the commoners, it must be dealt with. 489 00:49:30,040 --> 00:49:31,130 And right away. 490 00:49:32,120 --> 00:49:40,090 We can't have them hurting the morale of this great nation. 491 00:49:40,110 --> 00:49:44,030 It's not just commoners. 492 00:49:45,020 --> 00:49:52,070 These kids, they kick the local officials around like dogs. 493 00:49:52,080 --> 00:49:58,010 You can't tell who's the magistrate and who's the citizen. 494 00:49:58,030 --> 00:50:03,010 The local magistrates, too? I swear. 495 00:50:07,080 --> 00:50:10,010 - The liaison is dead. - He's what? 496 00:50:10,070 --> 00:50:12,040 - Our liaison is dead? - What? 497 00:50:12,050 --> 00:50:17,000 Mongol Resident Commissioner Dotan beat him mercilessly until he spit blood. 498 00:50:17,040 --> 00:50:21,040 He beat him to death. 499 00:50:21,110 --> 00:50:24,060 Mongols! Mongols! 500 00:50:24,070 --> 00:50:27,040 Beating a man to death? 501 00:50:27,060 --> 00:50:31,030 - Scum! - Poor man. 502 00:50:32,080 --> 00:50:37,030 What? The resident commissioner killed our liaison? 503 00:50:38,080 --> 00:50:40,090 When was this? 504 00:50:41,090 --> 00:50:43,100 Yesterday, Overlord. 505 00:50:43,120 --> 00:50:46,100 He thinks he can do as he pleases? 506 00:50:46,120 --> 00:50:50,140 He drinks every day and beats anyone he pleases. 507 00:50:51,120 --> 00:50:53,110 It can't be allowed. 508 00:50:54,050 --> 00:50:58,120 Are we a joke, he beats our people to death? 509 00:50:59,110 --> 00:51:04,010 I won't have it. I won't. 510 00:51:05,130 --> 00:51:08,070 Our family reunion was long overdue. 511 00:51:08,090 --> 00:51:12,050 That's true, brother. You have a lot to deal with these days. 512 00:51:12,120 --> 00:51:17,080 If what I hear is right, the Overlord is pretty upset. 513 00:51:18,020 --> 00:51:20,140 Over the Mongol resident commissioners' abuses. 514 00:51:21,050 --> 00:51:24,060 Don't get me started. We just got another report. 515 00:51:24,120 --> 00:51:28,130 The capital commissioner beat our liaison to death. 516 00:51:29,000 --> 00:51:30,060 It's infuriating. 517 00:51:30,080 --> 00:51:35,090 They're scum. How could that happen here? 518 00:51:36,000 --> 00:51:40,060 But we have to appease them. They're Mongol representatives. 519 00:51:40,080 --> 00:51:43,050 We can't give them an excuse. 520 00:51:43,140 --> 00:51:47,030 As disgusting and frustrating as it is. 521 00:51:47,050 --> 00:51:51,100 That's not the Overlord's way. 522 00:51:52,070 --> 00:51:56,080 I served him for years. 523 00:51:56,150 --> 00:52:01,140 Don't say that in front of him. 524 00:52:03,090 --> 00:52:06,080 Chances are he'll explode. 525 00:52:06,090 --> 00:52:08,010 Oh? 526 00:52:08,030 --> 00:52:12,060 Rant and rave with him. A much wiser approach. 527 00:52:12,080 --> 00:52:15,140 Ranting never solved anything. 528 00:52:16,060 --> 00:52:20,010 Only patience and restraint will get us through this. 529 00:52:24,020 --> 00:52:27,120 How are things with Lady Songi? 530 00:52:28,080 --> 00:52:29,140 What things? 531 00:52:30,010 --> 00:52:35,130 I know you two aren't well-suited. Having any problems? 532 00:52:36,090 --> 00:52:41,030 I never wanted this marriage. It was the Overlord's orders. 533 00:52:42,000 --> 00:52:48,030 I'm trying to be a good husband and father. Everything's fine. 534 00:52:48,130 --> 00:52:51,050 It doesn't look fine. 535 00:52:53,040 --> 00:52:57,030 You've had a chance to talk with Kim Jun? 536 00:52:57,120 --> 00:53:00,120 Yes , a bright man. 537 00:53:01,120 --> 00:53:07,080 - There are rumors-- - Forget the rumors. 538 00:53:07,120 --> 00:53:14,120 Rumor, fact, fiction, there's nothing I can do about it. 539 00:53:14,140 --> 00:53:17,000 But you're married. 540 00:53:17,020 --> 00:53:21,100 Put a stop to it, correct what needs correction. 541 00:53:21,120 --> 00:53:25,120 There was a time she was called the heroine of Koryo. 542 00:53:26,050 --> 00:53:29,020 I'm the gentleman scholar. 543 00:53:32,030 --> 00:53:37,110 These days I'm scared just talking to the Overlord. 544 00:53:39,080 --> 00:53:42,120 I'm not disagreeing with you. 545 00:53:44,000 --> 00:53:49,020 I want to scream to the Overlord that we should fight till our fists bleed. 546 00:53:49,040 --> 00:54:00,020 But that won't help the people that look to the emperor and the Guard Corps. 547 00:54:00,090 --> 00:54:06,140 We need vision and clear heads for them. 548 00:54:07,000 --> 00:54:10,070 You can't be weak. 549 00:54:10,080 --> 00:54:15,020 But it's their children that die on the battlefield. 550 00:54:15,050 --> 00:54:20,130 The food we eat is from their blood, their sweat. 551 00:54:21,020 --> 00:54:24,050 What would Koryo be without its people? 552 00:55:09,000 --> 00:55:11,130 They mean to move the palace here? 553 00:55:14,020 --> 00:55:15,130 Perhaps so. 554 00:55:16,100 --> 00:55:21,020 Why? Out of fear of the Mongols? 555 00:55:23,140 --> 00:55:25,110 The opposite. 556 00:55:25,120 --> 00:55:31,020 To build a fortress on Kanghwa for a prolonged war. 557 00:55:32,100 --> 00:55:35,080 The Overlord said that? 558 00:55:39,100 --> 00:55:44,060 Kanghwa is a formidable stronghold. 559 00:55:44,140 --> 00:55:50,020 There are no easy approaches, not for Mongols. 560 00:55:50,110 --> 00:55:54,050 They fear water like little children. 561 00:55:55,040 --> 00:55:57,030 Really? 562 00:55:58,080 --> 00:56:04,000 The fields are big enough to support the fort. 563 00:56:04,070 --> 00:56:09,090 Ships can reach the western shore without difficulty. 564 00:56:09,110 --> 00:56:12,030 Or interference from the Mongols. 565 00:56:13,020 --> 00:56:15,070 They don't have any boats. 566 00:56:16,130 --> 00:56:19,020 Very interesting. 567 00:56:20,060 --> 00:56:22,100 We need to look closer. 568 00:56:23,040 --> 00:56:28,080 We need room for the palace and the Guard Corps. 569 00:56:28,140 --> 00:56:37,010 Not to mention housing for nobles, room for a market, peasants. 570 00:56:37,070 --> 00:56:41,020 And the people from the temples and surrounding areas. 571 00:56:41,030 --> 00:56:47,000 The palace, the Corps, the capital. 572 00:56:47,130 --> 00:56:51,080 Will Kanghwa fit all those people? 573 00:56:51,090 --> 00:56:54,000 It will. 574 00:56:55,030 --> 00:57:03,110 Now Kanghwa Island will be named Kangdo, the seat of Koryo's government. 575 00:57:05,050 --> 00:57:10,130 You and I...will probably die here. 576 00:57:10,140 --> 00:57:12,120 Oh? 577 00:57:13,070 --> 00:57:16,040 You seem to know a lot. 578 00:57:17,090 --> 00:57:20,010 Why did you drag me along? 579 00:57:21,050 --> 00:57:28,000 We're old comrades. The arena changed our lives. 580 00:57:30,040 --> 00:57:32,090 This will be good. 581 00:57:33,020 --> 00:57:35,030 Good? 582 00:57:35,090 --> 00:57:41,000 Yes. We will live lives of meaning. 583 00:57:41,020 --> 00:57:45,050 A new day is calling to us. 584 00:57:45,070 --> 00:57:50,030 A new world that will sweep away the Mongols. 585 00:57:50,100 --> 00:57:53,050 What are you talking about? 586 00:57:54,000 --> 00:58:00,100 A world that needs...champions. 587 00:58:57,060 --> 00:59:03,090 Overlord, Dae Jipsong made some mistakes. 588 00:59:03,110 --> 00:59:07,030 He deeply regrets his errors. 589 00:59:07,050 --> 00:59:12,130 As well he should. His incompetence lost us the war. 590 00:59:13,020 --> 00:59:19,110 For which he has paid dearly. Now he begs you to meet with him. 591 00:59:20,080 --> 00:59:21,130 Meet? 592 00:59:21,140 --> 00:59:29,120 He serves a fine wine and begged me to invite you to his home. 593 00:59:29,150 --> 00:59:35,140 It's been years since we called on him. 594 00:59:36,100 --> 00:59:39,130 Shall we, sir? 595 00:59:40,100 --> 00:59:42,070 Listen to you. 596 00:59:43,040 --> 00:59:46,040 I'll think about it. 597 00:59:47,100 --> 00:59:53,120 You recall our discussion about chess? 598 00:59:54,040 --> 00:59:55,090 Yes. 599 00:59:55,110 --> 01:00:01,010 How a stronghold and a face-off leads to a draw? 600 01:00:01,050 --> 01:00:03,090 Just so. 601 01:00:04,000 --> 01:00:11,010 You must know what I'm thinking. 602 01:00:13,050 --> 01:00:15,030 Yes, Overlord. 603 01:00:17,020 --> 01:00:23,080 I sent Kim Jun to look over Kanghwa Island. 604 01:00:26,040 --> 01:00:33,120 I haven't been myself. So I had him check its suitability. 605 01:00:35,040 --> 01:00:40,110 I intend to move the palace there. 606 01:00:41,000 --> 01:00:46,100 Overlord, you mean to move the capital? 607 01:00:47,020 --> 01:00:52,080 Exactly. Koryo's last stronghold. 608 01:00:53,010 --> 01:00:59,020 The emperor and his subjects will hold out to the death. 609 01:01:19,030 --> 01:01:24,100 Perfect. A perfect sunset. 610 01:01:24,110 --> 01:01:27,110 Yes. Perfect. 611 01:01:30,140 --> 01:01:39,000 I like Kanghwa. A good place to end our days. 612 01:01:40,030 --> 01:01:42,040 End our days? 613 01:01:43,050 --> 01:01:50,050 Yes. Warriors need their swords and a place to fight to the death. 614 01:01:52,050 --> 01:01:54,120 We're warriors. 615 01:01:55,040 --> 01:01:59,070 We never yet found a place to die. 616 01:02:00,110 --> 01:02:02,090 True. 617 01:02:03,100 --> 01:02:07,120 The center of Koryo will come to Kanghwa. 618 01:02:08,050 --> 01:02:12,080 And with it, the start of a new era. 619 01:02:13,070 --> 01:02:18,000 And for us, the dawn of a new day. 620 01:02:23,010 --> 01:02:29,010 Yangbaek, do you know why I brought you here? 621 01:02:31,110 --> 01:02:37,120 I wanted you to be the first to see the future of Koryo. 622 01:02:39,080 --> 01:02:45,050 Because it holds our futures, too. 623 01:02:47,000 --> 01:02:52,100 Not as slaves, but as soldiers, as warriors. 624 01:02:55,090 --> 01:02:58,080 We will be reborn. 625 01:02:58,110 --> 01:03:05,100 Just as history will be written here, we will write our histories. 626 01:03:07,110 --> 01:03:10,050 Our histories. 627 01:03:18,000 --> 01:03:21,040 Our histories! 628 01:03:25,120 --> 01:03:32,070 Yangbaek! We write our histories here!